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  1. Little Slide Rooter
    Yeah, I figured that out.
  2. Little Slide Rooter
    I've said this in every thread in which Penas future comes up: If the Cubs plan to build a winning team for 2012, we need an upgrade, and 1B is a big place for it, be it Fielder, Pujols, or someone else better than Carlos Pena. If They plan on a rebuild for the future, there's no reason to be paying Carlos Pena another 10+ mil, and I'd assume he should be looking at a 2-3 year deal, likely a 2 year with some kind of option.
  3. Little Slide Rooter
    I didn't know where else to put it, so rather than start a new thread, I planted it here. I'm SO glad that Mr. Soriano doesn't regret signing a bloated contract that will probably keep the next 3 generations of his family very rich while he gave us 2 good seasons, 2 productive seasons, and 1 bad season plus whatever else is to come. And here I was feeling sorry for him.
  4. Little Slide Rooter
    Now is this from any intel or just Rosenthals opinion?
  5. Little Slide Rooter
    [expletive] you. Is it possible to fire an interim GM before hiring his replacement?
  6. Little Slide Rooter
    I'd like to see him moved if for no other reason than for the relief of knowing they plan on going in a different direction next year.
  7. Little Slide Rooter
    Well that sucks.
  8. Little Slide Rooter
    Let the fun begin. We could just let go and save 5 mil for next year.
  9. Little Slide Rooter
    Poor Adam Dunn What the hell do the White Sox want with Thome? They're essentially out of it, and all he'd really be doing would be taking at bats away from younger players like Viciedo, De Aza, and Brett "Fontenot of the South Side" Lillibridge. The White Sox really shouln't be benching Dunn for a much older version of him.
  10. Little Slide Rooter
    Sure, but it's not true that you should never volunteer to pay out more money at the start than at the end. You can get the overall value of the contract lower, and can fit it into your budget better when appropriate. There are a variety of factors to take into account, including expected tax rates. If 2 teams are offering the same guy 2/50, you can front load it to make your offer more attractive. In general, yes, it's cheaper to backload. But paying more early on can make sense and you should not completely rule it out. The problem is, we can't afford to front load. The whole purpose of frontloading is because we can give them more money when Soriano, Zambrano, and Dempster are off the books. Otherwise, I agree, frontloading could be good if you have the money in the budget at the time, so when the player starts to get older and hit a decline, you have some money freed up to restock.
  11. Little Slide Rooter
    It took you four months to figure this out? Havn't paid the Braves much attention since the past month. Get them one more big bat, and they could give everyone a run for their money.
  12. Little Slide Rooter
    Welp, it's a good thing that the Braves are one team I don't mind tipping my cap to, especially at home where we don't have to deal with those infernal tomahawk chops everytime a guy gets on base whether it's a 1 run game or they're up/down by 10. That Venters/Kimbrel 8/9 combo is just redunk, and add O'Flaherty, and now Vizcaino, and lord help you if your're down to these guys past the 5th inning. Also, the Phillies rotation might be the standard, but Jurrjens, Hanson, Beachy, and Minor are a great young quartet, and adding Hudson to the top of the roation, and some very good guys in the minors, The Braves could go back to winning the division every year once the Phils have broken up or broken down.
  13. Little Slide Rooter
    This is a really weird hope. You're assuming that this season, where he lost a ton of time with a serious injury, is, what, the "real Byrd?" That he's started a sharp decline and there's no chance he has similar numbers to what he's put up over the last 4 season? Why are you so convinced he's effectively useless as a fulltime player? Are you basing this almost totally on his 2011 numbers when it comes to hitting with RISP? You seem to be taking an all or nothing approach with Byrd. He's not a guy you want hitting 1-5. He's useful hitting 6-8. A big problem with the Cubs is that aside from Castro and Ramirez, the lineup is full of guys who would be useful hitting 6-8.
  14. Little Slide Rooter
    The I Cubs unloaded for 14 runs on 17 hits, including 10 doubles, 4 by Brian LaHair. Flaherty an LaMahieu each added a 2B as well. Brett Jackson had the day off.
  15. Little Slide Rooter
    Just in case it wasn't clear, the 4.6 and -2.6 are career numbers. For the season, he's at 2.8 and -1.4. Guess I misread that. Still increase the power and OBP and work on the defense, and this is still a great player to have for years to come.
  16. Little Slide Rooter
    Back to Castro, it we're going by WAR, according to BBR, his oWAR is 4.6, with a dWAR of -2.6, which yes, at this point in time bumps him down to a 2.0 WAR. However, his defense is likely to improve, and if he can't handle SS, he can be moved. Meanwhille, his offense is also likely to improve, ideally both his power and patience, so in the end, it's very possible that he could end up a 6-7 WAR player or better, so in conclusion, I would think that locking up him up should be a priority. No necessarily this offseason, but in the not too distant future.
  17. Little Slide Rooter
    Yes. Yes it would. I would love to see what LaHair could do just for the hell of it if we can move Pena, but he is by no means a replacement for Pujols or Fielder, no matter which pitcher we could sign.
  18. Little Slide Rooter
    Things just didn't turn out so well for Jim Hendrys untouchables.
  19. Little Slide Rooter
    All of which is very exciting. But he's got one pre-arbitration year left and he's still a 3-WAR player if you take the most generous estimations of his defense and a 2 WAR player if you don't. Not exactly the caliber of player that makes me think "Oh man, you can't possibly afford to waste these sweet cheap pre-FA years." You don't seem to understand what the heck people are talking about when they refer to wasting his cheap years. By the time he no longer has any flaws, he'll make $20m a year. He'll presumably be a much better player by then, so I'm more worried about those years than the next one. His immediately upcoming cheap years, it looks like he'll be an above-average starter, but not much more than that. Our farm system had better be producing those with regularity in the future, so why the pressure to not "waste" these years? So lets trade him now, and find a way to re-aquire him on the cheap for the future when he's a much better player. Problem solved. Lets go home.
  20. Little Slide Rooter
    All of which is very exciting. But he's got one pre-arbitration year left and he's still a 3-WAR player if you take the most generous estimations of his defense and a 2 WAR player if you don't. Not exactly the caliber of player that makes me think "Oh man, you can't possibly afford to waste these sweet cheap pre-FA years." How many 21 year old 3-WAR players are out there? Keep in mind, 21 year old 3-4 WAR players have a good chance to grow up to be 5-6 WAR players, especially once he can get his defense more polished.
  21. Little Slide Rooter
    Well there we have it.
  22. Little Slide Rooter
    ---------------- . I guess it could be anyone. He's under contract for 2 more years, with a team option for a 3rd, and if there's a team out there who feels that he is an ace, he could be worth the 11-13 mil/year.
  23. Little Slide Rooter
    Maybe after next year. Given the constant complaining by Quade about Castro, I doubt a new regime looks to lock the kid up to what would be a lifetime of security for him and all his family. It would be very risky and open them up to criticism for coddling players and not holding them accountable. Yeah, but does anyone really care what Mike Quade thinks? Even the meatballs who would normally eat this stuff up think he's a clueless buffoon. No, not really. But it's not just Quade. It's basically assumed now that Castro is well on his way to becoming a head case. I really doubt a new regime is going to make signing him longterm a high priority in year one. The thing is, this kid was catapulted through the system, and at the age of 21 is viewed as the savior of a mess of a team in a 103 year title drought, and he can't so much as pick his nose without some media meatball or his manger pouncing on him. I'd say the city is more likely to ruin him than he is to ruin the team.
  24. Little Slide Rooter
    Maybe after next year. Given the constant complaining by Quade about Castro, I doubt a new regime looks to lock the kid up to what would be a lifetime of security for him and all his family. It would be very risky and open them up to criticism for coddling players and not holding them accountable. I get the feeling that Castro won't have to worry about what Mike Quade says after that year. He's certainly not LaRussa, and he won't be running the best young star we've had in a long time out of town.
  25. Little Slide Rooter
    But as I said, both the Yankees and Rangers claimed they knew what was up so neither side accused Soriano of anything that could seemingly impact his contract. My question is if a team claims that they were duped by the player when they signed him do they have options after the fact if it's revealed he's older than he claims? Teams have gotten out of contracts to younger imported free agents that were proven to have lied, have they not? If you can get out of the contract for a 21 year old prospect who said he was 17, I don't see why you couldn't get out of a contract for a 35 year old free agent who said he was 31. I'm sure the latter will have better lawyers and be able to come to a buyout, but the owner should have a leg to stand on, unless he knew what was up all along and just chose to try and get out of the deal. Those international players likely didnt have the MLBPA backing them. Even if we could cut ties with Soriano and get off scot free, I don't know if it would be worth their wrath.
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