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  1. Derwood
    I think you have to use the DFA method and expose him to waivers in order to get him to the minors. Eyre will be traded, probably for a PTBNL in the next 10 days. If not, somebody will claim him in the waiver process. Zero chance anyone claims Scott Eyre off waivers. 100% chance someone does. Shall I say it again for emphasis? No one is going to take on a $1+ million commitment for two months of a mediocre (at best) relief pitcher who has a very real chance of being horrible. sure they will looks like someone is taking on that salary. see, i'm not wrong all the time ;)
  2. Derwood
    nothing like gaining ground on an off day
  3. Derwood
    http://sportscomplex.blogs.citypaper.net/blogs/mu/2008/08/07/scott-eyre-is-a-phillie/ Brian Schlitter that's an unfortunate name
  4. Derwood
    i don't know what in Cuban's NBA history would make you think he would be bad long term. He took arguably the worst NBA team (at the time) and made them perennial playoff contenders. I haven't seen any backlash and it's been 10+ years.
  5. Derwood
    26-25 when Soriano doesn't start. I know that, and I'm not saying we aren't much better with him in the lineup. I'm just arguing with the idea that he needs to be hot for the lineup to produce. Plus, giving me the W/L record isn't really telling me much about how many runs their producing, although I'm sure it's less with Sori out. the rest of the team seems to believe in some mystical mojo that Soriano brings to the lineup.
  6. Derwood
    when you're on a WS contending team, the goal is to have everyone on the 25 man roster above average. Is that really ridiculous to you? The thing is come October Jason either A. wont' be on the WS contending team's roster, or B. will fill the role of 11th pitcher, in which case he'd be above average. C) won't be on the playoff roster at all Which is A on his list. http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Literacy/images/RIFLogo2.jpg :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
  7. Derwood
    when you're on a WS contending team, the goal is to have everyone on the 25 man roster above average. Is that really ridiculous to you? The thing is come October Jason either A. wont' be on the WS contending team's roster, or B. will fill the role of 11th pitcher, in which case he'd be above average. C) won't be on the playoff roster at all
  8. Derwood
    Assuming he stays healthy, I think the difference between going far in the playoffs and another first round burn out may rest squarely on Soriano's shoulders. He seems to be a guy who picks up the team offensively, but when he's scuffling, the rest of the team tends to scuffle with him. I know, I know, it's not much of a limb to climb out on
  9. Derwood
    not unless we see a serious upgrade in the OF. Fukudome is certainly capable of 80 next year, but there is no obvious 80+ guy for CF Even then, Theriot isn't going to be eclipsing 80 RBI anytime soon and Soriano will be doing it out of the one spot. Seemed to me Ping was pointing to the batting order part of it too (the fact that all of 2-7 did it)... Otherwise there'd be no point to pointing that out, since what this year's team is doing is better.. *shrug* If you bat theriot 1st and Fukudome 8th, then I could say 2-7 gets 90+ RBI this year. It's just semantics. Either way, this team sure beats those "Sosa gets 135, Grace gets 85, everyone else has 40" teams of not so long ago
  10. Derwood
    when you're on a WS contending team, the goal is to have everyone on the 25 man roster above average. Is that really ridiculous to you?
  11. Derwood
    not unless we see a serious upgrade in the OF. Fukudome is certainly capable of 80 next year, but there is no obvious 80+ guy for CF
  12. Derwood
    According to the ESPN.com projections, Soto, Lee, DeRosa, Ramirez, Soriano and the CF platoon (Johnson/Edmonds) all project to 90 or more RBI. Fukudome projects to 60 and Theriot to 45. When was the last time that happened on the Cubs?
  13. Derwood
    Seeing the Rays in "buy" mode pleases me to no end
  14. Derwood
    Same league first, then opposing league. If thats the case, then the Cubs passed on him, right? yes, because the Cubs don't think they need to upgrade in the OF.
  15. Derwood
    again, you can't have odd numbered teams in each league without an interleague series being played all the time And there's no good reason why you couldn't do that. i haven't done the math, so I don't know if that would mean more interleague series or not. I certainly have no problem spreading it out rather than having this weird chunk of the schedule that's suddenly all interleague (minus the one NL series). If each team played 4 interleague series per year, you could. that sounds about right. That's 30 weeks worth of interleague series. The season is only 24 or 25 weeks, right?
  16. Derwood
    i always love the pro-Marquis arguments. seemingly because the team is winning and Marquis is the #5 starter and he "eats innings" and doesn't have an ERA of 37.84 I have no right to complain, and if I do, my expectations are too high and I want a staff of ace pitchers. Did I miss anything?
  17. Derwood
    Interesting. I had no idea Vincent did that. Why did Selig seemingly have to start from scratch? Something about Vincent's notice/memo must have been solid enough, otherwise Selig could have just used it as precedent. Does anyone have an asnwer for this? I'm not tryin to pick a fight...it really doesn't make any sense to me why Vincent's memo wouldn't hae been used as some kind of precedent. wasn't the disconnect that while the league said PED's were against the rules, the MLBPA wouldn't budge on testing for it, basically making the rule unenforceable? So does that mean Vincent's memo was basically moot and meaningless? i'm sure it was well-intentioned. i don't know the history of the commissionership (word?) well enough to know who let the union have so much power I'm really curious about this now since it seems like such a action would have meant a lot more over the last 10 years, but this is the first I've heard of it. a quick perusal of Vincent's wikipedia page doesn't shed any light on the PED thing, but boy, the owners sure hated that guy. and oh look, it was Selig, Pohlad and Reinsdorf who led the charge to get him booted as commissioner.
  18. Derwood
    Interesting. I had no idea Vincent did that. Why did Selig seemingly have to start from scratch? Something about Vincent's notice/memo must have been solid enough, otherwise Selig could have just used it as precedent. Does anyone have an asnwer for this? I'm not tryin to pick a fight...it really doesn't make any sense to me why Vincent's memo wouldn't hae been used as some kind of precedent. wasn't the disconnect that while the league said PED's were against the rules, the MLBPA wouldn't budge on testing for it, basically making the rule unenforceable? So does that mean Vincent's memo was basically moot and meaningless? i'm sure it was well-intentioned. i don't know the history of the commissionership (word?) well enough to know who let the union have so much power
  19. Derwood
    Interesting. I had no idea Vincent did that. Why did Selig seemingly have to start from scratch? Something about Vincent's notice/memo must have been solid enough, otherwise Selig could have just used it as precedent. Does anyone have an asnwer for this? I'm not tryin to pick a fight...it really doesn't make any sense to me why Vincent's memo wouldn't hae been used as some kind of precedent. wasn't the disconnect that while the league said PED's were against the rules, the MLBPA wouldn't budge on testing for it, basically making the rule unenforceable?
  20. Derwood
    Probably not, since their past is filled with so many better players and teams than the Cubs could even dream of. sure, of course. I meant only that I think it gets a little tiresome to always hear (in the Yankees case) how no player you have now or ever will have will be as good as these guys from the past. It's a lot to live up to, which is probably why they've attached themselves to Jeter.
  21. Derwood
    i wouldn't be surprised to see Jeter named by the fans. Most fans respect the history of their teams, but tend to prefer the players within their own lifetimes. Jeter was the "face" of the 4 championships in the 90's. i'm not saying they're right or wrong. do you think Yankee fans are as sick of hearing about the past as Cubs fans are?
  22. Derwood
    again, you can't have odd numbered teams in each league without an interleague series being played all the time And there's no good reason why you couldn't do that. i haven't done the math, so I don't know if that would mean more interleague series or not. I certainly have no problem spreading it out rather than having this weird chunk of the schedule that's suddenly all interleague (minus the one NL series).
  23. Derwood
    those are the 3 I was thinking as well. are viewers dumb enough to pick Jeter? Sweet Jesus, I hope not. Please please no. I'll set 5-1 odds that say they are. I also bet Paul O'Neill would be an honorable mention if they list any. what about scott brosius Ricky Ledee? Enrique Wilson?
  24. Derwood
    again, you can't have odd numbered teams in each league without an interleague series being played all the time
  25. Derwood
    no Bob Brenley on the Giants list? :lol: This seemed like a no-brainer list. The Yankees will be a bit tougher
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