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  1. davearm2
    LOL Rob if you think that comment is on point, then I have vastly overestimated your comprehension.
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    Nobody "wants" him, at least not in a fan sense. The general consensus is that he's a vastly overpaid, flawed player on the downside of his career. On the flip-side, the talk seems to be that he's a popular and likeable player amongst his teammates, so it's not like he's "not wanted" here outside of the front office looking to move him if possible. It's not like he's going to be showing up every day and everyone is shunning him and treating him like [expletive] because Theo and Hoyer would like to move him. If the Cubs have a trade lined up for Soriano, then obviously some other team wants him. That's the whole premise of this discussion. Right now Soriano is an employee his bosses desperately wish they could get rid of. He's not wanted. They'd much rather give the job (and especially the salary) to somebody else. If you don't imagine it might be difficult to go to work every day under those circumstances, then we may as well just be done talking about this. I think we should keep pretending like a baseball team operates the same way as a normal employer. We're not talking about how a baseball team team operates. We're talking about how a baseball player thinks. Obviously not all players think the same way, but I'd venture to guess that the laws of human nature apply to most of them.
  3. davearm2
    So is Prince Fielder thinking of signing someplace?
  4. davearm2
    Nobody "wants" him, at least not in a fan sense. The general consensus is that he's a vastly overpaid, flawed player on the downside of his career. On the flip-side, the talk seems to be that he's a popular and likeable player amongst his teammates, so it's not like he's "not wanted" here outside of the front office looking to move him if possible. It's not like he's going to be showing up every day and everyone is shunning him and treating him like [expletive] because Theo and Hoyer would like to move him. If the Cubs have a trade lined up for Soriano, then obviously some other team wants him. That's the whole premise of this discussion. Right now Soriano is an employee his bosses desperately wish they could get rid of. He's not wanted. They'd much rather give the job (and especially the salary) to somebody else. If you don't imagine it might be difficult to go to work every day under those circumstances, then we may as well just be done talking about this.
  5. davearm2
    Technically, arbitration awards are non-guaranteed. The team can get out of the contract if it can demonstrate significant decline during ST. Recall that the Padres invoked this clause years ago to dump our old friend Todd Walker. Not sure if this is what is happening with Hughes, but it's a logical possibility.
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    It would be interesting to know how a guy like Soriano would reconcile staying in a place he's comfortable, but knows he's not wanted, versus going to a place he'd rather not be, but that wants him. It has to be hard coming to the ballpark every day after the team has tried to get rid of you, and you nixed it.
  7. davearm2
    The notion that these changes are going to threaten the ballpark's architectural integrity, or disgrace its status as a historic landmark is kinda far out there. The people that opposed the lights for purely nostalgic reasons were living in the past and refused to see that that improvement was absolutely necessary for Wrigley to remain viable moving forward. I recall most folks had other, non-nostalgic reasons for opposing the change (namely, the impact night baseball brought to the neighborhood). Adding a LED board (and this one is very modest compared to the huge, HD video screens around pro sports) is like 1/10th the magnitude of adding the lights, but the principle is the same: times change, and people/places can and should adapt.
  8. davearm2
    Erik Bedard Not quite the same formula, but the Red Sox did pretty well on the Nomar trade.
  9. davearm2
    In agreement that he's not getting that 4/44 that the Phillies reportedly offered.
  10. davearm2
    Spoken like a true expert Spoken like someone with common sense who understands the difference. There's a difference, huh? So which girl is it ok to [expletive]? Is it the passed out one or the blacked out one?
  11. davearm2
    Spoken like a true expert
  12. davearm2
    Constant annoying misspellings like, say, mineaswell. so much whoosh No whoosh. It's annoying. It's constant. It's a misspelling. FYI, the fact that you do it on purpose doesn't make it better. And it sure as heck doesn't make it funny.
  13. davearm2
    Did I miss Boras publicly saying he'd like to get Prince a shorter deal?
  14. davearm2
    Constant annoying misspellings like, say, mineaswell.
  15. davearm2
    LOL, thanks for driving the point home much more effectively than I ever could have.
  16. davearm2
    Please. stop. posting. Seriously David? You want to associate yourself with the pathetic losers on here that think that schtick is funny?
  17. davearm2
    Only if you think Braun is way better than Fielder. The whole premise is that they can afford one or the other.
  18. davearm2
    I heard a mildly fascinating idea the other day... the Brewers trade Ryan Braun for a big haul, and then spend that money to re-sign Fielder. It's not too hard to argue that Fielder + Braun's trade bounty > Braun + Fielder's comp pick. Naturally the failed drug test and 50 game suspension clouds the picture quite a bit, but interesting nonetheless
  19. davearm2
    Mike Rizzo has never struck me as afraid to take risks. The fact is, if he is ready to stand by the Werth decision, then it'd be pretty logical to apply the same reasoning to Fielder. Fielder's 27 and already an elite player. The Werth signing was similar to the Soriano signing. He had 3 great years under his belt when he signed his big deal, but was already 30 and rather than being a true elite player, he was the best thing available to a team looking to make any kind of splash. Like Soriano, the contract given to Werth was a perfect case of a team bidding against themselves, and even if he could keep up his production for a few more years, I don't think there's anyone out there who though that Werth is the type of player that should be making $21 mil/year at ages 36-38, not that there are (m)any players that should be. I don't disagree, except my personal opinion is that there isn't a whole lot separating Fielder from the likes of Werth and Soriano. To me, the weight thing cancels a lot of Fielder's age advantage, and his production hasn't been head and shoulders better: what it's been is more volatile -- better great seasons, and worse down seasons. JMHO, but the term elite doesn't apply.
  20. davearm2
    Yep you nailed it. There's only been one FA in the last 4 years that I would have been comfortable signing. :lol: Whatever. You know in what context you gave that response. If you want to twist it to get a laugh, have at it. The context was, I didn't like Fielder or Pujols, so I gave some recent examples of big-ticket 1Bs that I would have been comfortable signing. The ginormous leap you're making deserves a laugh. Sorry. I didn't understand that you were strictly talking 1B. I thought you were saying out of all the top offensive free agents that had been available recently, Teixera was the only one you would have signed. My mistake. Fair enough. It gets tiresome having my posts misconstrued, so I was probably overly rude. Sorry for that.
  21. davearm2
    ? what incorrect definition of rape are you using? how are we are long ways from rape? if he did what he has been accused of, he's a rapist. Sexual assault is much broader than rape. Grabbing someone's butt on the el is sexual assault. I'm trying to process what it is that would possess a person to make moves on a passed out drunk person. WTF is up with that.
  22. davearm2
    Mike Rizzo has never struck me as afraid to take risks. The fact is, if he is ready to stand by the Werth decision, then it'd be pretty logical to apply the same reasoning to Fielder.
  23. davearm2
    Yep you nailed it. There's only been one FA in the last 4 years that I would have been comfortable signing. :lol: Whatever. You know in what context you gave that response. If you want to twist it to get a laugh, have at it. The context was, I didn't like Fielder or Pujols, so I gave some recent examples of big-ticket 1Bs that I would have been comfortable signing. The ginormous leap you're making deserves a laugh.
  24. davearm2
    It'd be pretty ballsy for the Nats to take the plunge on Fielder immediately after Werth kinda tanked in his first year.
  25. davearm2
    Unfair, but it illustrates the point. As 21 year olds: Rizzo: .331/.404/.652/1.056 in AAA LaRoche: .251/.305/.361/.666 in A+ Sure, don't disagree. There's higher pedigree with Rizzo, and there's higher potential. I was just pointing to what Sickels wrote on his likely prime - a .260-.280 hitter, 25-30 HR's, and plenty of walks, along with a solid glove at first. LaRoche put up those numbers from 06 to 2010 and was hurt last year. Admittedly, this speaks to something else I used to talk about - that I think LaRoche was a bit under-rated. Not a star, but a very solid starting first baseman who always got left behind as teams looked for better or cheaper. I may be underselling LaRoche, but ".260-.280 hitter, 25-30 HR's, and plenty of walks, along with a solid glove at first," coupled with 21 and 6 years of team control, sounds pretty fabulous.
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