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  1. Clem Fandango
    I don't see Zambrano waiting his NTC to allow a trade to Kansas City
  2. Clem Fandango
    Well with Mike, we are sort of getting a pitching coach in manager's clothing. Which is one reason he's my favorite on the list. I mean even if he's not the pitching coach if he notices something about one of our pitchers he will talk to whoever the pitching coach is and work to fix it. And he might notice something the PC doesn't, he's a really good PC. Yeah, that's been the general consensus for years with Mike Maddux, which is why I kind of want him here. And we all know Greg had the reputation to be the pitcher all the younger pitchers gravitated to to learn from and there's countless articles about just how brilliant Maddux's pitchers mind really is. I don't think anyone would worry too much about Greg Maddux not being able to be a successful pitching coach. Plus Mike would be reunited with Rudy Jaramillo. Not too big of a deal, but still. He already has some familiarity with one of the Cubs coaches.
  3. Clem Fandango
    When there's organizational news they tend to attach it to the team's best player since they don't have pages for executives. Most of the Cubs news about Theo and managers and any front office decisions have generally been attached to Starlin's Rotoworld page
  4. Clem Fandango
    Just watch this and you'll get the general idea... Except the things that Cespedes did were legitimate things and stuff
  5. Clem Fandango
    His kids are in college? I'd understand is his kids were in grade school, even if they were in high school. College? Is that really gonna hold him back? They're legal adults at this point. Time to cut the cord, Mike.
  6. Clem Fandango
    That's what it sounds like. If that is actually the case, Dave Martinez please
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  9. Clem Fandango
    Not related to the topic, but was discussed in here earlier...
  10. Clem Fandango
    That was me for the Mobile Bay Bears! I can do that job! Where do I apply?!?! Fun side story, in the movie Moneyball it shows Jonah Hill's character using a program to track pitches. That's the same program Arizona employed when I worked there. It's called BATS. It's pretty archaic in design, but it's reaaaally immersive and elaborate. I figured everyone in baseball used it, especially large market teams like the Cubs. Whoops.
  11. Clem Fandango
    I think Jurrjens is worth one of those players and that's about the extent of it. Toss one of them and then a mid-level guy or two to see if that will do it, but I wouldn't consider two of them. I was under the impression that Prado was a lefty killer, but that was Diaz, wasn't it? Prado is pretty even on his lefty/righty splits it seems. The price Jurrjens will fetch will scare me off, but Prado might be worth exploring as a potential 3B option if we can't find a better solution
  12. Clem Fandango
    Were the Cubs not even doing this?!?!?!? WTF. It costs a couple hundred bucks and takes a few minutes to set up to get a monumental helping hand in evaluating players AND YOU AREN'T DOING IT?!?!?!
  13. Clem Fandango
    Not sure if that's hyperbole, but I seriously lol'd at it.
  14. Clem Fandango
    Starlin Castro: Just a little bit sexier
  15. Clem Fandango
    His conclusion is that Jurrjens isn't worth a top prospect and I agree. I can't say I'd be comfortable giving any of Vitters, McNutt, Szczur, or Cashner for him. On Prado, I'd have more interest in him, but I'm really not sure how to value him. His 2011 wasn't good at all, but he's had wOBAs of .355, .357, and .367 the past three seasons before 2011. His only good defensive position is 3B and he's 29. I'd prefer to shoot for Headley than Prado, but if the Braves are looking to sell low on Prado (which they don't appear to be) then I'd have more interest. To be fair, there is an article from midway through the season that says this... But that article is also called "Jair Jurrjens: Lucky SOB, the New Matt Cain, or Both?" http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/jair-jurrjens-the-new-cain/ I'm not willing to give up any of our top players for him. If there are people who wanna toss guys (plural) like Sczur, McNutt, Jackson, and Cashner at the Braves for a guy like Jurrjens, I think they're insane. If we're gonna empty the farm for a pitcher, why not focus on a legit ace with a proven track record of dominance and not an injury prone mid rotation starter with [expletive] peripherals
  16. Clem Fandango
    Isn't Wade Davis kind of the odd man out in the Tampa rotation right now? Didn't he have a lot of promise he's sort of failed to live up to so far?
  17. Clem Fandango
    I did the same on the assumption he would retire.
  18. Clem Fandango
    He can walk around the stadium doing the truffle shuffle. Or should I say... Rally Shuffle.
  19. Clem Fandango
    I was about to say. His FIP and xFIP have been 4.00 or higher the past two years, more or less... 2010 FIP: 4.19 xFIP: 4.29 ERA: 4.64 WAR: 1.2 2011 FIP: 3.99 xFIP: 4.23 ERA: 2.98 WAR: 1.5 I'm all for exploring to acquire him because I do think he's a fine pitcher, but I think he's being a little overvalued here
  20. Clem Fandango
    Interesting. They can certainly afford to lose Jurrjens with Teheran, Delgado, and Minor coming up. Probably a wise move, they should be able to get a good haul for him. Not sure what other teams value Prado at. He's obviously valuable to a degree, but it's curious to see how much other teams think he's worth
  21. Clem Fandango
    This was posted yesterday...
  22. Clem Fandango
    Also, from that same Fangraphs article (that I think someone linked to earlier)... http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23SABRbeatles
  23. Clem Fandango
    Awesome...
  24. Clem Fandango
    This. I like Willingham, but he's getting old and with his big year he's going to want bigger dollars and years on his contract. If I'm going to overpay for anyone in his mid 30's, I'd make it Albert Pujols and end the list there.
  25. Clem Fandango
    Not a fan of Oswalt at all. He's old (35 next season) and pretty injury prone. Oswalt really doesn't help us much at all given our current situation. I think Oswalt has maybe one year left (of 15-20 starts) before he has to hang up the cleats because of his injury
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