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  1. Clem Fandango
    Ham Radio. "Wispy Taint" comes up with crazy good trade ideas.
  2. Clem Fandango
    My negative feelings toward Puig are irrational. I couldn't care less if a player is an douche, as long as he's good that's what's important. And while Puig has been good, for some reason I just don't think he's as good as he's hyped up to be. And like IMB said, it will cost a ton to get him. He gets treated like he's in the same rarified air as Bryce Harper and Mike Trout, and he simply isn't, but that won't stop the Dodgers from probably trying to coax a package out of someone who thinks he is.
  3. Clem Fandango
    FTFY
  4. Clem Fandango
    He's still learning to be a proper catcher and all signs point to the Cubs thinking he's capable of being at least acceptable in the long term at the position, and if his bat is as good as it can be while playing acceptable defense at catcher he would be obscenely valuable.
  5. Clem Fandango
    THIEF
  6. Clem Fandango
    Productive major league regular for many years, i think. Though not in the field. OK, so 1B or DH, but again, where's the power? On the warning track
  7. Clem Fandango
    I wouldn't be surprised if Reyes to Mets rumors start swirling now
  8. Clem Fandango
    Jeff Hoffman one of the other minor leaguers... http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/07/blue-jays-to-acquire-troy-tulowitzki.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
  9. Clem Fandango
    Jesus, people were foaming at the mouth hoping the Cubs picked up Soriano, now he has a couple bad outings after he first gets here and you want to DFA him? Yeah lets just throw $4 million dollars into a dumpster fire and call it a day.
  10. Clem Fandango
    Less to do with actual value, more to do with Cubs probably not willing to give up their two best middle infield options outside of Russell in the same deal.
  11. Clem Fandango
    This is in reference to...? Sorry, forgot to quote -- Baez and Castro for Hamels Oh, yeah that's not gonna happen. One of them? Yeah, perhaps. Not both.
  12. Clem Fandango
    http://i.imgur.com/xGIlcXB.png http://i.imgur.com/aQBSWmb.gif
  13. Clem Fandango
    This is in reference to...?
  14. Clem Fandango
    no kidding. I wouldnt even demand a starting pitcher. just a living breathing pitcher with a working arm. How about Castro, Jokisch, Villanueva and Torres for Shields and Upton? Not keen on giving up Torres for a rental. There are other bullets the Cubs can use in that chamber.
  15. Clem Fandango
    I was trying to prove that Hammel is a perfectly fine, if not great, #3 starter to have on a contending team instead of just "a decent pitcher, but not a #3 on a contender he is a good #4/5 tho"
  16. Clem Fandango
    It's time for a fun game of "Which would you prefer" Pitcher A: 125.1 IP 8.33 K/9 2.23 BB/9 3.16 ERA 3.69 FIP 3.50 xFIP 1.8 fWAR Pitcher B: 119.1 IP 9.13 K/9 3.62 BB/9 2.34 ERA 3.41 FIP 3.25 xFIP 1.7 fWAR Pitcher C: 131.0 IP 9.00 K/9 1.79 BB/9 3.16 ERA 3.19 FIP 3.23 xFIP 2.5 fWAR Pitcher D: 112.1 IP 8.97 K/9 1.76 BB/9 3.20 ERA 3.16 FIP 3.26 xFIP 2.2 fWAR Pitcher E: 118.1 IP 7.53 K/9 2.21 BB/9 3.27 ERA 3.30 FIP 3.48 xFIP 2.1 fWAR Pitcher F: 122.2 IP 6.60 K/9 1.54 BB/9 3.30 ERA 3.16 FIP 3.85 xFIP 2.5 fWAR Pitcher G: 128.2 IP 9.58 K/9 2.73 BB/9 3.64 ERA 3.20 FIP 3.15 xFIP 2.7 fWAR 3 of these guys are top young arms that many teams would covet having on their roster. 3 others are premiere name pitchers. And the 7th is Jason Hammel. This isn't so much a test to see which one you think is Hammel (it's probably pretty obvious if you've been paying attention to his numbers) as much as it is for you to see that if you squint you might mistake Hammel for a premiere pitcher. That's the point... Hammel is easily a #2 on a lot of teams, so the fact that he's our #3 is pretty [expletive] awesome. And the fact that Kyle Hendricks, our #4, has put up an identical fWAR to Hammel this season is even more kick ass.
  17. Clem Fandango
    Yeah, like 3 of those starts got shortened and/or affected due to rain. Hammel is a tremendous #3 pitcher. Prior to his last start he had an ERA under 3.00, a WHIP under 1.00, and he still has a K:BB ratio that would make Greg Maddux blush. Hammel has been a monster in that rotation slot, and a Top 20 pitcher in the NL
  18. Clem Fandango
    The only reason the contract is awful is because he's awful. Even if he had regressed to like a .700 OPS after his .745 OPS rookie season he'd probably still be fulfilling the contract right now. The problem is he's regressed to like a .600 OPS. A 6 year, $35.5 million contract for a guy putting up league average numbers isn't a terrible contract. He's only making $2 million this year. That's less than Chris Denorfia. And if Gyorko had stayed the course and been a 20 homer, .240-.250 type of guy he'd be a bargain. Instead he's been so bad that even at $2 million he's a sunk cost. The contract was sound at the time, he's just been a disaster ever since.
  19. Clem Fandango
    I wouldn't mind Gyorko, but I wouldn't give up much for him. He's lost a lot of his shine, but he does still have some good upside that might be more reachable outside of Petco. He's going blow for blow with Castro for worst MI in the NL at the moment, so... yeah, not sure what they expect to get for him. EDIT: Scratch that, just checked FG, Castro has gotten much much worse.
  20. Clem Fandango
    My underdog picks are paying off. Jumped from 9th to 5th!
  21. Clem Fandango
    That's all fine and dandy, but it's comparing apples to apples, IMO. Chapman may have the better peripherals, but Kimbrel's peripherals still make him part of the closer elite. It's like having to choose between a filet and a porterhouse. You're gonna satisfied with either one, except one is gonna be a bit more expensive than the other.
  22. Clem Fandango
    You shouldn't.
  23. Clem Fandango
    Eh, even if you saw them as equals before this one Chapman has passed him this year. Throw in just how extremely, extremely rare Chapman actually is - a LHP with record velocity and no injury history - and I don't see it as a contest. MLBTR threw out a list of relievers that might be available. I'd have serious interest in Jake McGee, but if Chapman is actually available - want as much as Hamels. Big trades! Need to pull some heists off before people realize the farm system was riding the coattails of a couple talents. Chapman or Kimbrel, either would be a perfect fit. But I feel like we'd need to give up bigger names to get Chapman because of the fact that he's in our division and because of what you said, the rare lefty who can hit triple digits. He has the wow factor and name recognition. The results for Kimbrel this year have been below his norm, but he's still excellent, and he'd likely cost less to acquire, giving the Cubs more bait to use for a bigger fish like Hamels or Price or whomever if they were to choose to go that route, IMO.
  24. Clem Fandango
    Over the past several years, Kimbrel is arguably better than Chapman. I'd say it's not even arguable, he has been better by at least 2-3 wins by both measures of WAR, and will likely live up to his end of his contract. That's not to say Chapman is chop liver compared to Kimbrel, they are probably the #1 and #2 best closers in the game. There really isn't a wrong choice when choosing between the two, IMO. Kimbrel can be controlled through 2018, though.
  25. Clem Fandango
    Kimbrel would be a wonderful acquisition. I still like the idea of getting Upton, too, but that probably won't happen. Kimbrel seems like a plausible target, though.
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