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  1. Brett
    Actually, it wouldn't be the worst idea in the world for a few teams to pull a minor trade for Reed around the deadline. He's a useful enough lefty masher. I wouldn't expect much for him, but a toolsy young guy with a bad early track record in the low minors isn't a bad return. If the Cubs don't expect much in return, I don't see why Johnson won't be traded. Hell, the Cubs got Justin Berg for a month of Matt Lawton. I'm not saying Justin Berg has been much to get excited about, but it's something.
  2. Brett
    This thread is maddening. He's probably the most valuable player on the Cubs over the last 4 seasons, and is still both young and cost-controlled. Of course, then again, those are the very reasons he would have immense trade value. And he's not *that* young. He'll turn 29 in the offseason.
  3. Brett
    And, given the Cubs' theoretical financial advantage, trading away these B+ prospects in packages for ML players is probably the model they should follow. The star prospects can come up and shine, but there's no reason the Cubs should be counting on all of them to contribute on the field for the Cubs.
  4. Brett
    30 in this non steroid era is ancient. They should be lucky to get back brett gardner or ryan theriot clone. And it's not just that he's 30 ... it's that he's got the arm of a 35 year old.
  5. Brett
    Yeah, but, like, who cares? He isn't helping the Cubs this year - no one is - and his $18 million next year could almost certainly be put to better use. Unless you believe he's going to reverse course next year (which is not inconceivable given how dominant he was in the second half last year), I just can't be too upset about losing Z's hypothetical production for 2012.
  6. Brett
    Yeah, but what if beige jacket guy or Cubs sweatshirt guy had caught it? Then it would be known as the beige jacket guy ball or Cubs sweatshirt guy ball and headphones guy would have remained in obscurity, where they all belong. I hate beige jacket guy. Someone should make a documentary about him.
  7. Brett
    The "he's 21" point really drives me crazy. The fact that he's still very young says absolutely nothing about what his future position should be, especially if he isn't going to grow out of his inconsistencies. Worse, he's forgoing valuable learning time at another position. I don't pretend to know where his future should be, but simply checking a box next to his age as a reason to leave him at short for now is, to me, a pretty lazy way to discuss the question.
  8. Brett
    It seems like that's exactly what the Cubs try to do... they're just not very good at it.
  9. Brett
    I'm a lot more bullish on Struck than that. Fastball is supposedly topping out in the mid-90's (slight increase from last year numbers that I had), and have heard that his secondary stuff, change and slider, are both looking solid. Granted, that's off limited reports I have (3) so it is a SSS issue, but I think his ceiling could be a good mid-rotation arm. If Whitenack hadn't gone down, who would you be more bullish on: Whitenack, Struck or Beeler?
  10. Brett

    Samardzija

    Brett replied to Tim's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    It looks like it. One thing is sure, his fastball has a couple ticks more MPH on it this year, and the good tailing action he lost two years ago appears to be back. Control/command has been the only real issue this year. I try not to be encouraged by all things Samardzija... but... I am.
  11. Brett
    I haven't heard anyone talking about how he's actually looked. Anyone hearing anything?
  12. Brett
    Yeah, it probably just means LeMahieu is sentenced to another two weeks of bench duty.
  13. Brett
    He insists on playing DeWitt in LF and the other day in a close game he had Campana pinch hit in the 7th or 8th and then had DJ LeMahieu pinch run the next inning. Those moves should have been reversed. When Soto was hurt, like Lou, Quade played Koyie Hill daily instead of giving Wellington Castillo a chance. This team is not good, but Quade hasn't shown much either. Guys like LaRussa make some head-scratching decisions, but they seem to get the most out of the talent on the roster. Defending Quade is the last thing I want to do, but DeWitt has actually acquitted himself pretty well in LF. No, he'll never be a ML regular there - or anything close to that - but now we know he's a guy who can play all over the field in a pinch. That's good information to have going forward.
  14. Brett
    Anytime he wants to start would be great with me Forget building like the Red Sox. Just buy everyone under Epstein...
  15. Brett
    Agreed on all fronts. I have a feeling that the Cubs will give Cashman a long look after this season. The question is whether they'll formally dump Hendry before doing so.
  16. Brett
    Sounds like he'll be looked at again today, and, if he passes concussion tests and the like, he'll be activated tomorrow or Wednesday.
  17. Brett
    Really? You don't think the idea that the Ricketts family, billionaires, severely underestimated the financial situation of the Cubs, but YOU could see it clearly when they couldn't...is up for debate? yes. Anyone with a half-assed economics degree could have seen this coming. And their direct actions show that they underestimated the costs of being a team owner. If only the Ricketts had talked to just ONE person with a half-assed economics degree, they could have avoided all of this hand-wringing.
  18. Brett
    Maybe he just doesn't want to play anymore after 2011.
  19. Brett
    Great news. In a season of crap, at least there's something to root for. He's been through a lot (the injuries, his brother's death, the injuries), so it would be great to see him make it back.
  20. Brett
    I hope Ricketts isn't thinking like a businessman.
  21. Brett
    I know that it's supremely douchey to link to your own site, but, since it's directly on point and has a fair bit of analysis, I hope you won't destroy me for posting this article. Basically, I took a look at the publicly available numbers about the Cubs' financial situation to try and figure out how much money they'll have to spend in the offseason (and to confirm that they're not in dire straights). Perhaps the most interesting thing I discovered is how much money the Ricketts family still has in TD Ameritrade stock (over $2 billion). Feel free to delete if I'm overstepping bounds. It's a long article. Will the Chicago Cubs' Debt Prevent Any Big Free Agent Signings After this Season?
  22. Brett
    I don't understand when all of these beat writers became editorialists. (not talking about Miles, mind you, who's always injected his thoughts into articles - which, for him, is welcome)
  23. Brett
    Gene Wojciechowski as well on ESPN. I got through the first two paragraphs - which are cut and pasted below - before stopping. You know they're dramatizing when they call *that* Zambrano snapping. He couldn't have sounded more calm.
  24. Brett
    I think Hendry missed Hendry saying that. http://www.csnchicago.com/05/25/11/-font-color--blackbEXCLUSIVEbfont-Cashne/kapman_article.html?blockID=528834&feedID=619
  25. Brett
    I don't suppose anyone knows what the Ricketts' payment is on the $580ish million of debt they took on? I'm just spitballin', but if it's like a super jumbo mortgage, and the debt's at 8 to 10%, that's like $45 to $58 million in interest per year. Doesn't really seem that bad when stacked against $200 million in revenues; but it does call into question the ability of the Cubs have a $150 million+ payroll in the near-term. Damn, I just depressed myself.
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