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  1. Tryptamine
    Barney for Porcello seems to be the one that gets brought up the most.
  2. Tryptamine
    From Marlin Bystro over on PSD:
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    Depending on whether or not he got a NTC, he could make fantastic trade bait in '13 or '14. Teams are always willing to way overpay for a closer.
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    I really don't think so. Bourn is going to be 30 all season next year and for a guy whose value is dependent almost entirely on his legs, I think he'll get something similar to Upton.
  5. Tryptamine
    Pretty much exactly where I figured it would be. I'm not particularly upset. Now if they go out and get someone like Pagan at 12 annually then I'll be displeased.
  6. Tryptamine
    I'll wait until I see the figures before reacting. If he can be had for 5 or less years at 12-14 annually or less, then I might be a bit annoyed.
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    This sounds about right to me too. If that's all it took it should have been done already. My guess is they'd want one of Rizzo/Castro +2 of Baez/Soler/Almora as a bare minimum. I wouldn't be surprised if it was something like Rizzo/Samadzija/Soler.
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    It's not me who is putting forward the extreme here. The opposing argument is that the Cubs' current front office took over a team so incredibly awful that there was no point in even trying to field a competitive baseball team and therefore they cannot be blamed when it went incredibly, incredibly wrong. I'm not the one saying that the only relevant information about what they inherited is the 2012 fWAR of players who were on the Cubs in 2011 and project to be in 2013. The Rizzo trade proves my point: You don't need to pay $5 million per win. You can find them if you make smart decisions. They made some, they could have made more. Trades like the Rizzo deal aren't available everywhere. It's not fair to expect him to find all these trades that vastly improve the team's value in one full year. At the same time, Theo probably didn't think it was worth adding significant payroll to try and make the Cubs contender in 2012. They only had one more year of Demp, Sori was coming off an absolutely wretched year etc etc. He most likely didn't think the odds of the team being competitive warranted tying down payroll flexibility.
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    So we're back to the point where Theo and Jed mind-controlled the Padres into giving us Rizzo for a completely worthless asset? Why is it always extremes with you? No one claimed anything like you said, but Theo was smart enough to find a buy low opportunity on a guy with lots of upsides. He was smart enough to shop a guy who someone saw as a front of the rotation starter when the reality is that he was a bullpen guy whose arm couldn't hold up as a starter.
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    A foundation of Rizzo/Castro/Stanton/Myers would make me irrationally happy. Like 2003 before the implosion happy.
  11. Tryptamine
    Do the Marlins have any contracts left to absorb. I really doubt it. Isn't their payroll down to like 27M or something like that?
  12. Tryptamine
    Rumors are Wil Myers is being dangled for Shields or Lester. If he's going to come at that price, Theo has to be all over that with Shark+ someone like Vogelbach right?
  13. Tryptamine
    Yeah, I'd still love to have him on a one year with a 2nd year option. He'd make a potentially really nice trade piece.
  14. Tryptamine
    Kellen Davis is just terrible.
  15. Tryptamine
    How is the media going to spin this one to make Jay look like a dick?
  16. Tryptamine
    3rd and 2 and 4th and 2 and they don't give it to AP. I would be furious if i was rooting for the Vikings.
  17. Tryptamine
    After watching Forte limp to the tunnel I'm not feeling particularly positive.
  18. Tryptamine
    Thank god, that could have been disastrous.
  19. Tryptamine
    Nice game Forte.
  20. Tryptamine
    So stupid Cutler...
  21. Tryptamine
    Often I wonder just how good Cutler would be with a competent Oline. This offseason had better be dedicated almost entirely to addressing that.
  22. Tryptamine
    Thank you Tillman.
  23. Tryptamine
    I'm not sure why people are entirely down on Vitters to begin with. Everytime he jumps a level he always sucks for the first month or two then he adjusts and plays fairly well.
  24. Tryptamine
    I'm glad my hopes have been put in check. I'm not even sure this is a playoff quality team and I had almost bought into Super Bowl a couple weeks ago.
  25. Tryptamine
    Tice, Hester and Davis really need to be shown the door. They provide nothing.
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