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  1. Tryptamine
    The cameramen are a bit rusty. The ball didn't even make it half way out of the infield and they were showing the lights in right field.
  2. Tryptamine
    Aram hitting them in all the right places. A good start to this inning.
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    Since when can Hart hit 98 on the gun? I have to assume this gun is hot.
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    I had just finished telling my friend how awful Taguchi is and then he drives in two; sometimes I think the world is out to get me.
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    I'm surprised Marwin Gonzalez or Searle aren't in our top 30. To a lesser extent I would have thought Nate Spears or Papelbon might have snuck in.
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    And the best part, seeing as the Rangers already got our 1st rder (please correct if I am wrong), so all that it would cost the Cubs at worst, a 2nd rd draft pick. I am kinda of torned on which pitcher the Cubs should target. Personally the price for Peavy in terms of prospects (remember the Cubs would be giving up ONLY two of their own prospect Vitters and Castillo)---according to Levine---isn't too much. In fact that "The Levine Idea" is a similar package to what Milwaukee gave Cleveland for CC. One blue chip prospects plus 3-4 players based on potential, and that deal was for a half season of CC. A similar package for a Top 10 pitcher under control for the next 4 ys, is prolly a good deal for the Cubs, considering in the next two yrs both Lilly and Harden contracts will be up. With that said, I won't be heartbroken if the Cubs "settle" on a Milton Bradleyesque contract with Ben Sheets that is a 2 yr deal worth 20-25 mill plus a option with health clause built into the deal. If I remember correctly Milton was a type B. So the Rangers get a sandwich pick and the Cubs don't lose anything.
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    I would love to add a young pitcher with upside. The Cubs could throw him in the 5 spot where the expectations aren't high and he could mature for 2010 when Harden is gone.
  8. Tryptamine
    Really surprising to see the A's so active this offseason. I really hope they give the Angels some competition this year.
  9. Tryptamine
    At this point I think any pitcher we add is via trade. More than likely it's going to either be an inning eating journeyman or young high upside pitcher for the future. The kind of guys we can hide in the 5 spot. I really doubt we go for anyone that's expensive unless they're truly elite like Peavy.
  10. Tryptamine
    I know it's most likely a pipe dream, but what kind of package would it take to pull Volstad away from the Marlins? With Harden more than likely leaving after the year and my preference for Marshall as a bullpen arm, I'd love to have him this year and the next few.
  11. Tryptamine
    I agree. It seems he caught the Texas lightning in a bottle. He'll be fairly productive when he's healthy, but probably not nearly as good as he was last year. Anyone else sick to their stomachs knowing that we now have approximately $70 million tied up in Fukudome & Bradley for the next 3 years? Due to contracts, our offense will remain nearly exactly the same for the next 3 years. It better be good again. I'm not too concerned about it. I really believe Fukudome can turn in a much better season this time around. If he flops again this year, I'll be concerned.
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    I think we're a good loogy, right handed bench power and experienced fifth starter away from being done for the year. I know Marshall could be the fifth, but I really like what he provides out of the pen. Overall I like the deal and as much as I really loved Dero I think we can get similar production out of the Fontenot/Miles platoon.
  13. Tryptamine
    I'd bet that with insight like your's, you can't see beyond the end of your nose! DeRosa, barring injury, would have had GREATLY diminished PT and would have been UNHAPPY if he stayed. The Cubs are going to balance the lineup with more lefty hitting, PERIOD! Hendry has BIG IDEAS, but is at least temporarily, restricted to a $145M budget, and he wants to save $5-7M of that for July, in case he needs it. So of course he is going to "dump" salaries where he can get the same or better for less. So far he has done a GREAT job of moving the money around, to get what he wants. Miles is NO downgrade! His only negative in comparison with DeRosa is power. They are the same type player and personalities, Miles hits a little better for average, and would be more effective in the 1, 2 or 8 spots in the lineup, is a SWITCH hitter and plugs the same holes for less money, which means Hendry has about $3.3M more to use in trying to fulfill those BIG ideas! This is going to get really ugly.
  14. Tryptamine
    Yep, they are all shocked that their insiders were incorrect. Hilarious. I'm not sure what is more pathetic: people who hang on every word an "insider" has to write on a message board, or people on a completely unrelated message board getting off every single time those "insiders" are wrong. It's not that I enjoy the "insiders" being wrong. I simply got annoyed by people over there so drastically overvaluing their prospects while bashing ours. The last 2 offseasons have left me more than a little jaded when it comes to the Orioles.
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    By the way, OH is back open without registration. It's even more enjoyable than I had hoped for. :)
  16. Tryptamine
    I don't know about "getting" unfair. The Yankees have been the dominant franchise throughout history. You have teams like Florida who can win twice in a decade. Oakland was a great team for several years. Tampa is good and has more than 2-3 year window. Teams get to keep guys for dirt cheap for 3 years, then they get 3 more years at below market value. The problem with baseball is so many teams are run stupidly. I just know that if I was fan of a team like the Pirates, baseball would be dead to me. It's hard to get emotionally invested in a team that stands no chance year in and year out. I'm surprised they even pull in enough revenue to keep the team going at this point.
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    If http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=bal is any indication, it is going to be absolutely hilarious what is going on over there.
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    I know it sounds stupid coming from a fan of a team with a high payroll, but isn't baseball getting just a tad unfair? Why would a person in Pittsburgh, Washington or Kansas City care about baseball anymore? The only way they stand a chance is to lose for a decade and stockpile draft picks. They then have a two maybe three year window before all that talent gets signed by high revenue teams and they have to spend another decade losing.
  19. Tryptamine
    Kevin Hart and Mitch Atkins in our top 10 makes me very very sad.
  20. Tryptamine
    I'm not a big fan of trading Vitters for anything short of a perennial allstar. Vitters is probably the most overrated Cub prospect since Bobby Hill. It's comments like these that lead me to believe that the Cubs prospects stand at best half the chance of other team's prospects to succeed. If they don't immediately perform they're "garbage" and people want to chase them away.
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    I'm not a big fan of trading Vitters for anything short of a perennial allstar.
  22. Tryptamine
    I'd love to pick up Sheets on a 2 or 3 year deal. It saves the Cubs a lot of money and prospects the Peavy deal would have taken.
  23. Tryptamine
    That's funny because I was just showing my friend that video on Saturday.
  24. Tryptamine
    What use is this guy other than a pinch runner? As Ronnie said this pretty much closes the book on Pie's time in Chicago if it's true.
  25. Tryptamine
    There are very few things I wouldn't do to see the Cubs win the World Series. Signing Barry Bonds is one of those things.
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