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  1. cubfan1955
    Only so many teams can trade with Hendry on deadline day. LA and San Diego won this years GM lotto drawing.
  2. cubfan1955
    Izturis is out there for his glove, not his bat. Defense is important, too. On a team that already can't get on base and can't score? Defense was not what this team needed.
  3. cubfan1955
    Personally I'd rather have someone else making picks for the Cubs than the Cubs.
  4. cubfan1955
    He should have called in some Girl Scouts to get some real advice because the Cub Scouts blew it.
  5. cubfan1955
    Man if the Mets would like to trade Reyes to us for Izturis where do I sign?
  6. cubfan1955
    Going back to the Dodger deal. There is no gurantee Maddux would return next year. Its better to get something, rather than nothing in return. The same can be said about the Walker deal. Im pretty sure he wasnt coming back next year. Hendry spent 18 months it seemed like, trying to deal Walker. If Izturis can return to his 04 form, then this deal was a wise one by Hendry. Not in this case. Nothing would have been much better than Izturis but I'll be happy to eat my words if he turns into a .330 BA/.390 OBP type of hitter. Until that happens this deal sucks. So it's not a good deal unless he turns into as good of a hitter as Ichiro? The only thing Ichiro would have on him then is some power, and Izturis's slugging would go up if he was hitting that well. If those are the standards, then I guess Hendry can never make a very good deal. LOL...I'll take less than that but if we're wishing, why not wish for the best? :lol:
  7. cubfan1955
    His career OBP is .295. The last 2 years it's been .302. His highwater mark was .330 in 2004. If he could get back to that, while not great, it would be quite a turn around.
  8. cubfan1955
    Going back to the Dodger deal. There is no gurantee Maddux would return next year. Its better to get something, rather than nothing in return. The same can be said about the Walker deal. Im pretty sure he wasnt coming back next year. Hendry spent 18 months it seemed like, trying to deal Walker. If Izturis can return to his 04 form, then this deal was a wise one by Hendry. Not in this case. Nothing would have been much better than Izturis but I'll be happy to eat my words if he turns into a .330 BA/.390 OBP type of hitter. Until that happens this deal sucks.
  9. cubfan1955
    If another team offered Neifi more money and he didn't take it then he is a fool. My guess is Neifis agent said that and Hendry, in full panic mode, signed him on the spot. Kind of like yesterday when the Dodgers told Hendry they needed their prospects for Lugo deal so Hendry just said "okay" and took anything they offered.
  10. cubfan1955
    There's no way in hell they can afford Soriano and Lee after resigning Pierre and Ramirez and paying Izturis. You'll get a crap 2nd baseman and mediocre left fielder if you get anything at all. And an expensive ineffective innings eater. And therein lies the problem because if they don't sign both Soriano and CLee there is no way they can contend.
  11. cubfan1955
    Probably not even the Pirates in a couple of weeks.
  12. cubfan1955
    Park factors come into play here. Neifi has not been a more productive career hitter than Izturis. But it's sickeningly close. Career OPS+ Neifi: 65 Izturis: 69 I know what you are saying but I think it is too close that we need two of them on this team. Add in Cedeno, Bynum, and Pagan...oh hell, I'm making myself sick. :oops:
  13. cubfan1955
    And probably the year after that... Izturis has to be thrilled. He's almost guaranteed to have his club option picked up for '08, when there is no chance the Dodgers would have taken it. Yes there was. The Dodgers loved him. I don't like the move at all and wish we didn't have him. But people are acting like he has the same rep or value in the league as Neifi when he doesn't. Like I said yesterday, ML teams love 26 year old shortstops who have had 193 hits in a season, won two gold gloves and have an all-star appearance under their belt. It's the way it is. Neifi - Career BA is .270. OBP is .299. SLG is .379. OPS is .678. Izturis - Career BA is .260. OBP is .295. SLG is .339. OPS is .634. Neifi also had 193 hits in the 1999 season. Neifi also has won a gold glove. And had Izturis not been playing in LA he would never have been voted in as an all-star. Izturis is Neifi's little brother. The one without power.
  14. cubfan1955
    The Cubs own Neifi through '07 and Izturis through '08. How may position players who flat out cannot hit do we need on the roster? Z can't compensate for them all. Obviously we just can't get enough of them. I wonder of Ángel Berroa is available? Of course his .310 career OBP is probably a little too high for Hendry.
  15. cubfan1955
    You know what I'm most upset about? Neifi - Career BA is .270. OBP is .299. SLG is .379. OPS is .678. Izturis - Career BA is .260. OBP is .295. SLG is .339. OPS is .634. And Neifi has more power.
  16. cubfan1955
    Not that I'm happy about it but...I told you so!
  17. cubfan1955
    Ya know...I have zero faith that Jim Hendry has any kind of plan about going after Tejada and that this trade for Izturis was simply step 1. I'm still waiting on that follow up trade after the Sosa trade debacle that everyone said was sure to happen. Cub fans are sure resilent. No matter how many times they get kicked in the groin they get back up and return for more.
  18. cubfan1955
    But the Cubs didn't get something, they got less than nothing. They got a terrible baseball player who is also very expensive. That's a bad thing. Not all players are assets. Teams are forced to dump players all the time because they make a lot more than their production should warrent. Izturis is awful. He is exactly the wrong type of player for this team. He doesn't get on base and has no power. This team has about a dozen guys just like that. There's got to be someone out there who will take him. Come on, Hendry's not really going to field a team in '07 that starts Cedeno and Izturis with Neifi backing them up :lol: I don't believe it. Hating Hendry as much as I have grown to-----there are many months ahead of us until next spring. I don't believe this is just it. Can't be. Trust me, that is it. Cubs ship Maddux to Dodgers for Izturis I knew they would do something completely stupid. I wrote about it all morning how they would be better off to keep Maddux than trade him for garbage. They get Neifi without the power at twice the cost. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID...
  19. cubfan1955
    "Gooey sentimentality" is what makes sports fun. My job has no gooey sentimentality, and that's why people don't pay $50 for a seat watching people file reports in cubicles. I don't necessarily want a GM with too much of it, but if it didn't exist, what would be the point of watching sports? Isn't this supposed to be about fun? What's wrong with a little sentimentality? it's more fun watching good teams than teams i want to hug and write poems about. Feel free to prove that the Cubs would suddenly go from a team that hasn't won in 95 years to a good team by trading one guy for a "C" prospect. It wouldn't be sudden, but it would mostly be about giving a chance to young pitchers instead of wasting more time with him in that slot. That's the type of move that good teams make. Good teams don't make sentimental decisions, they make efficient "how does this affect the team" moves. Anymore youngsters getting more starts will likely give Dusty a heart attack. Hmmm...maybe there is an upside to giving Maddux away.
  20. cubfan1955
    Poor Xavier...from first to worst in the blink of an eye.
  21. cubfan1955
    I think most people are just saying don't trade him for a nothing prospect. If we can get something decent then do it by all means.
  22. cubfan1955
    $9 million good? If he wanted to come back at $750,000 to be that 5th starter, fine, but the problem is Hendry feels obligated to pay him for what he used to be, as opposed to what he is currently. And people will worry about the "slight" of offering what he's actually worth. Waste several million on Maddux and you are going to have a tough time filling the many other needs this team has to fill. Just like wasting money on Rusch and Neifi makes it difficult to find actual producers. Oh no...not at $9 million. Never in a zillion years. Bring him back at a greatly reduced rate. You don't have that option. Maddux isn't going to sign at a salary that accurately reflects his contribution to the team. Yes I would. I would not give him that kind of money and then he can walk if he doesn't like what I offer. I'd risk losing him for nothing to be the 5th starter in 2007 before I'd trade him away for a nothing prospect. Now if Hendry can get a "good" prospect then I agree...trade him.
  23. cubfan1955
    Because Hendry and Dusty do not like him.
  24. cubfan1955
    $9 million good? If he wanted to come back at $750,000 to be that 5th starter, fine, but the problem is Hendry feels obligated to pay him for what he used to be, as opposed to what he is currently. And people will worry about the "slight" of offering what he's actually worth. Waste several million on Maddux and you are going to have a tough time filling the many other needs this team has to fill. Just like wasting money on Rusch and Neifi makes it difficult to find actual producers. Oh no...not at $9 million. Never in a zillion years. Bring him back at a greatly reduced rate.
  25. cubfan1955
    Yep. A ball never has been, never will be pitcher. Hendry does like his pitchers.
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