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  1. Cubswin11
    so much :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: there http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110210&content_id=16609902&vkey=news_chc&c_id=chc an interesting tidbit - seems like the rift between rudy and aramis was real don't think aramis would like that first part (questioning his motivation) too much. The difference in a .278 and .310 RISP average has to be like what 7-10 hits over a full year? Adjust that for a dip in BABIP (I am just guessing his BABIP was higher in 07/08 than 10') and he pretty much performed like always with RISP.
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    Y'know, saying this a billion times doesn't actually make it true. Pretending he isn't, doesn't either. Kosuke is closer to being paid what he's worth than he is to being "grossly overpaid." No he isn't. Even the Red Sox - the team many touted as the one that would most appreciate Fukudome's skill set - wanted nothing to do with him - even in trying to dump Dice K. If he's a free agent today you HONESTLY believe he would get anywhere near $13.5Million (I think that's his salary this year) I bet he wouldn't get half of that. Fukudome certainly can be a valuable player doesn't mean he's being paid appropriately. According to fangraphs he's been worth $24m in his 3 years in the league, he has been paid $30.5m. That's not grossly overpaying. And Dice K is owed $7m more than Fukudome, has injury issues, and we already have a crowded rotation. All while we will have a need for Kosuke this year, I am sure it was more Hendry saying no to Dice-K than it was Theo saying no to Kosuke. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=3263&position=OF#value
  3. Cubswin11
    Y'know, saying this a billion times doesn't actually make it true. Pretending he isn't, doesn't either. Kosuke is closer to being paid what he's worth than he is to being "grossly overpaid."
  4. Cubswin11
    Weeks' bat is good enough to be at 3B, I understand shifting him from 2B to 3B marginalizes his value some, but he could be considered a 3B option on top of a 2B option
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    I would strongly consider doing that trade, but we'd have the worst up the middle defense in MLB. With Castro still growing defensively, Young at 2B, and Fuku/Colvin in CF.
  6. Cubswin11
    Lakers-Nuggets talked/talking about a trade centered around Melo and Bynum. Article says Nuggets don't have interest in Artest or Odom. http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=6101304
  7. Cubswin11
    I think it was slightly high, but not anything crazy (it won't be an extreme outlier looking back on his career in 10 years). Even with some expected regression/bad luck on BABIP he should be able to sustain a .270-.290 avg.
  8. Cubswin11
    The OF will give us at least league average production this year and will almost certainly be above league average. Not bad for only 37 million. I am not saying they are cost effective or that they "earn" their paycheck, simply that a OF consisting primarily of Soriano/Byrd/Fukudome/Colvin will put up numbers above league average quite easily.
  9. Cubswin11
    The OF will give us at least league average production this year and will almost certainly be above league average.
  10. Cubswin11
    Thanks - looks fairly promising. I am impressed Hendry was able to get a prospect that good for a Lee rental. If you believe this ranking he got better return for Lee than he did for Gorzelanny or Lilly. Or is it possible these rankings were done before the Gorzelanny trade? I am pretty sure they were. The consensus though seems to be that Burgess' is no longer a big time prospect and I don't think Law would have in, in out top 10.
  11. Cubswin11
    If Pujols went to the Cubs he would get a Lebron type backlash potentially worse. The rivalry is too big, and the St. Louis fan's would react worse than Cleveland's fans. He might get that type of backlash from St. Louis fans, but the backlash wouldn't rival what Lebron got on a national level. Agreed, the STL area would have that type of backlash but it wouldn't be nearly as big nationally as Lebron's. Pujols wouldn't do, or even get, a "decision" type of production either.
  12. Cubswin11
    I wonder if the Angels will really even be in on the bidding on Pujols or Fielder. For a few reasons they already have quite a bit of money committed to next season, have options on Abreu and Kazmir $22.5m if picked up $3.5m if bought out, they already have Morales at 1B, some of their younger guys could be candidates for extensions or large bumps in arbitration. Money committed for 2012: Wells: $21m Hunter: $18 Haren: $12.75 Santana: $11.2 Downs: $5 Weaver: He's getting either $7.3-8.8m in arbitration this year. So let's say he's either extended or goes through arby again and his salary for next year is $11 (which is probably a little low). Takahashi: $4.2 Kendrick: $3.3 this year (lets call it $6 for next year) Izturis: $3.8 Aybar: $3 this year (call it $5 next year) Callaspo: $2 this year ($4 next year) Morales: $2.975 this year (probably gets around $6 next year) Total: $107.95 (rough calculations with some guessing on arbitration) Throw in another minimum of $3.5 to buy out the two options they have and some other guys that will go through arbitration/added to ML roster they are easily going into the season next year with a payroll over $110m.
  13. Cubswin11
    How about Choi instead. He's too busy climbing mountains somewhere http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hwCKBFqHLZI/Sy7W03KEHYI/AAAAAAAAArc/jcG_xrx6GNQ/s320/hee+seop.jpg
  14. Cubswin11
    :-k
  15. Cubswin11
    What I like is hopefully the Wells contract will limit how high the Angels will go in the Fielder (and Pujols if he reaches FA) next offseason and it would be one less team for the Cubs to compete against.
  16. Cubswin11
    Does anybody know when regular season individual game tickets go on sale? I would think soon. I really want to try and get opening day tickets this year.
  17. Cubswin11
    If Hill brings all this "knowledge, leadership, and wisdom" to the team all year round why not just make him the [expletive] bullpen catcher/coach or some made up coaching position so he can still be part of the team to enlighten everyone, but not actually have to play?
  18. Cubswin11
    Where will Burgess' start the year? High A or AA? Also do any of these guys take up a spot(s) on the 40-man? Solid trade :good:
  19. Cubswin11
    If the Cubs were to make a serious push for Fielder I hope that they would give him less years and a little more money annually. I don't want him getting a contract taking him into his mid 30's. I would rather do a 4-5 year deal for about $20-25m a year than 6-8 year deal for $16-18m a year.
  20. Cubswin11
    I think this is a solid move for the Yankees, dollars aside. They missed out on the best SP(s) available. So they did the next best thing by getting the best RP available so they can shorten games and minimize how long their average SP need to be out there. CC is going to have to pitch into the 8th or 9th inning every start this year and going to rack up like 230+IP. Also bravo on the Rays stockpiling of picks
  21. Cubswin11
    I know that the Cubs win percentage is good with Hill but any idea why the hell this is? Is this just an example of a freakish coincidence? It is obviously not Koyie Hill helping. Where did you get that the Cubs record is good with Hill playing? They were 24-36 in games Hill started last year. Soto was 50-48 last year as a starter. I was joking around, there was that stretch in either 08 or 09 where the team had a really good W-L record when Hill started games. People on Cubs.com and boards of the like point to that stat a lot for why Hill has value to the team.
  22. Cubswin11
    But, but we have like a .750 win percentage when Koye Hill starts games dudes. Winners Win!
  23. Cubswin11
    Why did Indy call a TO there?
  24. Cubswin11
    Sanchez #-o http://imu.uiowa.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/turrible.jpg
  25. Cubswin11
    Smith you are dumb, you are really dumb
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