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  1. Cubswin11
    The got an outside chance to finish ahead of the Braves and/or Mets. The Braves offense is worse (and relies on an aging/injury prone Chipper and McCann who is a catcher and not going to be playing more than 140 games), along with a talented, but what I think is a questionable rotation. Lowe is a year older and isn't more than a #3, Hudson is entering his first full season after TJS, Jurjens is going in for a MRI today (they say it's not a big deal, but you never know), and they will likely be careful with Hanson and he won't throw more than 170ish innings. The Mets had injury problems everywhere last year and while they should be healthier this year all their core players had injuries and there is no guarantee they return to their old selfs, also the fact that after Johan their rotation is absolute [expletive]. It's still not likely the Nats get out of the cellar, but it's possible if they get some breaks.
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    Looking at those pictures Zambrano doesn't look like he lost a lot of weight, but he looks slimmer. There were reports he lost a good amount of weight (near Soto levels) but it doesn't look like it, but he still does look more fit. Hopefully he toned up or focused on building muscle instead of just losing weight and that's why he doesn't look noticeably smaller.
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    Congratulations, are you taking them?
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    Yea NCAA really needs to expand the tournament field... Most of those teams are trash
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    No, seriously he is competing for a spot in ST. :-s http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/kyle-farnsworth-starting-pitcher/
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    Depending on how the Cubs feel about him in ST, I could see Castro in AAA if they feel he has a chance to be up in 2010. Is AAA all that much more competitive or "harder" than AA? I could also see them maybe being aggressive with Burke and starting him in Tenn or Iowa. Overall though everything looks about in line.
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    I hope Duke absolutely wipes the floor with them tonight, and I can't stand Duke it's just that I loathe UNC and Roy more.
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    So when is the date for this thing? I know all cases are heard over a 2 week span and they aren't "allowed" to release the date of individual hearings, but they always seem to make it out.
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    He was one of the few players to have a good year in 2006 and even though his first half of 2007 was terrible he had that really good stretch in the 2nd half of 2007 where he was a big part of the reason we made the playoffs that year.
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    Skip Schumaker signed a 2yr $4.75m deal today with the Cardinals to avoid arbitration further proving that Hendry should stick to his guns. Schumaker career line: .301/.356/.399/.757 Theriot career line: .288/.356/.369/.726 UZR ranks Theriot better defensively, but most seem to be in agreement on here that UZR is flawed and Theriot's defense isn't anything special.
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    I read an article recently on the case and the basic point was that the Cubs are more mad at what this means for arbitration and Theriot in the next 1-3 years. With what he asked it pretty much assures that he will be making $5 mil+ next year and most likely and will be in the $10m range in 2 years.
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    Agreed, Snickers was bad to. The Tebow thing was way overblown too, that commercial wasn't controversial at all IMO. If it hadn't come out before the SB that he was doing an anti-abortion commercial 99% of the people who saw that commercial probably would have no idea what it was for.
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    No idea, he was double teamed (it was close to being a hold) and he was still pushing through and got some pressure on Brees.
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    1/4 of the way to hit my parlay. Don't most teams defer in the SB? Good idea to take it for the Saints, keep Peyton off the field and try to get on the board first.
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    Come on Heads!!!
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    Colts 23 Saints 17
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    UNC getting their [expletive] kicked again. They don't even look NIT worthy this year.
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    The Clippers currently have 27 points at half time...
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    While they've had a good offseason, they still have question marks in the bottom of their rotation who doesn't? As long as they got King Felix and Lee taking the ball 2 out of 5 games their rotation will be above average. If Bedard can even give them 10ish starts in which he pitches like he used to and they can get league average/replacement level production out of another starter or two they will be fine. I think the thing that holds them back is that they lack OBP/SLG in their lineup and they don't really have middle of the order bats. Bradley, Lopez, Kotchman, and Gutierrez are all nice complementary bats but not guys that should be 3-4-5 hitters in a lineup. Figgins and Ichiro 1-2 at the the top should be fun to watch though.
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    Now that they have all this money invested in him I wonder if they will start monitoring his pitch counts and be willing to pull him earlier once in and while along with not letting him get above 120 often.
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    Kosuke doesn't become a FA until after the 2011 season, which would mean somebody would be taking over in 2012, three seasons away, not next year. That could be the earliest you could hope to see Burke, if you see him at all. Yeah I knew that just worded it wrong, I meant to say after next year when he becomes a FA. Not next year after he becomes a FA.
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    Castro and Vitters are the obvious choices. But I am really interested in Kyler Burke. He was the Cubs minor league POY and was a first round pick and finally seemed to put it together (even though it was a repeat level, the league was inline with his age), he could potentially take over in RF for Kosuke next year after he becomes a free agent and could be a solid #2 or 5 hitter.
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    Wasn't it already announced at the Cubs Convention? Don't know if it was announced at the convention (wasn't there and didn't read a whole lot about it) but ever since it was known the Cubs were being sold and through the whole process with the Ricketts, it has rumored that the Cubs were interested/looking into starting up a YES type network.
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    Seems completely reasonable, if he has a good year at closer this year I would expect we look to extend him on a multi year deal next offseason.
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