LeftCoastCubFan

Sorry, This is what happens when you stay up too late.

Wow. No way is Juan Pierre worth 7M per season, much less 9M. 4 years? [bleep] that noise. I could live with 3/18M at the most. Looks like Juan is gone. Yippee!! Yes, I wouldn't mind seeing him come back for $4-5M but noway is he he worth $7M a year for three years. Won't be sad at all to see him leave if Kaplan's scoop is true. It’s no surprise; it was pretty obvious since last April. When he was acquired Hendry was certain he would sign a reasonable extension during spring training. He didn’t citing the belief that lead off men are more valuable in the market due to the Furcal and Damon signings, and was looking for 10 mil a year or more.

I think you're reading a bit too much into it. Did you read the last Tribune article? He didn't want to leave Seattle with Pieniella, but felt he had no choice. Him and his wife prefer Seattle. He wants to manage and wants to get from under Pieniella's shadow and Hargrove is likely out the door after another poor season. Nothing to do with Hendry, just a better opportunity.

The interesting part will be how much more the Yankees get socked by the luxury tax

Then he will throw a side-session the week after. Followed by a simulated game. You forgot the towel drill That would be the diaper drill now

My condolences to all of the families involved

The best that money can buy. Gotta love the Yank-mes... That's 112.5 mil, plus another 90 or so for the rest of the team. In the words of the philosopher Mel Brooks, "It's good to be the king"

That's like wanting to beat up your significant other just before the divorce is final just because you always wanted to. It's all over in 3 weeks.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-060902morrissey,1,4829339.column?coll=cs-cubs-utility

Human Growth Goo. Barry testified he thought it was chocolate pudding.

I'm floating on cloud nine, on page nine!! You must be on cloud 7 then. :D

Oh, noes! Just what the world needs now is another Cubs don’t spend enough/Tribune makes too much thread. First, any chart that ranks the Yanks and Boston at the bottom of a financial ledger is very flawed to begin with. You really can’t include franchise value increases on a year to year basis as part of profit. They are just estimates, and can change quickly based upon current business conditions. Also, Forbes mainly based it on revenues. With revenues growing of course the franchise value increases. My take on the Cubs revenues and expenses from last year: 89 mil in gate receipts 30 mil in shared MLB Revenues (national tv, internet, etc) 4 mil in shared merchandising (shared with MLB and MLBPA) 88 mil all other revenue (no real breakdown of this but includes local broadcasting, concessions, parking, rooftop fees, advertising, interest on bank accounts, and any other revenue) ------- 211 mil total revenues 117 mil in player expenses (including benefits and bonuses) 32 mil revenue sharing payment 54 mil other expenses (again no real breakdown available but it includes Wrigley maintenance, Baker/Hendry/MacPhail salaries, all employees salaries and benefits, travel, toilet paper, property taxes, utilities, debt service and all other business expenses) ----- 203 mil total expenses ===== 8 mil operating profit (pretax profit) Nothing there is out of line, and nothing shows that the Trib is running the Cubs as anything other then at a break even enterprise. In fact if you take out the 2 New York teams and Boston which has revenue streams you can’t compare to any other teams, the Cubs had the highest player expenses last year then the remaining 27 teams. Spending has not been an issue; results have (on the field not the business). Not as much as it seems. Steinbrenner owns 38% of the YES Network, so about 70 or 80 mil of broadcast revenues are going there so he is making money there. He has always been profitable until 2004 and likely 2007 where he’s taking a bit of a hit, but he knows he has a limited spending window. The Yankees will get killed in the next CBA. The 80 mil or so they give up this year in revenue sharing and luxury tax will look like chump change with the next basic agreement. That’s why you haven’t seen them tacke on long term contracts the last few years. Explain this on to me. The Cubs were 5th in revenue and 4th in player expenses. How are they being frugal? Every big market team defers revenues to broadcasting outlets. For the Cubs it may be 10 to 20 mil a year. But with Boston it's 40. The Mets 50. The Yankees 80. You can't blame the teams. They are not doing it now to avoid sharing it with the small market teams who are taking it for profit. They are paying teams in Pittsburgh, KC, Tampa, and Florida likely close to 40 mil each this year and they aren't spending it to improve the product.

Disagree with the disagreed. With revenue sharing no team had less then 110 mil in revenues. Shared revenues and revenue sharing will put 70 mil in their pockets alone. It's not hard for them to make 40 or so on their own. If Willis or Cabrera are traded in the next year, it's not because of finances. It would be that they don't think they can retain them approaching free agency, but that is still a ways off, or someone way overpays..

There's no crying over Todd either.

He and everyone has talked about it since last all-star break. Geuss what, he's still here (though likely gone this time)

It's not the dollars, it's the length. Anything over 4 years is likely problematic.

I don’t believe the Cubs are likely to extend Z this off-season. Even though it was a good sign that he dropped Boras as his agent in January (signed with Scott Shapiro and Barry Praver) he is still likely to be too expensive for the Cubs. Given increasing revenues and more profitable teams, the price of pitching is going up. Just look at AJ Burnett’s contract from last year at 5/55. If Z continues to pitch the way he has, bidding probably starts at 6/72 given his age (26 after next season) and durability (likely his 5th straight 200 plus inning season). The Cubs were always unlikely to go more then 4 guaranteed years with a pitcher, and are less likely due to the past few years with Wood and Prior. Right now the likely scenario will be like past negotiations; they will talk in spring training. But with the prospects of talks failing and expecting at best being wild card contenders in 2007, we may be missing an opportunity. Next all-star break we could get a few decent prospects or a draft pick when he leaves (assuming no major injuries). If we trade him this year (whether at the deadline or off-season) we can get much more then we would get for a few month rental next year. It gives us the opportunity to go for the cream of the crop of a Dodger or Arizona or Anaheim, Texas’ established hitters, or even possibly as a cornerstone for a run on A-Rod (in the off-season when the Yankees don’t make the playoffs). This year is the time to move him.

I haven't take a shower since they started hitting. Now I stink instead of the Cubs.

But if you look at his 3-year splits, he's 4.61 era 1.27 whip pre asb but 3.45 era 1.10 whip post asb. I think a few contenders could find value in that.

I'm sure there is a 10% chance that the Cuban Fidel Castro could buy them if they go on sale. :D

I posted this in a different thread It's likely that it will take picking up his 2007 option will be neccesary to have the no trade waived. Not many teams can afford it, and if they do they aren't likely to trade fair value.

Unless Kerry goes under the knife, I don’t see any scenario that he won’t be back. Zambrano is a free agent after next season and since any contract extension isn’t likely to be resolved till spring training; Hendry will have to go into the off-season assuming it’s his last year. So this will be the last hurrah of the big 3 hoping for a finally healthy Wood and Prior. Factoring in the cost of the buyout, Kerry will cost the Cubs 10.5 mil in 2007 which is cheap in the scheme of the market.

Yes, it already does look good. Murton is at .362 right now, which is just about thirty points above average (.333 IIRC). Thanks for playing. But when a righty is on the mound, Murton is at .318 (.305 slg). That is terrible for a left fielder. Given his youth, he deserves this year to see if he can improve upon it. But if he doesn't, he's likely to end up a platoon or 4th outfielder.

Assuming the talk of two more starts in the minors if he stays on schedule with no setbacks, 6/3 and 6/8 minor league rehab starts and a return about 6/15 in Houston or the weekend after Detroit series.

We didn't draw a walk? Way to ruin the victory, Fred. :lol: But with 13 hits, that's a .351 obp. Nothing wrong with that!