CubfaninCA

I like Neifi off the bench! i like neifi off the side of a boat (a boat floating in hot lava) Stupid joke. i thought it was the height of high comedy. thank you for showing me the error of my ways. Np.

Memo to SD, shut this guy down for the season!! Don't need him running into anymore outfielders. :D http://fantasybaseball.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_previousnews.asp?sport=MLB&leaguenum=&id=5543 seems to be doing much better, frankly id rather outbid on a sure thing than take a gamble on a bum knee Who's a sure thing????

Who says? Id rather have two average defenders who are in the top 25% offensively for relatively cheap. Especially considering the offensive question marks we will undoubtedly once again be entering the season with in the OF. Ever notice the pitching and defense aren't that good either. Get Giles to solve the offensive problem.

I like Neifi off the bench! i like neifi off the side of a boat (a boat floating in hot lava) Stupid joke.

Memo to SD, shut this guy down for the season!! Don't need him running into anymore outfielders. :D

Can't go w/ Nomar and Walker again. Gotta have at least one above average fielder up the middle.

Doubtful the Cubs will put up the money for Damon. The length of his contract will be enough to scare them away. Same goes for Burnett. Name the last guy the Cubs sign for over 4 years?? If they can get Furcal and Giles, and either Millwood or Weaver, I'll be thrilled.

Seems like Walker will be gone. They probably have something else up their sleeve and want to move in a different direction. Also, they may be tired of his big mouth. No big loss. Walker isn't a young man anymore.

If ARam wasn't around, Nomar @ 3b makes lots of sense. Not as many balls hit to him and he doesn't have to move around as much. I've noticed his throwing accurarcy is not good @ SS though. Seems that moving him to 2nd would take away some of the throwing pressure, as he doesn't have to throw as far. I always thought that 2b's had less balls hit to them than SS's, but after looking @ some fielding stats, I guess not. Very surprising.

If they want Cedeno to play everyday all they have to do is bench Neifi Perez. Get Ced some experience @ 2b and ante up for Furcal in the offseason. It would be nice to have some range up the middle. I'd rather see what he can do at SS everyday. May free up some money to make a trade for a GREAT corner outfielder. Such as?? If they can get Manny, sure bring Walker and Ced back.

It makes more sense to trade Lee? :shock: :shock: :shock: Walker doesn't make Lee better, in fact, the opposite is true. Lee's the anchor of the infield. Without DLee at first this team would be amazingly miserable defensively. The love for Walker is beyond bizarre. Yes, it makes more sense to trade Lee because his value is at its highest and is in the national stage as a possible triple crown and MVP candidate. Lees production/salary will probably be fairly equivalent to Walkers next year (Walkers was higher last year). Pretty stupid gamble to trade away Lee. Triple Crown guys don't come around often.

If they want Cedeno to play everyday all they have to do is bench Neifi Perez. Get Ced some experience @ 2b and ante up for Furcal in the offseason. It would be nice to have some range up the middle.

What's Walker got to do w/ Cedeno playing? Hendry should trade Neifi if he cleared waivers..................if not DFA him and get what you can get. Then Cedeno can play everyday. I don't think Nef cleared.

Now that Murton should be playing nearly everyday, they need to deal Walker, so they can get Cedeno in there every day. Just don't trade him to Atl or Oakland and get nothing.

How many times has Hendry dealt w/ Atl now?? I recall him sending Cruz and Alfy there??

It makes more sense to trade Lee? :shock: :shock: :shock: Walker doesn't make Lee better, in fact, the opposite is true. Lee's the anchor of the infield. Without DLee at first this team would be amazingly miserable defensively. The love for Walker is beyond bizarre.

Atl scouting >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cub scouting. Probably nothing to get fired up about.

Alfonseca was never top quality. He was crap. Florida was trying to pawn his fat out of shape overpaid butt off on people. His 45 save season was a fluke, and was done without very impressive peripherals. Hendry traded for an injured SS to fill a need. It wouldn't take much thought to think Nomar could possibly still be injured. I haven't seen any proof that Hendry "gets it'. He certainly hasn't done a good job putting together a team, and it could be argued he's done a horrible team, seeing as how the team is now worse than what it was when he took over. As I recall, you really griped about trading Choi. Lee, ARam and Barrett were very good acquisitions. If the Cubs got anything from Wood, Nomar and Patterson, they'd still be in the wildcard race.

Choi's a pretty poor example. The guy still can't play.

Because we are also getting extremely good production for the price at that position. We dont need to overpay at ss this year to solve second base in 2007. For example, Jeff Kent is making 8.5M, would you rather take Kent's production or Furcals? If you have a cheap shortstop you count your blessings as weve seen the market for good defense and 750 OPS players is 8-10M. Plus, what happens with EPatt if youve inked Furcal and slid ronny over to second. If Furcal had a better OBP, maybe id think twice, but 340 is nothing great. I am not penny pinching, I just dont think its a good allocation of funds. Would you not agree that Ronny, Walker, and Giles is better than Furcal, Ronny, and Holla? 1. Kent's getting old. 2. Why am I given the choice of Holla?? 3. Maybe the Cubs are getting sick of Walker's big mouth?? 4. Has EPatt made it past Double A yet? 5. There aren't a lot of prolific leadoff obp guys, and Furcal steals lots of bases.

Except Walker gets more extra base hits than Furcal, so he doesn't always have to steal a base to get into scoring position. I'm not sure that kind of money is worth some stolen bases. Also, the Braves don't want him back. If they felt he was that important to their team, I think they'd find a way to keep him around. They usually aren't wrong about these types of things. It's not about if they think he's important or not. It's about whether they think they can compete with their funds allocated elsewhere. Do you think they thought Sheffield was done when they got rid of him? Or JD Drew? They got rid of them because they thought they could maintain their level of success by replacing them for less money and using what was left over to strengthen another need on the team. If they don't re-sign Furcal, it will be because they believe they can go with a cheaper alternative and make up the production elsewhere, not because they feel they don't need him. See bold. Which is exactly what we should do with Ronny Cedeno. We all know what the market is for shortstops, thats why we really need to give a $350K option a shot. 8M in the OF gets you a whole lot more than 8M at shortstop. The braves are smart, they dont need to resign furcal because they have betemit, if we sign furcal with cedeno its just another example of how poorly this organization is run. So why not put Cedeno @ 2b then?? It sounds like he's pretty versatile, and Furcal's > Walker in the long run. Furcal gives the Cubs someone they can pencil into the lineup for the next 4-8 years, who fills a need, leadoff, and plays good d at a key spot, SS. I see no reason to penny pinch when this is big market team, w/ several major needs.

I was thinking the same thing, but I would rather have Giles than Huff. I know Huff is younger, but Giles OBP is hard to pass up. Now if we can go a few million over $100... Ignore Zito, bring in Huff. Starting OF at Huff, Murton, Giles. I say this every time I talk about Huff, but he is on the verge on exploding and getting out of Tampa to Chicago will do the trick. This saves 2.5 million. This part is a stretch. Convince Nomar to make the switch to 2nd base, pick up Walker's contract and trade him or just let him walk. I really believe he is going to consider a position change this offseason, and I do believe he wants to stay a Cub. He opened up to taking over 3rd base pretty fast. The 2.5 million saved in not taking Zito goes to Nomar with $5 million + incentives. Walker makes 2.5 million so this balances out. Scary good Lineup: Furcal Nomar Lee Aram Giles Huff Barrett Murton Hill, Pinto, and even Guzman battle out for the #5 spot. One of these will probably be gone for Huff. Giles isn't a spring chicken anymore. Putting him in cf is a good way to get him hurt.

We should probably get Preston Wilson and Chan Ho Park too. Park used to be good, and Walker should have hired Wilson's agent. Cubs: "Holy Crap, Park used to be good? Sign him up!" Not sure what you mean here, but for clarification... Park was good when he signed his deal.

Nomar doesn't have as many options this offseason. He was hurt again and has had back problems since his return. Also, his fielding @ SS is pretty brutal. He should give the Cubs a discount.

Guess I'm part of the "unintelligent observer" group. Also, the market must be pretty stupid to give Sori $7.5 mil and Walk $2.5 mil. Either that or Walker has the worse agent in baseball history. The numbers are there. Please show me by what metric other than salary that Soriano is the better player. .856 ops > .822 ops 31 hrs > 9 hrs 21 sbs > 1 sb 29 yrs. old > 32 yrs. old 124 games > 84 games Yes, Soriano has sucked on the road this year, but he's been alright on the road in the past. Also, Soriano's speed generates runs. Can't just judge baseball by stats alone. Any intelligent observers knows that intangibles play a role. :D