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  1. SouthSideRyan
    Jim Hendry(or possibly Lou) think Kerry's a health risk and are throwing a tantrum about the 3 weeks he was on the DL this season. Because of this they didn't want him back under most any circumstances. This is my out of my ass theory. Basically they're playing the role of the moron Cub fans who want to get over Prior/Wood.
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    What was lost in doing that? The ability to go balls out for Kaz Matsui?
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    haha. I agree completely. Even though he's been decent, there's no way in hell I want this turkey closing games next year. He's a glorified Chad Gaudin. The big loss in this isn't Wood not closing games for us. The big loss is Marmol closing games, if it winds up that way. You're exactly right. I think you mentioned in the other thread that it's much better to have Marmol pitching in his usual high-leverage spots. Now, they're going to put him in the ninth and move someone who isn't as good into the more important role. And now knowing that Wood would have taken a one-year deal? Brutal. Little known fact (evidently). Wood pitched in higher leverage situations than Marmol last year. Lou's inability to close a 5-7 run lead with anyone but Marmol or Howry had to hurt.
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    I've already said this multiple times. The Big Ten is playing the role of small market team that the Cubs give scrubs to in a trade here. I don't even think the Big Ten would take Missouri if they applied. That spot is being reserved for Notre Dame, and I'm not really sure what would change their mind. If someday down the line Notre Dame went looking for a conference. Other than a football conference championship, there's not really a reason for them to take Mizzou. I think they'd take Pitt as well. I don't know enough about Missouri's academic reputation to evaluate them. Their academics are good enough, not top of the line, but solid. I'd agree that Missouri and Pitt would be the only two they'd even consider. And I still think they'd hold out and say no.
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    Yeah(if those were his true feelings), he should've covered them up to protect the GM that just told him to screw off and look for work elsewhere.
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    I've already said this multiple times. The Big Ten is playing the role of small market team that the Cubs give scrubs to in a trade here. I don't even think the Big Ten would take Missouri if they applied. That spot is being reserved for Notre Dame, and I'm not really sure what would change their mind. If someday down the line Notre Dame went looking for a conference. Other than a football conference championship, there's not really a reason for them to take Mizzou.
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    The Cubs are gonna sign Jon Garland and tell Jake Peavy they no longer want him either.
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    I considered that as a possibility, too. But how could any logical person think that a save spot is higher pressure than plenty of the situations that Lou brought Marmol in for? It's hard to unlearn the wrong things you've been taught. There are intelligent managers out there and nearly all of them use their best pitchers as closers by the book. It's something that's been ingrained in the pitchers now as well and it's an insult to them if they aren't closing. I have a hard time blaming Lou for it when everyone else is doing the same sh.
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    Except Hendry made it clear Marmol to closer is a very likely scenario. So, this series of unfortunate events is going to leave the Cubs without their 2nd best reliever, with their best reliever in less meanginful situations, and a very forgetable reliever taking over the important role. Sweet. All we need now is Melky and the offseason is looking brilliant. I didn't realize this was the case. If, in fact, he has said this, it's a shame. I do realize that, in terms of people's baseball logic or whatever, Marmol to closer is a likely scenario, and I realize there's a good chance that Marmol gets moved to the role next year. My only hope is that Lou realizes that he's most valuable coming in for the high leverage spots. Maybe I'm naive, but I don't think Lou thought for one second that Wood or Howry were better pitchers than Marmol this spring when he was considering all three as potential closers. Lou's an intelligent manager, but he's still old school. He probably didn't trust an inexperienced arm like Marmol to handle the pressure.
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    Signing serieses of 1 year deals with any player is ideal. You take on minimal risk from it. I'd be delighted to keep re-signing Kerry to 1 year deals until his arm crapped out.
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    I don't care if he's a closer or not, he's a very effective pitcher on a team with a very large payroll and very minimal top talent in line to replace people. Yes it is a no brainer. Paying $10M to a guy who is virtually assured of being used pretty much exclusively in situations with a lead in the 9th inning, often of 2 and 3 runs and almost always coming in with nobody on base is not my idea of a smart decision, and definitely not a no brainer. It doesn't matter how effective he generally is as a pitcher if his abilities are going to be put to use in situations in which almost any (LaTroy aside) decent relief pitcher can do the job. Then why were you defending giving up resources for Kevin Gregg?
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    This is all ridiculous. All of it. Thanks. It's nice to know I have fans. If you're a Hendry fan, please tell me why he deserves to stay. For F's sake, I've been ripping him a new one over this all thread. To qualify a statement with "besides those 4 good to incredible trades he pulled off this guy sucks. Oh and he probably got lucky on the incredible ones. Joe Gariagiola won a world series under similar circumstances to Hendry(bloated payroll allowing him to outspend his competitiors) and he was functionally [expletive]. To say the Cubs can't win with Hendry and engage in the hyperbole you did in your rant draws attention away from the awful move at hand and creates a nice little straw man to beat up on regarding Hendry.
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    This is all ridiculous. All of it.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    What this is also telling me is my unspoken fear might actually happen. Hendry might not even offer arbitration to Wood.
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    How could you argue in favor of Gregg over Wood because we'd be tied to a 4/40 deal with Kerry, but be okay with signing Dempster to 4/45 rather than Wood at 1/12? If Wood truly would've signed a 1 year deal to stay with the Cubs(which is far from fact, easy to say this now to make yourself look good to the fans) then Hendry's an idiot for not taking him up on the offer.
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    It's not getting done without Aramis Ramirez included right now either.
  17. SouthSideRyan
    How much do you think it would take to get Gutierrez? He didn't hit last year and they have Francisco, Sizemore, Choo, plus Dellucci under contract. I'd expect us to have to give up a top 10 prospect for him. They have no reason to trade him right now.
  18. SouthSideRyan
    Are you still insisting that Soto is necessary for Peavy?
  19. SouthSideRyan
    I'm in the tiny minority that is fine with a Pie/Reed/Kosuke/DeRosa/Fontenot/Cedeno 6 headed monster for CF/RF/2B. I'd take Kearns if he was dirt cheap, but I'm not interested in giving up what it would probably take to get Gutierrez.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    From Cubs.com Where did you find this quote, because it's not right. Free agents can still sign with their previous team after the Thursday deadline. It's after the Thursday deadline that they lose exclusive negotiating rights. You're reading it wrong. It's saying that only the previous team can sign them before the deadline, not that the previous team can't sign them after the deadline. Really? I've read that second sentence, which appears to be cut off, several times, and it gives the appearance that the Cubs would not be able to negotiate with Dempster after Thursday. I swear I'm not hungover. If it's written like that, it's wrong. They don't even have to offer him arbitration by that point.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    Braun? Yeah. Pujols? Yeah. Ankiel? Yeah. Guillen? Well. . . if that were the only way to win, I guess so. . . maybe. . . yeah. . . ______________________________________________ Sandberg>Mazeroski>Morgan I love that Woody is the reason we have been losing the past ten years now. Not inept management. Kerry Wood is the big reason we have won a single playoff series the last 100 years. Either you misquoted, or you got the totally wrong idea from those posts.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    I'm going to doubt Harden would accept that move. I'm going to doubt Harden would have any choice other than sitting out. Besides, it's not really that original of an idea. I heard that idea bandied about a couple years ago on the A's. Yeah, Gammons wouldn't shut up about it for years. I'd rather get 20 starts out of Harden(and healthy for the playoffs) than a full year of closing.
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    Why would you think that, because they happened on the same day? I don't see how you can't think Gregg is the answer to Wood being let go. Unless you're in the Padres crave a 5M mediocre closer camp. I don't see how this means "we're done with the bullpen this offseason". God, I hope we are.
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    . It's already happened at least once with Glavine and the Mets.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    Huh? How is Peavy our number 1 target? Our number 1 target from day 1 has been a left handed hitting 3/4/5 hitter. Who is an athlete and has at least 1 Q and 1 V in his name.
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