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when will javi get his first major league walk
SouthSideRyan replied to treebird's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
We'll put you down for 2022 -
The Cuban Defectors Thread
SouthSideRyan replied to davell's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
He's totally gonna Cliff Alexander hat fake the Cubs -
Always the right answer
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The headline is pretty misleading, but yes, it is strange for him to be talking up the Cubs prospects and future.
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How many years? How many wins?
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Kind of a false choice there. There are other options. For example, they could trade Almora for a pitcher near the end of a big contract. So you'd rather spend prospects and money for a guy in decline now than spend money for a guy who'll probably be in decline 4 years from now?
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So it's a better use to spend 7M/yr of it on a bounce-back candidate for the next 4 years? And then just hide the rest in PTR's Twin Mattress?
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I'm just kind of in awe about how on board so many people seem to be with an 80M payroll next year because they're terrified of having dead money when we should have it coming out our butts
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I think several people here, including the [expletive] pitching crowd, are on board with spending money on pitching this off-season. The idea isn't to never spend money on pitching, it's not to spend dumb money on pitching (like signing over-30 guys to extreme long-term, high-$ deals). So the idea is to never sign really good pitching.
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8/12 Brewers (Peralta) @ Cubs (Hendricks) 7:05 CSN
SouthSideRyan replied to David's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
HAHA COLLEGE BOY CAN'T THROW A STRIKE! -
Reasonable is a pretty wide net.
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Man, Rany really does love Epstein and Hoyer. He was the one that interviewed for a job with them, right? Yep, didn't want to have to move or give up his practice IIRC
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It was pretty sweet. My Kia was parked between a Maserati and a Porsche. They did not look happy. Look at Mr. Rockefeller with his foreign car.
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http://www.theminorityreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/the-drizzle2.jpg
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I'm not big into basketball, but I know basketball fans who are decent folk. Same with soccer. On the other hand, I've never met a racing or MMA fan who weren't terrible.* *also Packers Sounds like somebody hasn't met the DuCross Brothers
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He paid for his mistake. Not enough
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Color me very surprised that we got through almost three pages of serious discussion about racing before someone inevitably made this comment. He meant to say execute
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Are they dress shorts?
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There's a slight issue with a system that gives UNLV more points for football than Duke gets for basketball
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Wait, you wouldn't trade Castro for Sale, Darvish, Bumgarner or Greinke?
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And health :/
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It's neither ok to say laxxin nor wear socks with sandals Flat bills are fine
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-8-14
SouthSideRyan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Because unless there is some clause that has gone unreported for the last 2 years, Soler won't become a FA until after 2021 if they don't call him up until late April I thought that was Bryant. Since Soler wasn't drafted why would he have something similar? I thought they could bring him up at any time. Unless you have it explicitly written into your contract that you're non-tendered after the expiration of your major league contract(like Matsui and Cespedes) you still have to have 6 full years service time before becoming a FA ETA: For example, Dayan Viciedo signed a major league contract for 4/10 through 2012. He remains under their control and went through arbitration this past offseaosn. i don't know how in the world you have this pinned-down so well. did you take a class in this or something? My butler did. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-8-14
SouthSideRyan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Boras. And I've never seen anything definitive on Soler's contract, so it could be like Cespedes' contract. Given the length, it wouldn't surprise me. Why would the fact that he has a 9 year deal make it more likely that he gets auto free agency before 6 years? Those clauses are incredibly rare and have only been for guys expected to start in the bigs. If club control is actually a factor (I don't think it is) he would still be under club control for 2021 if he hadn't reached 6 years of service time by then, but at the time of signing the thought was that if that is the case, then he hasn't worked out as well as hoped. He's near this point now, where if he's held back until beyond the arb deadline, that could be the case, but only due to his injuries. Agreed, and 2021 is the max control the Cubs could get out of him due to option years forcing him to be up for good by 2016. I don't believe this is the case. Best of my knowledge, tt would be unprecedented in an MLB contract to grant arbitration rights to a player who is less than a Super 2. I'm not even sure how it would work since arbitration relies on comparables, and Soler's 1 year+ comparables would all be making the league minimum(or close to it) -
Just delete your first sentence Sulley.
