SouthSideRyan
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They're all going to be scary, that's the point. The difference though, is we'll have the prospects to trade away by the time 2014 comes around. No, we don't know who will be available, but it'll be some guys who are good. It always is. I'd rather wait and dip heavy into FA when we ARE a contender and not beforehand, to where at least the first couple years of whatever exorbitant deals we eventually hand out, has a much better chance of being the best years of that deal. By signing FAs, the first couple years of prospects who we'd have traded away will be spent on our team rather than others. -
In what world are Shaun Marcum and a healthy Brandon McCarthy getting 1 year deals?
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And don't get me started on how scary the 2014 FA class is
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See my above post. If it's the difference between, say, the 2nd overall pick and the 5th overall pick, then I start to get cranky. But it's likely not. So enjoy some [expletive] wins. I am enjoying the wins and the better performances by guys. But there's only a 4 game difference in the L column between us at #2 and the Twins at #5 right now, as Kyle pointed out there's a pretty big difference historically between the overall #2 picks and overall #5 picks. We have 5 games left against the [expletive] Astros, so I'd say there's a decent chance we slide down a few spots if we keep playing like this given the competition and going all the way to #5 isn't all that unlikely. A 4 win difference over the average career of a player that is less than 50% to even become an MLB regular is not very much at all. Besides those extra 4 wins would just cost us draft budget anyway.
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Re: Jeff Samardzija is (or was) pretty awesome
SouthSideRyan replied to Theo's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Since everyone freaked out and he was said to have no margin for error, and a straight fastball, etc. Samardzija put up: 87.1 IP 95 Ks 22 BBs 11 HRs 2.58 ERA -
2013 Mock Offseason Thread
SouthSideRyan replied to davell's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I won't say it's impossible that the trio above could provide league-average production. But sub-replacement seems way more likely to me. Maybe we can re-acquire Ryan Flaherty and Jeff Baker -
2013 Mock Offseason Thread
SouthSideRyan replied to davell's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS -
What's Texas Tech State A&M?
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Happened to Ted Williams. Twice.
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http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/2007.shtml GFY Chris Young
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http://troglopundit.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fat-packer-fan.jpg buminweird49ersgarb.jpeg
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Football is what passes the time between baseball and college basketball. Yeah, the NFL is pretty lame and its fans are the worst people on earth.
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Cubs told Greenberg "No thanks." http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-cubs-take-a-pass-on-greenbergs-comeback-20120904,0,4216882.story Good decision. Yeah, nice of the Cubs to have a front office that is not into stupid pandering to the fans garbage like this. Old regimes would have not only signed him, but had some stupid on field ceremony for it. Well, no, they wouldn't.
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I came here to make this basic post after I saw they tied for the lead in the AL East tonight with a 12-0 victory and were still -19 runs. That's got to be annoying for Yankees fans, but screw Yankees fans. Before Saturday, they had won 13 consecutive one run games. ~1 in 10,000 shot.
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My shitty options for flex: Boldin vs CIN Rice @ ARI Helu @ NO Bush vs IND (Blowout potential?)
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I'm so sorry everyone.
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bumindrag?
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Shenanigans.
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You forgot Curtis Painter. who the hell is that whats with Purdue and their goofy qb's? Well, they're Purdue students.
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http://www.baseballprospectus.com/a/18207
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Well yeah, it's a satellite campus of WSU I believe.
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I imagine Texas fans spend about as much time thinking about Texas Mining Tech as most other people do.
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No you idiot
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Prospects who were never Cubs
SouthSideRyan replied to TruffleShuffle's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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The late hit? The guy extended his arms after touching the QB while he was out of bounds. They're going to call that every time.
