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  1. SouthSideRyan
    This sentiment is so ridiculous. Samardzija was pissed that his team didn't try basically just lazied their way toward a 97 win season I'm sure Jeff really enjoyed the part he played.
  2. SouthSideRyan
    This sentiment is so ridiculous. Samardzija was pissed that his team didn't try
  3. SouthSideRyan
    Northwestern got the living hell beat out of them in their 2 losses.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    http://i.imgur.com/iFXsP3I.gif Nobody cares about a 1 year platoon LF with a decent bat and a shaky defensive reputation. There's a reason most of us are trying to marginalize him.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    Because Chris Coghlan isn't valued at nearly the same level as Brett Gardner. Come on.
  6. SouthSideRyan
    Beating Kansas by only 6 is worse than a loss.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    I wanted to throw a brick through my TV as they kept talking about "how a team is playing now" So if Bama lost their first 5 games, who cares, look at how much they beat a decent Miss St. team by!!
  8. SouthSideRyan
    I just wonder if they'll demand that any return they get to have mlb ready pitching in return. And I don't mean Hammel. I wonder what Hendricks's value is.
  9. SouthSideRyan
    One of A&M or the winner of Arkansas/Miss St would probably sneak back in
  10. SouthSideRyan
    My speculation is he's an [expletive]
  11. SouthSideRyan
    Why do people think a 1 loss OK team gets in over ND? NDs loss was to #1, OKs was to a bad Texas team(who ND blew out)
  12. SouthSideRyan
    What's that an extra 12-15M in revenue?
  13. SouthSideRyan
    Illinois's first 4 games are against non-terrible teams if KenPom is to be believed. 116 North Florida 86 North Dakota St. 61 @Providence 122 Chattanooga Combined with playing "home" games in Springfield until the ND game, I'm not super confident about being undefeated heading to the preseason tourney vs. UAB/IAST/VT
  14. SouthSideRyan
    Illinois opens against North Florida on BTN Streaming which I will not be paying for.
  15. SouthSideRyan
    That was quick. Talk about Simmons being available just came out, what 4 hours ago?
  16. SouthSideRyan
    http://m.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/liberty-media-plans-new-braves-stock/npLtK/ Surprised MLB would be ok with this given the need for public books.
  17. SouthSideRyan
    So they're still eligible to be drafted? Wouldn't anyone not signed to a contract by Rule 5 time be drafted into the AA round in the very least?
  18. SouthSideRyan
    Huh. Well that's a new one on me. That absolutely appears to be circumventing Rule 5, though it would affect so few players (guys who've been around long enough to be drafted multiple times, and never had a team bite on adding them to their 25, nor their existing team add them to their 40) I guess nobody bothers to care.
  19. SouthSideRyan
    I wonder if this is just a desire to acquire a guy they've always liked or if they're purposely pursuing great gloves to run down all the fly balls.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    It's not circumventing the rules. Pena was free to not re-sign with the Cubs and become an unrestricted Rule 55 free agent. He chose to re-up with the Cubs on a minor league deal likely because A. there wasn't interest in him from other clubs to have him on a deal including a 40 man roster spot or B. he felt his opportunity was best with the Cubs, either through implicit promises, or comfort level with its instructors.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    If a player signs by 5pm Eastern, 5 days after the end of the World Series, in this case November 6th, he's not declared a FA and no other team has the opportunity to sign him. Felix Pena signed before the deadline. Then Pena's agent would be the one not doing his due diligence I guess, by signing before hitting FA if there was a team out there that had interest on him for a 40 man spot. Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm fairly certain 6 year MiL free agents are in the same boat as your standard major league FA. They can re-up prior to hitting the open market, but the team doesn't have any sort of auto-renew the first time around like with those pre-arb players on the 40 man.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    I think I was confused, I thought Pena was re-signed as a 6 year MiLFA. ETA: Wait, I'm confused, not sure why you'd assume he's getting added to the 40 man. All I can find is him being re-signed along with Batista and Chen.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    The point is other than a dumb FO not doing their due diligence, there's no reason to think he'd be drafted in Rule 5 when he was just a MiLFA 3 weeks prior.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    I don't understand why the Yankees would trade Gardner. They have injury prone Ellsbury, old and injury prone Beltran, and older A-Rod at OF/DH
  25. SouthSideRyan
    IIRC, ND was #1 in several computer polls heading into the title game vs. Alabama. Even after the depantsing they finished 5th in Sagarin. I think there's a lot of revisionism that goes on with that team painting them as a total fluke. They lucked out in the PItt game, and then had a couple close calls. They also beat 8th ranked Stanford, and won at #15 Oklahoma.
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