SouthSideRyan
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That's not how I pictured him. -
It probably won't completely derail but it really knocks his chances of being a successful starter next season since he can't log 120+ innings next year. Would he have been in the big leagues next year as a starter? Does the MLB experience help him ease the transition from AAA to MLB as a starter? He likley wouldn't start this year with the Cubs. Could he in 2011? Probably. Can he Still? Probably. Does the MLB bullpen experience help him and the Cubs this year? YES. Good move all around actually. Cashner can start next year with the Cubs, but it certainly won't be for a full season. You're asking him to double his innings total in one year.
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Why was Dempster still out there?
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Gorzelanny on the block?
SouthSideRyan replied to JGalt73's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Something tells me you weren't saying this before yesterday. -
So what's the over/under on the # of players from KU's championship* team that could actually read?
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Well they were with a minute left. Ain't my fault Orlando scored in garbage time.
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I cannot believe that Tyler Colvin doesn't suck.
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Earl Weaver claims to have never had a sign for the hit and run, citing that the play makes both the baserunner and the hitter vulnerable, as the baserunner is susceptible to being caught stealing and the hitter is required to swing at any pitch thrown. I'd take Earl Weaver's mummified corpse as a manager before I'd allow Lou or Bob to manage a game from the dugout. Can't we just take alive Earl Weaver?
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I think I've made it clear over the past few years that I think Rivers is a bad coach.
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They're gonna send down Stevens and move Wells to the pen. Bob Howry will remain safe.
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Gorzelanny on the block?
SouthSideRyan replied to JGalt73's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
When was the last time the Cubs did that? How often are players traded for and then traded away? Mark DeRosa is certainly an answer though. -
yeah, but didn't they have a ton of expiring contracts that year? that was the whole reason they could sign two max FAs. it definitely wasn't talent level. they were an average team that had to jettison most of their average talent. Looking at basketball-reference, it seems most of their expiring contracts were old junk, but they did lose Mercer and Maggette who you'd think would be seen as young talent back then. I'm trying to figure out how that team ever went 500.
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Gorzelanny on the block?
SouthSideRyan replied to JGalt73's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I'm fine with trading Gorz, but the 8th inning stuff is getting to be parody. -
Still the point remains. Even if Soriano is better, those guys didn't get close to 4/40 so it's hard to imagine Soriano would at 34. And it's not like he is that far removed from his struggling. And it's not like he doesn't have a ton of red flags suggesting he will struggle again and probably for the better part of the next 4 years. But those guys aren't particularly good comparisons, so the point is flawed, at least. Jermaine Dye not getting a deal is meaningless when talking about what Soriano could conceivably get now or in the near future. Those guys didn't get it because A) most of them were worse, B) the economy was in doubt, and C) they were coming off bad years. Had Soriano been on the market then he wouldn't have gotten much. But it's 2010 now, the economy is better, Soriano has reestablished himself as a pretty good player (better than those guys). 4/40 is hardly a stretch. I wouldn't give it to him, but unless he takes a dramatic turn for the worse this season, somebody would. Again, my hangup is more on that 4th year. I think it's more of a stretch than you think that someone (else) pays him double digit million at 38. Do you think somebody would pay him 3/39?
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It's not really helpful for out of towners
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I got lower level a couple days before, but that was just because nobody was going to those games back then.
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I don't doubt the Krause played a role, but the Magic were 500 and the Bulls won 17 games. There was a pretty sizable difference between the talent levels of the two teams.
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And because the Bulls were [expletive] awful the year before.
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You could do this most years. Gameday morning is a nice time to check out the Cubs site and see what tickets have been returned.
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He was putting up comparable HR, RBI (better), OPS (4th best of his career) and SB numbers in almost 30 fewer games. And his career hasn't been nearly as good as his reputation suggests. It wasn't nearly as good as his reputation suggested in '06-'07 offseason either, but you can bet he'd have pulled in 120M Jim Hendry or no Jim Hendry.
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What was the other lackluster season? Both years in Texas were lackluster. He said without Jaramillo, which was a really odd qualifier, since he was bad in Texas. Also, that was 5 and 6 years ago. Does anybody believe those #s would come into play if Soriano was a free agent?? Sure, I would think the career arc of a 34 year old would come into play if Soriano was a free agent. If somebody is thinking of signing him to a 4 year contract today, they would probably think about more than just what he did in 2007 and 2008. Yes, they'd also take into account 2009 and 2010. 2004 and 2005 really?? When he showed dramatic improvement over the following 5 years? Well this guy wasn't very good 6 years ago, screw him.
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What was the other lackluster season? Both years in Texas were lackluster. He said without Jaramillo, which was a really odd qualifier, since he was bad in Texas. Also, that was 5 and 6 years ago. Does anybody believe those #s would come into play if Soriano was a free agent??
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Mike Lowell
SouthSideRyan replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
So Lowell's been platooned and he still stinks. -
What was the other lackluster season?
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If Soriano was a free agent right now, he'd get more than 4/40.
