SouthSideRyan

A sure what?

I mean don't get me wrong, it's possible that the Jays will do something dumb like that, but if this is what the return is for big money players than teams just need to collect their draft picks rather than pick up some average prospects.

So the Jays are gonna trade Halladay for Sean Burroughs?

I don't have the hate for Big 10 basketball schools that I do for Big 10 football schools. It's pretty much just the 2 doormats that I hate.

It's always premature to talk National Title for future seasons. If you expect to be winning the Big 10 consistently, you should be talking Final 4.

Bertrand, Richardson, and Paul all committed early in their junior years within a week of each other. Richmond's the only freshman who's verballed.

Your clearly just trying to bait us, but I will bite anyways. Illinois is coming out of a down cycle, and we have still made the tournament 9 out of the last 10 years. There is plenty of reason for Illini fans to feel good about upcoming years with the recruiting we have done. So yes I am excited, and no I am not ready to order the banners yet. To touch on a previous point by Sully.... Weber going out and starting the recruiting process with 8th and 9th graders is brilliant as it keeps Illini fans in a constant state of "just a year away" fantasy land. Not that I'm rooting against you guys.....I'd love for just about any Big Ten team to win it all again. You don't really know what you're talking about. 2010 is the year that everyone has been hopefully pointing towards the past couple years because of Jereme Richmond. Some people have wavered due to fears of losing him, or fears of nobody else joining him in the class. Next year and 2011 is the year people are pointing to. Weber is looking at 8th and 9th graders to try and get in on them before the Dukes, Kansases, UNCs, and Greaseball UKs can get in on the kids. Establish the relationship early, and the kid likes you best. It worked for Richmond, it worked for Head, worked for Abrams, and will hopefully work out for some other current juniors.

Jimmy Journell and Blake Hawksworth for Halladay.

Assuming you're talking about including contracts, I wouldn't give up Soto for Rasmus. If you're not including contracts and we're talking for this year, I'd include a lot of guys.

You're a moron.

I don't think you get it.

And free agency isn't the only way to acquire players that make a lot of money. None of this is to say the Cubs will have 80M to spend in any offseason, but saying 80M doesn't buy you much is absurd even by Kyle's standards.

Seriously? $80 Million could sign 4 MVP caliber players.

Hurt I wasn't invited wolf.

Well, the "best fans in baseball" also looked like red-necked idiots when they heartily booed the President. They must've thought Lilly was black.

It's pretty much the norm.

I think he was wishing death.

You hated last year's game with a passion?

Quit your jealous whining. You forget Albert has to restrain his powerful aura so it doesn't deflect balls away from him as well as actually making the play. He is a god among men. And I called faceman ugly.

Oh Sweet Lord I laughed for a minute.

I only feel comfortable thinking I have a good grasp of defensive capabilities of Cubs because I've seen them enough. Bradley as a -7.7 and Theriot as a +3.3 is pretty damn nuts to me. I understand the concept that if it doesn't give you any unexpected results, then there's no point in having the stat; but there's too much gray area, and too much variance for me to put a whole lot of stock in them.

People are using it because it's readily available on fangraphs after being very difficult to track down for years.

UZR has been around since '00 or '01. It's not new. And it's still spitting out some ridiculous results. I'm not saying dismiss it without looking at it, but it's hard to take it seriously. *Disclaimer* I have a hatred for Mitchell Lichtman usually reserved for the likes of Hitler or Aaron Miles.

Derwood is [expletive] owning this thread. Yep.

Figgins in.