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ESPN's MLB Future Power Rankings
UMFan83 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in General Baseball Talk
For those that can't see the article, the Cubs ratings were (on a scale of 1-30, 30 being the best) Majors talent: 6 Minors talent: 11 Finances: 25 Management: 27 Mobility: 20 Most of that seems fair except the minors talent category. That should be in the 15-20 range IMO. The Cubs have good management now, and they obviously have or will have money to spend so those categories are good. The Cubs have a lot more mobility than they had even a year ago, but still have some players (Soriano) and contracts (Zambrano) on the payroll that hamper them so 20 is about right. -
I don't like the way the Marlins built their team this offseason. Maybe it will work but it's not the way I would have done it. Of course their main goal was/is to make a splash and bring lots of attention to the team so that fans will show, but the moves are not necessarily baseball smart. The Hanley/Reyes situation was handled poorly, and I'm never a big fan of a team that tries to piece their rotation together with veteran pickups like Buehrle and Zambrano. And I definitely hate big money closers. So a lot of people say Soler is possibly the better player of the 2, but they go hard after Cespedes to garner attention but when he signs elsewhere they have no interest in a potential 5 tool player. Just kind of proves that they aren't really willing to spend extravagantly, but they are willing to pretend that they are trying to. If they have $30+ million to throw at Cespedes, to me 25+ million at Soler is a smart backup plan. anyways, [expletive] the marlins
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Jersey, are you even bothering to goto the Rangers game on Thursday?
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that's definitely not true They are doing construction in the bleachers as we speak. I'm pretty sure its preparing to install the LCD screen in right.
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Misc. Free Agent News
UMFan83 replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Yeah not a bad deal at all for the Sox. That said, the guy is 35 and is only productive in spurts. 750K seems about right for him. -
I wonder where they are going to spend their money if the Colts decide to keep Manning and Flynn is franchised.
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Calgary about to win. When they do, the Hawks will have just a 3 point cushion for a playoff spot.
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Haha, we are really going to go winless with 1 point on the road trip aren't we? Geez, and we play the Rangers next? Wow hello 10 game losing streak.
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I feel like he always comes up big against us.
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Yeah McGrady was my first thought when they said Rose was going to a specialist. Rockets fans had a similar feeling that we have with Rose (that it's nothing to be concerned about long term). However for every McGrady scenario there are at least 20 guys who simply have back spasms that go away. I did hear something interesting in a Rose interview the other day. He admitted that back spasms were an issue for him in high school, but he hadn't had any issues with his back since then.
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I don't agree with this at all. Especially with regards to Thursdays. For real? Maybe Thursday isn't nearly as packed as the weekends but it's packed enough for McDonalds and Taco Bell to convert into parking lots like they tend to do on busy nights. That's really not that many spots. I'm still confused as to why anyone drives to Wrigleyville for the night unless they're spending the night somewhere. Maybe you should stop going to Barleycorn. Trace late night is the only place I can recall waiting in a line of more than a couple minutes during a non-gameday. Maybe I'm going out early(or late) enough to avoid crowds. Barleycorn, Moes, Trace, sometimes even places like Red Ivy, Casey Morans and whatever the hell Hi-Tops/Harrys is these days. The lines do not start anywhere until at least Midnight though so if you go at 8-9 you experience that. Sadly this is all from recollection as I rarely go out in Wrigleyille anymore and when I do I don't venture anywhere near Barleycorn and Moes. It scares me whenever I feel I'm too old for those places, unless I'm single and want to hit on freshly minted 21 year olds or ones that turn out to be 19 and have a great fake.
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I don't agree with this at all. Especially with regards to Thursdays. For real? Maybe Thursday isn't nearly as packed as the weekends but it's packed enough for McDonalds and Taco Bell to convert into parking lots like they tend to do on busy nights. As for the weekends, I've frozen my butt off in the cold while waiting to get into bars too many times to count, or have chosen to frequent a bar with no line instead, but still find it packed (such as Red Ivy). There are some places that aren't very packed (Blarney Stone) but then again most of then aren't packed on Cubs game days either.
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That would end up being an hour long shuttle ride. That's fine. Put a keg in the back of the bus and the time will fly. I know there are multiple bars that do this for Cubs-Sox games at the Cell and even to Milwaukee already. Maybe they don't do this for a Wednesday night game against the Rockies but they should be able to make some money from Cardinals games, Sox games, most summer weekend contests, and selected interleague matchups.
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If you walk around Clark and Addison on Thursday-Saturday nights at any time in the year, the area is packed, and not just the big 4-5 bars - all of them. I'm not saying some of the smaller places wouldn't take a big hit, but if they are smart about it they can survive although they of course wont be banking that year like they would if the Cubs are in town. Id expect some of the smarter locations to set up a shuttle to and from the Cell on game days so people can frequent the Wrigley bars, ride the booze cruise to the cell and then back to Sluggers or whatever afterwards. I don't think Cubs fans will really want to frequent Jimbos or whatever Cell bars that Sox fans go to now, so this would be a good option for those that want at least a small portion of the Wrigley experience if that is your thing.
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Lol Kap. It's a 4 year deal but the way I've understood it the Cubs will control him for like 8 years. Sorry I don't buy this one bit. It sounds like Kap got fed info from someone in the Cubs who has to deny a deal because Soler can't be signed just yet. Silly Kap, the Cubs mouthpiece.
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For real? I don't know anything about anything but I'd be willing to bet that Illinois has a crapload more resources they can use for their basketball program and I'd also assume their facilities are much better as well. Marquette plays at the Bradley Center which is shared by the Bucks and whatever minor league teams they have. IIRC, Marquette gets a lot of undesirable dates for their home games because of this. Illinois plays at its own arena designed for college basketball and is the premier team there. Also I would assume the fact that Illinois is a large state school vs. Marquette being a private school is an advantage as well, but I'm not sure why exactly. I dunno Marquette is nice but I think their program is at its ceiling in terms of what it can accomplish (which is pretty nice). I still believe Illinois has the potential to be an elite power in basketball with the right coach. Its close enough that it wouldn't be shocking for Buzz Williams to turn UI down but I think most would expect Illinois to be the better choice.
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Assuming he's not in the majors until after April 2014, he won't be a free agent until 2021. 2017 could possibly be the Cubs setting his salary, depending on whether he's a super 2(top 1/6 of service time for players with 2-3 years service time) or not. Gut instinct is that he won't be. So ideally: 12 - 13M 13 - 9M 14 - 2.9M 15 - 2.6M 16 - 2.08M 17 - 2.5M (Just a sign of good faith, could be as low as 1.82M) 18 - arb 1 19 - arb 2 20 - arb 3 21 - FA Prediction: he is going to be an absolute steal by 2015ish.
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I really want it to happen but in terms of achievements the Bulls should be concerned about its only slightly ahead of "get Brian Scalabrine a triple double".
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Have you guys heard of that Cuban Jorge Soler? I think the Cubs should go after him....what do you think?
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Hey guys who do you think this guys upside is similar to? Maybe someone like Justin Upton?
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you don't even bother reading any threads you post in anymore do you? He wouldn't have time to make 50 posts per day if he let little things like reading threads get in his way. Don't worry, you'll be back to that level as soon as the season starts and you become enraged over every play that doesn't go the Cubs way. Are you talking to yourself? I thought that was your shtick
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The Bears were not a winning team when they sold their PSLs. Unless you count 1 winning season over a 9 year stretch winning. The Cubs with their 20k season ticket waiting list would have no trouble selling PSLs
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you don't even bother reading any threads you post in anymore do you? He wouldn't have time to make 50 posts per day if he let little things like reading threads get in his way.
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I just realized Hawaii is in the MWC. Bet they are thrilled the first time they have to go on TE road to play East Carolina.
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As long as we beat Sacramento and clinch Thibs a spot in the All Star game, I am fine with that. Really? Who gives a [expletive]? Is that important to see Deng play 38 minutes in that game too? Huh? I am agreeing with the rest Rose contingent. Just using it to comment on the fact that the Bulls have a chance to send Thibs to the ASG tomorrow with a Bulls win (or Heat loss to Indiana). I never implied that we should pull out all the stops to win a regular season game against a team we could probably beat with the bench mob playing all 48 minutes.
