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  1. UMFan83
    Defense and o-line another year older? I don't know, I don't really believe it, I'm just playing Devil's advocate.
  2. UMFan83
    Who? Howry got about $4 mil a year, Grabow got an average of 3.5 a year and Eyre got 3 a year. I can't think of any $5+ mil a year relievers under Hendry. And Howry and Eyre were good signings. I should have said $4m/year contracts, but Grabow is gonna make $4.8mil next season, who was the player in my head when I wrote that. But yes, also $4m/year to both Eyre and Howry. We only have five guys with NTCs: Lee, Aramis, Soriano, Z, Fukudome. Soriano and Z are the only NTCs that look really bad at this point. The Cubs want to trade Fukudome but really shouldn't and Lee and Aramis have 10/5 rights at this point (and we didn't want to trade either prior to last year when I think both got their rights). Also include Lilly, who was just traded, and Samardzija who isn't even in the bigs right now. The point is, those 5 guys you listed make a combined $82 million. Combined with Lilly's $13 mil and Shark's $2 mil, the Cubs entered the season with $97 million tied up to 7 players with some form of no trade protection. That's more than 20 teams payrolls tied up in no trade clauses. It's the big reason why we just have to kind of wait this whole thing out and let contracts expire, instead of blowing up the core last offseason or this offseason.
  3. UMFan83
    I originally thought that was the point of offering Hammer so much. So they could either get Hammer or Niemi. But since they didnt offer Niemi anything after hammer was matched maybe that wasnt the case.
  4. UMFan83
    Seriously I'd take Turco at 1/1.75 than Niemi at 1/2.75, all nostalgia aside.
  5. UMFan83
    I hope the Cubs get saddled with payroll limitations until Hendry is gone because I absolutely do not trust him to spend surplus money on players that fit on this team. He's given middle relievers $5m/year contracts, he's signed 30 year old OFs to 8 year deals, he's given just about every decent signing/resigning no trade clauses, he's addressed a lack of a LH power bat by signing the player (of the LH bats) who hits the worst against Righties, and gave him the most money of the options out there.
  6. UMFan83
    I think they will sign Niemi.....and then trade him at some point in the near future.
  7. UMFan83
    Meh...I don't expect the media to be on our side this year. The good news is, the media knows squat. Two years ago everyone expected us to be bad, and we went 9-7. Last year everyone expected us to be a serious playoff contender and we sucked. In 2005, Peter King called us the worst team in the NFL and we had a first round bye.
  8. UMFan83
    That's apparently what they are saying.....14 years into interleague play and finally the Cubs are going to play a series at Fenway. (This is an old article from 7/9 so apologies if it's been discussed): http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/mlb/news/story?id=5365218 Also, according to today's Trib, the Yankees are planning to revisit Wrigley for the first time since 2003: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-spt-0802-around-town--20100801,0,1048482.column Have no idea why parts of the 2011 schedule are being released in July/August, but I guess that's all we have left to look forward to now.
  9. UMFan83
    Are all baseball fans this stupid? Or just Cubs fans? People are comparing this deal to the Lou Brock and Greg Maddux trades. It just doesn't compare. That is beyond ridiculous. Are you sure that's not a fake FB account? I doubt that anyone could be that dumb.
  10. UMFan83
    Did he manage to reacquire Ted Lilly on the way to the hospital? Edit: Glad it seems he's stable and doing well.
  11. UMFan83
    Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep 1-6 in the last 2 seasons at this park.
  12. UMFan83
    Damn you Fowler, that would have made things interesting. Soriano hit a ball 2 inches from tying the game.
  13. UMFan83
    http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100801/capt.1628cafad2224b2bae016419bcaec761-1628cafad2224b2bae016419bcaec761-0.jpg?x=243&y=345&q=85&sig=2DTvsO8rIjNA9fRguY_oFw--
  14. UMFan83
    Who else can start for us? Z, Marshall and Cashner aren't stretched out long enough.
  15. UMFan83
    And yet their fans were rewarded with an NL championship and World Series appearance 5 years ago. I don't feel sorry for their fans.
  16. UMFan83
    From Phil Rogers:
  17. UMFan83
    The only thing that makes me "meh" on the trade is that we had to give up 2.5 mil to get the return we did. I feel like we should have gotten a better return if we had to pay that much of Lilly's salary but what do I know.
  18. UMFan83
    Yep. Good to see our old fan favorites like Grace, Maddux and Wood can go elsewhere and win rings.
  19. UMFan83
    Apparently the Rockies set a major league record by getting a hit 11 batters in a row. Glad we could take part in history tonight.
  20. UMFan83
    YES!!!! It's YOU! And you've put the blame on Dempster for 17 runs scored! If he isn't terrible there are a ton of players who ARE terrible who should be left in Colorado before Dempster
  21. UMFan83
    Sean Marshall cannot pitch in Colorado. Career numbers at Coors: 5 G, 2 GS, 8.1 IP, 16 H, 3 BB, 11 ER, 11.88 ERA, 2.28 WHIP He had a "meh" start in his first appearance at Coors (5 IP 3 R, 6 H, 2 BB), and since then his other 4 appearances (including another start last year) 3.1 IP 8 ER, 10 H, 1 BB, 21.60 ERA, 3.55 WHIP. His breaking ball just doesn't break here. No excuses for giving up 5 runs in an inning that eventually plated 12 but still.
  22. UMFan83
    I played the "Read the game thread and then try to guess the score of the game" game. I guessed the game was like 11-1. Surprised when I saw it was only 5-2.
  23. UMFan83
    Apparently Lilly would mind though. IIRC the Twins are on his NTC list. Yeah, I know. I always wonder though if they change their minds over time. A lot can change, the Twins are in the race and play in a new park. That might matter, then again it might not. Yeah thats what I was thinking with regards to Minnesota. I bet Lilly didn't want to play in the Metrodome.
  24. UMFan83
    If the Cubs keep him they WILL offer him arbitration and we'd at least get draft pick compensation. I know that hasn't been Hendry's MO in the past but I don't think even he is stupid enough to let Lilly go for absolutely no return. Hopefully Ricketts wouldn't even allow him to do that. Yeah absolutely. I think the difference between Lilly and Wood is that JH didn't want to pay Wood however much he was getting to close, plus with Wood's injury history and loyalty to the Cubs, there was actually a chance Wood could accept arbitration. In Lilly's case, Hendry doesn't have to have Lilly back next year but probably wouldn't complain if he did come back at all. There's no way Hendry declines to offer him arby.
  25. UMFan83
    Don't the Cubs have leverage to just keep Lilly and get Type A compensation for him in the offseason (assuming they offer him arby)? Or are the Cubs really desperately trying to shed some of Lilly's salary to offset the loss of attendance this season?
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