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Larry Walker last year comes to mind

We just got somone who is 6th in the league in Walks and 8th in SB. Not bad. Not saying it couldn't have helped, but power wasn't our biggest concern right now. Also, the pen should be bolstered, perhaps signifigantly, by the additions of Williamson and Wood. Also, I wouldn't be suprised if we are able to sneak in a reliever through a waiver deal.

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Wouldnt it be funny if it was for like Rich Hill Oh wait, no it wouldnt

Sweet thats our big move to improve the decrepid offense Anyways, since its impossible to navigate this thread, the Farns has also been traded to the Braves to become a perrenial Cy Young winner

So umm.. Maddux has a relatively uneventful first inning besides the walk

How would you guys feel about aquiring Adam Dunn? How about including Felix Pie and Rich Hill in the deal? I think we need more team speed. That is the most important thing And finally, why is Corey Patterson still in AAA, he needs to be up here in the bigs. He is awesome, why do people rag on him so much??

I wouldn't mind it seeing as Mitre and Wellemeyer don't really fit into our plans and much as i like Pinto - it means we keep Hill. That deal probably would include others from the Rangers side - Delucci or Mench would be nice - but one of their pen arms would be good too. I would expect that they'd definitely include prospects though. What's the point of giving up three serviceable arms when Walker provides essentially the same production as Soriano? (At 1/3rd the cost, no less?) Needless to say I think this would be an insanely stupid trade on the part of the Cubs. (And my opinion of Hendry would fall to Baker-esque levels if it went down.) No improvement to the team at the cost of depleting our most tradeable commodities and a severe hit in the budget? No way. I'll say it again; I'm only remotely interested in Soriano if he ends up in Left and Walker stays at second. Otherwise, Texas is more than free to keep him. Why does everyone think that Walker produces the same as Soriano? That's just absurd. Let me know when Walker can hit 40 Homeruns knock in 100 runs, score 120 runs and steal 30 - 40 bases. SEASONAL AVG.'s (per 162 games played) Walker: Runs: 85 HR: 14 RBI: 71 BA: .289 OBP: .347 SLG: .439 OPS: .786 SB: 10 Soriano: Runs: 103 HR: 33 RBI: 94 BA: .283 OBP: .321 SLG: .504 OPS: .825 SB: 34 I think it is indesputable that Soriano is more productive than Walker in almost every offensive facet ot the game. The only edge Todd has is OBP - and we can see how much that has helped his production vs. Soriano.[/u] Texas' park is also a much better park to hit in then Wrigley, so it inflates Sorianos numbers as well. Also, despite less range, Walker is clearly the better fielder. Also account for the fact that for the most part Walker has a positive presense in the clubhouse. It would be pointless to include Walker in a deal for Soriano

Like O_o said, the main reason I'm leery of trading him is that he has value to the team THIS year. He has a nasty curve ball and a nice fastball, but everyone and their mom knows that once advance scouts get a good report on his curveball, he is going to have to make adjustments. Will he? God I hope so.

Dude you are a Cub fan. Go to work, aint nothing going to happen. In fact its better to work so you dont get pissed off waiting for crap to happen. Yeah, nothing happened last year either. Yes. That was pretty cool. But that was like a suprise party, you come home and.....holy schmoly. Dont get surpise party too much or it wouldnt be a surprise. Remembering that day fondly, I was visiting Chicago (before I moved here) the Cubs had just lost and I was listening to 670 listening to trade updates. Nothing but Contrares for Loaiza. I turned off the radio disgusted and visited some friends. 30 minutes later I get a call from a friend in Boston: OH MY GOD CAN YOU BELIEVE IT. I was so stunned. Ahhh good memories

Wow thats soooooooooooooooooooooooo interesting Edit: ;)

I need to start remembering to request 7/31 off 6 months in advance like I do the Super Bowl

What about Greenberg ;)

Holy understatements Batman! ;)

From Rotoworld: Hmm...I love our odds if this is true

Who is this Wood character. I hope he's a good fit for the Chiefs.

Any word on whether Corey is in the lineup or not

Either: -Hes nursing an injury seeing as its his third game in a row off, but that wouldnt make since since he pinch ran the other day. -Hes not deserving of a spot in the lineup and is being benched -Hes gone

uhh ohhh

George Offman talking about a Soriano trade on the Score. He thinks the trade is contingent on Soriano accepting a move to the OF

It's just the way I see it. Manny is Sammy Sosa on the back end of his career all over again. We couldn't wait for Sammy to get moved. We'd be doing the same thing with Manny, IMO. Beltran is much younger and doesn't appear to be adapting to well to New York. I think he'd be awesome in Wrigley. I also like a balanced line up, and Manny doesn't provide that. Nomar, Aram, Lee and Manny all hit right handed. Beltran probably isn't even being shopped at this point, but he's still on my wish list. Dunn is the guy I'd like to see in left. There is a difference between Manny and Sammy though. Manny is producing . No one minded Sosa's antics too much when he was producing. I see no reason why Manny wouldnt produce for the duration of his contract

And whats the deal with Beltran love. He's terrible this year for the money he makes. Only 27 walks all year? Pathetic. He's worse then Soriano in my book and he hasn't had a season to suggest that he would be better then Manny (who he makes more then) at any point in his career. Manny's power and obp way offset Beltran's speed and D.

We lose Sosa's contract after the season, Prior and Z are still in arby, Lee, Ramirez and Wood are locked up for 1-2 more seasons each, if Nomar resigns it will be around what he signed this year, same with Todd. In the long term it might bite a bit in 2-3 years, but right now I see no issue

Que? And whats with the hate for Manny? Sure he's a malcontent, but malcontents that play well are theoretically invisible. No way you can prioitize Huff and Floyd over someone with a career OPS over 1.000

No, we will get all of them My predicted lineup for next week Todd Walker, SS Derrek Lee, 1B Manny Ramirez, LF Adam Dunn, RF Aramis Ramirez, 3B Alfonzo Soriano, 2B Jeromy Burnitz, CF Michael Barrett, C Then Nomar will take over at SS soon after and Soriano and Hairston will be our first guys off the bench