Outshined_One

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Only if I can do that with Brohm.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand this sucks.

He'd be quite a bit worse. I don't agree. Burrell misplaying a ball is better than Floyd not getting to it at all. I literally think it would be impossible to do worse than him defensively, his range is completely nonexistent. It's pointless to argue unless they both play it and we can actually compare, but I definitely disagree. How much Burrell have you watched? I'm willing to bet not enough and you're making an intelligent guess based on how poorly you feel Floyd's been. It might be hard to believe but Burrell is worse and Wrigley's right isn't going to improve anything for him. I think Burrell is easily worse than Floyd or Murton out there. You could put a coatrack with a glove and a Cubs hat on it in Floyd's place and it would be an improvement. Unless Burrell does things such as throw the ball into the LF bleachers on a play at the plate or flirt with Burrell's Girls after making a catch instead of hitting the cutoff man, I have a feeling Burrell would have to actually make a conscious effort to be worse than Floyd is out there.

I'm guessing not.

This team has already met its grit/hustle quota with Ryan Theriot. Sorry Virgin Mary, no room at the inn.

Especially ones with a history of injuries and a nagging collarbone problem. :twisted:

Thomas Jones, RB, NYJ

Sorry about the delay (internet access has been horrifyingly bad here), I'll be picking in a bit.

How can you tell watching a PC screen? Get your butt out to the nightlife. Did that the past two nights. Stockholm is freaking awesome. However, I have to get up and catch an early flight to Oslo tomorrow morning. No all night partying tonight. :(

For those of you wondering, yes, the women in Sweden are incredibly hot. That is all.

Sticky this bad boy!

Yeah, they evacuated the bus and it did not go into the river.

I'd would have rather seen a first pitch rbi single. :) And I want a real-life Transformer as my best friend, what's your point?

My flight gets in at 6:35 PM. Between customs and everything else, I'll probably be good to do this at around 10:00 PM.

I'm traveling pretty much non-stop until I get back in the States on August 15th. I'd be available to do it that night, but I have no idea when I'll be able to do it after that.

*The sounds of a dentist's drill and screams are heard in the background*

Johan Santana and Joe Mauer to the Cubs? :D

Teixeira doesn't count? I meant a deal that happens the day of the deadline. :D

Was the last major deadline deal Nomar to the Cubs?

The waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiting is the hardest part... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/Outshined_One/WaitingintheCooler.gif

They have a glut of outfielders and nowhere to put Gomes, though. Something tells me he could be had at a reasonable price. I've cooled off on Gomes in terms of his potential. He's basically Adam Dunn Lite. If you dislike Dunn, odds are you won't like Gomes. If you like Dunn, Gomes could be seen as a reasonable alternative who might come more cheaply than Dunn. Given his power and production against LHP, I'd love to have him on this team. Why not make a run and see what he can be had for?

I'm not even sure that prospect package alone would be enough to get Griffey, much less Griffey and Renteria.

Part of that depends on how Veal finishes out the season. In spite of his recent success, Veal still has had a BB/9 of 4.75, which is pretty bad. For comparison's sake, Carlos Zambrano's BB/9 on the season is 3.89. We all know about Carlos' troubles with keeping his walks down and how they come back to haunt him. Veal's BB problem is markedly worse. Here's the thing about Veal. He only gave up one HR in April and actually had a comparable K/9 to what he's sported since April (a little over 9, which means he Ks over a batter an inning). Two things killed him in April. His BAA was .277 (it has gradually been going down each month, with a .236 BAA in July). His BB/9 was a mind-boggling 8.44. Now that he's finally walking less guys and is giving up less hits, his numbers have improved dramatically. The key for him is going to be keeping his BBs down. If he can somehow channel Carlos Zambrano and get to a point where he'll strike out enough guys and keep his BAA low enough to minimize any damage his walks could create, then he'll be a keeper. However, the problem is, Zambrano tends to be the exception more than the norm. August and September should be interesting for Veal. He might get a AAA callup at the end of the season if he does well enough and certain factors play in his favor. It depends. The AZ Fall League usually features a bunch of pitchers who are rehabbing from injuries and missed time during the regular season. Most teams don't like getting extra work for their top pitching prospects out there because of the risk of injury and overworking guys. The quality of hitters will almost always vastly outweigh the quality of pitchers there, especially considering teams like getting their best hitters some extra work. With winter baseball leagues in other countries, I'm not quite sure what criteria goes into that determination.

Salty, but both have a boatload of potential.