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  1. TheDude
    35 votes as well
  2. TheDude
    speaking of them...yikesss -40 run differential after only 13 games.
  3. TheDude
    Joe Mather comes to mind among others
  4. TheDude
    Arrieta is not the ace he could be and Hendricks and Hammel are below league average.
  5. TheDude
    Damn that feels good!
  6. TheDude
    That was opened one minute later. Don't really care what the admins do, but it seems like it belongs in Transactions.
  7. TheDude
    http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11754873/tampa-bay-rays-manager-joe-maddon-exercises-opt-clause-leaving-team I was little surprised to find no post here, but it's very quite these days. There is another Insider article where Bowden speculates that the Cubs will be Maddon's next stop.
  8. TheDude
    He's been the top target since he was traded and shed draft compensation. I have high hopes he signs with the Cubs.
  9. TheDude
    Somebody make it happen
  10. TheDude
    I don't remember the exact number of games or criteria, what does 50 games of MLB time this year do to Baez's rookie status? Not saying I care at all about the status with respect to the decision to call him up (it should factor 0% of the decision), just curious if this makes 2014 his official rookie year.
  11. TheDude
    I will be very surprised if you get even 10% of the vote on Cespedes.
  12. TheDude
    This hurts the Cubs' chances of signing him (because of the draft pick compensation issue) more than it helps it imo I think draft pick compensation has been pretty much a non-starter for an FA with this FO, even moreso for a post-30 guy like Lester. Removing the QO probably ups his price, but the Cubs are more likely to pay X + that price increase than X + a pick and pool money. This was my thought. Money is what the Cubs want to play with and I suspect player acquisition that purely costs money and not talent in any form is the first choice. I don't expect 2014/2015 off-season to be the ramp up, but I still hold out some hope the FO wants to start the Bryant/Baez/Soler years with a better MLB roster and a splash so that the pressure isn't all on those guys and Rizzo/Castro. Lester is going to get too many years but is still top of my list.
  13. TheDude
    With Lester no longer costing a draft pick as a FA does he now become FA target #1 for the Cubs in November?
  14. TheDude
    From Buster Olney:
  15. TheDude
    Isn't that the textbook gamble on guys like Arrieta (top rated stuff lacking control)? Not many work out but when it does it usually leads to above average results.
  16. TheDude
    Actually I think you can say that. Every year 'everyone' (the analysts and fans I presume) chides the GMs for terrible contracts and yet those terrible contracts do change the bar anyway. All that matters is the GMs. It's different with trades because no agents are involved to reinforce the market value precedent, but I could still see GMs pivoting on established trade comps in recent years as a hard negotiating point.
  17. TheDude
    It sure does look like the Cubs are stacking their odds to get as much minor league talent to the big leagues in the same window of years as possible.
  18. TheDude
    KLaw followed up his chat comments by putting Conforto as the Cubs pick in his latest Mock.
  19. TheDude
    The Dodgers don't care about money. They do care about their prospects and have been somewhat tight with them if memory serves.
  20. TheDude
    This kind of pisses me off. Where is the coaching staff?
  21. TheDude
    Group A: Cabrera Group B: Longoria, Fielder Group C: Stanton, Votto, Rizzo Group D: Wright, Pujols, Belt, Butler, V. Martinez
  22. TheDude
    No Baez for the televised split? Damn.
  23. TheDude
    I'm fully on the Soler train. Watching him hit in Daytona was a treat. I think he pushes himself into the top 10 prospect list going into 2015.
  24. TheDude
    This
  25. TheDude
    This guy is not scary. He'll look like a teenager maybe into his late 30s.
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