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  1. UK1679666180
    Tejada is the best SS in MLB. He's won a MVP. He is the heart and soul of the O's. Your fanbase will never forgive you and allocate their financial resources as well as their radio and TV habits towards the Nationals, your arch enemy. Don't do it, you're only helping the Nationals. :)
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    But, a study can come from these two bad signings... The salaries and ages are basically a wash, neither will likely improve or decline a dramatic shift b/c of their age. One player is coming off a year where he exceeded previous production (Encarnacion) and the other is coming a year where he underproduced in his final year (Jones). Which will get the most value (or as much as possible) for these two signings?
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    I voted No. Very good player, not good enough to get into the HoF. As far as comparing him to Williams, Williams played in more of a dead ball era, Rice never faced a pitcher coming off the higher mound, etc. The 60's were more of a dead ball era than the 70s-80s. EqAs Williams .298 Rice .287 Batting Runs Above avg. and Pitching Runs Above Avg. Williams-469 Rice-309
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    I have to ask... Likely, greater difference in production going from Cedeno to Tejada or Burnitz (now Jones) to Abreu/Dunn? Just trying to gauge, how much the fact that Tejada plays SS is factoring into the equation?
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    For the Cubs to get Byrnes, they either have to project him as a 4th OF'er or realize that Jones is best off as a platoon player. I think they'd likely see him as a 4th OF'er 1st. If Burnitz faced the high amount of LH'ers as he did, I assume Jones will do likewise.
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    In general, I think this is a very good signing, if Jones set the standard for all these 2nd and 3rd tier OF'ers still out there, Sanders is a bargain compared to Jones. But, if I'm a KC fan, I'd be upset. I'd rather win 70 games with players coming up from the farm system and have them progress rather than winning 75 games with stop-gaps like Grudzielanek, Sanders, Elarton etc. We'll hopefully get to see Sisco in their rotation.
  7. UK1679666180
    That's John Boggs not Wade Boggs, he has a firm out in So. Cal.
  8. UK1679666180
    Zambrano is, but Prior is not. When did Prior leave Boras? I could have sworn Prior didn't have Boras as his agent. Let me do some digging. Boggs has been his agent from the get go.
  9. UK1679666180
    If there's a team that has a solid overall view of the Cubs' system, it is the O's.
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    Bedard has to show me more, before I'd consider him a suitable replacement for Prior. He hasn't been the same pitcher since his TJS, he's a quality 3-4 starter now, but he hasn't had the same curve since TJS and still needs to improve his change. His numbers in the minors were outstanding... 240IP 190H 5HR 87BB 258Ks But, he would have to show his old curve and progression w/the change for me to say the Cubs would not be hurt by losing Prior as well as the additional 12 mil of contract, despite the production of Tejada and middle of the rotation for Bedard. Oddly, the Cubs have a pitcher of similar stuff in the minors (Marshall). Not as good of a sinker, but probably has a better curve and control than Bedard.
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    Sanders is about to sign with the Royals for 1 less year, 1 mil less, and has hit RH'ers better than Jones and hit LH'ers much better than Jones. If Sanders is crap, what does it say about Jones? B/c Sanders>>>Jones. Wait, this is a message board? Damn, I thought these were the actual GM meetings. I'll be damned.
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    He had a hamstring problem in '02, which allowed the Cubs to sit him as he was nearing the IP totals that the Cubs likely marked for him at the start of the year. Who knows what went on with the achilles/elbow, he hurts it at the end of '03, pitches thru it in the playoffs, reports have have tweaking his mechanics during the off-season and hitting 99 on the gun and then his misses the start of the year b/c of heel/elbow problems.
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    I'd fell more comfortable if he was platooned with a RH'er as well, but that would be going like a salmon going upstream and that stream being Niagara Falls as far as Baker using a platoon for a proven, expensive, FA. Plus, his improvements in BBs were minimal and still well below the norm, especially for a player towards the tail end of his prime. I agree, he is a complimentary type player who in an ideal world would be hitting 6-7, but with the Cubs current situation will likely be hitting 5th which raises questions of their current lineup with or w/out him.
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    Maddux was 3 runs above avg. last year and if he conts. his decline, he'll likely have a DIPS around 4.5 and on most teams, that's about a #5. With Wood back, he's their #5 pitcher (based on production).
  15. UK1679666180
    I would like to thank Delino for allowing me and MOJ to create the Horny Wagon. Btw, there's plenty of space avail. in the wagon. The odds of us staying long in SD are slim.
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    I'll enjoy driving it down I-5, although going to Tijuana will be difficult to get it back over the border.
  17. UK1679666180
    http://www.flee.com/ltd/gueststars/78_horny_ltd_wagon.jpg You rang?
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    Even though, the one who you were responding continues to make the same repeated and repeated point used, that goes against the actual concept of a message board by fans for fans. I find this concept impossible to grasp, that someone can't offer up an opinion that might differ with what has been done, think every GM agrees with every other move another GM makes? Think every fans agrees with every move a GM makes? It's called a discussion among fans. I disagree with the concept that 10 posters whomever those are would make a better GM than even the worse GM in MLB history. So much behind the scenes stuff and the battle isn't doing well once you get there, it is getting there. The numbers game makes it the challenge. So many great scouts out there, god knows I've seen them at so many games, and those are area scouts and bird dogs. It's one giant pyramid.
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    Personally, I don't think Corey is even close to the 2nd part of that equation. It's mental with Corey, but it's just not from being stubborn. He's just too tight out there. He's worrying too much about not striking out. He also has flaws in his swing (too long and too much of an uppercut). It's like a baserunner at 1B looking to steal, you step too far away from the base (say 15ft) and start worrying about getting picked off, you won't get a good jump.
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    If you're not saying it was a good move to put him in the pen, what were the reason why it wasn't a good move (I'll probably agree w/them)? To me, potentially delaying the start of the 06' is just one of several reasons. But if they could've increased the rate when he'd be 100%, they should've. The odds are higher that he'd be 100% at an earlier date if he had the surgery in July rather than the end of August. It depends on how his body and shoulder rehabs as far as a definite timetable, but he would be farther along had he not gone to the pen for a month.
  21. UK1679666180
    You can be both, the line-up isn't ideal (I'm not content with it), but they certainly have a chance to score more runs than last year.
  22. UK1679666180
    I hope they do well, I hope the rotation can stay healthy, Ramirez cont's to progress, Barrett and Lee cont. to produce. I'll give them a chance despite my concerns, I'm optimistic it'll be an interesting year.
  23. UK1679666180
    I'd hate to get behind that car in traffic. Think of all the rest stops, except for Alou.
  24. UK1679666180
    That dartboard is getting a workout in Jocketty's office, this one landed on Riedling.
  25. UK1679666180
    Somehow, SF beats the odds and even though I thought it was impossble for them to get older, they do it. Finley, Bonds, and Alou.
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