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  1. dew1679666265
    It's $1.5 mil + incentives according to Bruce Miles, as well. Also, on Cashner:
  2. dew1679666265
    I plan to tweak that some next year. In the past return yards were part of the defensive scoring, which led to the unintended consequence of rewarding bad defenses because giving up a lot of scores in turn creates kickoff return opportunities. So this year I decided to make return yards part of individual scoring and, although I still like that idea in concept, I think I went overboard in the amount. Yeah, I'd cut down on the amount of points a guy gives you, but I do like the concept.
  3. dew1679666265
    I'm confused. He only signed for $1.5 million. Don't you get it? HENDRY IS BAD AT NEGOTIATIONS My apologies. I forgot Kerry signed himself.
  4. dew1679666265
    How is Harden a head case?
  5. dew1679666265
    I'm confused. He only signed for $1.5 million.
  6. dew1679666265
    That's really discouraging. I wonder if they simply don't believe he'll have the stamina to be a starting pitcher? Similar to their feeling about Marshall?
  7. dew1679666265
    This is a good signing, I think. Just a one year deal and probably cheaper than he should have gotten, considering the market. It's a low risk signing for a guy who could be dominant, but that BB/9 has to get better. 5.67 last year, 4.58 in 2009 and 4.81 in 2007. It was just 2.44 in 2008, and predictably that's his last really good season – 3.26 ERA/2.32 FIP/3.07 xFIP. The K/9 going from 11.40 in 2008 to 10.31 in 2009 to 9.59 last year is a bit startling, but isn't bad at $1.5 mil.
  8. dew1679666265
    Because the team does stand a chance of competing. While I think it's unlikely this team makes the playoffs this year, it's still a real possibility with how terrible the division is (and has gotten progressively moreso over the offseason) that the Cubs can make it. Certainly over the next 3 years, this team should continue to get better and have a chance to be a good to very good team within that time frame. Soto would be a big part of that.
  9. dew1679666265
    I like that a whole lot more than a 2 year deal, regardless of money.
  10. dew1679666265
    I don't know whether he'd be a big time bat or not outside of catcher. He might be, but I tend to agree with The Logan that he'd be an above average first baseman. I'd hate to give up Soto for a guy who might not be an impact type player. Soto's defense has to be taken into account as well, as he's a very good defensive catcher. Even if Montero was a little better offensively and could stick at catcher, Soto's defense would likely make them even. Then you have to weigh Montero's youth with the real possibility he doesn't pan out. And we're not paying Soto a premium. Throughout his arbitration years he should be a very good value if he can continue to be an .850-.900 OPS guy with plus defense.
  11. dew1679666265
    Yeah, there's no doubt. He's been really good since 2006.
  12. dew1679666265
    I'd lean toward no, but might be talked into it. The only reason I consider it is because Soto is 28 and may only have 2-3 really good years left in him. We could potentially get 2-3 times that out of Montero. The problem with Montero, though, is that he likely won't be much better than Soto at his peak and if he needs to move from catcher, he loses a ton of his value.
  13. dew1679666265
    Even if you look at just counting numbers, you're either seriously overrating Montero or seriously underrating Soto. In the minors Montero has hit 27 homers once and 17 homers once. Soto's peaked at 23 in 564 PAs and he hit 17 in 387 PAs this year. Montero could be a really, really good player, but he'd be rather transcendent for a catcher if his average year is Soto's best, because Soto's best is as good as any catcher in the majors nearly.
  14. dew1679666265
    Ah, I misread his original post. I thought he was referring to signing Wood as making Cashner bounce between the AAA and Chicago bullpens. You're right that with an injury, Cashner may be the first option to go back to the pen unless he wins the fifth starter job in Chicago and pitches very well early – that might be enough to keep him in the rotation even with a bullpen injury. Sorry about that UK.
  15. dew1679666265
    So you think the reports saying they'll likely move him back to the rotation after acquiring a veteran reliever are wrong?
  16. dew1679666265
    Montero's average year will be an .890 OPS, .385 wOBA and 3.5 WAR? That'd be better than Mauer.
  17. dew1679666265
    The reports have all said that Cashner is likely to move to the rotation (either AAA or Chicago) if we sign a veteran reliever. I don't think he'll bounce between the AAA and Chicago pens.
  18. dew1679666265
    Yeah, there's no way this team has no chance at winning – in this division or any other. However, I think it's a very wide range this team could finish in. There are so many injury-prone guys and guys we need to bounce back that we could be a 65-win team or a 95-win team depending on how injuries and bounce backs go. I tend to think we need too much to go right to make the playoffs, but I wouldn't completely write this team off either.
  19. dew1679666265
    Sorry. For my first post in a few days, this was a bit mean, wasn't it? I actually figured it was Jeff's son or something that we had signed as an undrafted free agent (do they have those in baseball?).
  20. dew1679666265
    I wonder if this means we're not going to pursue starters anymore? If signing Wood makes them comfortable moving Cashner to the rotation, they may settle with that and not go after Webb/Garza/etc at this point.
  21. dew1679666265
    Yeah, I was thinking about articles like Bruce's. I thought pitch counts were mentioned specifically as an issue they disagreed on, but I could be wrong on that.
  22. dew1679666265
    People are too busy throwing towels to make towel jokes. How's that for crappy?
  23. dew1679666265
    I didn't take any in the draft, but lucked out and found Stefan Logan and Marc Mariani (who has been one of the best return men this year) on waivers. That's saved my season.
  24. dew1679666265
    I won't have Rodgers or Gates at my disposal, though. I have Roethlisberger ready to play, though. I may be without both Smith (the Giant) and Manningham, and it hasn't been reported yet whether Collie will be back. It's been reported Giant Smith is out for the year. Manningham I'm not sure about. I'd love to have Rodgers for the game since Big Ben gets the Jet defense, but even if he plays I'm not sure how effective Rodgers will be after his second concussion this year.
  25. dew1679666265
    Reputation would cover point B, but it's not reality (I don't know for sure the Cubs would recognize that, though, given how they apparently undervalue Kosuke). That would cover all the needs we've heard that Hendry sees, however (innings eater and veteran reliever).
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