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  1. dew1679666265
    Not if we want to trade Kosuke for anything at all. You're going to be sitting somebody who is hitting well once Kosuke starts hitting again (which he will), so you might as well start the guy who you're going to want to trade by the deadline or the offseason. If Kosuke does nothing but sit on the bench the rest of the year, we'll be stuck with a $13 million bench player the entirety of next year. If Kosuke plays and plays well – which is likely – we'll have a chance to get something for him either at the deadline or during the offseason. Then we can start Colvin without thinking twice about it.
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    Is. It is a good idea to sit Kosuke for the rest of the year? Why?
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    The harm is it hurts Fukudome's trade value. Kosuke needs to start to keep his trade value high or we'll have a $13 million player sitting on the bench unmovable. If we can trade Kosuke, however, I have no problem at all giving all the starts to Colvin (similarly to what Castro's done since being called up). Fukudome sitting on the bench does more for his trade value, than Fukudome playing and OPSing .499. Plus, he is being outplayed by pretty badly (.889 to .499). Yeah, but the likelihood of him continuing to OPS .499 or anywhere in that area is just barely above 0. Starting Colvin some while Kosuke is working with Sasaki isn't a bad idea, but sitting Kosuke indefinitely for the rest of the year isn't.
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    Interesting. If he pitches well when he returns from this, the Cubs could theoretically say he's fixed when they look to shop him (which I expect they'll try).
  5. dew1679666265
    For him not to be a liability at first base, he'd have to raise his career OPS by about 200 or so points. At almost 30, I see now way that happens. Rick Ankiel is the only player I can think of who has had significant playing time in the majors as a pitcher and position player (though there's an Oriole coming through their system who was a pitcher as well). He had to start back at A-ball and work his way back up through the system and has since posted OPS' of .863, .843, .672 and .695. I am pretty sure some guy named Babe Ruth did it. Nope. Never heard of him. Good point, I forgot about the Babe.
  6. dew1679666265
    For him not to be a liability at first base, he'd have to raise his career OPS by about 200 or so points. At almost 30, I see now way that happens. Rick Ankiel is the only player I can think of who has had significant playing time in the majors as a pitcher and position player (though there's an Oriole coming through their system who was a pitcher as well). He had to start back at A-ball and work his way back up through the system and has since posted OPS' of .863, .843, .672 and .695. Adam Loewen. Thanks. The last name was almost coming to me, but I couldn't remember him. The Astros have a kid trying it as well Brian Bougsevic or something. Bogusevic hasn't made the majors. Kieschnick qualifies, though.
  7. dew1679666265
    For him not to be a liability at first base, he'd have to raise his career OPS by about 200 or so points. At almost 30, I see now way that happens. Rick Ankiel is the only player I can think of who has had significant playing time in the majors as a pitcher and position player (though there's an Oriole coming through their system who was a pitcher as well). He had to start back at A-ball and work his way back up through the system and has since posted OPS' of .863, .843, .672 and .695. Adam Loewen. Thanks. The last name was almost coming to me, but I couldn't remember him.
  8. dew1679666265
    I don't know that the Brewers are that well run. They gave $10 mil a year to Randy Wolf and a little more than $4 mil a year to David Riske. They also are paying $7 mil to Bill Hall and $12 mil to Jeff Suppan to play elsewhere.
  9. dew1679666265
    What – besides you viewing a safari trip to Africa as not caring – has Ricketts done to make you think he's not focused on winning? He's said the payroll will increase, that we're going to put more focus into the farm system and he's spending lots of money renovating Wrigley. I understand he hasn't fired Hendry or Lou yet, but that's not an indication that he's not trying to win.
  10. dew1679666265
    We're talking about sports here. Sports aren't fair either. I'm not necessarily for or against a salary cap in baseball, but until there is one, teams will - and should - take advantage of monetary advantage. It's always been part of the game.
  11. dew1679666265
    They weren't otherworldly, but the 96 Yankees still had the highest payroll in baseball (by about $3-4 mil over the Braves). The 99 team also had about a $7 mil advantage over the Rangers as the highest payroll in the majors. Their $92 million payroll in 2000 was only a couple million higher than the Dodgers' payroll, however. While the huge gap between the Yankees and everybody else is rather new, the Steinbrenners have always won primarily by outspending everybody else. And I'm sure the Steinbrenners make a very good profit on the Yankees (including merchandising, TV, radio, etc) or else the payroll would be lower.
  12. dew1679666265
    For him not to be a liability at first base, he'd have to raise his career OPS by about 200 or so points. At almost 30, I see now way that happens. Rick Ankiel is the only player I can think of who has had significant playing time in the majors as a pitcher and position player (though there's an Oriole coming through their system who was a pitcher as well). He had to start back at A-ball and work his way back up through the system and has since posted OPS' of .863, .843, .672 and .695.
  13. dew1679666265
    In 625 career PAs, he has an OPS of .634. His wOBA is .270. He's a very good hitter for a pitcher, but a very bad hitter for a hitter.
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    To win the Steinbrenner way, though, you have to have very, very deep pockets to do it. There's not many organizations, I'd say, that can be profitable with a $230+ million payroll. If there were, I think we'd see more teams in that area.
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    The harm is it hurts Fukudome's trade value. Kosuke needs to start to keep his trade value high or we'll have a $13 million player sitting on the bench unmovable. If we can trade Kosuke, however, I have no problem at all giving all the starts to Colvin (similarly to what Castro's done since being called up).
  16. dew1679666265
    Do you know it's impossible? Or did he determine, rightly, that there was no need to take any more action than what Hendry (whose job it is to make these decisions) did? Hendry is paid to take care of the day-to-day operations of the team on the field. Ricketts will determine Z's future, but Hendry determined the action to take right now. Something has already been done. Z was suspended indefinitely. Unless Ricketts wants to cut Z immediately, then it's incredibly unlikely they'd take more action this week. And also much busier for Ricketts with more stuff that needs to be done. I'd rather he be here for the stuff he needs to be personally involved in that we know is going to happen rather than the off chance that one of his players throws a fit.
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    Such as? I'd rather he not be intricately involved in every transaction and most of the on-field decision making is (and should be) made by Hendry/Lou. There might be behind the scenes stuff to do during the season, but as N&G said, most of the family is involved in ownership and there's probably far more stuff for him to be involved with during the offseason. I don't see how the team plays better with him here and I don't see Z being calmer if Ricketts is in the States.
  18. dew1679666265
    Whatever he has, he apparently considers it inadequate as the meeting won't happen until he returns. It actually wasn't inadequate because he knows about the situation and has scheduled a time to discuss it with his people. He's apparently determined there's not a pressing need to meet right now. I agree with that since Hendry/Bush (whose job it is to act) have suspended him. We're playing a man down for the forseeable future whether they met this morning, right now, tomorrow, Monday or Friday. Ricketts could take a trip in November and we wouldn't even notice. Going on safari during the two Sox series, when everything is magnified, was foolish at best. There's probably much more stuff for him to be involved in during the offseason than the regular season (Wrigley renovations, far more deals take place, a decision on Lou/Hendry/etc, talks of a new stadium, endorsement deals, etc). Most of what he would be doing during the regular season would make him a far more hands-on owner than I'd prefer.
  19. dew1679666265
    The Cubs are out of season for close to seven months in the winter when it sucks to be in Chicago. It's just bad PR for a first year owner. I'm not going to go crazy over this, but it's not something I'd expect a guy to do who is trying to assess what he has. It's different if he's on tour of the minors, but he's in Africa. I don't think he's a villain or a terrible owner, but there's no way this is a good thing with what has been going on. There's really not much for an owner to assess on a day to day basis - in the big positions at least. I'm sure he had an opinion about Hendry before buying the team and I doubt day to day activities will change that. He'll likely reassess at the deadline or after the season and determine how Hendry handled the team he had in 2010. If he fires Hendry, most all of the people under him will likely go too. I just don't see what he's not accomplishing that he should be while on vacation. There's very little in season an owner must be in the building or in the area to take care of, most of it is signing off on trades that could be done over the phone or via video chat or something.
  20. dew1679666265
    His question had nothing to do with trading Fukudome. N&G asked italianocubfan if he felt Kosuke had a bad year last year. italiano responded that his year was close to bad and then N&G responded back that Kosuke was very productive for a CFer last year even though he was a bit overpaid, but that his salary had nothing to do with whether or not he produced well. You then asked how his salary didn't factor into whether or not he was productive. There was nothing in that particular exchange about trading Kosuke.
  21. dew1679666265
    How could his presence here make attendance rise or Z's outburst not happen? I don't understand that at all.
  22. dew1679666265
    Again, why wouldn't Ricketts have a cell phone, laptop, TV, blackberry, iPad, pager, phone in the hotel room or some other electronic device I have no idea exists but allows people to talk to each other over long distances as if they were in the same room? Just out of curiosity, should a CEO ever take a vacation? Because there's not an "offseason" for a CEO.
  23. dew1679666265
    We're going to be a man down as long as Z is suspended by the team. Meeting this morning or meeting Monday morning won't change how long we're a man down.
  24. dew1679666265
    It'll be interesting to see what Duncan can do with Renyel.
  25. dew1679666265
    Simple solution: Hire Jeff Gilooly to ensure that Zambrano truly is injured. :D It's really not that big of a deal, but just as a matter of principle to me it just seems wrong for anybody other than Z himself to have to bear consequences of his actions. But as I said in another post, unfortunately that's baseball sometimes. I may just be an idiot, but couldn't he just refuse the assignment and we'd either have to release him or keep him on the roster? I just don't see sending Z to Iowa as a realistic option.
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