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Rivers career: 62.3 comp %; 78:36 TD:INT; 12.0 y/c; 92.9 QB rating Cutler career: 62.5 comp %; 54:37 TD:INT; 11.8 y/c; 87.1 QB rating Rivers has been better, but he's also 2 years older than Cutler is. If Cutler has a good to great season for the Bears, he at 26 years old will definitely get as large or larger a contract than Rivers at 28 years old.
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I think you're right, but Cutler is going to be amazingly expensive. Rivers is very likely to get a larger contract than Eli did and if Cutler has a good to great season and leads the Bears into (or especially deep into) the playoffs, he'll probably get more than Rivers. He'll be worth it, though. spending a lot of money on cutler is probably just as good as spending a lot of money on 4-5 pretty good defensive players. Yeah, as good and as young as Cutler is, it's going to be hard to use the money he'd get any more effectively. Especially considering if you don't bring him back, you just have to find another QB.
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I'm actually a bigger Eli fan than many are, but Rivers is far and away the better QB to this point. That said, you are correct that Eli's ring plays a big part in how much money he got and Rivers not having one lessens his side's leverage. In purely internal negotiations, the Chargers might be able to re-sign him for less than Eli got. However, if he got to the open market, he'd be very likely to surpass Eli's deal once the bidding ended. With the superior stats, he can hold out for the bigger deal with the option of hitting free agency after the season. That might be enough to push the Chargers' offer over what the Giants gave Eli. It will be interesting to see the kind of deal he gets. I certainly think it will be close to Eli's, even if it's a little less.
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What does Brad Biggs have against Jason McKie? He must just hold a grudge against full-backs for some reason. :-))
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I think you're right, but Cutler is going to be amazingly expensive. Rivers is very likely to get a larger contract than Eli did and if Cutler has a good to great season and leads the Bears into (or especially deep into) the playoffs, he'll probably get more than Rivers. He'll be worth it, though.
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For a third round pick in 2010 and a fifth round pick in 2011. Good deal for the Raiders. Hadn't heard what they got in return. It's more than they got for Randy Moss. I'm impressed they got that much too, since they had very little leverage. It looked like Burgess was pretty determined to be dealt.
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If this was posted already and I missed it, I apologize. But here's something on the Bears' possibility of re-signing Cutler.
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For a third round pick in 2010 and a fifth round pick in 2011. Good deal for the Raiders.
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Yeah sure. Nice bluff. And if does go through with it, I hope the NFL owners collude against his entitled ass and don't draft him at all next year. Wasn't it you that was in love with Crabtree, or am I thinking of someone else? I was probably one of the bigger Crabtree fans on the board before the draft. He's very talented, I think. Not sure about this, though.
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Yes, he tossed a shutout earlier this year while pitching for the Phillies' AAA affiliate, Lehigh Valley Ironpigs.
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It's not really special, but it's kind of impressive from a 19 year old who has also begun his time in AA with even better numbers. For comparison's sake, Hanley Ramirez posted a .310/.364/.389 line in A+ at age 20. Jimmy Rollins was a 19 year old in A+ and he hit .244/.306/.354. Jason Bartlett put up lesser numbers in A+ and was 22 when he got there. It's not numbers that make you think he's definitely star quality, but it's not bad numbers, and they are good enough to make you think he's got a good chance of a bright future. Especially when you consider he's 2-3 years ahead of where most prospects are at his age.
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Once a waiver claim is made, the claiming team can trade anyone they want (and the other team will accept) for the player. However, whoever the claiming team trades must also have passed through waivers as well, or another team can claim that player. For instance, let's say the Cubs claim Juan Cruz. Once the claim is made, the Royals have the option of pulling him back, letting the Cubs have him and his salary or working out a deal with the Cubs. Assume they go with the third option and a deal is worked out for the Cubs to send Miles to KC for Cruz. Before that deal can go down, though, Miles must pass through waivers. If he does, the deal happens. If he's claimed by someone, then the Cubs have the same three options with Miles the Royals had with Cruz. The Cubs also much then either figure out a three-way deal, or work something else out with the Royals for Cruz. I'm pretty sure that's the way it works.
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Brewer fans HATE Ryan Theriot
dew1679666265 replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Most of his career he's been a second baseman, but this year he's played 53 games at short and 28 at second. I don't know where their future plans are for him, but he's been mostly a SS this year. And his .299/.350/.444/.794 line does look a bit better at shortstop, I'd say. He's only 23 though, so that line's going to look decent at most positions. -
I don't know what this means exactly in the debate of how unstoppable the Phillies are, but I figured I'd throw it out there anyway. 2008 Cubs offense: .797 team OPS (1st in NL); 5.31 R/G (1st in NL) 2009 Phillies offense: .783 team OPS (1st in NL); 5.29 R/G (1st in NL) 2008 Cubs pitching: 3.87 team ERA (2nd in NL); 4.17 R/G (2nd in NL) 2009 Phillies pitching: 4.40 team ERA (12th in NL); 4.64 R/G (11th in NL)
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I knew he had been really good at getting on base for the past month or so now, but that slugging creeping near .500 over the past two weeks is a great sign.
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To add onto Fred's good news, here's something I noticed about Bradley: His power appears to be returning a tad. Last 14 days: .290/.465/.484/.949 That .484 slugging is a very good sign, even if it's over a short period of time. His .420 slugging in July was also the second highest slugging month he's had this year (May's .439 being the best). His July OPS (.878) was also by far his best month's OPS this year (next highest being May's .787).
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Like CCP said, though, Miles has been incredibly unlucky this year. His LD% is 19%, one point lower than his career (20%). But his BABIP is .236, 73 points lower than his career (.309). What constitutes a linedrive off Mile's bat? That I don't know.
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Like CCP said, though, Miles has been incredibly unlucky this year. His LD% is 19%, one point lower than his career (20%). But his BABIP is .236, 73 points lower than his career (.309).
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So, he's not good. Losing this one, no matter how it happens, might be as demoralizing as Sunday. Yeah, he was decent enough in the minors, but we should be able to hit him. We need to be patient, though.
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If Gorzelanny is pitching well, I might be for that but I can't imagine Lou/Hendry doing it. Well, they were all about extra rest for Harden last year, and I believe they even had a 6-man rotation for a brief time. If the second half of August isn't the time, when is? I would really like the 6-man rotation idea.
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Justin Lehr's career ML numbers: 5.32 ERA 88 IP 95 H 51:45 K:BB 1.591 WHIP Justin Lehr's career MiL numbers: 3.92 ERA 1,070 IP 1,140 H 767:318 K:BB 1.363 WHIP
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Brewer fans HATE Ryan Theriot
dew1679666265 replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
4 years? more like 1.66 years Sorry that we don't have a top 5 starter at every position. I guarantee you about 20 other teams would love to have Theriot starting for them. At least 20. The only team that Theriot definitely wouldn't start for in the NL is Philly. Los Angeles maybe. but you can argue that he is better than Hudson and Furcal. Florida maybe, Uggla is a pretty bad baseball player at times. Out of all shortstops who have at least 250 PAs, Theriot has the 11th highest OPS. The guys ahead of him are Hanley Ramirez, Jason Bartlett, Troy Tulowitzki, Derek Jeter, Yunel Escobar, Marco Scutaro, Miguel Tejada, Asdrubal Cabrera, Stephen Drew and Erick Aybar. Theriot's a nice player to have and I have no problem with him starting. He'd be more valuable at second base, but he's a nice player overall. -
So, Gorzelanny up, Blanco to the DL. That leaves Miles and Soto to come up. Would these be the next moves then? Soto up, Shark to Iowa Miles up, Fuld/Hoff to Iowa at some point?
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Waiver Wire Bullpen Help?
dew1679666265 replied to moorecg's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
He started off awesome, but has really regressed. 6.25 ERA 44.2 IP 40 H 34:26 K:BB 1.478 WHIP He's also signed through next year ($3.25 million) with a 2011 club option ($4 million). -
Waiver Wire Bullpen Help?
dew1679666265 replied to moorecg's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Isn't he guaranteed 2 more years? He's got a 2-year contract with a team option for 2011 that becomes guaranteed with 55 games finished between 2009 and 2010. He's finished 33 so far this year, so that 2011 option is likely to be guaranteed. I didn't know about the vesting option. Though it makes the Indians even more likely to want to move him. They'd have to really eat a significant portion of his contract to make him appealing at all.