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  1. dew1679666265
    The Rangers aren't the best team to start the season against if you're a pitcher, but Lee is having some real problems right now.
  2. dew1679666265
    Following the Indians/Rangers on Gamecast because I'm at work. I can't wait to get home.
  3. dew1679666265
    rawaction is now on the clock with Houston's pick. I PMd him.
  4. dew1679666265
    • Z is better than most projections think. • Fontenot fills the shoes of DeRosa nicely at second, but the Miles/Gathright combo replacing DeRo's versatility are awful • Gregg is excellent in the closer's role, but still leaves town after Patton proves himself to be good enough to take over Marmol's fireman role next year and Carlos becomes the closer • Samardzija gets some spot starts for Harden during the season and then overtakes Marshall as the fifth starter by September • Theriot regresses badly, but Hendry swings a deal for a good offensive SS • Colvin becomes a decent bat off the bench in September • Fukudome has close to the kind of year we hoped for last season • Bradley is hurt more than he's healthy • Lee improves on last year's numbers, especially the power • The Cubs win just over 90 games, advance through the first round but are eliminated in 6 games by the Mets • Peavy is traded, but not to the Cubs Non-Cubs: • The Reds contend for the playoffs • The Royals finish a close second behind the Yankees for the WC berth • The Indians win the AL Central • The Braves have a losing record
  5. dew1679666265
    Aaron Miles will endear himself to Cub fans everywhere by winning the game tonight with a pinch hit home run. Then he'll proceed to OPS .705 the rest of the season. :wink:
  6. dew1679666265
    I'm going to go ahead and guess Missouri basketball had something to do with it. The last few years, my excitement of opening day was tempered by the excitement of the Final Four (or the disappointment of losing in the F4 :(). Strangely enough I think my excitement over the draft is tempering my baseball enthusiasm a bit. I'm normally into the draft quite a bit, but this year it's much more than normal. Not sure why.
  7. dew1679666265
    Out of the 4 that picked the Cards to win the division, 2 had them losing in the WS and 1 had them winning it all. WTF? :-k I don't know where any of that is coming from. By the way, this morning Mike and Mike gave their predictions for the season. Greenberg picked the Cardinals to win the division and had the Cubs missing the playoffs (I think . . . he might have had them getting the WC) and Golic had the Cubs winning the division.
  8. dew1679666265
    So much for keeping it moving. Oh well, I guess I'll go ahead with this pick as well. The Bills need some depth help (and maybe a starter over Kawika Mitchell) at linebacker and this is probably a good time to go in that direction since the linebackers here are a pretty good value. So, the Bills select OLB Tyrone McKenzie from South Florida. jame.gumb and CubbieBum are now on the clock for San Francisco's pick. I'll PM them.
  9. dew1679666265
    I'm moderately pumped for tonight, but I figure I'll get really fired up about the time I get home and can focus entirely on Cubs baseball.
  10. dew1679666265
    Ugh don't remind me. Getting rid of DeRosa was dumb. Terrible move. I still don't understand what Hendry was thinking. I'm pretty convinced the argument that he wanted to get more left handed to the point that he was willing to downgrade the team by doing it is right. Hopefully Fontenot is good and Bradley is healthy this year to offset the downgrade in versatility. You can still get more left-handed and not trade DeRo. You can make them share time at 2B with Fontenot batting against righties and keep DeRo for his versatility. It was a complete screw up by Hendry, no question about it. I know you can get more left handed without trading DeRo, but I can't think of another close to logical reason (not that this one is, it just has the most evidence to support it).
  11. dew1679666265
    The man is awesome, but I don't think we could begin to afford him.
  12. dew1679666265
    Ugh don't remind me. Getting rid of DeRosa was dumb. Terrible move. I still don't understand what Hendry was thinking. I'm pretty convinced the argument that he wanted to get more left handed to the point that he was willing to downgrade the team by doing it is right. Hopefully Fontenot is good and Bradley is healthy this year to offset the downgrade in versatility.
  13. dew1679666265
    Yovani Gallardo: 122 ERA+ 101 K: 37 BB (2007 stats) Manny Parra: 98 ERA+ 147 K: 75 BB Jeff Suppan: 87 ERA+ 90 K: 67 BB Dave Bush: 103 ERA+ 109 K: 48 BB Seth McClung: 107 ERA+ 87 K: 55 BB Those are the numbers of the Brewers' rotation members last year (I used Gallardo's 07 stats since he was hurt last year). I agree with you on Gallardo (ace) and I think Parra will improve to be a pretty good pitcher this year. The rest weren't that good last year and likely won't be much better this year. Dave Bush was decent, but Suppan and McClung were pretty below average.
  14. dew1679666265
    He's 36 and wanted a 3-4 year deal for big money. Well he had the 2nd best season of his career (starting wise) last season and the guy has been a lock for 32+ starts for awhile now. I think he's more likely to live up to his 4/60 deal than Dempster is to live up to his 4/52 deal even with age thrown in. Possible, but that's a massive albatross if he falls off a cliff - which isn't out of the question. given that he's a ground ball guy with a long history of good health, i'd say that he's a lot more likely to age well and stay good for most of the four year contract. i don't know if i would've paid him $60M over 4 years, but i probably would prefer his contract over dempster and if the cubs had been in a position to add a frontline pitcher, lowe would've been a guy i would've targeted. I'm not saying you don't target him, but I wouldn't want to get that high - monetarily or in terms of years. Something like 3/36 would have made me pretty happy, but it's not realistic considering the Braves were willing to overpay.
  15. dew1679666265
    He's 36 and wanted a 3-4 year deal for big money. Well he had the 2nd best season of his career (starting wise) last season and the guy has been a lock for 32+ starts for awhile now. I think he's more likely to live up to his 4/60 deal than Dempster is to live up to his 4/52 deal even with age thrown in. Possible, but that's a massive albatross if he falls off a cliff - which isn't out of the question.
  16. dew1679666265
    He's 36 and wanted a 3-4 year deal for big money. He's making $15 million each of the next four years.
  17. dew1679666265
    Parra and Bush could easily put up ERA's lower than 4.20. I wouldn't say easily for Bush, though he could do it. He's had two seasons in his career where he's put up an ERA under 4.20 and one of those (last year) was 4.18. The projections range from 3.98 to 4.50 - with Bill James projecting the lowest and only ERA below 4.20.
  18. dew1679666265
    Atkins and Wells are also on the 40 man, plus they could stretch out Heilman if that's the route they wanted to go. Forgot about Atkins and Wells, though Hart and Shark are probably our best choices. I'd think if Heilman is going to be pitching in the back end of the pen, that he'd likely be one of the last possible alternatives. This is what Piniella earlier this week had to say about Atkins: Ah, thanks. Interesting that he'd go with Atkins over Hart.
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    Kept him.
  20. dew1679666265
    If I remember right, Gaudin was seen more as a nice addition who could help the pen a bit late in the year and had a little upside. Not really an integral part of the trade on Hendry's side.
  21. dew1679666265
    Atkins and Wells are also on the 40 man, plus they could stretch out Heilman if that's the route they wanted to go. Forgot about Atkins and Wells, though Hart and Shark are probably our best choices. I'd think if Heilman is going to be pitching in the back end of the pen, that he'd likely be one of the last possible alternatives.
  22. dew1679666265
    So our minor league rotation depth is basically Kevin Hart and Shark then?
  23. dew1679666265
    I think we've gotten the better of Billy Beane trades in the past. This is probably the first time he got the better of us as far as I can recall. You could make an argument that he got the better end of the Bowen/Blevins for Kendall trade. But otherwise I can't think of any offhand. Even that is somewhat debatable, when you consider Kendall got us a draft pick that ended up being Ryan Flaherty. So it really was Kendall/Flaherty for Blevins/Bowen. Jerry Blevins looks like a solid LH specialist, but I think Flaherty is gonna a pretty good everyday player in the future but thats just my opinion. Plus Kendall had a solid final few months to the season until Soto took over. That's why I said you could make the argument and not something more definitive. :wink:
  24. dew1679666265
    I don't terribly mind it since I was expecting it. I'm not sure it was the right move, though.
  25. dew1679666265
    I think we've gotten the better of Billy Beane trades in the past. This is probably the first time he got the better of us as far as I can recall. You could make an argument that he got the better end of the Bowen/Blevins for Kendall trade. But otherwise I can't think of any offhand.
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