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As I asked on the Zambrano/Abreu thread, why not turn around and trade Lowe and a prospect for Abreu? That'd be fine too. I'm fine with taking on Lowe and keeping him or spinning him. -
Yesterday I posted that I'd trade Hill and Patterson for those two, and I think the Dodgers might take that. They free up a bunch of money in Lowe, and get a cheap, LH, rotation replacement in Hill, whose FB tendencies will be helped some by Chavez Ravine. They also get a similar cost, talented CF to replace Bradley, who they apparently really want to get rid of.
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The Eyre signing doesnt bother me as much as the Neifi and Rusch signs. I liked the Howry signing. Relievers that by rights should have an ERA around 3.50 based on their peripherals are very handy (and both Howry and Eyre are around that mark). But $4m each a year really is a steep price to pay for that. Honestly, at this point with Ryan getting over $9 mill and with Farnsworth getting over $6 mill, do the Eyre and Howry signings look that bad? I understand Ryan is better, but I dont think he is over twice the reliever Howry or Eyre are, and I think they are both better than Farnsworth. Howry is more consistent than Farns, but Farns has had higher performance in the past. Farnsworth is better than Eyre. The problem with all of these signings is the years. Considering their ages and salaries, Farnsworth is probably a bad signing, Howry and Eyre are definitely bad signings, and Gordon is a terrible signing.
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Considering that his SB% is over 363 attempts, I doubt it can be attributed to non-Pierre factors. It would be nice to have a guy who steals bases, but I'd prefer that he do them at a rate that helps the team. And how do we know that Pierre has this fantastic work ethic? "In all of the decades I’ve been in the game, I’ve only had two workaholics — Tony Gwynn and Juan Pierre,” Jack McKeon to the AJC 12/1/05 McKeon's known as a straight shooter, been managing forever and has a World Series ring. I'd say he's a pretty competent source. There's a lot more to the game than just stats. That's fine, I was wondering where the thought that Pierre was a hard worker came from. And I never said that stats were all there is to the game. This seems to be a common refrain when people try and discredit the numbers used, then receive a rebuttal.
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Considering that his SB% is over 363 attempts, I doubt it can be attributed to non-Pierre factors. It would be nice to have a guy who steals bases, but I'd prefer that he do them at a rate that helps the team. And how do we know that Pierre has this fantastic work ethic?
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I didn't see the game, but many fans thought the "Little Dickey" chant was stupid. General intelligence? The Izzone is known for messing with opponents by varying when they start chanting the shot clock, sometimes too early, sometimes too late.
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From rotoworld. Who were we going to send that could match that? Hill? When apparently he wouldn't be sent for Dunn? I would have liked Castillo as well, but it looks like the Marlins got solid value for him. 1.32 WHIP, 10.59 K/9, 7.14 H/9, 4.76 BB/9, 0.71 HR/9 1.22 WHIP, 11.62 K/9, 6.17 H/9, 4.84 BB/9, 0.48 HR/9 One of these is Bowyer's numbers at AAA, and the other is Wuertz's numbers at the Major League level.
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I think the Cubs could have matched and/or beaten that offer, but I don't think Hendry was about to trade for Castillo with Walker still on the team. That takes away a good bit of leverage, since neither can really play any other position(Walker could be a 1B, but we have someone okay there). If we didn't already have a very good offensive player at 2B, I would be much more upset.
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Tyler was 21 in BA's top 30 last year. Neither had breakout years. Looks comparable to Wuertz and Grant Johnson, or similar.
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There is this annoying little thing called player choice. Numerous reports have stated that Hendry did ask Nomar to play LF, and that Nomar said basically 'no thank you'. If Nomar had said yes, several writers have indicated a deal would have been done already. It isn't always Hendry's fault for not pursuing/acquiring the public's desired target. The players have a say. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/01/sports/baseball/01sportsbriefs.ready.html
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just asking how many times has kerry been on the dl? That's relevant.
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That did really happen? Unreal. Yep, the assistant was Dooley.
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He's 100% right. He already said he didn't want to go into a detailed post saying how wrong that is, that's not childish or arrogant. Runs and RBI are terrible to use since they are entirely dependent on your teammates, and partially your spot in the order. HR are nice, but using them to make a point about how one player is better than the other isn't effective. Numbers like SLG(which Sulley posted) do a much better job. Same with SB. They're useful to show how often a player is effective at their percentage, but SB% is much better. Plus, those numbers together show you nothing about the most important parts of hitting, getting on base, and how often they get past first base by themselves.
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i must come to burnett's defense here, he's only had one injury. although i'd take a healthy wood over him any day. I thought I read that Burnett had 2 TJS's? 2001: 173.1 IP 2002: 204.1 IP 2003: 23 IP 2004: 120 IP 2005: 209 IP
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Inge would be a very solid move for the bench, just don't think that we're going to get his 2004 production(because of said BABIP).
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Jacque Jones? The Jacque Jones with the exact same OPS(with lower OBP) than Burnitz last year? The Jacque Jones who was even worse the year before? At least with Pierre you can make the argument that he was better than the embarrassment we trotted out in CF last year. You can't even make that argument with Jones.
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No, but by only backing "your" players on this forum, you're definately inferring that anyone else is pointless, therefore we most surely "have to get" Player X. That's my entire point - you can't approve the best canidates only, you have to be selective. I'm not implying anything so important to start an argument about, I just think you're too picky man! What are you talking about? "My" players? Because I'm one of many that don't want Pierre, or whoever else that you think I'm overly critical towards? Because I don't like or want certain players means I only approve of the best candidates only? And inferring that anyone else is pointless? That's an astonishing leap of logic.
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What? All of the players I listed at first have been mentioned multiple times in rumors, some(in the case of Bradley and Wilkerson) directly to the Cubs. AJ Burnett has been linked to the Cubs in the media, you think we'll sign him? Manny Ramirez has been linked to Seattle, you think they'll sign him? You have to be realistic. For crying out loud, I never said that we HAD TO GET, or WILL GET any of those players. Where did I say that?
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Wilkerson maybe, but several different outlets have been onto Bradley being on the Cubs radar. Of course, I never said that we had to get these players or bust, I was just asked to name players I liked, and I responded with some of the names that have been discussed.
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What? All of the players I listed at first have been mentioned multiple times in rumors, some(in the case of Bradley and Wilkerson) directly to the Cubs.
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I like all kinds of players, out of the targets that have been brought up this offseason, I'm a fan of Bradley, Michaels, Wilkerson, Abreu, Giles, Furcal(not a fan of his price most likely), Lugo, etc. While I agree with each player you listed except for Lugo (I question his commitment), you can't be so specific. If a team went into the offseason saying "OK, we have 10 guys to choose from, and we need to sign 4 of them" - you have a very low percentage of that happening. When did I say or even imply this? You asked for players that I liked, so of the current names that have been bandied about I told you which ones I preferred. I just as easily could have said Adam Dunn, Placido Polanco, Lew Ford, Rafael Betancourt, Scott Linebrink, Travis Harper, David Riske, and Coco Crisp. I'm not going to be very satisfied with any upgrade, considering how terrible we were last season at CF, and that there are several better options out there that are cheaper and/or more effective. Pierre isn't that great. He slaps singles, takes a moderate amount of walks, and gets caught more than he should on the bases. I'm not the one that's trying to give him powers of putting teams over the top or the like. I see him for what he brings to the table, and it's not much IMO.
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I like all kinds of players, out of the targets that have been brought up this offseason, I'm a fan of Bradley, Michaels, Wilkerson, Abreu, Giles, Furcal(not a fan of his price most likely), Lugo, etc.
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If Quinn feels he's NFL ready, I don't think he should put off for a year to try to get a better spot in a weaker class. There's been too many players that have great Junior years and poor senior years. But, if the chance to compete for the National Title and/or Heisman is worth risking that payday to him, then it's not a bad decision at all to stay.
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kU lost to Nevada tonight, Nick Fazekas scored 30+ for the Wolfpack. In the post game handshake line, a kU assistant distinctly says "f- you" to Fazekas.
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Trade for Bradley + Lowe(Hill + Patterson to take on the salary and "headcase"), and then for Lugo + Gomes(Williams, Mitre, ? for one year SS and young player at an overloaded position). Offseason over except for the bench.
