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Ah, finally. The "proven veteran" phrase has arisen. Ahh....since we sucked last year we shouldve just taken our chances on more schlubs that weren't proven and never had dominant seasons like Novoa and almost every other guy in our bullpen.....that would get us really far next season. Once again, I'm tired of watching our bullpen blow game after game, and if it takes 7 mil to help that out (especially in regards to the fact we had 30 to spend), that is definitely money well spent. Last 3 years Eyre: 1.25 WHIP, 1.88 K/BB Howry(4 years since he missed '03): 1.13 WHIP, 2.61 K/BB 2005 Ohman: 1.29 WHIP, 1.88 K/BB Wuertz: 1.32 WHIP, 2.23 K/BB Howry is a pretty good reliever, but giving him 3 years when you aren't THAT bad off with Wuertz, Williamson, and I guess Eyre isn't smart. ESPECIALLY when you could get someone like Ryan for not much more than you're paying Eyre and Howry. -
12-15 wins? Cmon now. Even if you replace those innings with our worst relievers last year, I doubt you're going to see more than a 5 game difference, if that.
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Haha, give me some of what you're smoking. You think you can get BJ Ryan for 3/24? Give me a break. Wagner is about to sign for 4/40. And Novoa stinks. At their reported $$, Eyre + Howry + Dempster = $12.5MM. That is a lot of money, yes. But would you rather have, for similar money, a 9th inning but one inning-at-a-time stud like Wagner--and two zeroes for the 7th and 8th that never get a lead to him? Or three above average to good relievers that get from your starter in the 6th all the way to the end of the game? I know which option I'd choose. And when your $10MM closer blows out his elbow, what do you do then? Ask San Francisco and Los Angeles how well that model works. With this model however, you lose Dempster (say) and you've got two or three other options in house, ready to go, to pick up the slack and avoid disaster. You're vastly overestimating the difference between Eyre/Howry and our current options. Dempster + Ryan + Novoa > Dempster + Eyre + Howry
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Great, you sit around and wait for Todd Wellemeyer and Roberto Novoa and Cliff Bartosh to figure it out and have a "high BABIP" year. Me, I won't be holding my breath. I like my odds better on going with guys that have at least shown they can have ML success, than guys who have never had any. Or, we could use that money to sign someone like Ryan who's been lights out for a while, or trade for someone who's capable and we don't have to make a 3 year commitment to.
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He and his mother have both made it very clear he's coming back. His mom slipped and mentioned winning the Heisman as his goal. She meant to say National Championship. Big goals for Brady at ND next season. Quinn is already being predicted as the #1 pick in two years. A little to early for that IMO though. That was funny when his mom slipped up. You could tell she was real embarassed. Fassano is eligible for a 5th year also, but he will probably leave after this year. A side note, Ty hung a "play like a champion today" sign in the Washington locker room. Probably not interesting to most, but I found it to be funny. What a tool. Tell me about it, Fasano isn't that good.
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You are being entirely too negative about the quality of Eyre and Howry. These guys aren't scrubs. As for the money, big deal, at least it's being spent on something here that can help the team, unlike the Neifi and Rusch signings. An improved Cub bullpen is worth an extra 8 to 10 games over the course of a season. That's puts us back to the upper 80 win total category and a playoff contender again. Add a leadoff man and some respectable outfielders and this team is ready to go. He gave Eyre and is reportedly offering Howry THREE YEARS. Not smart. I'd rather have Ryan for 3/24 and have Novoa still in the pen than Eyre and Howry at their(reported in Howry's case) deals.
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Well, ESPN agrees with you, as both of their guys have PSU playing Va Tech in the Orange Bowl, while collegefootballnews.com has PSU playing ND in the Fiesta. Who knows. I think both matchups would be exciting. I'd like to see PSU-USC.
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Ramirez's 2005 numbers bely his prospect ranking. If he were really the prospect he's been touted to be, why did the Red Sox waste $40m on Edgar Renteria when SS is Ramirez's natural position? The same reason people want to get a quality CF even though we have Pie. The Major League club wants to compete, and no prospect is a sure thing.
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If true, this reminds me of Lewis Black's bit about the end of the universe. "You're standing there, looking at a Starbucks, and you think, 'There can't possibly be another Starbucks behind me. No one could be that stupid.'"
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Are they going to stick Ramirez at SS right away? This isn't a terrible deal for the Fish. Beckett still hasn't been injury free for a season, and IMO there's a good shot that Ramirez winds up a better player for his position than Lowell, maybe even as soon as next year. Sanchez looks solid too.
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From what I have, the Yankees are done paying Vazquez, so he'd be due 24 mil over the next two years(11.5/12.5). However, I'm not positive that this is the case. From this site: NY Yankees to pay $9M ($3M/year) of 2005-07 salaries That would leave $8.5m and $9.5 in 2006 and 2007 for whatever team he plays for. Ah, I had the Yanks paying all of the 9 mil in '05.
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From what I have, the Yankees are done paying Vazquez, so he'd be due 24 mil over the next two years(11.5/12.5). However, I'm not positive that this is the case.
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I've probably missed it, but based on your stance on a couple other players, I have to ask... who exactly DO you want? Adam Dunn Wilkerson Bradley Marcus Giles Coco Crisp pitchers: zito/burnett/beckett (i.e. another front line starter) howry I realize we're probably not going to get any of these players. I just don't get the desire for Bradley. And I certainly wouldn't give up Pie for him. Abreu has a good arm...does Bradley? He can hit 40+ HR's...can Bradley? Bradley has speed, but there are plenty of other guys out there I'd rather have than Bradley. I would certainly give up Pie for Abreu, Dunn, Ichiro, M. Giles, Zito, Beckett, and maybe a few others. People like Bradley because he's one of the most productive CF's in the game. That said, I don't think that M&PM was advocating trading Pie to get Milton.
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I think you're underestimating how impressive a 903 OPS for a 20-year-old at AA is. Its a good job, and I don't think anyone is doubting his value. It seemed to me that DivineBovie was. Pie had a .900+ OPS in 240 ABs. It's not like this was extremely out of character for him. He put up similar numbers in rookie ball, and his AVG/OBP were in line with his minor league career numbers. The only thing different was the increase in power, which he had shown the potential for in rookie ball, and is natural considering he's been adding muscle as he matures. Maybe he wouldn't have maintained that power, but there's reason to suspect last year wasn't a fluke.
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What is the fascination with Rich Hill? With a thin free-agent market the Cubs' best bet is to take on salary in the spirit of 'Choi for Lee.' Lee was 4 years younger than Abreu, though. Pie for Vernon Wells anybody? Vernon Wells isn't very good though.
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I'm sick of having this discussion, so all I will say is that if you really don't think Notre Dame would look as good or better if they switched schedules with Fresno, then you are either absurdly anti-Notre Dame or probably don't know much about football. then quit bring the subject up this isn't a Noter Dame message board In this instance he didn't bring it up. In fact, I'd say that the vast majority of the time he isn't the one starting it.
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Everything I've read so far is saying that Mizzou will get a bowl, I'd be extremely surprised if they didn't. Granted, the bowl they get won't be any good, but we'll get to see Brad Smith and Co. one more time methinks. Really? Wow, I just assumed that after the loss to K-State and a 6-5 finish, we were done. What bowls are being mentioned? Houston, Champs Sports, and Fort Worth bowls, the Independence bowl wasn't completely ruled out either.
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You're always talking about BABIP. I suppose it's time for me to ask... what the hell does it mean and why is it significant? BABIP is Batting Average on Balls In Play. Basically it's batting average without strikeouts or homeruns(something else minor too that I'm forgetting at the moment). It's significant because it's a basic measure of how "lucky" a player is. A player that has an extremely high BABIP one year(see Rowand in '04, Austin Kearns in his big year, Kenny Lofton last year) they are unlikely to do that again, especially if the rest of his career he didn't approach that mark(Bobby Abreu consistently puts up high BABIP's, he's proven that he has the ability to sustain that and isn't on a 7 year string of luck :P ). There are also ways you can determine what you would expect a player's BABIP to be, using line drive percentage, but those aren't as reliable since LD% isn't very stable year to year either. I'm terrible at explaining things like this, so maybe someone else can do it better, but that's the gist of BABIP. No, that makes sense, thanks. I have one more question and then I'll stop hijacking this thread. What's a player's BABIP in relation to his batting average? Typically higher? Yep, unless somehow a player had more Home Runs than Strikeouts.
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Everything I've read so far is saying that Mizzou will get a bowl, I'd be extremely surprised if they didn't. Granted, the bowl they get won't be any good, but we'll get to see Brad Smith and Co. one more time methinks.
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Mizzou bounces back with a win over Northwestern St.(team favored to win the Southland). Very poor first half, but outscored them by 17 in the second half to get the win.
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Lame If record is all that matters why even let anyone vote? Why not just rank them all by record, with SOS being the tie breaker between the same records? If record is so insignificant, why keep score? We'll just let everyone play for the length of a game, and at the end of the season we'll let people vote to determine which of the 117 teams was the best.
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You're always talking about BABIP. I suppose it's time for me to ask... what the hell does it mean and why is it significant? BABIP is Batting Average on Balls In Play. Basically it's batting average without strikeouts or homeruns(something else minor too that I'm forgetting at the moment). It's significant because it's a basic measure of how "lucky" a player is. A player that has an extremely high BABIP one year(see Rowand in '04, Austin Kearns in his big year, Kenny Lofton last year) they are unlikely to do that again, especially if the rest of his career he didn't approach that mark(Bobby Abreu consistently puts up high BABIP's, he's proven that he has the ability to sustain that and isn't on a 7 year string of luck :P ). There are also ways you can determine what you would expect a player's BABIP to be, using line drive percentage, but those aren't as reliable since LD% isn't very stable year to year either. I'm terrible at explaining things like this, so maybe someone else can do it better, but that's the gist of BABIP.
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Rowand's a decent CF. He had a great year in '04 that was BABIP driven, so don't expect that level of production, but he's good for around a .750 OPS and good CF defense. If the Marlins really are in a firesale, what about a 3 way deal? Pierre to the Sox Rowand and Castillo to the Cubs Walker, Patterson, Nolasco, throw-in from Sox to the Marlins
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I dont think he did because the Cubs had the option to pick up this year. Until they declined his option, which i dont remember hearing about, he couldnt file for FA. He can still file before the option was decided on. The option was a Player option anyways. I remember Burnitz filed, and I think Rusch filed too.
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Wrigley aside, I'm leery of Cuban being an owner. I know he's passionate about the team which is a good thing, but I don't know if he possesses the patience not to interfere with the building of a successful franchise.
