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Miggy Cabrera

Penny, Gagne, and Izturis too. About 59 million in 8 players.

1. Andy LaRoche, 3b, Vero Beach 5. Matt Kemp, of, Vero Beach 8. Justin Orenduff, rhp, Vero Beach 11. Tony Abreu, 2b, Vero Beach 12. Chin-Lung Hu, ss, Vero Beach 17. Chuck Tiffany, lhp, Vero Beach Um...yeah. Then there's Jacksonville, which might have Chad Billingsley, Joel Guzman, James Loney, Russell Martin, and Jonathan Broxton qualify for the SL Top 20. If their ownership is willing to increase the budget this offseason, they're a team that seriously worries me in the trade market. They could legitimately afford to bring in pretty much any player in baseball (namely Adam Dunn) with their prospects. That's why we need to put their prospects to good work in some 3-4 team deal where they get Lee, and we get Bradley, a stud OF, and maybe an Overbay to replace Lee. :D

VORP and PR both go Clemens, Willis, Carpenter.

You really think he deserves a win for having a 5.00 ERA for the night?

Maybe if we were able to dump Maddux, but Radke's only a slight upgrade. I prefer Williams to Radke.

http://www.mlbcontracts.blogspot.com For now...

I'm not a fan of Millwood. Sure, he did good for the Indians this year but what about last year when he pitched for the Phillies? He might be more of a risk than Burnett. 2002: 1.15 WHIP, .230 BAA, .627 OPS 2003: 1.25 WHIP, .250 BAA, .691 OPS 2004: 1.46 WHIP, .278 BAA, .774 OPS 2005: 1.24 WHIP, .250 BAA, .696 OPS K/9 and K/BB stay basically constant all 4 years. Methinks that 2004 is more of an aberration than 2005.

Higher ceiling, but you can't overlook how terrible Dope was at the plate this year. Very similar to Corey's '05.

You were saying that the players from my first years in peoria weren't good cause it was the Cardinals org. and i was pointing out that there ar emore players from 2002-2004 Peoria in St. Louis right now (winning a division) than there are from 2002-2004 Lansing in Chicago right now... Which players from 2002-2004 Peoria are on the Cards 25-man roster? Tyler Johnson 2 IP Brad Thompson 53 IP 55 Total IP Yadier Molina 365 AB Chris Duncan 8 AB 373 Total AB Thompson was in Peoria in '03, Molina in '02, Johnson and Duncan '01 and '02. John Gall of 32 MLB ABs was in Peoria in '01.

Hendry seems to be one of the few GM's that has a good relationship with Boras. The Pawalek is just one example that I can think of. That's true. I was thinking more along the lines that "he'll be cheaper, but not by that much because of Boras." Hendry has a good relationship with Boras, but that doesn't mean that Hendry hasn't been taken by Boras before(Maddux).

Of course that would be better. But trading Lee for multiple younger and cheaper players is a better option than overpaying overrated players to try and make a run. If you can trade Lee and get a huge upgrade at another position and a slight downgrade at 1B, then spend the extra money for another huge upgrade, then the Cubs will be a better team. In the proposed deal, the Cubs get a pretty substantial upgrade at SP (Webb), a slight downgrade at 1B (Tracy, assuming Lee reverts somewhat to past trends), and a great prospect. If you can use the extra money to get Brian Giles over a player like Jacque Jones, then the team is better for it. Still, I would rather keep Lee and find other ways to add these players or similar. Why would Giles come to Chicago after they traded away a guy coming off an MVP season for a #3 starter, a 1b whose had one good season, and a kid?? Giles probably wants to win now. Not in 2009. Because the Cubs have filled three holes at the cost of one player? Thus having the wearwithall to sign Giles plus some others. And one more thing, exactly how good were the Cubs this year while Lee had his career year? Uh huh. Sure he would. Only way he'd come to Chicago is if the Cubs pulled off a deal to bring his brother in. Without Lee we'd be looking @ a 65 win team, if that. That assumes that we just get rid of Lee for nothing in return, which obviously wouldn't be the case.

Using Pitching Runs (link), Burnett finds himself at the bottom of the 50 best SP, just in front of such studs as Noah Lowry and Kyle Lohse. He won't be worth the contract he'll get. If you're going to spend for a starter, go after Millwood, he'll probably be cheaper, although he is a Boras client.

Of course that would be better. But trading Lee for multiple younger and cheaper players is a better option than overpaying overrated players to try and make a run. If you can trade Lee and get a huge upgrade at another position and a slight downgrade at 1B, then spend the extra money for another huge upgrade, then the Cubs will be a better team. In the proposed deal, the Cubs get a pretty substantial upgrade at SP (Webb), a slight downgrade at 1B (Tracy, assuming Lee reverts somewhat to past trends), and a great prospect. If you can use the extra money to get Brian Giles over a player like Jacque Jones, then the team is better for it. Still, I would rather keep Lee and find other ways to add these players or similar. Why would Giles come to Chicago after they traded away a guy coming off an MVP season for a #3 starter, a 1b whose had one good season, and a kid?? Giles probably wants to win now. Not in 2009. That's one way to look at it. Giles could also see a guy who was pretty good but never great before this year getting traded for a guy who owned his team this year(.300/.331/.562, 10 XBH in 73 AB), a guy with a top-20 ERA(that's a high number 2 starter), and one of the top prospects in the game.

Seriously, it's not throwing in the towel because playing the young guys means playing better players.

He's exactly the type of guy that Boston or NY could fight for. He could be great, he could miss half his starts. A pitching starved team with loads of cash should strongly consider taking the chance on him, especially when they already have a great offense. An offensively challenged team with lots of arms should probably spend their money elsewhere. It should be interesting watching them battle for him indeed. When does Brown come off the books for the Yanks...not that it matters? I still think Brown would have been a great closer. This year, I believe. Correct.

Now batting leadoff and playing CF for your 2006 Chicago Cubs - Brad Wilkerson! I know there is rampant man love for Wilkerson arround here...but doesn't it bother anyone that his average and OBP have regressed for two straight years and that his Average AND OBP are worse than Walker's and would only be right around 6th amongst players I count as potential regulars for next year? (He's behind Lee, Ramirez, Walker, Murton, Cedeno)....I think he'd probably cost to much for the arguably limited return on investment. (Ducks waiting for somene to throw things and yell that Wilkerson is God) I'm not as high on Wilkerson as some might be, but I still favor him over Murton and especially Cedeno.

That's awesome. Sign Millwood instead of Burnett if we get a starter.

Today is the 26th Wolf.

How well does his 137 total games the last 2 years compare to the other FA's at his position though?

conversely, i'd say that many dislike JP simply because of his former association with Beane. I haven't heard much objection to Fredi Gonzalez as the next manager of the Cubs if Dusty is removed. Why do people want him? Because of his association to Cox and Schuerholz, and the system they have that many posters agree with. Why wouldn't the same thing hold true with the GM position? I'm not saying I want Ricciardi, I really haven't looked at what he's done very much. But, it's not a bad thing at all to prefer someone associated with the epitome of the system you like when the original(Cox, Beane) is unavailable.

He had 4 disaster starts out of 13. He only had 3 disaster starts in his other 19 starts. There's a correlation here.

I may be wrong, but I could have sworn that after yesterday's game, Len said something about the Cubs' record in 1-run games, and it was positive, something like 24-19? Remember when the Cubs were really bad in 1-run games last year, and everyone said that it was one of the problems with the team?

Or in other words: When Wood is coming off 120+ pitch outings: 3.70 ERA Otherwise: 2.85 ERA

I'd like Polanco at either middle infield position, but Detroit inked him to a long term extension this season, so I doubt he'll be available.