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Inside the Winter Meetings:
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UK1679666180's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Yeah, I touched on this and then touched off a few pages of debate on another thread, the one that speculated on Hendry having to step down. I'm in the minority around here who thinks Gary Hughes is a darn fine baseball man and evaluator of talent. I might be a little biased because I know him and have talked a lot of baseball with him. He's got a pretty cool World Series ring from helping the Marlins procure some good players. But he didn't know what "DIPS" meant, and that made him an idiot to a lot of people. I don't think anyone doubts Hughes' scouting prowess. I think what that roundtable showed was a dismissiveness and a lack of tolerance for new ways of evaluating performance. -
Have you ever actually had a fake tree? They're really no form of evil. Nope. Never have, never will. I know people who do. What's your point? I know they're not evil, but unless you spend big bucks on a fake one, you can tell they're fake. Even if it doesn't look fake, if you see a tree and don't smell the pine scent (which I like) you can tell it's a fake. Why does it matter if you know it's fake?
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if this is true then why is it all over cubs.com that the cubs signed marquis for 3 years? The only thing on cubs.com I see about Marquis is littered with disclaimers about how he "reportedly" or "may have" signed his deal.
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The only thing I care about this week is that it makes it easier to make my picks at QB and RB next week when it matters. So far it looks like I done good going with Vince and Jones-Drew.
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You keep saying that and you keep failing to provide anything other than your opinion. Do you have anything concrete or even anecdotal to back that up? If not, fire away, be my guest, but don't expect anyone with even half a head on their shoulders to agree with you. umm...my argument that hendry doesn't have a thing for hill is based on a lack of him saying or doing things to indicate support of hill. therefore, it's kinda hard for me to point to his non-existent quotes of support. since your claim is that he does support/like hill, you should be able to point to quotes or actions indicating such. but as you said, you're not a librarian. Didn't Hendry state last year that he wouldn't trade Hill for Dunn straight up? Nope.
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Crazy Rumor/Trade Idea
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Hosak8's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Why would Oakland want another outfielder? They have Bradley, Swisher, and Kotsay. -
Fake trees are awesome.
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I'm not criticisimg the entire board. I am criticizing hyperbolic posts that lack fairness, logic and reasoning. I am criticizing seletive use of stats instead of the entire body of work as a basis for predictions going forward. I don't know how I can make that any more clear, nor why argument has to be made on that point. I think it pretty self evident that it happens and that it gets nobody anywhere. I want this place to be more like NSBB and less like the ESPN board. I think we all do, and I think we can all pretty much agree posts like with the above characteristics are becoming more and more prevelant. I think it's a bad thing. just my two cents. I don't think he was talking about you, and I wasn't in my post. It just so happened the person I was talking about mentioned your name in his post.
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Give me a break. The Cubs are coming off a 66 win season. They weren't exactly inspiring confidence to begin with. Now they've spent a lot of money, and there's a lot of debate on how worthwhile the acquisitions are. Some people may love the Soriano signing, dislike the DeRosa signing, like the Lilly signing, and hate the Marquis signing. Other people may be the inverse, or one of the many combinations in between. Therefore, you have different people saying what they think has been good or bad. Just because there is disagreement or negativity does NOT mean that there is a large group of posters(or even any at all) that are negative or pessimistic all the time. It's an incredibly weak argument, especially when you include the fact that the Cubs were an awful, awful team last season. If you think an argument is overly negative, then state your case, show them why you think they're wrong. But to sit back and chalk up negativity as some sort of character flaw while not contributing anything else is ridiculous, uncalled for, and basically attacking the poster IMO.
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I can't stand Duke as well, but that's not quite true. They played Air Force and Marquette at a neutral site, and the go to Gonzaga. And even though they play a ton of home games, they play Air Force, Marquette, Indiana, Gonzaga, Georgetown, George Mason, Holy Cross, and Davidson all before the ACC season. They aren't playing the Sisters of the Poor.
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This analysis defies any and all logic, abuck. Hendry stakes his reputation on Hill long before he makes good at the major league level refusing to include him in deals that would have brought back much better players than Jay Gibbons, but now that Hill has shown he can be dominate in the bigs, he'll give up on him, drop him out of the rotation for someone with a low base contract like Wade Miller and give him up for a "turd". If you really believe that, be my guest, but don't expect anyone else to take your comments seriously. So if Miller and Prior are both ready to go to start the season, what do you think the rotation looks like?
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Mizzou can't make a shot. 14-0 run for Purdue, 62-47 with 8 to play.
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Sorry, the extrrrrrreeeeeme pessimism gets to me sometimes. It almost seems like people are going out of their way to make sure to be as mad and dissapointed as possible. To say we have an ace and 4 #5's, that's just crazy. No, it's not crazy at all. Everyone besides Z has performed pretty terribly for a less than insignificant period of time in the not so distant past. Is it pessimistic to say that? Probably. Is it crazy? Not in the slightest, especially considering that we haven't exactly extracted the maximum from our staff in recent years, and we have the same pitching coach still.
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A little pessamistic aren't we? I think he is stating the facts. Lilly + Marquis = 17+ Million. Why not just overpay for Zito with that $$$? Zambrano + Zito is a pretty good 1-2 punch. You don't have to turn your head far to find pessimism on this board. That's fine you say that, all I gotta do is twitch my head to see someone else say Zito will suck at Wrigely since he's such a flyball pitcher. BTW, you are not arguing his case. He said an ace and 4, #5's. Which is absolutely ridiculous. Hill has the potential to be a bonified #2, probably an ace in a couple of years. Miller is already a solid #4 by the way he was already pitching TWO MONTHS ago, while still rehabbing. Lilly is atleast a #4, and Marquis could also be a #4, #3. I'm no stat guru, but I THINK the average for "number 5 pitchers" ERA was probably just above 5.0. Last time I checked Marquis and Lily have carreer ERA's close to 4.5. I know alot of us love to be pessamistic about EVERYTHING cubs. But statements like that are absolutely silly. A #1 and 4 #5's. Please. :roll: I was about to disagree with you, but then you added the eyeroll. That made me realize that the opposing argument must be ludicrous, so I now agree with you.
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HIS NAME IS MATT LAWRENCE, NOT MARK, STOP CALLING HIM THAT sorry about that, Mizzou-Purdue trading 1 point leads at the 16 minute mark
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Mizzou tied with Purdue 39-39 at the half. Mizzou's getting hammered on the boards(which has been a problem all year, although they could benefit from an over the back call or two being whistled), but have been helped by some HORRENDOUS FT shooting by Purdue.
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I take it back. The video looks terrible at a smaller size too. And now the picture is going out so much it's nearly unwatchable. They want ISP's to pay for this?
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Mizzou down 3 early at Purdue. ESPN 360 sucks. The video looks terrible in the fullscreen, and it flickers out for a second every couple minutes.
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Vernon Wells No way that happens. Jones is no beast. Marshall and Mateo might bring a fourth OF type (ie Ryan Church). A mid-high range prospect? Pie? Wells is a rental they know they won't be able to keep. And personally, I wouldn't make that deal. The difference between Jones and Wells isn't Marshall+Mateo+mid level prospect
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yeah, this does not matter at all. Sure it does. I'm not trying to say Gordon's going to flame out Brooks Kieschnick style, but in the context of next season's offense he's far from a lock to put up great production. Look at Miguel Cabrera, his first full season of at bats(after putting up better numbers than Gordon in AA) was a little over an .800 OPS. Nothing terrible, but not that good for expected middle of the order production.
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Really? Berroa and LaRue are black holes, Grudz isn't any good, Sweeney's coming off a subpar half season, Brown's a platoon player, and Gordon doesn't have a single MLB at bat. It's not a lock to be terrible, but it's nothing admirable really. But you want Pie to start in CF for the Cubs. I cant say I agree with anything you said right there. Pay attention to the context of what's being said. I want Pie in CF at the bottom of the order to break him in, and deal with whatever highs and lows he puts up. Gordon is being counted on to be a middle of the order beast in order for the offense to be good. Care to explain why you disagree with anything else I said? Brown is essentially Jones from the other side of the plate, Berroa is terrible, LaRue has a career OPS+ of 90 and is coming off a 65 OPS+ as he turns 33(and catchers aren't known to age well), and Sweeney was just a statement of fact, he wasn't all that good and he didn't play very much. And to all, the point with Grudz is that he's not good enough to hit at the top of the order. He's not a drag on the lineup, but you want/need to keep him at the bottom of the lineup, and you've already got LaRue and Berroa sucking it up down there too.
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Really? Berroa and LaRue are black holes, Grudz isn't any good, Sweeney's coming off a subpar half season, Brown's a platoon player, and Gordon doesn't have a single MLB at bat. It's not a lock to be terrible, but it's nothing admirable really.
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I don't think he has, and I don't think he's a better option than Marquis.
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Okay then, so why would a guy, Depodesta for example, be a better choice? Do you think Depodesta recognizes the need for a balance of two worlds? Wasn't he instrumental in cutting a lot of Oakland's scouts? Seems to me that he may not recognize that balance either. I am in total agreement with you though. You need to look at both, and then try and make the best decision. I'm not the one who suggested DePo(or anyone for that matter). I will say that given that much of the stats/scouts thing is stats fighting for market share(for lack of an appropriate term) in terms of acceptance by front offices, that I would prefer that the head be a more stat-oriented person. That way since most of baseball's executive infrastructure is made up of scouts, "baseball men", etc., a check and balance situation can occur with someone who holds a differing POV being at the top.
