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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    38% of games against a lefty starter? That seems awfully high. I would think that we'd face a lefty every 5 or 6 days, or 30-40 times total per year. When I was trying to find out how much a Jones/Alou platoon would put up, I found that the Cubs faced about 2 RH for every LH, which is pretty close to 38%. I was surprised it was that high too.
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    Exactly, I've been hoping for a Daisuke + Padilla/Lilly type or a Schmidt/Zito + Kuroda/Saito combination of SP acquisitions.
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    Essientially, yes 4-5 million is a lot for a platoon guy. But Jones makes 5 million and if Alou signed for 5 million, then 10 million is alotted for RF. You'd find it hard to get a slugger at 10 million who would give you the combined production of Alou + Jones. Don't look at it as paying 5 million for a platoon player, but instead paying 10 million for all-star level production from RF. Something to keep in mind is that Jones and Alou both had their best platoon numbers in this past season. Jones put up an .886 OPS this year, but was only .826 the previous 3 years. Alou was nearly 1.100 this year, and the last three years is just under 1.020. I don't think that platoon is any type of guarantee for a .900 OPS(and it will be an OPS carried by SLG at that). At 10 million I'd rather go after Drew with a similar OPS that's OBP driven that will play better defense.
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    I like your order and agree because the scouting aspect seems the most open-ended and biggest. The contract wiki has already got a start thanks to what you and TT did earlier, so it'd be an easier one to keep going. I'm disappointed to point out that due to the previously mentioned time constraints, and the general malaise the Cubs suckitude has brought upon me, a lot of the information I had is now out of date. Over the summer I had a brief run of inspiration and got a little bit squared away, but there's a good deal of work to get the information updated even before this offseason. My laptop screen crapping out on me this morning isn't helping matters either. However, with Tim back in a more active role I'm going to try to make more of an effort to get it back to where it was(after the '04 offseason I was pretty sure I had mostly all the correct info for just about everybody).
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    Bridges were burned with Alou's departure from the Cubs. Even though MacPhail, Baker, and Stone are gone, I have a hard time seeing him having interest in coming back unless there's an extreme difference in his other offers.
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    You're joking right? So you would rather have Julian Tavarez pitching in the 9th rather than Papelbon? No, what he's saying is that if he's winning by 1 run in the bottom of the 8th, he'd rather bring in his closer to face the heart of the team's order, then save a worse reliever for a lesser part of the order and give us a chance to increase the lead. He's saying put your best relievers in the highest leverage situations. Sometimes that's in the 9th, sometimes it's the 7th.
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    Eyre wasn't good, and he was terrible for his contract. Erye was great before his injury in August. He got progressively worse as the season went along. April/May: 27 IP, 1.18 WHIP June/July: 21 IP, 1.38 WHIP Aug/Sept: 13.1 IP, 2.25 WHIP And you can't say that he performed admirably for his contract and then try to excuse poor performance due to injury. His performance is what it is. Even if you're saying he should improve because he was hurt, then it takes me back to the point that he's 35 next year, and the weight/conditioning/injury concerns aren't going to go away, and his quotes on the matter don't inspire much confidence of him improving upon it
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    It's because he's "redistributing" it by putting it on YouTube.
  9. Transmogrified Tiger
    But to be fair, Howry/Eyre performed admirably especially for their contracts. Eyre wasn't good, and he was terrible for his contract.
  10. Transmogrified Tiger
    DJ Gallo angrily responds to Charlie Weis's BCS gripes WARNING: If you like Notre Dame, you probably won't enjoy the article
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    Can you even pay for game highlights/footage if you wanted to?
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    He wasn't very good last year and makes a lot of money. He had a couple of injuries last year also. His weight was a obvious problem as well. Yes, and he'll be 35 next year. These things aren't likely to just disappear, and they're more likely to get worse.
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    He wasn't very good last year and makes a lot of money.
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    Ryan being part of the Cubs team in any way while the Cubs won the world series. Now THAT, would be the greatest thing. Harvey or Theriot?
  15. Transmogrified Tiger
    Any way to isolate his NL managing time?
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    Thinking out loud: Would winning the bidding for Daisuke make us more likely to land Kuroda? Would we want to go after multiple Japanese starters? What if we lose out on Daisuke and win the bid for Iwamura, would a fellow Japanese player make Kuroda more likely to come here?
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    Before he hurt his finger in July, it looked like he would be added to the 40-man and promoted to the Cubs' pen. Still, he was born in the 70's. Are teams really going to be knocking down the door to take him? Why not just wait to see how the offseason unfolds?
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    Rocky Cherry?
  19. Transmogrified Tiger
    You don't see the difference between pine tar for a grip on a bat, and banning a pitcher from using foreign substances? If he's using the pine tar to alter the motion of the ball, then yes, that's a problem. But if he's using it to get a better grip on the ball, then he's doing nothing different than the batter is doing. The problem is that's an impossible line to draw. Much easier to do on a bat(George Brett).
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    You don't see the difference between pine tar for a grip on a bat, and banning a pitcher from using foreign substances?
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    O_O is now last in the league in points and tied for 2nd place with a 5-2 record.
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    I just tried to make one for NSBB and didn't have any success. Definitely a worthwhile idea though.
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    That's not true.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    Interesting. Definitely supports the "Gold Rush" theme this week. I love the gold pants, but I've never seen the gold jersey tops, I'm excited. This has the potential to be amazing.
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    That's a large overstatement on both sides.
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