Jump to content
North Side Baseball

David

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    32,475

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    2

 Content Type 

Profiles

Joomla Posts 1

Chicago Cubs Videos

Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking

News

2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

Guides & Resources

2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

The Chicago Cubs Players Project

2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Chicago Cubs Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Blogs

Events

Forums

Store

Gallery

Everything posted by David

  1. David
    ??? You have a button below your alt key? Down to the right.. :lol: :wink:
  2. David
    First of all, this may just be semantics, but a .900+ OPS isn't good, it's great. Aramis is GREAT offensively. Excellent even. And he's young. It would be stupid to trade him unless we got an absolute steal, and none of your proposals are that. Secondly, Lee for Podsenik was not a good trade. The Sox won because of their pitching. Their success owes very little, if anything to that trade. BTW, you know that big button three spots down from the 'L' key? Use it, please.
  3. David
    yep...congrats on the division. The Bears at the least should go 7-9 this season which should win the division anyway. I'd wager that they'll do just a little better than that.. :wink: They're not gonna go 2-6 the rest of the way. Especially not with two against the Packers, one against Minnesota, and of course, next week against the 49ers. I'd say they'll AT LEAST go 9-7, but I'm thinking more like 10-6, or with some luck (and maybe some Rex), 11-5. i know i was saying the absolute LEAST the Bears are going to be is 7-9. 1 win against the 49ers and 1 against the Pack is a given. 7-9 IMO will win the division so that's why I said that. A realistic finish for the Bears will probably be 9-7. Yah, I know. Just wanted to take the opportunity to take a subtle jab at your Pack by listing them among the games we should win. :)
  4. David
    yep...congrats on the division. The Bears at the least should go 7-9 this season which should win the division anyway. I'd wager that they'll do just a little better than that.. :wink: They're not gonna go 2-6 the rest of the way. Especially not with two against the Packers, one against Minnesota, and of course, next week against the 49ers. I'd say they'll AT LEAST go 9-7, but I'm thinking more like 10-6, or with some luck (and maybe some Rex), 11-5.
  5. David
    I like a lot of it.. Except Wells. I don't think there's any reason to take on his contract when you're just getting pre-2005 CPatt...
  6. David
    In response to the three bolded points- CF defense will never outweigh what Aramis contributes to the offense. Ever. I'm sorry, but Hairston or even Corey in CF is just as good as having Hunter and no offense from CF and a signifigant drop from 3B. It would be a stupid move for a team with offensive issues to compund said offensive issues by dealing arguably their best offensive player for a defensive specialist at a position where we have a couple of acceptable defensive players at that position. Second point, how then do you explain Aramis' stellar 2004? And his 2002? I'm sorry, Derrek had a nice year, a great year, but Aramis is just as good of a player. The Cubs had one of the best 3-4 combos in baseball last year; they need more OBP in front of those 2 guys; they don't need to jettison one of the two unless they are getting an impact player of similar age. Your third bolded point is the way you end up with no titles in 98 years. You can't make shortsighted trades and expect to win a World Series. Thank you for saying everything I was about to say before I said it. You put it all extremely well. :D
  7. David
    Umm... people.. exhibit A I was first.. :lol: :lol:
  8. David
    No offense, but my head hurts after reading this... :oops: :x
  9. David
    I don't see what recent developments, if any, would lead you to believe this. You should really throw an "IMO" in somewhere so nobody mistakenly takes this to be factual. The Cubs have as good a chance as anyone to get him, at this point, especially if Hendry is being as aggressive as it seems. I know a lot of people (myself included) think Hendry is inept. But there's just no way he isn't going to go hard after the best free agent OF on the market when we basically have an empty outfield (save for Murton, MAYBE). Money talks. Giles will play here if the Cubs pony up the cash. BTW, how many reports were we hearing last year that Beltran didn't like New York and didn't want to play for either team? (Not that we've even heard anything about Giles not wanting to play here)... None of that stuff matters. It will ultimately come down to our offer.
  10. David
    I'm still holding out hope that all the trade Walker stuff in nonsense. Then, if they pick up Furcal, this is all a moot point.
  11. David
    Only problem is it's not the bench...
  12. David
    SERENITY NOW!!! Here's hoping one of those other teams that loses out on Furcal will pick up Perez and offer him an everyday SS job.
  13. David
    Levine was the first (by a mile) to report anything about a trade for Nomar (a month before it happened). He also was one of the first to talk about the Cubs' interest in Maddux pre-2004. Just because he reported that the Cubs were on the verge of a major trade earlier this year and it never happened doesn't mean he has no credibility. For all you know, that deal was in the works but just fell apart. Oh, and more recently, he was one of the first to report the forthcoming Rusch contract.
  14. David
    hahahhaha, that's great... :lol: :lol: BTW.. did anyone else hear "George isn't at home, just leave a message after the beep... I must be out or I'd pick up the phone..." after reading the thread title?? :oops:
  15. David
    Yep. Burnett's apparent desire to come here and Dempster's desire to have him here have been mentioned more than a few times on this board.
  16. David
    I'm guessing if we sign Burnett, a few of those pitchers will be going...especially Williams. Maybe Hendry is trying to build a powerhouse here... if he goes out and gets Giles, Furcal, and AJ, he'd be well on his way. The offense would be solid and the starting pitching would be absurd. We can only dream... I've said it before, if healthy (BIG IF, I KNOW), that rotation would be incredibly imposing, especially in the playoffs... Z, Prior, Burnett, Wood, Maddux.. =P~ =P~ =P~ My prediction is Kerry will end 2006 as the world's most expensive setup man. Here's hoping you're wrong, very very wrong. :wink:
  17. David
    man, imagine the posisbilities if we did not have that 9mil contract for Maddux. Seriously... We could put Burnett into the rotation and Williams could take the 5th spot.. Then we'd have an extra 9 mil free to do whatever we wanted...
  18. David
    I'm guessing if we sign Burnett, a few of those pitchers will be going...especially Williams. Maybe Hendry is trying to build a powerhouse here... if he goes out and gets Giles, Furcal, and AJ, he'd be well on his way. The offense would be solid and the starting pitching would be absurd. We can only dream... I've said it before, if healthy (BIG IF, I KNOW), that rotation would be incredibly imposing, especially in the playoffs... Z, Prior, Burnett, Wood, Maddux.. =P~ =P~ =P~
  19. David
    Yea, I want offense too. But, I don't want to deal with Rusch having a virtually assured spot in the rotation. When/if he has to fill in for injuries here and there, I can live with it. But otherwise, please no. Also, I don't think signing Burnett and Furcal would be the full extent of our moves either. I'm pretty sure Hendry is aware of the need for a big bat in the OF, and we've heard about his interest in Giles. I just think he's made the mistake of prioritizing a speedy leadoff man over the other power bat.. but I'm sure he's aware of both needs. Just imagine if we came away from this cruddy free agent class with Furcal, Giles, and Burnett.. :shock: By the way... are all three of these guys type A? And if they are, could someone help me out and post the limitations on how many type A's we can sign? It's been posted before, but I really don't remember what they are.
  20. David
    EDIT - double post
  21. David
    Per Bruce Levine... I thought it would be posted already, but at the very least, nobody has started a thread on it. According to the report, Hendry will start the full-court press on Burnett next week. They also mentioned that if Hendry doesn't succeed in signing Furcal, THEN he will inquire with the Marlins about Pierre... Goes against what a few here were saying that the rotation was set with Rusch/Williams to take the final spot.
  22. David
    Why do this when you could just play Murton in LF and Walker at 2B? I'd rather have Murton in the lineup than Cedeno. Besides, Walker would probably be an adventure, at best, in the outfield.
  23. David
    walker would be pissed because he wants to start every day (not a bad thing of course!) but thats a very good idea. he can also give lee a break at 1b once in a while. That and he hits left handers just as well as he hits righters, making a platoon counter-productive. (to lazy to look up career splits, but this year was much better against lefites - vs. Left: .352 vs. Right: .291) Ah.. well, I'm too lazy to look up the career splits too, but, if ya had looked them up, you would've seen that this year was an aberration. :wink: Walk generally has struggled a lot with lefties over the course of his career.
  24. David
    Just a heads up for those of you who get the NFL Network...at 6 central, NFL Total Access will be doing a segment on the Bears.. and at 8 central, the Bears/Lions game will be featured as the NFL Network Game of the Week.
  25. David
    New Orleans too...2-6 The rest of those teams are a combined 20-8 right now. If you ask me, that's a pretty tough schedule. you forgot arizona What about Arizona? :-k
×
×
  • Create New...