David
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dude that's the same article from early yesterday just with a different title Yea... updated like 16 hrs ago... -
You need to not believe every thing you read as though it's the 100% truth.
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What's that even mean? EDIT - What Ravech said, that is.
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Why do people still pretend like that means guys can't be traded? If we wanted to trade him, the receiving team would have to convince him to waive it, sure, and it would impact what we got back, but it happens quite a bit. Pretending like a guy absolutely won't be traded because of an NTC is simply ignoring history. It's a lot more common for guys with NTCs to waive them in exchange for something (more money, option picked up, etc) than it is for guys to stand fast and refuse to be traded to any other club out there. Look at Peavy...we're about to get him only BECAUSE he has a NTC. If he didn't have an NTC, we wouldn't be in the conversation. Which is exactly why it's pointless to discuss guys with NTCs in hypothetical trade scenarios (well, even more pointless than guys who don't have NTCs).
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According to Steve Phillips, it would be 2 years, 12-14 million. Really? We can't pay that? Skip the Peavy garbage, re-sign Woody, sign Bradley and call it a day. Seriously?
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I'm extremely excited about both, and it would be one hell of an offseason considering it was supposed to be rather uneventful.
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You're complaining that they're trying to improve the team too much? I mean, you have a point, but as a fan, I'd have no problem with trying to field a team with all stars at every position. Sure, the playoffs are a crapshoot, but I'd rather be betting on the 6 or 8 than the 10....
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Do you really think that's what's going on? That a deal for Jake Peavy wouldn't get done because the Cubs were obsessing over adding an OF (which they need)? Is Jim Hendry incapable of multitasking? I'm not trying to be an ass, but I just think it's funny when people think things like this.
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There isn't anyone who would be dumb to trade. Trading for less value than a guy is worth is dumb, not just trading him in the first place.Trading Soto would be dumb. Trading Z would be dumb. Any trade that would weaken your ball club would be dumb. Value is only part of the equation. Trading Z or Soto would not be dumb if it strengthens the ballclub. It would be if it doesn't. I'm not sure what point you're even trying to make.
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it's only a roller coaster because you're following it minute by minute for some insane reason. if you just, like, checked it at the end of the day or something your life would probably be less stressful. Not to mention taking every single report as gospel and thinking it's really on again, off again, and then on again. It's pretty obvious what is going on. Trade negotiations. Doesn't really matter how each report tries to spin it.
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LOL! This really is feeling like the BR thread all over again. Except major differences in the circumstances.
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I feel fairly comfortable completely ignoring that crowd. But you're right about the rest.
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I have no problem taking the info from OH. I believe it was legit info last year (as we later found out that even Roberts thought he had been dealed once or twice), and I don't believe they just make things up. For whatever reason (probably Angelos) that deal never got done and was a huge clusterfreak. But they were reporting the same things everyone else was (sometimes things others weren't) before the others did. As with all of this kind of stuff, you take it with a grain of salt.
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I guarantee Hendry won't be "the only thing" that causes this not to go down. No Howry. I can't believe, after all this time, someone would doubt Hendry's desire to get his man. If there's one thing I like a lot about him, that's it. I mean, there's no point to even be worried about Hendry pulling a trigger if it means he can get it done. If he's capable (payroll wise, other teams-wise, etc.), I have no doubt in my mind he will do it.
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Nobody knows more than anyone else in terms of rumors. They're all just rumors. There's usually something to them, but that doesn't mean they're going to wind up coming to fruition. They all have their sources. Granted, some of them may be more accurate than others in certain cases, but I don't think there's any method to it. Every one of these guys is wrong a lot. There's no sense in acting like "so and so is a moron because this stuff he reported didn't wind up being true." That said, it is annoying that Rosenthal keeps repeating that line, but I guess it's what he's hearing from whoever he hears things from.
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People need to stop even acknowledging the mention of that stupid storyline. It's not true. End of story. Bruce doesn't need to refute it every time it's repeated.
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That's pretty much my take on it. When Harden is healthy, I feel like he's the best pitcher in baseball. He seems completely unhittable.
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So does this mean I should stop checking in between here and mlbtrade rumors every chance I get hoping to read about a done deal? In an hour = the next couple of days. All he was really saying was that he wasn't coming on to report that a deal was about to happen. So go ahead and refresh all you want.
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Also, Levine just said that Bradley seems to be plan A in the outfield for Hendry.
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Am I the only one confused by this quote? Bradley will come cheaper than his talent level would suggest because of his injury and temper tantrum baggage.
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Levine was just on. Said no deal was imminent, but that doesn't mean it can't happen in the next couple of days or the next week or whatever. Towers is working hard to find something that works, while Hendry is being as passive about it as he can be in this (which isn't very passive, as he mentioned) and letting it play out a bit. He said that it seems clear that Peavy has indicated that the only place he wants to go at this point is the Cubs. Also said that Bradley seems to be plan A for the OF.
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I thought it was $9.xxx mil for this year If so, even better.
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Average fan of the Cubs? I'm pretty sure they'd know who Milton Bradley is. His hot-head ways are pretty well known, especially after the incident at the end of 07. Even the average dude who goes to Wrigley just for fun might know about that stuff.
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Why is Marquis being considered immovable? He's got one year left at, what, $12M? And he's a passable starting pitcher. That's a better option than giving some mediocre free agent money for multiple years, IMO, especially if we're giving him away and possibly eating a few $M of it.
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He's not?
