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  1. WrigleyField 22
    So anyone besides Gregg likely to still be moved as a waiver deal?
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    I mean, I think DJ Williams is a nice piece, but I won't hate it if Bostic gets a chance right away. Though best case is DJ is okay and Bostic gets a chance to beat out James Anderson.
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    Of course it is. Even a fringe top 50 lottery ticket is worth it.
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    5 keepers? Damn that seems like a lot.
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    Still think that story is nonsense. His agent would have to be one of the worst ever. Well they did have a big dispute, which was after the contract, so maybe that explains part of it, though I do find it highly unlikely. It's possible though. It's probably far more likely both teams were in back and forth and the agent asked for a final offer from each. Cubs knew there was possibly a 4 year offer, but would only go 6 or 4+ arb. So it could be true they took the A's offer before showing it to the Cubs, but that the Cubs would have been well aware of the market based on previous negotiations and put in what they felt was their highest offer, which didn't budge on team control. He isn't the worst agent ever if he played the market and negotiated a bit, but then forced blind final offers to try and drive up the offers. It would be just a negotiating tactic. Looking at his contract he is basically like a FA signing a 4 year deal. Other than Jackson and a couple other pitchers they've been involved in, it seems the Cubs are either targeting 1-2 year contracts, or contracts with long term control for young players. Cespedes contract doesn't fit the philosophy that's been laid out. If there are any other FA OF that signed 4 year deals and are producing, we should really equally lament those missed opportunities, as that's more where Cespedes fits as far as opportunities go.
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    Interesting, Washington, their 6th rounder listed as SLB. Thought he'd be DE. Dept at DT looks weak. A better nickel would be nice too. Doing a quick count, I picked 56 guys to keep. That includes every draft pick, a non-WR Devin Hester and 4 TE/FB, when we can probably do 3. So I don't see a huge roster crunch or anything, and they definitely can bump guys off that list of 56, not to mention "red shirts" for a young guy or two.
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    Maybe we're just paying them under the table.
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    I saw this on RealGM a couple weeks ago and still haven't come to terms with it.
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    I can actually understand the multi-year thing. But when it comes down to it, if he's just fielding minimum offers we can sweeten it by 20%. If we can do that to win over other minimum offers, we should. Its hard to imagine he isn't getting more interest with other bench type players signing, so I think its fair to assume he is asking for more than 2 years at this point. Based on other bench players, two years seems to be the going length, and I suspect you'll see a bigger focus on years versus salary in the new CBA. He would be a great 20 minute SG for us though.
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    Yea I'm not liking these deals.
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    If his criticism extended past the coaches and management it's too far IMO. Once it gets to players, it's effectively mutiny. I suspect it was getting to the players in this instance. Maybe that's a bad assumptions on my part, but I just don't see them making this move otherwise. Derrick Rose already has his advisors in his ear spouting off [expletive] about management and you're comfortable with the fact the coaches may be spouting the same stuff? Might as well ship him off before he asks to be traded and kills value. A coach letting it get to the player level is undermining his own job. Adams just isn't that important. Really nothing to sweat over, IMO because managements results speak for themselves. No player is gonna remember Adams firing when the Bulls are a top 2 team in the East again and in the ECF.
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    If its true that Adams was openly questioning managements moves, the move had to be made and I'm not sure even Thibs could dispute that. I'm totally okay with it. The following people openly criticize management: - Fans - Media - Coaches and players on crappy teams - Coaches or players looking to force a move The only one Adams could possibly qualify is 4. Not sure why he wants out, but happy to oblige. Ron Adams job was a defensive specialist, a position frankly not that important with Thibs as head coach.
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    What does comparable value mean? It's worthless now haha.
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    When the Heat won a shortened season championship, I was pretty sure shortened seasons didn't count, but I'm okay backtracking now.
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    I don't see any deal that nets us Aldridge or Love, right now at least. Strange as it sounds, teams just don't wanna trade offensively competent big men until their back is against the wall. The Thomas Robinson update is interesting. It would be a team that like TRob more than the 20th pick, but the doesn't have cap space, a TPE, or expiring to meet Houston's needs. Then they have to have something that has guaranteed salary, is more attractive than the #20, and is likely to be combined with something else. Most obvious guess is as extension onto a Deng deal. Cavs don't meet the criteria, but I think the Cats and Wizards may, depending on how much truth there is to the Deng for lotto pick rumors. With all that being said if TRob is part of a larger deal I think it will have to be a 3 team trade and not separate deals. So needless to say it could fall apart. Also if it involves Deng I wouldn't be surprised if it was contingent on an extension which derails any deal before it even starts. If nothing happens, Bulls take Hardaway Jr at #20.
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    That might be the best thing ever Not that Chicagoans weren't doing that post game, they just had 17 seconds on fresh material to use....
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    Deng's contract isn't bad now, it's the new deal he'll get next year that could really suck.
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    I wonder if he gets early FA like Cespedes got. I'm down though.
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    The absolutely marginal increase in the odds of winning right now (and the relatively meaninglessness of that at the moment) does not even begin to balance out the long-term benefit of getting Castro to maximize his potential. If management thinks he needs reps to do that, then he should be in the lineup every day. One extra day, even if it was every few weeks, will have no impact on his long term development from a reps perspective. Until Cody Ransom comes crashing back down to Earth, we might as well try to give ourselves a significant upgrade every few weeks in winning baseball games.
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    Well I'm not sure days off will have any impact, but you can at the very least make the argument there are other guys who would help the team win more than him right now. So sure, bench him.
  21. WrigleyField 22
    I just can't see Lebron losing game 7. Oh well, good try Spurs. On the positive side, the Heat can remain the evil empire.
  22. WrigleyField 22
    Is the whole DFA process different than it once was? When we got Edmonds he passed through waivers, and then we signed him for the minimum and he was still being paid by SD. Did they just flat out release him?
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    This is a pointless exercise. If you are trading two top 50 prospects you are doing so for an established player, not someone in low-A, no matter the pedigree.
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    Why can't we move the 600 OPS SS to make room?
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    I don't wanna learn to spell this
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