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  1. WrigleyField 22
    Well if we could assume Wood would be healthy than yea, its simple. I personally don't want to count on it. If it happens then we are even better.
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    Or just not excercise his option after this year. Even simpler than a trade!
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    Other average teams got lucky why can't we! Also despite the .251 avg Rdriguez slugged .530 with 31 HR. His OBP was a below average at .334, but thats certianly better than Jones and most likey Burnitz Also Johnson hit .280 .335 .352 Comparable to what we could expect from Pierre (a little less OBP) Then you throw in Sammy's ridiculous stats and even that OF blows away one of Pierre/Jones/Burnitz The point is an above average outfield does not a World Championship make. Pitching and being 'strong up the middle' seems to be the championship rhetoric of the past 5-10 years. Good point, but even with Prior your rotation is still pretty qustionable after him and Z, by questionable, I mean, can they pull a White Sox or close?(thats what it would likely take) Then you praised the IF, but if we are gonna be "strong up the middle" it will mean Perez, not Walker. Still a good IF, but Perez hurts it a lot.
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    Other average teams got lucky why can't we! Also despite the .251 avg Rdriguez slugged .530 with 31 HR. His OBP was a below average at .334, but thats certianly better than Jones and most likey Burnitz Also Johnson hit .280 .335 .352 Comparable to what we could expect from Pierre (a little less OBP-Pierre you could expect .350-others might say less tho) Then you throw in Sammy's ridiculous stats and even that OF blows away one of Pierre/Jones/Burnitz
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    I might also add that the reason that Vance- and followers of his theory such as myself, liked the idea of Wade so much was as a closer, becaus of his first inning splits. Say you can lock down the rotation other ways, and could have a dominating 8-9 of Wade-Dempster. Hope the Wuertz becomes a dominatig 7th inning guy and you are set. Or you could still have Wade the good/possibly awesome starter. I love the idea. Please don't be just a rumor.
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    CF- Pierre LF-Jones 1B-Lee SS-Tejada RF-Burnitz 3B-Ramirez 2B-Perez C-Barret EDIT- Walker clearly gets traded then for some crap lefty reliever or something, and Cedeno rides the bench. Even if Walker stays, Dusty still hits him 7th, minimizing his value. Only gots to have speed at the top of the order dude. No Pie or Murton in sight to help the OF :( That being said, I find it highly unlikely that such a deal would occur.
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    First I have to say I do like the idea of getting Wade. Secondly in hopes to answer my own question I have tried to put a possilbe scenario for a rule 5 crunch that someare worried about. First it appeared I underestimated how soon guys are rule 5 eligible a bit. Here is a possible 40 man roster after next offseason Prior Zambrano Wade(for sake of this thread) Williams Hill Dempster Wuertz Howry Eyre Guzman Novoa Ohman Marshall Marmol Ryu Barrett Soto Reyes Lee Cedeno Perez Ramirez Theriot Moore Murton Pie Pierre Jones Thats 28 guys who would likely be on it. So you have room for 12 spots. With those guys listed you're major league pitching is likely set maybe an arm or two to sing in FA. We'll be safe and say 2. So you have 10 spots. I would say four of those would have to go towards filling out positional players for the major league team, FA signings. Then your major league roster is set and you have at least 6 spots, maybe more if say Theriot could be ready as a backup or you dont need to sign another pitcher. Those 6 spots could go to 1-Harvey 2-Gallagher(if he even has to be at that point) 3-EPatterson 4-Sing(although if he is on the 40man hopefully he is ready for a big league role, he'll be old 27 i think) 5-Brownlie? 6-Johnson From the looks of it, no one left unprotected, Reed for example would be ready anyway. Different prospects will emerge and fall along the way as well. But it looks like you would only have to expose som pretty low-risk guys, like we always have to. No Siscos bein left unprotected. Keeping in mind also we could see guys like Novoa/Williams traded in order to gain spots. In fact one of Novoa/Wiliams/Guzman/Ohman woul probably HAVE to be gotten rid of, its likely one will do it himself based on performance or health. If not you trade the worst for a minor leaguer not rule 5 eligible. So in conlcusion I don't see why we can't get Wade. The 40man shouldn't be that much of an issue.
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    Who would we have to worry about losing to rule 5 next year? Guys who lasted this year(notable ones) Brownlie Sing Fox Petrik Blasko Connoly Hagerty Some of those guys have some major injury issues they would have to get past. Others probably don't have the talent to stick. I'm unlcear about the rules of rule 5 eligiibility, but I cant find many guys of great importance who seem to have been around long enough to warrant a spot. Harvey maybe? Guys drafted out of college in 04 would be too soo, right? Any minor league experts who could clar that up would be great. But at a quick glance it doesn't look like a lot. Then theres the issue of guys who have been on for 3 years and would have to make the big league roster. Aardsma? Guzman Everyone else looks like the will be established going into this year (Cedeno/Wuertz) So at most you have 4 spots that might need to be cleared for guys that are must keeps. Doesn't seem like too much of a problem. That is unless of course I am missing a bunch of newly elgible guys for 2006, which I might be. This discussion would be a lot easier if I/we knew for sure who was gonna be eligible. Bottom line: I'm not too worried about a rule 5 crunch.
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    I vote for this instead of Prior-Tejada. Pierre Walker (let me dream) Lee Aramis Gonzo Barrett Jones Cedeno With Murton as the 4th OF. Thats a solid line-up. Add in Prior, Z, Wood, Maddux, Williams/Hill/Guzman/Rusch. Add Dempster/Howry/Eyre/Ohman/Wuertz and I think we have a winner. That is simply a better team than one with Tejada and without Prior. If Dusty had that he'd probably would switch Walker and Jones. And regarding the deal, I don't see i happening now. Our outfield looks set as is. However if the deal did go through, I would tell Arizona to keep their money and we'll take Quentin, plus throw i something like Harvey. Sure there would be a bit of a logjamin the OF, but thats a good problem to have right? Eventually Jones just becomes a very epensive backup. OF-Pierre(I'm just assuming he'll stay), Pie, Quentin. Murton is eventually used as a trade chip for something, otherwise he could go to LF an let Pierre walk. Okay I'll stop dreaming now.
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    Nothin new really. Levine believes pitching would be to mch of a question mark to say whether we could compete for division. Called Tejada a top 3 to 4 player in the game.
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    Levine doesn't think Prior would like to leave Chicago. Would be upset after a trade. Seemed like speculation rather than knowledge.
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    That is encouraging. However, I don't think anone believes Hendry actually looed at such a stat when aquiring Eyre. We lucked into having a guy with promsing stats. It would be much more encouaging if we had reason to believe that this would be a trend to look for.
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    I'm speechless. I simply cannot believe this. Someone mentioned flooding Hendry's email with mail of displeasure. safer bet may be to flood Angelos mailbox preteding to be angry Orioles fans. "You're gonna trade an former MVP for some overhyped injury prone pitcher?" and the like.
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    I was a big critic of the 40 man before too. Fact is we only lost one guy to the big league portion, and hes not likley to stick. So I would listen to arguements for why we left Macias on. Beyond that, we didn't lose anyone, so in that case it looks like Hendry wasn't wrong. You may say hindsight is 20/20, but I'm sur during those fall meetings that seem to be useless Hendry is out there gauging interest. Also has it been determined yet we traded Van Beuren for "peanuts"? We still get a PTBN right? (this is an honest question) Maybe that player will be better than we expect.
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    I say Cards. That being said, they are still better than us, so it doesn't matter.
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    I'm REALLY bored tonight: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/snetsrak43/rich.jpg
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    I'm past hoping. I'm praying. I'm ready to sacrifice a bear cub to appease the baseball gods.
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    No. I believe the going price for a 32 year old who hits .274 .298 .383 is 2YRS/5MIL. This is a steal! Oh wait we shouldn't judge the value of crappy veterans based on the Cubs?
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    I think this is the thread where this analogy was made. It really fits anywhere: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/snetsrak43/beatup.jpg
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    I can hear it from the casual Cubs fan already. How did one of the best offseasons, where aquired all that speed and D, backfire? The curse is real!! Its okay, being cursed makes me like the Cubs more! I'll still buy tickets just to see Wrigley Field and get drunk! Whos in left field? MUR-TON? Never heard of him. Give me the French Guys! Pierre and Jaque! And then you aren't surprised that we aren't champs.
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    Its because a Cardinals fan could never really know true pain. Only us poor Cubs fans. I.. I.. http://members.roadfly.com/keithm3/cubs%20believe.JPG :oops: Are you a closet Cubs fan? Take my advice and turn around before you a full blown die hard. Not even the toughest of humans can take the pain.
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    So after we tank this year, how long does it take the new GM to turn around this club? I'd be shooting for 2012.
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    How many seasons did it take for him to get these stats? If you were put in for a slow power hitter after his last at bat during any close game you could get those numbers in ony one season, as long as you had some other sporadic pinch running.
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    Seconded
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    I hope the Bears crush the Pack on Sunday to make me forget about this joke of an organization. I can't be this sad during the holidays.
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