CaliforniaRaisin
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What was Valentine doing?
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what was the deleted tweet from the dude with 9 followers? Nephew of Dave Ragone saying Ragone was going to be Arthur Smith's OC in Atlanta and bring the Bears RB coach with him.
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Bears need a new passing coordinator and RB coach apparently: https://twitter.com/alexrags1/status/1350201141523574785?s=21
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I just don't agree on the apples to oranges thing in the context of all this penny pinching during the pandemic, everyone's getting US dollars - It's very likely Hernandez had his bonus revised down at one point or another. The earliest rumors were as high as $3.5. - While slot value doesn't sound like a big deal in a vacuum, only 8 guys in front of Howard received slot or better and only slightly more than half the first round did altogether (8 in front of Howard, 8 behind him). Basically, it was no small feat to walk away with slot in the 2020 draft especially in the first round. Throw in the 2020 draft being deeper and more well regarded than the 2020 IFA pool and contextually I think Howard gets the edge here - Relatively, Hernandez's $3 million took up 56% of the IFA pool while Howard's bonus took up 55% of what they spent on the draft. This is advantage Hernandez but 1% and change IMO isn't enough to cover a 25% different in bonuses during pandemic times FYI, while Badler consistently said around $3.5 million, Longenhagen said $3 million back on Feb 21st, pre-Covid financial ramifications. Either way, Hernández got the 4th biggest bonus amongst IFAs and Howard got the 16th biggest (based on your calculation). It's still apples to oranges when the largest IFA pool any team can get is $6,431,000, which is less than the Cubs draft bonus pool (the 19th biggest draft pool).
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Best draft day/signing day bowtie in Chicago history since...Joakim. http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2009/top10_nba_draft_fashion/nba_draft_fashion_noah.jpg
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Apples to oranges. Hernández was probably 14 or 15 when he agreed to his contract and should have been 16 when he signed (turned 17 last month), Howard was 18. The Cubs had more funds to sign Howard then Hernández: IFA bonus pool for the Cubs this year was $5,348,100 while the draft pool was $7,057,680 with the 5% overage. Hernández signed for the 5th largest IFA bonus while Howard signed for slot value at pick 16.
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Kiely McDaniel: https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/30716726/the-next-vlad-jr-juan-soto-names-know-mlb-international-signing-day Carlos Colmenarez and Willin Díaz were 1-2. Kiley only ranked his top 10 but had Moises Ballesteros amongst a big group of prospects in a 35+ or 40 FV tier.
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These guys have officially signed per BA: First time I’ve heard of Ramos.
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Only $3 million. Cubs have $2,348,100 left.
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Minor League Musings
CaliforniaRaisin replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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Minor League Musings
CaliforniaRaisin replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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And Staley might poach Jay Rodgers
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Ben Badler has linked the Cubs to another smaller IFA signing in tomorrow’s class: Raino Coran, an outfielder from Curaçao. Their names we know from the class that opens tomorrow: SS Christian Hernández, Dominican Republic - around $3.5 million bonus C Moises Ballesteros, Venezuela - around $1.2 million OF Daniel Ferreira, Dominican Republic LHP Carlos Cabrera, Venezuela OF Oferman Hernández, Dominican Republic OF Raino Coran, Curaçao
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You'd like it a lot more if the Bulls could ever attract a top 5 player.
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Oh yeah, that’s the stuff.
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https://twitter.com/pff_brad/status/1349402803907784714?s=21
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Time to mortgage the future even more for another 8-8!
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“Besides wins and losses.” Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?
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Ted Phillips?
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Yeah, the concern here is what will a desperate GM - one who already seems to poorly evaluate draft capital and limited funds in a capped league - do when everyone knows he's on the hot seat. We shouldn't be surprised though since this ownership group has been slow on this front except during the especially bad Trestman era.
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Retire bitcj
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Why do people keep suggesting this? You can't tell 18-year-old kids where they are and aren't allowed to go to school. It's a ridiculous concept. Similarly, I've seen cutting football scholarships again as a suggestion, and that's just not going to happen. The optics of yanking 1,300 scholarships (10 x 130 FBS schools) overnight are awful, and even if the NCAA mandated those 10 scholarships go to other sports instead, it's just not going to get through the court of public opinion. You aren't telling them where they can and can't go to school. If Bama doesn't have room, they can still attend the school they just won't be able to play football. They probably won't because they want to play football. Just like if a normal high school student doesn't get into the med program of their choice, they can still attend that school if they get accepted into a different program, they just can't study medicine. They probably won't because they want to study medicine. But regardless schools have enrollment limits just like football programs have scholarship limits. That said, I dont think the idea will work for a few other reasons. You better start paying the players appropriately if you want to do this [expletive]. (You should pay them anyways.)
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Dane Brugler 2 round mock draft: https://theathletic.com/2316582/2021/01/12/nfl-mock-draft-devonta-smith/#click=https://t.co/GqHR1gsv1K