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I voted for him because he was listed, not because I think he's a prospect.

5) Vogelbach 6) Fujikawa 7) Candelario

Except nobody would have known what it meant.

Oh gosh, I would hope so. I mean I only know what I've read and briefly seen, but still.

We've heard about the rumored young players for young players type deals being discussed, but I would think something would have happened on that front already. I'm guessing Bourn isn't an option anymore. 3B has nobody left to spend money on. I don't see any big moves coming, unless they can pull off another Rizzo/Cashner type trade. I wonder if we might be spending the money on one more pitcher. As it is right now, filling out the roster with some million-dollar veterans *might* get us to $90 million. Wishful thinking? Although I'm all for the current model, I would still be excited with a signing. I would LOVE 1 more Bullpen arm. Oh, and 1 more hitter.

You'd think so, but I have this feeling they have 1 big move up their sleeve.

I too want more details on this No, it's more like everyone plays everyone each week. So we have a 12 team league and do an offline draft. Use CBSSportsline. Then every week it is 1 vs. 1 vs. 1 vs. 1, etc. We have a $175 entry fee and pay out $40/$20/$10 each week for 1st-3rd. Points are also kept overall and we pay 1st-4th at the end of the year. It is great, it keeps everyone involved through Week 17, because even if your team sucks you could still win a week and get money back. It also prevents people from getting pissed they had the 2nd or 3rd most points that week but were playing the 1st best team. At the risk of outing myself as an idiot, I need to ask for more details on your math there. When you do an offline draft, is the League Manager responsible for entering all twelve rosters into the system? I'm not following the 1 vs 1 vs 1 thing - is that a type of setting offered by CBSSportsLine, or is that something which requires more hand-jamming from the LM? I manage an ESPN league, and my two options were Points (or Roto?) and Head-to-Head. It sounds like this system tries to compromise between the two. what are the payouts for 1-4 at the end of the year? 300 220 150 75

I don't want to go back through the whole thread, but am I the only one who is "meh" on Appel? Or is that a common stance on this board?

And a true road game, right? Hawaii is very tough place to play, the natives are always restless....this should be that but a good team.

Illinois loses by 10+ at Gonzaga Saturday night.

Good for them...82 wins as opposed to 75. Kyle, I really don't understand why you can't grasp the front office's plan. They aren't signing any middle tier FA that are over the hill right now so get over it already.

I too want more details on this No, it's more like everyone plays everyone each week. So we have a 12 team league and do an offline draft. Use CBSSportsline. Then every week it is 1 vs. 1 vs. 1 vs. 1, etc. We have a $175 entry fee and pay out $40/$20/$10 each week for 1st-3rd. Points are also kept overall and we pay 1st-4th at the end of the year. It is great, it keeps everyone involved through Week 17, because even if your team sucks you could still win a week and get money back. It also prevents people from getting pissed they had the 2nd or 3rd most points that week but were playing the 1st best team. At the risk of outing myself as an idiot, I need to ask for more details on your math there. When you do an offline draft, is the League Manager responsible for entering all twelve rosters into the system? I'm not following the 1 vs 1 vs 1 thing - is that a type of setting offered by CBSSportsLine, or is that something which requires more hand-jamming from the LM? I manage an ESPN league, and my two options were Points (or Roto?) and Head-to-Head. It sounds like this system tries to compromise between the two. Yes, I have to enter rosters into the system, it takes about 20 minutes. We also have closed waivers/free agents and can only add players every 4 weeks at our monthly live drafts...I also have to input these. I do NOT have to keep our weekly scores. CBS offers an every man vs. every man each week option. You basically had it right where if you had the 2nd highest score you'd go 8-1, except we don't keep the record we just pay out weekly $ instead. This system does sort of compromise between a head-to-head and Roto. I have never had any luck figuring out how to do it in a free league (ESPN, Yahoo) so we have to pay a league fee of $120 for CBS ($10/team). But the live scoring is awesome and they let us set up our league any way we'd like.

Because he's gonna be 32-34 years old during that contract and is probably not going to be stealing 40 bases a season. I'm not saying it's horrible, just not right for the Cubs at this time.

I too want more details on this No, it's more like everyone plays everyone each week. So we have a 12 team league and do an offline draft. Use CBSSportsline. Then every week it is 1 vs. 1 vs. 1 vs. 1, etc. We have a $175 entry fee and pay out $40/$20/$10 each week for 1st-3rd. Points are also kept overall and we pay 1st-4th at the end of the year. It is great, it keeps everyone involved through Week 17, because even if your team sucks you could still win a week and get money back. It also prevents people from getting pissed they had the 2nd or 3rd most points that week but were playing the 1st best team.

Yuck.

lulz Ha, Chone wasn't enough for them?

Pass Why pass on Victorino? Definite improvement over what we have and it's not like he's going to get some ridiculous albatross contract (nor will he be "blocking" anybody - for people who get concerned over things like that). We've officially given up on Brett Jackson? I have. If he shows anything, great, they can make room for him, but I don't have much hope that they'll be able to rework his swing to the point that he doesn't strike out in almost half his PA's. I think the point is Victorino is not the guy to go after. He doesn't fit the type of player the front office has been talking about. You'd be paying him for what he's been able to do in the past and hopeful he can remain somewhat close to that value. He's 32 and speed is his #1 tool, maybe fielding?

Definite pass. I pawned him off in my baseball keeper league in sense of a rapid decline coming.

Thanks for the info in this thread. I missed the seat day (slept really late, whoops) and was able to call this morning and get moved from Section 411, Row 5 to Section 416, Row 4. Small upgrade, but I'll take it.

no doubt we'd love to have some elite talent. but really the only way to compete with the kentuckys and kansas's of the world is to get and develop 4-star players. illinois is the most experienced team in the conference, and i have to think that will pay off throughout the year. they've also been to the pit of despair and had a taste of the [expletive]. that that builds character. They are definitely going to upset a couple of higher ranked teams at home as well as lose to a couple of also-rans on the road. Life in the Big Ten.

You all really need to join a league(s) where there are no playoffs and you play every team head to head every week. It's a great format and keeps every owner interested through Week 17.

Ehh, I'd be willing to check him out.

I know what you're saying. And if it happened to fall that way one year, so be it. I'm thinking more about the long term approach of a program.

Agree as well. It's fun to see good players become very good players & quality people. I think it would be weird if all the time I was like "He went to Illinois" to my girlfriend/family/friends for all these guys in the NBA that went there for 1 year.