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  1. squally1313
    @thekapman: spoke with a solid source who told me that Tigers and Cubs are hard at work on Soriano. Not sure they can make money work.
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    And even more exciting was that he hadn't struck out yet (0-3) when he was pulled from the game... But seriously, wouldn't make sense to call him up to take Reed's spot unless they're going to bench LaHair. Soriano's spot, on the other hand....
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    I'd like to see him get the OBP up just a little bit, but I agree. As long as he's cheap, there's no reason why he shouldn't be there everyday. Funny note: I know everyone loves his defense, but Baseballreference LOVES his defense. He's got a 4.1 bWAR right now, good for 10th in the National League among hitters. That's compared to 1.7 fWAR. Just weird seeing that big of a difference.
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    No traded cash for him when we thought the Dempster trade was close. This was before we had heard anything about Delgado even. Not sure what he's been doing since then.
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    Check out the last pitch in this Bundy sequence. http://po.st/dFbvLT
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    I award you no points, and may God have mercy.... But seriously, necessary to go to this length? This is my favorite forum on the board because it's typically nothing but people giving opinions and insight and being (rightfully) excited about the future of this organization. Can we not turn it into the Social forum/Dempster trade thread?
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    God I want to make love to almost all of this page.
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    Would it do any good to not start him? Basically, does it add any value to other teams if they are able to start him as soon as they trade for him (if a trade with Atl or someone else goes down Thursday-Saturday)?
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    Brett Myers to the White Sox. Perfect.
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    Nice topic.
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    Castro's slash line is starting to depress me a little.
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    Couldn't see much of the swing, but nice to see it was a no-doubter.
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    Not watching the game, but @AwfulAnnouncing giving props to the Cubs for posting OPS+ numbers on the broadcast. Not sure whose idea it was, but definitely cool to see.
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    Lindor was 11, Sano was 26, Hamilton was 27
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    Any insiders? The tease doesn't get me past #1. 1. Profar 2. Bundy 3. Machado 4. Myers 5. d'Arnaud 35. Baez 47. Almora 50. Soler
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    I cannot personally see a way we could afford both Parise and Suter without having to trade someone like Kane. And maybe that is their thought process. If they land either Parise or Suter or both, Kaner could be gone. Ugh. They are not going to trade Kane. Trades of guys mentioned below (Hammer, Frolik, etc.) are more likely. As would Sharp. Or an amnesty of Hossa. Yeah I'm in on the amnesty of Hossa idea (not sure if it's 100% going to be in the CBA, but I've heard a lot of people talking about it). Yes, it would take away a big piece of the current team. But anytime you can basically trade a 33 year old top line forward for a 27 year old top line forward, you're doing alright.
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    .275/.333/.500 for Soriano.
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    Probably. But between Simmons still being unproven, Chipper being very injury prone, and them possibly someone to pair with Uggla at second/third when Chipper retires, he could have decent value to them. To echo what everyone else (and you, basically) are saying, he's more valued by us than he is to the rest of the league, and I'm only really in favor of trading him with others to sweeten a possible return. Pairing him with a pitcher to the Braves and all those young arms could be the way to do it (obviously, given the right return.) It had better really sweeten the return or else you just created another hole to fill on a team that has a ton of holes to fill now. If it gets us a pitcher that has a reasonable chance of slotting into the rotation over the next 3-5 years, I'm more than ok with putting some combination of Stewart/Vitters/Valbuena/Lake at third and second through next year to get a look at them (and by then we'll know plenty more about the future of guys like Baez, Marco Hernandez, and DeVoss).
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    Probably. But between Simmons still being unproven, Chipper being very injury prone, and them possibly someone to pair with Uggla at second/third when Chipper retires, he could have decent value to them. To echo what everyone else (and you, basically) are saying, he's more valued by us than he is to the rest of the league, and I'm only really in favor of trading him with others to sweeten a possible return. Pairing him with a pitcher to the Braves and all those young arms could be the way to do it (obviously, given the right return.)
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    http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-atlanta-braves-suddenly-need-a-starter/ Wasn't sure if this should go in the Dempster thread or this one, but if you start reading the comments, a lot of people (granted, their commentators, but people who read FG tend to be a little better than the norm) said they need depth that can play the utility role. There wouldn't be a starting spot for Barney (Uggla is having a great year, the new rookie SS is producing, and Chipper is back), but they have a real back up for any of those spots. Jack Wilson's put up a sub-.200 OBP backing up short, and Juan Francisco was a similar disaster at third. Basically, there's a lot of room to give someone like Barney ABs. Could we package Demp and Barney and get a couple guys from their highly regarded system? I know a couple of their pitchers have taken a step back (or my Braves fan friend isn't as high on them at least), but I think there could be a few options to choose from there.
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    Keith Law on Waddle/Silvy in 2 minutes (10:15 Central) to talk about the Cubs/Sox draft. http://espn.go.com/espnradio/chicago/play
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    http://deadspin.com/5912116/eddie-vedder-chris-chelios-and-kerry-wood-hung-out-to-sing-karaoke-on-sunday The URL kinda says it all. Pretty cool.
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    And here's the (much more logical) response piece: http://tinyurl.com/cez3kqp Tinyurl'd because of profanity in the URL. (It's from Deadspin)
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    Over the last 10 years, there's been 2 or 3 teams with a better #3 than Ryan Dempster. Sure, I could see that I'm understating his talent some. Are both of them from this season (Hamels and Bumgarner)? Jesus. Pick an argument and stick with it. Let's not look at Dempster's last 5 years, and then quote Bucholz's 2010 WAR about 4 posts later. This season, pretty much no one has been better than Dempster. Definitely not anyone's number 3.
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