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This post doesn't really make any sense.

i can see the offseason unfolding now - hendry dumps bradley for nothing and still has to pay over half the remaining contract - hendry overpays for derosa on a multi-year deal to play right - hendry gives 4/48 to chone figgins - hendry overpays and gives a multi-year deal to grabow - hendry doesn't offer harden arbitration, doesn't get the picks

Milton is just actng like a bitch now. How about you sack up and honor the contract you signed instead of telling everybody how much you want out. Seriously, did he not expect any of this when he signed here? Nothing has been unexpected, except for his crappy production. Stop acting like you were forced into this situation and are somewhere you didn't want to be. YOU chose to come to Chicago, and you knew what it would be like if you didn't perform up to expectations.

Prior to 2006, DeRosa was a career role player who was given an opportunity to start in Texas and made the most out of it. That earned im a big contract, that was ill advised at the time. It payed off, and it made Hendry look good. Similarly, prior to 2008, Aaron Miles was a career role player who had a pretty good year last year after getting a lot of playoff time. Hendry thought he could try the same thing, with a smaller contract. We all know how that turned out. In seasons with at least 100 AB's DeRosa was 4-for-6 in having an .700+ OPS before singing with the Cubs. Miles, using the same criteria, was 1-for-5. Also DeRosa always drew a decent amount of walks per at-bat while Miles never did. There is a big difference between the two. Miles you knew he was below average and just hoped he could play up to being an average player. DeRosa was an average player that you hoped could play up to being good. And yet again, Miles was not signed to replace DeRosa on his own. DeRosa was signed to be a fulltime player. Miles was not. This isn't excusing the signing of Miles or justifying how bad he's been, but it's disengenuous to stack the two up as if the Cubs were expecting the two to have the same role. If DeRosa wasn't traded, would Miles have been signed? He may not have replaced DeRosa in the lineup, but I think it's pretty clear Hendry signed him to fill in many of the roles that DeRosa filled. Utility infielder, right side of a platoon with Fontenot, etc. Thw two moves were definitely related in the offseason. Hendry was going to get/keep one of the two, but not both.

Hasn't Meph been guaranteeing that Zambrano's ERA wouldn't be below 4 for like 3 straight seasons now?

Dunn isn't a free agent this offseason, and a Hoffpauir/Fox platoon in right sounds terrible.

I think it's fair to say Miles was somewhat of a replacement for DeRosa. They even signed him within hours of when they traded DeRosa.

Why can't you just let it go? it was kind of cute at first, now it's just really obnoxious and unnecessary. That's what, like the 6th time you've used that joke? It's run it's course.

Ryan Dempster's 14 mill for jason marquisian type production is a drain on the club. dempster isn't having a jason marquis type season.

Since May 1- .328/.415/.640

.307/.391/.586 Seriously, wtf? Where did this come from? What can we expect next season? It seems like just a few weeks ago people wanted him benched for Hoffpauir, and now instead he's having (by far) the second best season of his career. Really weird

Only 4 back in the loss column

What's an ace caliber starting pitcher? He's only 28 and he's got a better career ERA+ than CC Sabathia, Chris Carpenter, Ted Lilly, Danny Haren, Jake Peavey, Cliff Lee, John Lackey, Josh Beckett, Zach Greinke, and just under Roy Halladay (Doc 132, Z 127). His WHIP is better than or just over all of them too. Z's problem is that he gets demonstrably upset while in public, not that he's not a great pitcher. As per usual, the Cubs are going to trade him for cents on the dollar mostly because they don't like his antics. On top of that they're tipping their hand publicly, which more than likely lowers whatever value he would have had if it were not the case. There's a reason why they haven't won a world series in over 100 years. Edit: I forgot to mention that he hits pretty well for a pitcher too. Cobs! You can make a good argument that Ted Lilly has been more productive than Zambrano over that stretch. much better, actually

What's an ace caliber starting pitcher? He's only 28 and he's got a better career ERA+ than CC Sabathia, Chris Carpenter, Ted Lilly, Danny Haren, Jake Peavey, Cliff Lee, John Lackey, Josh Beckett, Zach Greinke, and just under Roy Halladay (Doc 132, Z 127). His WHIP is better than or just over all of them too. Z's problem is that he gets demonstrably upset while in public, not that he's not a great No, Z's problem is that he's steadily been declining for several years now. He is no longer even in the same category as any of those pitchers you mentioned. Not even close. He hasn't posted a WHIP under 1.29 since 2005. His K/BB hasn't been above 1.86 since 2005. Z was an "ace" in 2004 and 2005, and that's it. Since then, he's been a solid number 2. Oh, and then there's the fact that his body has started breaking down the last couple years. Honestly, I'm scared of where Zambrano's career is headed.

Marshall has serious durability issues and has been terrible the second half of this season. Any sane GM would not go into a season relying on him to be healthy. Why are you assuming that his second half struggles have to do with durability and usage? Last year he was a little better in the second half than in the first..... why didn't he fade down the stretch last year? There might be something to the "Marshall has trouble pitching a full season" stuff, but now it's like everything is automatically being attributed to that, and people are just assuming it's a fact, when really it's just speculation. Marshall getting shelled tonight? "Oh, must be because he's tired." Marshall had a bad August? "Yup... typical Marshall"

Grabow's career WHIP numbers, starting with this season 1.42 1.28 1.45 1.41 1.37 1.77 And his career splits vs lefties aren't drastically different like you'd expect from a loogy. He has a 1.33 career WHIP vs lefties. Why do we want to give this guy a multi-year deal again? It's one thing paying for relievers. It's another thing to pay for crappy relievers.

I agree. He does still give up one too many walks and HBP's, but typically strands the runners when they're in scoring position. Not to mention that he has only given up only one run. P.S. Lou, if he does end up getting too wild, PLEASE do not go back to Gregg - he was the MVP for our opponents this year. :banghead: Grabow or Guzman are good alternatives, but please, no Gregg!! :glare: I doubt Gregg is on the team next year

I don't understand why so many people don't realize that Grabow sucks. I don't care how much the contract is worth, grabow doesn't deserve a multi-year deal. He blows.

Guys, Cutler and the WRs were both terrible tonight.

Whatever. The defense was great the whole game. They had issues at the end when they had guys like Hillenmeyer on the field. You can't pin this one on the D. And Cutler was screw by his receivers all night long. But how many times do we have to see the defense give it up on the final drive? They did it ALL last season, and they did it again to start this season. When the game is on the line, they always give it up. They play good and then choke at the end

I think 9-7 is pretty optimistic for this team, especially considering theyre pretty much guaranteed to be 0-2

Hahahah I forgot they go to Pitt next week 0-2 just like that

Nothing has changed with this team. -A moron for a coach who still doesn't understand how to save timeouts -No wide recievers - Defense that constantly chokes at the end of the game. When the game is on the line, the defense always gives it up _Qb throwing picks all over the place Seriously, nothing has changed. Cutler will be better than what we've had, but it won't really matter.

could the bears possibly have had a worse first half of the season? seriously, that was embarrassing in pretty much every aspect of the game.