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I don't get this "benefit of the doubt" stuff. We dsicuss whether or not we like deals based on the move itself, not on who is making them. Theo Epsteing giving Miles 2/5 would be exactly the same as Bill Bavasi giving Miles 2/5. We judge by the move, not the person making it. It just sounds like you want to give hendry a free pass. "Well this move doesn't look good, but we won 97 games last season and we got Ted Lilly the year before" while leaving out the bad moves that he's done in that time. Very few GM's earn free passes, and you're giving one to a guy who doesn't fit that description.

Swisher looks hilarious in that picture

That completely depends on how healthy he is. If he plays half of each season' date=' is that still a great deal?[/quote'] In 2006 and 2007 combined, Bradley played 157 games and was worth about $19.9 million dollars. Link Are we still using that? This is the same formula that said Willie Harris was worth 14.6 mil last year. Not to mention he's almost certainly not going to have a .999 OPS here. Bradley had an .865 OPS in '06 and '07. Also, his value is tied to offense much, much, much more than Willie Harris, and there's much, much, much less room for debate with how accurate the offensive metrics are in measuring value. The Harris number is still an indication of how flawed that stat is on fangraphs. I don't get why people keep using it as a basis for an argument. All the numbers seem highly inflated. But anyways, that 19.9 million figure you came up with is largely in part to him having a .999 OPS last season and a mid .900's OPS in a small amount of ABs the previous season. I think we're more likely looking at an OPS around .900 this season. I thihk people get so caught up in the health/mental questions that they forget that this guy is no guarantee to rake. I think he will be, but I'm not entirely confident. His career numbers are all over the place, even considering bad ballparks.

I completely agree. Where did I ever argue that he is better than Khabi? I never said any of that. I wouldn't even have a problem with starting Khabi every day and making Huet purely a backup. All I'm saying is I don't get why so many people act like Huet is horrible.

llie That completely depends on how healthy he is. If he plays half of each season, is that still a great deal? In 2006 and 2007 combined, Bradley played 157 games and was worth about $19.9 million dollars. Link Are we still using that? This is the same formula that said Willie Harris was worth 14.6 mil last year. Not to mention he's almost certainly not going to have a .999 OPS here.

I don't think it's tired, because it comes up every time Huet plays poorly and Khabi plays well. Which happens all the time! Then why are their numbers so very similar? Didn't you just say this? lolololololool

I don't see anyone here aruging who is better

I would rather see them play Niemi here tomorrow night My point exactly I would rather see them play Niemi here tomorrow night because he is more likely to be able to handle the Blues and if Huet is going to play one of the two nights it should be against the better team on Saturday night. Nice try though. I thought they played Sunday. My fault

That completely depends on how healthy he is. If he plays half of each season, is that still a great deal?

Winning 2 divisions doesn't make a guy exempt from criticism though, especially when the first one of those was an 85 win team that only snuck into the playoffs because of an awful division. It kind of goes along when people said we couldn't criticize Dusty because "he's a 3 time MOY and you guys are just kids on the internet".... or saying we can't criticize George Bush because he's the president and we're not. Plus Hendry has had a ton of resources to work with. I don't see how anything he's done has earned him the right to be exempt from criticism on individual moves.

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All I've read is that Bradley's option is tied to his health, and that he could still miss a significant amount of time(i.e. nothing about 2010 impacts the 2011 option) and still vest his 2011 money. I think it's Cubs option if he plays less than 250 games in the first two years. I'll try to find the exact number. But seriously, aren't these constant complaints about every late signings pat the point of ridiculous already? Oh well. Just ignore it I guess. This stuff usually happens late in the offseason when there is nothing to talk about. Oh, and where did you see the 250 games thing? I haven't heard anything about that.

I read that he only has to spend less than 75 days on the DL in 2009 to guarantee the entire 30. I have no idea if that's true since I never saw it anywhere else, but if it's true that means he can go down with a season ending injury in July and still get the entire 30 million.

I would rather see them play Niemi here tomorrow night My point exactly

This is a couple months old but I don't think it's been posted here. Just another reason Marty is a joke

oh STFU bud

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3899481 well at least you can tell he's actually remorseful, the crying didn't seem fake..... unlike the arod interview where alex came off as a complete phony (different situations, i know.... but still)

I don't get it

This cracked me up. Rob Neyer completely called out Jon Heyman Umm, no he's not. A solid defensive right fielder, I mean. Over the last three seasons, his average Ultimate Zone Rating was minus-12, which is hardly solid. Last year alone it was minus-26, which is simply dreadful. Maybe that number was anomalous. But probably not. He's probably just a really, really bad outfielder at this point in his career. Which is mostly why nobody wanted to pay him anything like the $16 million he made last year. I do think he could be a pretty solid deal at $5 million, depending on the incentives and how often the Angels are able to slot him as their DH. But $5 million at this point in Abreu's career is not obviously a great bargain for the Angels; if he plays this year like he did last year, that's just about what he's worth. Funny how that worked out. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3899973&name=Neyer_Rob

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I don't think it would be about that. From the articles that came out a couple weeks ago on those business websites, it sounds like he just can't afford it Well that's what I meant. Why would he buy the Cubs if he couldn't maintain the team as it is. He saw the books, he knows the Cubs have a large payroll and several long term contracts to deal with. Well nobody said anything about reducing payroll. We're talking about adding more big contracts Right now we are. If Rich Harden pitches awesome this year and the economy is still in the crapper, does the new owner resign him or replace his salary? That's the stuff that worries me

I don't think it would be about that. From the articles that came out a couple weeks ago on those business websites, it sounds like he just can't afford it Well that's what I meant. Why would he buy the Cubs if he couldn't maintain the team as it is. He saw the books, he knows the Cubs have a large payroll and several long term contracts to deal with. Well nobody said anything about reducing payroll. We're talking about adding more big contracts

I'd try to fit Sharp in there for the roofer, but no doubt Khabi was #1. What more needs to happen for Q to come off this rotation business? If I have to watch Huet flail around Friday night, I'm going to be one unhappy human. It's fine to want Khabi to start every game, but you need to stop acting like Huet sucks Well... he doesn't suck... but he sure hasn't shown his true colors this year I don't know what that means, but he has above average numbers Huet is not a great goalie. He pisses me off a lot too, especially when he tried to play the puck. I just don't understand why everyone here trashes him non-stop. Big contract or not, he's an above average goalie. I vehemently agree with you... he is an "above average goalie"... but with two goalies with an enormous contract... the better goalie at the time (Khabi) is going to get the love and the one who isn't as good/consistent (Huet) is going to get the hate. I think us, as knowledgeable Hawks fans hate the contract more than the person. We see Huet making money we could have spent elsewhere. EDIT: And I guess I should admit I was incredibly excited about the Huet signing at first, because I figured he was taking OVER for Khabby, not "platooning" with him. Like I said, I have no problem with people wanting Khabi to start every day and I can live with people being pissed about Huet's contract. I just don't understand why people still acting like he's gabage even though the numbers prove that to be false.

I'd try to fit Sharp in there for the roofer, but no doubt Khabi was #1. What more needs to happen for Q to come off this rotation business? If I have to watch Huet flail around Friday night, I'm going to be one unhappy human. It's fine to want Khabi to start every game, but you need to stop acting like Huet sucks Well... he doesn't suck... but he sure hasn't shown his true colors this year I don't know what that means, but he has above average numbers Huet is not a great goalie. He pisses me off a lot too, especially when he tried to play the puck. I just don't understand why everyone here trashes him non-stop. Big contract or not, he's an above average goalie.