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    Nah, interesting thought though. Here's some more-
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    Yeah I'm not sure what that was all about. Kinda weird.
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    Or hitting a home run that's the difference in the game, like on Friday. Remember that one time Neifi hit a game winning grand slam in extras at St. Louis? I do. So Neifi and Kosuke are comparable now? Good to know. Of course they're not. My point is that you can't talk up how good of a player Kosuke is with a "he did this one great thing once" argument because you could make the same argument for crappy players like Neifi. But that's not what he was doing. He was responding to a post about Kosuke's recent struggles, not his overall production or skill set. Look at the original post in this set of quotes. He said nothing about "recent" struggles. He was referring to his overall performance.
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    I thought this deserved it's own thread since it involves a lot of different guys. Every once in awhile I talk through e-mail with Jason Churchill from http://prospectinsider.com/. He's primarily a Mariners guy, but he says he has contacts with the Cubs so I ask him what's up every once in awhile. I just got this e-mail from him- There is another big name he mentioned that has been discussed here, but he asked me not to say what he told me. He's available and should come very cheap. I like that Harden is available, but it seems like a long shot since a third team would have to be involved. It would be typical for the Brewers to get C.C., the Cards to get Harden, and the Cubs settling for Joe Blanton. Edit: By the way, his mainpage has some stuff on the Cubs/Cards too, but it's mostly the same stuff that he said in the e-mail.
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    Why would the Blue Jays give away Burnett for close to nothing? That would be a horrible deal for them. They wouldn't be giving him away for nothing. And I guess it all depends on how motivated they are to move him. Some reports are that they are trying to trade him to anyone who will give a young SS in return and the interest is lukewarm. That to me also indicates they aren't happy with Eckstein. This deal allows them to get out of that deal and get the SS they are seeking. We might have to add a better player than Veal or maybe a fourth player. The deal might not fly at all, but I think it could be possible considering the reports that have come out about the Jays unable to stir up interest in Burnett. I said close to nothing, which is what a package of Marquis/Cedeno/Veal is, relatively speaking. Marquis has negative value due to his contract. Veal is a decent filler prospect, but his AA numbers aren't so go great, Cedeno is Cedeno. When they say that want a shortstop, I assume that they want a good shortstop. Let's be honest, Cedeno has very little value.
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    Cubs don't match up poorly with a Burnett deal. Though that could end up as a disaster in its own way I guess. He can be had for peanuts Why does everybody keep assuming that? What motivation does Toronto have to trade him if it's for "peanuts"? That doesn't make sense to me. They've pretty much come out and said they want to get rid of him and that the asking price isn't very high. They want to dump his contract. That and reports have said a Cubs deal would revolve around Ronny Cedeno, of all people. Reports meaning false speculation from unreliable sources? Come on, a deal centered around Cedeno? You don't think that trade would have been long ago if that were true?
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    Cubs don't match up poorly with a Burnett deal. Though that could end up as a disaster in its own way I guess. He can be had for peanuts Why does everybody keep assuming that? What motivation does Toronto have to trade him if it's for "peanuts"? That doesn't make sense to me. They've pretty much come out and said they want to get rid of him and that the asking price isn't very high. They want to dump his contract. I highly doubt that they came out and said the asking price isn't very high. Where are you getting that from? I don't doubt that he's available, but it would be completely pointless to just give him away for garbage. What is their motivation?
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    Or hitting a home run that's the difference in the game, like on Friday. Remember that one time Neifi hit a game winning grand slam in extras at St. Louis? I do. So Neifi and Kosuke are comparable now? Good to know. Of course they're not. My point is that you can't talk up how good of a player Kosuke is with a "he did this one great thing once" argument because you could make the same argument for crappy players like Neifi.
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    Or hitting a home run that's the difference in the game, like on Friday. Remember that one time Neifi hit a game winning grand slam in extras at St. Louis? I do.
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    That's been the biggest dissapointment to me also. All winter we heard about how he would drive a ton of balls into the gap. He's a productive player, but I wasn't expecting a slap hitter.
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    And only idiots think the above-post is clever. Good one. I just think it's funny how bent out of shape people get when somebody voices any reasonable criticism about Fukudome.
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    Fukudome's salary dictates what expectations should be. Huh? So Kosuke's game should go from high OBP and 20 HR's to Dunn-like power simply because someone chose to pay him big money? Sounds like the one(s) you should be criticizing are the guy(s) who set the mkt price for OF'ers of his skill level and then decided to compound the issue by continuing to pay it. Its not Koskue's fault that he got the contract he did. Money won't magically change what he is capable of. Who is blaming Kosuke? Nobody. He is who he is. It's not like badnews was all "Damn it Kosuke, what the hell is your problem? Start hitting home runs, moron." We're discussing this organization and it's quest to win a title with the resources available. We're discussing if Kosuke was worth the money invested. If a guy is getting paid 48 mil, then we have to consider whether or not he's worth that.
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    Why would the Blue Jays give away Burnett for close to nothing? That would be a horrible deal for them.
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    Cubs don't match up poorly with a Burnett deal. Though that could end up as a disaster in its own way I guess. He can be had for peanuts Why does everybody keep assuming that? What motivation does Toronto have to trade him if it's for "peanuts"? That doesn't make sense to me.
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    The Rays are 7 ahead of Boston in the loss column now? Holy hell
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    This is great and stuff, but I'm kind of worried that Hendry might use the "getting Hill back will be like trading for a good starter" thing on us and not get another starter.
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    And then follows it up with a 2 base error on what should be a routine play. I was watching the game earlier and he made a routine play on a slow chopper from Coco Crisp and Jon Miller got all loud and excited and called it an outstanding play.
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    O RLY? on the cubs' side: soto is way better than kendall derosa at this point is a little better than weeks ramirez is easily better than hall on the brewers' side: hardy is better than theriot fielder is marginally better than lee cameron is better than edmonds/johnson braun is way better than whoever's playing left in soriano's absence hart is probably slightly better than fukudome, but it's close the same mets that trail the brewers by either 5 or 6 games, pending the outcome of their game today? BP has the NL east at roughly a 10% chance of winning the wild card, so your confidence in this respect is unwarranted. Soto>Kendall Lee>Fielder DeRosa>Weeks Theriot Ramirez>Hall Hart Edmonds/Johnson>Cameron, when Edmonds and Johnson are properly platooned vs RHPs/LHPs Soriano Hart has been better than Fukudome, and Soriano has been better than Braun. Seriously, Braun hasn't been that good this year. He's slugging but his OBP is atrocious.
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    So Jim Riggleman just ran out of pitchers in a tie game in the 15th against Detroit. He had to use backup catcher Jamie Burke, who promptly lost the game. Awesome.
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    This might be wishful thinking, but it wouldn't really surprise me to see Sabathia kind of stink up the joint, at least not perform up to expectations. He's never seemed like a guy who handles pressure well, and I don't really like the way he mailed it in during all over his playoff starts last year
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    ONLY BLASPHEMERS QUESTION KOSUKE
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    At the beginning of June I traded him for Russell Martin in my money league. Nice. He went .214/.272/.350 in June
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    Nobody is counting out the Red Sox just yet, same with the Yanks. But the feeling is, TB maybe just playing too well to be caught. Not saying it won't happen, but it will be tough for the Red Sox to catch the Rays unless 1 of 2 things happen: 1. They get a Ortiz healthy and hitting again. or 2: They get a impact hitter at the deadline. They're also going to need to do something about their pen.
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    Fukudome's salary dictates what expectations should be.
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    I may be wrong, but it really sounds like Bruce is sugarcoating things. We have the talent, but we don't match up? Yeah, in other words, we don't have jack. We've got a really good farm system. Its just not as good as all the other ones. Yeah, if by "really good" you mean terrible and one of the worst in baseball. I wouldn't call the Cubs system "one of the worst in baseball." That's being overdramatic. The Cubs got some good talent, but they are still in the early stages of development. I don't think it's being overdramatic at all. Last year Baseball America ranked the Cubs 20th and it's likely gotten worse since.
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