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  1. frostwyrm
    CLee puts the "ass" in Astros. That's one seriously big butt he has, and it's still growing.
  2. frostwyrm
    Carlos Lee could be the biggest bust if he signs in the NL. In the AL he'll still be a bust, but not the biggest.
  3. frostwyrm
    Samuel Peralta Sosa? Shouldn't be hard to get.
  4. frostwyrm
    I have to ask, was this intentional? Cats are furry and I like them.
  5. frostwyrm
    We have to wait for the pitchers to sign before we can make a complete list, but GMJ is at the top right now.
  6. frostwyrm
    I should do one for Carl Crawford. If Pierre gets 5/45, Crawford should get 7/90. At his age and with his skill set I think it would be 8/120 Based on Soriano's and Matthews' contracts I think 8/120 is a good guess.
  7. frostwyrm
    I still don't understand why you feel that way. If they ink Schmidt and manage to deal for a corner OFer of value, will your opinion change? No. MLB is currently giving birth to a flock of albatrosses. This pattern of giving so-so players superstar contracts based on one great year is going to come to an ugly end. There's no way this level of stupidity can remain unacknowledged for long. As long as the Cubs don't give so-so players superstar contracts, it's not an issue for them. With $115m available this year, blowing up and starting fresh was a bad idea. So you think Soriano will justify his salary in RF for 8 years? I don't. Is anyone going to justify the salaries they've gotten in FA in recent years for the length of the contract? At least the Cubs' signings have a CHANCE to justify it. There is no way on this earth that Matthews or Pierre will ever be worth what they're now making. I agree, of the 3 contracts, if I had to choose between Matthews, Pierre, and Soriano, I'd take Soriano. But I'd prefer to have none of them.
  8. frostwyrm
    I still don't understand why you feel that way. If they ink Schmidt and manage to deal for a corner OFer of value, will your opinion change? No. MLB is currently giving birth to a flock of albatrosses. This pattern of giving so-so players superstar contracts based on one great year is going to come to an ugly end. There's no way this level of stupidity can remain unacknowledged for long. As long as the Cubs don't give so-so players superstar contracts, it's not an issue for them. With $115m available this year, blowing up and starting fresh was a bad idea. So you think Soriano will justify his salary in RF for 8 years? I don't.
  9. frostwyrm
    I still don't understand why you feel that way. If they ink Schmidt and manage to deal for a corner OFer of value, will your opinion change? No. MLB is currently giving birth to a flock of albatrosses. This pattern of giving so-so players superstar contracts based on one great year is going to come to an ugly end. There's no way this level of stupidity can remain unacknowledged for long.
  10. frostwyrm
    Dumbest. Contract. Ever. Not. Even. Close. Are you talking dumbest in hindsight, or dumbest at the time the decision was made? To me this is plainly a terrible deal, no hindsight necessary.
  11. frostwyrm
    5/50 for Matthews has erased any lingering doubt in my mind that the Cubs should have gone into retooling mode in 2007.
  12. frostwyrm
    Dumbest. Contract. Ever.
  13. frostwyrm
    Dogs okay, prefur cats.
  14. frostwyrm

    Milk

    frostwyrm replied to Balsa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Adults drink milk?
  15. frostwyrm
    Theriot would be well-advised to spend the offseason taking scrappy lessons.
  16. frostwyrm
    I should do one for Carl Crawford. If Pierre gets 5/45, Crawford should get 7/90.
  17. frostwyrm
    Ichiro makes Juan Pierre look like a pile of puke, and Pierre just got 5/45. How much would Ichiro get if he were an FA today? I'd guess 4/50, just because he's getting a little old. If he were 3 years younger and on the market today he'd get a Godzilla-sized deal. BTW, Ichiro's current contract expires after 2007.
  18. frostwyrm
    Bob Walk
  19. frostwyrm
    A textbook example of an unnecessary dependent clause. I was talking about public perception, not my own. IMO a ballplayer is pretty lame if his primary selling point is stolen bases.
  20. frostwyrm
    You also have to look at Pierre's SB%. It's already at the far low end of tolerability. If it gets even slightly worse no intelligent manager will let him run much. Without stolen bases Pierre starts looking pretty pathetic, especially for $9M per year.
  21. frostwyrm
    Prolly about midway between 10/250 and 10/300.
  22. frostwyrm
    Russ Grimm sounds like a guy you woudn't want to mess with.
  23. frostwyrm
    Another perspective is that forgetting about 2007 and reloading for 2008 is increasingly looking like it would have been the smart thing to do. We could have sat on the sidelines watching the desperate win-now teams saddle themselves with these crippling albatross contracts.
  24. frostwyrm
    The deals Arizona signed a few offseasons ago were pretty laughable. Ortiz, especially. BTW - wait 'til GMJ signs his contract for new records of ridiculousness. The Ortiz deal was pretty funny, but Slappy gets my vote. Even if he maintains his speed it's a terrible contract, but he'll be 30 next summer, so it's likely he'll slow down. Every part of his mediocre skillset is entirely dependent on speed, so if he loses half a step he becomes the world's most expensive high school baseball player. In fact, I'd lay even odds that he's out of baseball before this contract is up.
  25. frostwyrm
    In all seriousness 5/45 for Pierre at this stage in his career might be the worst contract I've ever seen. There are Hampton type deals that look awful in hindsight, but no hindsight is necessary to see how bad Pierre's contract is.
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