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  1. Magnetic Curses
    which is why they will get ml ready pitching.
  2. Magnetic Curses
    You realize that this makes literally NO sense, right? Is this missing a smiley for sarcasm or something? It's pretty obvious. Why would any team want 2 more years of Soriano at the cost of a prospect instead of money? Or, why would any team want 2 more years of Soriano at the cost of a lesser prospect but more money when any number of cheaper free agents without the cost of any prospect will be available in the offseason. Regardless of how much money the Cubs eat, the 2 more years is the problem moving this contract. soriano is on his way to being worth his contract this year and with the lighter bat issue affecting things going forward, he may very well be worth his contract in 2013, too. again, he's going to be a +4 war player this year. teams are stupid if they're going to let the stigma of him being soriano cloud their judgment.
  3. Magnetic Curses
    what's taters, precious?
  4. Magnetic Curses
    yes, he would have. forte sacrificed a little money for some security and the bears gambled slightly that forte will be healthy these next two years. but after that, they can cut him, he will affect cutler's deal in no way.
  5. Magnetic Curses
    That's perfect. yeah, i was against re-signing forte long-term but this is a deal we can live with.
  6. Magnetic Curses
    Awesome article.
  7. Magnetic Curses
    i like crosby but i'd also want something else for him. he obviously needs to work on his control, but his stuff is certainly there.
  8. Magnetic Curses
    with all due respect, we need a large infusion of pitching into our system. True, but I feel like having strong pitching in the minors is more of a numbers game. If the Cubs implement the same strategy in the draft that they did this year, enough will stick and become legitimate prospects. Getting hitters like Olt, Rizzo and Baez is much more difficult. but i don't think we have the time to draft and wait, we need to get near-major league-ready pitchers if we're going to be competitive by 2014.
  9. Magnetic Curses
    with all due respect, we need a large infusion of pitching into our system.
  10. Magnetic Curses
    He missed half of last season at high-A ball (his first full season in pro ball) because of a broken collarbone from a collision at home plate. Either way, he's probably ready for AAA. oh, ok, thanks.
  11. Magnetic Curses
    Isn't 23 a tad old for AA? I mean, not average age, but average prospect age.
  12. Magnetic Curses
    kahlil bell is a sweet dude
  13. Magnetic Curses
    You have 5 seconds to decide.
  14. Magnetic Curses
    Dempster and Garza for your top 5 pitchers.
  15. Magnetic Curses
    All your base are now belong to us.
  16. Magnetic Curses
    I am proud to say that I have state farm for pretty much everything.
  17. Magnetic Curses
    he honestly, assuredly, most definitely does not give a single [expletive]
  18. Magnetic Curses
    haha nice
  19. Magnetic Curses
    true
  20. Magnetic Curses
    i think the consensus is that good hitters will be pitched around no matter who is hitting behind them and he better be willing to take those walks.
  21. Magnetic Curses
    $44 of $46 million? There better be a top prospect in that kind of deal, that's absurd to get next to nothing in return for giving Soriano away for $1 million per year for the rest of the contract. Yeah if there isn't a decent prospect involved, he's more valuable as protection for Rizzo in the lineup. STOP IT. reminds me of truffle and the thing he's doing now
  22. Magnetic Curses
    he's a guy that's in tremendous shape as well and is still incredibly strong with superior bat speed. i think he has another 3-4 type WAR season left in him, after that, i think it's fairly prudent to expect a 2 WAR season at least. it's projecting, but if the cubs feel he is more valuable to them than a shot in the dark and a little salary relief, they don't have to make deal, nor do i think they will. we have smart guys in control right now, they don't need to get anything for him, it would be nice, but he can stay out in left field until his contract is up and provide power displays for the folks in the stands like he did yesterday. theo and jed would be fine with that, i'm sure. now, if someone wants to come in and offer to take half his contract and a top 10 organizational pitcher for him, i'd take it and they would, too. he's 18th in the NL in OPS, he's outproducing names like bryce harper and jay bruce and he's pretty even with guys like jason heyward and andre ethier. if you could sell a team on that kind of production over the next 2 years, you better believe we should get something back and not have to pay for him to produce elsewhere.
  23. Magnetic Curses
    $44 of $46 million? There better be a top prospect in that kind of deal, that's absurd to get next to nothing in return for giving Soriano away for $1 million per year for the rest of the contract. considering his production will be worth around 20 million this year and, perhaps we can convince a team his worth will be around 20 million next season considering health, defensive improvements, and as TT mentioned, a lighter bat, we should be able to get something of value for him and get around half of the rest of his salary paid. if a contender wanted to take soriano and 23 mil and give us at least a top 10 prospect and maybe a couple of low level lottery tickets, preferably all pitchers, i think that would come close to equalling his actual value. It's for sure somewhere in between. We ain't trading him for $2 million of salary relief, and no way we can or should get half his salary paid and a top 10 prospect from a team. if he's worth 20 mil next year and let's say 10 mil in 2014 and 7.5 the rest of the way this season, that's almost 40 mil in projectable value for the price of 23.
  24. Magnetic Curses
    $44 of $46 million? There better be a top prospect in that kind of deal, that's absurd to get next to nothing in return for giving Soriano away for $1 million per year for the rest of the contract. considering his production will be worth around 20 million this year and, perhaps we can convince a team his worth will be around 20 million next season considering health, defensive improvements, and as TT mentioned, a lighter bat, we should be able to get something of value for him and get around half of the rest of his salary paid. if a contender wanted to take soriano and 23 mil and give us at least a top 10 prospect and maybe a couple of low level lottery tickets, preferably all pitchers, i think that would come close to equalling his actual value.
  25. Magnetic Curses
    that would be funny if he kept calling len "ben" or something.
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