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  1. burnt out cubbie fan
    Did he tail off pretty badly at the end of last year? Cause I didn't watch the last month or so of baseball cause I was so pissed at the Cubs. I remember him doing a lot better than that. I thought he was near the league lead in homers for some of the season. Edit: ahh yes Pre All-star break: .268/.336/.528/.864 Post All-star break: .262/.309/.437/.746 I'm sure the same thing happened to a bunch of people on this board.
  2. burnt out cubbie fan
    i am all for getting carlos lee, whenever he plays at wrigley he rakes; but what happens to matt murton if he has a very good season in 06? you are still stuck with jock in right... and pie is also on the horizon. imagine a 3-5 of lee lee and ramirez =P~ One of Murton (if he does well) or Carlos can play right. I don't care about Jones. Trade him away for all I care. Pie can play center and ship away Pierre if he plays up to expectations. Or you can keep Lee in left, put Pie in right, and trade away Murton and Jones.
  3. burnt out cubbie fan
    Well, you can always move Ramirez to 1B (mostly kidding). You could trade for the Reds-Player-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named and stick him at 1B. Dopirak might explode. Sing could be serviceable for half a year. There are usually other 1B available via trade... ...it's not a knock against Derrek Lee, it's more like being realistic as far as how much you pay him. He's got to prove that 2005 wasn't a blip, a fluke, before he's worth Konerko-type money. Lee has always been better than Konerko and will be better in the future. I'm not saying the Cubs should go hog wild however they are a team that can over pay a little and considering the Yanks and BSox might be looking for a 1B in 07 this looks like a situation where it might be justified. If the Cubs can agree with 5\65 type deal I'd pull the trigger. What about 5/75? Cause that was the type of contract that I was saying was stupid.
  4. burnt out cubbie fan
    BINGO!!!
  5. burnt out cubbie fan
    I would like to see us give contracts to Aramis, Zambrano, Prior, another couple of pitchers since we might lose Wood and will hopefully lose Maddux. Don't get me wrong, I want to have Lee around. I just don't want to give him a ridiculous contract, especially before he shows that he can put up numbers like he did last year again. Oh yeah, I would like to see us give a contract to Carlos Lee if he isn't asking for 13+ mil a year. It would be nice to have a good outfielder for once.
  6. burnt out cubbie fan
    If Lee wants that big of a contract, he better carry the Cubs to the playoffs this year. If you look at all of the big contracts that have been handed out in the last 2 years, the ones that have been in the 12-13+ mil a year region have all gone to players that were in the playoffs and in most cases played a very central role to their being there. Beltran, Konerko, Beltre, Drew, Damon, Furcal, and I am sure there are others all played a large role in their team getting to the playoffs/winning the world series.
  7. burnt out cubbie fan
    None of them are worth that much. They were both overpaid and Lee would certainly be overpaid at 15 a year. That's the market now. Do you refuse to pay big money to big stars because the market's inflated? I'm not saying we should be the Yankees, but we also shouldn't be Kansas City. Damon isn't a star and didn't deserve that much money. Neither is Furcal. Tell me, how did the contract that the Mets gave to Beltran work out? In order for a team to pay a player that much money at 30-31 years of age or older, they better have one hell of a track record in my opinion. Beltran DID have a pretty damn good track record. Why he fell off so precipitously is a mystery to some. He had a decent track record. He certainly didn't have one to even remotely justify the contract that he got until he tore the cover off of the ball the 2nd have of the 2004 season. He gained 4-5 mil a year on that contract due to that hot streak that he had.
  8. burnt out cubbie fan
    None of them are worth that much. They were both overpaid and Lee would certainly be overpaid at 15 a year. That's the market now. Do you refuse to pay big money to big stars because the market's inflated? I'm not saying we should be the Yankees, but we also shouldn't be Kansas City. Damon isn't a star and didn't deserve that much money. Neither is Furcal. Tell me, how did the contract that the Mets gave to Beltran work out? In order for a team to pay a player that much money at 30-31 years of age or older, they better have one hell of a track record. So do you suggest the Cubs shouldn't enter the FA market? Is that realistic? No, I just suggest that they don't pay ridiculous amounts of money for players that are 32 years old and have a game based around speed. I also don't think that they should shell out 15 mil a year to a player that has only shown a superstar ability for 1 year in his career. If he puts up numbers that are equal to or better than last year again this year then I am fine with it. Until then, though, I don't want to see us blowing a large portion of the payroll on somebody that may have caught lightening in a bottle.
  9. burnt out cubbie fan
    None of them are worth that much. They were both overpaid and Lee would certainly be overpaid at 15 a year. That's the market now. Do you refuse to pay big money to big stars because the market's inflated? I'm not saying we should be the Yankees, but we also shouldn't be Kansas City. Damon isn't a star and didn't deserve that much money. Neither is Furcal. Tell me, how did the contract that the Mets gave to Beltran work out? In order for a team to pay a player that much money at 30-31 years of age or older, they better have one hell of a track record in my opinion.
  10. burnt out cubbie fan
    None of them are worth that much. They were both overpaid and Lee would certainly be overpaid at 15 a year.
  11. burnt out cubbie fan
    Actually, I think he got a fair ammount of love last year too. Maybe you're thinking of a different northsidebaseball? There were definately a bunch of people that called him a baby and said that he needed to grow up. I certainly wasn't one of those people but they were on this board.
  12. burnt out cubbie fan
    With all that speed, stretching doubles into triples, he oughta be hitting at the top of the order !! :wink: He should have Edmonds as his designated centerfielder.
  13. burnt out cubbie fan
    The true ace of the Chicago Cubs. Maybe he will actually get credit for being so this year. I know I have been saying it for the last year and a half.
  14. burnt out cubbie fan
    So much for raising payroll. :roll:
  15. burnt out cubbie fan
    In my opinion, the thing that seperates Tejada from Lee is that Miguel has done it over several years while Derek has only put up one year of fantastic numbers. If Derek puts up numbers close to what he put up last year, I will consider him equal to or better than Tejada.
  16. burnt out cubbie fan
    I'm glad you are posting again Sulley. :)
  17. burnt out cubbie fan
    Cutler probably won't fall to us.
  18. burnt out cubbie fan
    Wouldn't you say that the Cubs and Reds haven't? The Reds don't use him every game like they could. The Cubs let him go.
  19. burnt out cubbie fan
    There has never been a simplier question. THE ANSWER IS KENT MERKER.
  20. burnt out cubbie fan
    I give very little respect to any GM that trades for the same player two years in a row.
  21. burnt out cubbie fan
    You don't live in Chicago, do you?
  22. burnt out cubbie fan
    Last time I checked, Augestine is a senior now. Yeah I am aware. I am also aware he has cost us a national championship with his disappearing act. You would think a senior would play better than that. Every game in the last three years we have lost was because he was in foul trouble. Every single one. Oh please, it wasn't only his fault that we lost the NC game. And don't give me that crap about him being the fault we have lost every game in the last three years. That's not true and you know it.
  23. burnt out cubbie fan
    Last time I checked, Augestine is a senior now.
  24. burnt out cubbie fan
    What a pitiful game by the Illini.
  25. burnt out cubbie fan
    He's going to be their ace this year but look for them to not push him too hard. I wouldn't expect 200+ innings out of him.
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