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  1. vance_the_cubs_fan
    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2211753 By the way, note that Lawton did not appeal his suspension. According to Will Carroll / USA Today Sports Weekly, the A.L. playoff offender was in fact appealing his suspension. If Will Carroll and USA Today Sports Weekly are correct, there is another suspect that is still at large. That is somewhat refreshing.
  2. vance_the_cubs_fan
    There's often a contract extension involved when a player agrees to waive a no-trade clause. In Wood's case, he'd probably just ask that the 14 million dollar option becomes guaranteed.
  3. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Sheffield: 2005- 291/379/512 2002-2004: 304/397/550 Burnitz: 2005- 258/322/435 2002-2004: 261/327/492 uhmmmm....Sheffield please. (I guess I should be careful. The last time I compared a player to Burnitz's suckitude, they wished for me to die.)
  4. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I never liked the move in the first place. yeah i miss jody gerut too :( I miss Jason Dubois. :cry:
  5. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Burn him! Burn Him! Burn him!
  6. vance_the_cubs_fan
    So you are thinking it is a coincedence that the only two "moneyballers" besides Bean were let go/walked away? I'm not saying it's not but I find it interesting. The Gary Hughes' of the world hate the stat heads. I won't get many on this board to agree with me, but Gary Hughes doesn't "hate" the "stat heads." He's one of the more open-minded guys I've been around, and believe it or not, he relies on stats. He just happens to value the opinions of scouts. I think he has a pretty impressive record of procuring talent in places like Montreal and Florida. Just think of the teams Montreal could have had if they had money. I've talked to Gary on numerous occasions and find him very enlightened on a lot of trends in baseball. My belief is that there is plenty of room in this game for input from all sides. Theo Epstein, another talented guy, isn't just a "Moneyball" disciple. He relies on scouts, too. He'll be a tremendous addition to his next organization. Too bad for him and the Red Sox he lost a power struggle in Boston. I'm glad you brought that perspective, Bruce. I think most of our opinions of Hughes, including mine, was colored by comments he made in a BA roundtable discussion. There was a link to it somewhere...(help please). In that discussion, he made comments that were taken to make him look as if he were very closed-minded to the new way of thinking about things.
  7. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Let's just get this guy! Agreed. Hoops, any more word on that three-way rumor you posted earlier?
  8. vance_the_cubs_fan
    If he's healthy, he's more valuable to keep than trade. That's the rub. It's difficult to trade him until he proves he's healthy, but if he proves he's healthy, it would be crazy to trade him unless we're out of the race in July.
  9. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Because losing sucks.
  10. vance_the_cubs_fan
    but would they drop soriano? I don't think he'll be traded and I wouldn't trade for him but could you see a deal sending wood to tex for soriano, then moving walker... They might would do that, but I still doubt anyone trade for Wood until they see him throw, which means no deal will happen until spring training. If the Cubs have stockpiled enough pitching and still look to be a bad short, then surely trading Wood may be an option. On the other hand, it may be more appealing then to keep a healthy Wood around. I'm also not sold on acquiring Soriano as he's not really any better than Walker. Unless you could really move Walker for something of value, that doesn't help the team at all.
  11. vance_the_cubs_fan
    That's not a bad deal, but with the money tied into Lowe and Penny, I'm not sure the Dodgers take Wood and his health concerns.
  12. vance_the_cubs_fan
    The Dodgers have already had Sheffield once and I believe he wore out his welcome.
  13. vance_the_cubs_fan
    The problem with trading Wood is he is only attractive to a team that thinks they are one starter away from contending. He's no longer cheap and his option for 2007 at 14+ million makes it unlikely that he'd be more than a one year acquisition. With his health a question at least until teams see him throw in spring training, even if he were to waive his no-trade clause, you'd have a difficult time finding a taker. At best, you might get a contender to trade you a contract they want to unload or a player who is also in the last year of a deal. That limits the teams that you're dealing with right there. Everyone mentions Texas, but they are hardly an ideal destination. The Rangers are trying to build around a young core of players. Unless they think Wood is the difference maker, they are unlikely to want to offer much to get a player who will not be around or affordable when they are contenders. They certainly wouldn't trade from that core (Texeira, Blaylock, Young) to get someone who only gives them one year. If you dangled Zambrano to them, that might get their attention; Wood will not. The fact remains, Wood is still likely more valuable to the Cubs than the pieces he'd bring in a trade. If he's healthy (and I acknowledge that's a big if), he's a dominant top of the rotation starter. To trade him you would want a significant bat (Tex, Sheffield, Manny, Beltran, A. Jones, etc), and I don't see any way one of those comes here in a deal withou the Cubs adding significant other talent to the package.
  14. vance_the_cubs_fan
    If Sheffield is willing to play here, I have no problem bringing him here and it seems to be a desireable option. His contract isn't burdensome and would be up at a time when there would be younger and more attractive free agents to pursue. If I'm Hendry, I would want permission to talk to Sheff before making the deal and guage his feelings on coming to Chicago. Sheff seems like the player that might actually play better for Baker, so it's definitely something I would look into.
  15. vance_the_cubs_fan
    if we kept everything realisitic and just had discussions involving moves that hendry would actually consider, we'd have nothing but threads about picking up burnitz's option and giving preston wilson a 4 year contract. Ouch!
  16. vance_the_cubs_fan
    One ballot per day folks. We can do this! (And yes, Len should be on there!)
  17. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I'm voting the Perez HR since I was there and enjoyed every second of it.
  18. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Move along, there's nothing to see here. I'm sure a lot of athletes gamble. So what? They can afford it. But if any of you (Arod included) believe they have a gambling problem, Gambler's Anonymous is here to help.
  19. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Again, when I checked earlier in the year, the White Sox didn't score runs any more consistently than the Cubs. So they're scoring fewer runs, and they aren't being any more consistent than the Cubs's up and down offense. What's the benefit? But it just seems like they do...and gosh...Pods is really, really fast so that means he must be better.
  20. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Let's get Miguel Cabrera and Johan Santana while we're at it.
  21. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Rollins signed a 5/40 deal. Renteria a 4/40 deal. I think that's the range Furcal will get. My guess it will be 4/36 but could be as high as 4/40 or 5/48 or somewhere in that range. If you think that's overpaying, then yes, I think we would overpay.
  22. vance_the_cubs_fan
    No need to be snide. They replaced Carlos Lee with Scott Podsenik. That did not in any way, shape, or form, improve their offense. Lineup position is irrelevant. No matter where either one of them hits, if you replace Podsenik with Lee, it's a downgrade on offense. so i guess 60 sb's had little effect on the sox's offense. They still didn't help them equal their run total from 2004. The Sox did not win because of their offense which was worse in 2005 than in 2004. They won because of their pitching and luck in one run games.
  23. vance_the_cubs_fan
    The Indians have contacted Giles. It appears that the Indians, who traded Giles to the Pirates, are now interested in pursuing Giles.
  24. vance_the_cubs_fan
    The Braves are meeting with Furcal today. We may know where Atlanta fits into all of this very shortly.
  25. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I think we have as much money to spend as the Mets. If it comes down to the Cubs and Mets, I doubt money will be the factor. It will come down to whether Furcal would rather go to the Mets and play 2b or go to the Cubs as a SS.
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