Hairyducked Idiot
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So apparently, Ricketts is said in an interview today that the low point was in Aug. 2010, when the team was old, bad and had "one of the worst farm systems in the league." BA ranked the Cubs 14th in 2010 and 16th in 2011. The myth of the Cubs farm system being historically, unbelievably awful in the late 00s' is never going away.
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That's me.
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Different situation. The 2012 Cubs *needed* a major infusion of talent to avoid a three-year cliff dive. This team needs to hedge its bets, because the only thing stopping it is "LOL pitchers." Which is a real concern, because our pitching is old and thin.
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We've got our all-world mega-ace going in the WC game. How'd we get him again? By going huge on a free agent in the offseason, or by spreading it around on lots of pitching bets? do we really want to spend any time whatsoever from this little window of cheap offensive production we've constructed for ourselves hoping to get lucky on a bunch of small pitcher bets? This isn't online poker It's pitching. You're hoping to get lucky no matter what you do. I'd rather bet on two great pitchers and 10 OK ones than 3 great pitchers and 6 OK ones.
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*shrug* I disagree, but it's not like I'll be furious if they sign Price. It's better than doing nothing.
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We've got our all-world mega-ace going in the WC game. How'd we get him again? By going huge on a free agent in the offseason, or by spreading it around on lots of pitching bets?
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I kind of don't want 1/3rd of our payroll in 2017 tied up in a pair of 33-year-old pitchers. I don't want to be pondering a bullpen game in the 2016 playoffs. Exactly. So let's fix the pitching depth this offseason.
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Arrieta and Hammel get hurt and suddenly you've got Clayton Richard and Travis Wood back in your rotation while the bullpen blows up. sure, but then at least you still have price and lester fronting it. Is Price/Lester/Ross/crap/crap better than Lester/Ross/decent/decent/decent and a better bullpen? Enough better to justify a massive resource expenditure on a g-d pitcher?
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I kind of don't want 1/3rd of our payroll in 2017 tied up in a pair of 33-year-old pitchers. depends what it's 1/3 of. we're set up to be low payroll everywhere else. a huge chunk of payroll is automatically going to be whoever we sign as a free agent. I think I'd rather do short-term deals on mid-level guys than blow it all on an old pitcher. Screw pitchers.
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Arrieta and Hammel get hurt and suddenly you've got Clayton Richard and Travis Wood back in your rotation while the bullpen blows up.
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*regains balance, pulls up cargo shorts worn too low because of gut*
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I kind of don't want 1/3rd of our payroll in 2017 tied up in a pair of 33-year-old pitchers.
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That was one of the best decisions I ever made, although granted that's not a high bar.
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David's said several times something to the effect of "a-ha, this says so much about you" in recent days, but I'm going to let you in on the not-so-secret that really does explain everything: I find me hilarious, which is why it really doesn't bother me if nobody else does.
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Anyways, I really don't mind the hints that we might not be players for the major free agents. This team needs pitching depth, preferably young. Trades and mid-tier signings are probably for the best.
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I hate them. The last two were for my ex-wife. I finally got rid of them and somehow inherited my dad's.
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You're going to *love* me whenever we go out in the playoffs. I'm setting up an emergency mod protocol for such a scenario. I remember last time I compared us being excited about making the playoffs to my cat being excited when I bring home burgers. Then I spent an entire offseason telling everyone I was trying to be a Cardinals fan.
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You're going to *love* me whenever we go out in the playoffs.
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i'd say he's right more often than most and he has a lot of knowledge of baseball and the things he's talking about even if he doesn't know stuff like what hand mike minor throws with or which one is paul blackburn and which is duane underwood. There was one time I posted something about MacPhail never firing Hendry like two years after MacPhail had left.
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I have no disagreement with that statement.
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I don't have to disagree with his point to hate the hyperbole. I'm pretty fine with the Cubs not spending a ton of money this offseason. I don't really want another 30+ pitcher on a megadeal, and I'm not going to go to war over not signing Heyward.
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Exactly.
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This is the kind of empty promise crap that bothers me. You can't realistically make promises like that.
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In Game 3 of the NLDS against the Cardinals to seal their fate.
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He's taken to the pool amazingly well. Jumped off the diving board after seeing his cousins doing it, which is exciting because one of the biggest points was having him around them and see if that sparks him like that. This week is about the best case scenario for the Cubs going to the WC. Rest the core, get the bench some ABs, snd set up the rotation. Let STL and Pitt fight until the bitter end. Meh. You're not wrong, but who knows how big the difference is. It's probably all a crapshoot still. In the meantime, boooooored.