Hairyducked Idiot
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Arrieta/???/Hendricks/Turner/(Wood, Jackson, Straily, Doubront). I kinda ... like our pitching depth? That feels so weird to say.
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I'm still going with he changes his number to reflect his current HR total.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-6-14
Hairyducked Idiot replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Bruce Walton and Storm Davis What are their non-porn names? -
It turns out MLB reporters got the transaction rules wrong. (that actually happens all the time :( )
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I'm greedy and still want two, but if we only got one starting pitcher this offseason, it would be borderline defensible. We're really piling up on arms.
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That's where I am. Am I stupid for thinking if he were a prospect, he'd be in our top 10? Other than having already burned up some pre-FA years, why isn't he better than, say, Pierce Johnson?
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That's an urban legend, like how bad the Cubs farm system supposedly was when Epstein took over.
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Dogs are awful. All they do is poop and maul toddlers.
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We just have different value systems.
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At my dad's funeral a few months ago, I had to greet sooooo many people that I knew I was somehow related to but couldn't remember which name went with which cousin/aunt/etc. This will surprise no one, but I'm not good at people.
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Proposal to call him Jaki Turner. Everybody now gets their name truncated with an -i at the end.
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Let's keep this going a few more pages so people get off work this afternoon and think we made some movement on Turner.
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Now that counts.
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I still don't think that one belongs in this category. I didn't mistake one for the other. I knew the Cubs had two first-round supplemental pitchers and their profiles, but I said I couldn't remember which name was which type of guy.
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We're only 4.5 out.
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There was the one when I got Fujikawa and Takahashi mixed up. But the greatest of all time was a long post about how MacPhail would never let Hendry get fired, more than a year after MacPhail had left the organization.
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Not exactly. When you DFA a player, there are 3 (or 4?) options that you must do within 10 days Trade him (at this time of year, requires putting him on revocable MLB waivers) Outright him to the minors (requires putting him on irrevocable outright assignment waivers). If he clears those waivers (which he won't), he'd have to accept the assignment. You have to have super-two arbitration status, three years of service time, or a previous outright in order to refuse and become a free agent. Release him, which would require putting him on release waivers, and he *would* have the option of refusing a claim and becoming an FA. I've seen some people say that if his roster spot is still open at the end of the 10 days, they can reinstate him, but I'm not sure if that's true or not. For practical purposes, that probably means he's being traded via MLB waivers. Or maybe there's something super wrong with him or maybe there's some kind of gentleman's agreement going on that will him clear to be outrighted. But he won't be a free agent unless they straight-up release him.
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So they don't sign anyone good this offseason? Weird. The problems with that are: 1) They could still sign someone. Screw the first-round pick. 2) Several of the players they might want to sign won't be pick-tied. 3) They probably weren't going to sign anyone anyway. 4) Worth it to not have to hear "we lost 90+ games, there's no point in trying next year, we're too far away!"
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Let's compromise and go with Jave
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So is Jacob Turner. For someone who spends as much time talking (er, writing?) about baseball as he does, Kyle does [expletive] like that a lot. It's part of my charm. Also, his friends call him Nate.
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Jacob Turner is 11 days younger than Pierce Johnson
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Arrieta can be Good Starter Not Javi. If not for Rizzo, he could be Best Not Javi.
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"we need to reward the patience that everyone has shown, with success." But Jed, you've had success. The greatest success of all, a No. 1 farm system by consensus. Isn't it time to ride off into the sunset?
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The Cuban Defectors Thread
Hairyducked Idiot replied to davell's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
You're welcome.