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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    That's very reasonable. Our infield situation is kind of hard to predict, because a lot depends on how much they think they can get from Baez and Olt next year. I wouldn't mind trading Barney, playing Valbuena at 2b, and leaving 3b to be a battle between Olt and some random filler vet.
  2. Hairyducked Idiot
    That doesn't kill my buzz at all, especially without BABIP info.
  3. Hairyducked Idiot
    And we love that about you. Back to random Cubs musings: If Darwin Barney had a .270 BABIP, with all extra hits being singles, he'd have a slash line of 249/295/361, which would put him on pace for roughly a 2.5 fWAR season.
  4. Hairyducked Idiot
    If you are projecting the 2014 Cubs, I think it's at the point where the needle moves a little bit because of the existence of Javier Baez. I'm fantasizing about an Andruw Jones late-season call-up/playoff monster scenario.
  5. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'm honestly not sure you know what "moving the goalposts" means outside of some generic insult.
  6. Hairyducked Idiot
    It was pretty sneaky of me to try to sneak that by you by explicitly pointing out the difference.
  7. Hairyducked Idiot
    He didn't say anything about it happening this offseason or next. He just said he "can't wait" for the day.
  8. Hairyducked Idiot
    Maybe I read the post wrong, but I don't believe it referred to specifically our current No. 1 and 3 prospects, but any prospects in the future who might hold those spots.
  9. Hairyducked Idiot
    OK, so from what I can count, Epstein oversaw 22 BA top-100 prospects when he was in Boston (including two that were named to the top-100 list after being traded by Boston in the offseason) Out of those, he traded while they were still top prospects Hanley Ramirez and Anibal Sanchez in deal that sent back Josh Beckett (26) and Mike Lowell (32) Kelly Shoppach as part of larger deal for Coco Crisp (26) and Josh Bard (28) Craig Hansen as part of a larger deal to swap Manny Ramirez for Jason Bay (29) Casey Kelly and Anthony Rizzo were traded (along with a recent first-round pick) for Adrian Gonzalez (29) And honorable mention for Justin Masterson, who was traded a year after losing prospect status for Victor Martinez (30) (ages are B-R ages for their first season with the Red Sox). You could say that there's a line to be drawn between 28 and 30, but Epstein with the Red Sox was pretty willing to trade quantities of top prospects to get players for which 30 was at least on the horizon. Granted, maybe the totality of our current front office thinks differently than Epstein did in Boston.
  10. Hairyducked Idiot
    Yes. Saying that they wouldn't trade top prospects for older players, and then qualifying that they have to be top-100 after an example is given, is in fact moving the goalposts. For Adrian Gonzalez (then 28, played his first Red Sox season at 29), Epstein sent the Padres No. 1 Casey Kelly (No. 31 in BA's top 100 the next spring), No. 3 Anthony Rizzo (No. 71 in BA's top 100), and recent first-round pick Raymond Fuentes. It's entirely possible that Theo Epstein has completely changed his philosophy from when he ran the Red Sox, but his history says he's perfectly willing to dump large quantities of top prospects for veteran players.
  11. Hairyducked Idiot
    It's not trolling to point out relevant facts. Theo Epstein has a history of trading top prospects, and the returns aren't always under 30.
  12. Hairyducked Idiot
    That "#1 prospect" wasn't even top 100 in BA (Hanley was though at #19) and Fossum had graduated in 2002 ETA: In fact, none of the 4 ever appeared on a top 100 in BA. Maybe in a few years, none of our prospects will be either?
  13. Hairyducked Idiot
    That is enough of an improvement to make me dislike the entire concept just a bit less.
  14. Hairyducked Idiot
    This. I can live with just drafting hitters forever and scoring 950 runs a year and hoping that our coaching can keep turning out OK pitching staffs.
  15. Hairyducked Idiot
    For a 37-year-old Schilling, Epstein traded their No. 1 prospect (on Soxprospects.com's ranking at the time), a 25-year-old pitcher who had graduated a year ago as their No. 5 prospect, a 23-year-old MLB relief pitcher who had some closing experience, and a top-30 type outfield prospect.
  16. Hairyducked Idiot
    Using the ol' MLE calculator, Baez's AA line after that ninth-inning K: 229/277/485 for a .762 OPS.
  17. Hairyducked Idiot
    Get out of it? They'd given up two runs already and it was a solo homer. It wasn't very good pretending.
  18. Hairyducked Idiot
    This team's ability to find losing combinations is legendary.
  19. Hairyducked Idiot
    The K's are a red flag, but they bother me less when it's his first exposure to a difficult level that he is too young for, and he's smashing the level outside of the K's. It's not like Brett Jackson. Stanton struck out 99 times in 342 PAs in his first look at AA.
  20. Hairyducked Idiot
    I don't think he'll pass Sano on many lists, but he'll join Sano in a lot of top 5s.
  21. Hairyducked Idiot
    Our ability/luck in getting production out of scrap-heaps at 3b this year has been kind of fun.
  22. Hairyducked Idiot
    I can't remember where I read it, but one of those insider-ish dudes somewhere on the internet said the Cubs promoted Baez in part to try to get him to a level where his talent couldn't overcome his flaws. I'm beginning to wonder if such a level exists.
  23. Hairyducked Idiot
    Olt 1-2 with a HR, 2 BB today so far. No Ks 2 Ks in his last 16 PAs. It would be kind of cool if he suddenly snapped back into place and was all better.
  24. Hairyducked Idiot
    The goalposts are right where they've always been. lmao @#%@#!% goalposts just won't stay still.
  25. Hairyducked Idiot
    The goalposts are right where they've always been.
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