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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    None of our top prospects are anywhere near close enough to make anyone else redundant. Especially not on the infield, where there's a lot of movement yet to be made in their positions.
  2. Hairyducked Idiot
    Opinions change with new information. Well, I bet no one ever accused you of being capricious. Not at first, but sometimes they change their minds.
  3. Hairyducked Idiot
    Garza trade saga is now roughly 3-4 times as long as the Brian Roberts one. I don't care if we trade him to get Tony Campana back; I just want it overwith.
  4. Hairyducked Idiot
    Opinions change with new information.
  5. Hairyducked Idiot
    I have no idea how long it'd take to convert him, but if it was longer than half a season in the minors, I'd be surprised. What I meant was that it's not even his target destination necessarily. He's still trying to stick at SS, and the regime has said they see him as a 2b as much as a 3b. I don't see how you can pass on other 3b prospects because of a guy for whom 3b may not even be in his top two most likely positions.
  6. Hairyducked Idiot
    Even if you are that big of a believer in Baez, he is not at this point a 3b.
  7. Hairyducked Idiot
    People keep saying this, but essentially everything we do is heavily leaked in advance. I know, I know, it's always the other people doing the leaking. But it's not as if it's impossible to get good rumors on what is happening with the Cubs.
  8. Hairyducked Idiot
    FYP
  9. Hairyducked Idiot
    For a first rehab start, not leaving with a setback is a success. Stuff can come later.
  10. Hairyducked Idiot
    Because it's just not what the organization is looking to do at this time. That's not a reason, that's a tautology.
  11. Hairyducked Idiot
    I don't see what's so impossible about us looking to save cash in a Garza deal. Teams say one thing to the press and another to other teams in trade talks all the time, and we've saved money in a couple of trades already (and thus implicitly accepted a lesser return).
  12. Hairyducked Idiot
    Do we have another AWOL Iowan? http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2013/07/12/where-is-iowa-cubs-outfielder-brett-jackson
  13. Hairyducked Idiot
    Watkins, get a 3B and move Valbuena there, there's options if Barney isn't capable offensively at 2B until Alcantara is hopefully ready. Watkins has a .757 OPS and a 21.4% K-rate in the PCL. There's no way he gets an MLB job next year unless he suddenly shows a lot more offensive talent than he has to date.
  14. Hairyducked Idiot
    I love how an eephus gets a nasty factor of 51.
  15. Hairyducked Idiot
    So is this to assume the strategy is they go all out this year, incur penalties for next year and play within those boundaries, then go all out the year after and then rinse and repeat? The penalties are being increased pretty heavily after this year, it looks like. I'm guessing this is our only all-out year.
  16. Hairyducked Idiot
    The black guy carjacked him.
  17. Hairyducked Idiot
    Historically the FSL is a bigger pitcher's league: http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/season-preview/2013/2614870.html Also, the link indicates Tennessee is home to the most hitter friendly stadium (admittedly in a pitcher-friendly league). The FSL has a higher OPS this year. I couldn't believe how low the SL average was.
  18. Hairyducked Idiot
    We'll see what Soler does in August and in the fall league. Right now, I still say no. I'm not saying there isn't a good argument for Alcantara moving up the prospect lists, but when your "what have you done for me lately" comes while a guy is recovering from a freak injury, that's a little rough. There's just this moment when you realize Alcantara has a better slash line, at a higher level, in a better pitcher's league, while playing a more difficult position, while being half a year younger.
  19. Hairyducked Idiot
    Is Soler a better prospect than Alcantara? Defend your answer.
  20. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'd do Garza for Porcello straight-up in a heartbeat. Not sure Detroit would.
  21. Hairyducked Idiot
    His numbers look doubly crazy when you see how bad the Southern League is at offense.
  22. Hairyducked Idiot
    2016 would be a bit late, but 2014 is super optimistic. Not impossible, but it would require him absolutely nuts mashing every level.
  23. Hairyducked Idiot
    Baez is 0-19 since homering in his first AA at bat.
  24. Hairyducked Idiot
    If we did that, we'd have to pay for it all upfront rather than with the ad revenue it will generate.
  25. Hairyducked Idiot
    So much for Samardzija. This begins the death spiral for him.
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