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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    Rule 5 is tomorrow. We might even make two picks!
  2. Hairyducked Idiot
    Holding out for the possibility of a bolt would lend at least a little to the "he doesn't care about the Cubs' fortunes" argument.
  3. Hairyducked Idiot
    The weird thing that I said was that it sort of implied that Epstein wanted the option to get out after five years, which makes the Cubs' current plan even more odd.
  4. Hairyducked Idiot
    If I thought Vizcaino could stick in the rotation long-term, I'd consider him here, but I don't so I won't.
  5. Hairyducked Idiot
    We don't need to trust defensive metrics down to the decimal point to know that Barney would be a pretty good defensive SS and Cabrera isn't, so that closes some of the offensive gap.
  6. Hairyducked Idiot
    Doesn't that seem unlikely to you?
  7. Hairyducked Idiot
    The value of team control is directly related to fungibility.
  8. Hairyducked Idiot
    Keppinger to the White Sox, apparently?
  9. Hairyducked Idiot
    The gap between Cabrera and Barney isn't that much when you have the former for 2 years and the latter for 4... I guess, but that's expecting the Diamondbacks to put an awful lot of faith in defensive metrics.
  10. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'm not the one who started the "snarky comments implying which direction we think the team should go" tangent. I'm just the best at it.
  11. Hairyducked Idiot
    Anyway, before the people attempting to threadjack get any further, some people have already jumped to Garza/Elsburry speculation.
  12. Hairyducked Idiot
    A quirk I totally understand. But we all have our crosses to bear, and I've learned to mostly deal with the backflips people will do to justify the Cubs' front office's actions.
  13. Hairyducked Idiot
    It's amazing how touchy people get about things that are either factual or at least undisputed. It's factual, undisputed, and irrelevant. Oh no! Theo's replacement isn't as good as Theo was! That proves that Theo is bad or something, because...others aren't as good as him.... The quality of Theo's handpicked replacement is irrelevant to the Cubs when he's also handpicking the guys to put in charge of the Cubs?
  14. Hairyducked Idiot
    It's amazing how touchy people get about things that are either factual or at least undisputed.
  15. Hairyducked Idiot
    I always assumed he wanted to build up meatball cred for a run at being a manager again.
  16. Hairyducked Idiot
    As always, the problem isn't the money, it's the playing time. That has value.
  17. Hairyducked Idiot
    I can't believe how dumb their fans are to eat that stuff up. Just because your front office says really smart-sounding things to justify their moves doesn't mean you have to believe it, guys. Edit: I've got a better one. What an idiot! I'm sure glad the guy who handpicked him to be the heir apparent in Boston isn't choosing the people to run our franchise.
  18. Hairyducked Idiot
    It'd be pretty bad. He's basically a replacement level player at this point even if you give him some BABIP credit for last year.
  19. Hairyducked Idiot
    Snakebitten by injuries last year, team focuses on depth. MLB front offices are really good at re-fighting the last war.
  20. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'm 90% sure the answer is no, they cannot be protected.
  21. Hairyducked Idiot
    My drum is "the front office isn't doing a good job unless they field a good baseball team at the Major League level." I know that's crazybuckets and it means I don't understand the "plan," but it's my drum.
  22. Hairyducked Idiot
    Ah yes, if only the Cubs had gotten the "let's give out terrible contracts because that will totally help us compete" memo. If you think they're lined up to be a lot better than last year, I've got some news for you. I bet they win more games than the Cubs do next year.
  23. Hairyducked Idiot
    It's weird seeing the Cubs and Red Sox turn this into the NFL and try to copycat last year's surprise successful teams. Platoons and Bullpens for everyone!
  24. Hairyducked Idiot
    Pretty much. Or Stewart reprises. I'm much more curious how they plan to fill an entire outfield.
  25. Hairyducked Idiot
    Saw something today that he had a couple of 2-year deals on the table and was holding out for three.
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