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2013 Mock Offseason Thread
Hairyducked Idiot replied to davell's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Fortunately, the Cubs are also a pile of poop so we don't need an amazing free agent class to improve the team. -
2013 Draft Discussion
Hairyducked Idiot replied to seattlecub's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
A little semantic quibble: The Cubs are not four games up with the tiebreaker. If the standings shift four games in that direction, the Cubs "lose" the spot. The best way to represent the tiebreaker would be a fractional game. They are 3.5 up with the tiebreaker. -
2013 Mock Offseason Thread
Hairyducked Idiot replied to davell's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
That's such an absurd caveat. You can't run a major league baseball team with the idea that you will only use resources on MLB players if there is no conceivable way that the opportunity cost is something that you might have wanted in the future. Well, you can, but you end up with a bullpen full of people nobody ever heard of at and the worst Cubs team in 45 years. -
What is the tiebreaker? 2011 record
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Rizzo also had a BB earlier and Jackson had a RBI single. Man, these guys know who to productively lose! Jackson with a single and a walk. Maybe the time off was a turning point? Is that supposed to be a waffle iron? It looks like one of those sandwich things. It is, in fact, a Cubs waffle iron. http://www.lnt.com/photos/product/standard/3982160S127002/waffle-maker-panini-press-combo/chicago-cubs-waffle-maker-panini-press-combo.jpg
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Rizzo also had a BB earlier and Jackson had a RBI single. Man, these guys know who to productively lose! Jackson with a single and a walk. Maybe the time off was a turning point?
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All I want for Christmas
Hairyducked Idiot replied to imb's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Can we substitute CF for SS? Because that could be Vizcaino/Szczur and string. -
2013 Mock Offseason Thread
Hairyducked Idiot replied to davell's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
That's encouraging, but after "parallel fronts" and "every chance to win is sacred," I'll save my celebration for when I see it actually happening. -
Cubs OPS++ (OPS+ adjusted for position as well) by position: C 88 1b 102 2b 98 3b 80 SS 108 LF 103 CF 85 RF 90 It's pretty clear where our problems lie: A couple of black-hole positions and a lack of offensive star power. It's probably too late to change the latter anytime soon, but we have to address the former. Castillo and Valbuena might be the answers to two of those positions, but I wouldn't complain if we got a veteran 3b just to be sure. CF simply has to be addressed properly this offseason if they have any intention of trying to win baseball games. RF is kind of an interesting and surprising trouble spot. DeJesus has been pretty close to average, so if we address CF and he gets everyday playing time in right instead of having to slide over, that should resolve that.
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In Vogelbach being named the 14th-best prospect in the Arizona League doesn't get your spine tingling, then you aren't really alive.
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It should be, but I feel like there's more downside than upside there. DeJesus and Soriano seem like Marlon Byrd candidates, and I think we've been burned enough assuming decent AAA numbers will translate long-term that I'm not completely sold on Castillo or Valbuena.
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2013 Mock Offseason Thread
Hairyducked Idiot replied to davell's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
When the Cubs traded for Garza, they were coming off a 75-87 season, had the 15th highest payroll in MLB (though I can't recall if they had any big off-payroll expenditures like traded players or something), and were 16th in the BA organizational rankings even after the trade. -
He's had an illness and Sappelt is interesting enough to get some starts. De la Rosa is also really tough against lefties. Also Jackson can't hit.
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The nice thing about the Dave Sappelt bandwagon is that you can hop off for awhile and not worry about someone taking your seat when you get back on.
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This thread doesn't have to be about Kyle.
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Just for genericness sake, I went with 25% for a division winner and 12.5% for a wild card winner to make it to the World Series. If all three teams made it in, the odds of all three being eliminated before the World Series would be (.75)(.75)(.875) or 49.2%.
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It occurred to me today that if the teams currently in line for full and half playoff spots finish where they are, we have a slightly better than 50% chance that either the Cardinals, White Sox or Dusty Baker will be in the World Series.
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I want to see both wild card winners sweep their division series, thus creating lots of tears and butthurt about how winning the WC is a secret advantage because you get to keep your momentum and get the first two games at home.
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Because Wrigley is just damn sexy? You like [expletive] bricks and ivy? I guess I hadn't really thought about it. It doesn't really matter what a building looks like.
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In fact, I kind of hope it's ugly so we don't have to deal with people fawning over it so that my great-grandchildren get stuck with it when it's crumbling and the team has to divert a bunch of money from MLB payroll to try to piece together a fix.
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Yeah, I don't care what it looks like. I want it to help the Cubs win.
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I didn't mean he'd actually design the whole park. Just suggest unique features for the playing field that might be exploitable as a team-building strategy.
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It will never happen in a million years, but I'd be fascinated to see what Theo Epstein could up with in terms of intrinsic, long-term advantage if he got to design his own ballpark.
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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They've also gone from scoring 3.7 runs a game to 4.0. I wonder how much of that is Rowson and how much is getting guys like Valbuena and Castillo into the lineup. It's some of both, I suspect.