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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    I assume he means that they let the pressure of the playoffs bother them and thus played significantly worse than they otherwise would have.
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    No.
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    Lots of non-commital, positive stuff about Cespedes. Left field is not an option for Rizzo. He's been working with the scouts to tell them the kinds of things the Cubs want them to look for. He and Theo spent some time last week scouting the amateur draft via video.
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    He's on WMVP right now.
  5. Hairyducked Idiot
    Carlos Pena barely got 1/7. No one wants Soriano for 7.
  6. Hairyducked Idiot
    Don't act like you aren't impressed.
  7. Hairyducked Idiot
    No it doesn't. Who do they have to squeeze into that roster? The bottom 3-4 guys are probably all going to be garbage. What's the point in getting jumpy now? If nobody was going to offer much of anything and the Cubs were going to pay all of it, then the best bet always was to try and see if he can get hot in time for the trading deadline and then cause somebody else to do something stupid. The upside of Sappelt getting that playing time >>> the upside of fantasizing that Soriano's trade value at 36 is going to improve.
  8. Hairyducked Idiot
    If it's the first week of February and still nobody has bit or budged, then sure, take the $900k in savings. Better than nothing and the free roster spot has significant value.
  9. Hairyducked Idiot
    The awesome kind.
  10. Hairyducked Idiot
    https://twitter.com/#!/ESPNChiCubs/status/160082953962135552 Levine confirms that it's actually $12.5 million for Garza. http://www.bleachernation.com/2012/01/19/matt-garza-actually-requested-12-5-million-in-arbitration-not-10-225-million/ This sort of ties in earlier with Brett's implication that Garza's not all that open to a contract extension. Dude is looking to get paid.
  11. Hairyducked Idiot
    View of rival executives: This used car has some real signs of wear on the hoses, and I don't even like the paint color that much. I guess maybe if you knocked a bit off the price...
  12. Hairyducked Idiot
    Which is a good hint that it's not really AA quality.
  13. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'm beginning to think that an email to this guy could get him to tweet just about anything, not unlike the guy who tweeted about an NFL draft prospect that didn't exist just because someone sent him a 1 line email. He's just throwing stuff against the wall, so that on the rare occasions he is coincidentally right, he can fool people into thinking he has inside sources.
  14. Hairyducked Idiot
    Already taken for the troughs.
  15. Hairyducked Idiot
    Francisco Rodriguez signs for 1 year, $8 million with the Brewers. So much for laughing at them for offering him arbitration.
  16. Hairyducked Idiot
    Soto comes at at $4.3, that's 0.7 million less than arbitration estimates. Lemem see Let's see if I can get this right Nine players under MLB contract: Ryan Dempster - 14.0 Carlos Marmol - 7.0 Alfonso Soriano - 19.0 Marlon Byrd - 6.5 David DeJesus - 4.3 Reed Johnson - 1.15 Geovany Soto - 4.3 Paul Maholm - 4.75 (including 500k in very reachable incentives) Current contracts of $61.00 million. Arbitration eligibles: Matt Garza - 8.0 (6.0 2011 2nd year arb eligible) Randy Wells - 1.0 (0.5 2011 1st yr arb eligible) Jeff Baker - 2.0 (1.2 2011 3rd year arb eligible) Blake DeWitt - 0.8 (0.5 2011 1st yr arb eligible) Ian Stewart - 2.5 (2.3 2011 1st yr arb eligible - was super 2 last year?) Chris Volstad - 2.0 (0.5 2011 2nd year arb eligible) Arbitration estimates total: 16.3 million Non-roster expenses: 16.5 million to the Marlins for Carlos Zambrano 5 million deferred to Carlos Pena Non-roster total: $21.5 million That's a total of $98.8 million for 15 players. Fill out the rest of the roster at an average of $475k and you've got an estimated running total of.... $103.55 million
  17. Hairyducked Idiot
    I think the consensus has settled on $5 million for him, so that's a savings over projection.
  18. Hairyducked Idiot
    Wood has the best WHIP and the best K/BB on that list by a fairly decent margin. "Not that much difference" is in the eye of the beholder, I guess.
  19. Hairyducked Idiot
    O RLY?
  20. Hairyducked Idiot
    Wells and Volstad look statistically pretty similar to me. Meanwhile, Volstad is younger, throws harder and has better overall stuff. He's Wells with upside, so there's no reason to choose Wells.
  21. Hairyducked Idiot
    It's a big crazy world full of opinions, I guess. I had someone the other day tell me that Ben is the funniest character on Parks and Rec.
  22. Hairyducked Idiot
    Vitters just needs to work on his defense and fulfill his destiny as a 290/320/450 third baseman.
  23. Hairyducked Idiot
    you don't know that, at all I checked with all the good teams. They said I'm right.
  24. Hairyducked Idiot
    Good teams don't want you, Al.
  25. Hairyducked Idiot
    Rapey McRapenstein has to be the odd on favorite. Soto is a nice dark horse.
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