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  1. Mizzou
    I hate working in an office full of Cardinals fans.
  2. Mizzou
    It looks clear to me and makes a lot of sense. I don't like lack of hustle, but if he produces, I can live with it. I'd hate for this offseason's theme to turn into "I decided I like guys who hustle." Then you better hope the World Series doesn't turn on a hustle play. They gotta get there first. I think he was referring to Hendry's tendency to do copy the previous WS winner's approach.
  3. Mizzou
    Completely agree.
  4. Mizzou
    What do you base that on? The part about the similar OPS, that is.
  5. Mizzou
    Thank God. And I could see Aramis walking if Joe Girardi is brought in.
  6. Mizzou
    Durham is making 7M this year, I can't see any way he only gets 5 million next year, especially after the year he's having. And I think you're severely underestimating the contract that Z will get. I'd look at Oswalt's new deal for a ballpark area of what Zambrano will command.
  7. Mizzou
    You have to consider the payroll. Locking up Zambrano before the '07 season should be a priority - you don't want to run the risk of him having another great season and then bolting in free agency because the Cubs finish in last place again. Locking him up reduces your ability to sign other free agents. I don't see Cedeno as anything more than a utility player, so I don't see the point in sending him down to AAA next year. Same with Fontenot (what else does he need to prove in AAA?). And same with Pagan. If these guys had a future as a starter, then yeah, I'd agree. But none of them do. I'd love to sign Kenny Lofton, but someone will give him a starting job. And he's not going to turn down an everyday job to be a bench player on a team that finished with the worst record in the league. But with that said, this year's team wasn't as bad as it's record indicates. I don't think that a major overhaul is needed. And I certainly don't see the point in spending millions on every bench player when you have guys in the minors who will likely give you the same, if not better, production for the league minimum. I'd love to sign a FA starter, but the funds aren't there if you want to add an impact bat (which I feel is more important) and lock Zambrano up long-term.
  8. Mizzou
    Theriot (2B) – 400,000 Murton (LF) – 400,000 Lee (1B) – 13,000,000 Aramis (3B) – 13,000,000 (4@52) Soriano (CF) – 14,000,000 (5@70) Barrett © – 4,500,000 Jones (RF) – 5,333,000 Izturis (SS) – 4,150,000 Bench: Cedeno – 400,000 Soto – 400,000 Craig Wilson – 4,000,000 Pagan – 400,000 Moore – 400,000 Fontenot – 400,000 Rotation: Zambrano –15,000,000 (5@75M) Hill – 400,000 Marmol/Mateo – 400,000 Prior – 4,000,000 Wade Miller – 2,000,000 base Bullpen: Wood (closer) – 2,000,000 base Howry – 4,000,000 Eyre – 3,500,000 Wuertz – 400,000 Aardsma – 400,000 Guzman (long relief) – 400,000 That's a payroll just shy of 94 million dollars. That leaves several million in flexibility to add a contract in July. I'm also trading Dempster somewhere (Detroit, Cinci, Cleveland, LA?) for prospects. I don't know what kind of prospects he would get, so I left that part out. Also, I don't completely understand the pay system for the 2nd and 3rd year guys, so I'm listing them all at 400K (even though that's probably wrong, but hopefully close enough). The top of the order features two guys who are good at getting on base. The 3-4-5 would rank among the best in baseball. The lower portion of the order is solid as well, if Jones is platooned. Maybe it's blind optimism, but I think that Prior is going to come into ST healthy and have a really solid year. I think that rotation, if healthy, will be one of the tops in baseball. This is what I would do right now. It will probably change in the next few weeks, but I've been thinking about it a lot lately and this is what I came up with and I wanted to get some feedback.
  9. Mizzou
    I've never really cared for Thom Brenneman. Not sure why, but I just don't like him.
  10. Mizzou
    Do we know which games he'll be doing? I'm going to make it a point to watch.
  11. Mizzou
    Wait, so Grimsley came out and said that Pettitte and Clemens weren't some of the guys who he saw do roids? And didn't mention Tejada? According to ESPNNews, Grimsley's direct quote is "Never in a million years would Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens do performance enhancing drugs." I don't take his publicly spoken word with any value. He named names under pressure and now probably feels ashamed, and I assume is covering his butt. I really don't either, I just found it interesting that he was quick to say that about Clemens and Pettitte, yet didn't shoot down the Tejada rumor.
  12. Mizzou
    Why is Glavine not starting this game? With Pedro being out, you would think that the Mets would make their rotation set for Glaving pitching game 1.
  13. Mizzou
    This is great news!
  14. Mizzou
    What does that mean? Again, are you kidding me? Not too hard to understand what that means. What does leadership have to do with winning baseball. You really don't think that a good leader vs. someone who is lousy at leading makes a difference? Not in baseball. The manager's job is to put his team in the best position to win. If you want to call that leadership, I'll go with it. Aside from making a lineup card and changing pitchers I don't see how a "leader" has any effect in a baseball game? Motivating players, refusing to allow lazyness, making sure the players don't forget the fundamentals, etc. I think that by doing all of those, a manager can make an impact on the game. Maybe not an enormous difference, but obviously a team with a manager that stresses the importance of playing hard is going to be better off than a team with a manager who is laid back and won't care if you dog it or make a boneheaded play.
  15. Mizzou
    What does that mean? Again, are you kidding me? Not too hard to understand what that means. What does leadership have to do with winning baseball. You really don't think that a good leader vs. someone who is lousy at leading makes a difference?
  16. Mizzou
    I'm rooting for the Dodgers to win it all.
  17. Mizzou
    Wait, so Grimsley came out and said that Pettitte and Clemens weren't some of the guys who he saw do roids? And didn't mention Tejada?
  18. Mizzou
    That's what I'd offer him too, and I'd be surprised if he turned it down. If I'm Hendry, I sign Aramis right away, then priority number two is to get Z locked up.
  19. Mizzou
    I wouldn't be opposed to bringing Grace on board to be the hitting coach or the 1st or 3rd base coach. Not to manage the team though.
  20. Mizzou
    Yeah, that'd be much appreciated if someone could do that.
  21. Mizzou

    Mizzou replied to Banedon's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    LMAO. Surpassing expectations isn't anything to tout. we EXPECTED him to royally blow. he was royally average instead. Whoopee!!!! Only two RFers in the NL had a higher OPS than Jacque this year. He was hardly average. But that's okay, go ahead and bash him anyways.
  22. Mizzou
    I'm really starting to dislike Scott Eyre. He has some kind of nerve calling a Cubs fan an idiot.
  23. Mizzou
    Way out of line. You could have stopped with good riddance. Referring to him as "human garbage" isn't welcome here.I agree that it's not appropriate, but why is it okay for people to call players "garbage" and "trash" on here all the time, but not the team president?
  24. Mizzou

    Mizzou replied to Banedon's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Jacque Jones goes out and has a season that surpasses almost everyone's expectations. And what do people do on the last day of the season? Bitch about him and his contract. Give me a freaking break.
  25. Mizzou
    Flip the 3-4-5 around and make it Lee, Ramirez, and then Soriano and that's my lineup for 2007, with Wilson platooning in RF.
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