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NL Central Is Going to Be Awesome
Not much going on in Cubsland, but the Reds are done putting the finishing touches on their 2009 World Series team. Today, they added Cubs scraps Jacque Jones and Daryle Ward on minor league deals. They'll join Arthur Rhodes's neck, Willy Taveras at the top of the lineup (snicker) and Ramon Hernandez. This was the plan to overcome a 280 run difference and 23 games.
As for the Brewers, Ben Sheets is going to have surgery on a partially torn flexor tendon that will keep him out 4-6 months. Why don't we just just go ahead and count out 2009 in its entirety? The Brewers were counting on two draft picks from a team signing Sheets and already got screwed on a first round pick when the Yankees signed Mark Teixeira, which forced the Brewers to take the Yanks second round pick for signing Sabathia. I'm not sure of the rules on free agent compensation if Sheets doesn't sign until mid-season or possibly next offseason (but I'm sure Arizona Phil does). They also recently announced they were done for the offseason and perfectly content with a rotation of Yovani Gallardo, Dave Bush, Jeff Suppan and whomever else they can pull out of line from a brewery tour.
The Astros big moves were to add Jason Michaels, Aaron Boone and Mike Hampton and cut ties with one of their better hitters from last year - Ty Wigginton. Ed Wade, you're a sly one.
The Pirates added...fuck, who cares....
The Cardinals added some relievers and Khalil Greene. Troy Glaus is likely to miss some part of the beginning of the season after shoulder surgery in January. If Chris Carpenter is healthy and back to form, well they could be interesting. They were a pretty good offense last year, added Greene to it and tried to address some bullpen woes. Carpenter would only make them better, but his health is one helluva of an if.
So while many lament about the Cubs taking a few steps back this offseason or just treading water; (I'm in the treading water camp and when you won 97 games, that's perfectly acceptable. Also, after all these years of online chatting, I often find myself wanting to invoke parenthesis in the middle of an actual conversation with a live human being. But I fear they don't share my same addiction to chatting with anonymous online people...plus drawing parenthesis with my hands in the air looks weird) the rest of the NL Central seems to have accepted the Cubs as their dark overlords.
Also, our twitter page that I mentioned yesterday should now get automatically updated with the title of the post and a link back to the story. I also moved and added some things to the menu bar up top, should hopefully make things a little easier to find. TCR Junk Drawer is gone and has been replaced by Wiklifield and Arizona Phil's Corner. If anyone has a better name than "TCR Social" for links to our RSS info, facebook and twitter pages, I'm all ears. Finally, with the addition of an RSS feed to comments, you can now read comments from our mobile site. I'm hoping for a more functional mobile site by the end of the year, but at least it's something.
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I vote we sign Sheets in July
Very entertaining piece Rob
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Give Sheets the Wade Miller injured pitcher of tenure currently held by Chad Fox.
Cubs stay healthy, clinch by Labor Day.
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Adding Sheets will be like making a mid-season trade?
I wonder if after the draft it will be safe to sign him without losing picks.
I am salivating at the thought of the Cubs RH hitters getting to smack balls at Tejada and Lee again. They should sign Branyan and have the worst left side defense in history.
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"The Pirates added...fuck, who cares.... "
Rob, you're just loving the move from MVN and using it to the fullest aren't you?
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"after having our brains melted by Dora the Explorer"
You just need some grown up time, and by that I mean cussing every possible second.
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Heading to Bahamas for week end cruise.
Finally going to see weather over 70 degrees since October.
Harden Crazy?
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is this the new Rickroll?
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Somebody convince me to start using RSS feeds...I've never felt the need.
Looking forward to Sat. Feb 28th and my first likely chance to get on parachat. I have a government job now and I think my days of workday chatting are history.
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So you're trying to tell me you do actual work AFTER LUNCH in your government job? Forgive me for passing my own judgement, but that's unpossible.
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Some of us need killer recommendations so when our government-sponsored fellowships expire at the end of August, we can get jobs despite the Job Market from Hell.
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yeah...great times.
i'm working an internship right now for no pay solely because 1- the university is on a total hiring/pay freeze 2- someone has to do the research.
good thing i have my "real job," but there's some grad students hurting and freaking out right now.
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I'm one of those grad students. "OHHHHHH SHIIIIIIIIIT"
Seriously. It's February and most of the people I know are still looking for jobs, and this is out of a top 35 law school. You'd think borderline top 10% people from a school like that would have offers galore. But my buddy can't even get interviews, or hell even rejection letters, he just never hears anything most times.
(full disclosure: I work at an internship for Ohio Department of Transportation, they're looking to hire me full time after, and I consider myself hella lucky)
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THE PLAN: Kill the private sector, then we all get jobs with the government.
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this isn't rush limbaugh talk radio distraction b/s...this is the real world.
it's not a sport with sides you root for and capitalism is alive and safe.
we're not looking jobs to fill potholes on public work projects here.
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Maybe you should be.
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I'll stick to my $30-$34 an hour contracting work. Thanks for the dumbass suggestion, though.
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We are a top 10 political science program and out of 12-15 people on the market so far only 4 have jobs and one a post-doc. And everyone is experiencing the same thing you are talking about - nothing, not even rejections for the most part. If they do get one it's been the "sorry, economy sucks, there is a hiring freeze, job is no longer open" type letter.
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School districts in the Southwest/South/Southeast are always looking for people. You don't even need an education degree at most of the schools, they're just taking bodies. That being said, the schools are lacking teachers because they aren't schools anyone wants to teach at. So its you're call.
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i'm in the south...NCSU...full hiring freeze and a budget freakout. state-wide issues with money and people are still unclear what the next year brings as far as available money.
i have friends in chapell hill and durham (at a private school) seeing the same issues.
tight money is one thing, but this is an all-out freakout around here.
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Apparently if you apply of a job with Mcklenburg County Schools online you can see how many other applicants have applied for the job. I haven't had to do it myself, but I am hearing things like 'Lunch lady' 500 applications. 'Adminstrative assistant' 1200 applications.
However, there are still restarauts and movie theaters and the aforementioned contsruction companies hiring.
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I'm a grad student going on the market in the fall and I am freaking out. Luckily my girlfriend has a real job...
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Real strong SAT analogy.
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Andy must not work at the DMV?
I had the unfortunate task of undertaking that little adventure last week. Not a real helpful bunch.
2 girls behind the counter. One playing solitare on the CPU and one talking to a girlfriend on the phone while eating doritos. Can't wait to renew that badboy in 5 years !!!
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Oh don't worry, they'll have been laid off. Everyone will be required to print their own licenses at home, or even better, maybe your driver's license will just be an app on your smartphone.
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True Story: I wrote a check for my car registration. I had to re-write it because the DMV did not like the way I wrote the check. My sin? I wrote "seventy-three cents" instead of "73/100." I had to re-write the check. I was also amazed.
This is not as bad as the time I paid my car registration in cash (exact change mind you) and had to speak to the head of the DMV office. My crime? Not writing a check. I had to explain to her that the money she would not take was actually legal tender for all debts, public and private. It actually says so on the bill! I then explained that if the government would not take the money it issued (the nuances of Federalism would be beyond her) then we are all in trouble.
She took the money.
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What's a check? I can honestly say I haven't written one of those in like 5 years. I think my wife still pays some of our bills that way.
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so in looking at the schedule for the upcoming sale I noticed two things.
A) Sept. could be a cake walk
B) Our home series vs. the step-child team is during the week? Two 1pm games? WTF?
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cubs take big selling games for granted and tend to book them for the day.
part of me don't blame them because they have so few night games...part of me still doesn't like it.
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but why do the Sox get a weekend and we get Wed @ 1pm. Hardly seems like a fair split by MLB. Lately its always been back to back weekends. Why the change?
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Actually, the last couple of years, the weekends have been spread out by a month.
It makes sense to me. Might as well take your three highest-demand games other than Opening Day and put them in the middle of the week. Not like it's gonna hurt turnout.
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It seems to me like the Astros and Cardinals have the best chance to hang with us. Brewers and Reds need everything to break right.
Another interesting factor is the high-priced guys on noncontenders. I was reading somewhere that due to the economy, poor-performing teams should be more likely than ever to want to dump players if they know they're not in it this year. That could mean Cub-compatible names like Roy Halladay, Miguel Tejada, Brian Roberts or others. I hear there's some guy in San Diego, too.
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I don't think either of those teams (Astros or Cardinals) have the pitching. I think they have the best chance, but we're still SIGNIFICANTLY ahead of all those teams on paper.
Houston will obviously run Oswalt out on Opening Day, but then they'll follow that with the likes of career 4.79 Wandy Rodriguez (who is admittedly coming off of a nice year), Brandon Backe, and they hope Mike Hampton. They're going to struggle getting to Valverde again, and may be worse, since they've added LaTroy into the mix with Geary and Brocail.
The Cards have Wainwright, then Lohse, Wellemeyer, and Piniero, which just isn't any good. Carpenter maybe, but it doesn't sound particularly optimistic. They've also got a 23 year old kid whose in his second year in the show closing games.
I like our situation considerably more than anyone else in this division. It's just not any good.
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Well yeah, but this team is also outspending everyone. I just don't think the Cubs will run away with it like the 2008 Angels did, even if it looks that way on paper. I can even picture a scenario where this team is fifth in the Central in runs scored (not a probable one, of course). Yes, our pitching looks better, but I'd be surprised if we clinched before Game 155.
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Alright, I'll bite.
Describe to me the scenario where the Cubs score 100 runs less, the Cardinals get the same production out of Ludwick and Ankiel, and the Brewers score 6 runs more, the Pirates score 21 runs more, and the Assholes score 44 runs more. I am going to rule the possiblilty of the Dunn less, but Jackie Jones added Reds making up 152 runs (approximately 1 per game) on the Cubs in 2009.
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Complacency has clearly set in at TCR and in the media -- hope the players haven't taken the same approach.
Re:Pittsburgh Pirates...fuck, who cares?
Shortest write-up ever on Yahoo's Fantasy "Hotstove Helper"
The Pirates for 2009
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The season hasn't even started yet. Don't start writing checks you might not be able to cash later. The Reds may be better than you think. Let's just see how Dusty continues to handle the young 'ins. Curses or not, we gotta watch our backs.
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J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.


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The Best of TCR: The Hendry Chronicles
Everthing Arizona Phil writes in the comment section is worthy of a Best of TCR article. But this Best of TCR writeup is to show that I can find a post when news is particularly thin (beyond those gimme's from our TCR guru in the desert). Thanksgiving weekend is usually a desert of baseball news unto itself. Thus to brighten our tumbleweed desolate weekend, my long time friend, The E-Man steps up with a summary of Bruce Levine's ESPN AM-1000 saturday morning "Talking Baseball" weekly radio show. Enjoy (except for the part where he says that my season tickets will be more expensive). Take it away E-Man:
Just heard Hendry on WMVP this AM with Bruce Levine.
Jimbo came on the show...
- no slam dunk with Marmol as closer. He is not "set to close", but it is Lou's decision. They (Marmol/Gregg) may share duties. One may close more in the beginning of the year than the other.
- It did not appear that Hendry was giving any cards away re signing Woody. Reiterated that he wanted to give Wood a shot at a "nice 2 or 3-year deal".
- Thinks the world of K. Towers. They are still discussing things.
- The Cubs braintrust has had "every possible combination of LH hitting FA's and and SH's on a big board for the last two months..." they are going to do something it appears.
- B. Levine's money is on them "rolling the dice" (exact quote) on Milton Bradley. To put Ibanez in the OF with Soriano and Johnson/Pie/Dome, would just make it a shittier OF defensively. Just doesn't think they'll do it.
- Cubs are truly the "leading" trading partner in the Peavy sweepstakes. JH is awaiting the owner to be named in order to get a go-ahead (or decline, if its the Canning group) on taking on $60MM contract of the former cy Young winner.
- Levine's "two cents" is that IF the Brew can't sign Sheets or CC, or another big time pitcher, he thinks that the Reds - with a healthy Harang, could be the Cubs top competition in 2009. They have perhaps the best LH hitting "in baseball."
- He also believes he has heard that ticket prices may go UP for Terrace and Club Boxes (hear THAT Cubster), but the rest of the park will remain the same.
From the Windy City, I'm "The E-Man"
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also found this Peter Gammons post Thanksgiving Q &A with his two cents on the status of Jake Peavy:
The Braves, Cubs and seemingly everyone else claims they're not in on Jake Peavy. What's going on?
The Padres absolutely believe Cubs GM Jim Hendry can make this a three-way trade to get the Padres the pitching they need in addition to third base prospect Josh Vitters. The Braves were not going to have to surrender any of their five-best prospects, but have hesitated over Single-A level pitching. Peavy is a Cy Young winner, in case anyone's forgotten.
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Looks like Sickel just posted his top twenty Cub prospects.
Four shortstops in the top twelve, and that doesn't include Barney.
I found the Sickel item while looking for news about Josh Kroeger, still wondering if he's still a Cub (since he has 37 RBI in 32 winter-league games). Sickel seems to think he is.
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he's a FA...he turns 27 mid-next season btw.
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Get Peavy---it all starts with pitching, and it REALLY starts with starting pitching---Hendry just signed a 4-year deal, Z is signed for 4 more years, as is Dempster---Peavy has 4 yrs left on his deal---there's your big 3 for the next four years---fill in around those guys---your minor league system is to bring guys up when needed and to trade guys when needed----GET PEAVY
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Baltimore Sun story about Pie-to-Orioles as part of a Peavy deal.
Slightly more than a rumor, since MacPhail actually cited today (Saturday):
MacPhail said today that a deal is not imminent, but did acknowledge that Pie is the kind of player the Orioles are pursuing to broaden the club's position depth.
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intriguing...I figure by March 2010 they'll have figured it out.
I'll take the first stab.
O's: Felix Pie, Khalil Greene, and probably one more piece from the Cubs that Stockstill/McPhail still like from their days here
Padres: Garrett Olsen, Vitters, Marshall, Cedeno or Theriot
Cubs: Peavy
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bah, I should think these things through...
O's would likely have to give up a little more than Garrett Olson just to get Pie and Greene, don't ask me who...
maybe Huff or Luke Scott could go to the Cubs..
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If Hendry is giving up Vitters, Pie, Marshall, Cedeno etc in any 3-way deal he better be getting more than Peavy. That's way more than the Mets gave up for Johan. If Peavy were signed to a Haren like contract that would be different. I can't see Hendry making a run at Huff as I don't see how his defense could be any better than Ibanez's in RF. I guess Luke Scott would be a better option but he can't hit lefties so he'd need a platoon partner. I suppose Johnson could do if Fukudome is going to play everyday, but a Luke Scott/Reed Johnson platoon for RF doesn't exactly bowl me over.
Luke Scott
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vs righties
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Pie doesn't make much sense to me for the Orioles. They already have a center fielder (Jones) and a right fielder for that matter. Pie's value is as a center fielder.
Don't the Marlins still need a CF? Surely they have an arm that the Padres would like.
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Don't the Cubs still need a centerfielder? Maybe they can add a fourth team to the trade and get Pie back.
Speaking of centerfield, Sam Fuld is quietly putting up nice numbers (321/435/557) for Rich Hill's team (Aragua) in Venezuela. He mostly hits leadoff and has 22 walks to 9 strikeouts. Potentially of interest to Piniella is that Fuld has 4 home runs in 106 at bats--Fukudome was only good for 10 in 501 ABs.
An unsigned article in the Trib today says that Rich Hill "appears on the verge of a release from Aragua." Actually, Hill came out of the bullpen the other night and threw an uneventful inning-and-a-third. No runs, one hit, one walk. The Cubs could use another lefty arm in the pen and can't send Hill to the minors again, so this is his only chance with Cubs. The problem, of course, with Hill in relief is that he doesn't hold runners.
Buddy Bailey is the Aragua manager and he'll likely stay with Hill as long as possible.
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Fukudome and Johnson are the Cubs CF'r at this point.
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Steve Gilbert of MLB.com now re-reporting the Baltimore Sun story.
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I expect Pie to have a lot of success. I don't trust the Cubs organization to develop his hitting skills, however.
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Pie, Marshall, Cedeno / Theriot, and Vitters for Peavy? If we acquire another outfielder, it would appear that Pie has no place to go since Lou won't play him, and I think he is out of options, so he can't be sent back to Iowa. So trading him would become a must. Unless you send Hoffpair back to Iowa and keep Pie instead, but that wouldn't make much sense roster-wise.
Cedeno could produce as well as Theriot at the plate with better defense if given a chance. He won't hit .300 but he has a bit more power. Losing Vitters and Marshall would hurt....but to get a Cy Young winning starter for 4 years....I could live with that.
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maybe Huff or Luke Scott could go to the Cubs..
expanding or just evening out the deal?
...and then there is the dreaded concept of McFail trying to get Brian Roberts past Peter Angelos.
(preparing to break out the Cubnut diagrams again)
...of course George Sherrill would be an upgrade over Neal Cotts as another avenue to consider.
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Captain Wrongway Phil Rogers of the Tribune has his sunday notes including stuff on Rich Hill, The Riot and DLee
...and another blog discussing saturday's Bruce Levine/Talking Baseball show:
Injuns on Wood and Furcal
"The Indians' two main targets among free-agent infielders were second baseman Orlando Hudson and shortstop Rafael Furcal. Late last week they determined that physical questions about Hudson (left wrist) and Furcal (back) weren't worth the risk of multiyear commitments. "
Wood is on the list of the guys they're looking at for closer.
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Rosenthal has more on the Peavy drama, including some rehashing of what was mentioned on the radio show, but he adds 'The Rockies, Reds and Giants have shown varying degrees of interest in Marquis, according to a major-league source.'
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"varying degrees of interest"
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oh please be the Reds
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I wouldn't have thought of the Giants as a destination for Marquis unless they're thinking of dealing Sanchez or Cain for a hitter. Wouldn't mind seeing a Marquis for Randy Winn trade.
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marquis in cincy what would that home era look like
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probably not much, he's a sinkerball pitcher with a very respectable 1.18 HR/9, which includes that 2006 outlier of 1.62.
Wrigley and Cincy's park factors are about the same over the last 3 years, at least on BR.com.
I just want the Cubs offense to get to face him, as my impression (and I have little to back this up), but he didn't seem to do well against actual good offenses.
I could easily be proven wrong on that one.
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Marquis had:
5.40 ERA vs Mets
3.60 ERA vs Philly
8.44 ERA vs STL
9.00 ERA vs Marlins
Those were the top four 2008 non-Cubs offenses in the NL. Total of five starts (2 versus STL).
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slow day here...
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There's some links on MLBTraderumors about Hendry still being interested in Peavy and who's going to get offered arbitration.
Tomorrow should pick up once it's clear who's going to get offered. Is tonight the deadline for all arb eligible players, or just the FA's?
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just FA's...
swamped at work myself until Wednesday, can't imagine I'll get anything up until then unfortunately.
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Quck summary of the MLBtraderumor stuff.
Hampton signs a one-year deal with the Astros.
Renteria not offered arbitration. Ibanez was. Some doubt on Abreu, like Wood, because there's fear he may accept.
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hopefully that'll keep Ibanez off the Cubs...
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Who DO we want playing RF?
I'm personally just hoping that the Cubs stand pat in the outfield and that Pie has a miraculous season.
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is "not Ibanez" a viable answer?
I think this left-handed bat stuff is kind of B.S. imo, they're just replacing Edmonds, so I don't see how this is really adding more lefty bats to the order, seems like a lateral move to me unless they also replace Theriot with Furcal or Hudson(moving DeRosa to SS).
just sign Manny or Dunn, put them in LF, move Soriano to RF and actually have a bat in the order teams are afraid to pitch to...(moreso with Manny than Dunn).
if I'm limited to FA left-handed hitters, I go:
Dunn (move Soriano to RF), Bradley, Abreu (flip a coin between Bradley and Abreu in my opinion, one's a better hitter, one will stay healthy). Bradley plus the replacement is probably going to be worth about the same over 162 games as just Abreu. If Bradley actually comes that much cheaper, than he's probably the smarter play.
I can't think of any trade targets that are worth wasting any time on until Nick Markakis becomes available. :)
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I'd accept "not Ibanez," I just had the feeling that most readers do feel the team needs another lefty bat.
I'd rather not have Hudson, either, while we're at it, unless he's coming cheap for some reason. I'd take Furcal, but only if it means that Soriano is not batting either 1 or 2 in the lineup anymore.
I would like to avoid Dunn, but mostly because I just don't understand why the guy can't do more with his "tools" and thus dislike him. Also I don't really want to see the Cubs spending tons of money on Abreu or Bradley, but if we're taking money out of the picture, I wouldn't mind having either in the lineup.
Markakis would be great. I'd take Hermida for now, but it seems the Marlins aren't giving him away cheaply enough, or Hendry would've acquired him already.
At the risk of doing a Virginia Phil imitation, I really am OK with going with Pie in center and platooning Johnson and Pie or Johnson and Fukudome, hoping that Pie finally turns his tools into results and re-signing Kroeger so we've got him in case Fukudome (or Hoffpauir) becomes completely useless. I wouldn't really mind Fontenot getting more ABs, either. The guy has earned some playing time.
If they don't sign Furcal or another expensive free agent, I want Wood back.
Rant over.
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and there is no way that Raul Ibanez is worth our first round draft pick....even if we do get one for Wood which isn't guaranteed (even if arbitration is offered).
Muskat on Peavy (sounds like a Gordon Ramsey dish)
Muskat states the obvious in a Peavy non-rumor rumor story today, basically re-states that the Cubs would need to shed a salary as part of any Peavy trade:
I don't care what anyone says, but $15M per year for Peavy is a bargain. It's ludicrous if salary (e.g., no one wants to pay Marquis) gets in the way of a deal.
The story also repeats the Garrett Olson/Pie/Orioles involvement.
While a slow news day, it is a significant one in Cubdom...today's the day bids for the team are due and the day we officially say goodbye to Howry.
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speaking of...
Chicago real estate investor Hersch Klaff; the Ricketts family, founder of online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.; and a group led by Marc Utay, a New York private equity investor, delivered their proposals by the Thanksgiving deadline, according to sources involved in the negotiations.
no word if Jim Crane or Cuban have or will submit bids...
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I don't see any reason that Marquis would have to be involved in the Peavy trade.
If the Payroll is $140 million, and Marquis and Peavy make it $149 million, then it's not ludicrous, it's just the facts. There's a point of diminishing return on adding payroll and increasing revenue, and based on last season it would be hard to argue that the Cubs aren't already near it, if not over it.
Brewers offer
arbitration to Sheets, Sabathia and Shouse
Gagne is draft pick compensation free though, time to jump on that bandwagon.
Yanks offer no arbitration
to Petitte or Abreu....
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Neal, that is an excellent point about the payroll. If the Cubs are $10 million within their final budget after raises for arbitration, what do you suggest they try and do?
I heard on a radio report that they have been given a two year window to win...not sure what that means but the implication was that the payroll would have to go down at some point. It seems like eventually they are going to have to find out if some of their young guys can establish themselves as players...Pie, Cedeno, Hoffpauir, Weurtz, etc. who am I missing?
On one hand, our system is so lacking in upper end quality it would be tough to see Vitters go, especially if we want to stop paying near top dollar for so many positions. However, think of the boat load you could have received for Patterson or Pie when they were up and comers in the system, before their flaws became obvious.
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I'm not in the trade for Peavy camp. I think if you do trade for him, you make Harden part of the deal to balance the cash a little, and more importantly to mitigate the risk.
According to...
Bruce Levine, as of my ride home at 6:00, Kerry Wood will not be offered arb by the Cubs.
Just report what I hear...
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Stupid cheap short-sighted motherfuckers.
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Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.
Game is officially called...also officially a tie.
Stats count, no make-up date of course.
Yeah -- seeing the weather -- I hope KB and Rizz are inside, wrapped in blankets and drinking hot chocolate.
rain delay...thanks obama.


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Taylor Swift says she has a lot to learn about life – including getting the love part just right.
After romances with Jake Gyllenhaal, John Mayer, Taylor Lautner and most recently, Conor Kennedy, Swift tells PARADE that caution isn't her strong suit when entering a relationship.
"I don't think there's an option for me to fall in love slowly, or at medium speed. I either do or I don't," says Swift, 22, who is currently rumored to be dating Harry Styles of One Direction.
"I don't think it through, really, which is a good and a bad thing. You don't look before you leap, which is like, 'Yay, this is awesome! Let's not think twice!' And then you're like, 'We used to be flying. Now we're falling. What's happening?'"
Her boyfriend foibles often famously make it into her songs, including "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," but Swift says contrary to what some people may think, she's not sure she's ever been in love.
"I tend to think things are love and then look back and reevaluate," she explains. "I know how many people I've said 'I love you' to. I could probably count it up, but I don't feel like it."
"Part of me feels like you can't say you were truly in love if it didn't last," she continues. "If I end up getting married and having kids, that's when I'll know it's real – because it lasted."
Taylor Swift on Love: I Don't Look Before I Leap
Courtesy of Parade Magazine


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