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davep

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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
« Reply #570 on: June 09, 2015, 06:51:49 pm »
That is extremely presumptuous.  Curt is not the only source of false information around here.

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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
« Reply #571 on: June 09, 2015, 07:22:47 pm »
The only info
Think Dave is getting his information from Curt again.
The only info he gets from me is correct.

Jes Beard

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« Reply #572 on: June 09, 2015, 08:18:48 pm »
So, if they've done a signability junior and then five cheap senior signs, that's a non-trivial amount of discretionary money.  Over $1m even before doing any under slot on Happ and Dewees. 

So now, at least for a day, we've got the question:  Who's the money for?  Is that all for "Maddux" Wilson and  Sean Marshall Hudson?  Or is mostly for tomorrow? 

Probably just Ricketts wanting to put money in his pocket.

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« Reply #573 on: June 09, 2015, 08:38:55 pm »
I never thought I would see the day that Jes mastered purple.  I hope he doesn't use the power for evil.

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« Reply #574 on: June 09, 2015, 08:46:16 pm »
I never thought I would see the day that Jes mastered purple.  I hope he doesn't use the power for evil.

I actually mastered it years ago.

I simply saw no reason to use it.

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« Reply #575 on: June 09, 2015, 08:48:40 pm »
By the way, who was it here that as little as a year ago would have been seriously making that argument?  I forget who it was, but that kind of thinking seemed as foolish then when he advanced it in perfect sincerity as it did when I presented it above in purple.

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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
« Reply #576 on: June 09, 2015, 08:58:03 pm »
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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
« Reply #577 on: June 09, 2015, 10:02:13 pm »
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Let's hope they do.

Make no mistake - there are exactly two relevant factors in this ownership.  First is Joe Ricketts making money.  Second is Tom Ricketts' ego.  This brewing debacle is a body blow to both, especially if public financing for Wrigley is a casualty.  If Joe isn't printing money and Tom isn't being glorified in Chicago, things are going to get mighty ugly mighty fast.



I may have misremembered.  I also don't feel like digging through all of your posts.  If you want to call me out post, don't PM me.
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« Reply #578 on: June 09, 2015, 10:03:23 pm »
Piece about Revere-like Vandy commit D.J. Wilson.

Says iso power was .455 this season.

http://m.cantonrep.com/article/20150607/SPORTS/150609452

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« Reply #579 on: June 09, 2015, 10:23:06 pm »
It's a possibility that one of the teams drafting before the Cubs tomorrow end up putting a wrench in the Cubs plan to draft a DJ Wilson or whoever their target(s) is/are by taking him/them first.  Maybe the Red Sox or White Sox will spoil their plan as they both drafted three college seniors and neither teams' ownership/management have any real love for the Cubs.

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« Reply #580 on: June 09, 2015, 10:37:35 pm »
Thanks, reb.  That sounds more favorable, with references to some doubles and triples.  Mentions having trip to Wrigley, so I suppose they got to see what kind of power he does or doesn't have.  Wilson is on the old end, 19 in October. 

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« Reply #581 on: June 09, 2015, 10:44:54 pm »
It's a possibility that one of the teams drafting before the Cubs tomorrow end up putting a wrench in the Cubs plan to draft a DJ Wilson or whoever their target(s) is/are by taking him/them first.  Maybe the Red Sox or White Sox will spoil their plan as they both drafted three college seniors and neither teams' ownership/management have any real love for the Cubs.

It likely isn't worth the effort. The Red Sox/White Sox will have somebody they want to over slot so taking the Cubs player may cost them their player. The Cubs always seem to have multiple guys that they draft, like Gilliam last year I case the deal falls apart.

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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
« Reply #582 on: June 09, 2015, 10:51:59 pm »
Yes, but both the Red Sox & White Sox might be targeting the same guys as the Cubs.  We'll see tomorrow when the draft resumes.



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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
« Reply #583 on: June 09, 2015, 11:00:17 pm »
In order to take the guy the Cubs want, they have to know which guy the Cubs want.  I doubt that any team has that kind of information, and guessing isn't likely to be much help.  The Cubs probably have several in mind.  Their last five picks were college seniors that will probably sign for next to nothing, and there aren't more than a couple in the first 5 rounds that are likely to be high overslots.

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« Reply #584 on: June 09, 2015, 11:10:11 pm »
In order to take the guy the Cubs want, they have to know which guy the Cubs want.

Don't they just have to want the same player for themselves?