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brjones

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #525 on: May 16, 2011, 05:06:21 pm »
That should just about end any chance of Cashner coming back as a starter this year.  If he comes back, they'll probably try to protect his arm as a reliever.

Hopefully Davis' start on Saturday was a sign of things to come with him. 

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #526 on: May 16, 2011, 05:48:19 pm »
that sucks about Cashner....they really needed him back...can't remember such a dearth of minor league rotation guys ready to be called up.  The system may have always had its weaknesses and the minor league starters always didn't work out, but at least they usually used to have some ready. 


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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #528 on: May 16, 2011, 08:16:31 pm »
I don't know what the Cubs can do, but something has to be done about Soriano.  He's not playable in the outfield anymore.  He struggles with routine plays regularly, and his throwing arm and hitting no longer come close to making up for it.  Colvin isn't the answer either, but at least he can catch the ball.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #529 on: May 16, 2011, 08:36:32 pm »
I think it is time to cut bait.  This team needs to be blown up in the worst possible way.  They need to build around defense and pitching. 

Do whatever it takes to get Soriano off this team.  I hate him more than any player I can remember playing for the cubs.  Do what Colorado did with Hampton and get a third team involved if you have to.  I don't even care if you take back more money in the deal just get his ass off this team so I can start enjoying cubs baseball again.

This team gives up so many extra outs a game not a week or in a month Im talking in a game.  Wheter it be lack of range or just ineptness of the player.  This team isn't good enough to win only giving the other team 27 outs let alone 30 or more a night.  That 7 run inning was complete bullshit and should have been just a couple runs but we can't field the ball for ****.

**** this team is such a damn mess and if you guys don't see it I don't know what to say.  I wish I could just walk away from this team forever but I can't and it kills me because they are not fun to watch anymore and yet I can't stop watching.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #530 on: May 16, 2011, 08:39:15 pm »
I'm going to Fenway Saturday and Sunday but am having a tough time getting excited.

Can someone elaborate on the radio rumors about a change of leadership?  The Ricketts really should do something to show that they give a damn.  Maybe they could just release Soriano as a symbolic promise that we won't have to watch any more of these veterans (other than Soto) after this year? 

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #531 on: May 16, 2011, 08:42:15 pm »
If Jorge Posada continues to struggle as a DH is that a possible home for Soriano?

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #532 on: May 16, 2011, 09:21:36 pm »
The Cubs are now 6 games out of first place.  It's probably time to start worrying about how much of a hole we're digging for ourselves, especially if we lose tomorrow.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #533 on: May 16, 2011, 09:33:37 pm »
The Yankees desperately need a DH.  Just sayin'.  Of course, you're ridding the team of half it's home runs.  Just sayin'.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #534 on: May 16, 2011, 09:34:08 pm »
No JR they need to figure out how to justify a 130 million dollar payroll for a 100 loss team.  This team is putrid.  Why are any of you worried about the cardinals or reds or anybody else in the division.  This team isn't going to sniff a .500 record. 

brjones

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #535 on: May 16, 2011, 09:43:02 pm »
The Yankees didn't win 27 championships by luck.  They're smart enough to see past the homers and realize he's still a negative even as a DH with his pathetic sub-.300 OBP and inability to run the bases at anything approaching average baserunning ability.

It's going to take a GM or team that zeros in on one number and gets impressed.  Unfortunately, there aren't many of those GMs left in MLB.   

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« Reply #536 on: May 16, 2011, 09:48:58 pm »
It's going to take a GM or team that zeros in on one number and gets impressed.  Unfortunately, there aren't many of those GMs left in MLB.   

I think Andy MacFail is about the only one left of those isn't he?  At least he's the GM of the Cubs dumping ground for toxic junk. 

Too bad the Orioles are in Year 5 of the five year rebuilding plan, or else maybe we'd be able to talk him into taking on about 20% of Soriano's remaining contract.
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brjones

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« Reply #537 on: May 16, 2011, 09:56:01 pm »
The Orioles are finally in a position where they might be decent in the next couple of years.  I think even MacPhail is too smart to try that.

The only potential option I can see is if the Mariners are frustrated enough with Chone Figgins yet to dump him.  The Cubs essentially pay what Soriano is owed, and the Mariners pay what Figgins is owed, and you consider getting a guy who may still have value as a supersub a win.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #538 on: May 16, 2011, 10:01:46 pm »
The only potential option I can see is if the Mariners are frustrated enough with Chone Figgins yet to dump him.

They might be.  Figgins is pretty much the most unpopular player in Seattle.  One of my good friends is a Mariners fan, and he says he's more hated than Milton Bradley was.  Things were so bad for Bradley at the end of his time in Seattle that he started wearing earplugs to Seattle home games.
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brjones

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #539 on: May 16, 2011, 10:14:16 pm »
Of course, I'm pretty sure Soriano has a full no trade clause.  Dumping him somewhere like Seattle is going to take a lot of convincing.