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craig

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #1545 on: January 26, 2018, 01:12:26 pm »
Blue, in my brain Josh Hader seems key for Brewers.  He seemed overpowering in relief, fabulous.  **IF** he was to transition into rotation, and was able to sustain that level of dominance over 6 innings every 5th day, the Brewers might be very good.   But if Hader ends up being a setup reliever and perhaps not much better than Strop, it will be lots harder for them.

Agree, it's not that young a team, they're trying to compete now.  With Yelich and Braun, and now Cain, they've got some really good players.  We'll see. 

The Cubs being younger is meant to allow getting better.  We'll see whether younger guys improve much.  Having come up early, and now with multiple years of experience already, it remains to be seen whether their youth will lead guys like Javy, Russell, Schwarber, and Almora to improve significantly.  Hoping so.   
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« Reply #1546 on: January 26, 2018, 02:04:21 pm »
I don't mean to say the the Brewers are bad, they are a nice team.  The Brewers message board just seems to think that 2020 on the Brewers are just better positioned than the Cubs and I really struggle to see how that is the case. 
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brjones

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« Reply #1547 on: January 26, 2018, 06:07:46 pm »
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« Reply #1548 on: January 26, 2018, 06:45:26 pm »
I was going to make a joke about Jes liking because I remembered him throwing 84 at one point, but his velocity last year was up to 90. He has largely been a not great starter, but I wonder if he might make an interesting reliever conversion.
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brjones

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #1549 on: January 26, 2018, 10:11:37 pm »
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@ChrisGimenez5 says he has talked to Yu Darvish (@faridyu) "probably 10 or 12" times since signing, but concedes he "has nothing to do" with where Darvish signs.

You can listen to the full sound clip here: https://twitter.com/MLBNetworkRadio/status/957078799883128832
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CurtOne

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« Reply #1550 on: January 26, 2018, 10:22:43 pm »
If Darvish signs elsewhere, I hope Gimenez enjoys his summer with the Granite City River Rats.
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Deeg

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« Reply #1551 on: January 26, 2018, 11:46:37 pm »
Quote from: brjones on January 26, 2018, 10:11:37 pm
MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM‏ @MLBNetworkRadio
@ChrisGimenez5 says he has talked to Yu Darvish (@faridyu) "probably 10 or 12" times since signing, but concedes he "has nothing to do" with where Darvish signs.

You can listen to the full sound clip here: https://twitter.com/MLBNetworkRadio/status/957078799883128832

Yes, I'm quite sure the subject never came up, nope...

Gimenez also said "Of course if he wants to sign here I'm not going to say no."
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brjones

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« Reply #1552 on: January 27, 2018, 12:06:59 pm »
Jerry Crasnick @jcrasnick
Not sure how close Yu Darvish is to a decision, but the field appears to be narrowing. Some execs think #Cubs are still the frontrunner. The rest of the starting market is waiting for him to make a call.
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craig

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« Reply #1553 on: January 27, 2018, 12:39:11 pm »
Would be fun to have a blow-by-blow knowledge of how a process like this goes.  Cubs have pretty much made best offer, and are just waiting for Darvish to take it or leave it?  Agent is just holding out in hopes that some other team steps in and ups their offer, or that Cubs will get nervous and raise theirs?  First five years are pretty well agreed upon, and they are just haggling over how the non-guaranteed 6th year will look, in terms of how much the Cubs would need to pay to buy it out, and how many innings Yu will need to vest it?  For example, Cubs want a modest $2M buyout, with 350 innings over previous seasons to vest; agent is asking for $6M buyout and only 200/2 innings/years to vest? 

Or, maybe somebody else has a better dollar offer in, but Yu would rather go to Cubs?  Maybe agent is waiting to give Cubs a chance to boost there offer and make it at least more competitive before agent and Yu make decision? 
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« Reply #1554 on: January 27, 2018, 12:48:47 pm »
I think your last scenario is most likely to be correct.
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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #1555 on: January 27, 2018, 01:31:07 pm »
I'm beginning to lose confidence in Deeg and his telephone technique.
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« Reply #1556 on: January 27, 2018, 01:37:33 pm »
I’m sure not just the agent is waiting to get every dollar he can, but the player’s association as well.  The MLBPA puts a lot of pressure on players to get the best deal they can, and I’m sure there’s even more pressure given how slow the market has been this year.
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« Reply #1557 on: January 27, 2018, 07:34:36 pm »
Heh, someone tweeted a fake ESPN reporter ("Mike Timmons") said on the radio the Cubs were "out" on Darvish, and it turned into a minor hurricane of panic. 
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« Reply #1558 on: January 27, 2018, 08:17:30 pm »
Quote from: craig on January 27, 2018, 12:39:11 pm
Would be fun to have a blow-by-blow knowledge of how a process like this goes.  Cubs have pretty much made best offer, and are just waiting for Darvish to take it or leave it?

Think of how different this is than it was in 2006 when Hendry was determined to sign Soriano, and to do so quickly so he ended up having the Cubs bid against themselves.

I get the feeling some of the impatient posters here would sort of like the Cubs to do that again, and I suspect that the fans who want to see their teams do that are later among the first ones to complain about the inevitable later year albatross contracts the teams end up stuck with.
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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #1559 on: January 28, 2018, 08:57:52 am »
Judge and Stanton bat back-to-back? Who cleans up in Boston? Answering baseball's five biggest lineup questions

1. Where does Boone place Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton in the Yankees' lineup?
2. Who will hit second for the Giants?
3. Where does Mike Trout bat in the Angels’ lineup?
4. Who will bat cleanup for the Red Sox?
5. Who hits leadoff for the Cubs?


Olney goes on to speculate about what the next collective bargaining talks will be like in light of the current free-agent situation..

http://www.espn.com/blog/buster-olney/insider/post/_/id/18113/judge-and-stanton-back-to-back-who-cleans-up-in-boston-answering-baseballs-five-biggest-lineup-questions
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