Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Whoa!
Sorry, but I just noticed that only two teams have worse records than the Cubs: the Royals and the Pirates. When are they going to get rid of Dusty and overhaul that fucking team. The Cubs are turning into the New York Knicks of baseball. They overpay Prior and Wood who don't add anything to the team anymore, even when they're healthy. Granted Barrett and Lee were out on extended leaves, but that doesn't mean a team with that payroll shouldn't be hovering around .500 right now. They need trade Prior and Wood while they still have some trade value and concentrate on getting good new talent. Really they should just take a page out of the Marlins book and have a firesale (keeping D Lee and maybe a few other players) and concentrate on putting together some solid young talent. I'll bow out now and let GA tell me how stupid I am and how Prior and Wood will still lead the Cubs to victory in '08.
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Well, Todd, you are stupid because you don't trade when a player's (Wood/Prior) at his lowest value. You're familiar with stocks; figured you would be a bit smarter than this. Not to mention you're not paying much of anything for Prior, and Wood comes off the books next year.
The Cubs do need blown up. I think you can categorize it in a few groups:
A) Lee, Zambrano, Dempster, Howry, Eyre, Marmol
B) Barrett, Ramirez, Prior, Wade Miller, Scott Williamson, Cedeno
C) Everyone else (I'M LOOKING AT YOU, NEIFI!)
Group A is what you build your team around. Group B you see what you can get for them. Group C you should pay other teams to take off your hands. It pains me that my man, The Red Rocket Matt Murton, is on this list, but he is.
I still think it would be overall dumb to trade Prior, as he is still 25 years old and you're not paying much of anything to have someone that has that much potential to hang around. If you could sign Wood in the $1-3 million range and a 1-year deal, I guess go ahead.
Everybody else (along with the ENTIRE coaching staff): throw them under the bus. Throw them on the bus. In fact, put them on the ground, pick up the bus, and throw the mother f***** on 'em. Get them out of here. This team is truly pathetic, and has ruined any kind of fun that I associate with the baseball season.
Go Tigers!
The Cubs do need blown up. I think you can categorize it in a few groups:
A) Lee, Zambrano, Dempster, Howry, Eyre, Marmol
B) Barrett, Ramirez, Prior, Wade Miller, Scott Williamson, Cedeno
C) Everyone else (I'M LOOKING AT YOU, NEIFI!)
Group A is what you build your team around. Group B you see what you can get for them. Group C you should pay other teams to take off your hands. It pains me that my man, The Red Rocket Matt Murton, is on this list, but he is.
I still think it would be overall dumb to trade Prior, as he is still 25 years old and you're not paying much of anything to have someone that has that much potential to hang around. If you could sign Wood in the $1-3 million range and a 1-year deal, I guess go ahead.
Everybody else (along with the ENTIRE coaching staff): throw them under the bus. Throw them on the bus. In fact, put them on the ground, pick up the bus, and throw the mother f***** on 'em. Get them out of here. This team is truly pathetic, and has ruined any kind of fun that I associate with the baseball season.
Go Tigers!
The reason I say trade them now is because at least those two are still seen as great upside guys, which they probably aren't. These two (while great during 2003) aren't going to amount to anything. They're both modern day Bo Jacksons and I say get rid of them before they both fade into Bolivian.
According to some MLB execs in Buster Onley's blog a week or two ago, they said Prior would be worth a "B-level prospect" right now. In other words, a guy that maybe-sort-of-kinda-might make a call up once or twice in his career. That would be foolish.
As for Kerry Wood, there is a decent chance he doesn't even pitch again this year, so the chances of him getting traded is almost nothing. Plus, as I said, if it does appear he will ever be able to pitch again, the Cubs should be able to sign him to a very cheap one-year deal. I don't know if I would even do this, but the point is, no one is going to take this guy this season.
As for Kerry Wood, there is a decent chance he doesn't even pitch again this year, so the chances of him getting traded is almost nothing. Plus, as I said, if it does appear he will ever be able to pitch again, the Cubs should be able to sign him to a very cheap one-year deal. I don't know if I would even do this, but the point is, no one is going to take this guy this season.
Love the Tyson reference. Bolivian. That kills me every time.
And while I essentially agree with both of you, I think that I actually tend to agree with Mike with a few exceptions:
The Cubs should build around Lee, Zambrano, Barrett (a character guy) , and (this kills me) Prior. Obviously if Isiah Thomas becomes a MLB GM and wants to do something ridiculous to get Prior, you deal, otherwise Mike is right in that his potential right now is greater than his trade value, thus, you keep him.
Cedeno and Murton should also stay. I feel like you can win with these guys as pieces if the rest of your team was put together correctly, emphasizing defense and de-emphasizing the homer. I would like to see a little more consistency with Murton and some pop from Cedeno's bat but these guys aren't the reason we suck. Jones is another effort guy who will end up with some decent stats by the end of the year. Keep him.
These guys are: Ramirez, who seems to really just be a numbers guy and can never carry a team a la Big Papi. Kerry Wood, who will never play a full season again. The bullpen, when we try and spend some money here it never works out, when we don't, they're worse. Pierre, I liked the move at the time but that OBP is dreadful for a leadoff guy. Unacceptable actually. Starting pitching, keep Z and Prior, sign some free agents b/c the rooks aren't looking too hot.
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And while I essentially agree with both of you, I think that I actually tend to agree with Mike with a few exceptions:
The Cubs should build around Lee, Zambrano, Barrett (a character guy) , and (this kills me) Prior. Obviously if Isiah Thomas becomes a MLB GM and wants to do something ridiculous to get Prior, you deal, otherwise Mike is right in that his potential right now is greater than his trade value, thus, you keep him.
Cedeno and Murton should also stay. I feel like you can win with these guys as pieces if the rest of your team was put together correctly, emphasizing defense and de-emphasizing the homer. I would like to see a little more consistency with Murton and some pop from Cedeno's bat but these guys aren't the reason we suck. Jones is another effort guy who will end up with some decent stats by the end of the year. Keep him.
These guys are: Ramirez, who seems to really just be a numbers guy and can never carry a team a la Big Papi. Kerry Wood, who will never play a full season again. The bullpen, when we try and spend some money here it never works out, when we don't, they're worse. Pierre, I liked the move at the time but that OBP is dreadful for a leadoff guy. Unacceptable actually. Starting pitching, keep Z and Prior, sign some free agents b/c the rooks aren't looking too hot.
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