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Brad Wilkerson - Andy - 03-29-2010
He was just released by the Phillies. Somewhere in ITI land, I think someone just wet themselves.
Brad Wilkerson - kbwsb - 03-29-2010
Wasn't he traded for Soriano a few years ago? Who would you rather have now? (considering their contracts, it's a toss-up)
Brad Wilkerson - Destined - 03-29-2010
<!--quoteo(post=85035:date=Mar 29 2010, 11:37 AM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 29 2010, 11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Wasn't he traded for Soriano a few years ago? Who would you rather have now? (considering their contracts, it's a toss-up)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Soriano still produces <i>something</i>, albeit being inconsistent and leaving you with Cubbie blue-balls from time to time.
Brad Wilkerson - kbwsb - 03-29-2010
<!--quoteo(post=85038:date=Mar 29 2010, 02:20 PM:name=Destined)-->QUOTE (Destined @ Mar 29 2010, 02:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=85035:date=Mar 29 2010, 11:37 AM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 29 2010, 11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Wasn't he traded for Soriano a few years ago? Who would you rather have now? (considering their contracts, it's a toss-up)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Soriano still produces <i>something</i>, albeit being inconsistent and leaving you with Cubbie blue-balls from time to time.
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Yeah, no doubt he's a much better<i> player.</i> But I'd rather have the 90 million bucks to spend on other players.
Brad Wilkerson - Destined - 03-29-2010
<!--quoteo(post=85043:date=Mar 29 2010, 12:43 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 29 2010, 12:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=85038:date=Mar 29 2010, 02:20 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Mar 29 2010, 02:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=85035:date=Mar 29 2010, 11:37 AM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 29 2010, 11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Wasn't he traded for Soriano a few years ago? Who would you rather have now? (considering their contracts, it's a toss-up)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Soriano still produces <i>something</i>, albeit being inconsistent and leaving you with Cubbie blue-balls from time to time.
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Yeah, no doubt he's a much better<i> player.</i> But I'd rather have the 90 million bucks to spend on other players.
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You have a point. In a perfect world, I'd imagine Lou would put Colvin in left to start the year, and rotate Nady in there when healthy. Then we'd have money to spend on arms.
Brad Wilkerson - ruby23 - 03-29-2010
<!--quoteo(post=85035:date=Mar 29 2010, 01:37 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 29 2010, 01:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Wasn't he traded for Soriano a few years ago? Who would you rather have now? (considering their contracts, it's a toss-up)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Welcome to Wrongville.
Brad Wilkerson - Scarey - 03-29-2010
<!--quoteo(post=85047:date=Mar 29 2010, 02:48 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Mar 29 2010, 02:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=85035:date=Mar 29 2010, 01:37 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 29 2010, 01:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Wasn't he traded for Soriano a few years ago? Who would you rather have now? (considering their contracts, it's a toss-up)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Welcome to Wrongville.
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[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rollin.gif[/img]
You gotta get more creative with the Wrong, like this.
Brad Wilkerson - kbwsb - 03-29-2010
So is Ruby saying that he considers paying Alf $18 million last year and for the next FIVE years to be good for the Cubs? Think of how many middle relievers Jim could buy for $90 million...Ruby would be in heaven!
Brad Wilkerson - Ace - 03-29-2010
If I could trade Soriano - and his contract - for Wilkerson today, I would do that trade a million times in a row while trying to conceal my boner.
Brad Wilkerson - MW4 - 03-29-2010
<!--quoteo(post=85134:date=Mar 29 2010, 06:12 PM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Mar 29 2010, 06:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->If I could trade Soriano - and his contract - for Wilkerson today, I would do that trade a million times in a row while trying to conceal my boner.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Why the hell would you do that????
conceal the boner that is.
Brad Wilkerson - Andy - 03-29-2010
The only reason I can see to do that is if you assume Hendry and the Cubs would use that extra money to get high end talent to replace him. That's a big stretch.
Brad Wilkerson - bz - 03-30-2010
Yea, let's trade him to get all that money off the books and sign...oh wait?
Brad Wilkerson - Ace - 03-30-2010
To both of the latter posts: well, yeah.
Brad Wilkerson - cubs25 - 03-31-2010
Lol, yeah Soriano is the better player......but still he could be so much better [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]. It seems that once a player gets a big contract like we gave Soriano, he automatically turns into a bust. I don't know why that works that way, especially always for us.
Brad Wilkerson - kbwsb - 03-31-2010
<!--quoteo(post=85367:date=Mar 31 2010, 05:34 PM:name=cubs25)-->QUOTE (cubs25 @ Mar 31 2010, 05:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Lol, yeah Soriano is the better player......but still he could be so much better [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]. It seems that once a player gets a big contract like we gave Soriano, he automatically turns into a bust. I don't know why that works that way, especially always for us.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
They don't all do that; it just seems that way. D Lee and Aramis have continued to play well after signing big deals.
We've definitely had problems in the free agent market, though. That's why I always look to Ted Lilly...great signing.
Perhaps routinely signing guys in their 30's (ie, their declining years) to multi-year deals isn't an ideal strategy.
But that Ted Lilly...I miss him.