01-18-2010, 01:59 PM
<!--quoteo(post=76429:date=Jan 18 2010, 11:37 AM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Jan 18 2010, 11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=76426:date=Jan 18 2010, 10:49 AM:name=Rappster)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rappster @ Jan 18 2010, 10:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=76425:date=Jan 18 2010, 10:11 AM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Jan 18 2010, 10:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=76424:date=Jan 18 2010, 10:53 AM:name=Rappster)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rappster @ Jan 18 2010, 10:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=76418:date=Jan 18 2010, 08:20 AM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Jan 18 2010, 08:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My thoughts:
1.) This Toronto writer doesn't know anything more about the Cubs' moves than does the local media;
2.) He was dismissing the Blue Jays as a destination, and then just tossed out the name of the team most often attached to Sheets as a way of doing so.
I don't think anything has changed: the Cubs will watch Sheets throw tomorrow, but it's a double-bind. If he throws crappy, the Cubs can afford him, but won't want him. If he throws well, the Cubs will want him, but can't afford him.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's strong reasoning, Ace...but, one throwing session doesn't erase Sheets' history.
So much of what is printed about contract dollars is just agent posturing. If Sheets were going to get 10M a year, I think he'd have already gotten it.
He's a classic reclamation project...he's Chris Carpenter.
I think he gets incentives, and a higher base than normal...but, it will still be about incentives.
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But my concern is, even if that's the case: why wouldn't 10 other teams offer him the same thing? At that point, we just have to hope that no team tops the others, and he really wants to be a Cub.
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I agree with that...and, I do not believe this writer for a second.
Also...can we afford the incentives? Do we really make more money from every win, even if we get to the playoffs? The place sells out anyway...
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Yes we actually do. For starters, the making the playoffs automatically makes you money. But putting that aside, every win that keeps people who already paid for the ticket coming to the game, is worth X amount of $$ as well. The games last September were sold out, but they were not fully attended. And every person who shows up is a litttle more $$ in concessions, some parking, etc.
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Excellent point, Beater...I've always loved you.
1.) This Toronto writer doesn't know anything more about the Cubs' moves than does the local media;
2.) He was dismissing the Blue Jays as a destination, and then just tossed out the name of the team most often attached to Sheets as a way of doing so.
I don't think anything has changed: the Cubs will watch Sheets throw tomorrow, but it's a double-bind. If he throws crappy, the Cubs can afford him, but won't want him. If he throws well, the Cubs will want him, but can't afford him.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's strong reasoning, Ace...but, one throwing session doesn't erase Sheets' history.
So much of what is printed about contract dollars is just agent posturing. If Sheets were going to get 10M a year, I think he'd have already gotten it.
He's a classic reclamation project...he's Chris Carpenter.
I think he gets incentives, and a higher base than normal...but, it will still be about incentives.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
But my concern is, even if that's the case: why wouldn't 10 other teams offer him the same thing? At that point, we just have to hope that no team tops the others, and he really wants to be a Cub.
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I agree with that...and, I do not believe this writer for a second.
Also...can we afford the incentives? Do we really make more money from every win, even if we get to the playoffs? The place sells out anyway...
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Yes we actually do. For starters, the making the playoffs automatically makes you money. But putting that aside, every win that keeps people who already paid for the ticket coming to the game, is worth X amount of $$ as well. The games last September were sold out, but they were not fully attended. And every person who shows up is a litttle more $$ in concessions, some parking, etc.
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Excellent point, Beater...I've always loved you.