01-22-2010, 10:48 AM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->And you are suggesting they should allocate THREE spots to unproven guys with no real backup. I don't think that's a sound idea.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm not suggesting it, but I would agree with that more. As I've shown, plenty of teams thought it was a sound idea and went on to advance deep into the playoffs.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->5th starters, on the other hand, are the epitome of easily replaceable talent. If they want to give it to Jay Jackson, more power to them. If he fucks up, we have any number of backup plans. That seems a more reasonable gamble.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You're looking at it very short sighted though BT. If the Cubs happen to go your route (which it seems they will), they'll hopefully get one guy to work out as the 5th starter. That's one guy you can pay basically nothing for the next 6 years. However, if they go with my idea, they have the opportunity to fill in fringe positions (assuming they work out) with low cost players for the next however many years which frees up payroll for more important positions like starting pitcher or starting 1st baseman. If they don't work out, they can find the next fringe player and see how that works.
Just FYI, the board made me make three different posts because I made too many quotes [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
I'm not suggesting it, but I would agree with that more. As I've shown, plenty of teams thought it was a sound idea and went on to advance deep into the playoffs.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->5th starters, on the other hand, are the epitome of easily replaceable talent. If they want to give it to Jay Jackson, more power to them. If he fucks up, we have any number of backup plans. That seems a more reasonable gamble.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You're looking at it very short sighted though BT. If the Cubs happen to go your route (which it seems they will), they'll hopefully get one guy to work out as the 5th starter. That's one guy you can pay basically nothing for the next 6 years. However, if they go with my idea, they have the opportunity to fill in fringe positions (assuming they work out) with low cost players for the next however many years which frees up payroll for more important positions like starting pitcher or starting 1st baseman. If they don't work out, they can find the next fringe player and see how that works.
Just FYI, the board made me make three different posts because I made too many quotes [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]