Brad Wilkerson

[Andy]

He was just released by the Phillies. Somewhere in ITI land, I think someone just wet themselves.

[kbwsb]

Wasn't he traded for Soriano a few years ago? Who would you rather have now? (considering their contracts, it's a toss-up)

[Destined]

<!--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.

[kbwsb]

<!--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.

[Destined]

<!--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.

[ruby23]

<!--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.

[Scarey]

<!--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.

[kbwsb]

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!

[Ace]

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.

[MW4]

<!--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.

[Andy]

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.

[bz]

Yea, let's trade him to get all that money off the books and sign...oh wait?

[Ace]

To both of the latter posts: well, yeah.

[cubs25]

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.

[kbwsb]

<!--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.