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Tyler Colvin Fucking Blows.
Tyler Colvin Fucking Blows.
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Byrd contract is more favorable correct BUT Soriano is more productive. Here is a question for you. If Cubs eat 40 mil of Soriano deal for next 3 years that makes him around 5-6 mil per year ball player. Who has more value, Byrd at 1 yr 7 mil or Soriano 3 yrs at 5 mil per?
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To the first part, Soriano is not more productive, all-around, than Byrd.
Secondly, Byrd has more value @ 1/7. Soriano's gonna be even MORE terribler in 2 years...
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I take Sori 25 HR 80+ RBI over Byrd 10 HR 50 RBI any day. Byrd or Soriano dont steal. Only thing would be the DEF. Both have bad OBP
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But the defense is a BIG difference...
And his numbers are sustainable, while Soriano's only decline at this point.
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There is a reason why you don't make decisions for the team and they do.
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So are the offensive numbers. They are a big difference. Im not Soriano fan either BUT he better then Byrd EASLY
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byrd is overall more productive than soriano
all soriano is good at now is power hitting(its inconsistent as hell though thats the problem)
base hitting not great....defense is a liability...cant steal anymore
byrd can do everything....not anything exceptionally well..but he is a well-rounded player...
his base hitting has declined a bit from last year where he was probably the best hitter on the team(now castro has pretty much taken that crown for the next couple of years)
byrd is 34 and soriano is 35 so they're both not too young
all soriano is good at now is power hitting(its inconsistent as hell though thats the problem)
base hitting not great....defense is a liability...cant steal anymore
byrd can do everything....not anything exceptionally well..but he is a well-rounded player...
his base hitting has declined a bit from last year where he was probably the best hitter on the team(now castro has pretty much taken that crown for the next couple of years)
byrd is 34 and soriano is 35 so they're both not too young
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Only thing that Byrd does better then Soriano is Avg (which who cares when OBP around the same) and better DEF! Soriano better power, better arm, better in RBI situations, etc
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I'm honestly done wasting my time arguing with a person who can't use common sense and learn to realize when he is wrong it's a waste of my time to even try to read your posts anymore
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arm as to what?
i agree about the RBI situations but marlon gets on base pretty well
soriano is only good for power though...thats the issue he's limited dimensionally while byrd is well-rounded...although he may not excel at anything really...he is a solid power hitter..solid base hitter...solid defender(the biggest difference)...solid awareness...etc.
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Byrd with .324 OBP..not very good. yes better then Sori though
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Dont like when a baseball nut has a different opinion then you? How many games do you watch a year?
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No I'm just sick of arguing over the same thing over and over again clearly I'm not gonna change my opinion and clearly you aren't gonna change yours so why waste the time? And considering I live in Pennsylvania I catch as many as I can when they play on WGN or ESPN or against the phillies or pirates other then that I'm very limited in how much I can watch of them over here. Doesn't mean anything I still know whats going on and keep up
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What were we arguing again?
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Not to be dick but i watch 125 + games a year. I see these guys day and day out. You can ask my wife, she thinks i love baseball more then her most days. I read any article i can find on Cubs. I watch all press conferences. I do feel i know the game better then most fans. Yes its ok we have different opinions, great thing about baseball. Just sometimes hard me to hear guys who dont know the game as well argue with me. I agree Cubs have a long way to go to win but no one saw this team winning after 2006 and they did. It can happen if built right. Im sorry but Cubs should never have to rebuild as you say. They have to many resources. They draw 3 mil + every year cause its the Cubs. So to say they are in rebuild mode is just 100% wrong. They are more in an overhaul mode then anything. Theo and Hoyer will want to bring in some of its own guys. I understand that. As a fan its just going to be hard to see A-Ram leave when we all know its going to be a huge downgrade. Hard to say that Figgins makes more sense then Z when Cubs need SP just as badly as the next team. People think i just want to spend money likes it nothing but i just want the Cubs to do what they should do as a big market team that has 3 mil + fans every year. They should be spending around 140 mil every year on payroll. Espicially now that they cant go nuts in the draft like they thought. Today on CSN offseason baseball show 3 guys said that the Cubs will be bigger players on market cause of new CBA. Honestly there only 1 contract holding the Cubs down now and its Soriano. Z and Demp are gone at end of year so they can backload some contracts this offseason to help them this year and future.
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Just because they have money doesn't mean they have to spend it though. They can explore multiple different options. It'd be kind of cool if they got Fielder and/or Pujols, won't lie to ya 
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Just because they have money doesn't mean they have to spend it though. They can explore multiple different options. It'd be kind of cool if they got Fielder and/or Pujols, won't lie to ya
I agree there are some guys i wouldnt spend money on. I also think there are guys like Fielder that i would. Not to many 27 y/o 1B studs hit the market every year.
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The fact of the matter is that nobody--not us fans, not the media--knows what the Cubs' plan is. It's still fun to debate each side, but saying that "the Cubs must absolutely do X" like the media has or certain fans do is premature at this point.
On the subject of Soriano, I think most GMs, even the stupid ones, will see him as an albatross and likely will not give a lot back in a prospect package even if the Cubs threw money in. The Cubs will basically be lucky with a straight salary dump.
On the subject of Soriano, I think most GMs, even the stupid ones, will see him as an albatross and likely will not give a lot back in a prospect package even if the Cubs threw money in. The Cubs will basically be lucky with a straight salary dump.
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