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Yeah, baseball salaries have grown so quickly over the past 15 years that it's pretty misleading to compare pay rates on contracts that are even a couple of years apart. But really, anyone who thinks the Cubs overpaid for Heyward because the value of his defense is overstated - what do you...

I don't know, I thought it made perfect sense if their plan really was to be competitive in 2017; it was just a very NBA-esque sort of move. Granted, we're not having to work with a hard salary cap like in the NBA, but if you have budget constraints and you have no plans to compete for a year...

My Scout profile says December 2004, which seems about right. If I recall correctly I first started poking around the internet for baseball news around the time of the Hudson trade, which led me to the Scout board.

I feel like a large part of his downfall has just been a major shift in how catchers are valued over the last few years. His best feature has always been his arm, but over the last several years teams have started to realize pitch calling and framing are far more important, and he's not...

Neither Upton nor Gordon is coming off a season anywhere near as good as Cespedes' 2015. On top of that Gordon is nearly 2 years older than Cespedes, and Upton is awful defensively. Neither of them can play CF either. Once Heyward signs, Cespedes will be the biggest impact OF available in a...

I like Cespedes, but I will be shocked if he signs for fewer than 5 years or less than $23 million annually, which definitely puts us out of contention for him.

I agree. He's signed through 2020 for less money than JA Happ got this offseason. We can absolutely afford to wait and see if he gets back to his old self; even if he only improves to being a 2-WAR pitcher he'd still be a bargain.

Nah, the general consensus is that this was a horrible trade for them. It's not about them wanting to win now, it's about opportunity cost. For what they paid, they likely could have gotten a pitcher in the Carrasco/Harvey/Grey tier if they had bothered to talk to anyone but the Braves. On top...

Wait what

Too soon.

Is the implication here that Heyward doesn't do his job every day because he's too concerned with money? Do you have any other insights into his psyche? Maybe he also doesn't love baseball as much as he should. I'm not really sure what you're even trying to argue anymore. Of course Lou...

His defensive numbers are being held down by the brewers playing him in cf most often. His numbers in rf have been consistently good. That said, his offensive numbers this year do look like a fluke, and they'll likely drive his FA price up too far to be worth it.

Yeah! The cheap bastards taking on 10million in dead salary to buy a prospect!

With the club having around $40 million to spend in the offseason and no major players set to hit FA, I don't think you have to be a thethe level homer to expect us to be better next year.

it's an easter miracle

He's still not getting franchise player money. Unless you think Melvin was also given a franchise player contract...

I dunno, iirc bill shanks used the dreaded "makeup issues" with respect to Lerew . Plus, he hasn't had surgery, has he? Joey Devine might be a better candidate.

I remember I started posting on the old board around the time of the Hudson trade. Back then I used to get really excited about the off season. Then the Mondesi/Jordan/Anderson/Reitsma days made me really jaded about the off season. After that we started signing guys again, only to have the...

Now name one of the starters behind them that is better than Floyd. Or do you honestly expect that none of the starting five will get hurt in 2014?

He has a memorable name, posted a lot on the free boards, and I thought I remembered seeing him post more recently than other regulars. Although now that I look at my inbox, I see weso sent me a PM over a week ago - I just never thought to check it since that's the first PM I've received since...