North Side Baseball

apparently heyward was on CSN yesterday. said they got a tour of the new clubhouse. joked "it's not big enough." also, not sure if it's been talked about before or not, but kenney mentioned on his interview on the score that having the rooftops owned by the ricketts family (as well as the...

With such a large gap on Arrieta I wonder if that leads to a 2 year contract for him to buyout his arbitration years. I think they should just roll with the arbitration years but like a 2/$25 contract seems about fair for him.

They're totally gonna throw at us, likely Heyward, in the first series of the year and I hope we take the high road again and don't retaliate other than winning the games against them and Joe ripping them post-game again.

I'd do 1 and 2 if it was Odorizzi and not Cobb in trade 2. The other 3 I would not do

I know I'm wrong, but I can't help getting the feeling that Fowler is a guy for the Cubs like Zobrist was. Working behind the scenes to sign him, but having to complete a trade of Soler to Tampa Bay first. Hopefully your wrong and it's Coghlan + prospects to the Rays for McGee and we will have a 4-...

Im always tempted by the 4Ks, but then I just assume that what I'm seeing is some demo reel and not like what actual movies will look like on it. What do blurays and sports look like on a 4k? Is there really a hugely noticeable difference? Our family room TV took a [expletive] about 2 months ago an...

He definitely looks more slim/fit in this pic he just tweeted.


https://twitter.com/ARizzo44/status/687015174432161792

Im always tempted by the 4Ks, but then I just assume that what I'm seeing is some demo reel and not like what actual movies will look like on it. What do blurays and sports look like on a 4k? Is there really a hugely noticeable difference? Our family room TV took a [expletive] about 2 months ago an...

5/80 with a 6 year vesting option that brings it to 96 and a opt out after 2 years.

The Cardinals getting one of Cargo or Blackmon makes a lot of sense. Also another team(s) out on Fowler most likely, Rockies and whoever trades for on of their OF.

I think the Dodgers will wait until the season to do a big trade to see how the pitchers coming back from injury shake out, but it really looks like they are accumulating assets to do a Gray, Fernandez/Ozuna, one of the Cleveland pitchers trades by the deadline.

We probably should pick a different offseason than the same one as the Dodgers the next time we decide/are able to go over the IFA budget.

Damn, I really wanted him. More for the MLB readiness than thinking he will turn out to be anything more than a mid rotation/good bullpen arm, he would've been a really nice depth piece for the year.

Fowler- Cubs (we give him a 1 year deal with no QO for next year so he can get his big deal in a better market) Is that something they could just write into the contract? I want to say you can and its maybe already been done, iirc. If it hasn't been done I see no reason why it couldn't be part of t...

Upton- Orioles
Davis- Angels
Cespedes- Rangers
Fowler- Cubs (we give him a 1 year deal with no QO for next year so he can get his big deal in a better market)
Parra-Cardinals
Jackson- White Sox

It will be interesting to see if he gets any ownership interest, like Beane. I wouldn't be surprised if he's given 5-6/35-40.

mul21 wrote:Well, I didn't win the powerball on my own tickets. Gotta hope the 205 at work come through now.

Nobody won, wow. Up to $1.3 billion. Someone is gonna be in the 3 comma club.

For Ben Revere, could take another team out of the running for Fowler

In an article about Lazaro today I saw he can start individual workouts for teams now after his showcase today, even know we won't know if he's available to sign for this period for another few weeks.

http://nerdist.com/arrested-development-season-5-will-spoof-donald-trump-and-making-a-murderer/ During the fourth season of Arrested Development, the series explored a ludicrous plotline in which Lindsay Bluth (Portia de Rossi) decided to run for political office as a Republican after her anti-Mexi...

I'm more interested in seeing multiple years of 1st rd picks lost (and the draft money lost attached to that)/multiple years of being barred from IFA more than any sort of monetary fine.

With the seeming lack of market for hitters this offseason, does Fowler come back to the Cubs? We know they offered him a 2 year deal this offseason but he wanted more years. With guys like Gordon,Cespedes and Upton struggling to get 4 or 5 year deals, things can't be looking good for Fowler. I'd t...

Just make it a Yes/No ballot with no limits and all ballots public for public shaming and mockery. I like this idea. My fix is (I know it absolutely would never happen) there's still the voting aspect for those who fall short of the objective/measurable criteria but a player automatically gets in i...

Said it before and I'll say it again: use Arrieta like the gorgeous slab of beef he is and then let him go after 2017. I generally agree, but at the same time looking at how the bullpen will likely have multiple guys that can go 2-3 innings.... I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to occasionally limi...