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"Ace in training", that's a new one.

Also, they increased their salary.

Cubs fans seem to be referencing precedent a lot. But I don't see any of them mentioning these situations.

Randy Winn for Lou Pinella.
Kevin Youkilis (3rd best prospect) for Billy Beane before he...

-Gammons

Did the Cubs ever settle on compensation for Jed Hoyer? They stated that the Padres would receive a lower level player for him but I haven't heard anything.

Oops, you're right. Either way, 95 runs or 108 runs that's a pretty significant difference.

:D

I'd say the Red Sox are right up there with them.

If Selig didn't force this deal through before the Cubs and Red Sox agreed on compensation then this wouldn't have been an issue.

Here's one from ESPN:



If you google "significant compensation" and theo epstein you can find dozens more. You'd think if this was incorrect information that's being so widely reported that the...

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/

I would love to see how the Red Sox or Yankees offense would do in the Rangers ballpark for one season. It allows 23% more runs than either one of their parks. If you apply the park factor to the Red...

I predict Crawford has his first 20 home run season next year. In 2010 if he hit 5 balls in Tropicana that were not home runs and would have been over the wall at Fenway. That would have given him a...

You take the all-bat future DH, I'll take the better all-around player ;)


Their park adjusted wOBA's the last three years:

2009
Cabrera - .406
Gonzalez - .440

2010

Fenway Park is not a good home run hitting park. It was 22nd last year in giving up home runs.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor/_/sort/HRFactor

That probably explains why Gonzalez hit 17...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22QYriWAF-U

That's not the way baseball works. Epstein could have resigned but he still could not have worked for the Cubs while he was still supposed to be under contract with the Red Sox unless the Red Sox...

Exactly.

Epstein did when he referenced previous "precedent" of a top 30 prospect in Single-A who never made the majors.

Screw the sig bet, the real life compensation will be more than enough.

That's what I thought.

I guess she's good looking if you're into large women with acne.

Probably because not all mods are Yankees fans. If you don't like the post, report it. There's no need to make a separate post complaining about it.

1908, I'm not going to argue this with you anymore. I would be happy to make a sig bet with you though. I bet you that the Red Sox get at least a top 10 player in the Cubs system, a major league...

It's not anger, it's common sense. You're acting like you agreed to get a tattoo on your face if you were wrong. It's an internet sig bet, don't be a 3 year old and suck it up. There's a reason...

If you consider John Henry saying he wasn't behind the Crawford signing to be "dragging him through the dirt" then I think you're being way too sensitive here. Plus, that comment didn't come out...

Are you Bud Selig? Then why should I care what you're "willing" to give up.