SB Nation User Blog: berselius

The Cubs remain confident that they can trade Bradley without assuming the vast majority of the $21 million remaining on his contract over the next two years.

New owner Tom Ricketts has set a limit for how much money the Cubs will include in a deal, one source says. The Cubs can take back a contract but pay only a fixed amount of cash."

Obviously this is great news, and it's good to see that Ricketts is smart enough to know that simply releasing Bradley for nothing is the absolute worst thing that could be done.

Jumbotron------->Wrigley?

berselius — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:15:24 -0000

Jumbotron------->Wrigley?

(at bottom or article)

Levine is just speculating here, but I would not be surprised if the owners push this through to help finance the sale. I'm not a huge fan of the extracurricular jumbotron stuff but the current setup is pretty lacking in the informational stuff that would go on it.

The Club has to pay ~$30mm to the banks each year, and if the Jumbotron ads bring in 25-30 million I'd much rather see that than a slash in payroll. The scoreboard isn't going anywhere but I wouldn't be surprised if they set something up like they did for the winter classic, or put it on the buildings on Waveland behind the LF bleachers.

Why the rest of the names cannot be released

berselius — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:33:44 -0000

Why the rest of the names cannot be released

Aside from the ambiguities in the testing data that Al quoted earlier today, we must remember our duty to the law.

Ryan Theriot is outperforming the rest of the Cubs position players

berselius — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:14:56 -0000

Ryan Theriot is outperforming the rest of the Cubs position players

Is there a easier way to translate spreadsheet -> html? I'm too impatient to type in all the numbers into my little table

Believe it or not - Cubs midseason position player MVP

berselius — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:59:16 -0000

Believe it or not - Cubs midseason position player MVP

I was pretty surprised to see this. He's having a nice season, but still - goes to show how much the offense has underperformed this year

Fangraphs on the DeRosa trade

berselius — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:04:06 -0000

Fangraphs on the DeRosa trade

"This trade is a perfect (and rare) example of what can happen when a general manager executes a successful trade of a veteran player who has just one year left on his existing contract."