GGajewski18 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I'm watching SportsTalk Live and the question was who would you take for one game and then for the next 5 years. Kaplan and some other jack wagon said they would take Sale because "he is a proven super star" but take Samardzija over a career. Samardzija hasn't consistantly had a good season over his career. Maybe 2 years ago when he went 9-13 with a 3.81 era. Chris Sale has a lifetime ERA under 3 as of today. 4 years younger and on an insane team friendly contract. I wanted to reach through the TV and just smack some sense into these Cubs homers. Discuss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Yeah, I'm sure they were searching for an angle to make Cubs fans happy. There's no question who the better player is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ May 23, 2014 -> 06:04 PM) I'm watching SportsTalk Live and the question was who would you take for one game and then for the next 5 years. Kaplan and some other jack wagon said they would take Sale because "he is a proven super star" but take Samardzija over a career. Samardzija hasn't consistantly had a good season over his career. Maybe 2 years ago when he went 9-13 with a 3.81 era. Chris Sale has a lifetime ERA under 3 as of today. 4 years younger and on an insane team friendly contract. I wanted to reach through the TV and just smack some sense into these Cubs homers. Discuss Their larger point about taking JS was because of Sale's health questions, not career consistency. Pretty sure they all agreed Sale has better stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasttriptotulsa Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Is this a joke? Other than about the first ten starts this year the shark has been average at best. Sale is a bonafide ace. Sure he has some injury issues, but what pitcher doesnt these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Reminds of the Buehrle vs Wood vs Prior vs Zambrano vs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ultimate Champion Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ May 23, 2014 -> 06:04 PM) I'm watching SportsTalk Live and the question was who would you take for one game and then for the next 5 years. Kaplan and some other jack wagon said they would take Sale because "he is a proven super star" but take Samardzija over a career. Samardzija hasn't consistantly had a good season over his career. Maybe 2 years ago when he went 9-13 with a 3.81 era. Chris Sale has a lifetime ERA under 3 as of today. 4 years younger and on an insane team friendly contract. I wanted to reach through the TV and just smack some sense into these Cubs homers. Discuss Yeah Samardzija wants to be paid like a true ace & also believes it would be unbecoming of him to take any sort of hometown discount, and that doing so hurts the rest of the league. Meanwhile Chris Sale is better than him everywhere across the board and is locked up with us at a rate which will make it extremely easy for him to outperform his contract. I'd figure Sale is a far better teammate as well. Samardzija is good though. Let him be someone else's problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Sale pitches in the AL. Samardzija would have to pitch to a complete line up regularly for me to take him seriously as a star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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