Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-10-2006

[Schroeder20]

5 RBI's for Felix including the game winner.

[Chris]

Keep it up Felix!!!!!!

[Brian]

Who is due up?

 

Coats is up right now with Augie Ojeda on deck.

 

winning run at 1st.

 

FWIW, I saved room for Pie

 

it's a good thing you did ;)

[texascub]

Any reports on how Grant Johnson looked tonight? With a 10/3 GO/FP ratio it looks like his heavy sinking fastball was on tonight, but he also had 4k/4bb.

[CubsWin]

And he has been on about 75% of his starts in the last two seasons.

 

 

yet somehow his numbers suck. weird.

Wow, 6-2 3.47 sucks? Last year, he had a period of about two months where he struggled, but then found it again at the end of the year. And prior to that two month period, he was really good. If you allow yourself to conclude that he fixed whatever was wrong, he can rightfully be expected to be a dependable starter someone who will give you a good to quality start much of time.

 

That's my argument for why over the last two seasons he has been on about 75% of the time and he has the good numbers to prove it. You just have to look at little deeper to find them.

 

in other words, you have to manipulate the numbers. yeah, just take out a two month stretch...no big deal. why don't we take out 1997-2003? his numbers look even better then.

 

What's your argument that he sucks?

 

his career era of 4.90, his career whip of 1.47, the two month stretch that he sucked last year, his first start against cincy. i guess that's it. i've argued the rusch sucks argument a hundred times before, i don't want to argue it any further and soil the minor league forum.

Come on, abuck, I acknowledged that two month period. I didn't manipulate anything and you know it. How disappointing.

 

If his two month stretch of not performing well had been interspersed throughout last season then he would have been inconsistent and mediocre all season long and his performance in '04 could accurately be painted as a fluke. But the fact of the matter is that his performance wasn't mediocre all year long. He was quite good, then he struggled and then he apparently figured out what was wrong. Those are the facts. I'm not making them up.

 

But if you feel that the last two years can be thrown out and would rather base your opinion of him on his career numbers, be my guest. Take the negative road and make out Cubs management as dumb for not going with the obvious choice of Hill over Rusch.

 

I choose to see the bigger picture that includes the good stuff as well. Rusch has been effective about 75% of the time over that last two seasons and the numbers support that statement. He isn't great, but he is likely a safer bet to perform now than Hill is due to Hill's performance at the end of last season and this spring. I also believe that Rusch will not be able to hold off Hill or some other prospect all year long. He's just not that good.

 

But making false accusations of manipulating stats, rattling off only career numbers and being unwilling to look at little deeper into Rusch's numbers don't make a very persuasive argument in my book.

[Neuby]

Nice nights for Hill and Aradasma. Is David first in line if there's any injury to the bullpen?

[rawaction]

Felix is a machine. Scored or knocked in every run 3 days ago, day after had 4 RBIs, yesterday had 5, including the walk-off.

 

Life is good for Felix right now.

[Laura]

WOW, Pie is ON FIRE!

[rawaction]

Felix hit everything in the air to CF, too. One over the fence, one hit the fence, one near the fence. If he turns on a couple more of those, he could have had a couple more long balls.

 

When I played and I was going really good, I would drill the ball to straight away CF.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Nice nights for Hill and Aradasma. Is David first in line if there's any injury to the bullpen?

 

I think David is.

[rawaction]

Nice nights for Hill and Aradasma. Is David first in line if there's any injury to the bullpen?

 

I think David is.

 

Roberto Novoa may have something to say about that. Or possibly JK Ryu.

 

Gotta love that the Cubs have 2 ready relievers, with past ML success, ready to step in if there is an injury.

[abuck1220]

 

But making false accusations of manipulating stats, rattling off only career numbers and being unwilling to look at little deeper into Rusch's numbers don't make a very persuasive argument in my book.

 

i don't care if it's persuasive, i said i didn't want to have an argument about this in the minor league game thread.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Nice nights for Hill and Aradasma. Is David first in line if there's any injury to the bullpen?

 

I think David is.

 

Roberto Novoa may have something to say about that. Or possibly JK Ryu.

 

Gotta love that the Cubs have 2 ready relievers, with past ML success, ready to step in if there is an injury.

 

In terms of Ryu, I think he's in a different situation from Aardsma/Novoa since he'd be used as a long reliever. At this point, I think Aardsma is ahead of Novoa with the return of his velocity.

[CubsWin]

 

But making false accusations of manipulating stats, rattling off only career numbers and being unwilling to look at little deeper into Rusch's numbers don't make a very persuasive argument in my book.

 

i don't care if it's persuasive, i said i didn't want to have an argument about this in the minor league game thread.

Then why accuse me of manipulating stats, mention only career numbers and not look any deeper into his stats in the first place? Doesn't add up.

 

Anyway, we are each welcome to our opinions and, you are absolutely right, the minor league forum isn't the best place for this discussion.

 

Go Cubs!

[abuck1220]

 

But making false accusations of manipulating stats, rattling off only career numbers and being unwilling to look at little deeper into Rusch's numbers don't make a very persuasive argument in my book.

 

i don't care if it's persuasive, i said i didn't want to have an argument about this in the minor league game thread.

Then why accuse me of manipulating stats, mention only career numbers and not look any deeper into his stats in the first place? Doesn't add up.

 

Anyway, we are each welcome to our opinions and, you are absolutely right, the minor league forum isn't the best place for this discussion.

 

Go Cubs!

 

the reason i don't look deeper into his stats is b/c there's nothing to see. he's bad and his stats are bad, bad, bad with the exception of a good part of '04 and maybe half of 2005. and he absolutely sucked today. sucked. but it's not that surprising b/c he's sucked for the majority of his career. hill or guzman needs to be called up, and they both pitched great this week.

[CubsWin]

 

But making false accusations of manipulating stats, rattling off only career numbers and being unwilling to look at little deeper into Rusch's numbers don't make a very persuasive argument in my book.

 

i don't care if it's persuasive, i said i didn't want to have an argument about this in the minor league game thread.

Then why accuse me of manipulating stats, mention only career numbers and not look any deeper into his stats in the first place? Doesn't add up.

 

Anyway, we are each welcome to our opinions and, you are absolutely right, the minor league forum isn't the best place for this discussion.

 

Go Cubs!

 

the reason i don't look deeper into his stats is b/c there's nothing to see. he's bad and his stats are bad, bad, bad with the exception of a good part of '04 and maybe half of 2005. and he absolutely sucked today. sucked. but it's not that surprising b/c he's sucked for the majority of his career. hill or guzman needs to be called up, and they both pitched great this week.

I thought you said you didn't want to have this discussion in this forum? I'll PM you.