Jones

[imb]

since jones is due to slump. at least that's what i keep reading about jones.

 

Do you believe that he will hit like this for the rest of the season?

 

i wouldn't be surprise if he puts up a .850 ops. lee & barrett became better hitters after joining the cubs, so maybe jones too.

 

Didnt Lee and Barrett hit their prime with the Cubs too?

 

I hope Jones puts up an .850 ops, but im not holding my breath. Jones is 31 and has only done that once in his life.

[CubfaninCA]

since jones is due to slump. at least that's what i keep reading about jones.

 

Do you believe that he will hit like this for the rest of the season?

 

i wouldn't be surprise if he puts up a .850 ops. lee & barrett became better hitters after joining the cubs, so maybe jones too.

 

Didnt Lee and Barrett hit their prime with the Cubs too?

 

I hope Jones puts up an .850 ops, but im not holding my breath. Jones is 31 and has only done that once in his life.

 

yep, but both have had quite an improvement w/ chicago.

 

lee's ops last year was 200 points better than his best w/ florida. barret was .655, .749 & .678 in his last 3 seasons w/ montreal. he's went .826, .824 and .868 w/ the cubs.

[imb]

since jones is due to slump. at least that's what i keep reading about jones.

 

Do you believe that he will hit like this for the rest of the season?

 

i wouldn't be surprise if he puts up a .850 ops. lee & barrett became better hitters after joining the cubs, so maybe jones too.

 

Didnt Lee and Barrett hit their prime with the Cubs too?

 

I hope Jones puts up an .850 ops, but im not holding my breath. Jones is 31 and has only done that once in his life.

 

yep, but both have had quite an improvement w/ chicago.

 

lee's ops last year was 200 points better than his best w/ florida. barret was .655, .749 & .678 in his last 3 seasons w/ montreal. he's went .826, .824 and .868 w/ the cubs.

 

Those bumps coincide nicely with the 28-29 year range, do they not? Jones? Not so much. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's far from likely. Players usually dont wait until they turn 31 to become useful. Here's to hoping though.

[CubfaninCA]

since jones is due to slump. at least that's what i keep reading about jones.

 

Do you believe that he will hit like this for the rest of the season?

 

i wouldn't be surprise if he puts up a .850 ops. lee & barrett became better hitters after joining the cubs, so maybe jones too.

 

Didnt Lee and Barrett hit their prime with the Cubs too?

 

I hope Jones puts up an .850 ops, but im not holding my breath. Jones is 31 and has only done that once in his life.

 

yep, but both have had quite an improvement w/ chicago.

 

lee's ops last year was 200 points better than his best w/ florida. barret was .655, .749 & .678 in his last 3 seasons w/ montreal. he's went .826, .824 and .868 w/ the cubs.

 

Those bumps coincide nicely with the 28-29 year range, do they not? Jones? Not so much. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's far from likely. Players usually dont wait until they turn 31 to become useful. Here's to hoping though.

 

True that. Lee was 29 when he took off.

 

Iirc Jones has dealt w/ some personal problems since 2004. I believe his father died in 2004, and Jones had a very difficult time dealing with it. His numbers dropped off from .797 in 2003 & .852 in 2002 to .742 and 757. Believe me that's something hard to deal with, but perhaps all that is behind him, and he's ready to pick up where he left off in 2002.

 

Who knows he could start a severe slump tomorrow too. :?

[TB_11]

Those bumps coincide nicely with the 28-29 year range, do they not? Jones? Not so much. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's far from likely. Players usually dont wait until they turn 31 to become useful. Here's to hoping though.

 

The reason Lee's OPS skyrocketed wasn't so much the fact that he 'hit his prime age' as much as he closed a huge hole in his swing.

[imb]

Those bumps coincide nicely with the 28-29 year range, do they not? Jones? Not so much. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's far from likely. Players usually dont wait until they turn 31 to become useful. Here's to hoping though.

 

The reason Lee's OPS skyrocketed wasn't so much the fact that he 'hit his prime age' as much as he closed a huge hole in his swing.

 

He did it when he hit his "prime age". Do you think that players just magically get better in that 28, 29 area? That's the time when they start figuring things out, hence, closing a hole in his swing.

[bhogg]

maybe his work with Gwynn is paying off.

 

He did mention that he's dedicated to hitting .300.

[CubfaninCA]

Jones came into tonight's game tied for 3rd amongst NL RF's in OPS @ .885.

 

Hawpe's #1 w/ .980, Abreu's #2 w/ .963 and Drew was tied for 3rd.

 

Jones' ops will go up w/ his 2-4 tonight. GO JOCK! :D

[abuck1220]

 

Jones' ops will go up w/ his 2-4 tonight. GO JOCK! :D

 

decided you couldn't win the 'told you so' game w/ pierre, so you've moved on the jones, eh?

[CubfaninCA]

 

Jones' ops will go up w/ his 2-4 tonight. GO JOCK! :D

 

decided you couldn't win the 'told you so' game w/ pierre, so you've moved on the jones, eh?

 

i never predicted jones would be nearly this good.

 

just nice to see something work out for a change. i'm rooting for this team to go on a long winning streak.

[Pinktermite]

Thank God, I found a thread where Jacque is praised, rather than thrown to the dogs and used as an excuse to complain about Hendry.

 

There are many players, as you guys have so adroitly pointed out, that have done better as Cubs than they were with their previous teams.

 

Some people on here hate everything and the Cubs can do nothing right, or so it seems.

[Productive Outs]

jacque jones is 10th in RC/G and 13th in VORP among RF in both leagues.

 

pierre is 53rd with a VORP of -7.8

[rocket]

jacque jones is 10th in RC/G and 13th in VORP among RF in both leagues.

 

pierre is 53rd with a VORP of -7.8

 

jacque jones is above average!!!!