Things you wouldn't have guessed

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Sean Marshall has very similar if not better numbers to Dontrelle Willis.

 

Aramis has an .870 OPS in June.

 

Barrett's OBP is .370.

 

Cedeno's line outside of May: .300/~.329/.457/.786

[otis89]

Derrek Lee is injured.

 

Carlos Marmol is on the major league team.

 

Freddie Bynum is platooning with Matt Murton.

[Tim Burr]

Baker keeps making excuses!

[otis89]

Baker keeps making excuses!

 

Actually, I would've guessed that.

[Tim Burr]

Baker keeps making excuses!

 

Actually, I would've guessed that.

 

OK, then how about Baker still has a job to go to on June 21st? :shock:

[dalgreen]

Matt Murton being pathetic in June.

 

Jacques Jones being good in June.

[Roast]

There is more than one team in baseball with a worse record than the cubs.

[Andy]

Kerry Wood is on the DL, and Mark Prior is in the baby steps of returning to form, if he does it at all.

 

Oh, this is things you WOULDN'T have guessed? Umm...Rusch is still, as of now anyway, in the rotation.

[rocket]

todd helton's homerun power = gone

[reggiemiller rules]

Ponson is still actually on the Cardinals roster.

[CubsBullsBears]

The White Sox and Cardinals winning too much for me to take.

[A New Era]

Baker keeps making excuses!

 

Actually, I would've guessed that.

 

OK, then how about Baker still has a job to go to on June 21st? :shock:

 

This is things you WOULDN'T have guessed. We know who's in charge of keeping Baker, so we would guess he'd be here no matter how bad it is.

[A New Era]

Kerry Wood is on the DL, and Mark Prior is in the baby steps of returning to form, if he does it at all.

 

Oh, this is things you WOULDN'T have guessed? Umm...Rusch is still, as of now anyway, in the rotation.

 

You wouldn't have guess the stupid people in charge of putting Rusch in the rotation would be too cowardly to admit their mistakes and NOT keep running them out there? I expected it, and it's been happening for far too long.

[CubsBullsBears]

Murton and Cedeno are still on the MLB team.

[A New Era]

This thread is about things like. . .

 

Pierre sucking really bad. . .. .

 

After Pierre sucking really bad, Pierre actually having an OBP above .350 for the last 10 games.

 

Jones with a .300 avg this year.

 

Derreck Lee going down

 

Blanco being considered for POTW

 

Maddux having an incredible April

 

Marmol!!! (just Marmol)

[soccer10k]

Dusty Baker actually has a brain. I'm not saying he uses it or it's actually functioning. I'm just saying that he has one.

[Tracer Bullet]

Tony Womack is a Chicago Cub (though if I had guesssed that, I also would have guessed that he's not repeating the career year he had with StL in '04).

[Soul]

Well, there's the obvious ones:

 

1. Derek Lee with a major injury. Impossible to predict it.

 

2. Pierre the bastion of suckage that he is. I mean we knew he wasn't incredible, but this bad? No way.

 

3. Ramirez with the crappiness. This kind of ties into the Lee injury I think, but I still expected more.

 

And then there are some others:

 

4. Maddux with the incredible April, then the slowdown---pretty much the exact opposite of other seasons.

 

5. I wouldn't have guessed Prior would just be coming back now. I thought it was going to be mid-May.

 

6. Marmol & Marshall: two young guns with some promise. Gooz: young gun faltering. I would have picked it the other way around :)

 

7. Jones catching his wind. After that brutal start, I'm surprised. Good for him.

 

8. Howry not all that great: seems like he struggles a bit too much for a guy who was supposed to be so solid. I realize his numbers say otherwise, I'm just going on observation. He seems to struggle whenever I watch him.

[Balsa]

Things that have surprised me since the season started:

 

*Maddux's torrid start and then just as fast his awful slump

 

*DLee injury

 

*Cedeno having as many hits as Juan Pierre

 

*Cedeno having 5 triples, Pierre having 4, and Barrett having 3!

 

*Matt Murton having only 4 HRs

 

*Brynum has 3 triples but no doubles

 

*Murton has 30 Runs Scored in 212 ABs, while Pierre has 34 Runs Scored in 292 ABs

 

*Nevin leading the active team in SLG%

 

*Murton struggling against right-handers??

 

*Barrett punching someone in the face

 

*Barrett leading the team in batting average at just .308

 

*Todd Walker losing all his power

[soapy]

Things I wouldn't have guessed; Cub-wise:

 

Murton's and Walker's lack of power

Ramirez's awful start

Marshall and Mormal's relative success

Jones' production (better then I thought)

Cedeno has actually played more then I thought (probably becuase Neifi gets to start at 2B now)

[BeerHere]

The White Sox and Cardinals winning too much for me to take.

 

Seconded

[cubweiser03]

Aramis BA of .256

Pierre BA of .243

Ronny with 249AB

Murton BA of .259 and only 4HRs.

Wood and Prior being out so long.

[Bergy92]

Things I wouldn't have guessed (or would not want to know...)

 

That Patterson is having a higher AVG than Cedeno, Murton, Aramis, & Pierre - a higher OBP than Jones, Aramis, Cedeno, & Pierre - a higher OPS than Walker, Cedeno, Murton, & Pierre - and more SB than Pierre...

 

That Nomar would be leading our team in Runs, Hits, 2B, RBI, SO (the fewest), AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS...

[Roast]

Heres some things I wouldnt have guessed around Baseball:

 

-Heltons home run power vanishing.

-Ben Sheets spending 90% of the season on the DL

-Ponson having success

-The Bluejays actually competing with Boston/NYY. We knew they'd be good, but wow.

-The BRAVES IN LAST PLACE

-Sheltons Monsterous start

-Delmon Youngs Bat Toss game.

-An Ex-Whitesox getting arrested for DUI...oh wait..nvm.

[Big Fergie J]

I wouldn't have guessed I'd be this disinterested in the Cubs by June 21st.