Lee Is Now in Camp- Says Wrist Has Healed Fully

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Joining Jones and Soriano as non-pitchers or catchers in camp is Derrek Lee.

 

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Derrek Lee also arrived at camp Saturday and was gushing about the Cubs' power-packed batting order, which features Lee, Jones, Soriano, Aramis Ramirez and Cliff Floyd. Among that group, only Jones has not had a season of 30 or more home runs.

 

"I love this lineup and I love our depth," Lee said. "We're going to have a hard time not scoring runs. We're definitely going to put some runs on the board. It's going to be exciting."

 

Lee, who missed much of the 2006 season because of a broken right wrist, said his wrist is fully healed.

[Magnetic Curses]

Joining Jones and Soriano as non-pitchers or catchers in camp is Derrek Lee.

 

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Derrek Lee also arrived at camp Saturday and was gushing about the Cubs' power-packed batting order, which features Lee, Jones, Soriano, Aramis Ramirez and Cliff Floyd. Among that group, only Jones has not had a season of 30 or more home runs.

 

"I love this lineup and I love our depth," Lee said. "We're going to have a hard time not scoring runs. We're definitely going to put some runs on the board. It's going to be exciting."

 

Lee, who missed much of the 2006 season because of a broken right wrist, said his wrist is fully healed.

 

good news, i hope that he returns to his 2005 form, although i'm not holding my breath.

[Mizzou]

Great news! And it's awesome to hear that he's there early. I have a lot of respect for the people who show up early.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Joining Jones and Soriano as non-pitchers or catchers in camp is Derrek Lee.

 

Link.

 

Derrek Lee also arrived at camp Saturday and was gushing about the Cubs' power-packed batting order, which features Lee, Jones, Soriano, Aramis Ramirez and Cliff Floyd. Among that group, only Jones has not had a season of 30 or more home runs.

 

"I love this lineup and I love our depth," Lee said. "We're going to have a hard time not scoring runs. We're definitely going to put some runs on the board. It's going to be exciting."

 

Lee, who missed much of the 2006 season because of a broken right wrist, said his wrist is fully healed.

 

good news, i hope that he returns to his 2005 form, although i'm not holding my breath.

 

I don't think he'll hit as well as he did in 2005, but I am hoping for a solid season from him.

[Jazz]

I don't think it's out of the question for Lee to hit like he did in 05'. That year wasn't a fluke year as he showed early in 06', and it wasn't so much a contract year as it was the fact that he made a huge adjustment in his swing that allowed him to be a complete hitter.

[CubColtPacer]

Joining Jones and Soriano as non-pitchers or catchers in camp is Derrek Lee.

 

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Derrek Lee also arrived at camp Saturday and was gushing about the Cubs' power-packed batting order, which features Lee, Jones, Soriano, Aramis Ramirez and Cliff Floyd. Among that group, only Jones has not had a season of 30 or more home runs.

 

"I love this lineup and I love our depth," Lee said. "We're going to have a hard time not scoring runs. We're definitely going to put some runs on the board. It's going to be exciting."

 

Lee, who missed much of the 2006 season because of a broken right wrist, said his wrist is fully healed.

 

good news, i hope that he returns to his 2005 form, although i'm not holding my breath.

 

I don't think he'll hit as well as he did in 2005, but I am hoping for a solid season from him.

 

Yeah, I expect Lee to be somewhere between his career and 2005. The improvements he made before 2005 to hit the inside fastball and the respect that pitchers will show him because of that season still exists (Lee is patient enough to take full advantage of that respect), so that will help him at least have a OBP close to 4 IMO, even if his slugging returns to it's around .500 level (I am projecting it to be around 550) instead of the .662 it was in 05.

[BigbadB]

I have a lot of respect for the people who show up early.

 

I agree with this sentiment. This team is in a position to make a huge turnaround from the 2006 season, and there's nothing better than seeing everyone in camp early to get a good head start on that turnaround.

[tkenm356]

That's excellent news. I thought Lee was fully recovered during September. Barring the unfortunate setbacks of his daughter's condition, Lee seemd poised to double his numbers from his first month in the last month. He practically matched his pre-injury stats in almost half a month's time.

 

I don't think it's out of line to predict at least a minimum line of .320/.390/.950

 

But that's just me

[Fred Hornkohl]

That's excellent news. I thought Lee was fully recovered during September. Barring the unfortunate setbacks of his daughter's condition, Lee seemd poised to double his numbers from his first month in the last month. He practically matched his pre-injury stats in almost half a month's time.

 

I don't think it's out of line to predict at least a minimum line of .320/.390/.950

 

But that's just me

 

Lee's September was close to his April numbers in batting and slugging, but curiously, he only drew 1 BB in September.

 

Lee                AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
04/03 - 04/30      44   11   14    4    0    3   27   10   12    7  0.318  0.448  0.614  1.062
06/25 - 08/30      87   12   23    4    0    1   30    7   12   26  0.264  0.354  0.345  0.698
09/01 - 10/01      44    7   13    1    0    4   26   13    1    8  0.295  0.298  0.591  0.889

04/03 - 10/01     175   30   50    9    0    8   83   30   25   41  0.286  0.368  0.474  0.842

[CubColtPacer]

That's excellent news. I thought Lee was fully recovered during September. Barring the unfortunate setbacks of his daughter's condition, Lee seemd poised to double his numbers from his first month in the last month. He practically matched his pre-injury stats in almost half a month's time.

 

I don't think it's out of line to predict at least a minimum line of .320/.390/.950

 

But that's just me

 

Lee's September was close to his April numbers in batting and slugging, but curiously, he only drew 1 BB in September.

 

Lee                AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
04/03 - 04/30      44   11   14    4    0    3   27   10   12    7  0.318  0.448  0.614  1.062
06/25 - 08/30      87   12   23    4    0    1   30    7   12   26  0.264  0.354  0.345  0.698
09/01 - 10/01      44    7   13    1    0    4   26   13    1    8  0.295  0.298  0.591  0.889

04/03 - 10/01     175   30   50    9    0    8   83   30   25   41  0.286  0.368  0.474  0.842

 

I'm sure Lee was a little anxious to prove that he was back before this season started, and so was looking a little more for pitches that he could hit hard.

 

Edit: I edited out the first part because it didn't make any sense when I thought over it again.

[tkenm356]

I find it downright disgusting that Derrek Lee drew the 5th most walks on the entire final roster team for the whole season and missed 112 games.

 

I hate you, Dusty Baker

[BigbadB]

No one on the team drew more than 50. I wonder how far back you would have to go with every team in MLB to find a team that had no players draw more than 50 walks.

 

I found one without looking too hard. The Padres best base on baller in 1994 only drew 48 walks. But, they only played 117 games that year.

[KingCubsFan]

That's excellent news. I thought Lee was fully recovered during September. Barring the unfortunate setbacks of his daughter's condition, Lee seemd poised to double his numbers from his first month in the last month. He practically matched his pre-injury stats in almost half a month's time.

 

I don't think it's out of line to predict at least a minimum line of .320/.390/.950

 

But that's just me

 

Lee's September was close to his April numbers in batting and slugging, but curiously, he only drew 1 BB in September.

 

Lee                AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
04/03 - 04/30      44   11   14    4    0    3   27   10   12    7  0.318  0.448  0.614  1.062
06/25 - 08/30      87   12   23    4    0    1   30    7   12   26  0.264  0.354  0.345  0.698
09/01 - 10/01      44    7   13    1    0    4   26   13    1    8  0.295  0.298  0.591  0.889

04/03 - 10/01     175   30   50    9    0    8   83   30   25   41  0.286  0.368  0.474  0.842

I'm guessing that had to with Lee seen as still being injured and pitchers not afraid to challenge him

[CubColtPacer]

No one on the team drew more than 50. I wonder how far back you would have to go with every team in MLB to find a team that had no players draw more than 50 walks.

 

I found one without looking too hard. The Padres best base on baller in 1994 only drew 48 walks. But, they only played 117 games that year.

 

Well, if Walker would have stayed with the team he would have ended up over 50, but you're right, it's pretty rare. Of course, it's not very often that 4 people really get enough at-bats in order to have more than 50 walks, either.

[Mephistopheles]

No one on the team drew more than 50. I wonder how far back you would have to go with every team in MLB to find a team that had no players draw more than 50 walks.

 

I found one without looking too hard. The Padres best base on baller in 1994 only drew 48 walks. But, they only played 117 games that year.

 

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/2003.shtml

 

Jay Gibbons and Melvin Mora walked 49 times that year. Deivi Cruz got 150 games played and 13 walks as the starting shortstop. They also had no one score over 80 runs.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/2002.shtml

 

I believe the 2002 Tigers were the last team before the Cubs to not draw 400 walks. I might have glanced over one, but they had Robert Fick leading them with 46 walks. He also led them in runs scored (66). Simon led them in RBI (82) and no one hit twenty homers. The team scored 575 runs. With a DH.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1995.shtml

 

They only played 144 games, but it's unlikely they would have had 50. Brett Butler led the team with 43 walks. They actually had a good walk rate as a team but there four biggest walk guys {Everett, Butler, Bonilla, Hundley} didn't play the full season but each had about 40 walks in half a season. They drew 446 walks in 144 games.

 

You can throw out 1994, only about 30 guys in the game had fifty walks that season.

 

I stopped at 1990.

[Brian]

"We're going to have a hard time not scoring runs."

 

This is the Cubs and they like a good challenge.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Great news for Lee...this team is getting me really, really, excited.

[Fred Hornkohl]

No one on the team drew more than 50. I wonder how far back you would have to go with every team in MLB to find a team that had no players draw more than 50 walks.

 

I found one without looking too hard. The Padres best base on baller in 1994 only drew 48 walks. But, they only played 117 games that year.

 

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/2003.shtml

 

Jay Gibbons and Melvin Mora walked 49 times that year. Deivi Cruz got 150 games played and 13 walks as the starting shortstop. They also had no one score over 80 runs.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/2002.shtml

 

I believe the 2002 Tigers were the last team before the Cubs to not draw 400 walks. I might have glanced over one, but they had Robert Fick leading them with 46 walks. He also led them in runs scored (66). Simon led them in RBI (82) and no one hit twenty homers. The team scored 575 runs. With a DH.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1995.shtml

 

They only played 144 games, but it's unlikely they would have had 50. Brett Butler led the team with 43 walks. They actually had a good walk rate as a team but there four biggest walk guys {Everett, Butler, Bonilla, Hundley} didn't play the full season but each had about 40 walks in half a season. They drew 446 walks in 144 games.

 

You can throw out 1994, only about 30 guys in the game had fifty walks that season.

 

I stopped at 1990.

 

Here's what I've got for 1961-2005. National League only, teams with fewer than 400 BBs, ignoring strike years.........

 

1966  St. Louis       345
1964  New York        353
1967  New York        362
1967  Cincinnati      372
1968  St. Louis       378
1968  Cincinnati      379
1968  New York        379
1964  Houston         381
1967  Pittsburgh      387
1993  Colorado        388
1965  New York        392
1998  Pittsburgh      393
1966  Cincinnati      394
1978  Montreal        396

[Ivy Walls]

I don't think he'll hit as well as he did in 2005, but I am hoping for a solid season from him.

 

quantify your thinking...why?

 

Ernie Banks broke his hand and returned to have a record four years...

 

Do you know why Lee suddenly jumped from a B level good player to a superstar status in '05?

 

He changed his approach to hitting and opened up his stance allowing him to drop his hands and protect the down and in pitch that got him out, why can't he return if he is indeed healthy?

[Soul]

Lee coming in healthy clinches it, ladies and gents:

 

 

This is the first time since 2003 the entire roster has reported to Spring Training healthy.

[rocket]

Lee coming in healthy clinches it, ladies and gents:

 

 

This is the first time since 2003 the entire roster has reported to Spring Training healthy.

 

don't jinx it

[Brian]

yeah position players haven't all arrived yet.

[A New Era]

yeah position players haven't all arrived yet.

 

Yeah, Izturis hasn't showed up yet. He's probably got achey bones like I do. .

[David]

yeah position players haven't all arrived yet.

 

Yeah, Izturis hasn't showed up yet. He's probably got achey bones like I do. .

 

We can only hope.

[RichHillIsABeast]

yeah position players haven't all arrived yet.

 

Yeah, Izturis hasn't showed up yet. He's probably got achey bones like I do. .

 

Izturis is there. The only guys that aren't there so far are ARam, Ward, Cedeno and a couple minor leaguers that aren't going to make the opening day roster.

 

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