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4/17 Cubs (Miller) vs. Fathers (Maddux), 1:20 pm CT, WGN

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Floyd looked better in that AB than Murton's first pitch pop up

 

Better bench Murton forever, then!

 

Stop being dramatic. I'm just saying, through what I've seen of the season, Floyd's been a better player. And we NEED to win right now, not play Murton for the heck of it. You disagree with either of those statements?

 

There don't seem to be many people who think we can win this year. Everyone is like "Floyd is old, what happens then?" Right now, Floyd is producing, Murton isn't. In this weak division, anyone can win, and as last year showed, all you need to do is make the playoffs and then ANYTHING can happen.

 

Thank you!

 

I keep hearing that Murton isn't producing, but he clearly did yesterday, if we want to play the sample size game. He's had a rough day today, but there is another thing to be concerned with Floyd's durability.

 

Cliff clearly is playing on his last tendon strands, and it doesn't look that good. We can't continue to play him all the time. We really can't, because his career will end due to achilles injury.

 

Theriot is not an OF for this team, as much as a hot start he has gotten off to. Beyond this, Murton is better than Jacque, who we should unload anyhow.

 

This is a marathon, not a sprint. If we needed to win three of four to make the playoffs, then play fast and loose, but to risk Floyd so early or bench Murton because of a few bad games so early in the season when he is only spot starting anyhow isn't just dumb, its criminally negligent.

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The deeper this goes with our relievers left, the less I like our chances.

 

Who is left? Ohman and Demp?

illiniguy Knoxville Smokies

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yeah learning how to win in the minors isn't going to prepare these guys for all the losing they'll do with the big club

He got all those titles out of the way though.

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Really? How often does a inferior team win the WS. Last one I can think of before last year was 88 Dodgers and than 85 Royals.

 

So, basically, if we aren't the runaway best team we should just wrap it up and play kids?

 

Playing Murton is not wrapping it up. He's as good as Floyd and Jones, at least, and should get better. None of the Cubs OF is an ideal OF, they need all of them to produce if they hope to succeed.

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