Floyd: Signed Jan. 24th - Hitting 4th before June 1

[Guest]

Murton's played himself out of a job. You have to actually produce at the ML level to earn and then keep a position.

 

This is a terrible argument. Why does the "earn the job" mantra only apply to Murton? He and Floyd have similar production this year, and Murton is younger, faster, healthier, cheaper, has more of a long term future, is a better defender, outproduced Floyd by a significant margin last year, and is probably better at video games too. All this is, is the all to familiar "default to the veteran", it's nonsense.

 

I keep waiting for Floyd's season-ending injury.

[jersey cubs fan]

Murton's played himself out of a job. You have to actually produce at the ML level to earn and then keep a position.

 

This is a terrible argument. Why does the "earn the job" mantra only apply to Murton? He and Floyd have similar production this year, and Murton is younger, faster, healthier, cheaper, has more of a long term future, is a better defender, outproduced Floyd by a significant margin last year, and is probably better at video games too. All this is, is the all to familiar "default to the veteran", it's nonsense.

 

Why gamble on being better when we can guarantee mediocrity with a Veteran?

 

Mediocre might win the Cubs this division or the Wild Card and keep the masses happy for a couple of more years.

 

Unfortunately the Cubs veterans can't even guarantee mediocrity.

[MSG T]

I realize I'm no genious in all things baseball, but if Lou wants to split up Lee and Ramirez with Floyd in between them, why not move Lee into the 2 spot, with Floyd 3rd and Ramirez 4th. If nothing else it gets your best hitter to the plate with one out instead of two.

 

Follow that up with Theriot leading off and Soriano hitting 5th?

 

Or am I just whacked out by the suckiness of this team?

[jersey cubs fan]

I realize I'm no genious in all things baseball, but if Lou wants to split up Lee and Ramirez with Floyd in between them, why not move Lee into the 2 spot, with Floyd 3rd and Ramirez 4th. If nothing else it gets your best hitter to the plate with one out instead of two.

 

Follow that up with Theriot leading off and Soriano hitting 5th?

 

Or am I just whacked out by the suckiness of this team?

 

Makes sense to me. Ramirez is a better hitter than Floyd or Soriano. Getting him up more frequently is a good idea. Floyd is no 3 or 4 hitter at this stage of his career though.

[Soul]

And what's the current problem with this offense? Not driving in runs. We've had a ton of guys in scoring position and there they stay.

 

No we haven't. Why does everybody always talk about RISP? The Cubs have had only the 7th most AB with RISP this season, but they rank 3rd in OPS and 1st in AVG for the season. That means fewer chances than some, but much greater rate of cashing in. Over the last 7 days, when the offense has sucked, their OBP ranks 13th in the league, which means much fewer chances than normal. The Cubs aren't failing with RISP at an alarming rate. The problem is they aren't getting into scoring position. The few hits they've had are measly singles. And they aren't drawing walks. To add insult to injury, they are making outs on the basepaths with their stupid over aggressive mindset of trying to make things happen.

 

It is rather difficult to drive in runs when your baserunners keep getting picked off, yes.

[MSG T]

I realize I'm no genious in all things baseball, but if Lou wants to split up Lee and Ramirez with Floyd in between them, why not move Lee into the 2 spot, with Floyd 3rd and Ramirez 4th. If nothing else it gets your best hitter to the plate with one out instead of two.

 

Follow that up with Theriot leading off and Soriano hitting 5th?

 

Or am I just whacked out by the suckiness of this team?

 

Makes sense to me. Ramirez is a better hitter than Floyd or Soriano. Getting him up more frequently is a good idea. Floyd is no 3 or 4 hitter at this stage of his career though.

 

I agree about Floyd. I just thought it made more sense to move Lee up in the order, instead of Ramirez down, assuming Floyd IS going to be between them for a while.

 

Of course, why should we be putting sense into this, it is the Cubs after all.

[NewUserName]

Something missing in this debate is the fact that Floyd has not hit LHers very well at all the last couple of years.

 

If Murton is really a RBI liability why doesnt he bat 2nd then? Why was that so quickly abandoned?

[UBlink]

I would die a happy man if I never had to see the acronym 'RISP' again.

 

RIP