Pie Up; Pagan on DL with colitis

[woodchip2153]

per tribune

 

eta: sorry if this was somewhere else. I can't believe I would be first to see this.

[ctcf]

And the Iowa shuttle probably isn't slowing down any time soon. Left-hander Carmen Pignatiello (2.78 ERA) and catcher Geovany Soto (.348 average) could be next in line to get the call. The Cubs are down to one left-handed reliever now that Will Ohman has been demoted to Iowa, and back-up catcher Koyie Hill is hitting only .153.

 

Awesome

[UMFan83]

Yay, now the speculation of who is going down.

 

Options:

-Ronny Cedeno

-Eric Patterson

-Matt Murton

Edited August 8, 2007 by UMFan83

[WindyCity]

WTF? Are they just throwing stuff on a wall to see what sticks?

[windycityfan]

=D>

[UMFan83]

WTF? Are they just throwing stuff on a wall to see what sticks?

 

It worked for Lou earlier in the year, why not? Standing pat certainly isn't working.

[JeffH]

I'm glad they're at least smart enough to recognize the need for a rangy CF at Coors.

[WindyCity]

I sure hope Felix is here to stay -- quit jerking him back and forth between Chicago and Iowa -- please just commit to using him as your everyday center fielder for the rest of '07 and focus on getting some power off waivers for one of the corner positions.

[E.J.]

So, Epatt probably gets sent down then? Once again we added a guy to the 40-man for a couple of at-bats. Hendry is losing his mind.

[Balsa]

Cedeno's gotta be gone. He's hardly played at all.

 

Hopefully Pie is up to stay.

[Brendan]

Yay, now the speculation of who is going down.

 

Options:

-Ronny Cedeno

-Eric Patterson

-Matt Murton

 

it'd be hard for me to believe that epatt would be going down after his hit last night. it has to be cedeno, doesn't it? he's not really shown any reason to be up here, has he? epatt can play 2nd. and, with jones really struggling, maybe we get a murton-pie-derosa outfield for the time being.

 

good news for pie, though. let's hope they just put him there and let him play the rest of the season.

[JeffH]

Please just release Cliff Floyd.

 

I'm sure he's a hell of a guy, but he has no place on a supposed contender.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Cedeno's gotta be gone. He's hardly played at all.

 

Hopefully Pie is up to stay.

 

Yeah, if Lou thinks he can get by with DeRosa/Fontenot/Patterson as a backup SS, then Cedeno is a goner.

[JeffH]

I wouldn't be surprised if Mike Fontenot gets sent down.

[E.J.]

I wouldn't be surprised if Mike Fontenot gets sent down.

 

that's true. didn't even think of that. he's been pretty awful since his hot start.

[TysonCBulls423]

Please just release Cliff Floyd.

 

I'm sure he's a hell of a guy, but he has no place on a supposed contender.

 

Yes he does. He just has no place playing every day and hitting 5th on a contender.

[jersey cubs fan]

I wouldn't be surprised if Mike Fontenot gets sent down.

 

I wouldn't either, he's had about a 550 OPS since the break, I think. Not sure why they didn't bring up Pie in the first place, given the obvious need for an OF. It would be so ridiculous to send down Patterson after 2 days.

[Post Count Padder]

Please just release Cliff Floyd.

 

I'm sure he's a hell of a guy, but he has no place on a supposed contender.

He's hitting well, but he can never slide or do anything that would cause him to leave his feet, as he'll probably break his back or something. Shouldn't have been signed in the first place.

[JeffH]

If we're not going to have any power, let's try to out-defense and out-footspeed the other guys.

[JeffH]

Please just release Cliff Floyd.

 

I'm sure he's a hell of a guy, but he has no place on a supposed contender.

He's hitting well, but he can never slide or do anything that would cause him to leave his feet, as he'll probably break his back or something. Shouldn't have been signed in the first place.

 

Has our offense become so bad that we now believe that Cliff Floyd is "hitting well"?

 

His OPS in July was .689.

 

So far in August, it's .679.

 

Right now, he's a terrible baseball player.

[rawaction]

callup Pie, Pigs and Soto. Send down Gallagher, Fontenot and Koyieieo Hill.

[jersey cubs fan]

 

it'd be hard for me to believe that epatt would be going down after his hit last night. .

 

Not sure why a weak bloop single would prevent him from being sent down. It's hard for me to believe a team would be stupid enough to add a guy to the 40 man and then send him down 2 days later, when all they had to do was call up Pie in the first place. But it's the Cubs, so it could happen.

 

I have to assume Patterson is up for at least the next week or so.

[jersey cubs fan]

Please just release Cliff Floyd.

 

I'm sure he's a hell of a guy, but he has no place on a supposed contender.

He's hitting well,

 

What?

[gflore34]

Just wrote something about installing Pie as the everyday CF in today' Game Thread hopefully, it'll happen tonight. He may not out hit Jones/Pagan but, he's the superior defensive player that alone will help.

[The Voice of Reason]

I wouldn't be surprised if Mike Fontenot gets sent down.

 

that's true. didn't even think of that. he's been pretty awful since his hot start.[/quote]

 

 

 

Reversion to the mean.