Soriano injury

[anabiono]

Hilarious to listen to meatheads call in to AM 1000 and say stuff like, "Good riddance." "We are better off without him." "Biggest bust in Chicago sports history." These are the same guys who have Theriot written in pen as the leadoff man until Soriano is back.

 

Boy, people sure don't like strikeouts.

 

your avator is wicked!

[Tyrant]

Hilarious to listen to meatheads call in to AM 1000 and say stuff like, "Good riddance." "We are better off without him." "Biggest bust in Chicago sports history." These are the same guys who have Theriot written in pen as the leadoff man until Soriano is back.

 

Boy, people sure don't like strikeouts.

 

your avator is wicked!

 

No, that's Michael Jackson.

[Soul]

It doesn't take this long to look at MRI's. What, are they waiting to notify Sori's family that he has 6 months to live?

[apete6]

It doesn't take this long to look at MRI's. What, are they waiting to notify Sori's family that he has 6 months to live?

 

Does that mean the contract would be either void or covered by insurance?

[MADD_DOG_31]

670 the score just reported that Eric Patterson will be called up and Soriano to the 15 day DL

[Lefty]

I'd say this injury was almost certainly the result of not warming up for the game correctly. 1st inning, chilly April night -- injury happens on a non-stressful play. For $130 million I would think that buys you a player who at least prepares for the game correctly. Jesus.

 

I've seen Soriano stretch before a game. And he does it all wrong, although he may not be the only one. His stretches are the old "static" stretches. You sit and stretch one isolated muscle. While this is good for general flexibility, it is wrong to do before performance. That is because the stretch thins out the muscle making it more vulnerable over the short-term.

 

Before performance he should be doing "dynamic" stretches, which incorporate compound muscle movements and body weight exercises like squats, lunges and pushups. It drives me nuts that I know more about this than Soriano. But Soriano has been doing this since he was a kid, he has been fantastically successful, so why change? You could argue this is the same attitude that influences his plate discipline.

[Wilson A2000]

Forget Coco Crisp, go after Kenny Loften.

 

How much longer until the Cubs can activate the diminished skills clause in Soriano's contract and let him loose?

Soriano's skills haven't diminished.

 

Well then he has no baseball acumen. How about a diminished stats clause?

 

130 million just doesn't buy much anymore. Someone tell Soriano that just because the dollar buys a whole lot less doesn't mean that his play has to diminish in kind.

Edited April 16, 2008 by Wilson A2000

[anabiono]

670 the score just reported that Eric Patterson will be called up and Soriano to the 15 day DL

 

what the crap?

 

what the crap!

 

man, murton is our poor little bastard child

[UMFan83]

670 the score just reported that Eric Patterson will be called up and Soriano to the 15 day DL

 

what the crap?

 

what the crap!

 

man, murton is our poor little bastard child

 

Murton has been quiet for too long. I want him to demand a trade and curse out the organization.

[Wilson A2000]

Looks like Derosa is going to left and either Patterson or Fontenot playing 2B. That's actually an upgrade considering how poorly Soriano has been playing. Time to move Fukudome to leadoff.

[Wilson A2000]

Murton has no one to blame but himself. He can hit for average, but he doesn't have speed, and doesn't have power and is a butcher in the outfield. In order to be a corner outfielder, you have to be better. At best, he is a fourth outfielder.

[Guest]

Yes, and DeRosa/Ward are defensive geniuses in the outfield. And EPatt's defense at 2B or in the OF is not good either.

[CoolHandLuke]

Murton has no one to blame but himself. He can hit for average, but he doesn't have speed, and doesn't have power and is a butcher in the outfield. In order to be a corner outfielder, you have to be better. At best, he is a fourth outfielder.

 

And a fourth outfielder should start over a utility infielder when one of the top three outfielders go down, no?

 

Not calling up Murton is ridiculous. It had better mean a good trade is currently in the works.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

670 the score just reported that Eric Patterson will be called up and Soriano to the 15 day DL

 

what the crap?

 

what the crap!

 

man, murton is our poor little bastard child

 

Marshall couldn't even make the team out of spring, Hill is out of the rotation after two starts, and Murton can't even get a call-up when Soriano is hurt.

 

I give up. They are actively trying to lose at this point.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Of course, this squares with the Jim Hendry philosophy:

 

When in doubt, put another 2b on the roster.

[VanceJergins]

Awesome, Felix will have somebody to keep him company on the bench. This move is so many kinds of genius.

[mordecaibrown]

Patterson will be the king of the late inning double switch, thats all. Lou is planning to play Derosa/Ward/Johnson in left so a call up of Murton would be a waste. I was not surprised by the move at all. If you watched any spring training games, you would know Lou loves an EPat double switch. Edited April 16, 2008 by mordecaibrown

[JonnyRed]

Forget Coco Crisp, go after Kenny Loften.

 

How much longer until the Cubs can activate the diminished skills clause in Soriano's contract and let him loose?

Soriano's skills haven't diminished.

 

Well then he has no baseball acumen. How about a diminished stats clause?

 

130 million just doesn't buy much anymore. Someone tell Soriano that just because the dollar buys a whole lot less doesn't mean that his play has to diminish in kind.

 

The Cubs wouldn't have made the playoffs last year without Soriano's torrid pace in June when we coincidentally turned the season around.

[9YRPLAN]

i am so pissed. murton has to demand a trade. the only season in which he got regular ABs he led the team in batting average. that was his ROOKIE YEAR! how in the hell is everyone so sure that he is not a big league hitter? he is already better than pie will EVER be because he actually has some discipline. the power will come. you dont have to be a defensive stud to play the corners in wrigley...as we have shown by playing DeRo and Ward out there...

[soapy]

670 the score just reported that Eric Patterson will be called up and Soriano to the 15 day DL

 

hahahahahahahahahahaha.....

 

you have to admit it is kind of funny at this point. jesus...

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

If Soriano is out for the year, that means I can start up a trade for Dunn thread by mid summer.

[SouthSideRyan]

Murton has no one to blame but himself. He can hit for average, but he doesn't have speed, and doesn't have power and is a butcher in the outfield. In order to be a corner outfielder, you have to be better. At best, he is a fourth outfielder.

 

According to the mentally ill people running this organization he is at best a 7th outfielder, and probably 8th behind Fuld.

[soapy]

Murton has no one to blame but himself. He can hit for average, but he doesn't have speed, and doesn't have power and is a butcher in the outfield. In order to be a corner outfielder, you have to be better. At best, he is a fourth outfielder.

 

you're so right. the cubs have vastly superior options available to them in LF like......wait......what about....er.......yeah

[Jon]

Forget Coco Crisp, go after Kenny Loften.

 

How much longer until the Cubs can activate the diminished skills clause in Soriano's contract and let him loose?

Soriano's skills haven't diminished.

 

Well then he has no baseball acumen. How about a diminished stats clause?

 

130 million just doesn't buy much anymore. Someone tell Soriano that just because the dollar buys a whole lot less doesn't mean that his play has to diminish in kind.

It hasn't diminished, though. He's coming off one of the best years of his career. Hendry got exactly the player that he paid for. It's not Soriano's fault that Hendry was out of his mind.

 

 

I'm glad they didn't call up Murton. He wasn't going to play, anyways. And we all know that middle infielders make the best outfielders.

[Wilson A2000]

Forget Coco Crisp, go after Kenny Loften.

 

How much longer until the Cubs can activate the diminished skills clause in Soriano's contract and let him loose?

Soriano's skills haven't diminished.

 

Well then he has no baseball acumen. How about a diminished stats clause?

 

130 million just doesn't buy much anymore. Someone tell Soriano that just because the dollar buys a whole lot less doesn't mean that his play has to diminish in kind.

 

The Cubs wouldn't have made the playoffs last year without Soriano's torrid pace in June when we coincidentally turned the season around.

 

That's right. But he is too streaky. Way too streaky for 130 million. Not fundamentally sound enough for 130 million. Where was Soriano when it really counted, in the playoffs? I would move the right fielder to short center and throw him curveballs and watch him try to pull everything.

 

I am just tired of this injury prone, fundamentally unsound, player who doesn't even give a ton of effort.