Dayn Perry: "Are the Cubs for real?"

[CubinNY]

The Cubs are for real. However, they are a good team, not a great team (great meaning over 90 wins). To be great they will need to get better production out of CF. Also, I'm not at all impressed with Fukudome. The pitching staff will be fine once they drop Marquis and Put Hill back where he belongs.

 

You are weird.

 

 

i was going to say something about it, and then i saw the his slg is all the way down to 431. i wouldn't say that i'm "not at all impressed," but he really needs to start hitting for some power.

 

I'll amend my statement to say what tree said. Maybe if Lou batted him higher in the order like he should it would make things better for me. He's in a run producing position in the order.

[Roast]

The Cubs are for real. However, they are a good team, not a great team (great meaning over 90 wins). To be great they will need to get better production out of CF. Also, I'm not at all impressed with Fukudome. The pitching staff will be fine once they drop Marquis and Put Hill back where he belongs.

 

You are weird.

 

 

i was going to say something about it, and then i saw the his slg is all the way down to 431. i wouldn't say that i'm "not at all impressed," but he really needs to start hitting for some power.

 

I'll amend my statement to say what tree said. Maybe if Lou batted him higher in the order like he should it would make things better for me. He's in a run producing position in the order.

I'll agree with this. As far as I'm concerned he's been very impressive, they're just batting him in the wrong spot.

[CubinNY]

The Cubs are for real. However, they are a good team, not a great team (great meaning over 90 wins). To be great they will need to get better production out of CF. Also, I'm not at all impressed with Fukudome. The pitching staff will be fine once they drop Marquis and Put Hill back where he belongs.

 

You are weird.

 

 

i was going to say something about it, and then i saw the his slg is all the way down to 431. i wouldn't say that i'm "not at all impressed," but he really needs to start hitting for some power.

 

I'll amend my statement to say what tree said. Maybe if Lou batted him higher in the order like he should it would make things better for me. He's in a run producing position in the order.

I'll agree with this. As far as I'm concerned he's been very impressive, they're just batting him in the wrong spot.

Hey Roast, I'm about 2 blocks south of you at the Chicago Hilton. I passed by Columbia college and almost bought a shirt.

[Yeti]

The Cubs are for real. However, they are a good team, not a great team (great meaning over 90 wins). To be great they will need to get better production out of CF. Also, I'm not at all impressed with Fukudome. The pitching staff will be fine once they drop Marquis and Put Hill back where he belongs.

 

You are weird.

 

 

i was going to say something about it, and then i saw the his slg is all the way down to 431. i wouldn't say that i'm "not at all impressed," but he really needs to start hitting for some power.

hitting a bit better on the road would be nice too

[Roast]

The Cubs are for real. However, they are a good team, not a great team (great meaning over 90 wins). To be great they will need to get better production out of CF. Also, I'm not at all impressed with Fukudome. The pitching staff will be fine once they drop Marquis and Put Hill back where he belongs.

 

You are weird.

 

 

i was going to say something about it, and then i saw the his slg is all the way down to 431. i wouldn't say that i'm "not at all impressed," but he really needs to start hitting for some power.

 

I'll amend my statement to say what tree said. Maybe if Lou batted him higher in the order like he should it would make things better for me. He's in a run producing position in the order.

I'll agree with this. As far as I'm concerned he's been very impressive, they're just batting him in the wrong spot.

Hey Roast, I'm about 2 blocks south of you at the Chicago Hilton. I passed by Columbia college and almost bought a shirt.

Well, not anymore actually. I just came home for summer last week so you're about an hour away.

[Guest]

The Cubs are for real. However, they are a good team, not a great team (great meaning over 90 wins). To be great they will need to get better production out of CF. Also, I'm not at all impressed with Fukudome. The pitching staff will be fine once they drop Marquis and Put Hill back where he belongs.

 

You are weird.

 

 

i was going to say something about it, and then i saw the his slg is all the way down to 431. i wouldn't say that i'm "not at all impressed," but he really needs to start hitting for some power.

 

No he doesn't. Lou needs to move him out of the No. 5 spot. What Kosuke's done so far this year has been more than acceptable. Sure, it would be nice if he had 8-10 HR's right now and a .500+ slugging percentage. But I'm not going to complain about him as long as that OBP remains where it is.

[shnsajax]

The Cubs are for real. However, they are a good team, not a great team (great meaning over 90 wins). To be great they will need to get better production out of CF. Also, I'm not at all impressed with Fukudome. The pitching staff will be fine once they drop Marquis and Put Hill back where he belongs.

 

You are weird.

 

 

i was going to say something about it, and then i saw the his slg is all the way down to 431. i wouldn't say that i'm "not at all impressed," but he really needs to start hitting for some power.

 

No he doesn't. Lou needs to move him out of the No. 5 spot. What Kosuke's done so far this year has been more than acceptable. Sure, it would be nice if he had 8-10 HR's right now and a .500+ slugging percentage. But I'm not going to complain about him as long as that OBP remains where it is.

 

I don't think he was brought over here to become a slugger for the team, and given that we have 4 guys that will likely hit 30+ HR's we really don't need him to be. Sure it would be great, but we need him to be an on base run scoring machine.

[Brett]

On average, guys coming over from Japan lose about 100 points of slugging, so no one should be surprised.

[treebird]

The Cubs are for real. However, they are a good team, not a great team (great meaning over 90 wins). To be great they will need to get better production out of CF. Also, I'm not at all impressed with Fukudome. The pitching staff will be fine once they drop Marquis and Put Hill back where he belongs.

 

You are weird.

 

 

i was going to say something about it, and then i saw the his slg is all the way down to 431. i wouldn't say that i'm "not at all impressed," but he really needs to start hitting for some power.

 

No he doesn't. Lou needs to move him out of the No. 5 spot. What Kosuke's done so far this year has been more than acceptable. Sure, it would be nice if he had 8-10 HR's right now and a .500+ slugging percentage. But I'm not going to complain about him as long as that OBP remains where it is.

 

even with a 409 obp, a sub 850 ops is still just that. hard to get too jacked up about my stud right fielder with that number hanging over his head.

[Geech]

even with a 409 obp, a sub 850 ops is still just that. hard to get too jacked up about my stud right fielder with that number hanging over his head.

 

How about a stud right fielder with a .295 EqA?

[TruffleShuffle]

I don't read Dayn Perry articles, they make me dumber.

 

i think you're confusing dayn perry with mike celizic

[sneakypower]

I don't read Dayn Perry articles, they make me dumber.

 

i think you're confusing dayn perry with mike celizic

i dont really know what type of in-depth sports analysis you'd expect from MSNBC

 

nobody in the country would even know who this guy was if he werent constantly ridiculed on a blog

[TruffleShuffle]

I don't read Dayn Perry articles, they make me dumber.

 

i think you're confusing dayn perry with mike celizic

i dont really know what type of in-depth sports analysis you'd expect from MSNBC

 

nobody in the country would even know who this guy was if he werent constantly ridiculed on a blog

 

ok, then joe morgan or bill plaschke or whatever.

 

everyone bitches about dayn perry, but he's better than about 98% of the baseball writers out there.

[Post Count Padder]

I don't read Dayn Perry articles, they make me dumber.

 

i think you're confusing dayn perry with mike celizic

i dont really know what type of in-depth sports analysis you'd expect from MSNBC

 

nobody in the country would even know who this guy was if he werent constantly ridiculed on a blog

 

ok, then joe morgan or bill plaschke or whatever.

 

everyone bitches about dayn perry, but he's better than about 98% of the baseball writers out there.

That's pretty sad.

[TruffleShuffle]

i suspect people mostly dislike dayn perry because he is a cardinal fan, not because he writes stupid things (which he generally doesn't)

[Exile on Waveland]

The Cubs are for real. However, they are a good team, not a great team (great meaning over 90 wins). To be great they will need to get better production out of CF. Also, I'm not at all impressed with Fukudome. The pitching staff will be fine once they drop Marquis and Put Hill back where he belongs.

 

You are weird.

 

 

i was going to say something about it, and then i saw the his slg is all the way down to 431. i wouldn't say that i'm "not at all impressed," but he really needs to start hitting for some power.

 

I'll amend my statement to say what tree said. Maybe if Lou batted him higher in the order like he should it would make things better for me. He's in a run producing position in the order.

I'll agree with this. As far as I'm concerned he's been very impressive, they're just batting him in the wrong spot.

Hey Roast, I'm about 2 blocks south of you at the Chicago Hilton. I passed by Columbia college and almost bought a shirt.

 

The Hilton on Michigan Ave? I stayed there Wednesday and Thursday nights.

 

Nice contribution to the thread by me.