Aramis Appreciation Thread

[CubinNY]

He's pretty damn sexy for a chicken hating, lazy, non-caring, non-hustling third baseman.

 

Suck on it Greg Couch and the nameless call-in radio idiots.

 

MVP of the Cubs

[SouthSideRyan]

Barry Rozner does not approve.

[cubweiser03]

Dudes got game oozing out of him.

[Soul]

He's lazy, get rid of him.

[rawaction]

Not to derail this thread or diminish anything that Aramis has provided. But Ramirez is the highest paid offensive player on the team this year. He is the only regular (along with Theriot) who is either in his prime or is the closest to it, depending on what you consider the prime years. He should be the team's best player.

 

Interesting note. As good as Aramis has been, if he put up the same numbers all year, this would be his 2nd worst OPS as a Cub. Right between his .913 of '06 and .915 of '07.

 

So, as to say something completely positive....Aramis' power will come around to his normal numbers, and this will wind up being the best season of his career. He has made himself an elite hitter by increasing his patience. He has also made himself one of the top 3 defensive 3B in the game of baseball. For someone, who is supposedly so lazy, he has clearly worked hard to take the necessary steps to become a great player.

[BCVM22]

So, as to say something completely positive....Aramis' power will come around to his normal numbers, and this will wind up being the best season of his career. He has made himself an elite hitter by increasing his patience. He has also made himself one of the top 3 defensive 3B in the game of baseball. For someone, who is supposedly so lazy, he has clearly worked hard to take the necessary steps to become a great player.

 

Yeah, but he doesn't hustle.

[Wilson A2000]

So, as to say something completely positive....Aramis' power will come around to his normal numbers, and this will wind up being the best season of his career. He has made himself an elite hitter by increasing his patience. He has also made himself one of the top 3 defensive 3B in the game of baseball. For someone, who is supposedly so lazy, he has clearly worked hard to take the necessary steps to become a great player.

 

Yeah, but he doesn't hustle.

 

Actually, he is hustling now!

[TruffleShuffle]

Interesting note. As good as Aramis has been, if he put up the same numbers all year, this would be his 2nd worst OPS as a Cub. Right between his .913 of '06 and .915 of '07.

 

yet he's also on pace to have his highest VORP and highest EqA in a cub uniform, which is a lesson on how overrated OPS is as a statistic.

[Post Count Padder]

It's times like this I look back at that trade and laugh. A-Ram is awesome.

[UMFan83]

Not to derail this thread or diminish anything that Aramis has provided. But Ramirez is the highest paid offensive player on the team this year. He is the only regular (along with Theriot) who is either in his prime or is the closest to it, depending on what you consider the prime years. He should be the team's best player.

 

Interesting note. As good as Aramis has been, if he put up the same numbers all year, this would be his 2nd worst OPS as a Cub. Right between his .913 of '06 and .915 of '07.

 

So, as to say something completely positive....Aramis' power will come around to his normal numbers, and this will wind up being the best season of his career. He has made himself an elite hitter by increasing his patience. He has also made himself one of the top 3 defensive 3B in the game of baseball. For someone, who is supposedly so lazy, he has clearly worked hard to take the necessary steps to become a great player.

 

I don't want to jinx this but theres something that happens to Aramis every year that keep him from having the best season of his career.

[brinoch]

Not to derail this thread or diminish anything that Aramis has provided. But Ramirez is the highest paid offensive player on the team this year. He is the only regular (along with Theriot) who is either in his prime or is the closest to it, depending on what you consider the prime years. He should be the team's best player.

 

Interesting note. As good as Aramis has been, if he put up the same numbers all year, this would be his 2nd worst OPS as a Cub. Right between his .913 of '06 and .915 of '07.

 

So, as to say something completely positive....Aramis' power will come around to his normal numbers, and this will wind up being the best season of his career. He has made himself an elite hitter by increasing his patience. He has also made himself one of the top 3 defensive 3B in the game of baseball. For someone, who is supposedly so lazy, he has clearly worked hard to take the necessary steps to become a great player.

 

I don't want to jinx this but theres something that happens to Aramis every year that keep him from having the best season of his career.

 

Don't you remember that you AREN'T ALLOWED to post anything related to injuries or jinxes?

[TruffleShuffle]

I don't want to jinx this but theres something that happens to Aramis every year that keep him from having the best season of his career.

 

he got hurt last year and still had the best season of his career.

[ChiCubsfan0502]

Barry Rozner is a douche.

 

Fixed to perfection.

[aerosmith21]

Who did we trade for ARAM?

[Butterscup1679666578]

Who did we trade for ARAM?

 

 

Aram and Lofton for Jose Hernandez, Bobby Hill, and Matt Bruback

[NCCubFan]

Who did we trade for ARAM?

Bobby Hill, Matt Bruback, and Jose Hernandez. And w also got Kenny Lofton in the trade.

[CubbieBum]

Interesting note. As good as Aramis has been, if he put up the same numbers all year, this would be his 2nd worst OPS as a Cub. Right between his .913 of '06 and .915 of '07.

 

yet he's also on pace to have his highest VORP and highest EqA in a cub uniform, which is a lesson on how overrated OPS is as a statistic.

 

you do realize it could go the other way too ... I hate all the throwing around of stats. No one stat can sum it up. Just look at the body of work and you know rather than OPS or VORP or any other singular statistic. A-Ram's power is down and his slugging and thus OPS is down. What slugging doesn't take into account his whether he improves or not in hitting with runners on. He has this year (or at least I assume) which is why he has a lot more RBIs and runs than normal with less HR's.

[CubbieBum]

Oh and to the trade talk. I had always thought A-ram broke out when he came to us. He actually had a .300 30+ 100 RBI season prior to the trade. I do however remember him having something like 27 combined errors the year we got him.

[TruffleShuffle]

Interesting note. As good as Aramis has been, if he put up the same numbers all year, this would be his 2nd worst OPS as a Cub. Right between his .913 of '06 and .915 of '07.

 

yet he's also on pace to have his highest VORP and highest EqA in a cub uniform, which is a lesson on how overrated OPS is as a statistic.

 

you do realize it could go the other way too ... I hate all the throwing around of stats. No one stat can sum it up. Just look at the body of work and you know rather than OPS or VORP or any other singular statistic. A-Ram's power is down and his slugging and thus OPS is down. What slugging doesn't take into account his whether he improves or not in hitting with runners on. He has this year (or at least I assume) which is why he has a lot more RBIs and runs than normal with less HR's.

 

his numbers with runners on base are excellent, but mostly he's been better this year because he gets on base a lot more than he ever has, and not making outs is the most important thing that a hitter can do.

[SouthSideRyan]

Oh and to the trade talk. I had always thought A-ram broke out when he came to us. He actually had a .300 30+ 100 RBI season prior to the trade. I do however remember him having something like 27 combined errors the year we got him.

 

We got Aramis cheaply because he was scapegoated in Pittsburgh for having the gall to play terribly when they forced him to play a full season on a messed up ankle. Aramis broke out with us because he was healthy.

[17 Seconds]

I don't want to jinx this but theres something that happens to Aramis every year that keep him from having the best season of his career.

 

he got hurt last year and still had the best season of his career.

 

How was his 2007 better than his 2004? You could even make a pretty good case for his 2005 or 2006 being better than his 2007. Not complaining, just saying. I think 2004 was certainly his best season.

[Devin Dixon]

We got Aramis cheaply because he was scapegoated in Pittsburgh for having the gall to play terribly when they forced him to play a full season on a messed up ankle. Aramis broke out with us because he was healthy.

 

Yes. Just one of the multitude of sagely decisions made by the Pirates in their soon-to-be realized dream of never again fielding a winning team.

 

Aramis has taken as many walks this year as he did during the entire 2007 season.

 

Anybody have any idea what got into him?

[JimSorgi]

We got Aramis cheaply because he was scapegoated in Pittsburgh for having the gall to play terribly when they forced him to play a full season on a messed up ankle. Aramis broke out with us because he was healthy.

 

Yes. Just one of the multitude of sagely decisions made by the Pirates in their soon-to-be realized dream of never again fielding a winning team.

 

Aramis has taken as many walks this year as he did during the entire 2007 season.

 

Anybody have any idea what got into him?

Dusty Baker got out of him.

[JimSorgi]

I remember when we traded for Aramis. I wasn't very smart back then and I was more excited about getting Lofton.

[BCVM22]

Anybody have any idea what got into him?

 

The Fukudome-Perry manifesto, maybe?

 

I remember when we traded for Aramis. I wasn't very smart back then and I was more excited about getting Lofton.

 

Remember when Jim Hendry was deemed by us fans to have screwed up for not getting Mike Lowell? Good times.