Hendry Needs To Go

[CUBZ99]

We really need to close registration.

 

 

This may be the only time I have ever agreed with Meph.

[Mephistopheles]

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Harsh. :-({|=

 

possibly, but im seriously thinking of a top ten list of things from your posts.

[davearm2]

Bill Buckner's career OPS: .729 (played 644 games in the outfield)

 

I'm not saying Pods is a great player. I'm just saying he was a good fit for the Sox when they got him.

Lee would have helped them a lot more.

 

When your pitching staff puts up ERAs of 2.20, 2.63, and 3.00 in three postseason series, my pregnant wife would be a good fit in left field.

Apparently she's found something fun to do while you're online with us. ;)

[Moises a loo]

Back to Hendry.

 

Are we going to get another pitcher and decent power bat for the bench?

 

I predict we get another pitcher (not Peavy) and some retread garbage for the bench.

 

We'll still be the hands-down favorite for the NL Central, but I won't like it.

 

We'll be too reliant on fragile players.

 

Prove me wrong Donuts.

 

Now now Veruca, don't you worry. Daddy will get you an oompa-loompa right away

[TheDude]

As it stands:

 

DeRosa, Marquis, Wood, Howry, Blanco>>>>>>Luis Vizcaino, Milton Bradley, Joey Gathright, Aaron Miles, Kevin Gregg

 

I don't agree with that at all. The only players that matter in this comparison are Wood, DeRosa, Gregg, and Bradley. Bradley is the player with the most impact of the bunch. Yes Gathright, Vizcaino, and Miles are poor choices and easily in the bottom 5 of the 10 listed, but none have key roles. Maybe Miles and his .700 OPS gets to battle for starts.

 

No doubt Wood and DeRosa will be missed, and sentimentality is involved with that. But Bradley is a stud. He likely won't duplicate that '08 .999 OPS, but he has a shot to immediately become the team leader in OPS. That is worth the loss of DeRosa (who did have a career year at 33), who probably puts up an '09 OPS closer to .800 as a versatile 2B/3B/OF.

 

And Marmol is perfectly capable of filling Wood's shoes. Gregg looks perfectly capable of filling Wood's shoes if Marmol doesn't get the nod as I expect.

 

It looks like an upgrade to me at starter, a wash at 8th/9th inning, and a downgrade at bench. It's definitely not a landslide 6x greater for the players lost. I will miss Wood and DeRosa, because I loved rooting for both guys. Both guys had a lot of doubters 2 years ago, and both guys shut them up pretty soundly. That type of performance hits the heart. But I think you're exaggerating here on the bottom line.

[rchap24]

As it stands:

 

DeRosa, Marquis, Wood, Howry, Blanco>>>>>>Luis Vizcaino, Milton Bradley, Joey Gathright, Aaron Miles, Kevin Gregg

 

I don't agree with that at all. The only players that matter in this comparison are Wood, DeRosa, Gregg, and Bradley. Bradley is the player with the most impact of the bunch. Yes Gathright, Vizcaino, and Miles are poor choices and easily in the bottom 5 of the 10 listed, but none have key roles. Maybe Miles and his .700 OPS gets to battle for starts.

 

No doubt Wood and DeRosa will be missed, and sentimentality is involved with that. But Bradley is a stud. He likely won't duplicate that '08 .999 OPS, but he has a shot to immediately become the team leader in OPS. That is worth the loss of DeRosa (who did have a career year at 33), who probably puts up an '09 OPS closer to .800 as a versatile 2B/3B/OF.

 

And Marmol is perfectly capable of filling Wood's shoes. Gregg looks perfectly capable of filling Wood's shoes if Marmol doesn't get the nod as I expect.

 

It looks like an upgrade to me at starter, a wash at 8th/9th inning, and a downgrade at bench. It's definitely not a landslide 6x greater for the players lost. I will miss Wood and DeRosa, because I loved rooting for both guys. Both guys had a lot of doubters 2 years ago, and both guys shut them up pretty soundly. That type of performance hits the heart. But I think you're exaggerating here on the bottom line.

 

Ok I don't agree with the left side of players being better than the right in the first place, but if your going to try to make that comparison why would even include Howry and Blanco...That just worsens your case

[shnsajax]

Bob Stoops needs to be fired too.

[Guancous]

Soto needs to be fired too. His career numbers are nowhere near as good as Johnny Bench's. It is irrelevant that he is a better starter than Paul Bako. Everyone in the Cubs organization should lose their jobs for this epic fail! 1908!!!1!11!~!

[Keeper]

Very clever. Putting words in my mouth is an excellent way to win an argument.

[Mephistopheles]

putting words in your mouth is what nsbb does.

[Guancous]

I sincerely appreciate Meph's analysis. He just doesn't share it enough. I haven't seen anythin out of Keeper but flame wars.

[AZCub]

We really need to close registration.

 

Yep, we wouldn't want anybody coming onto this site that could disagree with your expert analysis. =D>

[imb]

We really need to close registration.

 

can we retroact it to before you copy and pasted two "front page articles" off of baseball america?

[RynoRules]

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can we retroact it to before you copy and pasted two "front page articles" off of baseball america?

 

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