Bradley out with mild left-quad tightness

[17 Seconds]

that too

 

while we're on that topic, who would that award go to? derek lowe for 4/60? burnett for 5/80? renteria for 2/18? i feel like i'm missing someone

 

Aaron Miles 2/5

 

Mark DeRosa traded to Cleveland is the biggest Cubs blunder this offseason (even bigger than letting Wood walk), and is probably one of the 5 dumbest moves this offseason.

 

Fontenot could do a similar job starting for a fraction of the cost.

 

Fontenot can't play right field when Bradley is hurt.

[Little Slide Rooter]

that too

 

while we're on that topic, who would that award go to? derek lowe for 4/60? burnett for 5/80? renteria for 2/18? i feel like i'm missing someone

 

Aaron Miles 2/5

 

i don't see how you can call a 5 million dollar commitment the biggest blunder of the offseason.

 

I dont think he was being serious. It is, however sickening that hes probably making more than Soto, Marmol, Theriot, Fontenot, and Marshall combined.

[TruffleShuffle]

it's true, if he's healthy he's going to hit and he'll probably be the best hitter on the team.

 

unless he puts up his career numbers. then he'll be like the 4th or 5th best hitter on the team.

gtyty

 

Read my post again. I never said I didn't expect him to be good, I just don't think it's a foregone conclusion that he'll be a great hitter. He's been a great hitter for about his last full season's worth of at-bats. Before then he wasn't great for a corner outfielder.

 

His career OPS+ is 118, which would have been tied for 6th best on the Cubs last season.... hence my comment about him probably being like the 4th or 5th best hitter on the Cubs if he performed to his career averages.

 

Like I said, I'm not expecting that. I'm expecting him to put up numbers similar to what Aramis put up last year.... rate-wise.

 

oh okay so you were suggesting that he might perform close to his career averages, which are heavily weighed down by terrible years early in his career, but you're comparing his OPS+ to the OPS+ that current cubs put up just last year. why might he perform close to his career numbers but everyone else would perform close to last year?

 

i guess we could talk about what it will be like if rich harden pitches 200 innings, or derrek lee reverts to his 2005 form, or ted lilly spikes his glove so hard that it bounces back up and hits him in the face and he suffers a detached retina and is out for the year, but doesn't it make more sense to discuss what is likely to happen, and not what could perhaps conceivably happen?

 

also, i will again suggest that you use a statistic other than OPS+ to evaluate a player's worth. if two players have the same OPS+ and same clutch/late stats, but one has an OBP that's 40 points higher, that guy will be the significantly more valuable hitter.

[TruffleShuffle]

that too

 

while we're on that topic, who would that award go to? derek lowe for 4/60? burnett for 5/80? renteria for 2/18? i feel like i'm missing someone

 

Aaron Miles 2/5

 

i don't see how you can call a 5 million dollar commitment the biggest blunder of the offseason.

 

I dont think he was being serious. It is, however sickening that hes probably making more than Soto, Marmol, Theriot, Fontenot, and Marshall combined.

 

derrek lee is making like 6 times what those guys are making combined, is that sickening too?

[Cynosure]

To quote the infamous CubsGM:

 

LOL

[Soul]

He says its only a couple days. Maybe I'm a fool but I'll take him at his word until proven otherwise.

[Little Slide Rooter]

that too

 

while we're on that topic, who would that award go to? derek lowe for 4/60? burnett for 5/80? renteria for 2/18? i feel like i'm missing someone

 

Aaron Miles 2/5

 

i don't see how you can call a 5 million dollar commitment the biggest blunder of the offseason.

 

I dont think he was being serious. It is, however sickening that hes probably making more than Soto, Marmol, Theriot, Fontenot, and Marshall combined.

 

derrek lee is making like 6 times what those guys are making combined, is that sickening too?

 

It sickens me that anyome makes that kind of money to play baseball, or to do anything for that matter, but hey, I guess thats just the way it is.

[SouthSideRyan]

that too

 

while we're on that topic, who would that award go to? derek lowe for 4/60? burnett for 5/80? renteria for 2/18? i feel like i'm missing someone

 

Aaron Miles 2/5

 

Mark DeRosa traded to Cleveland is the biggest Cubs blunder this offseason (even bigger than letting Wood walk), and is probably one of the 5 dumbest moves this offseason.

 

Fontenot could do a similar job starting for a fraction of the cost.

 

Fontenot can't play right field when Bradley is hurt.

 

AARON MILES CAN!!!

[AlwaysaCub]

He says its only a couple days. Maybe I'm a fool but I'll take him at his word until proven otherwise.

 

Yeah, this injury is only a couple of days, but there could be 15 of these "minor injuries" this season that will keep him out 2-4 days, so roughly 45 games missed, plus at least 1 dl trip and he plays 100 games. I believe him too but it's not a good start.

[anabiono]

this is why i didn't understand hendry's boner for bradley

 

but whatever, i will support the guy

[TruffleShuffle]

this is why i didn't understand hendry's boner for bradley

 

but whatever, i will support the guy

 

oh i totally understand hendry's boner for bradley. he was able to fit into their salary structure (manny couldn't), can play adequate D (manny and dunn can't), gives a left-handed bat and is probably one of the 20 best hitters in the game today. health is clearly the big risk, though.

[anabiono]

this is why i didn't understand hendry's boner for bradley

 

but whatever, i will support the guy

 

oh i totally understand hendry's boner for bradley. he was able to fit into their salary structure (manny couldn't), can play adequate D (manny and dunn can't), gives a left-handed bat and is probably one of the 20 best hitters in the game today. health is clearly the big risk, though.

 

there are only a very few players in the game i have a hard on for...one of them is in your sig...

 

that guy makes me randy baby!

 

:stickman:

[TruffleShuffle]

this is why i didn't understand hendry's boner for bradley

 

but whatever, i will support the guy

 

oh i totally understand hendry's boner for bradley. he was able to fit into their salary structure (manny couldn't), can play adequate D (manny and dunn can't), gives a left-handed bat and is probably one of the 20 best hitters in the game today. health is clearly the big risk, though.

 

there are only a very few players in the game i have a hard on for...one of them is in your sig...

 

that guy makes me randy baby!

 

:stickman:

 

don't get me started.

[Sammy Sofa]

All of this filthy potty mouth talk is offensive and inpparopriate for any minors that may be browsing this site.

[The Other 15]

Who wants to bet that Weiters does not hit more the .279? Does not hit more than 18 HR's? And has a OPS under .830?

[TruffleShuffle]

Who wants to bet that Weiters does not hit more the .279? Does not hit more than 18 HR's? And has a OPS under .830?

 

ooh i do

[Clem Fandango]

Just a day after injuring his left quad, Milton Bradley reported to Cubs camp with a case of the flu.

"I would think that (playing) this weekend is probably in doubt," said manager Lou Piniella. Working with a longer spring training than usual this year, the Cubs are not yet concerned about Bradley's health issues. "It doesn’t matter to me," Piniella added. "One thing we do have is plenty of time on our side.

 

Yay, more overreactions coming up!

[Rob]

All of this filthy potty mouth talk is offensive and inpparopriate for any minors that may be browsing this site.

 

Perhaps you would like to escort them to a dark, out-of-the-way room where they wont be bothered by this filth?

 

Perv. Why would you do something like that?

[Sammy Sofa]

Party pooper.

[hardcorecubfan]

wow, that took a lot longer than I thought it would. I thought he would trip down the stairs o the plane at the Phoenix airport

[17 Seconds]

it's true, if he's healthy he's going to hit and he'll probably be the best hitter on the team.

 

unless he puts up his career numbers. then he'll be like the 4th or 5th best hitter on the team.

gtyty

 

Read my post again. I never said I didn't expect him to be good, I just don't think it's a foregone conclusion that he'll be a great hitter. He's been a great hitter for about his last full season's worth of at-bats. Before then he wasn't great for a corner outfielder.

 

His career OPS+ is 118, which would have been tied for 6th best on the Cubs last season.... hence my comment about him probably being like the 4th or 5th best hitter on the Cubs if he performed to his career averages.

 

Like I said, I'm not expecting that. I'm expecting him to put up numbers similar to what Aramis put up last year.... rate-wise.

 

oh okay so you were suggesting that he might perform close to his career averages, which are heavily weighed down by terrible years early in his career, but you're comparing his OPS+ to the OPS+ that current cubs put up just last year. why might he perform close to his career numbers but everyone else would perform close to last year?

 

i guess we could talk about what it will be like if rich harden pitches 200 innings, or derrek lee reverts to his 2005 form, or ted lilly spikes his glove so hard that it bounces back up and hits him in the face and he suffers a detached retina and is out for the year, but doesn't it make more sense to discuss what is likely to happen, and not what could perhaps conceivably happen?

 

also, i will again suggest that you use a statistic other than OPS+ to evaluate a player's worth. if two players have the same OPS+ and same clutch/late stats, but one has an OBP that's 40 points higher, that guy will be the significantly more valuable hitter.

 

Yes, of course it makes more sense to discuss what's likely to happen, and I've already said what I think is likely.

 

My point is that you declared that will hit if he's healthy. You never said he'll probably hit. Everybody just assumes that when he's healthy he's some hitting machine. That's only been true for like his last 650 ABs. Before then he wasn't great. Why are we so positive he's going to rake? It's not a sure thing at all, yet people ace like it is.

 

As for the thing about him performing to his career and that being worse than 4-5 Cubs from last year....obviously that's skewed. My point was that it's not a foregone conclusion that he's going to crush the ball.

 

Oh and the stuff about his career 118 OPS+ being weighed down by numbers early in his career is just flat out not true. He's rakes for his last 623 AB's. In 2006 he had a 114 OPS+. In 2005 is was 118. In 2004 it was 108. Ill say it again. He's been a great hitter for about the last full season's worth of PA. For the rest of his career he's just been okay.

 

Like I said, I'm expecting him to be fine. I just don't know how we can be 100% sure that he's some stud hitter when he hasn't been for the majority of his career. Is it likely he'll be good? Probably, but it's far from a sure thing.

[DiamondMind]

While I take Bradley at his word for this specific case, I think it will be like this all year. Bradley and day-to-day will be in the same sentence quite a bit imo.

[The Other 15]

Who wants to bet that Weiters does not hit more the .279? Does not hit more than 18 HR's? And has a OPS under .830?

 

ooh i do

Allright, let's do it.

 

I'll take all the unders on Pecotas predictions.

 

You chose over/under on my picks

.279 BA, .350 OBP, .480 SLG, .830 OPS, 18 HR, 21 2B, 2 3B, 75 RBI, 81 R

 

Nine categories, how confident are you that I'm wrong on 7 of the nine?

[Butterscup1679666578]

A MILDLY TIGHT QUAD AND THE FLU? HES AS INJURY-PRONE AS REPORTED. UNBELIEVABLE.

[17 Seconds]

this is why i didn't understand hendry's boner for bradley

 

but whatever, i will support the guy

 

oh i totally understand hendry's boner for bradley. he was able to fit into their salary structure (manny couldn't), can play adequate D (manny and dunn can't), gives a left-handed bat and is probably one of the 20 best hitters in the game today. health is clearly the big risk, though.

 

he sucks as a lefty though, and calling him a top 20 hitter is extremely generous,.... unless you're putting aside career performances and also not taking into account consistency/being proven