Lee to avoid DL (p. 2)

[Little Slide Rooter]

Derrek Lee-1B-Cubs May. 10 - 9:08 am et

 

Derrek Lee, who has a bulging disk in his neck, will not play in Sunday's game.

 

Lee is being held out of the weekend's games until he has a MRI Monday. He will have missed five games at this point and a DL stint can't be ruled out.

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

 

Seriously, if we want to remain in contention through this crud storm, there going to have to make a trade for someone, and a quality player at that. Even at this point in the season there will be available guys, but yeah, you're going to over pay for someone, but thats just the way it is, unless we want to wait til another next year. Cantu, Huff, and Atkins can all play 1st and 3rd. Huff and Atkins would be much cheaper, but at this point, I say go all out and see what the Marlins want for Huff. We could also look into Beltre.

 

The fact is, Hoffpauir is doing well, but he cant hit lefties to save his life, and we cant afford to bring up another minor leaguer. The only ones who can hit anything are outfielders.

Edited May 11, 2009 by Little Slide Rooter

[Sammy Sofa]

Derrek Lee-1B-Cubs May. 10 - 9:08 am et

 

Derrek Lee, who has a bulging disk in his neck, will not play in Sunday's game.

 

Lee is being held out of the weekend's games until he has a MRI Monday. He will have missed five games at this point and a DL stint can't be ruled out.

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

 

Seriously, if we want to remain in contention through this crud storm, there going to have to make a trade for someone, and a quality player at that. Even at this point in the season there will be available guys, but yeah, you're going to over pay for someone, but thats just the way it is, unless we want to wait til another next year. Cantu, Huff, and Atkins can all play 1st and 3rd. Huff and Atkins would be much cheaper, but at this point, I say go all out and see what the Marlins want for Huff. We could also look into Beltre.

 

The fact is, Hoffpauir is doing well, but he cant hit lefties to save his life, and we cant afford to bring up another minor leaguer. The only ones who can hit anything are outfielders.

 

If Lee is on the DL you play Hoff at 1st. That's all there is to it. You're not wasting even more trade pieces when they're likely going already have to do that for Ramirez. The situations at 1st ad 3rd are vastly different.

 

And thanks for yet another useless thread title.

[YearofDaCubs]

I'd rather play Hoff anyway.

[Keener98]

Lees ego probably wont allow him to be Dl'd. Im sure some minor leaguer can come up and play 1st against LH pitchers and give us about what Lee has given us so far.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Derrek Lee-1B-Cubs May. 10 - 9:08 am et

 

Derrek Lee, who has a bulging disk in his neck, will not play in Sunday's game.

 

Lee is being held out of the weekend's games until he has a MRI Monday. He will have missed five games at this point and a DL stint can't be ruled out.

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

 

Seriously, if we want to remain in contention through this crud storm, there going to have to make a trade for someone, and a quality player at that. Even at this point in the season there will be available guys, but yeah, you're going to over pay for someone, but thats just the way it is, unless we want to wait til another next year. Cantu, Huff, and Atkins can all play 1st and 3rd. Huff and Atkins would be much cheaper, but at this point, I say go all out and see what the Marlins want for Huff. We could also look into Beltre.

 

The fact is, Hoffpauir is doing well, but he cant hit lefties to save his life, and we cant afford to bring up another minor leaguer. The only ones who can hit anything are outfielders.

 

If Lee is on the DL you play Hoff at 1st. That's all there is to it. You're not wasting even more trade pieces when they're likely going already have to do that for Ramirez. The situations at 1st ad 3rd are vastly different.

 

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I didnt suggest trading for both. I suggested trading for a player who can play both 1st and 3rd when need. Yeah, Hoff is good, at least vs. righties, but the point is, once Ramirez is back, you have a guy who can also hold down first at times. It would be sily to trade for a slugger who will be nothing more than a pinch hitter once Ram is back.

[Bear Cub]

It looks like a Jake Fox/ Hoff platoon.

[Little Slide Rooter]

It looks like a Jake Fox/ Hoff platoon.

 

Fine by me as long as we trade for a quality thirs baseman.

[Keener98]

It looks like a Jake Fox/ Hoff platoon.

 

 

Which cant be any worse than what we have gotten from Lee so far.

[NCCubFan]

I suggested trading for a player who can play both 1st and 3rd when need.

In other words, Mark DeRosa. Way to go, Hendry.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I suggested trading for a player who can play both 1st and 3rd when need.

In other words, Mark DeRosa. Way to go, Hendry.

 

That would have been a good start.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

DeRosa's .309 OBP and .754 OPS are not any type of remedy at corner infield.

 

I really think you have to confront Lee about the injury affecting his performance and give him a DL stint to at least get to the point where he can play regularly. Fox is an easy decision for the recall, and a Hoffpauir/Fox platoon(with Hoffpauir getting PH opportunities and coming in defensively against LHP) could be quite effective.

[treebird]

DeRosa's .309 OBP and .754 OPS are not any type of remedy at corner infield.

 

do you really think that's reflective of his true ability level, though? sure, he hasn't started hot, but he's absolutely a better option than anyone we actually have in the organization.

 

EDIT: also it's still way early and so on. if he goes 4-4 with 4 singles today, his obp is .328 and his ops is 790.

[Sammy Sofa]

DeRosa's .309 OBP and .754 OPS are not any type of remedy at corner infield.

 

do you really think that's reflective of his true ability level, though? sure, he hasn't started hot, but he's absolutely a better option than anyone we actually have in the organization.

 

EDIT: also it's still way early and so on. if he goes 4-4 with 4 singles today, his obp is .328 and his ops is 790.

 

The ironic thing is that if DeRosa was still here and putting up his current numbers with everything else going bellyup for the Cubs, the usual suspects would be railing on him as being part of the problem and not worth his contract and he should have been "sold high," etc., etc..

[Guest]

I don't regret trading DeRosa - I think it was the right thing to do. However, I wish we had been able to get more.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

DeRosa's .309 OBP and .754 OPS are not any type of remedy at corner infield.

 

do you really think that's reflective of his true ability level, though? sure, he hasn't started hot, but he's absolutely a better option than anyone we actually have in the organization.

 

EDIT: also it's still way early and so on. if he goes 4-4 with 4 singles today, his obp is .328 and his ops is 790.

 

I don't think it's so far from his ability level going forward that we should be angry that he's not around to play corner infield everyday. Trading DeRosa wasn't a problem, replacing his spot on the roster with Miles and Gathright was. Also, DeRosa is 0 for 4 today.

[treebird]

DeRosa's .309 OBP and .754 OPS are not any type of remedy at corner infield.

 

do you really think that's reflective of his true ability level, though? sure, he hasn't started hot, but he's absolutely a better option than anyone we actually have in the organization.

 

EDIT: also it's still way early and so on. if he goes 4-4 with 4 singles today, his obp is .328 and his ops is 790.

 

I don't think it's so far from his ability level going forward that we should be angry that he's not around to play corner infield everyday. Trading DeRosa wasn't a problem, replacing his spot on the roster with Miles and Gathright was. Also, DeRosa is 0 for 4 today.

 

well, yeah, of course trading derosa and replacing him with someone similar who was as good or better would have been fine.

[Clem Fandango]

Derosa would still be 2nd on the team in HR and 1st in RBI. Not that that means anything significant, but despite his struggles he is still producing at a better clip than most of our lineup

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Derosa would still be 2nd on the team in HR and 1st in RBI. Not that that means anything significant, but despite his struggles he is still producing at a better clip than most of our lineup

 

Ramirez, Fukudome, Soriano, Hoffpauir, Theriot, and Fontenot are all outhitting him.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Derosa would still be 2nd on the team in HR and 1st in RBI. Not that that means anything significant, but despite his struggles he is still producing at a better clip than most of our lineup

 

Ramirez, Fukudome, Soriano, Hoffpauir, Theriot, and Fontenot are all outhitting him.

 

DeRosa is basiclly the Aaron Rowand of the north side. Regardless of how he does with his new team, fans will always lament the loss.

[erik316wttn]

I don't regret trading DeRosa - I think it was the right thing to do. However, I wish we had been able to get more.

 

He was traded to make room for Peavy, correct? We should have acquired Peavy first, THEN traded DeRo.

 

We could have afforded both DeRo and Milton Bradley on the same team. If you don't pay Aaron Miles there's a bunch of money right there.

[Clem Fandango]

Derosa would still be 2nd on the team in HR and 1st in RBI. Not that that means anything significant, but despite his struggles he is still producing at a better clip than most of our lineup

 

Ramirez, Fukudome, Soriano, Hoffpauir, Theriot, and Fontenot are all outhitting him.

 

Yeah I know. I never said he was hitting better. He's still driven in more runs and hit more home runs than most of the lineup, which as I also said, isn't a significant stat. Just pointing it out

[NCCubFan]

I don't regret trading DeRosa - I think it was the right thing to do. However, I wish we had been able to get more.

 

He was traded to make room for Peavy, correct? We should have acquired Peavy first, THEN traded DeRo.

 

We could have afforded both DeRo and Milton Bradley on the same team. If you don't pay Aaron Miles there's a bunch of money right there.

We couldn't have traded for Peavy first, because some of the players received from Cleveland were reportedly to be included in the Peavy trade. But we could have waited for an agreement on the Peavy trade before pulling the trigger on the DeRosa trade (or else structured it as a three-team trade with the Padres and Indians).

[YearofDaCubs]

On the bright side all 3 acquired from the DeRo trade have probably raised their values a bit so far with their strong starts to the season.

[CyHawk_Cub]

On the bright side all 3 acquired from the DeRo trade have probably raised their values a bit so far with their strong starts to the season.

 

But it's doubtful that Hendry will use that higher value to acquire anything of value... I've avoided hating Hendry...until this year

[Guest]

I don't regret trading DeRosa - I think it was the right thing to do. However, I wish we had been able to get more.

 

He was traded to make room for Peavy, correct? We should have acquired Peavy first, THEN traded DeRo.

 

We could have afforded both DeRo and Milton Bradley on the same team. If you don't pay Aaron Miles there's a bunch of money right there.

I was for trading DeRosa this offseason while his value was high since we had Fontenot ready to step in. I was in favor of trading him independent of getting Peavy or any other particular target. I was just surprised that Hendry couldn't get more for him.