Fox at 3B is coming (maybe)...

[ctcf]

Manager Lou Piniella said Wednesday that he's not yet ready to try Jake Fox at third base.

Piniella wants Fox to work with bench coach Alan Trammel to make sure he's not an egregious defensive liability. "We'd love to have his bat in the lineup," Piniella said. "Let's see him over there for a few more days working with Alan and I'll let Alan make that determination."

 

Per roto.

 

That should be fun.... :shock:

Edited May 28, 2009 by ctcf

[A-Cal]

meh...give him a try...if he can out hit his defense...the we score

 

might as well try, you know?

[C.C.]

At this point you might as well give it a shot.

[hardcorecubfan]

At this point you might as well give it a shot.

 

I pray that shot won't be in our defensive foot, Hey let's look on the bright side he is probably as qualified as the 1000 others we tried after Santo until A.Ram

[abuck1220]

i like that metaphor.

[MembersOnlyJacket]

At the very least, he'll probably spend a week at DH during Interleague play.

 

I have no feel for Fox's infield defense. Being a converted catcher, the throw from third shouldn't be an issue. The challenge, clearly, will be mobility and getting his body set up accordingly to make throws to 1B. Having Lee to throw to should help a lot.

 

Will Lou pull him the first time he makes an error ?

[jersey cubs fan]

How do you get Fox at 3B is coming..... out of that blurb? He's taking some balls out there and Lou has his doubts, if Trammel says the guy is okay he might get a look. But it doesn't say it's happening.

[C.C.]

can one of the mods add a maybe in the title?

[Little Slide Rooter]

can one of the mods add a maybe in the title?

 

Or perhaps move it to the Cubs 3rd baseman thread or one of the Jake Fox threads.

[SouthSideRyan]

Or move it to the fantasy sports thread.

[dew1679666265]

At the very least, he'll probably spend a week at DH during Interleague play.

 

I have no feel for Fox's infield defense. Being a converted catcher, the throw from third shouldn't be an issue. The challenge, clearly, will be mobility and getting his body set up accordingly to make throws to 1B. Having Lee to throw to should help a lot.

 

Will Lou pull him the first time he makes an error ?

 

From what I've heard, it's not his arm that's the problem. It's his glove.

 

Apparently he can't catch the ball behind the plate or in the field.

[Little Slide Rooter]

At the very least, he'll probably spend a week at DH during Interleague play.

 

I have no feel for Fox's infield defense. Being a converted catcher, the throw from third shouldn't be an issue. The challenge, clearly, will be mobility and getting his body set up accordingly to make throws to 1B. Having Lee to throw to should help a lot.

 

Will Lou pull him the first time he makes an error ?

 

From what I've heard, it's not his arm that's the problem. It's his glove.

 

 

Buy him a new glove. problem solved :D)

[Fred Hornkohl]

At the very least, he'll probably spend a week at DH during Interleague play.

 

I have no feel for Fox's infield defense. Being a converted catcher, the throw from third shouldn't be an issue. The challenge, clearly, will be mobility and getting his body set up accordingly to make throws to 1B. Having Lee to throw to should help a lot.

 

Will Lou pull him the first time he makes an error ?

 

From what I've heard, it's not his arm that's the problem. It's his glove.

 

 

Buy him a new glove. problem solved :D)

 

Wouldn't that be analogous to asserting that if we purchased you a new computer that the content of your posts would improve ??? :wink:

[dew1679666265]

At the very least, he'll probably spend a week at DH during Interleague play.

 

I have no feel for Fox's infield defense. Being a converted catcher, the throw from third shouldn't be an issue. The challenge, clearly, will be mobility and getting his body set up accordingly to make throws to 1B. Having Lee to throw to should help a lot.

 

Will Lou pull him the first time he makes an error ?

 

From what I've heard, it's not his arm that's the problem. It's his glove.

 

 

Buy him a new glove. problem solved :D)

 

Hmmm . . . how about glovework, then. :)

[rawaction]

2b- Soriano

SS- Theriot

CF- Fukudome

1B- Lee

RF- Bradley

LF- Hoffpauir

3B- Fox

C- Soto

 

I can't wait til this lineup takes the field defensively! That's 4 players out of position, and that's not including Theriot who would be a much better 2b than SS.

[hardcorecubfan]

At the very least, he'll probably spend a week at DH during Interleague play.

 

I have no feel for Fox's infield defense. Being a converted catcher, the throw from third shouldn't be an issue. The challenge, clearly, will be mobility and getting his body set up accordingly to make throws to 1B. Having Lee to throw to should help a lot.

 

Will Lou pull him the first time he makes an error ?

 

From what I've heard, it's not his arm that's the problem. It's his glove.

 

Apparently he can't catch the ball behind the plate or in the field.

 

Tell the other team not to hit it to him, problem solved

[dew1679666265]

At the very least, he'll probably spend a week at DH during Interleague play.

 

I have no feel for Fox's infield defense. Being a converted catcher, the throw from third shouldn't be an issue. The challenge, clearly, will be mobility and getting his body set up accordingly to make throws to 1B. Having Lee to throw to should help a lot.

 

Will Lou pull him the first time he makes an error ?

 

From what I've heard, it's not his arm that's the problem. It's his glove.

 

Apparently he can't catch the ball behind the plate or in the field.

 

Tell the other team not to hit it to him, problem solved

 

Oh, if only that could work . . .

[biittner77]

2b- Soriano

SS- Theriot

CF- Fukudome

1B- Lee

RF- Bradley

LF- Hoffpauir

3B- Fox

C- Soto

 

I can't wait til this lineup takes the field defensively! That's 4 players out of position, and that's not including Theriot who would be a much better 2b than SS.

 

No problem. Have Harden start the game and strike out 12 in 6 innings. The other 6 outs are groundouts to Theriot. Then in the 7th they bring in defensive replacements at 2nd, 3rd and LF.

[rynefan]

Just out of curiosity, and because I don't know, what position did he play in high school?

[CubColtPacer]

Just out of curiosity, and because I don't know, what position did he play in high school?

 

He was a catcher in both high school and college.

[AlwaysaCub]

He'll be better than Braun I think, though how much remains to be seen. I'm reserving judgment.

[A-Cal]

He'll be better than Braun I think, though how much remains to be seen. I'm reserving judgment.

 

better than braun?

 

=P~

[Little Slide Rooter]

He'll be better than Braun I think, though how much remains to be seen. I'm reserving judgment.

 

better than braun?

 

=P~

 

He'll probably make some AL team very happy, but I dont know about that.

[dew1679666265]

He'll be better than Braun I think, though how much remains to be seen. I'm reserving judgment.

 

better than braun?

 

=P~

 

I'm thinking he means defensively better than Braun. Of course, I wouldn't complain if he were better offensively as well. :D

[NCCubFan]

At the very least, he'll probably spend a week at DH during Interleague play.

 

I have no feel for Fox's infield defense. Being a converted catcher, the throw from third shouldn't be an issue. The challenge, clearly, will be mobility and getting his body set up accordingly to make throws to 1B. Having Lee to throw to should help a lot.

 

Will Lou pull him the first time he makes an error ?

 

From what I've heard, it's not his arm that's the problem. It's his glove.

 

Apparently he can't catch the ball behind the plate or in the field.

 

Tell the other team not to hit it to him, problem solved

They'd be happy to hit it out of the park instead of at Fox. :D