4/7 GT Cubs(Dempster) vs. Braves(Jurjens) 6:10 CST CSN+

[Careless]

Have all of Soriano's ABs been terrible so far? And I'm not counting accidental hits as good

And that's a pretty bad call

[erik316wttn]

I hope we start out 0-14 or worse like 1997. The game threads will be so much fun.

 

So you hope the season is over within the first two weeks?

 

And people get on my case....

[Outshined_One]

Have all of Soriano's ABs been terrible so far? And I'm not counting accidental hits as good

And that's a pretty bad call

 

His bloop double AB was actually pretty good.

[UMFan83]

Castro won't put us over the top, but giving up on the season on April 7th is a little premature. Especially when you consider that if you are even sniffing the race, the Cubs are probably upgrading in July. I don't care about arb years, since when do the Cubs have difficulty affording/resigning their star players when they leave their arb years. Teams like the Rays do that because they have a strict payroll. With the Cubs, if you can avoid an extra arb year, do it but it shouldn't be written in stone that it has to be that way.

 

my opinion about the cubs is pretty much immaterial. there's no reason to rush a 20 year old who doesn't walk and has no power to replace a guy who is adequate. wait 2 months and don't burn an arbitration year on a guy who will be getting rushed and may not even be as good as the guy currently playing shortstop. if this was mark prior or jason heyward then sure, call him up. but he's not nearly that good calling him up now may well harm his future development.

 

Fine maybe Castro isn't the answer right now, but I don't think the Cubs can afford to have Theriot manning one of the most important defensive positions all year, and then on offense give us a .700 OPS.

[E.J.]

I think the game threads are already pretty fun. We're down 1-0 and people are already losing it.

[gflore34]

Soriano 6-4-3 coming up, you can feel it.

 

Almost.

 

 

Fontenot is sure bet though.

[UMFan83]

I hope we start out 0-14 or worse like 1997. The game threads will be so much fun.

 

So you hope the season is over within the first two weeks?

 

And people get on my case....

 

He's kidding though. I don't think Kyle really hopes the Cubs start out 0-14.

[erik316wttn]

I think the game threads are already pretty fun. We're down 1-0 and people are already losing it.

 

Because the Cubs have given people reason for optimism? Jurjens looks good, and when he doesn't we've been helping him out.

[erik316wttn]

Now, up 3-0 and if it's a fastball in the zone, swing!

[OleMissCub]

Have all of Soriano's ABs been terrible so far?

 

His finally AB on Monday had me fuming. I usually don't get upset at the players because I know they are good athletes, care about winning, give a good effort, and if they make mistakes, then they likely feel pretty bad about it. However, Soriano outright pissed me off. That might have been the laziest at bat I have ever seen from a non-pitcher. He obviously wasn't even trying. It was pretty sick.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

In order of preference for possible Cubs seasons:

 

1) Playoffs and beyond

2) Competitive playoff race

3) Super-awful fun bad

4) Middle-of-the-pack

[Outshined_One]

Have all of Soriano's ABs been terrible so far?

 

His finally AB on Monday had me fuming. I usually don't get upset at the players because I know they are good athletes, care about winning, give a good effort, and if they make mistakes, then they likely feel pretty bad about it. However, Soriano outright pissed me off. That might have been the laziest at bat I have ever seen from a non-pitcher. He obviously wasn't even trying. It was pretty sick.

 

Lou has decided to punish him by making him run wind sprints this inning.

[TruffleShuffle]

3-2 pitch, runner on first = auto hit-and-run

[Wilson A2000]

I think Smoltz is going to be a good color analyst someday.

[David]

Nice!

[erik316wttn]

Nice.

 

Lou sure loves that hit and run, though.

 

Soto, don't hit into a DP, please.

[SouthSideRyan]

Haha, what the hell was Len watching there?

[UMFan83]

I think the game threads are already pretty fun. We're down 1-0 and people are already losing it.

 

I don't think most people are losing it. And I don't think it would matter if we were down 1-0 or down 10-0 or tied 0-0. I think a lot of people had a sinking feeling that the Cubs were not going to be good this year but were hoping it was just pessmistic feeling, and when the Cubs got blown away on Monday, it just put them in a really pessimistic mindframe regarding the Cubs. Or that at least explains the ones that don't usually have pessimistic mindsets.

[Schwarber Fan]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GEO DRIVE THE RUN IN!

[David]

In order of preference for possible Cubs seasons:

 

1) Playoffs and beyond

2) Competitive playoff race

3) Super-awful fun bad

4) Middle-of-the-pack

 

 

I can agree with that.

[gflore34]

Soto rocket line drive DP coming up!!!

[CubbieBum]

It just occured to me I have never read about what kind of arm Heyward has. Anyone know what the scouting report on his defense is? I'm just curious if he is going to be GG capable some day in addition to hitting 40 HR's and batting .300+ every year.

[Roast]

Well, they got a break on an awful call yesterday, it was our turn.

[Wilson A2000]

Good karma this inning due to the blown McClotuh incident. Make 'em pay Gio.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I really hope we can break through for some runs here.