Questions for Bruce Miles

[mlpeel]

Submit your questions on the Cubs to Bruce Miles. Bruce will stop by at noon CDT on Wednesday, April 21, 2004, to answer them.

 

Submit as many questions as you like -- but please, only 1 question per post!

 

You can still submit questions in this thread as the chat progresses; if Tim doesn't move it over to the forum where Bruce is answering in a timely fashion, ping him with an instant message.

 

Enjoy!

Mark Peel

[UMFan83]

I'm not sure if it is too late, but I figured I'd give it a shot.

 

Bruce, with the Cubs being to turned into a consistantly winning team with a strong core probably 2-3 years before even they expected, how does that change the orginaztation's views on their farm system. Surely we've already seen the club give up on prospects such as Cruz, Choi and Hill a bit prematurely, whereas a few years back these prospects would have been given a much better chance to 'prove themselves' on the Cubs. Will the 'win now' approach jepordize the chance for prospects such as Harris, Kelton, Ryu, Guzman, and even Pie to succeed in Cubs Blue? Thanks again for answering questions, we all really appreciate it!

[Banedon]

Many jokes have been made (at least on this board) about Baker's "clogging the bases" theory on walks, yet one of the main pitching woes that the Cubs have experienced early on this season is getting beat with walks. In the last few games, it seems like there has been a definite trend toward working the count, and it seems to have paid off. Was Baker just defending his "free-swinging" guys, or do you think he genuinely believes that walks are bad?