What's most likely to happen when Nomar comes back

[Holy Cow]

Can anyone else on the team fill the emergency catcher role?

[wekse]

Remlinger had two scoreless inngings with one hit and no walks last night. Why would you release him?

 

So we should keep him because of one good outing?

 

In just under 30 innings Remmy has a 1.10 WHIP, and is striking out around 7.5 batters per 9 innings. I say keep him unless you have 6 relievers better than him, which we don't right now.

 

i think we kept the wrong loogy, if you wanna even call remlinger that.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Can anyone else on the team fill the emergency catcher role?

 

How about........anybody?

 

Baker almost never PH's with the catcher because of this. Keeping someone who isn't a catcher because he has a shred of ability to fill in for an inning or two once or twice a year is ridiculous.

[rickrolled]

Remlinger had two scoreless inngings with one hit and no walks last night. Why would you release him?

 

So we should keep him because of one good outing?

 

In just under 30 innings Remmy has a 1.10 WHIP, and is striking out around 7.5 batters per 9 innings. I say keep him unless you have 6 relievers better than him, which we don't right now.

 

He might be OK if Dusty used him correctly, but he continues to use him as a LOOGY which he doesn't succeed in. We already have Ohman who can handle the LOGGY role, as evidenced by his .213 BAA against lefties.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Remlinger had two scoreless inngings with one hit and no walks last night. Why would you release him?

 

So we should keep him because of one good outing?

 

In just under 30 innings Remmy has a 1.10 WHIP, and is striking out around 7.5 batters per 9 innings. I say keep him unless you have 6 relievers better than him, which we don't right now.

 

He might be OK if Dusty used him correctly, but he continues to use him as a LOOGY which he doesn't succeed in. We already have Ohman who can handle the LOGGY role, as evidenced by his .213 BAA against lefties.

 

Remlinger has 29 IP this year, 20 against RH, 9 against LH. Link

 

I'm not saying Remmy's awesome, but we could do worse right now. Like I said before, unless he's the worst reliever out there(he's not right now), I say we hold onto him.

[Flames24Rulz]

i just heard Baker say on one of the ESPN 1000 Sportscenter updates that it's not a given when Nomar comes back that he would start because of how Neifi is doing :evil:

[wekse]

i just heard Baker say on one of the ESPN 1000 Sportscenter updates that it's not a given when Nomar comes back that he would start because of how Neifi is doing :evil:

 

if only we could curse on here i would tell you how i felt about this

[rickrolled]

i just heard Baker say on one of the ESPN 1000 Sportscenter updates that it's not a given when Nomar comes back that he would start because of how Neifi is doing :evil:

 

Is Dusty asking Joe Morgan for managing advice these days?

[Cubzfan64]

i just heard Baker say on one of the ESPN 1000 Sportscenter updates that it's not a given when Nomar comes back that he would start because of how Neifi is doing :evil:

 

I didn't hear that, but THAT'S exactly why I started this thread with the question. I honestly think that if Neifi is still "performing well" according to Dusty's opinion, he has a strong loyalty to him for some reason and isn't going to pull him out.

 

I truly believe Nomar is going to either have to be exceptional in the few times he plays early on, or Neifi is going to have to do into some recognizable slump that Dusty won't be able to ignore.

 

I imagine if Nomar is healthy and Dusty doesn't play him more than 50% of the time, Mr. Hendry may have something to say to him about that - even if he IS the manager!

 

If nothing else, it's going to be interesting when Nomar comes back!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I truly believe Nomar is going to either have to be exceptional in the few times he plays early on, or Neifi is going to have to do into some recognizable slump that Dusty won't be able to ignore.

 

Neifi went 17 for 117 earlier this season, and Dusty said he was unlucky. I shudder to think what it would take for Dusty to realize Neifi isn't good at the plate.

[Flames24Rulz]

well Andy and Ron on the pregame show were contradicting what Baker said. They both said it's very obvious that Nomar will be the starting SS once he comes back and Neifi realizes this and has no problem with it. Dusty's statement though does get me a little worried though.

[CUBZ99]

Dusty is just giving lip service to Neifi because Neifi is a veteran. There is no way that he is going to sit Nomar, when he comes back. He said the same thing when Walker came back.

[hawkeyecub]

Dusty is just giving lip service to Neifi because Neifi is a veteran. There is no way that he is going to sit Nomar, when he comes back. He said the same thing when Walker came back.

 

Exactly. It's standard Dusty behavior and everyone should be able to see through it. He doesn't say anything negative about his guys in the media and he wants to give Neifi some compliments.

 

When Nomar is healthy, he will be playing nearly everyday.

[nilodnayr]

whats hot, his 222/222/370/593 line over the last 7 days or his 235/241/329/571 line in July?

[LoneStarCubFan]

If Baker's serious about this he joins Don Baylor on the Village Idiot list. That's absolutely ridiculous.

[badgercub]

I didn't come away with that feeling at all concerning Baker's comments. It sounded to me like it depended on how Nomar was feeling and if he was able to play everyday or not. It is pretty obvious that Nomar probably will need a couple of days off a week. If Nomar isn't physically able to get out there than Neifi will play on a regular basis. While I know a lot of people really can't stand Neifi, I think he deserves some props. Is he the best SS out there? NO, but he has done a great job of filling in, playing some great defense and coming up with some timely hits. It was not his fault that Dusty had him batting 1 or 2 in the lineup for much of the season, but he brought it everyday. We could have done a lot worse. The other argument that is often brought up is Cedeno should be playing, but that is a decision that Dusty makes and Neifi shouldn't be penalized for that. I will love it when Neifi moves back to being a utility player because I think it will only strengthen the bench and will probably mean that Cedeno will see regular at bats in Iowa.

[Tracer Bullet]

Remlinger had two scoreless inngings with one hit and no walks last night. Why would you release him?

 

So we should keep him because of one good outing?

 

In just under 30 innings Remmy has a 1.10 WHIP, and is striking out around 7.5 batters per 9 innings. I say keep him unless you have 6 relievers better than him, which we don't right now.

 

He might be OK if Dusty used him correctly, but he continues to use him as a LOOGY which he doesn't succeed in. We already have Ohman who can handle the LOGGY role, as evidenced by his .213 BAA against lefties.

 

Remlinger has 29 IP this year, 20 against RH, 9 against LH. Link

 

I'm not saying Remmy's awesome, but we could do worse right now. Like I said before, unless he's the worst reliever out there(he's not right now), I say we hold onto him.

 

He's great against righties, but Dusty leaves him in to face lefties too. And he's absolutely getting killed against those lefties (.390 OBP/.500 SLG). If he was a righty specialist (if such a thing exists), that's one thing, but Dusty seems to bring him in for an inning or 2 and leave him in to face whoever comes up.

 

He may not be the worst option out there, but if Wood comes back to the 'pen and Williamson is up soon, we'll need to send a couple pitchers either down/out. Mitre and/or Hill will probably start and hopefully the other one goes to Iowa to start. That leaves Dempster, Wood, Ohman, Rusch, Wuertz, and Williamson in the 'pen. If we're keeping 12 pitchers, I'd rather have Novoa than Remy. If you'd rather have Remy, I can understand that, but his numbers against lefties scare me.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

He's great against righties, but Dusty leaves him in to face lefties too. And he's absolutely getting killed against those lefties (.390 OBP/.500 SLG). If he was a righty specialist (if such a thing exists), that's one thing, but Dusty seems to bring him in for an inning or 2 and leave him in to face whoever comes up.

 

He may not be the worst option out there, but if Wood comes back to the 'pen and Williamson is up soon, we'll need to send a couple pitchers either down/out. Mitre and/or Hill will probably start and hopefully the other one goes to Iowa to start. That leaves Dempster, Wood, Ohman, Rusch, Wuertz, and Williamson in the 'pen. If we're keeping 12 pitchers, I'd rather have Novoa than Remy. If you'd rather have Remy, I can understand that, but his numbers against lefties scare me.

 

The thing is, if you keep Novoa, then you have only Novoa. If you keep Remmy, you have him and Novoa at AAA. I don't think that either is much better than the other that it would be worth getting rid of one just to keep the other on the major league roster.

[brinoch]

I'm worried about it, because it represents Baker's thought pattern. However, I think there's little likelihood that Nomar doesn't play as much as he's able. Ceterum censeo delendam esse Dusty Bakerem.

[CubinNY]

Nomar becomes a back up to Neffi.

 

"Dude's gotta stay fresh"-Ficticious Dusty quote.

 

With Neffi's timely hitting the last two days the possiblity of Cedeno ever seeing the ball field is pretty slim.

 

I was joking when I made that post

Anyone see Dusty comments about Neffi yesterday? :evil: :shock: :evil:

[brinoch]

Nomar becomes a back up to Neffi.

 

"Dude's gotta stay fresh"-Ficticious Dusty quote.

 

With Neffi's timely hitting the last two days the possiblity of Cedeno ever seeing the ball field is pretty slim.

 

I was joking when I made that post

Anyone see Dusty comments about Neffi yesterday? :evil: :shock: :evil:

 

Yes. I did. Ceterum censeo delendam esse Dusty Bakerem.

[scs_paradise]

From KFFL.com

 

 

Jul 27 The Chicago Tribune reports Chicago Cubs MAN Dusty Baker told reporters there should be no assumptions that Cubs SS Nomar Garciaparra (groin) will get his starting job back when healthy. "Nothing is automatic," Baker said. "We'll have to see how Nomar is doing. Neifi Perez says he realized when he came here that he came here as a utility guy. But he hasn't remained a utility guy with what he has done. I hear a lot of people say, 'Hey, put Ronny Cedeno in.' What am I supposed to do, push Neifi out now? This guy has saved us.

[Sabermetrician]

Maybe he saved us in April, but he really hasn't done much of anything since...

[CubfaninCA]

Should Nomar bat 2nd or 6th?? I'd rather go w/ Walker batting 2nd for a while and let Nomar work the kinks out at the 6th spot. It's not like he could do much worse than Hollandworth.

[NorthsideAvenger]

From KFFL.com

 

 

Jul 27 The Chicago Tribune reports Chicago Cubs MAN Dusty Baker told reporters there should be no assumptions that Cubs SS Nomar Garciaparra (groin) will get his starting job back when healthy. "Nothing is automatic," Baker said. "We'll have to see how Nomar is doing. Neifi Perez says he realized when he came here that he came here as a utility guy. But he hasn't remained a utility guy with what he has done. I hear a lot of people say, 'Hey, put Ronny Cedeno in.' What am I supposed to do, push Neifi out now? This guy has saved us.

 

Those shades must be really hindering his sight, cause he can't be THAT stupid....(pause shifty eyes left/right.....palm to forehead, d'oh).....of course he could.

 

Something tells me Hendry is going to make sure Baker plays Nomar more then nefti, or Hendry might have to take that reason away.