Cedeno's Future

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I give up. So you're all saying Choi was the obvious choice? Heck, he couldn't hit RHP or LHP most of the year...

 

Look at his numbers, July - September. You're right, he should have been playing.

July - .182/.270/.303/.573

August - .160/.276/.240/.516

September - .000/.167/.000/.167

 

FOR NEARLY ALL OF 2003, KARROS WAS A BETTER CHOICE THAN CHOI TO PLAY EVERY DAY.

[Lefty]

Furcal with a 4 year deal and Neifi signed through 2007 means Cedeno would be blocked until 2008. If we get Furcal it would be foolish not to trade Cedeno now, while his value is high, since 2 years on the bench certainly wouldn't increase his value, and who wants to wait til 2008 to see what he could do as a starter? I don't.

 

Cedeno starts over Perez according to Hendry. You can continue to espouse this belief that he won't if you like, but it gets tiring to see that you state it as fact everytime the topic emerges.

 

The fact is the GM promotes Cedeno as starting and Perez signed as a back-up super-sub for 2B, SS, and even 3B. Perez likely gets a lot of PT of the bench in that super-sub role under Dusty.

 

 

Last year Hendry promoted the idea of DuBois starting in Left. That lasted until Baker got to fill out the Opening Day lineup.

 

Dubois had a respectable shot. In April and May he had 93 at bats (Hollandsworth had 104) and he struck out 33 times with only modest power numbers. It's not like Hollandsworth was any better during those months...neither one of them stepped-up and claimed the job. In June Hollandsworth got hot, and that was it for Dubois.

 

It's true that Dubois didn't start the season as the everyday LF, but then I don't recall that he was handed the job as confidently as with Cedeno.

 

Look, that's water under the bridge. But 93 ABs in the first two months, highly scattered I might add, isn't really a shot. Don't you remeber all those noises Hendry made about someone having to win Rookie of the Year?

 

Even though the Cubs probably won't miss Dubois, all we have left of our decent, not great, prospect is a Jewish Single-A pitcher. And no, he's not a lefty. GO JH!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I give up. So you're all saying Choi was the obvious choice? Heck, he couldn't hit RHP or LHP most of the year...

 

Look at his numbers, July - September. You're right, he should have been playing.

July - .182/.270/.303/.573

August - .160/.276/.240/.516

September - .000/.167/.000/.167

 

FOR NEARLY ALL OF 2003, KARROS WAS A BETTER CHOICE THAN CHOI TO PLAY EVERY DAY.

 

Those numbers represent 68 at bats over 3 months. That's basically an at-bat per game. Choi was the better option to play against right handers.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Unbelievable. That just about sums it up.