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  1. TruffleShuffle
    oh yeah, in before lock/delete
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    oh no, people are posting "breaking news" from ESPN message boards now? And by the way, given that the guy spelled three of the four names wrong, I'm gonna assume he's just a troll who doesn't follow the Cubs too closely.
  3. TruffleShuffle
    Actually since the Cubs are over .500, losses are harder for them to get.
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    I'd give up Marmol for Dye if it were the Dye of last year, but he's hitting like crap this year, and hasn't been consistent at all over the course of his career. He's played well since the ASB, but if he goes back to the way he was playing earlier this year, you're stuck with a guy who isn't a big upgrade, and you've just traded away one of your best bullpen pitchers.
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    oh hey look, diamondmind posting that he doesn't think murton is good, but not providing an alternate solution for the lack of production in rightfield! I fail to see the purpose in rehashing trading for Griffey, keeping Floyd ungimped, etc etc. What do you want from me? Well I think 99% of the board would prefer Griffey in RF, but it dependsd on the price that you're paying for him. Otherwise, you're stuck with in-house options. Keeping Floyd "ungimped"? What do you propose we do, equip him with a robot's body? He's brittle and old, there's nothing you can do about that.
  6. TruffleShuffle
    probably has more to do with Iowa having a surplus of infielders and a shortage of outfielders and???? He's one of our better prospects and he's playing LF because they don't have enough outfielders and they'd rather play some lower-tier prospect at 2b instead? i dunno... minor league managers have to field a team and try to win too. If the organization doesn't want him playing LF they'll tell the manager, but that doesn't mean that he won't use him there on occasion if it gives him the best lineup possible.
  7. TruffleShuffle
    Actually, only 5 more pennants total and a 517 winning % to the cubs 514%. Oh, and your sig pic is obnoxiously large. it's smaller than my last one, and if you don't like it then block all images from photobucket
  8. TruffleShuffle
    oh hey look, diamondmind posting that he doesn't think murton is good, but not providing an alternate solution for the lack of production in rightfield!
  9. TruffleShuffle
    Bobby Hill, Jason Dubois, etc. Career major league numbers: Matt Murton: 293/363/440 Hee Seop Choi: 240/349/437 Bobby Hill: 262/343/350 Jason Dubois: 233/286/443 Bad comparison. Why? It remains true in my eyes that people here overvalue homegrown talent by a far margin. For a corner OF those numbers aren't exactly favorable to Murton he barely provides any more power than Choi or Dubois in a corner OF position unless you are looking for the corner OF equivalent of Mark Grace at 1B. Minus the gold glove fielding ability of course. 1B on average have a 275/358/458/814 line this year, whereas the average RF has a line of 275/344/438/783 line. So the average RF does not hit quite as well as the average 1B. Add in the fact that Murton's career OBP is 14 points higher, and it's not hard to see that he's more valuable than Choi. Dubois' OBP was Neifi-esque, so there's no point even comparing him. the point is, people are saying that folks on this board have an infatuation with murton because he's home-grown and young... but really, the reason people want him playing is because he can produce at a higher level than the guys currently playing RF for the cubs. And because we're all racists.
  10. TruffleShuffle
    No because (a) they are 6 games behind the cardinals, and (b) their organization doesn't have a horseshoe up its butt Yes the Cardinals are so historically lucky it took them 24 years between titles and blowing a 3-1 lead in the 1985 World Series, 3-2 lead in the 1987 World Series, 3-1 lead in the 1995 NLCS among other playoff failures. they've made it to the playoffs quite a few more times than the cubs.
  11. TruffleShuffle
    probably has more to do with Iowa having a surplus of infielders and a shortage of outfielders
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    Bobby Hill, Jason Dubois, etc. Career major league numbers: Matt Murton: 293/363/440 Hee Seop Choi: 240/349/437 Bobby Hill: 262/343/350 Jason Dubois: 233/286/443 Bad comparison.
  13. TruffleShuffle
    uh, Lee does not equal Murton. Man, I like the kid, but some here need to get a clue. Murton is a utility guy who may become a starter if he improves. Get over it. Murton could be a 4th outfielder on a team with three good ones, but we don't have that. Again, the anti-Murton crowd has generally failed to provide another answer as to who should be in RF most of the time. If your response is Cliff Floyd, then you should be aware that Murton's numbers in 2006 were better than Floyd's numbers this year, and his defense is also better.
  14. TruffleShuffle
    No because (a) they are 6 games behind the cardinals, and (b) their organization doesn't have a horseshoe up its butt
  15. TruffleShuffle
    Agreed, keep Riot as short. In the current rotation Fontenot is going to be more a bench player than a starter. With everyone healthy Floyd is the regular RF (with Murton and Pagan getting starts against most LH pitching) and DeRosa is the regular 2B. Fontenot would only be getting starts when DeRosa needs a day off or when Lou is compelled to start DeRosa in RF. This should be no more than a couple days a week total. I think that arrangement will keep Fontenot rested and at his most effective. Don't a lot of people say that Murton was struggling so badly because he wasn't getting to start more than 2 times a week?
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    i won't stop worrying about the cards until they're mathematically eliminated.
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    I'd feel better about calling him up if his numbers weren't terrible the first two times he was called up. At this point I think it might be best to just use jock out there the rest of this year (unless there's a trade), then give Felix the job next year and stick with him through the growing pains.
  18. TruffleShuffle
    If Dunn is here I'm not sure there's gonna be many at-bats for Jones. there will be unless we have someone else to play CF
  19. TruffleShuffle
    he doesn't deserve to be in the top 3, but he probably is. Penny is easily the leader right now, though.
  20. TruffleShuffle
    only dusty baker would play jock against hamels tomorrow
  21. TruffleShuffle
    ugh... i'm not even going to bother
  22. TruffleShuffle
    I don't think the Brewers' spirit is broken. They're a good team on paper, they're just not playing very well right now. I don't think the Cubs are going to run away with the division unless they continue to win at a .700 clip.
  23. TruffleShuffle
    assuming that hitting in the clutch is not a skill, and teams will hit in the clutch like they do in other situations, then any poor performance at knocking in runners during a game or stretch of games is likely to even out. So yes, over the course of a season, teams that leave a lot of runners on base are likely going to score a lot of runners too.
  24. TruffleShuffle
    all three writers who did top 50 rankings for the Baseball America Prospect Handbook disagreed with you after last season. Two didn't have him in their top 50. There's a rather significant difference between evaluating Felix Pie prior to 2007, and evaluating Felix Pie as of now when he's putting up a 1.000 OPS in AAA at age 22, while raising his BB% and LD% slightly, and dropping his K% a significant amount. His BABIP is .423. Yeah, he's had a good year, but I don't think he's unquestionably a top 25 prospect.
  25. TruffleShuffle
    fontenot definitely projects as a better hitter than Cedeno. I wouldn't do that at all. My opinion is that Fontenot is at least an average hitter for a second baseman. Let him play through his slump. 14 for his last 64 AB's is a pretty prolonged slump dont you think? Thats his numbers since July 1st So which is closer to the real Mike Fontenot, the one who hit .400 basically for the month of June, or the one who is hitting .218 for the month of July? Well technically he's likely to be closer to a .525 OPS than a 1.100 OPS, but that doesn't mean that either one is really representative of the type of player he is. His PECOTA projection is .260/.336/.400, which seems pretty reasonable. But, like I said, Cedeno had a .656 OPS at AAA this month, and that was in 85 ABs. Yet you're willing to give him a chance.
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