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c'mon.... if we wanted to see someone give up runs, we'd have put in eyre
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He probably will be... I can't imagine that he's here to be a backup to a guy who can't hit a beach ball right now. But sitting him against a (normally) tough RHP is not a bad idea. He'll play tomorrow against Wandy, and he'll probably play about four games next week.
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Who will have the largest number of home runs in the second half for the Chicago Cubs (i.e., if any of these guys go back to the minors, those don't count)
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Truf, please tell me you think Soto can do better than Bowen? How can he not? Earlier in the thread the argument was being made that Soto was no better than Bowen. They have the same minor league OPS, and Bowen's PECOTA projections are a little better. Now, I think that Soto is being a little underrated in his PECOTA assessment, but everyone is basing their argument that Soto will be better on (a) his 1.000 OPS in AAA this year, which is miles away from what he's done otherwise in his minor league career, and (b) Bowen is mired in a brutal slump right now.
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Truf, please tell me you think Soto can do better than Bowen? better than bowen has lately? Sure. But you're judging on a very small sample size.
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Depends on Jones... if he hits like he did last year, he's a passable CF. If he hits like he has this year, there's another black hole in the lineup. I wouldn't feel too comfortable about counting on Floyd the rest of this year either, given his propensity to break down. If he's out, then DeRosa is playing a lot of RF and you're stuck with Fontenot/Theriot at 2B.
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cubs should petition for bowen to be allowed to hit off a tee
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Before today's game, the BP postseason odds report put the Cubs at 32.5% to win the division and 19.1% to win the wild card, for an overall 51.66% chance at the playoffs! The wild card chance has made a big jump the past few days, as the Cubs trail only the Dodgers/Padres. Average wins is now 88.6. ELO-adjusted chance was 37.4% PECOTA-adjusted chance is 53%
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not a great game for roy's ERA
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lol @ ronnie on that play... wish i could watch the game, but it's nice to listen to santo every now and then
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what the hell bowen... i know he's not good but he's been friggin awful with the cubs
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I wonder if any of this can be attributed to Rothschild, or if it's just fluky... Ted Lilly BB/9: 2004: 4.06 2005: 4.13 2006: 4.01 2007: 2.10
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hooray for clutchiness! Four two-out rbi for ARam
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get these bottom of the order losers out
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forgot to charge the battery on his wheelchair last night
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if you're saying that b/c the throw home was lousy, there's no way to know that before sending the runner. But I'm not watching the game, so I can't really say.
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I thought Oswalt came out of a JC. He did. Holmes Community College. too bad he's a short RHP, those guys never succeed in the big leagues
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I can't believe that hayseed went to college. I'm starting to not believe that I went to college either. Why did I write cousin's instead of cousins? :? cubs making you dumber
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That's because we have seen 33 pitches through 3. Unreal. That's actually not bad.... 3.67 per hitter. When nobody gets on base, the other pitcher isn't going to have a high pitch count.
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cliff floyd will be held together by duck tape and thumbtacks by the end of this season
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someone has a potty mouth :shock:
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Soto isn't much better than Bown, and Jones is probably better than Pagan. Izturis blows, but then again so do all our other SS. I'd have put Fontenot at short since Lilly is a fly ball pitcher. What of his .341 avg in the minors and ONE game in the big leagues this year has brought you to this conclusion? Career Minor League OPS: Bowen .715 Soto .715 Seems like a reasonable conclusion to me. Except that it takes catchers longer to develop usually, and nothing in Bowens major league career shows he is anything more than a backup, where as Sotos year this year could mean he has found it. It wont take much for Soto to be better than Bowen. Maybe, but Soto isn't much better right now, and Oswalt is a RHP who is better against RH batters. Eventually Soto will hopefully be better, but right now the difference is really negligible.
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Soto isn't much better than Bown, and Jones is probably better than Pagan. Izturis blows, but then again so do all our other SS. I'd have put Fontenot at short since Lilly is a fly ball pitcher.
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99 years of losing will have that effect
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-13-2007
TruffleShuffle replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
btw, congrats to dylan johnston on his 14th error last night. And speaking of busted picks, kudos to Mark Reed for his 173/223/192/415 line on the year.