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  1. TruffleShuffle
    I don't really care, because the Cubs are going nowhere this year, and Barrett wasn't going to be a part of this team's future.
  2. TruffleShuffle
    or in brian griese's case, tripping over a teammate's dog
  3. TruffleShuffle
    Petrick's last 10 outings... 15.2 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 23 K. I still have some hope for him.
  4. TruffleShuffle
    you would really trade patterson for a 30-something RELIEF pitcher who throws in one of the most pitcher friendly parks in baseball? whose ERA away from Petco is a dazzling 4.51 no less. sample size says what? Linebrink's ERA away from Petco was 2.29 from 2004-2006, with a WHIP under 1.00 and a K/9 around 8. But you're probably right, let's just look at the 13 innings he's pitched away from Petco this year, that's a much better indicator of the pitcher he is.
  5. TruffleShuffle
    that's not the reason maddux has historically had a "personal catcher", because he didn't like barrett and lopez.
  6. TruffleShuffle
    you would really trade patterson for a 30-something RELIEF pitcher who throws in one of the most pitcher friendly parks in baseball? I wouldn't, because Patterson should have more value than that. But Linebrink has been consistently good for years now... regardless of where he pitches, he's very solid. I'd be happy to have him on the Cubs, for the right price.
  7. TruffleShuffle
    and because we'd actually have gotten a real, everyday shortstop. But that deal would have been horrendous for the Padres, which is why it wasn't made. Another Bruce Levine gem, if true.
  8. TruffleShuffle
    Not really. He has been complete crap so far in the minors. and he's a teenaged player coming from a region where he faced relatively poor competition in high school. I'm not saying he's a future star, but he does have some tools that the scouts like, and most raw 19 year old players would have been playing at short-season A-ball, not the Midwest League. The fact that he was playing against poor competition might have made him look real good but when compared to other players paying against great competition he might look mediocre. If that's the case there is a possibility that he is in way over his head. I'm sure there is a reason why the Padres gave this guy up. I'm not saying he doesn't have a future but so far his current progress isn't good. Yeah, the reason they gave him up is that he's a guy who's struggling, and there's probably a 95% chance that he doesn't improve enough to become a major league regular. Still, I'd rather the Cubs trade for a high-ceiling player than a middling guy who projects as (at best) a fourth outfielder or utility infielder. We already have enough of those guys.
  9. TruffleShuffle
    It did, but his equivalent averages still outpaced bowen easily. That said, given his poor defense and questionable relationship with some of the staff's pitchers, it might not have been worth the price to sign him.
  10. TruffleShuffle
    Bowen's BABIP is .385. That should tell you something. That said, he can draw a walk and hit for a little power, and his PECOTA projections are around a .700 OPS, which isn't terrible, though the OBP part (~.320) is nothing to write home about. The part that doesn't make a whole lot of sense is that he profiles to be the same type of player as Soto, so really what's the point in trading for a guy that you already have.
  11. TruffleShuffle
    Not really. He has been complete crap so far in the minors. and he's a teenaged player coming from a region where he faced relatively poor competition in high school. I'm not saying he's a future star, but he does have some tools that the scouts like, and most raw 19 year old players would have been playing at short-season A-ball, not the Midwest League.
  12. TruffleShuffle
    I like how Colvin was moved up despite a poor grasp of the strike zone, but the Cubs left Eric Patterson at Lansing for almost all of his first year in the system. And who can forget Rich Hill dominating AAA for way too long last year. wtg cobs.
  13. TruffleShuffle
    all of a sudden, the OF is crowded in Iowa... Murton has to play every day, then there's Coats, Kroeger and Walker, plus Hoffpauir plays some OF as well. Hopefully Soto can catch most of the time, so the lineup can go something like: 2B Patterson SS Cedeno 1B Hoffpauir RF Murton LF Kroeger C Soto CF Coats 3B Moore Very, very deep lineup in Iowa this year. If the Cubs return Gallagher there, the I-Cobs should win their division without much trouble.
  14. TruffleShuffle
    the body paint story bought my vote for this one and perhaps a few more rounds to come
  15. TruffleShuffle
    I just assume everyone in MLB is on roids, that way I don't get mad at Sammy for cheating.
  16. TruffleShuffle
    could you ever see the cubs launching an ad campaign that is clearly trying to compete with the white sox? God, I hope not. Let them be the ones with the inferiority complex.
  17. TruffleShuffle
    :lol: we traded for another version of Jason Kendall, and he costs $10M less
  18. TruffleShuffle
    While he does seem to have some potential (athletically and in terms of being very raw), his lack of power the last two years is disturbing. An IsoP of .057 this year and .085 last year? Juan Pierre might even laugh at that.
  19. TruffleShuffle
    sammy hits 600, cubs lose 10-4
  20. TruffleShuffle
    there's nothing special about a 17/18 year od pitching in the DSL
  21. TruffleShuffle
    Thank God I saw this late; I'd have had a stroke if the deal was what people thought earlier in this thread (including patterson) This isn't totally a bad thing if it opens the door for Soto to get some time the rest of this year, with a shot at being the starter in 2008.
  22. TruffleShuffle
    http://www.gigliwood.com/mentos/LeeSurrender.jpg they had mentos in 1865? who knew.
  23. TruffleShuffle
    man, i thought atkins would be heating to tennessee
  24. TruffleShuffle
    haha, we're definitely losing this game... blown bases loaded opportunities, facing a terrible starter on the worst team in baseball... this has all the signs of a bad loss
  25. TruffleShuffle
    Senior draftee Jonathon Wyatt (Georgia, 12th round) homered for Boise, putting all three of their runs on the board. Al Albuquerque (what a great name) has thrown four shutout innings, striking out five.
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