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  1. TruffleShuffle
    speaking of errors (or i suppose comedy of errors), lol at the ninth inning of the DSL Cubs 1 game today: Cubs made 8 errors and won.
  2. TruffleShuffle
    boise's opponent in that game made 9 errors. :shock:
  3. TruffleShuffle
    i don't know what to think. it's pretty weird, but i guess if there's ever a time to think outside the box, it's when your team is in the toilet and your pitching is a joke.
  4. TruffleShuffle
    1. Vitters' development 2. Rizzo still looks really good 3. Soler signing 4. Castro not going to jail 5. Nobody killed by crumbling Wrigley infrastructure
  5. TruffleShuffle
    Castro and Vitters both walked TWICE today. What the hell is going on!? 2007-2010: 3.4% 2011: 4.5% This season: 6.2% He's made real progress in this area. If he can keep it in the 5-6% range it's more like "acceptably bad" than "horrific." If he can start hitting for more power (as he has been), his walk numbers should improve just from being pitched more carefully.
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    This is weird, because you don't normally say stupid things. He's not having the kind of season we hoped. A lot more like pre-2011 Garza than the 2011 version we hoped we'd see from now on. It's kinda quiet and no one wants to talk about it. last year his home run rate was fluky low and this year it's fluky high. there's not all that much difference between 2011 and 2012 matt garza that luck can't explain.
  7. TruffleShuffle
    Remember when you said this? Castro followed with an RBI single and Rizzo hit a two-run homer. They ain't our future, son. They are the present. Small sample dad. Yeah, Castro hasn't done this before. Go outside and play in traffic. fixed.
  8. TruffleShuffle
    sounds like a good plan.
  9. TruffleShuffle
    i was actually having a hard time thinking of anyone on the astros that other teams would be interested in.
  10. TruffleShuffle
    putting fast low obp players at the top of the lineup is a hallmark of dusty's managerial career. so dumb.
  11. TruffleShuffle
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1171001-chicago-cubs-top-3-prospects-from-2011-mlb-amateur-draft/page/4 according to this link (angelfire, lol), the average mlb player runs the 60 in 6.9 seconds. he's faster than i would have expected though. i would guess that his non-linear speed is worse, though, because he's a big dude and once all that weight gets moving in one direction, it's probably a slower process to get it turning toward another base. Sucks being wrong, just try and come to grips with it. perhaps you should give me some pointers on how to handle it. your history on this board indicates that being wrong is a position with which you are quite comfortable.
  12. TruffleShuffle
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1171001-chicago-cubs-top-3-prospects-from-2011-mlb-amateur-draft/page/4 according to this link (angelfire, lol), the average mlb player runs the 60 in 6.9 seconds. he's faster than i would have expected though. i would guess that his non-linear speed is worse, though, because he's a big dude and once all that weight gets moving in one direction, it's probably a slower process to get it turning toward another base.
  13. TruffleShuffle
    This account is a year and a half old, but I could only assume - given the reports about his weight loss - that he's as fast if not faster as when this was written. http://www.mlbbonusbaby.com/2011/1/3/1908539/draft-prospect-to-watch-dan-vogelbach the part about "plus for his size" just kind of suggests to me that he runs faster than one would expect a fat first baseman to run, and they're giving him extra credit because of that. i'd be really surprised if he runs as fast as half of professional baseball players. FWIW, my BA 2012 prospect handbook says he is a "well below-average runner." It says "average speed, plus for his size." what the hell would make you believe that it means something else? The fact that nothing I'd seen before that sentence indicated that he was anywhere close to being an average runner.
  14. TruffleShuffle
    This account is a year and a half old, but I could only assume - given the reports about his weight loss - that he's as fast if not faster as when this was written. http://www.mlbbonusbaby.com/2011/1/3/1908539/draft-prospect-to-watch-dan-vogelbach the part about "plus for his size" just kind of suggests to me that he runs faster than one would expect a fat first baseman to run, and they're giving him extra credit because of that. i'd be really surprised if he runs as fast as half of professional baseball players. FWIW, my BA 2012 prospect handbook says he is a "well below-average runner."
  15. TruffleShuffle
    good move. Altuve's lack of production might have held you to a 100 point win this week.
  16. TruffleShuffle
    I'll bet a romantic weekend at hccf's ranch that vogelbach is does not have average speed for a professional baseball player.
  17. TruffleShuffle
    how often do teams really get "lottery tickets" (kinda hate that term) for the likes of reed johnson. i feel like it's usually some 25 year old in AA with marginal stuff or the chance to hang on for a bit as a 4th outfielder.
  18. TruffleShuffle
    ah the old june tradition of seeing some guy i've never heard of post a nice game (jacob rogers) followed by disappointment as it turns out he was drafted as a college senior in the 40th round or whatever.
  19. TruffleShuffle
    i don't think the iowa cubs' organization would be too thrilled about being a dumping ground for failed late 20-something prospects, unless they're actively looking to lose 100 games every year.
  20. TruffleShuffle
    mcnutt threw batting practice in the top of the first and was removed after getting two outs.
  21. TruffleShuffle
    usa swimming olympic trials are going on right now. so far the closest anyone has come to breaking a world record was northwestern grad matt grevers in the 100 backstroke. http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&ItemId=4548&mid=12660
  22. TruffleShuffle
    man cuban baseball players should have been defecting in waves for the past month.
  23. TruffleShuffle
    right now he's my top prospect in the system.
  24. TruffleShuffle
    and candelario is the best prospect in the system.
  25. TruffleShuffle
    that contract pretty much serves as its own NMC.
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