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  1. TruffleShuffle
    there might be some teams who need a 1b (or in the case of an AL team, a 1b/dh) but there are not many teams looking for a 1b who hasn't hit much all year.
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    "who they should be trying to trade" seems to include a lot of overpaid and/or unproductive players that nobody else will really give up anything of value for. with the likely exception of lilly.
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    The bullpen really isn't all that "lousy" at all, and rarely should it be any kind of a priority when a team needs this much work since it's relatively easy to construct a serviceable bullpen. The bullpen is not going to make or break the Cubs next year, and it's just going to be another year of extreme wear and tear on the arm. It's pretty incredible that they've gotten this much productive use out of him thus far, so they should definitely be listening to what other teams are offering for him, if they are inquiring. Teams in the hunt are always looking to overpay for bullpen help, and someone like Marmol would net an even better return. how is the bullpen not lousy? they have an ERA of 4.39, which is 23rd in the league, and in reality they've probably been even worse (they've allowed 28 unearned runs). the pitchers not named marmol have an ERA of 4.70 and a RA of 5.80. they're 19th in WHIP (1.43) even with marmol. you can say that you want to trade him while admitting that the bullpen is bad.
  4. TruffleShuffle
    he gave up three straight singles. there probably was a time that he walked the bases loaded and then struck out the side, but it wasn't opening day against philly. my favorite mitch williams moment was in a phillies uniform. they were playing a doubleheader with the padres and the first game had a ton of rain delays and ended up taking over 8 hours (though the actual game itself wasn't that long - just a regular 9 inning game). then for some reason the umps decided to start the second game - at 1:30 in the morning. it went to extra innings and mitch williams cracked an rbi single to win it in the 10th, at 4:40 a.m.
  5. TruffleShuffle
    isn't szczur not done playing WR for 'nova?
  6. TruffleShuffle
    UGH on jay jax and carpenter. jackson: 5.2 ip, 3 h, 4 er, 6 bb, 3 k, 1 hbp. carpenter: 5.0 ip, 7 h, 3 r, 2 er, 4 bb, 2 k. guess the ERA wasn't bad but everything else sucked. rusin was better: 6 ip, 6 h, 3 er, 0 bb, 6 k, 1 hr, 2 hbp
  7. TruffleShuffle
    hit a walkoff home run in the infamous victor diaz game.
  8. TruffleShuffle
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/poolboybob/49752188.jpg
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    also like this part: sure they'll stop off at a convenience store and pick up a pack, what brand do you smoke?
  10. TruffleShuffle
    i mentioned that in the "other games thread" yesterday. he's basically been playing at borderline all star level for a year now. i didn't think he'd be this good but he was a plus defender in cf and slugged .439 in 2006 at age 25. i'm not sure why we gave him away for nothing.
  11. TruffleShuffle
    szczur went 3-4 with a double for boise. i took a look through the game log and i think they must be underdoing the line drives. it says all three of his hits were "fly balls" and overall, there are only 6 line drives noted in a game that had 17 hits (along with the 51 outs). maybe szczur is just getting remarkably lucky so far, but i think it's more likely he's hitting the ball pretty hard and at that level, it's just calling everything ground balls or fly balls. as another example, the leadoff hitter (alvaro ramirez) supposedly is hitting .353 with a 6.9 LD%.
  12. TruffleShuffle
    yeah, they thought the asking price was too high on adam dunn so they moved on to prince fielder???
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    Traded by Chicago Cubs with Jamie Moyer and Drew Hall to Texas Rangers in exchange for Mitch Williams, Paul Kilgus, Steve Wilson, Curt Wilkerson, Luis Benitez and Pablo Delgado (December 5, 1988). boy talk about a poo-poo platter. i guess mitch williams wasn't bad for a little while.
  14. TruffleShuffle
    heyward has hit .207/.307/.279/.586 since june 1st, that's pretty damn bad. that being said, it seems a lot of his downfall has been because of a thumb injury, which can really sap hitters of their power.
  15. TruffleShuffle
    this may be true, but people have been saying that his arm is going to explode soon for three years now, and during that time he's been one of the most valuable relief pitchers in the game. Which is fantastic, but why gamble on him being one of the very rare exceptions that doesn't fall off of a cliff? It's much smarter and better for the Cubs in the long run to sell high on him. i mostly agree, but our bullpen is already lousy and has very few major league arms, so trading marmol isn't going to improve that situation for next year. i guess my point was that people were saying "sell high" on marmol quite a while ago, and unless we got really fortunate in what prospects we receive, the deal would have been a negative for the cubs.
  16. TruffleShuffle
    does anyone remember craig brazell's one and only major league home run? i sure as [expletive] do since i witnessed it in person.
  17. TruffleShuffle
    this may be true, but people have been saying that his arm is going to explode soon for three years now, and during that time he's been one of the most valuable relief pitchers in the game.
  18. TruffleShuffle
    to absolutely nobody's surprise, miles is hitting .356 since joining the cardinals. also, some guy named jon jay (wasn't he a surpreme court chief justice?) has an ops over 1.000 for them.
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    5.0 ip, 3 h, 0 r, 1 bb, 3 k. nice day from some of our "second tier" pitching prospects.
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    not sure if anyone has noticed this, but angel pagan is actually a good baseball player who's played at borderline all-star level for more than a year now. .306/.350/.487 last year (.358 wOBA), .306/.362/.466 this year (.366 wOBA), plus defender in CF. according to fangraphs he's #13 in the NL in WAR and #3 among CF. unlike casey mcgehee, who showed no ability at the major league level and very little ability at AAA, pagan actually did show some pop and defensive ability in CF. i think we gave up on this one too quickly.
  21. TruffleShuffle
    what was it about his 11.45 ERA at peoria that made him ready to jump past two levels to iowa?
  22. TruffleShuffle
    aside from jaime garcia, the rookies who have played well have been mostly blue chip prospects this year. none of this chris coughlin, j.a. happ [expletive]. as for castro, he makes too many errors still, but that's to be expected from a guy who's 20 years old. there's certainly a lot to be excited about with him... the rest of the team, not so much.
  23. TruffleShuffle
    26 runs in 2 games to the pirates... great pitching brewers! hard to tell if pedro alvarez is heating up or if he's just feasting on the brewers lousy arms.
  24. TruffleShuffle
    leverton finished it off for raley, going two innings with a pair of hits and a run allowed. he's been much better in relief this year than he was when he was starting the last two years. gotta like that GO/FO ratio (better than 3:1) and the k rate is up too. wasn't he discussed as a possible LOOGY? samardzija's overall numbers are all right but his command still blows: 4.0 ip, 4 h, 2 r, 1 er, 3 bb, 5 k, 41 strikes/35 balls. he started against old friend rich harden, who's allowed 6 runs and has an ERA of 9.00 at AAA (iowa beat him up over the weekend too). ouch. lee wussed out in the 9th inning and walked.
  25. TruffleShuffle
    Lee is really starting to turn it on. Hes a fun kid to watch play, I just hope he keeps up the progress, because a middle infield of Lee/Castro could be really really fun to watch. he's 4-5 now, having tacked on a pair of singles. they have at least 6 ABs left and he's #8, so they need a couple more baserunners for him to get up with a shot at the cycle. it's 9-0 so he should just hit the ball, put his head down and run to second no matter what.
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