TruffleShuffle
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As things stand, I would never trade Marmol. Ever. that's a little excessive, but some people here continue to undervalue marmol on the principle that he's "just a reliever." marmol was fourth on the cubs' pitching staff in VORP last season and second this season. he's #2 in baseball in relievers' WXRL this year and #19 last season despite spending a about a quarter of the year in iowa. trade him away and you're losing a LOT.
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Jed Lowrie
TruffleShuffle replied to TruffleShuffle's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
jed lowrie's stats. he's average defensively. i like lowrie to put up somewhere around a .270/.350/.450 line for the next few years, which is better than we'd do from anybody in-house. but yeah, the red sox don't have any real needs aside from a front line starter (which the cubs aren't in position to deal away), and they're a well-run, well-managed organization that understands the value of their assets. so i don't see much way that we'd get our hands on lowrie. -
usc deserves a harsh penalty, but because they're a major, high-visibility program they'll get a slap on the wrist
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2 great games... i'd say you guys got your money's worth!
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where's the alka seltzer?
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a blown save would be an incredible kick in the balls here
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Considering we have a ton of question marks in our rotation, that's not a bad idea at all. it becomes a bad idea when you don't have a shut-down arm in the bullpen
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you need that type of unhittable stuff to nail down a 5 run 9th inning lead
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lol, some guy at sawgrass just came about 2 inches from putting the ball off the 17th green and into the water. that would've been a first.
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same here.
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hey look, marmol being used properly.
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the best part of that happening was howry just standing there, staring at the guy.
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Fred Hornkohl had one too many
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who is this idiot??? ban him.
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why can't we pinch hit for this bum
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i understand not starting randy johnson, because the field was wet and he has balky legs, but not starting zambrano was just weird. and probably dumb.
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you know you're watching a cubs broadcast when people vote carlos zambrano as the NL pitcher they'd least like to face.
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hendry should send lou a link to the bullpen stats, which show that the bullpen isn't bad at all.
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what happened to boston, anaheim and oakland?
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i think his point is that projection for gallagher isn't nearly as optimistic as most people on this board think he will be - which is a perfectly valid point. i don't know that he'll be any better than lieber or even marquis this season.
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reed johnson's OPS against right handed pitching is below .600, in case anyone was paying attention.
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http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/280511116_Diamondbacks_Cubs_71433903_lbig.png note that the cubs' chance of winning declined due to the IBB of chris young
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despite lou's best efforts, the cubs are still in this game
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lou's brutal mismanagement strikes again
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coming soon, TruffleShuffle makes a "stop using the worst pitcher in the bullpen with the bases loaded and a tie ballgame just because it's only the fifth inning."