jjgman21

hey, there's a pitch Vargas got several times. nice going Bob. shut em down.

You really, really should. Middle relief for our floundering major league club is not worth jeopardizing the future and length of control of possibly our best pitching prospect. I used to think that way, but I'm starting to change my mind about the length of control thing. with the way pitchers flame out you're generally going to get the best years out of pitcher within the first six years of service. as for pitchers that start to come into their own in years 5-6, 29 other teams are producing them. pitchers that are consistently dominant from the get go up until 5-6 years of service without signs of inconsistency or regression (1 in a million), throw money at them. Again though, it's not as if Gallagher is not in the big league rotation because of a lack of spots. He needs more developmental time. many many pitchers earn some stripes in the pen for a couple years then break into the rotation. many more learn they can't get big league hitters out yet and are sent back to the minors for more seasoning. I forget the rules about service time and whatnot, but if properly timed, bringing up a minor leaguer will actually let you get 6.5 years out of the player. it's not like the clock starts running once the roster move is made and in three years from that date he becomes arbi elig and 6 years from that date he becomes FA elig. it's all based on service time. now I would like to see them not get off the poddy. if he's up and in the pen, he's in the pen until next spring, at which time you know what he can do vs. major leaguers, and have every option available as to where to send him and in what role.

You really, really should. Middle relief for our floundering major league club is not worth jeopardizing the future and length of control of possibly our best pitching prospect. I used to think that way, but I'm starting to change my mind about the length of control thing. with the way pitchers flame out you're generally going to get the best years out of pitcher within the first six years of service. as for pitchers that start to come into their own in years 5-6, 29 other teams are producing them. pitchers that are consistently dominant from the get go up until 5-6 years of service without signs of inconsistency or regression (1 in a million), throw money at them.

so has anything been said of Aram's pants? isn't he a long pants to the ankles kind of guy?

yeah, pretty bad when you recognize a pitch and still miss it badly.

league worst 1.43 g/f ratio?

Bruce Miles seems to be hinting in the game thread that I'm right. cant say im surprised the way the cubs have jerked him from the rotation to the pen to the rotation to the pen. No doubt, I can easiliy see that contributing. he went from pen to starter to pen. how on earth that in and of itself can cause an injury, I have no idea. now I could understand if he went from an occassional inning here or there to a heavy workload, but that's not what happened. apparently this injury cropped up after moving from the pen, so somehow less work has lead to this injury?

no action in the Cubs pen. perhaps because of the brilliant idea of playing with 24 players tonight?

where's the team?

up yours Hunter. Izzy and the dugout have every right to do that.

I saw him in the dugout earlier In the dugout? I wonder why he wasn't in the pen. Relief pitchers usually spend the first couple innings in the dugout. They go back and forth between the dugout and bullpen quite a bit during the first couple innings. which is probably a good thing because they would be in danger out there with the rockets Lilly is giving up.

screw you blue. apparently it takes 5 strikes to get Vargas out.

get it back together Teddy boy.

why do opposing pitchers get 3-0 charity strikes like clockwork?

with the family heading straight to Atlanta, seems Sean will not be pitching in Milwaukee. that makes me think nothing will be announced for a couple of days.

I saw him in the dugout earlier

yes and no. he missed at least three very hittable pitches.

off?

all you really need to know is his last name. even Froemming took a back seat to Hunter's dad, and it seems to run in the family. Harry and Harry did not like each other (Wendelstedt and Carey) and Wendelstedt took thrills in taking out this personal grudge against the Cubs players. I had a good feeling about this game until you pointed out who the home plate ump would be. watch the corner calls boys. it's probably not gonna be a fun game to watch. if the Cubs stand a chance it's going to be because of something we all hate, over aggressive swinging early in the count.

way to do your homework, Cubs :roll: “It was honestly the darkest point in my life,” Clanton says, his voice filled with emotion, cracking in spots. “Jim Hendry once quoted to me, ‘This [organization] is not a democracy. It is a dictatorship. You shut the f--k up.’ Not only is this f*cked up, but could anyone else picture Hendry spitting food out of his mouth while he says this? I'm not sure that one can so easily trust Clanton's version of events. even if this version is correct, I don't know why someone would have a problem with it. it should be in large part a dictatorship.

I think an appropriate metaphor for this draft is the Cubs #9 pick and how his career panned out. it's pretty lame to criticize a draft where 6 of the team's top 7 picks are pitchers that blew out their arms before reaching AA. this certainly isn't a case of busts or improper development. certainly there can be criticism for picking Clanton and Brownlie due to known or knowable injury problems, but even taking that into account, I imagine the odds against so many injuries is astronomical.

looks like Fielder thought that was foul.

Obviously MLB has it out for the Cubs. is there anything factually incorrect about my statement?

absolutely no attempt. strike three. grab some pine.

yet another in the long line of extraordinarily large punishments handed out to people on the Cubs.