Geech

This makes me giggle.

Fontenot isn't really garbage either, although he's certainly a player with flaws.

IT'S CREEPY HOW HARD YOU ARE TRYING TO DOWNPLAY HIS PERFORMANCE. Stop being so creepy, Tree. By the way, Tyler Colvin is posting a park-adjusted wOBA of .359 by hitting beyond his ability. For comparison purposes, Fukudome's park-adjusted wOBA is .350.

This is seriously the best joke account I have ever seen on any message board ever, you guys.

I have no idea what the Cobs could get in return for Colvin, but they need to be shopping him around to find out. He's not the sort of player a team needs to jealously guard. By the way, on a note completely unrelated to dew's post, whatever happened to Jeff Francoeur?

Definitely. Tyler Colvin will never "work on his approach" enough to be a reliably good hitter.

Koyie Hill sucks against righties even more than he does in general. He's hitting .222/.263/.292 against them this year, and his three year splits are .204/.279/.291. I wonder what he's hit the last 28 days, though...

... eat the United States.

I seriously hope Koyie Hill dies in a car accident, or cuts the rest of his fingers off or something. I have nothing against the guy personally, but something needs to happen to keep Lou from overusing him.

How do Soto's stats over the last 28 days compare. I thought that was the preferred way to track stats now, but I haven't seen those posted for a while for some reason.

Yeah, that quote struck me as incredibly stupid because it's such a basic screw up to make. If you are going to manage a baseball team professionally, you have to be able to tell that Soto is a much better player than Hill.

Man, what a terrible website.

Tyler C. bringin' the D. Do you see what I did there?

Sure, Hill's SLG is .290, but what are his stats over the last seven Tuesdays? You guys need to think about this stuff when picking your starting catcher.

Quick! Someone post their stats over the last [arbitrary period] to justify this!

Unfortunately the Cobs don't get to go back in time and change who got those at bats now that we know who hit better in that period. Instead, they must decide going forward who should get the majority of the at bats. The evidence does not support choosing Hill.

That seems like a really optimistic assessment of his future as a reliever.

Guys, context matters. Paragraphs are made up of many sentences, but they are intended to convey a single key idea. Each sentence imparts important meaning onto the following sentences, and later sentences need to be read within the context of earlier sentences. Together, they illustrate and explain a single point. While many people are not very good at writing and may not use paragraphs in a appropriate manner, Nuts&Gum seems fairly competent, and I think he understands these important concepts. His first sentence sets the stage for the proceeding lines when he states that he cannot "understand why... the Cubs must bring Castro up if Theriot is traded." Everything else he posts is a continuation of this basic idea. Furthermore, reading Nuts' post within the larger context of the thread strengthens my interpretation. In an exchange with Jersey, Sever82 advocates playing Castro in the majors to start the season because Sever hates Theriot and wants to see him traded. Shortly after this, Nuts&Gum made the post in question which challenged the idea that playing Theriot and playing Castro are the only viable alternatives. This whole argument is an example of why I post so rarely. It's fine to have a disagreement based on different ideas; that's perfectly understandable and potentially fruitful. However, arguments that rise from misread or misunderstood posts are frustrating and pointless. When you are going to make a counterpoint, you should make it relevant. That involves reading a post, considering it for a while, and actually trying to understand before you respond. Message boards are not chat rooms, and an immediate response is not necessary and often not desirable. There is no reason I should have to spell this out, yet here I am.

This statement is false. You are factually incorrect, sir, and you may need to work on your reading comprehension skills. Here is Mojo's exact statement: Again: "if Theriot is traded." Nowhere in this post does he explicitly advocate trading Theriot. He's addressing the idea that Castro would need to be called if Theriot was gone. No more than that.

I agree, but that wasn't the point.

Compared to what? If you think Castro would blow Blanco/Barney out of the water, then you're seriously overrating his abilities at this point in his career. Mojo's point is that in the scenario of trading Theriot for prospects there's still no need to call up Castro to play shortstop.

Giving Castro more time in the minors even if Theriot is traded is not the same thing as "fold[ing] up their tents."

In other words, it makes no sense and it's not going to happen.

I seem to recall some old adage that might be applicable here. Something about books and covers? Nah, I'm probably way off.

That's not actually very likely. Castro hit .288/.347/.396 at AA. That translates to a .226 EqA at the majors. He definitely needs some more seasoning before he's ready to help the team.