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Should we blame Jim Riggelman instead?
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Sabremetrics vs. Intangibles: Which do you value more?
BigbadB replied to chuckywang's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Further proof that this organization needs to learn how to develop talent on the farm. Everyone is "trading" for this younger and better player rather than promoting him from the minors. In a perfect world, the hypothetical question would ask if you would trade for the veteran or promote the more talented, younger player from your own farm system. Cubs fans have gone so long without decent position prospects that it isn't even thought of in a hypothetical question. To answer the question, I promote Geovany Soto rather than trade for Jason Kendall. What do I win? -
There isn't much to pick up. I traded away my 7th start (Matt Cain) and added Justin Germano. I'm really scared about Justin Germano against Colorado. I'm not convinced that I'll leave Germano in the line up. If the Santa Ana's continue into Wednesday here in SoCal, count on me only getting 6 starts this week. Also, the rather brittle Randy Johnson is my only two start guy this week. I can't expect too many innings and his 2nd start could be pushed to next week due to an off day, so hopefully he shuts down those hot San Francisco bats tonight and keeps me at a pace to potentially get 7 starts.
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Encarnacion is on the block. What do you want to give me for him?
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See Chris Shelton, Tigers.
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How bad is Corey going to manhandle us this week?
BigbadB replied to Brian's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
It's not fluky power. He's always had power. The ability to put bat to ball has been Corey's problem. -
Personally, I like Randy Wolf from that group. Half of his outings will be night games in Petco, and he should be pretty effective at home. I also like him at LA and San Fran.
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Not at all. Eventually those swings will result in good things happening.
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How bad is Corey going to manhandle us this week?
BigbadB replied to Brian's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
7 SB's? Geovany Soto disagrees. -
1908 Cubs photos *updated with many more pics*
BigbadB replied to OleMissCub's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
maybe its not so much a curse as it is a lack of fertility at Wrigley? I'm just relieved that it was an actual pregnant woman that gave birth to that baby rather than an unpregnant woman. :wink: -
I'm sure that's what George wanted to do, but it wasn't his turn. :D
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I've got a really good idea. How about if we work on altering someone's mechanics during the offseason rather than during the regular season. That way, you can scrap the idea when the results just aren't where you'd like them to be.
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I'm bringing Randy Johnson off the DL for a 2 start week in week 3, so someone has to go. I hate to drop any of these guys because they have been productive for me. I wouldn't mind an upgrade at 3b, and I'm willing to wheel and deal. Pitching is my biggest strength to trade from. In the meantime, by this evening I'll have to decide between Conor Jackson, Jack Cust, Edwin Encarnacion or Joe Crede to be dropped. If anyone is interested in trading for any of these guys, I'd probably be interested in a minor leaguer in return.
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Excellent match up between Fuzzy and Dishman's this week. Dishman's pitching has been outstanding and still two starts remaining with Carmona and Haren. Fuzzy has gotten some good offense to make up for an average pitching week, with Matt Cain and Johnny Cueto still to pitch this weekend. I'm counting on these two guys to get my team WHIP back down below 1.00 for the season. Wish I could be around this weekend to watch it all unfold. But, things to do.
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Rays call up 3B Longoria
BigbadB replied to BCVM22's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I hadn't heard about the Baldelli diagnosis. What was it? Per Rotoworld on March 12: Rocco Baldelli will be sidelined indefinitely due to metabolic and/or mitochondrial abnormalities that leave him feeling extremely fatigued after even brief workouts. Baldelli was on the verge of tears several times while discussing the details of what he called a life-threatening condition. "As far as my baseball career I'm not here to stand in front of you telling you I'm retiring,'' Baldelli said. "We're still going pursue any avenue that we can to try to figure out what is going on and have a better understanding of what is going on. But at this time throughout all of the extensive testing that we've done, we don't have a concrete answer." He'll be placed on the disabled list to start the season, and his career seems in jeopardy if Doctors can't diagnose the problem. -
Rays call up 3B Longoria
BigbadB replied to BCVM22's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I believe that I read he will be starting today. However, I also read that his stay will likely be a short one as Tampa does not want to burn a year off his arby clock. -
Lahey has been returned to the Twins. They paid the $25K to get him back.
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Hall of Fame 2b Ryne Sandberg played a full season at the age of 22 and put up pretty generic numbers. At age 23, he put up this: .261 .316 .351 After 1000 major league at bats, there was absolutely zero inclination that this kid would do anything at the major league level. The Cubs should have cut their losses, eh? The following year, he did this: .314 .367 .520 Sure, comparing Pie to Ryne Sandberg is about as ridiculous as comparing Pie to Upton. The point is that some players take longer to mature than others. But, since we are just going to cut guys loose at such a ripe young age, we really should have cut Geovany Soto loose at age 22 because he was clearly not "getting it". I have yet to understand why Lou has given Pie as much bench time as he has at this point, but it makes me very nervous that the Cubs will trade depth in the farm for someone like Coco Crisp, a guy Felix Pie very well could eventually (and with steady playing time) be a much better player than.
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One of my best friends growing up was a kid named Brett Meyer. I haven't seen him in probably 25 years. I wonder if he beats his wife.
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Hope this doesn't jinx you, but there is absolutely nothing worse than only being down by about 20 points and a pitching advantage the rest of the way and then your best pitcher lays bricks, which in turn takes away your pitching advantage and you're still down by 20.
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As much as I enjoyed tonight's game, I'm a bit perplexed why he didn't get the day off after catching 15 innings last night. And when he roped that 2nd double, I would have had Marmol or someone come in and pinch run for him. I know, I know, he had a shot at the cycle. I would put his chances of roping a triple in one more at bat at about a million to one odds.
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Let's get it back on topic, please!
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Not really, an above average backup catcher probably would have been the best position player the cubs have developed in the last 20 years. true, the cubs' piss-poor management and player development has a lot to do with that, but bp's projections of soto suggest he could be a borderline all-star for the next several years. his projected worth is about $10-11M per year. and he could end up being jorge posada with fewer walks but better defense. i think if anyone had said all this a year ago, it would've sounded completely ridiculous. I think BP might be wrong on the "fewer walks" predictions. If he keeps mashing AND staying patient, teams will start pitching around him more for fear of the damage he will do if they give him something to hit. Everything about this guy when you watch him makes you think we're watching a very polished and experienced veteran at the plate. By the way, is Von Joshua the man who gets the credit for Soto's turnaround?
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1908 Cubs photos *updated with many more pics*
BigbadB replied to OleMissCub's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
This has been a great thread. I went to baseball-reference and clicked on the 1908 teams. I went through team by team and found that one of the parks (can't remember if it was in the AL or the NL) had dimensions in CF that reached 623 feet. I also noticed that the White Sox had 3 home runs in 1908. One was by pitcher Ed Walsh. Looking a little deeper into the White Sox team of 1908, the team batting average was .224. The OBP was .290 and the SLG was .271. No one on the team had more than 17 doubles and no one on the team had more than 9 triples. Fielder Jones led the team in RBI that year with 50. Pretty bad team, eh? Not really. They won 88 games and finished a game and a half out of first. :scratch: How good was Ty Cobb? Cobb had twice as many doubles as any player on the White Sox. He had twice as many triples as any player on the White Sox. He outhomered the entire White Sox team. He had twice as many RBI than any player on the White Sox. All at the age of 21. -
It was the fastball he was having trouble with. The curveball was just fine.
