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  1. BigbadB
    I'm sorry, BBB, but if Hendry fails to bring in some good pitching this off season, I don't think you'll have anyone to argue with when it comes to Hendry's effectiveness. He's going to get some pitching. I'm just not sure if you're going to like what he gets.
  2. BigbadB
    IBID I can only see it discouraging young talent like Theriot. Don't you wonder if Lou is sitting down with Jim and helping him. It almost looks like Dusty is IBID? I need to update my computer language dictionary.
  3. BigbadB
    Dumb? Wow. Okay, here's his last 3 years: 2006- 54 games, .245 .295 .318 2005- 106 games, .257 .302 .322 2004- 159 games, .288 .330 .381 He's clearly trending downward, etc...
  4. BigbadB
    And he had to go to another country to get it.
  5. BigbadB
    What is he? Hopefully not the Cubs starting SS next year.
  6. BigbadB
    Actually, my purpose was to expose Cesar Izturis for what he is.
  7. BigbadB
    Sorry, I'm really bored.
  8. BigbadB
    I won't keep you guessing. These are career stats for: A: .256 .298 .371 Jose Macias B: .268 .298 .376 Neifi Perez C: .259 .295 .336 Cesar Izturis D: .252 .283 .344 Ronny Cedeno E: .244 .288 .350 Enrique Wilson F: .246 .289 .310 Rey Ordonez G: .268 .352 .377 Delino DeShields You just picked up a really old guy who put up a .192 .292 .308 line in his final season with the Cubs. Nice job!
  9. BigbadB
    Lugo gets on base more than Jacque Jones. But, I don't want him to play CF, either.
  10. BigbadB
    This is kinda cool. A: .256 .298 .371 B: .268 .298 .376 C: .259 .295 .336 D: .252 .283 .344 E: .244 .288 .350 F: .246 .289 .310 G: .268 .352 .377 Don't cheat. And you are not allowed to abstain. You must choose one to be on your team. Which one do you want? And yes, the middle column is OBP and the far right column is SLG. :D
  11. BigbadB
    I always liked Rey Ordonez' glove too. Not enough to waste a roster spot, however.
  12. BigbadB
    You would probably need to explain that OBP is a good thing. The higher the better. Seems they are confusing it with ERA, where the higher it is, the worse it is.
  13. BigbadB
    SS- Lugo CF- Soriano LF- Murton or CF- Lugo LF- Soriano SS- Izturis No brainer. But, even better would be: CF-Vernon Wells 2b- Soriano LF- Murton SS- Lugo
  14. BigbadB
    Most teams seem to prefer a veteran, defensive back up catcher. That explains why the Eddie Perez', Gary Bennett's and Henry Blanco's of the world continue to keep jobs.
  15. BigbadB
    He was waived. Oakland picked him up.
  16. BigbadB
    On the 40-man roster, not the 25-man. The third catcher would be in Iowa. Unless the CBA changed the rule on drafted Rule 5 players, the team that drafted him would have to keep Fox on their 25 man roster all year in order to retain him. How many teams can afford to carry a rookie catcher on their roster all season. How many can afford to carry a 3rd catcher? That's what I was getting at. It doesn't seem all that risky to me that they expose Fox to Rule V. If a team drafts him, work out a trade and call it good. Looking back, it would have been nice to work out a trade for Sisco, Dubois and ole what's his name...... The guy drafted by Florida who has spent a better part of his Cub career injured.
  17. BigbadB
    How many teams can afford to go with 3 catchers? Those teams that would only go with 2 catchers would be willing to sit a rookie on the bench all year? It seems like a stretch to me.
  18. BigbadB
    They shoudn't need to offer him arbitration. Someone will likely sign him before the deadline. It won't cost them any compensation, so why not?
  19. BigbadB
    2 of the top 3 are no longer with their teams. Hmm.
  20. BigbadB
    He does have trouble with that. I always thought that his pitching staff didn't really help him with that all that much, though. Zambrano's stuff is so amazing, it's almost a guess by the catcher as to where to position his glove. Maddux is one of the easiest guys in the league to run on. Hill has a slow curve ball. Marshall has a slow curve ball, etc...
  21. BigbadB
    I actually liked a few of those guys, but didn't feel it would be fair to leave them out. The point is that they value a guy like Ordonez or Enrique Wilson over someone like Theriot or Bobby Hill. At least Theriot has done something with his time in the bigs other than stinking up the joint. And I can live with a subpar guy on the bench like DeRosa or Izturis if all they really are is bench players who give the starter a breather once in a blue moon. But, how many games has Neifi started in the last 2 years? How many games did he bat at the top of the order? Sure, Dusty filled out the line up card, but Hendry could have put his foot down on that long ago. He seemed fine with watching a guy who can't get on base hit 2nd all year long. Rey Ordonez was only with the team for a week or two. Did he bat at the top of the order? Yep. Enrique Wilson? Check. Izturis being penciled in to play SS is just more of the same. Bobby Hill has put up a better OBP in his brief career with Pittsburgh than most of the other guys on that list. Though I'm not complaining about having Aramis on the roster. Just illustrating that this team is clueless when it comes to OBP.
  22. BigbadB
    Barrett reminds me of Mike Lieberthal. Liebs sure broke down in a hurry.
  23. BigbadB
    The Dodgers had Kent, Furcal, Betemit and Lugo for their middle infield along with Izturis. The Cubs have a valuable arm to trade with a team attempting to win their division and go deep into the playoffs and a plethora of prospects to offer. The best LA had to give was Izturis? I would have told them to shop somewhere else. The old saying is "you gotta give something to get something" was certainly in play, but completely ignored. My apologies. I didn't have a chance to rant about this deal when it happened. That deal still makes me angry. Mainly because Izturis is dead weight taking up a roster spot and hogging payroll to do so. The player that Izturis's stats closest resembles at age 26? Royce Clayton.
  24. BigbadB
    Better yet, I'm dying to know how Hendry could make such a horrible trade for Izturis with Maddux after LA came and and swooped up Furcal out of Hendry's basket of goodies. Then, to make it worse, Colletti signed Nomar and further rubbed Hendry's nose in it. Then, he traded Milton Bradley (someone Dusty was at least interested in) to someone else. All of that, and Hendry gives Maddux to the Dodgers for a broken down, no hit SS that makes way too much money for what little he can provide with a bat.
  25. BigbadB
    to reinforce this statement... Izturis career numbers .259 ave .336 slg .295 OBP Haha. He's not even a .300 OBP guy. I've had it up to here with guys like this on the Cubs roster: Damian Jackson Cesar Izturis Rey Ordonez Jose Macias Freddie Bynum Neifi Perez Ronny Cedeno Lenny Harris Jose Hernandez Ramon Martinez Enrique Wilson Tony Womack Jerry Hairston Jr. John Mabry Alex Gonzalez Augie Ojeda Bobby Hill (oldcubsfan will appreciate that I added him to this list) This is just infielders and just during the Baker administration. Look at that list. That's an average of more than 4 horrid infielders per year. I could do the same with the outfield. You remember names like Troy O'Leary, Jeromy Burnitz, Angel Pagan, Jason Dubois, Todd Hollandsworth, Doug Glanville, Trenidad Hubbard, Tom Goodwin, Calvin Murray, Ben Grieve, Matt Lawton, Juan Pierre and Jody Gerut. This is a big market team. Look at this list and tell me we can't do better than sub .300 OBP's and I'll eat my shorts. 2003: 13th in NL in OBP 2004: 11th in NL in OBP 2005: 12th in NL in OBP 2006: 16th in NL in OBP Maddux for Izturis? We should have just kept Maddux if that's the best LA had to offer. I'd much rather have the sandwich pick in next year's draft than Cesar Izturis. Cesar Izturis is just more of the same.
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