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  1. BigbadB
    Does this get your hopes up at all? http://cubs.scout.com/2/503956.html Which two teams are they putting in 5th and 6th? I'll assume Cincinnati is one of them. Houston or Milwaukee?
  2. BigbadB
    If Pierre is not running into unnecessary outs (caught stealing, caught attempting to take an extra base, picked off) and Todd Walker, Matt Murton or Jerry Hairston Jr. are batting 2nd instead of Neifi Perez, the offense will be okay. Not bad, not good, just okay.
  3. BigbadB
    My feelings on Bonds are pretty well documented. I think I understand now why he wears that body armour. He didn't want any pitchers to hit his needle drilled elbow.
  4. BigbadB
    Sorry, no do overs on your picks. :D
  5. BigbadB
    Soriano is embarrassed to be a starting outfielder in the major leagues while making 10m a year? Feel free to quit and move back to the DR if you're so embarrassed. I really dislike people who think they are bigger than the game themselves.
  6. BigbadB
    LA is better for non beach touristy things to do. San Diego is better for beach touristy things to do. In other words, if you are bringing her to play in the sand, San Diego is probably the better place. San Diego also features Legoland, Sea World and our world famous zoo. LA definitely has more things going on, but for small kids, IMO, San Diego is probably a better vacation destination. Disneyland isn't far from LA or San Diego, either. In fact, it's VERY close to Anaheim Stadium.
  7. BigbadB
    I'm not going to do any games this year. If you get tickets and find out you can't go or couldn't find someone to go to a game with, let me know.
  8. BigbadB
    That's the team I felt has always made a good trade partner with the Cubs. Gathright, Huff, Lugo, Baez, etc....... Prior to the Pierre trade, we had a lot of pitching to move. We had a ton of money to spend and we had holes at basically all of the positions the above guys play. I know that Tampa was asking too much for these guys, but I wonder how much time was actually spent working on trades that would help both teams?
  9. BigbadB
    I like Borowski and he will likely get some save opportunities, but with the line up Florida is throwing out there this year, I wouldn't count on him to get very much work. The starting pitching has a chance to be very below average to very bad outside of Dontrelle, and the offense is probably not going to be of much help.
  10. BigbadB
    Of course, the closer who has probably put the most guys on the DL from his pitches is Trevor Hoffman. That off speed pitch of his can make a guy throw his back out trying to back track on their swing.
  11. BigbadB
    I think Greenberg is just as good of a fit as Grissom. At Grissom's age, I would think Greenberg is better defensively, and quite likely offensively as well. Hypothetical: Pierre turns his ankle rounding 3rd and needs 2 or 3 days off. Who is a better option starting in CF for the next 3 games, Grissom or Greenberg? Or do you slot Jones in CF and put Mabry in the corner, and is that any better? A lot of teams carry a back up CF even if your CF is durable. Grissom is 39 years old. Outside of Steve Finley (who's production dropped like a rock last year), how many other 39+ year old CFers are earning jobs at the major league level? I suppose you could stick Hairston out there again, but my money is that Dusty will have Grissom out there. And with Dusty, I would imagine Hairston would be there before Greenberg would. So, it's basically a moot point.
  12. BigbadB
    Yep, Lidge is definitely Goliath. In fact, he's probably Goliath more than any other current closer. Wagner a close 2nd?
  13. BigbadB
    No he isn't. He was absolutely terrible last season. Completely worthless. He had three marginally successful seasons before last year, but those were after 2 absolutely terrible seasons. I hate the stupid idea that "proven veterans", once they make the big leagues, are just assumed to be big league material. Grissom could be absolutely terrible again this year. In fact, he probably will be, given his age and mediocre career. But it doesn't matter to Dusty (and apparantly many fans) because he was once decent, so we can just always assume he'll be decent, no matter what he does in the spring. So you would rather have a young kid sit on the bench and get 150 ABs for the entire season? Man, that's great for that guy's development. Whether Grissom or good or not, he is a known quantity. None of the points you made alter that fact. Dusty isn't the only manager that wants an older veteran bench presence. They all do. Why is the competition only between young Sing and old Marquis Grissom? What happened to Michael Restovich and any other veteran attempting to make the team? I have to agree with Goony. You have to be productive in Spring Training and show you still have what it takes to be the 24th or 25th roster spot. I certainly don't want an old fat slob who doesn't think he has to work hard because of "past history" getting an auto berth onto a team roster. Prove that you still have what it takes or don't waste the teams time.
  14. BigbadB
    If Lugo signs an extension, would that push Upton to thirdbase? The outfield is already stocked with Crawford, Baldelli, Gomes, and Young on the way. More likely into the already crowded outfield. Tampa can use Huff, Burroughs and Ty Wiggington at 3b, but I think they will actually platoon Wiggington and Burroughs. Upton had 53 errors at SS last year, moving him to 3rd probably doesn't fix that problem all that much.
  15. BigbadB
    Giles..! :shock: I've never had any reason to suspect him. There has been a little speculation with him. He's like 5'10, 210 lbs, all muscle. And he looked the exact same way in high school. You can eliminate him from the steroid discussions. He slugged over .600 from 99-02 which was the beginning/prime of his career. Since, he is under .500 and has had injuries. And he was built like a brickhouse in high school. Are you ignoring this important piece of information or do you choose not to believe it? Not only did he move to a pitcher's park in 2003, but he also moved to a pitcher's division. Only Coors plays friendly to hitters in that division, and when the roof is open in Arizona. Note in 2003, Giles had an SLG of .521 before he was traded out of Pittsburgh. The rest of that season in San Diego, he had a .490. The rest of his time in San Diego, he's been in the .400's. He hadn't posted sub .500's since he was a part time player back in '98.
  16. BigbadB
    Giles..! :shock: I've never had any reason to suspect him. There has been a little speculation with him. He's like 5'10, 210 lbs, all muscle. And he looked the exact same way in high school. You can eliminate him from the steroid discussions. He slugged over .600 from 99-02 which was the beginning/prime of his career. Since, he is under .500 and has had injuries. Well, I'm not making it up that he was built like a brickhouse in high school. Look at all the power hitters that moved to Petco. I challenge you to find one who's SLG went up after they moved there. You can speculate about Giles, but your wrong.
  17. BigbadB
    So, if Carlos Zambrano goes 18-8 next year with a 1.50 ERA on a Cub team that finishes in 4th place (a team that finished dead last in offensive production, hypothetically of course) and Chris Carpenter goes 20-6 with a 4.00 ERA on a team that finished in first, you would give the Cy Young to Chris Carpenter?
  18. BigbadB
    Giles..! :shock: I've never had any reason to suspect him. There has been a little speculation with him. He's like 5'10, 210 lbs, all muscle. And he looked the exact same way in high school. You can eliminate him from the steroid discussions.
  19. BigbadB
    I actually like Texas this year. Wilkerson Young Tex Blalock Mench Dellucci Nevin/Durazo Barajas Kinsler Slide Clemens in front of: Millwood Eaton Loe Padilla Not bad. Wilkerson in a hitter's park for the first time in his career could be looking at a .380-.390 OBP leading off. Young's was .385 last year. Teixiera will be in heaven this year. I think Blalock rebounds this year.
  20. BigbadB
    Good times!
  21. BigbadB
    I'm fine with your feelings on Felix. I'm just attempting to understand why Colon is more valuable to you because he has a Cy Young award that he really didn't earn. Santana, 16-7 with a 2.87 ERA Millwood, 9-11 with a 2.86 ERA Clemens, 13-8 with a 1.87 ERA :shock: Buerhle, 16-8 with a 3.12 ERA Sure, Colon won 21 games, but he had to have plenty of run support from his teammates to win all those games. The guys listed above had very good seasons and suffered terrible run support, as their records indicate. Colon is good and he has been pretty durable, but he does not rank among the elite pitchers in baseball, IMO. A Cy Young award doesn't change that. In fact, I wonder where he placed in the Cy Young voting in 2004, when he won 18 games with a 5.01 ERA.
  22. BigbadB
    Agreed. Note that I didn't include Welly in my list above, mainly because I rate all the other guys ahead of him, and you still have to make room for a long man in there (Rusch, Williams, Hill). I agree that Welly will probably be traded, but I don't think he nets anything of value, unless packaged. And, to be honest, I don't see a package deal at this juncture. I could create a few that would make sense for all teams involved, but realistically, I don't see any deals happening.
  23. BigbadB
    This is my biggest fear going into the 2006 season -- weakening one of our remaining strenghts. If the starting rotation is healthy and performing at expected levels and then the bullpen is holding leads consistently, the Cubs can win the division or at least make the playoffs with a mediocre offense, just like Houston and the White Sox did last year. If Dusty trots out a line up that best fits the strengths of this team day in and day out, the offense could make life a bit easier on the pitching staff. For example, if Dusty goes: Pierre Walker Lee Ramirez Jones Murton Barrett Cedeno If Walker is getting a day off in favor of Neifi (might seem like a good idea in games that Zambrano starts), then going with Murton or Cedeno in the 2 hole with Neifi hitting 8th would still be a better option than hitting Neifi anywhere near the top of the order. Basically, we have several top of the order options this year with Walker, Hairston, Pierre, Murton and possibly Cedeno in no particular order. Dusty needs to grasp the importance of getting on base in front of Lee and Ramirez and fill his line up card based on who playing that day gets on base at a better rate. Jones, Perez, Grissom and Mabry should not receive any consideration in the top spots in the order, since they have either never had any success there or they have aged to the point where they cannot provide success there. I'm not happy with the offseason, but I'm willing to sit and watch Cub games this year and cheer them on IF Dusty isn't sending craptacular Neifi out there in the 2 hole. It won't take long for me to start chanting for the removal of Dusty if he can't improve this team from last year.
  24. BigbadB
    Which to me says you don't trade anyone out of the current bullpen. With Dempster, Howry, Eyre, Williamson, Wuertz, Ohman and Novoa, you should be able to put a strong bullpen together. Removing any of them (at least prior to the all star break, ie Williamson rumors), IMO, could turn a strong pen into a weak one. At the trade deadline, Williamson would have much more value than the value he has entering ST. With the way this team is assembled as of now, you go with what you have and evaluate the situation at the deadline. The starting rotation will determine whether they are playoff contenders or pretenders.
  25. BigbadB
    Agreed. However, how does LA think he could slot into LF in 2006? LA already has Drew, Cruz, Lofton, Werth and Ledee slotted into the outfield. I think Nomar will end up there eventually, also.
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