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  1. Rob
    Another WCIU game? Didn't we just have one like 3 days ago?
  2. Rob
    In my pants. Post of the year.
  3. Rob
    Honestly, I still like Mateo quite a bit.
  4. Rob
    Of course.
  5. Rob
    Jackson was pinch hit for in the 9th today. Anybody know why?
  6. Rob
    Unless he leads the league in hitting, it's going to be hard to make an ALL Star team with Tulo and HRam in the same league. you underestimated the vance factor Don't say his name... he needs his rest before the ballot opens. Then the beast awakens.
  7. Rob
    http://jumpkickpunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/charlie_excited.gif That about sums it up, yeah.
  8. Rob
    His success as a starter has been almost entirely predicated on an untenable 0.55 HR/9 rate. That rate would have put him 10th amongst qualified starters last year, behind only Josh Johnson, Billingsley, Ubaldo, Liriano, CJ Wilson, Anibal Sanchez, Clay Buchholz, Jaime Garcia, and Mike Pelfrey. The astute amongst you will have already noticed that a lot of the names on that list aren't expected to repeat their performance... and each of them (including Pelfrey) is significantly more talented than Coleman. In short, Coleman is going to give up home runs... and when he does, it's going to get ugly in a hurry. It's best he stay in the rotation no longer than absolutely necessary and the Cubs should be looking for replacement options even during that time.
  9. Rob
    Indeed. Felix Pie to the Orioles for Olson. Olson and Cedeno to the Mariners for Heilman. Heilman was later traded to the Dbacks for Scott Maine and Ryne White. Maine looks like he could end up a pretty good bullpen guy. And OP, I know it's a huge nitpick but it's Olson, not Olsen.
  10. Rob
    Good nickname choice, SSR. I really don't like Olson, but he probably wouldn't be a bad pickup.
  11. Rob
    Remember Prince is a Boras client, and Scott is going to probably use the A-Gon deal as his measuring stick. There are more teams than the Red Sox and Yanks out there with money that would be willing to spend big for either Princ or Pujols. The Angels, Dodgers, and Mets could all be very much in the race, and teams like the Mariners, Orioles, and maybe even the Nationlals could get in on the fun. The Blue Jays recently dumped that massive Wells contract, so they could be in. Dodgers and Mets definitely cant afford him. Angels have Morales at 1B and just took on that awful Wells contract, which will make another big contract hard to fit. Mariners have Smoak as their long term 1B (and Jack Z doesn't seem the type to overspend) and the Nats just signed LaRoche to a multiyear deal. Of the teams you listed, I only see the Orioles and Blue Jays as teams that will likely be in on the bidding.
  12. Rob
    This feels like it needs posted... These are the thresholds at which statistics tend to stabilize: 50 PA: Swing % 100 PA: Contact Rate 150 PA: Strikeout Rate, Line Drive Rate, Pitches/PA 200 PA: Walk Rate, Groundball Rate, GB/FB 250 PA: Flyball Rate 300 PA: Home Run Rate, HR/FB 500 PA: OBP, SLG, OPS, 1B Rate, Popup Rate 550 PA: ISO For more reading, check out this article on fangraphs.
  13. Rob
    I didn't feel like this deserved its own thread, but it needed to be shown... Check Out Coco Crisp's New 'Do.
  14. Rob
    2 more doubles and another walk for Vitters. I know, I know, small sample size and all... but damned if it isn't easy to dream about a high ceiling prospect having a breakout.
  15. Rob
    The thing is, there's a right way and a wrong way to lose weight. If you're trying to take too much off too fast, you'll just end up losing a lot of muscle mass. Aside from the first ten pounds or so which is mostly water weight, trying to lose any more than about 1-2 pounds a week is going to hurt more than it helps.
  16. Rob
    I'm not sure he's going to be released very soon and obviously at a later date (when Wells & Cashner return) we won't need him. Then it's a hell of an investment for a guy we won't need in 2 months (hopefully at most) That was my point of not giving up much for him at this point. If the Red Sox would pay half of his contract and take Samardzjia, the cost would be $2 million this year and $5 million next year. That might be tempting to add depth to the rotation. Also, if he shows anything he might be tradeable at some point in the future with a really affordable financial obligation. That's $7 million for a guy you don't want when Wells and Cashner return. Even hoping to recoup some of the money by trading him back out afterwards, you just paid out the ass for a guy who is not a good bet to be better than any of our other options... guys who will cost the league minimum. Maybe it's just me, but I'd much rather spend that $7 mil on the draft, or just about any other number of things.
  17. Rob
    I think it's probably a given that he'll be up in September and, barring some sort of collapse, should probably be up for good at that point. So really, September versus June/July/August really doesn't make a difference. It doesn't impact super 2 status, and unless we call him up in the next couple weeks he wont get enough service time to qualify for FA sooner. If he earns a promotion, I don't see any reason not to give it to him. Our OF is overcrowded to begin with, so you're talking about trading one of our OFs in the next 3 months to make room for him. Colvin and Soriano I really doubt are getting dealt, and Byrd makes a lot more sense in the offseason. I'd like to see Jackson sooner rather than later, but I don't really see the benefit to doing so earlier than September, unless he's completely terrorizing AAA for 200+ PA's. I think we can both agree the Cubs will be trying to move Fukudome regardless. If Colvin isn't performing well, it may make sense to slide Byrd to RF and get Jackson up to the bigs to see what we've got. If Colvin is performing well, I really don't see how holding onto Byrd until the offseason makes it more likely we'll get a good deal for him. We may have to settle for guys who are further away, but the general quality of the package is going to be about the same.
  18. Rob
    I think it's probably a given that he'll be up in September and, barring some sort of collapse, should probably be up for good at that point. So really, September versus June/July/August really doesn't make a difference. It doesn't impact super 2 status, and unless we call him up in the next couple weeks he wont get enough service time to qualify for FA sooner. If he earns a promotion, I don't see any reason not to give it to him.
  19. Rob
    Pretty high, I would have to imagine. Jackson may even press for a job on the big league squad in time to make Byrd available at the deadline.
  20. Rob
    Yeah, way too small of a sample size to read anything into.
  21. Rob
    Leaving aside the question of whether he'd be a good idea to acquire, why give up anything when the odds are so good we could get him for the prorated league minimum later? He's looking like he'll earn his release pretty soon at this pace.
  22. Rob
    Best news of the day on the farm, with apologies to Brett Jackson. Glad to see I'm not the only one still holding out hope for him.
  23. Rob
    I just realized Tenn was facing off against Moore. Even more impressive of them.
  24. Rob
    Maybe a good time to give Castro his first day off. Quade went a different way with it. 1. Starlin Castro ® SS 2. Darwin Barney ® 2B 3. Marlon Byrd ® CF 4. Aramis Ramirez ® 3B 5. Jeff Baker ® 1B 6. Geovany Soto ® C 7. Alfonso Soriano ® LF 8. Tyler Colvin (L) RF 9. Carlos Zambrano (S) P Why aren't Colvin and Zambrano reserved? I copied and pasted the lineups from elsewhere. Hell if I know why that guy uses that sign to denote right-handed.
  25. Rob
    1. Michael Bourn (L) CF 2. Angel Sanchez ® SS 3. Hunter Pence ® RF 4. Carlos Lee ® LF 5. Brett Wallace (L) 1B 6. Bill Hall ® 2B 7. Matt Downs ® 3B 8. J.R. Towles ® C 9. Wandy Rodriguez (S) P
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