Jump to content
North Side Baseball

Rob

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    15,269

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    13

 Content Type 

Profiles

Joomla Posts 1

Chicago Cubs Videos

Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking

News

2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

Guides & Resources

2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

The Chicago Cubs Players Project

2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker

Blogs

Events

Forums

Store

Gallery

Everything posted by Rob

  1. Rob
    Why the hate? Dude's worked hard to be where he is now. Even if it's for only a week or two, I think it's great that the Cubs organization is rewarding a hard offseason workout program and dramatic improvement at the plate during ST. I don't hate Barney at all. I just don't think his being even half of a platoon at 2B incrases the Cubs chances or winning a lot of ballgames, let alone him batting in the 2 spot. He is a very soft hitting great gloved SS and yes, that is Quade's fault. Still, anything to get him out of this position I am all for. Who is better? Probably every actual 2B we have in the system through AA (and DeWitt)? And probably most of the waiver wire types floating around. I think even some of the more optimistic projections for Barney well into the future has his bat as league average or worse as a 2B. Baker is probably about equal to Barney against righties on offense, and a bit worse on defense. DeWitt is a bit more impressive on offense, but is significantly worse on defense. About the only real guy in the system that might represent an immediate upgrade is Marquez Smith, and that's if and only if his defense at 2B isn't atrocious. Given his extremely limited playing time, I'm betting it is.
  2. Rob
    If he isn't lobbying for the fan interference call there he's not doing his job.
  3. Rob
    Sooo close to the first GS of the year.
  4. Rob
    Why the hate? Dude's worked hard to be where he is now. Even if it's for only a week or two, I think it's great that the Cubs organization is rewarding a hard offseason workout program and dramatic improvement at the plate during ST. I don't hate Barney at all. I just don't think his being even half of a platoon at 2B incrases the Cubs chances or winning a lot of ballgames, let alone him batting in the 2 spot. He is a very soft hitting great gloved SS and yes, that is Quade's fault. Still, anything to get him out of this position I am all for. Who is better?
  5. Rob
    Time for the squeeze.
  6. Rob
    Right now, it's easier to project some more power to Beckham, and he walks a bit more often as well. But Castro is still physically maturing and nobody really knows where his power is going to end up. And putting up even a passable walk rate as a 20 year old in major league action gives a degree of hope in that regard too. All this while playing the more demanding defensive position (and having the tools to be a plus defender there). Beckham's more polished. Castro's got the upside. They should both have some really nice careers though.
  7. Rob
    That on its own doesn't. The attitude he goes around with though... that's what pushes him over the edge.
  8. Rob
    Longoria just left the game with a sore oblique.
  9. Rob
    Hahaha. He just tried to barehand a ball to throw out Brad Freaking Hawpe on a routine play... Christ.
  10. Rob
    I dont have a problem with it loading up. The fact I have to choose between seeing the box score, the field, and the play by play bothers the bejeezus out of me. But it loads. You can click on "Classic" at the top and it will go to last year's version. Even if that works all year, it wont next. But thanks for the heads up. I didn't realize it was an option.
  11. Rob
    I dont have a problem with it loading up. The fact I have to choose between seeing the box score, the field, and the play by play bothers the bejeezus out of me. But it loads.
  12. Rob
    It's always a nice feeling to get that first win out of the way. A nice eighth inning comeback too. Great work by the bullpen.
  13. Rob
    Awesome.
  14. Rob
    Yeah, not a fan of letting Reed Johnson face a righty. Even if you don't want to burn Fukudome (hoping he gets a shot in the 8th or 9th), you have to use DeWitt there. Otherwise, why is he on the bench?
  15. Rob
    Yeah, the ump even made a point of saying he was out at the plate when Sori looked at him. Calm down people.
  16. Rob
    I'd rather have Starling than anybody in this draft not named Cole or Rendon. But when it comes down to it, if the difference in money is really that large... I'd rather spend it on a few super-slots or maybe a first round guy that falls to the 2nd. It's not like he's gonna be that much better than anybody else on the board (and there should be plenty).
  17. Rob
    Even if he is ultimately pen-bound, I'd like to see him get some time in the Tennessee rotation to work on the changeup if only to give him a workable pitch to use against lefties.
  18. Rob
    Good catch. I've had a long day.
  19. Rob
    I am not a fan of the new mlb.com Gameday. They took all the information off the screen and made it so you can only look at one thing at a time... the improved graphics don't make up for that.
  20. Rob
    Got back not too long ago. A few random notes: 1.) It was miserable weather. low-mid 40s and raining through most of the game. Just enough wind to rub it in too. 2.) Neil Walker freaking destroyed that baseball. 3.) Kinda mad at Quade for leaving Demp out there for ~115 pitches in bad weather when he obviously didn't have his best stuff. It's opening day, no need to stress arms this early. 4.) Soriano caught the boo-birds LOUDLY at the end of his last at bat. 5.) Castro looks like he's done some work on his fielding. I wasn't happy with his attempt to throw out Tabata though... He still needs to work on his decision making some. 6.) Fukudome's definitely lost a step in the last few years, even accounting for the field conditions. 7.) The fans started ducking out of the game really early. I know conditions were nasty, but we weren't down by that much. It makes those of us who care look bad. 8.) Marlon Byrd can't catch up to a good fastball. 9.) I'm officially (finally) ready to give up on Jeff Samardzija. I don't know how you can look that nasty and fool nobody, but he does it. 10.) The Pirates have some actual offensive talent for once. Tabata, Walker, McCutchen, and Alvarez are all quality players... at least on offense anyways.
  21. Rob
    Well, the rest of the defense can fractionally help. If Ramirez, Casto, and Pena all had excellent range and Dewitt's main problem was a lack of range they could make that up with positioning. If Castro and Pena were both excellent at catching throws and DeWitt had issues with that then they could help in that regard. But I don't think either of those is particularly true so I don't think the rest of the Cubs defense would help DeWitt much. Yeah, defense can be impacted by the other guys on the team. It's one of the reasons I like the Carlos Pena signing... a tall 1B that can pick em out pretty well stands to benefit the left side of our infield quite a bit, as they are both facing some accuracy issues. One moreso than the other.
  22. Rob
    I saw what the weather looked like and decided against buying myself a ticket. Fate however saw fit to hand me a free one (all the way up in Section 119). And I can't pass that up, can I? So if you're watching the game tomorrow, I'll be the really cold guy in jeans and a sweatshirt. I may even have a poncho if it's raining hard enough.
  23. Rob
    Did I say all-time?
  24. Rob
    It's always great to watch two of your greatest rivals get crushed in exciting fashion. Kinda sucks the Reds had to win a great one, but I don't see a way around that... short of double forfeit on account of the biggest damn brawl ever.
  25. Rob
    I'm sure that you would concede that if we knew our projections about everybody were spot on 100% accurate and that somehow, in some freak coincidence, we needed to squeeze an extra two runs out of lineup to be guaranteed a playoff spot, it'd probably make sense to move Castro down. And since I'm only arguing the technical point of it (even going so far as to say I'm glad Castro is batting 2nd in my initial post), I really don't see the need to argue exactly at what point the picture becomes blurry enough that player development concerns (if they exist) override it.
×
×
  • Create New...