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  1. Rob
    I'm just worried that Lou is going to insist on making Marquis the 3rd starter in the playoffs, just so that we don't have Lilly and Hill going back to back.
  2. Rob
    But if he's traded in the middle of his contract doesn't he have the right to declare for free agency? I'm pretty sure they took that out of the new CBA. Did they really? Well that would help things. IMO, the O's would want Hill, Pie and Marmol. I'm not sure I'd trade any of them straight up for Tejada. I certainly wouldn't. We've got control of the lot of them for another 4 or more years... Any one of them is likely to put up more value in four years than Tejada would over two.
  3. Rob
    Correct. Add Tejada or ARod to this lineup and you have: Soriano Theriot Lee ARod/Tejada ARam Derosa (RF) Kendall / Soto Pie / Jones Looks quite a bit different, IMO. Even considering Murton's early year-slump, his numbers are much much better than Theriot's. Why on earth would you sit him and move DeRosa to right just to get Theriot in the lineup? Also, why throw Tejada in at 4th in the order? He's not a better hitter than Aramis.
  4. Rob
    Hanley Ramirez is good I'm soooooo glad Furcal decide Chicago wasn't good enough for him. Well for what it's worth, Furcal is 23 runs better with the glove than Theriot, if you believe FRAA. Those two full wins would have come in pretty handy right now.
  5. Rob
    But if he's traded in the middle of his contract doesn't he have the right to declare for free agency? I'm pretty sure they took that out of the new CBA.
  6. Rob
    EqA for NL starting shortstops. (min. 250 PA) Hanley Ramirez - .320 Edgar Renteria - .302 Jimmy Rollins - .290 Jose Reyes - .285 Troy Tulowitzki - .275 Jack Wilson - .267 Khalil Greene - .263 Alex Gonzalez - .262 David Eckstein - .262 JJ Hardy - .262 Mark Loretta - .254 Rafael Furcal - .245 Ryan Theriot - .243 Felipe Lopez - .236 Stephen Drew - .231 Omar Vizquel - .216 He'd look much better in the AL, where teams can afford to hide below-average bats thanks to having a DH... but he's not even a pretty good bat for an NL SS.
  7. Rob
    Depending on what happens this inning, I can see Lou leaving in Trachsel to bunt, and then to head back to the mound to start the 6th.
  8. Rob
    If you ask any teams' announcers, players, coaches, gms, or owners, the problem with the team is that they aren't hitting in the clutch. Any team.
  9. Rob
    Wow. This is a huge blow to the Twins franchise. Hopefully we get new management fast enough that he's not off the market yet.
  10. Rob
    I'll be out there Saturday for the night game. Probably be at the sports bar in the Harrah's to watch the day game (plus all the football).
  11. Rob
    We'd be a game up in the win column, but still tied in the loss column. We could win out after a win tomorrow, and we might still have to have a one-game playoff if the Brewers do the same. Looking at that stuff this early is meaningless.
  12. Rob
    Hindsight being 20/20 and all. I've listed the three most popular choices, but I know a few people were clamoring for Dierker and a couple others.
  13. Rob
    He's not nearly as clueless as Dusty. His over-enthusiastic usage of the sac bunt tonight seems to indicate otherwise.
  14. Rob
    Maybe Riccardi learned from DePo to fear the media...MacDonald should send a check to Plaschke. Ricciardi and Depooooo wouldnt know a prospect if it were Babe Ruth in front of them. DePo gets no credit for Kemp, Loney, and Martin? . Not at all period, they were all signed and drafted by Logan White who should be getting some considerations for a Gm, all three of these guys were drafted and signed before Mr Personality came to the Dodgers and White is still with the Dodgers.Tell the truth, did DePo sleep with your wife? People need to know the scoreboard and the fact is Logan White had everything to do with Kemp, Loney and Martin and Depo had nothing to do with them! DePo is the one who didn't trade them off for marginal veterans.
  15. Rob
    Piniella is the white Dusty Baker. He's clueless.
  16. Rob
    Maybe Riccardi learned from DePo to fear the media...MacDonald should send a check to Plaschke. Ricciardi and Depooooo wouldnt know a prospect if it were Babe Ruth in front of them. DePo gets no credit for Kemp, Loney, and Martin?
  17. Rob
    Jim Hendry? Hendry wont be surprised until he realizes it. This was just "bad luck."
  18. Rob
    If it'll make ya feel better, you can be the one to point out they were all earned runs. But yeah. I didn't have a huge problem if we skipped Marshall once to rest his arm, but continuing to rely on this piece of junk? Unforgivable. We should just cut him, but I don't see Hendry admitting to a mistake like this anytime soon.
  19. Rob
    2 IP, 6 R
  20. Rob
    I think the general idea is that Marmol has helped us win a lot more games due to the way he's been leveraged than Dempster has cost us in the 9th. And since switching the roles would mean shoving Demp in those based juiced, one out situations in the 7th, and pitching Marmol when we're up by 3 in the 9th... Yeah, it's just not a good idea. I know it's painful to watch a game be blown in the 9th. But that's no reason to throw more games away by using Dempster in a situation he can't handle in the 7th.
  21. Rob
    anyone who knows anything considers him the greatest DH of all time That entirely depends on whether you think of Frank Thomas as a 1B or a DH forced to play 1B for a while.
  22. Rob

    Dempster

    Rob replied to ragirag's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Dempster needs to stay the closer. Cause if he's demoted, there's a pretty good chance we stop bringing in Marmol in the higher leverage situations, and just save him for our three run leads in the ninth. Lou not picking our best reliever to be our closer is the one thing I agree with him on. Marmol is more valuable to use coming in during the 7th with runners on first and second with no outs in a tie game than he is maybe coming in if we have a small lead in the ninth. The closer was a bad idea. Screwing up who you put there can be good. In this case, it is.
  23. Rob
    Rob Deer was kinda underrated. Most people only looked at that .220 career BA.
  24. Rob
    But why mess with a good thing? Yes, ultimately, 200 innings of Marmol is better than 60-70, but is there one other man on this staff you'd trust more in the late innings with men on base in a tie game? No, there isn't. But managing scared isn't the right way to manage. Personally, I prefer managing smart. And if Marmol can handle being a starter while still maintaining a high level of effectiveness, we're much better off with him in the rotation than in the bullpen.
  25. Rob
    I'd like to at least give him a shot at a starting gig. 200 IP from him would be a lot better than 60-70 per season. It remains to be seen how effective he can be the second and third time through the order, but I think some work in spring training on his changeup could make him a valuable addition to the rotation.
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