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  1. Rob
    Of course he has. When you're dealing with this organization expect anything possible..anything. Yes. Closer though -- this is no middle relief role. As closer, Guzman's talents could benefit us as much or more than as a 5th starter who only makes it on the field 2, 3 times a month. The big problem is, I don't think we've got a good 5th starter option right now. I guess the plan is to hope Marshall will be good enough for a couple starts, then Dempster will be ready. That sounds pretty flaky to me, but then again my job's not on the line Lou's is. If Guzman isn't vintage Eric Gagne, he's nowhere near as valuable as a closer as he would be as an above average fifth starter.
  2. Rob
    I've been saying all along it would've made more sense to snag Percival and see if he can't be an 8th inning guy than demote Gooz to the pen.
  3. Rob
    Ooh, a 'back injury' would be awfully convenient right about now. The player would have to agree to somethign like that no? not if they hire someone to hit him in the back with a steel chair You've been reading "The Idiot's Guide to Becoming Tonya Harding" again, haven't you?
  4. Rob
    Rotoworld also says they're having Demp groom Gooz to be the closer while Demp stretches his arm out to become a starter.
  5. Rob
    What are you talking about? I still remember the Y2J countdown. :lol:
  6. Rob
    Wow, I guess it's a good thing we decided to use Cotts instead of our freaking LOOGY.
  7. Rob
    To be fair, Mitre has given up 15 R, but only 8 are counted as ER. Something tells me he got lucky one of his boys gave up an error right when he was ready to implode on himself like normal.
  8. Rob
    Hendry's extension? That's number one on the short list. Signing Baker? That's on there too. Nolasco and Mitre for Pierre? Nolasco, Pinto, and Mitre for Pierre. And Corey Patterson for Nate Spears. Since CPatt outperformed Pierre last year, the deal is looking awfully more and more lopsided.
  9. Rob
    Gooz has been every bit as good as Marshall in their minor league careers... this despite the fact that Gooz has been nursing some nasty injuries and spending more of his time rehabbing than Marshall has. Gooz has better raw stuff than Marshall does, and by a very large margin. All the scouting reports I've seen are unanimous that Angel Guzman has a much, much higher ceiling than Sean Marshall. Now don't get me wrong, I don't have any intense or irrational hatred of Sean Marshall. I think he seems like a nice guy and has the potential to be a valuable asset to our staff. But seeing as how the numbers, the stuff, and the scouts all seem to agree that Gooz is better, Sean Marshall simply isn't likely to be more successful than Gooz. Could it happen? Sure it could, but you'd have to attribute that more to sheer luck than any stroke of genius.
  10. Rob
    Just out of sheer morbid curiosity, who are all these supposed premium memberships going to? :wink:
  11. Rob
    Yeah, he's had em before.
  12. Rob
    I know Lou hasn't used the pen in optimal fashion, but he didn't "create" the problem. Eyre, Ohman and Howry have stunk in nearly every situation they have been brought into, particularly Eyre. But I agree, the decision to stick Gooz back in the pen is piss poor one. Eyre has been horrible... that one was predictable, but I suppose that falls on Hendry. Ohman has done a very solid job as a LOOGY. It's Lou's fault that he's using him against righties too. For all the complaints about Howry, he's not been especially bad... the problem has been that his league-average performance has come during highly leveraged situations... and Lou is the one who puts him in there.
  13. Rob
    Not a bad idea, but try Murton instead and it might get done. I'd much rather hold on to Murton, thanks.
  14. Rob
    This is about the dumbest idea the Cubs could have come up with, so I was sure this was the "shake-up" they were talking about from the get-go. Gooz is just finally getting back into his stride after all the injury concerns, and showing he can be that guy that posted the 40:0 SO:W rate in 30 IP. But simply because Lou doesn't know how to deploy his bullpen, Gooz gets moved in there. This sort of thing is exactly why my optimism was tempered even when Lou was saying all the right things back in the offseason and during spring training. It's one thing to talk a good game, but Lou just doesn't deliver tactically. He's a bad manager... using a bad solution to a problem he created through his own incompetence.
  15. Rob
    FWIW, Patterson outperformed Juan Pierre by a good margin last year... only making all the trading look worse.
  16. Rob
    FWIW, the home plate ump has perhaps the tightest zone in the history of the game, and the Cubs keep making stupid mistakes. It's not a fun game to watch.
  17. Rob
    Wow, did the ump actually call a strike? I didn't think he was allowed to do that for Lilly.
  18. Rob
    Guzman needs to keep starting. I don't understand the Guzman for reliever suggestions. Guzman has a helluva lot more talent than Sean Marshall. my guzman for reliever suggestion stems from the ML leading 11 losses by our worthless bullpen. I agree he has a world of talent and will probably can be a really good starter. However, he's been just as good if not better as a reliever, why not have him sure up a few victories? just a suggestion, i won't be upset either way as long as he pitches regularly, whether it be starting or relief. Because a good starter is always more valuable than a good reliever?
  19. Rob
    That's a pretty good start to the inning.
  20. Rob
    Lilly is getting squeezed real hard by the home plate ump.
  21. Rob
    Just so long as the surprise isn't something stupid like making Z the closer...
  22. Rob
    Woohoo!
  23. Rob
    Why waste a pinch hitter, right? I mean, really. If the Mets score 9 to tie this game back up we might need Murton later.
  24. Rob
    I love the fact they leave Z in to bat.
  25. Rob
    Lou does not trust the bullpen. :lol: You'd think carrying all these damned extra relievers would give him a few more he'd be comfortable with. The team dropped down to 11 today-that probably is in the back of his mind. Z needs to come out-now. Earl Weaver used to use 9 or 10 man pitching staffs and a 4 man rotation. Then again, Earl Weaver is probably the best manager of all time...
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