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This is the first pitching matchup of the series that favors us. So of course, we'll lose. On the other hand, this is Zambrano's new season. Looks like a tossup.
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The Brewers don't lose. Will they ever face a real team again?
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I think you have to let him try, considering the state of the pen.
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Lilly has no control right now. Somebody needs to get up in the pen, he may not last another inning.
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Dempster to the DL
Sarcastic replied to 98navigator's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
They'll be at 11 pitchers, but all 6 of the relievers will be able to pitch. We hve effectively had a 5 man pen since Dempster was injured. -
Dempster to the DL
Sarcastic replied to 98navigator's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
This is bad. We need Dempster to keep the pen in order, as last night showed. For the next 10ish games, the Cubs are going to have to depend on relievers they aren't used to depending on (see Eyre's performance). Hopefully the starting pitching is solid until he gets back and we don't need to go deep into the pen. -
If we were going to have to pay the majority of his contract and get a marginal prospect back, I'm not that sad that the trade died. I'd like to get rid of Jones, but not on terms that stick the Cubs with his contract. They might as well have just DFA'ed him. I have a feeling that a lot of people are dissapointed just because they were desperate for something, anything, to happen.
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Unless the reported snag turns out to be a bigger deal than we thought. It should be interesting to see how Fontenot does at SS today. It is important for his future that he be able to play as many IF positions as possible, since he'll probably end up being a bench player, and it would also give us a replacement at SS for Izturis and Theriot, neither of whom are playing well right now, and neither of whom looks like an everyday player longterm. I'll spoil the suspense - he's not going to be a good fielding shortstop. He won't be a average. But if he can provide a .750 OPS from that spot, it'll make up for the lousy D. I know he isn't going to be a gold glove SS, my hope is that he will be merely below average rather than an unmitigated disaster. If he is halfway decent, Lou would be justified in playing him at SS.
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Unless the reported snag turns out to be a bigger deal than we thought. It should be interesting to see how Fontenot does at SS today. It is important for his future that he be able to play as many IF positions as possible, since he'll probably end up being a bench player, and it would also give us a replacement at SS for Izturis and Theriot, neither of whom are playing well right now, and neither of whom looks like an everyday player longterm.
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This probably means Demp to DL since the trade won't be finalized in next hr. Don't play jones today. What incentive does he have to not screw us over? To not look like an arrogant prick and get a black mark on his records preventing him from ever getting a decent contract again?
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Welcome to the Cubs Avi Holy crap, 20 Ks in 9.1 innings, and he still managed +5 ERA?
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He didn't "never" succeed as a Cub. 2006 was above average. The rest kind of sucked, though.
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So far: Jones, PTBNL, $1 to the Marlins for an A ball pitcher. However, it was just reported that the deal has hit a "snag" Only one million? WOW! Way to go Hendry! If it's only $1 million, the PTNBL is probably Pie... Can a PTBNL be on the ML roster?
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Because they got two players AND money and we got an A ball player. In all honesty, we probably did get the worst end of the deal, but Its really worth it in the end. but Rotoworld's details are sketchy. They don't say 2 for 1 or how much money is moving. Still, it amounts to getting nothing for nothing. It's not like playing in the vast Dolphin Stadium will help Jock's power outage The Marlins are short on outfielders unlike the Cubs. They really have nothing to lose by playing him and plenty to gain. It's like if a SS who had recent success but had fallen off the table this year got traded to the Cubs-at worst it's an even trade for them. This is a great example of a win-win deal for both squads. If we're paying his whole salary and the A ball prospect is a nonprospect, I think we lose this trade. Getting rid of Jacques, just when Pinellia has finally decided to bench him, only benefits the team if we gain back his salary next year. This trade won't really have improved the team unless Hendry uses the empty roster spot and available money to bring in a decent RF to replace Jones.
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I thought the Cubs couldn't take on salary past his year. No one really knows if Hendry has the authority to add payroll, or how much.
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He wasn't in the tourney. That was a cards fan. No, he was in the tourney, I remember that he lost by a huge margin. There was more than one non-Cub fan in the tourney. EDIT: 5th place. Too wordy.
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You forgot Eyre. I'm glad Jones is gone, but it won't really help the team that much unless Hendry brings in someone decent for RF. As of now, the team is basically the same with or without Jacques, since he has been benched finally. I'd say they'd bring Murton up, but it is clear that they want a pitcher.
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That's alot of salary to eat (assuming it includes '08 as well). Not really. He gets 5-6 mil next year, and is only owed a few mil more for this year. That said, I don't see much point in moving him if we have to pay his salary and still get nothing back. All that gives us is a roster spot. I'd almost rather see him rot on the bench, the way he has been for the past week or so.
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Per the Score, he's likely to be traded before tonight's first pitch. \:D/ Didn't they say 50/50 yesterday? And that something would probably get done over the weekend? They're just slowly escalating the probabilities to drag this thing out. They'd better trade Jacques soon, if they're going to.
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I do this all the time. I also do a slightly less sane variation in which I run through all the possibilities of ways conversations might go if I met someone I hadn't met, what I'd want to say to them, what I'd expect their response to be, how I could respond to that, etc. I know a few people in my family do this subconsciously.
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Now *THAT* is the life of a Cub fan! If you invert it.
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It wasn't a good start, but at least he didn't get shelled. It's been a while since he had a half decent start.
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He didn't swing. Wasn't even close. He checked his swing in plenty of time, but it was his check swing action that put his elbow in range to be knicked by the ball. The would not ordinarily have been a HBP, and there was no attempt to avoid the pitch.
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Haha...Comcast doing a little self promotion? Actually, it was a car commercial. Just one, and then they cut back to the same AB, three pitches later. Comcast is awful.
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He's been surprisingly mobile. He beat out a throw that was nearly a double play.