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What would you rather see with the players we have available? Jones and Aramis are not able to play at present. Barrett should be starting, and maybe Walker. Without either of them, and with Ramirez and Jones out, the lineup is pretty weak. EDIT: And I should get some kind of award for understatements there.
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Eyre K's Lopez swinging at a low pitch.
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Ack, don't try to steal from second with the wind blowing out and Barrett up to bat...
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Before the game there was a recording of some questioning of O'Neil, I think, and he said that Ramirez was day to day, and they'd see how he was when they went to Pittsburgh.
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Eyre in for Maddux.
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I thought Pat said Eyre was warming up. But I'm only listening with one ear right now. Eyre is warming up, I didn't see Williamson, but I could've missed him. Waker gets a single, Cedeno to third.
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Because if Cedeno had gotten on base ahead of Neifi, he would have GIDP.
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Yeah, that's pretty much it.
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Honestly, does he do as much damage vs. other teams than the Cards? I think we might have another Alex Gonzalez on our hands (albeit a more talented one). Looks like he does play better against the Cardinals. Maybe he hears all the abuse from CardsTalk and wants to put it in their collective face? :shock: :wink: His three year splits include his 2003 season, when he posted a line of .208/.280/.398 for the Expos, and probably didn't get in many at-bats against the Cardinals. I'd say those numbers are a bit off, even if he does hit better against the Cardinals. I'd be interested to know what his numbers overall and vs the Cards are for the last two seasons though.
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It wasn't a terrible idea to take Marshall out there, but as others have pointed out, Wuertz was the wrong guy for the situation. You don't bring in your most erratic reliever with the bases loaded.
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Jones gets the skunk out of the boat!
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Morgan: Baseball is like a cake. Brilliant.
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PECOTA Bottom 5 NL Center Fielders
Sarcastic replied to MeatampPotatoesMan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
His weighted mean forecast is .297/.348/.361 with 49 SB and 16 CS and costing us 6 runs in the outfield. Could you explain what you mean by weighted mean average, and what his stats for that category would be for the last few years. -
PECOTA Bottom 5 NL Center Fielders
Sarcastic replied to MeatampPotatoesMan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
What is the PECOTA projection for Pierre? Apparently they think that 2005 is a trend, because in 2004 he had a VORP of over 30, and in 2003 he had a VORP of 29.0. I'd say it is more likely that Pierre will rebound towards his previous numbers than have a year similar to his last. -
It must have been stopped by one of the bullets that already hit them.
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What? We aren't talking about the batting order here. We are talking about who should be the starting 2B for the Cubs. The situation you bring up is not exactly related to the topic. If you want to say on the basis that Walker would be a better 5th batter than Hairston that Walker should start, that might be relevant, but I still don't see what it has to do with Jones. There are plenty of thread discussing the lineups, or at least there were. I understand what you're trying to say but I have a question for you. What if Murton is hitting second, who would you rather hit 5th Walker or Jones? Hairston or Jones? Perez or Jones? That is when it does matter who is playing second. I also believe that Walker gives the Cubs the best chance to win if he is the starting secondbaseman. Of course the second baseman matters, that's the point. But to be honest, I really don't think the way the lineup is set can have much affect on this discussion, since at this point we don't know who will bat where. The question you ask is a hypothetical one. What if Matt Maurton gets injured? Should that possibility affect the decision to trade Walker? We can't get too far into these hypotheticals, they just aren't that relevant.
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What? We aren't talking about the batting order here. We are talking about who should be the starting 2B for the Cubs. The situation you bring up is not exactly related to the topic. If you want to say on the basis that Walker would be a better 5th batter than Hairston that Walker should start, that might be relevant, but I still don't see what it has to do with Jones. There are plenty of thread discussing the lineups, or at least there were.
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From how I read it was that Walker is a 2nd baseman and hits as well as the new expensive free agent the Cubs just signed so why the need to get rid of him? But that is still irrelevant. We should be comparing him to the cost and production of other players who might replace him. Jones has nothing to do with the 2B issue. He won't be the one to replace Walker, so his contract and production are not important in this. It wouldn't matter if Jones was expensive and sucked if there was a cheaper better 2B available, and it wouldn't matter if he was great if there wasn't. If people want to vent about Jones, feel free to do it, it wasn't a very good signing, but this is the wrong thread to do it in.
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I'll just repeat what I said earlier. What does Jones have to do with Walker being traded or not? If we are going to compare players on this issue, shouldn't it be Walker vs. other players who would be the ones to actually replace him?
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Anybody can take stats to prove their point. You are taking Jones last years stats expecting him to NOT improve over last year. I like Walker too, but let's not "spin" stats please. . I don't see how those stats are "spun" at all. Well, 2005 was an above average year for Walker and a below average year for Jones. I would still agree that Walker should be the 2B next year, but I don't see what Jacque has to with this.
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Good News...Wood and Prior Threw Off a Mound on Friday
Sarcastic replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
So what exactly is going on with Prior? Is he injured? I know there was the Will Carroll thing, but I thought that was allegedly false. The original issue was a mysterious illness that caused him to be hopsitalized. It set him back a bit, so he's been going more slowly, but he was supposed to start the season, I believe. -
Ohman and Pierre signed
Sarcastic replied to rsmoler's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
why do so many new posters say that? So that people won't tear them apart? New people are often prime targets on message boards. Not here, usually, but in other places it happens. -
Three Words: PE-CO-TA (Player Projections)
Sarcastic replied to JGalt73's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I thought Patterson had a negative VORP... -10.6 according to BP. I have no idea how they figure the replacement level for each position, though. -
First you say his ERA was over 5.00, then two people point out that it was 3.88, and you follow up by raising it to 4.88. Maybe you just misread, but you couldn't have been paying very close attention if you missed it twice. I think it is reasonable to assume tht if Prior avoids injury this year, he will return to his pre- injury form. He was doing very well up until the line drive to his elbow, and you can't expect someone to be at 100% right after an injury like that.
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That would explain a lot...