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  1. mg420
    Ryan Howard got a cup of coffee in 2004 at age 24. He split his age 25 season at AAA and the majors, and stuck in the majors at 26. He was also highly productive as he moved up the minor league ladder. He didn't repeat levels and advanced at a solid pace. This Kroeger character repeated high A, and washed out at AAA after playing there in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and getting worse each year. His age matters because it's only now, as he approaches 25, that he's putting up these numbers after a demotion back to AA. It would be insane to suggest he has to be an upgrade to Murton. Torii Hunter was in the majors by 22. He didn't stick until 25, but he got numerous shots before then. You comparisons are pointless. as are most if not all of your "observations". Well, at least you explained why. just my opinion. why argue with a man who knows everything there is to know about baseball? That's a good question, but you could at least give it a shot. ps I usually like to base my opinions on facts facts are subject to interpetation. off the top of my head i can recall that goony was certain that padilla would be a better choice than marquis who was referred to as crap and not good. in hindsight, that was a pointless opinon/observation.
  2. mg420
    Ryan Howard got a cup of coffee in 2004 at age 24. He split his age 25 season at AAA and the majors, and stuck in the majors at 26. He was also highly productive as he moved up the minor league ladder. He didn't repeat levels and advanced at a solid pace. This Kroeger character repeated high A, and washed out at AAA after playing there in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and getting worse each year. His age matters because it's only now, as he approaches 25, that he's putting up these numbers after a demotion back to AA. It would be insane to suggest he has to be an upgrade to Murton. Torii Hunter was in the majors by 22. He didn't stick until 25, but he got numerous shots before then. You comparisons are pointless. as are most if not all of your "observations". Well, at least you explained why. just my opinion. why argue with a man who knows everything there is to know about baseball?
  3. mg420
    Ryan Howard got a cup of coffee in 2004 at age 24. He split his age 25 season at AAA and the majors, and stuck in the majors at 26. He was also highly productive as he moved up the minor league ladder. He didn't repeat levels and advanced at a solid pace. This Kroeger character repeated high A, and washed out at AAA after playing there in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and getting worse each year. His age matters because it's only now, as he approaches 25, that he's putting up these numbers after a demotion back to AA. It would be insane to suggest he has to be an upgrade to Murton. Torii Hunter was in the majors by 22. He didn't stick until 25, but he got numerous shots before then. You comparisons are pointless. as are most if not all of your "observations".
  4. mg420
    he was claimed off waivers from arizona diamondbacks, 1/6/06. he's 24 not 25 btw. i dont know why his age should be an issue. howard was 26 last year in his rookie year and tori hunter didnt get a hot at the bigs until he was 27. the way he is hitting at aa, it would be insane not to give him a shot in rf. i dont know anything about his defense but he's got to be an upgrade from jones & murton.
  5. mg420
    even without murton they already have too many outfielders. i'm sure they can find takers for murton and a team like the sox might be interested in jones but with pie the cubs have no need for byrnes. i say call up kroeger from aa and give him a shot in rf.
  6. mg420
    both pignatello & rapada should be on the 25 man imo. get rid of ohman & eyre!
  7. mg420
    just an observation: marshall following hill didnt seem to cause the issues that were predicted.
  8. mg420
    He's also been rather lucky so far this season. I like the .067 IsoD, but still, something tells me he's not going to be anything more than an average everyday starter in the majors. perhaps not but: a) we'll never know what he can do unless they give him a chance b) an average everyday starter would be a big upgrade from the current production.
  9. mg420
    kroeger is the guy who should be getting a shot at rf when they finally trade/dfa jones. he's hitting .361 with a 1.050 ops at aa and he hits left handed. i'm not sure what they will do with murton.
  10. mg420
    sean had a great night but dont overlook kroeger going 3-4 with a hr & 2 rbi.
  11. mg420
    reed?? he hasnt hit a lick since the cubs drafted him. what about craig, kroeger & mcGehee at aa? Reed is still very young and can be put at a position where offense isn't at a premium©. Craig, McGehee, and Kroeger are all bench prospects at best who are very old for their league. 24 at aa is very old?? i think i'd take the 24 year old with a 1.016 ops at aa over the 21 year old with a .464 ops in single a regardless of what position they play.
  12. mg420
    it was only a matter of time. first wood then prior now z. there is no one left of the cubs big 3 of the future. what a waste of talent.
  13. mg420
    i think soto will be up soon enough when they trade barrett before the deadline. just my opinion.
  14. mg420
    hill can hit left handed so that is most likely the reason he was called up instead of soto.
  15. mg420
    reed?? he hasnt hit a lick since the cubs drafted him. what about craig, kroeger & mcGehee at aa?
  16. mg420
    but lou didnt sign guys like derosa & soriano for huge $ when they have theriot, fontenot & murton.
  17. mg420
    spoken by someone who does not know how to play... and by someone who is glad they don't. it is one of the dullest activities ever invented imo.
  18. mg420
    i look to barrett to be traded by the deadline. with soto & hill hitting well at iowa, why not give then a shot? if they could only dump the 3 stiffs (eyre, derosa & jones) and bring up rapada, fontenot & pie, things would look much brighter imo. a large part of the failure this year might be attributed to not having faith in their minor league system.
  19. mg420
    the only thing worse than playing golf is watching golf.
  20. mg420
    maybe he needs to eat more fiber.
  21. mg420
    according to the score Piniella has been meeting behind closed doors with hendry & john m for the past 2 hours. Piniella didnt even do his pregame with santo or meet with the press before the game. Piniella is supposed to address the media at 6:40. they also say that barrett is not at wrigley.
  22. mg420
    i think guys like marmol & guzman have a bright future as setup/closer in the near future. if marmol can find & keep his control he will be devastating for an inning or 2.
  23. mg420
    another 3 run homer for kroeger! time to launch jones & call this guy to the majors to play rf (with pei in cf of course).
  24. mg420
    the cubs have fox& kroeger tearing up aa ball. i would much rather see one of them get a shot if neccessary instead of overpaying for a veteren of. pie is also a good option assuming they can launch jones.
  25. mg420
    huh? actually i think both soto & k hill would make a nice platoon next year in place of barrett. even if they hit #8 they would hopefully be much better on defense than michael who will probably want big $ for 4+ years.
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