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  1. pccubfan
    OR.... A recent 3rd round projectable RHP in his 1st year of professional baseball putting up nearly 10Ks per 9. I don't know what I was looking at, I thought I saw 8k/9. The nearly 5 BB/9 makes me understand why the Cubs are interested. I'll retract my doom and gloom, but I still find this trade somewhat underwhelming.
  2. pccubfan
    You are assuming they were going to take the chance and offer him arbitration when there was talk he might accept it. So the Cubs would have had Lilly on a one year deal at market price. Things could be worse.
  3. pccubfan
    Epic fail! A 22 year old in Low A ball that isn't dominating and a 23 year old reliever. If that is the expectation of what you would get out of a 1st round pick and a sandwich pick plus $2.5 million, then you need to change your scouting.
  4. pccubfan
    Probably Lilly and Castro for Garrett Anderson. LOL
  5. pccubfan
    I'll believe that the Cubs are getting Gordon when it is a done deal. I would rather the Cubs get one of the Dodgers top rated pitchers, but I really would have to give Hendry credit if he pulled Gordon off.
  6. pccubfan
    If it is only John Ely and the Cubs are paying Lilly, this just further proves Hendry can't get the job done.
  7. pccubfan
    Aaron Miller or Ethan Martin if the Cubs are paying Lilly.
  8. pccubfan
    The Cubs have had the unique opportunity to play 3 of the worst offensive teams in the last 17 years of Major League Baseball this season. The Seattle Mariners (.642 OPS), Houston Astros (.649 OPS) and Pittsburgh Pirates (.672 OPS) have the 1st, 2nd and 5th worst team OPS since 1992. The Cubs are 8-19 (assuming today results in a loss) against those teams. :shock: You really have to try to be this bad.
  9. pccubfan
    Jerk. I don't blame him. If I was in his position, I'd probably do the same. He already has a World Series ring, his family is settled here in the city, what's the incentive to agree to a trade? I don't buy this. You're talking about two months playing a game when you are away from home half the time anyway. He would at least have a shot at playing in the playoffs this year. If Chicago is where he has to be he should look to re-sign with the Cubs in the offseason on a one year deal for $3 or $4 million.
  10. pccubfan
    I've always liked Aaron Cook. I'd be ok with this deal. That's a lot of salary to take on for another #3 or #4 starter. He would be Lilly's replacement for next year. Cook is scheduled to start today, so I would think that the Rockies would want to get this done before tonight.
  11. pccubfan
    I'd take the chance on Lilly accepting arbitration. Worst case you get a decent starting pitcher for a market salary and if he wants more than a one year deal you get two high draft choices. The Cubs certainly know more about his health than I or anyone on this board does, so if there is concern within the organization about Lilly staying healthy next year, that could be a reason to dump him. I hope the Cubs trade Lilly, but barring injury risk that I don't know about, he better bring back value that is close to what the two picks would be worth.
  12. pccubfan
    This has bad trade written all over it. I hope Hendry can find a trade that makes sense from the Cubs' perspective, and if he doesn't, he holds onto Lilly. I'm not too surprised that teams are bringing up reasons why they wouldn't have interest in Lilly. It's about trying to drive down his price this week. By Friday or Saturday, we should start seeing the interest increase again and teams start to get serious. It wouldn't surprise me, though, if we got a package similar (but better) to the one we got for DeRosa. The scout in Hendry probably likes the high upside, yet flawed, guys like Archer, Gaub and Stevens. I understand that Archer has made huge strides this year, but he was no great shakes at the time of the deal. Couldn't the Cubs reasonably use the two draft picks to sign guys with a higher ceiling than the relief pitchers Gaub and Stevens are and a wild, fireballer in Low A ball (at time of trade)?
  13. pccubfan
    I'm definitely in favor of getting something. Hendry and the scouts tend to be pretty good at picking out the high upside, flawed guys in the low minors, so that could actually be a nice addition for us. I guess the best part of trading him would be that it would all but guarantee that he wouldn't be playing for the Cubs next year.
  14. pccubfan
    This has bad trade written all over it. I hope Hendry can find a trade that makes sense from the Cubs' perspective, and if he doesn't, he holds onto Lilly.
  15. pccubfan
    The Pads aren't going to be willing to pay any salary and if they are truly looking at him as depth, won't be sending anything of value back in return.
  16. pccubfan
    damnit He hit a rough patch there a few weeks ago, but he's been very good over his last five starts, including this one. I still don't trust him to maintain this level. Could other teams highly value Wells based upon his MLB numbers to date and his low cost?
  17. pccubfan
    So 4 guys who aren't currently managing and all have current or very recent ties to the club would like to be managers of said club? And one of the people they mentioned, Joe Torre, didn't even say he's interested specifically in the Cubs job. He just said he wouldn't rule anything out. I'm not ruling anything out either, people. Ya never know. So you're saying there's a chance.
  18. pccubfan
    When I began playing this two sixes was an automatic home run. Time passed and I came back to the game and all of a sudden you wanted two ones for the automatic home run. My world was turned upside down. :D
  19. pccubfan
    I'm old. When did they start adding calculated stats, beyond AVG, to the backs of baseball cards.
  20. pccubfan
    I would advocate firing Lou now and replacing him with Sandberg. That way maybe the organization would see enough in the remainder of the year to get over their unexplainable desire to have Ryne manage the Cubs. That, along with a top draft pick, would offset some of the sting of what is happening on the field this year.
  21. pccubfan
    Haven't paid too close attention to his peripherals. What are his GO/FO numbers normally? If he throws a lot of fly balls, he's going to be giving up a good number of HRs at Iowa, if he is called up. The ball flies out of that stadium.
  22. pccubfan
    Well, he's only had four starts this year, so eliminating one start is significant. In his three other starts he's had good K numbers, but has allowed too many baserunners and thrown too many pitches. Two quality starts one taking him 119 pitches to go six innings. His contract probably unfairly plays into the impression. Hearing the Cubs management stating the move to the pen was an attempt to add mph to the fastball doesn't help the perception either. If it takes him 119 pitches, it takes him 119 pitches. The idea that he shouldn't be in the starting rotation is dumb. In a one game sample you are correct, but if it took him 119 pitches to get through six innings every game, he would probably end up injured or taken out, on occasion, due to pitch count before completing that sixth inning. You're also correct that he should be in the starting rotation. He has earned, through past success, more than four starts before being thrown on the scrap heap.
  23. pccubfan
    Well, he's only had four starts this year, so eliminating one start is significant. In his three other starts he's had good K numbers, but has allowed too many baserunners and thrown too many pitches. Two quality starts one taking him 119 pitches to go six innings. His contract probably unfairly plays into the impression. Hearing the Cubs management stating the move to the pen was an attempt to add mph to the fastball doesn't help the perception either.
  24. pccubfan
    That's absolutely true. However, three of the previous four years in Minnesota he was very good. So tell me then, which set of numbers represents the "real" Carlos Silva ??? Remember, all the projections that the statistically inclined crowd have come up with do have predictive value, but they are not absolute. Personally, I don't know what Carlos Silva is going to do the rest of the season, and I'm not in the business of running a baseball team. I'm a fan, and for all intents and purposes, my team is stuck with Carlos Silva. So, I'm inclined to rejoice when he does well, and regret when does not. Long live Cy Silva !!! edit: I apologize to pscubsfan. In attempting to quote his post I accidently hit the edit button, then away most of his post. I am sorry.... Fred Hornkohl
  25. pccubfan
    I don't think it's all that likely that our staff becomes very bad. Dempster and Lilly are likely to be good to very good the rest of the year, Z is likely to at least be solid or better when he gets back into the rotation and Wells and Gorzelanny have now been solid or better for a year and a half or more. Even if Silva reverts to his old self, we have five starters who are, likely, at worst decent arms. I agree on Dempster and Lilly. Wells was never good enough to be considered a prospect, it wouldn't surprise me to see him get significantly worse. Gorzelanny is about a year removed from being demoted to the minors by the Pirates, significant reduction in his production shouldn't be considered a surprise. Zambrano is a concern to me. He appears to be succumbing to the huge number of innings that have been put on his arm. While the starters could continue to produce all year long, it certainly would not surprise me to see a major drop in production the remainder of the season.
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