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  1. rawaction
    Speaking of not having internet at home....I may not have access after tonight for about a week. I'm moving!
  2. rawaction
    I think the issue here is that this will never happen. Do you see Dusty playing Hairston full time in LF? I don't. Just because Dusty won't put Hairston in LF doesn't mean you go out and get somebody he will play who won't be much better. This stinks of the Bellhorn deal. Dusty refused to play Bellhorn, so Hendry goes out and gets Hernandez. He won't put Hairston out there for a reason; he simply can't play a corner OF position defensively for an extended period of time. He did last year in Baltimore and made 1 error in 42 starts. Most of those starts came in the corner OF (24 RF, 15 LF). He's much more comfortable on a corner.
  3. rawaction
    I think the issue here is that this will never happen. Do you see Dusty playing Hairston full time in LF? I don't. Just because Dusty won't put Hairston in LF doesn't mean you go out and get somebody he will play who won't be much better. This stinks of the Bellhorn deal. Dusty refused to play Bellhorn, so Hendry goes out and gets Hernandez.
  4. rawaction
    We'd only have to pay him for part of this year. And we have a glutton of pitchers. The fact that the Cubs have a "glutton of pitchers" as you put it, means that they have the personnel to go after someone that's more than just a marginal improvement over what they already have. I'd rather give up 4 top pitchers to get a huge improvement than 2 to get Kotsay.
  5. rawaction
    Again. It would be great to have Kotsay on the Cubs. He's a decent hitter, with a solid walk rate. He can field and he can run. I think a return to the NL and getting to play his home games in a non-Oakland/Florida/San Diego park would help him out. I'd love him as a 1 or 2 hitter in this lineup. The problem is....and this is a big problem....THE CUBS WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP GOOD PROSPECTS TO GET HIM AND PAY HIM OVER 6 MILLION DOLLARS! Why not play Hairston in LF, bat him at leadoff, and get slightly less production (combined offense and defense) and keep the prospects and $4M?
  6. rawaction
    Yes, but Kotsay is an amazing defensive CF, Hairston is awful out there. The defence gulf magnifies the offensive marginal difference at least three-fold. I know you said you don't want Kotsay. But the fact that the Cubs would have to trade something of value to get Kotsay, who also makes a decent amount, when they have a more than comparable offensive alternative already in house makes the move not worth it in the short or long-run.
  7. rawaction
    Might as well play Hairston. Kotsay: .334 OBP .390 SLG Career: .343 OBP .422 SLG JH Jr: .364 .369 Career: .336 .371 Hairston also got on base more in 03 and 04.
  8. rawaction
    Lee may hit for a higher average. I'd almost say Lee is gonna win the batting title. But Pujols will have the better year. More HRs, RBIs, and OPS.
  9. rawaction
    I've got two words to add to this post -- "Christian Guzman" I'm not mistaken, right? The Jimmy Rollins mentioned in this thread is the same Jimmy Rollins that has a sub .700 OPS? And the Christian Guzman you refer to is the same guy that has a sub .500 OPS? Ouch. LOL. Guzman may have just been benched in favor of Jamie Carroll. I think the Nats even intend on getting Spivey some time at SS, when Vidro comes back.
  10. rawaction
    That's great! Add him to Renteria and Cabrera in the class of severely overpaid SS.
  11. rawaction
    Every time I see Cubway's name, I feel compelled to try to order a 6 inch meatball with cheese, onions and green peppers on wheat. Yeah, it's always good to stay healthy by ordering that wheat bread. Do you get a diet coke with your Big Macs? I have never eaten a Big Mac. True story. Neither have I. I admit that I once ordered a Big Mac when they had the Indiana Jones promotion. I threw the sandwich away, though. I just wanted the movie and the fries. Never had a Big Mac either, but I'll eat the heck out of a QP with cheese.
  12. rawaction
    You think Burnitz' sub .800 OPS is worth $5M? I think the Cubs need one big bat in the OF. May have to trade for it, but the Cubs have ML ready pitching and experienced young, cheap players (Dubois, Patterson, Hairston) which are valuable when talking trades. For the record, I don't think Walker will be back. If Hairston is still around, he gets the everyday job, and fits in well as more of a true leadoff option. Fontenot could be a solid cheap backup at 2B. I would like a better bat at SS than Cedeno, unless the OF bat is a really big one (see, Dunn, Adam). I'd see how cheap Nomar comes with another 1-year, incentive laden deal, and then go from there.
  13. rawaction
    On ESPN, they said he threw 40 today, and that he would throw 60 on Wednesday. Hopefully, he can start a rehab assignment in the next 2 weeks.
  14. rawaction
    Gilbert Arenas is Steve Garvey. I hate him. I hate him!
  15. rawaction
    I did the same thing. I was watching Law and Order, when I turned the channel to see the score on ESPNs bottom line. Disappointing defensive series.
  16. rawaction
    Gordon got screwed.
  17. rawaction
    I love the early season. After his day today, Dopirak is at: .290, .327, .495 A 61 point jump in OPS. K/BB ratio gone from over 6:1 to under 4:1.
  18. rawaction
    Well, maybe we can start getting worried tomorrow. 2-3 today with his 5th Dope slap and maybe most importantly, 2 walks.
  19. rawaction
    I always thought they matched up better against Miami than Washington.
  20. rawaction
    Oh BTW, The Washington basketball franchise will always be known as the: Bullets....or should I say, Bullettes, because they are the Bulls beyotches!
  21. rawaction
    Wonderful way to welcome the city of Chicago back to playoff basketball. Nocioni came up huge. Great job defensively holding down Jamison and Arenas. Great all around 4th quarter. It feels good to be screaming at the TV for a Bulls game again.
  22. rawaction
    The Cubs will need an IF. That would leave only 2 IF backups. My guess is Cedeno, because Lewis is coming off an injury and he has a huge defensive edge on Fontenot. If Todd goes on the DL, it would also be a good time to get Grieve on the 40-man, get a LH bat off the bench and gets rid of the unnecessary 12th pitcher.
  23. rawaction
    That was the interesting part. I think everyone individually did their list with some combination of what they've done so far, what they are capable of doing in the bigs, and what the likelihood is that they'll do it. Most of us put different weights to different criteria, which made the arguing fun. Of course that still doesn't explain Tim's fetish for Jake Fox. :lol:
  24. rawaction
    I still like Sisco a lot (probably can't tell by my posts in the Sisco thread), and at one point, I still had him as the 4th best prospect in the system. After more thought, I probably would have put him between 9-13. Lower than Marshall, but higher Wuertz and Nolasco.
  25. rawaction
    April 5- Macias and Perez get ABs over Hairston and Dubois. Neifi Perez pinch hits with the game on the line and the Cubs down a run. The team's lone power threat off the bench sits and watches. How do you make this a sticky?
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