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Go all in, sign both, play one in LF, hilarity ensues. -
Ricketts' List of GM Candidates (Chicago Tribune)
bukie replied to MrCub14's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Cubs fans seem pretty confident that Friedman will want to jump at the chance to be the next Red Sox or Yankees. -
Ricketts' List of GM Candidates (Chicago Tribune)
bukie replied to MrCub14's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
At this point I want Friedman even more, because I don't want Houston to get him. -
The Cubs are 6th in the NL in wOBA (.319) and tied for 6th in the NL in OPS (.727). They're slightly above average to average on offense, not below average. A fairly significant upgrade at first and a slight to moderate downgrade at third could have a big impact on the offensive production. Then you can also include adding one of the best pitchers in the majors to the rotation because of that downgrade. I'd say the only thing they're clearly below average in is walks, and Ramirez doesn't exactly boost that.
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The pessimist in me thought he got injured again.
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I heard that Crane Kenney was behind 9/11 and the Great Potato Famine. Not Kenney alone. Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Zambrano helped him. I heard Milton Bradley started the Chicago Fire. And they've only won two games to this point, so he'd be a terrible GM.
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The weird thing about the 3B position this year is that it's roughly equivalent to the SS position offensively, which hasn't been the case since before 1990. If the team can be confident that trend will continue into the near future, then I'd feel better letting Ramirez walk and spend the money on the more offensively dominant positions, like corner OF and 1B, hoping that a Baker/Flaherty platoon will provide above-average offense at the position.
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1 ) If you had to choose between being a general manager at a club with a limited payroll but full freedom of choice of personnel within that payroll, or a club with a near unlimited payroll where personnel choices were constantly monitored and limited, which would you prefer? 2 ) Rank the following ten statistics in order of importance to you when evaluating an offensive player: AVG, BABIP, BB, EQA, HR, K, OPS, RBI, SB, WAR 3 ) Rank the following ten statistics in order of importance to you when evaluating a starting pitcher: BB/9, ERA, HRA, IP, K/9, QS, W, WAR, WHIP, xFIP 4 ) Rank the following ten statistics in order of importance to you when evaluating a relief pitcher: BB/9, BS, ERA, HLD, HRA, K/9, SV, WAR, WHIP, xFIP 5 ) On a scale of one to ten, with ten being the most, how much do the following factors affect your judgment on a player: statistical measures, scouting, clubhouse presence, work ethic? 6 ) Rank the following factors in order of importance to a successful franchise: farm system, free agent signings, manager, fan base, front office personnel. 7 ) What is the worst way a manager can hurt his team? Best way a manager can help his team?
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Running a top 3 baseball market team with a top 5 payroll in a division full of small market teams? I can't imagine how there'd be interest in a position like that.
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Not that this is in any way an apples to apples comparison, but there are two things that dispute this: 1 - The death penalty didn't exactly kill Kentucky basketball after it was used on it in 1952. 2 - The death penalty has been used twice since SMU (albeit in D2, and not in a major sport).
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If it shows anything, it shows how team-dependent a stat like RBI is.
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Deserve a winner or believe Hollandsworth's garbage?
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More first inning runs.
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Of course, the additional thing about the Cubs-Astros comparison is that the Cubs are still the second-worst team in the NL. So the distance between the worst and second-worst teams is about the same as the distance between the second-worst team and a playoff spot.
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Yay for early runs! Err...boo early runs!
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I'm sure that's the average market for a platoon DH.
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This would appear to be the biggest culprit as to why the team isn't anywhere near contention this year. Granted, a lot of teams are really good when their starters give up 3 or fewer runs, but the Cubs' starters simply don't do that very often.
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At this rate they may finish behind the Cubs.
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In just 3 weeks, the Cubs have gained nine games on what was a 13 game deficit to the first-place Pittsburgh Pirates. Unfortunately, over those 3 weeks the Pirates have fallen to fourth.
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its He was actually right that time.
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If only they'd kept up this August pace all year, they'd have already clinched the division. Marmol would be dead, but hey, playoffs!
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ESPN.com showed that Aroldis Chapman was going to pitch the 9th for the Cubs after pitching the 8th for the Reds. I thought, considering the managers involved, that may have actually been true.
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On the flip side, the Cub pitchers have issued the most walks in the majors, by a good amount.
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Like last August, when they went 10-19. Or 2009, when they went 12-17 and fell out of the division lead. Or 2008, when they went 20-8 and took over the division for good. Or 2007, when they went 12-16 and still held onto the division. Every year with this August crap. Yes clearly those three years we were in a position to get a top 5 pick at that point in the year and then blew it. Thanks. You are the one who made it sound like the Cubs have been in the position to get a top 5 draft pick every year. Or that they somehow always make a run in August to make things look not quite as bad.
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Like last August, when they went 10-19. Or 2009, when they went 12-17 and fell out of the division lead. Or 2008, when they went 20-8 and took over the division for good. Or 2007, when they went 12-16 and still held onto the division. Every year with this August crap.
