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  1. bukie
    It's still possible that he's one of the top 5 players on his own team, though. Depends on how much you value Wood or Marmol. Zambrano, Dempster, Ramirez, Soto have all been fantastic this year.
  2. bukie
    Going by statistics that attempt to equate pitching to offense to defense, the most valuable player for the Cubs has been: Win Shares: Zambrano with 17, followed closely by Ramirez and Soto with 16 Runs Created (which ignores pitchers batting): Dempster with 87 followed by Ramirez with 84 VORP: Dempster with 44.6, then Zambrano with 38.3, highest batter is Ramirez at 33.1 And this is just for the Cubs, not the whole league. Statistically, the MVP should be Pujols or Berkman.
  3. bukie
    If you're limiting MVP voting to the best players on playoff contending teams, you're looking at Pujols, Braun, Utley, Wright, CC, Webb. If you're actually looking at the best player, Berkman or Pujols should win.
  4. bukie
    Except if the Cubs won this year, there'd be 99 years between championships. OK, make it 100 wins for AVOIDING 100 years between championships. Actually, it'd be 100 years between championships, from 1908 to 2008. There are 99 years of drought, though.
  5. bukie
    Ping is arguing that Dunn is taking hittable strikes early in the count in the name of patience, and that is detrimental to his productivity as a hitter. I'm not sure the point of arguing otherwise. Of course it's detrimental. Now as to the question of whether or not Dunn would actually change his approach and maintain solid contact were he to swing earlier in the count, that's largely conjecture.
  6. bukie
    Getting ground balls is only good if you have a good IF defense behind him. Brandon Webb and Orlando Hudson are a prime example. Despite some of the comments on the range of the left side of our infield, Dempster's performance is certainly a point in Aram and Theriot's favor. Err...the Cubs defense is the most efficient in baseball. Theriot has limited range, but Ramirez is very good. DeRosa and Lee aren't too shabby either. Going forward, do you think it will remain that way? Our team isn't exactly young. Going forward over the next month? Of course. Over the next year? Most likely. Three years from now? Who knows? What does anything have to do with the defense going forward, though? The question was regarding the Cubs defense behind Dempster to this point, which has been fantastic.
  7. bukie

    Golf

    bukie replied to stitchface's topic in Other Sports

    I played in a scramble a few weeks back. Our foursome finished 8 under for 18 holes. I had two shots count, both 50ish yard pitches. I love scramble golf.
  8. bukie
    I never even mentioned Marquis as an option. He isn't one.
  9. bukie
    Didn't take too long to get back to respectability on the road after falling to 21-30 at one point a month ago in Arizona. Now, the Cubs have 38 games remaining, 19 on the road and 19 at home. Given current home and road pace, if they fall off a bit on both, and take 2 of every 3 at home (13-6), while taking just under half the road games (9-10), they'll finish the year at 98-64. That record would force both the Brewers to finish at a 28-9 pace and the Cardinals to finish the year at a 29-6 pace to keep the Cubs out of the playoffs.
  10. bukie
    I think if the deductions were made public, it would at least be more open to understanding.
  11. bukie
    There's no maybe about it. Howry's spot is Gooz's to steal with a good September. That's who exactly I had in mind in terms of Guzman making into the playoff roster with Howry being left out. For some reason, Lou still believes in Howry. You don't need 5 starters in the playoffs, and Lou has never liked Marquis. I could see Gooz making the team at Marquis expense instead of Howry. I hate to say it, but I'd rather have Marquis than Howry on the playoff roster at this point. It might not be the competition betweenthem. The Cubs will likely use only 11 pitchers in the playoffs. The pitchers who seem to be locks: Zambrano, Harden, Dempster, Lilly as starters Wood, Marmol, Cotts, Samardzija, Gaudin That leaves 2 spots for Marshall, Howry, Marquis, Guzman, etc. So it's certainly possible that both Marquis and Howry will get left off the roster. I don't see that happening, but if Howry continues to go the way he's been going it could. If I could view things from the inside of Lou's mind, I would imagine he'd want another lefty to "balance" out the staff, and he's liked Marshall all year (well, "liked" relative to other lefty options), so I'd guess he's on the roster. Last spot would probably be Howry's to lose, and Lou is going to give him every chance to keep it unless Guzman comes up and is dynamite in September.
  12. bukie
    Reed Johnson EQA, mostly in a platoon against lefties that emphasizes his strengths: .273 Kosuke Fukudome EQA, "worthless player": .268 League average EQA: .260 Idea: Let the two Cub offensive players that are struggling below PECOTA projections work their way out of their slumps while the Cubs continue to score 10% more runs than anyone else in the league.
  13. bukie
    Err...no. The AL East is far and away the best division in the majors, and that isn't very close. Arguably 5 of the top 8 teams in the AL play in that division. Even as tough as the top of the NL Central is, the Reds and Pirates still play in it.
  14. bukie
    Getting ground balls is only good if you have a good IF defense behind him. Brandon Webb and Orlando Hudson are a prime example. Despite some of the comments on the range of the left side of our infield, Dempster's performance is certainly a point in Aram and Theriot's favor. Err...the Cubs defense is the most efficient in baseball. Theriot has limited range, but Ramirez is very good. DeRosa and Lee aren't too shabby either.
  15. bukie
    3-homer game in the Lieber start a few months ago. Him and every other Red.
  16. bukie
    Yeah, the Cubs have their best record after 124 games since...a season that magically ended on August 15. EDIT: And, even in 1945, they were only 77-47 at this point in the season. EDIT: Might as well show all the playoff years: 1945: 77-47 1st 1.5 GA 1938: 68-56 3rd 7.0 GB (they finished 21-6 to win the division) 1935: 75-49 3rd 2.5 GB 1932: 73-51 1st 8.0 GA 1929: 83-41 1st 11.5 GA (yeah, here's where it starts getting ridiculous) 1918: 82-42 1st 11.5 GA (they only played 5 games after this in the season to finish 84-45 on the year) 1910: 85-39 1st 10.5 GA 1908: 75-49 3rd 2.0 GB (that's right, they're ahead of the 1908 WS winner pace) 1907: 89-35 1st 16.0 GA (they certainly coasted in this season...they only lost 45 games on the year) 1906: 93-31 1st 13.0 GA (and they lost the World Series...)
  17. bukie
    Dude, it's about wins and losses, not statistics.
  18. bukie
    "Sure, you're winning now, but you'd be pathetic without Lee, Soto and Ramirez in the lineup." "Wanna bet?"
  19. bukie
    So four lefties and five righties, and yet all the lefties bat in order.
  20. bukie
    Sucks for Crocker too, finished a hundredth of a second off the medal stand.
  21. bukie
    Marmol's line: 1.3 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K, 11 pitches, 1 ball, 10 strikes.
  22. bukie
    And if the Padres win, their record will also be a palindrome. I think the same can be said for the Phillies and Mets, but I'm too lazy to look again to make sure. Padres held up their end of the bargain...
  23. bukie
    He's only blown 3 saves, so he's been better than Wood.
  24. bukie
    The value to winning the division is that you actually get into the playoffs.
  25. bukie
    Someone explain how Jody Gerut is out at home on a 2-1-2 putout?
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