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yeah, but that begs the question, how does ravech even know to mention marshall? I hope he is just guessing, but I fear that Hendry would give Sean away to Beane. Jim shouldn't be allowed in the same room as Billy. -
Well 1 worthless bat gone. Jesus that Barret trade was horrible! Pretty much a DFA. At least Hendry can admit he's wrong. Then why is Izturis here, with Cedeno hitting everything in sight at Iowa?? Same with Jones and Pie?? Patterson and Murton deserve to be up also. Right so we have 4 guys better than the 2 that are here. I would call that poor GMing.
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Well 1 worthless bat gone. Jesus that Barret trade was horrible! Pretty much a DFA. At least Hendry can admit he's wrong. Then why is Izturis here, with Cedeno hitting everything in sight at Iowa?? Same with Jones and Pie??
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Because we are the same team that had Neifi Perez starting and batting second for over a year and a half. But the manager during that time had a strange love for worthless offensive players. Lou has shown that he will play whoever is producing. I was buying that when Jones was on the bench. FWIW, Jones is hitting .278 this month. FWIW Pie doesn't need anymore AAA time.
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Yet Izturis, Jones, and Eyre are still here. What a joke.
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Because we are the same team that had Neifi Perez starting and batting second for over a year and a half. But the manager during that time had a strange love for worthless offensive players. Lou has shown that he will play whoever is producing. I was buying that when Jones was on the bench.
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Because we are the same team that had Neifi Perez starting and batting second for over a year and a half.
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Nothing like using up all of his options early. You only can use up 1 option per year, so he can go up and down as many times as the Cubs want. Oh, my mistake. Not as bad then.
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Nothing like using up all of his options early.
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Angel Villalona is the Giants $2.1 million dollar Latin American signing from last year...he's 16 years old still. $2.1M for a 16 year old? Jeez. I am all for putting money into the international market, but that's just a lot of cash for a prospect with far too much variability, IMO. They fear now he might not be able to stay at third because of his size, he is even more of a gamble at first.
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We have won one playoff series in the last 100 years and Kerry is the main reason for it. That is why he can do nothing for three years yet still be the best. Too bad game 7 happened? Where was he in that one? You have to be kidding. No way one game lost that series, and even if that was the case, I would argue it was game 6 then. Either way, he was in there, he didn't have his best stuff, but he was there. You may remember he even hit a homer to tie it up. It isn't his fault his manager wasn't as bright as Jack McKeon and didn't pull him when it was obvious he didn't have his best stuff. We should have pulled him for Z, like they did for Beckett. But, we saved for Z for game one of the world series, the one we got to watch.
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Really, that's not what I've heard.
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I can't believe that hayseed went to college.
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That's because we have seen 33 pitches through 3. Unreal.
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super, the one day he could really help us out with his bat and he can't play.
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Yeah right, we are getting shut out today.
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Still checking, but no. Keep looking it has to be in there, right after the part about his tractor he got for pitching the team to the world series.
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Vance does it have anything in there about him being a huge pile of human feces?
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awesome. Stay healthy Kerry...PLEASE! Yeah, these guys almost have be suckered into thinking they are going to do something special this year. Almost.
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awesome.
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No doubt that's a popular solution among Cavs fans; those are the two most overpay players on the Cavs roster, especially Hughes. Good luck finding a GM willing to take on either of those contracts without some added talent thrown in by Cleveland to sweeten the deal. For sure, I doubt people are banging down Ferry's door for either of them. Personally I don't think there's a chance in the world that Hughes gets dealt, but I could see some scenario where Gooden gets sent somewhere. There's a rumored Gooden for Bibby deal. It might be the KU homer in me, but I'd love Gooden on the Bulls. He'd provide a little scoring down low, and he can board, too. It is the homer in you. If you want to add a KU guy, bring in Collison.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-13-2007
illiniguy replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Wow, that can't be easy to do. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-14-2007
illiniguy replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Good luck Mark. Don't pitch to Upton. -
5 Cubs make Rotoworld's Midseason Top 150 Prospects
illiniguy replied to rabidawg900's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
It has to do with the election process in Florida. -
This isn't surprising. Roy Oswalt's strikeout rate has been in a perpetual decline since he broke into the majors. You think there is a reason for it? Is he just trying to pitch to contact more? He could just be losing his stuff as he gets older. I know he isn't really at the age where people think of players as declining, but K/9 tends to peak early in pitchers' careers, if I remember correctly. I haven't looked at his stats, so I don't know if how much more significant his decline is than the average. Your exactly right. In fact, you could probably say that as he has gotten older, Roy has become more of a groundballer pitcher, as his k-rate has gone down almost every year since he's come to the bigs. His season high for K's is 10, but I've noticed that in almost every game this year, he has gotten into the double digits for groundballs. I wish i had some stats that could show his average velocity, because I fully believe that he has lost some of it on his fastball, and because of this, hasn't used his curveball as much as his punchout pitch because it doesnt have as much of a difference from the fastball. You are probably right, that said watch him go out and k like 14 cubs tomorrow.
