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  1. mul21
    He's on such a tear that it's somewhat ridiculous. Also hearing that his glove is actually playing fairly well at short. Not really a bet to stay there long run, yet, but if any of this power surge is legitimate, he would be an intriguing 2nd base option. But as good as hes been lately, my perception is that hes more Darwin Barney than anything. Comes down to how much of this power development is legitimate. He'll probably never be as good as Barney as a defensive player. It's still more likely, if not probable, that Watkins most likely scenario is as a IF/OF utility player, if he even makes it up, but I think he has a little better starting upside than someone like Barney (at 2nd base). Others have noted before that Watkins bat always showed well in practice, but it never translated to game power, so let's see if this is the start of something. So, Todd Walker-ish ceiling then?
  2. mul21
    Good lord, I think my eyes are bleeding from the horrible grammar and punctuation. Do editors, or somebody else, not proof this crap any more?
  3. mul21
    So, we're totally fucked now, eh?
  4. mul21
    Doesn't he have a history of doing that though? I remember somebody breaking down his numbers in the minors and he had a weirdly high infield pop up rate if I'm remembering right. If that's the case, he could just be a statistical outlier in the fly ball pitcher category.
  5. mul21
    Am I reading this right? I thought that was strange too! Also, Rasmus wouldn't be good in Wrigley. He's already terrified of the wall at Busch, there's no way in hell he's going anywhere near the bricks and ivy. He's also in general not very good at going back on balls, so he has to play deep because he actually is decent at coming in and getting the ball. Not going to kill you in CF, but not a huge asset either.
  6. mul21
    Better to keep quiet and be thought an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
  7. mul21
    OK, I hate Berman and how he makes this thing nearly impossible to watch, but Cano winning it with his dad pitching is probably about the coolest thing that could have happened.
  8. mul21
    I have to agree with this. There's definitely a big difference between filler guys and high ceiling long shots to make it. I'd rather get the long shots at this point considering the current strength of the minors in terms of middling ML talent.
  9. mul21
    I don't think he's a type A. And there's no reason to hang on to Pena past the waiver deadline. Maybe the prospects work out, maybe they don't, but there's no reason to pass up a chance to add depth to a pretty thin farm system so we *may* have a better chance of resigning him. Pena isn't terrible, but if we don't add Pujols or Fielder in the offseason, there's a pretty good chance we'll be bad again. The Cubs do not lack depth in the system. They lack quality. That's debateable, It really isn't. No, it really isn't. There's a ton of potential major leaguers in the system but nobody who's even close to being a sure fire .900 OPS guy for 10 years.
  10. mul21
    Szczur was gone for over a week for his graduation - the team was 5-4. Remember the speculation on this board that he must have had a really good time. Not true. He was hurt and gone for graduation. The time frames just happened to coincide.
  11. mul21
    Has he been piggybacking or is the 4 GS wrong? And those are some interesting reverse R/L splits on the BA against.
  12. mul21
    Is there any chance the Cubs offer him arbitration and get a pick or 2 of guys they like/need? That seems like a better option than trading him for guys who you have no use for.
  13. mul21
    No kidding. That red was BS, Marta had as much jersey in her hand as the defender did. The encroachment call on the PK save was awful and the no call on the off side on Brazil's 2nd goal was at least questionable. Awesome to see them pull off the last second tie and PK win.
  14. mul21
    This made me consider something. Thinking about hoe Hendry has kowtowed to what his managers have wanted in the past, is it possible that just replacing Crane Kenney could possibly be a solution? I mean, if the Ricketts are really going to push the player development angle, having a president in place to help prod Hendry along in that direction might work out okay. He's obviously got good relationships throughout baseball, and while I'd like to see him gone as much as everybody else, the fear that he sticks around wouldn't be as horrible of an option if he's got a "baseball guy" overseeing what he's doing. Just a thought.
  15. mul21
    Well, I suppose that would work with no volume!
  16. mul21
    Why aren't any of these games on any even remotely mainstream channels? I'd love to watch, but I don't get any of the games.
  17. mul21
    Given his struggles, maybe we need to be more realistic about what he's actually worth. I thought it was telling that SI did a short article about young MLB catchers in the wake of the Posey stuff and Mauer coming back off the DL, and nowhere was Soto mentioned. Guys like Chris Iannetta and Jonathan Lucroy were, though. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1187111/index.htm I think it's telling that the guy who wrote it didn't do much research on young MLB catchers to not include a guy who was recently the NL rookie of the year and certainly hasn't completely disappeared since then.
  18. mul21
    On any given pitch there is nothing wrong with swinging at something you can drive. But over the course of a game and a season it is absolutely necessary to not be a bunch of overaggressive morons. The Cubs are a bunch of overaggressive morons, and have been throughout virtually the entire Hendry era (with the exception of portions of the Piniella era). And nowhere did I say that that's a good or necessary thing over the course of the season. My issue is zeroing in on a single half-inning where it WASN'T an example of being aggressive automatically being a bad thing as if that was the epitome of what's wrong with the Cubs. You're both right, and those weren't bad pitches to swing at as they were all hard hit balls in that inning. I definitely prefer to see them take more pitches, but that half inning certainly wasn't a problem of just hacking since the results were hard hit balls either right at people or forcing them to make really good defensive plays.
  19. mul21
    Yeah, pretty much everything was hit hard that inning.
  20. mul21
    DJ looked pretty smooth on the double play there. Unless he bulks up a ton, I haven't seen any reason he can't stick at 2nd. And even if he does bulk up that much, then he's probably a big enough power threat to play 3rd regularly.
  21. mul21
    I'm pretty sure he's wearing concrete shoes as long as it took him to get down the line there.
  22. mul21
    Slider? It looked like a splitter that was the out pitch and pretty good so far today. Yep, it's moving all over the place.
  23. mul21
    I set the over/under at 4. I don't think you understand how that works......
  24. mul21
    He's not wrong. Hendry has a great reputation with players. I mean, it's because he does dumb things like overpaying crappy relievers and giving out no trade clauses like like Halloween candy, but he still has it.
  25. mul21
    Really? At this point is it okay for me to root for the Brewers in order to spite St. Louis? And for a higher draft pick? Absolutely. Anything to make these rednecks more miserable is alright by me!
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