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  1. mul21
    Leadoff solo shot.
  2. mul21
    That is a play Aram wouldn't have made a couple years ago.
  3. mul21
    Is the Southern league a pitcher's league that would account for the not so spectacular slugging %?
  4. mul21
    It's his biggest problem, definitely. He does have a good eye and takes a good share of walks. Looks like an Adam Dunn type player. Anybody have his minor league line handy?
  5. mul21
    Good to see our most patient hitters not playing against a guy who's given up more walks than Ks since coming to the NL.
  6. mul21
    I think arguably the best option is to let Pierre go, move Jones to CF and try to get the big bat for either corner OF position with Murton staying in the everyday lineup. We all know that Hendry won't do that, but I'm not the only one thinking this would be the way to go, assuming you can pick up Soriano or Lee or whatever other bat you can get to add offense to the middle of the order. I do agree with the thought that everyone is writing off Murton way too quickly. As you say, he is by far the most likely to improve his numbers next year and for years to come and it would be foolish to get rid of him for anything less than a very good every day player.
  7. mul21
    Get rid of Vick in both leagues. He's completely worthless. I think you may get laughed at for the 2 trades you proposed. They're both a little lopsided in your favor. If you can, pick up Mike Anderson in the league where you've got Lewis, I have a bad feeling about his hip and his age. Maybe look for him for team 4 as well. A little thin at RB in a couple of places, but without being able to see who's available, that doesn't look too bad.
  8. mul21
    I fell for your "ooh, click me" trick and found some loser with these numbers playing for a team called Iowa: 293/374/561/935 As did I. I also noticed the guy right above him who also plays for that Iowa team hitting .296/.375/.825 and playing 2B. Couldn't use that at the top of the order or anything........
  9. mul21
    First, it's probably best to start by distinguishing between weak protection and strong protection: http://www.baseball1.com/faqs/protection-faq.html I totally believe that weak protection exists, but I'm not sure what difference it would have made for Aramis, who normally hits behind Lee, anyway. If anything, having Aramis in the lineup makes pitchers less likely to walk Lee, but not vice versa. I don't believe in "strong protection" - at least, not on the big league level - and there's a good but long article on that here: http://www.baseball1.com/bb-data/grabiner/protstudy.html I think it relates to the fact that Lee being on base 38-40% of the time would result in Ramirez seeing better pitchesbecause the pitcher doesn't want to put another guy on base. No statistical backup, just something that makes sense to me.
  10. mul21
    he did have .891 in 04, & has .888 so far this year. not exactly .900 but close enough. he hits .300 with 30 hr & 100 rbi every year. not sure what he's worth but there aren't many guys out there available who put up those #'s and the cubs should have alot of cash to spend next year. i would rather see them over pay in salary than in prospects. Carlos Lee has only hit .300 for a full season twice in 7 full years and has been in the .260s 3 times. This year is the 4th straight he's hit 30 homers, but the big contract he'll get will put him at 34 or 35 by the end of it and he'll be an albatross to the payroll. Not to mention he's a butcher in the outfield. Would I like to see him in a Cubs uniform? Yeah, but not at the pricetag he'll demand.
  11. mul21
    The point is, Dusty is attemtpting to direct attention away from the crappy job he has done as the Cubs manager and put the focus on other things to make the city of Chicago, Cubs fans, Cubs management, and whoever else he sees fit look like the fall guys for him not being retained as the manger. He, as usual, is willing to accept zero blame for what's going onin a clubhouse that he is supposed to be great at controlling. (sorry for the rant but man this situation makes my blood boil)
  12. mul21
    Ceda is the guy we got for Walker right?
  13. mul21
    The only thing I agree with is that Dusty is far from the only problem with the Cubs. I'd like to see Hendry & MacPhail hit the road, too, but that seems unlikely this off-season. Apparently he's unable to do basic research either.
  14. mul21
    With a rookie pitching for the Cubs, I don't get it. You have to assume the 1-0 game in this ballpark with these two well rested pitching staffs. Just read this 2 hours after the game was over. Thought the irony was fairly amusing.
  15. mul21
    Does this guy have much of a future? Just looking at his numbers for the year, he appears to have decent control and Ks about 6.5/9. Haven't heard his name mentioned much and just wondered if any of the experts out there have any thoughts.
  16. mul21
    And throws 452 pitches in doing so, thereby rendering him armless for the rest of his natural life.
  17. mul21
    How is Murton the best hitter on this team? Barrett, Ramirez and Jones are clearly better (with Murton & Jones being somewhat close) See bold.....I think he was referring to the really good night Murton was having before our moronic manager had to get overly involved.
  18. mul21
    I'm not sure what the point of getting Catalanotto is. Murton is only a liability due to lack of power if there isn't another power bat added, which you have happenning with Shef and Soriano. Keep Murton in there, save the cash to throw at other FA or a deadline acquisition assuming we're in it. But I like the direction you're going. Certainly better than what Hendry will end up with.
  19. mul21
    Dye, Vlad, and Rivera in one and Dunn, Ibanez, Burrell, and Alou in the other.
  20. mul21
    Their OF next year will be Matsui, Damon and Abreu, so I don't know that Sheffield is a factor there anyway. I don't think they'll let Cabrera go anyway because he's a vauable guy to them off the bench and in the situation they're in now with injuries and an aging team. I do think that OF for the Cubs would be exponentially better than the one they've got now because those guys can actually get on base with the exception of Quinlan who looks a lot like Jones to me from the other side of the plate.
  21. mul21
    You've been a great crowd. I'll be here all week. If only I could have gotten the shirt tug, hair tousle and spitting between my teeth to translate, we'd really have something. I'm getting this strange feeling that Bruce isn't a huge fan of Hendry......... :wink:
  22. mul21
    Is it all the organization's fault? YOu can definitely make a case for it or did you forget how bad he was abused in 2003? Crazy pitch counts and letting him go out there and pitch when he hurt his arm running the basepaths? Yeah, you can make a case. How's Kerry Wood doing these days? I'm not buying the Giles collision as some kind of major injury. He went on the DL, came back and proceeded to go 10-1 with an ERA below 2.00. If he was hurt, he was on some serious medicine to mask it. mAybe he needs to go back on it. Which is my point. Prior was never hurt because of use in 2003. All his injuires were due to freakish injuries or non-arm releated... Do you really believe that all the high pitch count that season on an arm that young have had no effect recently? I'm really asking and not trying to be a smart a**.
  23. mul21
    Not sure, Pagan is only 6-23 against LHP. Actually, let me rephrase that. Why on earth is Jones out there against LHP (yes, I just heard he was 3/5 against Davis) instead of an OF of Murton, Pierre, and Pagan?
  24. mul21
    Why is Pagan out there when Murton absolutely kills LHP?
  25. mul21
    The fact that he has a $3 million buyout and the contract for next year is $10 million total makes me think the Cards will pick up the option because they're not going to get anything better than what Edmonds will provide in Cf next year for $7 million. He may end up overpaid, but as budget concious as they seem lately, I don't think they're willing to make a high dollar, long term commitment to anyone else right now.
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