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  1. KaiserCesar
    I think the outfield situation is pretty good ATM. Fukudome and Nady have some really good platoon splits while Fukudome and Colvin can solidify the defense late in the game. We can talk about the albatross that is Soriano all we want, but the main problem with him is that he 'has to' start pretty frequently. I think pulling him for defense shows that his playing time isn't that untouchable given his performance and he could be utilized pretty well if he is mainly started against more fastball heavy pitchers and not put in situations where he'd fail miserably. It's a shame he's being paid all that money, but the five outfielders on the whole are a pretty good group.
  2. KaiserCesar
    Yeah, that Victor Diaz homer more or less created his legacy, though.
  3. KaiserCesar
    Just turned the big 30, his joints are starting to creak
  4. KaiserCesar
    not to mention he turned a nice DP earlier (so they said)
  5. KaiserCesar
    Castro homer!
  6. KaiserCesar
    Fuld robbed a homer at the wall, apparently. Silva's day is done 3IP 4H 0R 1BB 0K ERA down to a sparkling 10.80
  7. KaiserCesar
    I wouldn't go as far as to say Castro would have better defense than Fontenot immediately and Castro's speed isn't the greatest. Considering his prior experience at the upper levels, he needs to start in the minors, but be a possible promotion candidate come June if he's doing really well. With Castro there would be better defense at SS and I would think Theriot is pretty much equal to Fontenot at 2B. I don't see how Castro breaks camp on the 25-man without injuries. If the Fonenot/Baker platoon is scuffling then I could see a call up in mid May or early June. I don't have much faith in Fontenot to even be a average part of a platoon and think at best he is a 24/25 type player on a roster who starts maybe once a week. Castro made 39 errors last year in 119 games. He will probably be a very good defender, but he is by no means a sure thing to be an improvement over Theriot. That is true, but we all know how many errors Lee can save at 1B. I have asked this before on here, and never received an answer, what is the breakdown of fielding/throwing errors for Castro last year? Yeah, thats a good possibility, and I don't know if that breakdown is readily available without going through box scores. I just don't see a good enough of a chance of Castro performing better than the status quo right off the bat to risk stunting his development or starting his arb clock.
  8. KaiserCesar
    I wouldn't go as far as to say Castro would have better defense than Fontenot immediately and Castro's speed isn't the greatest. Considering his prior experience at the upper levels, he needs to start in the minors, but be a possible promotion candidate come June if he's doing really well. With Castro there would be better defense at SS and I would think Theriot is pretty much equal to Fontenot at 2B. I don't see how Castro breaks camp on the 25-man without injuries. If the Fonenot/Baker platoon is scuffling then I could see a call up in mid May or early June. I don't have much faith in Fontenot to even be a average part of a platoon and think at best he is a 24/25 type player on a roster who starts maybe once a week. Castro made 39 errors last year in 119 games. He will probably be a very good defender, but he is by no means a sure thing to be an improvement over Theriot.
  9. KaiserCesar
    It really depends on the Cubs' plans for Colvin. If they think he can start when Fukudome's contract expires, then they might try to season him a bit in AAA. If he's just going to be a 4th outfielder for awhile, then he can be pretty valuable on the bench. I'd like to see him get as many ABs as possible in the minors and not take Fuld or Colvin to start off
  10. KaiserCesar
    I wouldn't go as far as to say Castro would have better defense than Fontenot immediately and Castro's speed isn't the greatest. Considering his prior experience at the upper levels, he needs to start in the minors, but be a possible promotion candidate come June if he's doing really well.
  11. KaiserCesar
    Colvin drives home Castro from 2nd
  12. KaiserCesar
    Fuld 2 out double, Castro rbi single after a long at bat
  13. KaiserCesar
    Silva escapes doom with the help of a double play. Had some baserunners due to a single, a ball slightly misplayed by Colvin in right and an error by Tracy
  14. KaiserCesar
    There's been media speculation that Kerry would be a great fit. However, unless Cleveland decides to eat $8M of the $10M, I don't think Hendry would be interested in the move. Hmm, how much of that salary could Cleveland realistically dump to a team looking to acquire Wood?
  15. KaiserCesar
    After the bases were loaded, LaHair walks to score a run, Fontenot grounds into a forceout that the infielder bobbled and Tracy grounds out. 2-0 Cubs
  16. KaiserCesar
    Fangraphs put out their top 50 NL prospects, tomorrow the NL and AL lists are going to be combined into a top 100 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-top-50-national-league-prospects Cashner #12, Castro #13, Vitters #23, Lee #42, Jackson #49
  17. KaiserCesar
    This is on gameday audio with the Padres broadcast, btw bases loaded early - Castro walk, Colvin single, Millar walk
  18. KaiserCesar
    Castro walks, woo
  19. KaiserCesar
    Anderson is pretty bad, but both he and Quinn were trapped in a terrible terrible offensive environment.
  20. KaiserCesar
    lol, spelling I, for one, really like than Ryan Sanburgh
  21. KaiserCesar
    that's right rays fans. don't get excited about evan longoria just yet, he's only had 2 major league seasons. He blows out his acl or elbow and in five years you will go "Evan who" i like how you threw "or elbow" in there too, since you didn't know if longoria was a hitter or pitcher have we not had a couple of MLB outfielders who just went under Tommy John? Cubs prospect Hak Ju Lee, even
  22. KaiserCesar
    I don't think Owings will be given serious consideration for a rotation spot. I thought I read somewhere during the offseason that they were thinking about giving him a role similar to what the Brewers did with Kieschnick a few years back. Yeah, I like Maloney the best out of the bunch. He was not terrible when he got called up last year and put up some good peripherals despite not having a great fastball. The big issue is that he has some flyball tendencies which is a concern in that park.
  23. KaiserCesar
    So replace Lee with Colvin? That is not only not a good option, it's not an option. Soriano at first? The other fielders are going to be pissed at all the errors they get when he hops to catch their throws. Colvin replacing Lee this year certainly isn't an option. Next year, who knows? It's not really likely but it's not inconceivable that Colvin could show enough over the course of this season to be given a shot at LF next year. As for the hop, that's an OF thing. I'm sure he would come up with some other dumb trademark playing first. maybe he could catch every ball behind the back
  24. KaiserCesar
    I seriously doubt Chapman will start the season in the majors. Scouts say he is very raw and does not have a secondary, nor does he have a feel for pitching. My guess is Chapman will begin in AA. If so he may pitch against the Smokies, since the Reds' AA team (Carolina) and the Smokies are in the same league. If so I'm so at that game, since Carolina plays less than an hour from my home (I'll undoubtedly go to a couple games anyway). I imagine he'd be a pretty big draw for any minor league team that gets him for a short time, especially if he's lighting up 102 on the radar gun.
  25. KaiserCesar
    Yeah, they are saying his timetable is around August or so
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