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Can anyone think of a big left-handed SS bat that would be available? 2B? We might actually see Murton become an everyday player if we can get a big LH in the infield. Two upgrades for the price of one.

Here's where we see how good the Marlins' advance scouts are. Will they throw anything but curveballs to Pagan? Not if they're smart.

So far 2/3 of an inning, a few hits and 1 ER and yet it seems like a good outing for Eyre..........

no, because Soriano is the CF in that lineup, and the Cubs have decided that he's not playing CF any more. And a double no, because this organization will never allow a lineup with only one LH hitter against RHP.

Yeah, now the bullpen will get the loss. Happy day.

Ward is 1 for 7 against Hoffman with 4 Ks. Jacque is 1 for 2. Just saying.

Who is up for another fake rally?

Can you imagine the final score after 4 innings of our bullpen?

I just don't get it. Why not make running up Peavy's PC the goal here?

Can't let Peavy have a quick inning here.

I thought that inning went pretty well. Considering the 7-8-9 guys were up, it easily could have been a 8 or 9 pitch inning for Peavy.

That was an awesome first inning. Anyone have Peavy's PC? edit: Nvm

Maybe he convinced Lou he can be more patient.

I've been saying Murton is likely on the block since early April. There is just no room for a starting RH outfielder on this team.

There HAS to be a trade coming.

I'm pretty sure I know what is happening. There has been little to no talk of Kerry Wood's progress as of late, and it's because he has been in South Korea getting fitted for a An-Je Bionic Arm. The Arm will allow him to throw in excess of 115 MPH, and he will immediately slide into both the #1 and #2 slots in the rotation. Of course, Zambrano, Dempster and EPatt will be Yankees shortly thereafter.

I was under the impression that Daryle Ward is not an everyday player, and are we assuming Pagan will be? If Jones is traded, our everyday lineup against RH would likely be Theriot R Soriano R Lee R Ramirez R Floyd L Murton R Barrett R DeRosa R Let me reiterate that I DO NOT have a problem with this. However, I assume you all follow the Chicago Cubs, and have for a while, so you must know that this will never happen. If Pagan (or Izturis) has sold his soul to the devil, or if Pie comes up and rakes, then we might have something to work with. Until then, Jones is going to be here.

I've been saying this for about a month now. Don't get me wrong, I love Matt Murton, and I still think he'll be a very productive player, but there is just no room for a RH bat in the outfield. 1. Like most managers, Lou believes in putting as many LH in to face RHP as is possible. 2. Izturis, Jones and Floyd are the only LH hitters that play (semi) regularly. 3. Jones and Floyd are the only REAL threats from the left side = 4. Jones and Floyd will be in the lineup against 90% of RHP & will almost certainly NOT be traded. ( Jones could be if Pie continues to destroy AAA, but that does nothing for Murton) We would have to acquire a big time LH SS or 2B if we want to see MM play regularly, this season or in the future. And there is no big time LH SS or 2B available. I just don't understand this at all. We don't need more LH bats. We need guys that can hit LHP (or, preferably, guys that can hit both LHP and RHP). The fact that Lou wants more LH bats is just an old traditional stupid thing managers do. It doesn't matter what side of the plate you stand on, what matters is how well you can hit the pitching. One of my biggest problems with trading Murton is it leaves us with an OF of Soriano, JJ, and Floyd. Floyd is no longer an everyday player anyway. But JJ and Floyd both struggle something awful against LHP. When we face a LHP, we're either going to have Soriano, Pagan, DeRosa(?) in the OF or we're going to have to suffer through 3/4 ABs from JJ or Floyd against LHP - which are near automatic outs (Floyd's OBP against LHP hasn't been above .300 since 2003; it's been since '04 for JJ, but that year his SLG against LHP matched his OBP (.329 v. .328 - yikes)). Our bench isn't deep enough to have 2 platoons, especially if we trade Murton. Murton can hit both LHP and RHP. He doesn't slug as well (based on last year's stats) against RHP, but his OBP is still very good (.356). Put him in the 2-spot against all comers for a year and see what happens. Dude, I completely understand this. My point was that the organization does not.

How is Jones going to be traded? That leaves us with Floyd as the only LH threat. Not going to happen.

I've been saying this for about a month now. Don't get me wrong, I love Matt Murton, and I still think he'll be a very productive player, but there is just no room for a RH bat in the outfield. 1. Like most managers, Lou believes in putting as many LH in to face RHP as is possible. 2. Izturis, Jones and Floyd are the only LH hitters that play (semi) regularly. 3. Jones and Floyd are the only REAL threats from the left side = 4. Jones and Floyd will be in the lineup against 90% of RHP & will almost certainly NOT be traded. ( Jones could be if Pie continues to destroy AAA, but that does nothing for Murton) We would have to acquire a big time LH SS or 2B if we want to see MM play regularly, this season or in the future. And there is no big time LH SS or 2B available.

Now that's crazy. When Schoenweis missed with the first pitch, I could swear Aramis had the body language of "This poor guy....on the next pitch, I'm hitting a grand slam."

Oh, cubs. We're gonna jump all over the best pitcher in the league only to lose in some horrible fashion.

No, lets not forget it. He wasn't pitching fantastic. They had at least one base runner each inning. That isn't fantastic. Take off the Rich Hill blinders. He pitched like poop today. Please tell me you were actually watching the game, and not following on gameday. He has thrown ONE bad pitch. ONE. To be fair, a guy who issued three walks threw more than one bad pitch. By bad pitch, I mean one that can be driven for extra bases. so you don't think that if a pitcher throws enough pitches out of the zone for a hitter to walk, or that if a pitcher actually hits a batter that those are bad pitches? what if chase utley is hit, or walked regularly say, then the pitcher leaves a hanging breaking pitch to someone else, for the sake of conversation i'll go with pat burrell. you don't think the 'pitches' thrown to utley were mistakes? Yes, walking people is not good. Almost every pitcher does it in every game, though. I expect a walk or two.

No, lets not forget it. He wasn't pitching fantastic. They had at least one base runner each inning. That isn't fantastic. Take off the Rich Hill blinders. He pitched like poop today. Please tell me you were actually watching the game, and not following on gameday. He has thrown ONE bad pitch. ONE. Yes I am watching. So on the two homers he threw one bad pitch. LMAO. He has had guys on base the whole game. That isn't fantastic. What part of this do you not understand. Burrell hit a PITCHERS PITCH. A low fastball out of the zone. Does this confuse you? 5 ER in 5 innings, fantastic. Your argument keeps changing. Now its earned runs. First of all, I said fantastic when it was 3-2. I still maintain that he threw one bad pitch. But I give up. I guess The results are always a perfect reflection of performance in baseball. :roll:

No, lets not forget it. He wasn't pitching fantastic. They had at least one base runner each inning. That isn't fantastic. Take off the Rich Hill blinders. He pitched like poop today. Please tell me you were actually watching the game, and not following on gameday. He has thrown ONE bad pitch. ONE. To be fair, a guy who issued three walks threw more than one bad pitch. By bad pitch, I mean one that can be driven for extra bases.