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  1. KingCubsFan
    I totally agree. I just posted that because it shows there was a lot of first round talent at tackle that year, and yet the Bears somehow managed to find the worst one (besides Otah).
  2. KingCubsFan
    Tackles taken after Williams in the first round: Branden Albert (Appears to be having a Pro Bowl season) Gosder Cherilus (A RT, but appears to have been successful) Jeff Otah (bust) Sam Baker (Up and down, but appears to be playing well this year) Duane Brown (Good) He was the third tackle taken after Long and Clady. Other than perhaps Otah (who struggled with injuries), he was far and away the worst. If he was a surefire pick at that spot, I wouldn't have a problem with it. But he wasn't, and he's a great example of Jerry Angelo's inability to find talent in the first round.
  3. KingCubsFan
    Nope, what people are saying is that pre-emptively lowering the prices leads them to believe the front office is shooting to make it 290 in 3 years. Uh, still bizarre. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Agreed. Regardless of how they do next season, raising ticket prices or keeping them the same after last season would have been a huge PR mistake.
  4. KingCubsFan
    I think it had to be expected. Why? They don't have a history of lowering prices after a crappy season, Except when they did something similar last offseason? http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2011/10/15/2491812/2012-cubs-ticket-prices-announced No, the Cubs don't have a longstanding history of lowering prices after a bad season. What we have a is a short term history of the new-ish owners doing it seemingly in anticipation of a bad season, and now doing it again. Huzzah. When they did it last year, they hadn't even hired Theo. I don't even think they had even interviewed anybody yet. So you're basically saying that, before Ricketts hired anyone new in baseball operations, he was intent on tanking a season and lowered ticket prices in anticipation. That seems like a stretch. The season ticket prices are a reflection of last year's results. It's October 16, they haven't even made any moves yet. While I don't think they'll go out and try and rebuild the team through a bunch of long-term free agent deals (which I agree with), I don't think these prices really have anything to do with that strategy.
  5. KingCubsFan
    I think it had to be expected. Why? They don't have a history of lowering prices after a crappy season, Except when they did something similar last offseason? http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2011/10/15/2491812/2012-cubs-ticket-prices-announced
  6. KingCubsFan
    I think it had to be expected.
  7. KingCubsFan
    That doesn't help Theo's quest to trade Vitters.
  8. KingCubsFan

    2013

    KingCubsFan replied to tspain's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    We had a 3-WAR projection out of CF and nothing out of 1b. Now we have a 3.5 WAR projection out of 1b and nothing out of CF. Your first problem was looking at Marlon Byrd as a lock for a 3 WAR season. Your second problem is basing this entirely on a stat that favors CFers given its emphasis on baserunning and defense. WAR is helpful, but I'll take Rizzo over Ben Revere any day.
  9. KingCubsFan

    2013

    KingCubsFan replied to tspain's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Anthony Rizzo alone makes that statement ridiculous. The implosion of CF cancels out the improvement at 1b. And to think Marlon Byrd was looking to be such a long term solution. I know people like to disagree with Kyle (myself included at times) but he's absolutely right here about CF. CF, going into 2013, cannot be counted on to be fixed in-house. Byrd has nothing to do with that. Instead, our top prospect for the last couple years took a huge step backwards and is no longer the nearly sure thing to be a big league regular. I still have some hope Jackson can fix is swing and head, but I was pretty sure he'd be the centerfielder of the future this time last season. That thought is very questionable, at the very least, right now. Heading into last offseason, we had a serviceable veteran with a solid (but not great) prospect behind him in CF. How does that cancel out having a 22 year old first baseman coming off a solid year in the majors where he showed the ability to hit for average and power?
  10. KingCubsFan

    2013

    KingCubsFan replied to tspain's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Anthony Rizzo alone makes that statement ridiculous.
  11. KingCubsFan
    I agree. I'm still surprised it wasn't reversed (mainly because I always fear the worst on review), but the more I look at it, the less it seems to qualify as indisputable evidence. If that's indisputable, then so was Golson stepping out of bounds before fumbling. Also, they were Pac-12 refs.
  12. KingCubsFan
    "Doesn't throw hard" already for Blackburn? That's disappointing. Phil said he's struggling to reach 90. Despite coming at the end of a long season, that's concerning. I'd wait for an offseason of training before giving up on any increased velocity. And it sounds like he's not going to need to throw 95 to be successful.
  13. KingCubsFan
    First base was manned by MVP LaHair those first few months, so I don't see our overall 1B production going up that much even if Rizzo improves (which I fully expect). I think you need Castro to take a big step forward, Soriano to maintain what he's done this year and then someone to have a career year. And that's just to reach middle of the pack. As mentioned by someone else (sneaky?), the Cubs are 17th out of 30 in runs scored during September. It isn't that much of a stretch to see how they could be an average offense next year with just minor additions. I've always thought September stats are pretty worthless in general. Basing offseason plans on September performance is misguided. Are they not playing baseball in September? Picking one month in general to base a conclusion off of is pretty stupid. September just makes it dumber, considering the fact that teams are playing with expanded rosters and have different agendas compared to the rest of the season.
  14. KingCubsFan
    First base was manned by MVP LaHair those first few months, so I don't see our overall 1B production going up that much even if Rizzo improves (which I fully expect). LaHair put up insane numbers in the first month. May: .253 .343 .448 .792 June: .231 .286 .400 .686 Right, but he still had a .900 OPS when Rizzo took over. And? That was just a holdover from him hitting over 1.200 in April. I don't think we have to worry about the 1.8 WAR player outperforming the -0.2 WAR player. My point is that, when looked at during the whole season (LaHair until June 26 and then Rizzo after that), first base was pretty strong for this team, and I don't see much improvement overall. I agree, Rizzo will certainly outperform LaHair next year.
  15. KingCubsFan
    First base was manned by MVP LaHair those first few months, so I don't see our overall 1B production going up that much even if Rizzo improves (which I fully expect). LaHair put up insane numbers in the first month. May: .253 .343 .448 .792 June: .231 .286 .400 .686 Right, but he still had a .900 OPS when Rizzo took over. Overall, I have to think our overall numbers from first base this year aren't going to improve much next year, even with an improvement from Rizzo. Certainly not worth banking on as one of the reasons for an improved offense.
  16. KingCubsFan
    First base was manned by MVP LaHair those first few months, so I don't see our overall 1B production going up that much even if Rizzo improves (which I fully expect). I think you need Castro to take a big step forward, Soriano to maintain what he's done this year and then someone to have a career year. And that's just to reach middle of the pack. As mentioned by someone else (sneaky?), the Cubs are 17th out of 30 in runs scored during September. It isn't that much of a stretch to see how they could be an average offense next year with just minor additions. I've always thought September stats are pretty worthless in general. Basing offseason plans on September performance is misguided.
  17. KingCubsFan
    First base was manned by MVP LaHair those first few months, so I don't see our overall 1B production going up that much even if Rizzo improves (which I fully expect). I think you need Castro to take a big step forward, Soriano to maintain what he's done this year and then someone to have a career year. And that's just to reach middle of the pack.
  18. KingCubsFan
    So... LF - Soriano CF - Upton RF - DeJesus 1B - Rizzo 2B - Barney SS - Castro 3B - Valbuena C - Castillo SP - Garza, Samardzija, 2 of McCarthy/Liriano/Marcum/Santana/Villanueva/Haren, Wood RP - some combination of all those guys we have hmm (Definitely not probable, though) The offense is still horrible. All you've done is added Upton.
  19. KingCubsFan
    At that point, I'd just rather put Vitters in.
  20. KingCubsFan
    I'm not sure where else this goes, but I found this interesting (even if it was about the Red Sox) and might show some of the reason behind the Cubs' current path under Epstein. The market is different now, and the new CBA + increased TV revenues may have made it impossible for big market teams to retool as they did in the past. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-red-sox-market-value-and-actual-value/
  21. KingCubsFan
    Texas? Stanford?
  22. KingCubsFan
    Why?
  23. KingCubsFan
    I think anything with Castro is competitive. But McNutt is worthless, Jackson's value is at an all-time low and Vogelbach probably doesn't have a lot of trade value right now. If the Cubs are giving an all star SS, the throw ins should be pretty much just that- guys that could have value but there is a degree of risk. As for Vogelbach, by the time he could be traded, he may have already increased his value substantially. Scouts are saying his bat is for real. A team where he project as a DH would value him higher than one that wants to see if he can play an acceptable 1st base. We all like Voegelbach, but 18 year olds who are already projected to be DH's without ever having played full season ball aren't going to hold a lot of value in a trade. That could change as he moves up the ladder, but right now there's no reason the Cubs should trade him.
  24. KingCubsFan
    I think anything with Castro is competitive. But McNutt is worthless, Jackson's value is at an all-time low and Vogelbach probably doesn't have a lot of trade value right now.
  25. KingCubsFan
    I'd have to think it would start with one of Rizzo or Castro and go from there.
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