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  1. Drew Doughty
    I'd move Lee out to left, Murton to right, Jones to center, Soriano to 2nd, DeRosa to short. And then I'd trade for Miggy Cabrera. Instead of a pitcher, he'll play a rover position between the IF and OF. The hitters will have to throw the ball up and hit it themselves.
  2. Drew Doughty
    Marshall and Rusch to start the year last year for one.
  3. Drew Doughty
    Walker would be ideal for the bench and splitting time with DeRosa. He's an ideal #2 hitter or if Lofton is brought in, he's disciplined enough for the eighth spot. Unfortunately, I think that ship has sailed. Walker didn't exactly help his marketability with his brutal performance after leaving the Cubs. He's in the same boat as someone like Aaron Boone this offseason, he'll need to accept a bench role with someone and maybe if an injury arises, he can get some regular PT again. Huh? Walker raked after leaving the Cubs. He was much better with the Padres.
  4. Drew Doughty
    jjgman; it is not about the Cubs "bending over backwards and let the player control the decisions" it's about comfort. Here is his stats for Soriano at each spot of the lineup since 2004: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?statsId=6154&type=batting3 If you can read it as I can, it clearly shows Soriano is MORE comfortable hitting leadoff then any other spot in the lineup. So it's not that the Cubs are "bending over" to Soriano, it just that they know a HAPPY Soriano in a LEADOFF spot, is a more productive and a better player then Soriano is any other lineup spot. Now, if Soriano sturggles, I could see the Cubs moving Soriano to the #3 spot in front of Lee and Ramirez, to get him going, again, but again...Soriano is the leadoff hitter,and NOT because they promised him, the stats show he is better in the leadoff hitters spot. now calculate that Soriano had the same stats hitting in the five or six hole last year instead of leadoff and put this myth to bed. Soriano posted a 190/267/419 line in 105 ABs out of the leadoff spot last year. He had 29 ABs in the 5 hole and was very good, but it's still only 29 ABs.
  5. Drew Doughty
    I like Kuo, but counting on him next year wouldn't be the greatest idea. Same for Billingsley. He's bound to improve...but it would take a pretty large improvement for him to get to a point where his 3.80 ERA wasn't a complete fluke. The point is that I wouldn't bank on those guys being solid major leaguers next year, and I wouldn't deal either of Lowe or Penny at this point.
  6. Drew Doughty
    Tomko? Kuo? Hendrickson? Seems like all of those guys are stretches to be "Major League Pitchers" at this point. I think Billingsley is due for a major regression next year too. Something about his 1.5+ WHIP is unsettling...
  7. Drew Doughty
    I think he'll be alright. He was pretty good in July/August last year IIRC.
  8. Drew Doughty
    My uncle used to coach Clayton. That's all I have to say about that.
  9. Drew Doughty
    I think he'll be good for 50-60 innings a year out of the pen, but probably not much more. 60 innings would be around an inning every third day, I think. My guess is that he could tolerate that, but not much more.
  10. Drew Doughty
    Link. So once again, we've established that some people are saying one thing and some people are saying another thing. At this point I don't believe any story I hear about Jason Schmidt. I believe the stories that say the Cubs haven't offered him a contract are true. I don't believe the stories that say the Cubs have offered him a contract.
  11. Drew Doughty
    He was alright...but it was a VERY strong year.
  12. Drew Doughty
    Jason Marquis is the really puzzling one. He's always been way too hittable for a sinkerball pitcher, and last year he was a train wreck. Plus, the Cards, who are an intelligent and well-run organization, apparently have no interest in him. That should tell the Cubs (a stupid, poorly-run organization) something. My experience with watching the Cards, when they decide to give up on a player the rest of the league should run screaming. How is that JD Drew guy doing? The exception that proves the rule. And from an attitude standpoint, the Cards were vindicated on Drew. There's a reason he keeps bouncing around. I don't think he'd be bouncing around if he didn't just opt out of a contract that allowed him to do so.
  13. Drew Doughty
    Can you imagine Zito when the wind is blowing out at Wrigley... Ugly, ugly stuff. KCtigers, what were Schmidts GB, LD, and FB percentages the last year if you don't mind looking it up for us... :wink: GB - 37.4 LD - 19.3 FB - 43.3
  14. Drew Doughty
    Now just what is it about this 2005 line that makes you conclude Theriot's a tough out ?? 04/04 - 10/02 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Theriot 13 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 0.154 0.214 0.231 0.445 I actually remember a few of Theriot's at bats in that vast amount of plate appearances. Yeah the numbers kinda stink - but you do know that you can have a good at bat without getting on base, right? But your assertion was not that he was a good bat, but rather that he "showed to be a tough out", no? Yeah, me made a lot of outs, but they were all tough. What about his years of minor league service? I like Theriot as a utility guy, especially at league minimum, but I think starting him everyday is going to be a disaster.
  15. Drew Doughty
    Upside. Perhaps I'm overly optimistic about his abilities and Gerald Perry... but I don't see a chance in hell that Cedeno could be worse than Izturis with the bat this year. Izturis had a fluke season in 2004, hitting better than anything in his track record shows he had the ability to do... and he still couldn't crack a .700 OPS. Cedeno has all the tools and skills necessary to sustain an OPS above 700 if he does the requisite work with Perry this offseason. Judging from the way Cedeno altered his game upon coming up to the show, Perry's "aggressive within the zone" approach, work ethic, and disciplinary style seem to fit perfectly with fixing Cedeno. And mind you, Cedeno was thought of as one of the top gloves in our system until last year and Izturis is injury riddled. There's a great chance Cedeno will bounce back defensively as well. The likely defensive difference isn't nearly great enough to warrant a spot on the roster for Izturis, let alone 4+ million and a starting gig. Cedeno was a pretty awful minor leaguer until 2005, possibly 2004 if you consider a 729 OPS alright. I would say his peak is right about where Izturis is now. They're both awful players at this point and I'd rather see Lugo in...but Izturis > Cedeno IMO.
  16. Drew Doughty
    How is Izturis worse than Cedeno? Cedeno was THE WORST offensive player in the NL last year. Izturis has never been that horrifyingly bad. He's much better defensively too. I think if we go with an OF of Murton - Jones - Soriano -- or better yet, sign JD Drew...pipe dreams -- we could hide Izturis in our lineup. While that's probably true of Cedeno, he doesn't really have a redeeming quality at this point.
  17. Drew Doughty
    What incentive do they have to give up Ramirez?
  18. Drew Doughty
    that's not really true though. In 2004 he was much better in the leadoff spot. In 2003 he was better in the leadoff spot. His numbers dropped considerably when he stopped being a full-time leadoff hitter.
  19. Drew Doughty
    GOOOOOOOOOOOZ hopefully he can get his stuff together.
  20. Drew Doughty
    Does it make me stupid that I played the game for 16 years of my life and don't have a clue as to what the hell y'all are talking about? What the crap is WARP?? WARP is wins over replacement players, I think.
  21. Drew Doughty
    10 years
  22. Drew Doughty
    I'm just wondering why we're even considering a platoon with Murton. It doesn't make sense. It's like the Chewbacca defense. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. Floyd would be a nice spot starter, maybe a decent RF if Soriano wouldn't mind playing center (so we can trade Jones).
  23. Drew Doughty
    This would be pretty...really dumb. Really, really dumb. I've heard that we were pursuing him to be a bench player, but 9m is obviously too much for that. However, I don't see a thing about this anywhere else.
  24. Drew Doughty
    I'm wondering what a team does to qualify "4th or 5th in hitting".
  25. Drew Doughty
    338/398/530 against righties in the second half
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