Sammy Sofa

Why? 833 road ops, 861 ops against lhp...so I don't think there's an obvious Coors Field rebuttal here, or something similar. His road OPS was middling or worse until around the Strasburg game, so it surged pretty late as part of the ridiculously unsustainable tear he was on in June and into the very start of July. He's only had 61 PA against LH pitches this year, so it's pretty safe to chalk that up to sample size; him hitting 150 points above his career OPS against lefties clearly is not going to last. And yes, there is the Coors Field factor; Coors, besides it's usual attributes, caters nicely to his strengths (even better than Wrigley; it's often considered the best park in baseball for LH hitters), so in the off chance he has figured something out it's likely largely in part due to his new surroundings. Over his last 30 PA he's put up this line: .154 .241 .192 .434 That's a tiny sample size unto itself, but it's a good microcosm of how wildly his numbers can fluctuate. Tyler Colvin had zero future with the new FO: he's an overly aggressive batter who can't walk and strikes out left and right and can't play defense. Basically the choice was coming down to him or LaHair, and if one is having trouble trying to figure out why they went with LaHair they only need to look to Colvin's 2011 season. Stewart was and is an intriguing buy low reclamation project who plays good defense at a position of extreme need for the Cubs. Colvin had no future with the team; Stewart was effectively a low risk investment who would be far more valuable to the Cubs if he panned out (or pans out) until they found a long term option at 3B.

DiamondMind, you'd rather have 2012 Colorado Rockies Tyler Colvin, which wouldn't be the Tyler Colvin the Cubs would have had if they had held on to him.

So is Shark just lucky so far?

long story... No, just a stupid one.

Excellent.

LA still makes infinitely more sense than Chicago even if he was saying no before. He apparently wants a big, glamorous city like NYC, and LA is basically the next best thing, and he wants a good team he'll be the star on. Would he be the star in LA right now? No, but Kobe is not long for the court, and then the team is all his. He apparently has zero interest in Chicago and it's Rose's team. I'd be all for trading for him just for one year if Rose was actually healthy, but it makes no [expletive] sense to do it with the year they're facing.

Oh, so you're going to give up on it, right? If the Lakers do indeed get Howard, I guess the next 5 years won't be too enjoyable with the Heat/OKC/Lakers probably winning the next 5 titles. Those teams are and will be stacked. I will watch from afar and resent the fact that Chicago made zero effort to get serious about Howard. There was nothing to get serious about; he doesn't want to play here. Just like he didn't want to play in LA? LA had been in and out as a place he might end up at. It's been pretty clear from the start that Chicago essentially had and has zero chance to keep him.

Delicious.

Oh, so you're going to give up on it, right? If the Lakers do indeed get Howard, I guess the next 5 years won't be too enjoyable with the Heat/OKC/Lakers probably winning the next 5 titles. Those teams are and will be stacked. I will watch from afar and resent the fact that Chicago made zero effort to get serious about Howard. There was nothing to get serious about; he doesn't want to play here.

Oh, so you're going to give up on it, right?

Ahhhhh, you're just bitching because you keep pretending like the 90's never happened. Or the 80's, for that matter. Or the 60's.

Ahhhhh, you're just bitching because you keep pretending like the 90's never happened.

It was funny when the one caller said the Cubs should keep Dempster cause if they win 20 games in a row, they'll be in it. Yeah, that was hilarious, which is why the host trumping it with the 3-5 years thing stood out to me.

WSR is totally the "ooooh, Navy Seals!!!!" guy from Clerks.

Missing "have" twice, missing a "not" and missing an "a." Plus an extra "e" in there.

The douche hosting the rain delay show keeps chastising callers for not understanding that the Cubs' rebuild HAS to take 3-5 years. WHY WOULD ANYONE THINK THAT, AND IF THEY DO WHY WOULD THEY THINK IT'S ACCEPTABLE?

OK, let the rain come in.

Bitches don't know [expletive] about Soto.

I was blinded by Roan's shirt.

What about when 3 of them are to the same player?

huh? He's got a goofy looking stance, at least from the front.

That's 2010. In 52 PA. His total career PA against LH pitchers amounts to 153. Yes, those career numbers aren't bad, but they're inflated by the sample size. He barely faced any last year and he's not very good against them this year (the first time he's seeing them regularly as a fulltime starter).

Oh, OK.

Yeah, he's way better than that bum Soto, AMIRITE. Soto's been frustrating for a while, obviously. But Valbuena's always hitting the ball hard, he's hit lefties well, and has shown surprising power, even to the opposite field. I like him a lot more than Stewart so far. I just find perception funny. Yeah, Soto had a monstrously bad start to the year, but to see you griping about Soto one page and then fawning over Luis Valbuena the next is pretty funny. And Valbuena's hit lefties well? .231 .268 .385 .653

Yeah, he's way better than that bum Soto, AMIRITE.