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  1. Sammy Sofa
    It's frustrating how that lineup should be making me happy instead of so very sad.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    I don't know what you said before this, but I declare it invalid. Rejected. TRUTH BOMBED.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Maybe he'll tear his ACL while robbing the bank. Crap, we're doomed!
  4. Sammy Sofa
    No, you are wrong. I refuted his point that they aren't jeopardizing him just by calling him up. My point is just calling him up exposes him to the potential for mishandling. That's where it begins. The caveat that as long as he gets playing time is meaningless. Sure, if they handle it great it's not a problem, but the point is the de facto position with the Cubs is almost always handling things poorly, thus bringing him here in the first place is placing his development in jeopardy. It's not ruining him, it's jeopardy. If you wanted to you could argue that his development is in jeopardy just by being in the Cubs' system, period. If we're talking about the "woulda/coulda/shoulda" nature of jeopardy in the Context of the Cubs handling things poorly then he's been neck-deep in it since day one. BOOM. TRUTH BOMB.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    It's still a risk. If he spends a few months sitting too frequently, then gets sent down, burning an option, then that puts a little more urgency into the situation. The move in and of itself won't hurt his development, though. It's the handling of him after the move that could. Right. Promoting him in and of itself isn't necessarily detrimental to his development. I mean, I don't even understand why Gooney had to point out it would be detrimental if he didn't get regular playing time when I put that caveat clear as the day in the post he quoted.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    I don't think they're jeopardizing his development just by bringing Castro up and he gets regular playing time. Worst comes to worse he can always go back to AA or AAA.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Not only would they demote Wells, which is dumb in and of itself, but they wouldn't use Zambrano to replace him? What a [expletive] bunch of people we have running this organization. Holy hell, this sounds dumb.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Its kind of what people have been saying which is around a .270 avg with a .320 OBP. But unlike some of the people hating on here, he feels batting in the 7th or 8th spot is the right thing. Ironically, this is where Lou insisting on Soto batting 8th could be a good thing. If Castro is coming up with Soto behind him it's going to ideally force pitcher to not pitch him too much garbage and it should hopefully give Castro a chance to work on being patient against big league pitchers since he won't effectively be the last chance before the pitcher comes up.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    He's going to all of your moms' bullpens.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    What? That's ridiculous. I thought he was going to the bullpen. Aramis to the starting rotation.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Fontenot and Baker haven't been good. Is Baker's butt healed? The physical wounds have healed...but Theriot's cruel mocking never will.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Fontenot and Baker haven't been good. Though Baker is still a good option to have off the bench against lefties.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Plenty of sources like your cousin Billy and the bagger at Dominick's? Other than having the facts on your side, great argument bro. Uh, how about all of the sources you yourself posted? None of them predicted him getting off to a start this good (which is exactly what I said in the quote you decided to focus on, and you're a fool if you think anyone predicted he'd be as good as he is right now. He's hitting out of his mind), and 3 of them predicted pretty average at best seasons. Based on the numbers you yourself posted there's little to show that at the time Johnson was signed, back in December, that he was likely to be enough of an improvement over a Fontenot/Baker platoon to justify the money to sign him. The Cubs only "missed the boat" the same as every other team except the Diamondbacks did, and the Diamondbacks sure as [expletive] weren't expecting to get what they got. Again, a lot of times these kind of signings are luck, like when the Cubs picked Edmonds off the trash heap in 2008.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    They weren't with Pie.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    ZiPS Chone Marcel Fans Bill James Kelly Johnson .824 .794 .777 .769 .799 Mike Fontenot .751 .726 .752 .714 .758 Yech, those are both wretched options for 2B. Yeah, that's technically predicting he would be better, but neither was being predicted to be a good option at 2B except ZiPS. Johnson's numbers right now are well beyond anyone's expectations. ZiPS and Chone were the two most accurate projection systems last year. ZiPS had Johnson rated as the third-best offensive 2B before the season, and Chone had him at #9. You're right, Johnson would have been a wretched option for 2B and nobody could have possibly predicted he'd be much better than Fontenot. :roll: But it wasn't a matter of stacking up Johnson vs. Fontenot. It was Johnson vs. a Fontenot/Baker platoon. With Johnson coming off of a crappy year and plenty of sources predicting him to so NOT be the offensive force that of course you knew he would be, it was hardly a bad move at the time for a team to opt to go with the in-house platoon that had a decent chance of matching or surpassing those predictions instead of shelling out for Johnson (and yes, I know what he's "only" making), especially given their reluctance to spend too much money with the sale completing. But yeah, go ahead and pretend all you want. The Diamondbacks got lucky. Good for them.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Likewise, the problem with Castro is Piniella. If this team didn't have such a terrible track record with this sort of thing, I wouldn't really care. But they have the same people making decisions, the same manager who changes his mind on an hourly basis and is all too quick to open the door to a doghouse. The same GM who is all too willing to wait until a player is at his lowest value before pulling the trigger on a deal. Too true. One of my biggest reasons of not wanting to see Castro up this year before September is Lou.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    The point wasn't that he escapes Jordan's legacy, it's that his legacy is held in higher regard if he falls short of Jordan in Cleveland/wherever than if he falls short of Jordan in Chicago. Yeah, but that's in Cleveland.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    I don't think anyone could have predicted that Kelly Johnson would put up the numbers he's put up so far. No but everyone predicted he would have been better than Fontenot and Baker. Who is everyone? Kelly was horrible last year. ZiPS Chone Marcel Fans Bill James Kelly Johnson .824 .794 .777 .769 .799 Mike Fontenot .751 .726 .752 .714 .758 Yech, those are both wretched options for 2B. Yeah, that's technically predicting he would be better, but neither was being predicted to be a good option at 2B except ZiPS. Johnson's numbers right now are well beyond anyone's expectations.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    I believe Aramis owns an option for 2011, while the Cubs option would kick in for 2012, only if he stays, of course. Yeah, the team option isn't for 2011.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    How so? Both were top prospects with high celings (supposedly). Both were rushed to the majors well before they were ready, and both fizzled out and became completely worthless in the short span of a few seasons. This is following the same pattern. I don't see how it's out of line to expect the same result. Castro strikes out about half as much as either of those guys and actually earned this promotion rather than promoting Pie or Patterson when they weren't really dominating. Pie had a 973 OPS in AAA the year he was called up to the majors. Patterson was promoted without actually dominating past low A (like what they are doing with Vitters), but Pie fits the treatment. Yeah, Pie succeeded at every level of the minors. I don't know where this perception is coming from that he was Patterson Part Deux. This is my concern with Castro, that the fans are going to turn on him quickly when he doesn't dominate right away.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    How so? Both were top prospects with high celings (supposedly). Both were rushed to the majors well before they were ready, and both fizzled out and became completely worthless in the short span of a few seasons. This is following the same pattern. I don't see how it's out of line to expect the same result. How did Pie "fizzle and become completely worthless?" The Cubs didn't get him consistent playing time and traded him. When he did start getting more AB's again with the Orioles and was a given a chance to adjust, as he had shown he was able to do at every other level, he started putting up good numbers. Pie was only 24 last year. In the first half (119 PA) for the Orioles in definitely looked like he was struggling: .234 .299 .355 .654 In the second half, however, he put up this line in 162 PA: .290 .346 .497 .842 with 7 doubles, 7 HR and a triple. He only had 22 PA this season before getting hurt, but he got off to a torrid start in that small sample size: .400 .455 .650 1.105 with 1 HR. It's foolish to write Pie off at this point.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    I get the mindset, and I think it's unjustifiably aggressive. I think with Ramirez struggling and his contract expiring, management would like to see how Vitters handles AA with a pretty significant sample. Aramis' contract only expires if he opts out.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    Lumping Pie in with Patterson like that is a pretty huge generalization.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    If he goes .270/.325/.350 at age 20, i highly doubt the cubs will give him the Pie Treatment. He's being brought up knowing how raw he is at age 20, i doubt the cubs are bringing him up on a short leash. Pie got the Pie Treatment when he was only 22.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Obsession? It's a minor business transaction. I've seen a couple headlines, but have not read an article about it, I suggest you do the same. All I see in the red eye is "Ricketts complains about approval process", "Ricketts threatens to not invest in Wrigley if sign not approved". Everytime I open the redeye on the way to work theres something on it. Anytime I turn on CSN Chicago for Sportsnight or Chicago Tribune live they are discussing it. It's annoying mostly because it pisses me off that people are actually so opposed to it. Anyways we're getting off topic. It just happened to be on my mind when I made that post, so lets leave it at that. So it's actually other people's obsession over the Ricketts and the sign.
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