Radar3454

any chance of Soriano playing 1B and not being a horrible defensive player?

here is another one - has us at 84 wins which would at least put us in contention for the WC http://rlyw.blogspot.com/2010/01/extremely-early-2010-mlb-projected.html

found this on Olney's blog the other day P Danny Rodriguez of the Tomateros de Culiacan is expected to sign with the Chicago Cubs soon. Rodriguez is 3-0 with a 1.25 ERA for Culiacan this season.

not my favorite site but looks to be a pretty good ranking of available FA's http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11/2010-top-50-free-agents.html I would like the Cubs to hang back this year and make a few late signings once the prices come down a few that I would like to see in Cubbie blue Kiko Calero - has been a solid reliever in the AL when healthy - should come cheap Brad Penny - use part of the $$$ Harden would have cost on him I like Felipe Lopez and think he would be a good fit if the price is right

love those pics - hope to see another one after today.

wow

his bat plays a lot better in CF where I think he can play

The biggest rule I've learned from Bob Brenly is to never mess with catchers. especially if you are a pitcher who weighs about 90 lbs

3 up in the loss column

I'll take it - but how was that not a strike?

I was just going to post this - redonkulous.

How much longer is he under contract?

It was closer to the ground than the strike zone - redonkulous

I am amazed he did not hurt himself doing that. Off the bat I didn't think he had much of a shot at it and he ended up over running it - I have 0 worries about Bradley being the best all around right fielder we have had since the Hawk IF he stays healthy. I don't like Lee hitting 3rd, Fukudome and Gregg are major questions for me. Gregg throws hard but it looks awfully straight and he shows the ball so early. Everyone else looked really good.

I know he was a type A FA but I have not seen any teams showing interest in him - he is probably the closest player to Marmol in the league. I really wish we had kept Ceda and the $$$ we are paying Gregg to use to try and sign him. Any info on where he will end up?

I think this is a very good year to be patient and I think prices for FA's will continue to drop and we can get more for the $$$ we have to spend.

I think they will be one of the best 4 teams in the AL next year again but they could miss the playoffs.

I am glad he signed w/ another team I like - the Indians, Twins, and Rays are all teams I root for mainly b/c of my dislike for the that other Chicago team, the Yanks, and Red Sox.

in recent years yes but I don't think it is this year especially when you can get a better closer in Wood for less yes, if by "better" you mean "not better" KRod is good but waaay overrated

Because he was hated as a player by both other players and the media. I was wondering about this when I saw he was not elected again - can someone elaborate as to why he was hated?

in recent years yes but I don't think it is this year especially when you can get a better closer in Wood for less

The most suprising stat for me is that Soriano has 23 walks and the TheRiot leads w/ 26. Not a lot of ab's but Reed, Fontenot and Ronny are better than I expected. I knew Lee was struggling but not this much. Dero is still keeping his great year going. I wish I could say I was suprised at how bad Fukudome is doing but I'm not. NAME GP AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Reed Johnson 35 97 15 37 8 0 3 54 14 4 22 1 2 .381 .413 .557 .970 C. Zambrano 10 22 4 8 2 0 3 19 8 0 5 0 0 .364 .364 .864 1.227 Mike Fontenot 38 72 10 26 8 1 2 42 16 8 15 0 0 .361 .427 .583 1.010 Ronny Cedeno 32 49 6 16 2 0 1 21 7 3 8 1 0 .327 .365 .429 .794 A. Soriano 46 195 36 57 14 0 12 107 30 23 45 12 1 .292 .368 .549 .917 Geovany Soto 45 152 25 44 9 1 5 70 24 17 33 0 0 .289 .363 .461 .823 Ryan Theriot 50 190 26 55 7 3 0 68 12 26 22 6 4 .289 .378 .358 .736 Mark DeRosa 50 167 39 48 12 1 9 89 33 24 31 3 0 .287 .378 .533 .910 A. Ramirez 50 189 28 51 17 0 7 89 37 22 30 1 1 .270 .350 .471 .821 Henry Blanco 20 41 7 11 3 0 2 20 6 2 6 0 0 .268 .302 .488 .790 Derrek Lee 49 196 24 52 10 0 3 71 26 23 40 3 0 .265 .341 .362 .703 Jason Marquis 11 20 4 5 1 0 1 9 2 1 8 0 0 .250 .286 .450 .736 Jim Edmonds† 32 90 22 21 7 1 7 51 15 21 24 0 0 .233 .384 .567 .951 K. Fukudome 48 145 16 32 6 1 2 46 18 21 29 3 0 .221 .314 .317 .631 Ryan Dempster 10 20 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 .150 .150 .150 .300 Daryle Ward 33 34 4 5 0 0 2 11 6 4 9 0 0 .147 .231 .324 .554

I think Huff and Lou clashed pretty badly in Tampa.

Word. If he had a better arm it would not even be close. Scappy Gritmeister. Theriot has been awesome at the plate, but his defense stinks. It's not just the arm. I think you are overstating how bad his defense is - I would say it is marginal - he makes the routine plays pretty well it is just that he has limited range b/c of his weak arm.