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  1. goonys evil twin
    He's getting to around 90 pitches through 5 innings though. He's getting into a lot of jams because he gives up too many baserunners. It's not like he's cruising and getting pulled.
  2. goonys evil twin
    He hasn't even had one quality start. Then I'll plead ignorance to what a "quality start" technically is. I figured he pulled them off the last 3 starts, but if I had to guess, they're not technically quality starts because of the amount of innings pitched each game, right? Well, despite that, I'd still call them quality starts, just in the "rest of the world" definition of the word "quality." Sure, I'd like to see him last longer and get a bit more oomph on his velocity, but he looked pretty damn good. He's looked pretty darn mediocre to me. He's a junkballer, and he's given up nearly as many walks as strikeouts. His WHIP is 1.58. And he's getting the majority of his outs in the air. He's doing it with mirrors right now. And he's not lasting past the 5th inning. People gave Wood and Prior a ton of crap for not lasting 7. I'm not against a low guarantee with high incentives for innings pitched. But if they offer him big money in those incentives, they better have a manager who is not afraid to pull him if he's pitching like garbage in those innings. **** A quality start is 6+ innings with 3 or fewer runs allowed. And that isn't even a good start since it's a 4.50 ERA. It's a short leash, to an extent, but he's also getting to 90 pitches in the 5th inning. That's inefficient.
  3. goonys evil twin
    Rozner is a moron.
  4. goonys evil twin
    Misguided criticism Ozzie wants more bunting and less strikeouts. He's blaming the team failings on offense. This year's Sox have already scored 114 more runs than last year's version. But people are all worried about the % of runs scored via the HR (perhaps the dumbest stat ever given so much air time in Chicago). He's worried about too many strikeouts even though Detroit has struck out 69 more times this year. Just ignore the fact that the pitchers have given up 137 more runs this year compared to last. Idiocy is everywhere in baseball.
  5. goonys evil twin
    Banged up linebackers:
  6. goonys evil twin
    I actually find Houston and their fans more annoying than STL. This just gives the Cubs more incentives to think .500 is a goal, and reason to believe they shouldn't have a fire sale in future disaster seasons.
  7. goonys evil twin
    I wouldn't go that far. Plus, your list of excluded names includes guys who were once thought of as great producers. Their lack of production says something about the difficulty of finding stable production at 3B. When looking at team production, 19 teams have an 800 OPS or better from 1B. 9 are over 900, 2 over 1000. And none of this includes the Cubs, which could be the 3rd 1000+ OPS team. There isn't a single team in baseball getting 1000+ OPS. Only 3 are at 900 or better. 4 are below 700 (only 1 team has below 700 1B production). Sure, there are a good amount of productive 3B, but it's not an unlimited supply, and aside from Ramirez, there probably won't be any available.
  8. goonys evil twin
    I would think this would rub a lot of coaching types the wrong way. Larry was the outsider forced on Baker from the start, and he was treated seperately from all other coaches all along. Now he would be the one guy retained despite the fact that the pitching was probably the one thing that most let down Baker? Did the pitching let down Baker, or did Baker let down the pitching? I'm talking about the "baseball people perspective", not my opinion. I stated my opinion before he signed the contract and he did nothing to change my mind.
  9. goonys evil twin
    He hasn't even had one quality start.
  10. goonys evil twin
    I have my doubts about that. I think the odds of Wood being a good reliever next year are at least as good as Miller being a good starter.
  11. goonys evil twin
    Disregarding what has happened the past 2 or 3 seasons is exactly why the Cubs are in the predicament they are currently in. 17 moderatly successful innings should never be the determining factor in any baseball decision.
  12. goonys evil twin
    I don't have the heart for going through another "we'll be fine once the farm starts delivering" stage. If I could get a young superstar, I take it, then hope my financial advantage gives me the chance to acquire the rest of the pieces I'd need.
  13. goonys evil twin
    The fact that he's seemingly available via trade, only has 1 year left on his contract, plays good D and has an OPS over 800 interested me. Of course, I'd much rather have ARod, Miguel Cabrera or Troy Glaus, but I don't think they're available. And Morgan Ensberg intrigues me, but I'm not sure if Houston would trade him and what his injury situation is. If Aramis walks, what would be your plan for 3B? He's got as many red flags as Blalock, without the upside. He's older, was brutal in 2005, and has been terrible in the 2nd half of 2006. I'm not saying I want Hank, but if nothing about him interests you, nothing about Lowell should interest you either. Understood, but if Aramis walks, what would be your plan to backfill 3B? If I could get ARod or Tejada for 3B, then I'd try to field a team that could win in 2007. Otherwise, I'd start a massive overhaul. Actually, I'd do what I would do regardless of Ramirez leaving, offer the farm for Cabrera.
  14. goonys evil twin
    I would think this would rub a lot of coaching types the wrong way. Larry was the outsider forced on Baker from the start, and he was treated seperately from all other coaches all along. Now he would be the one guy retained despite the fact that the pitching was probably the one thing that most let down Baker?
  15. goonys evil twin
    It's a good point. It's only 3 starts, but the guy has already rebounded much quicker and further than Prior or Wood did. What? Much quicker than Prior did? He was out for over a year. He's missed most of 3 straight seasons.
  16. goonys evil twin
    The fact that he's seemingly available via trade, only has 1 year left on his contract, plays good D and has an OPS over 800 interested me. Of course, I'd much rather have ARod, Miguel Cabrera or Troy Glaus, but I don't think they're available. And Morgan Ensberg intrigues me, but I'm not sure if Houston would trade him and what his injury situation is. If Aramis walks, what would be your plan for 3B? He's got as many red flags as Blalock, without the upside. He's older, was brutal in 2005, and has been terrible in the 2nd half of 2006. I'm not saying I want Hank, but if nothing about him interests you, nothing about Lowell should interest you either.
  17. goonys evil twin
    Well, the "life" talk seemed to come later, and may have been referencing the Rusch, Bynum and Lee situations, while the "stuff we'll never find out about" doesn't necessarily have anything to do with that. This being said, did anybody significantly undproduce from what could have been expected? No. If life issues caused problems, you'd expect production to decline. But there isn't a guy on the team who player worse than you could have expected. The only guys whose numbers weren't there were the guys who were hurt.
  18. goonys evil twin
    I'm almost certain he can.
  19. goonys evil twin
    Blalock has $11M owed to him over the next 2 years (and a team option in 2009), so he is younger and cheaper than Lowell, and bats left-handed. But statistically in 2006, Lowell had slightly better OBP and significantly better SLG. There is nothing about Blalock that interests me: he has regressed every year since 2003. Is there something about Lowell that does interest you?
  20. goonys evil twin
    Riding horses?
  21. goonys evil twin
    No, it wasn't as bad as trading for him in the first place. He wasn't going to get as much as he gave up. Plus, trading for him for pretty much determined, in advance, that the outfield would not be productive this year. I meant in-season. If we look at his offseasons, we could be here all night. But in-season, there was only so much that could be done. Not getting a significant prospect haul for Pierre or not firing Dusty is about the worst I can think of. I have a really hard time slicing up time frames like that. It's not like Jim came into a bad situation that somebody else created. And every previous moves affects later moves. It doesn't really matter to me whether it was the worst move of this season, or the spring, or last winter, or last year. If you want to talk about the worst in-season mistake made by the Cubs, it was Andy signing Jim to an extension in early April. What was the point of that? If you are going to wait to sign a guy so you can see what the team looks like, why not wait until at least the ASB to get a good idea. You're a baseball idiot if you make such an important decision based on 2 weeks of games. Not trading Pierre was a mistake by Hendry, but I think it pales in comparison to keeping the coaching staff constant all year, and thus delaying the overhaul.
  22. goonys evil twin
    Also, Prior is in his arbitration years, he's pissing away millions if he deliberately shuts down despite being able to throw. A decent 2006 could have earned him $8-10m next season. I agree with you both, but they would be pitching for a famous pitching abuser and either making him look good or getting hurt. This was the best answer, shut down and keep quite about it until Dusty is gone. Hendry is in on it and he hold the purse strings. I don't see it as to far fected. If Hendry was in on it, he would have fired him a long time ago.
  23. goonys evil twin
    Making these deals adds roughly $4m to the 2007 payroll (while taking away some very low cost LF, MI and bullpen options). Odds are Hendry would follow this up with a mediocre LF option, somewhere in the neighborhood of a Jones type of contract. He's not going to go with Theriot and Pie in the starting lineup, meaning some sort of mediocre veteran will be brought in for one of CF and 2B. Then there's pitching. With Aardsma, Novoa, and Mateo out of the picture, I would be pretty sure he'd feel the need to sign another veteran reliever.This would leave him with relatively little money to go out and get a starter, likely meaning some mid-market veteran innings eater who isn't effective. Assuming Tejada doesn't regress, and Lowell isn't as bad as he's capable of being, the 2007 Cubs might flirt with .500 and even contend for the wild card, or maybe even a mediocre NL Central title. But by 2008, with big money old players on the books, the best of the young players either gone, or now earning free agent sized salaries, there is very little room to make improvements to a team that will still have awful OF production, old infielders and shaky pitching.
  24. goonys evil twin
    Somehow I knew you would, and I'm cool with that. But we have to face the facts: if Aramis bolts (which I now think he is apt to do), there has got be a 3B solution better than Scott Moore. Maybe Lowell isn't perfect, but with 1 year on hid deal, it' snot onerous. Maybe Hank Blalock needs a change of scenery. But we should discuss 3b in the context of Aramis not being here. As for Tejada, I'd trade just about anybody not named Lee, Zambrano, Hill, Pie, Veal, Pawelek to get him. Mike Lowell is worse than just not perfect. If Aramis leaves, the worst thing the team could do would be to go out and trade for a bunch of 30-somethings.
  25. goonys evil twin
    When told that Lowell hit .252/.315/.413 after the all star break, which was close to being in line with his disastrous 2005 line of .236/.298/.360, Jim Hendry responded, "How can a guy have three batting averages?" What a terrible series of moves that would be. They go from having great 3B production and crap SS production to crap 3B production and great SS production. And they leave LF wide open to more crap production.
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