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  1. goonys evil twin
    It was for a defensive superstar who drives in runs with his glove. Point taken...we can go round and round on this but won't. IF we can get a Loretta type at 2B I think this Izturis thing just might work out pretty well. There aren't many ground balls at Wrigley that are routine....see Pagan's double late in the game. There are funny hops out there...he's got the talent and the arm to stick with it and still make an out on a fast runner. I don't deny that he's defensively talented. The point of all of this is that he's not a flawless gem of a defender who makes up for his lack of offense with a great glove. He's more than likely better than most with his glove, but that's not good enough for a guy making what he makes in a lineup as bad as the Cubs.
  2. goonys evil twin
    It'd be interesting to see how he and Angelo would handle it if Benson is out for a longtime and Jones is the default #1 back. Does he just want to keep his deserved starting job, or is it mostly about being paid like a #1 back.
  3. goonys evil twin
    Didn't Cedric say he's never been hurt when he hurt his knee last year? I just find it funny he said that again, since he's been a pro for a year and missed about 1/2 that time. Not piling on, just sounds funny to me. Like Dusty saying his teams never have bad fundamentals or always play deep into October. I don't want to get carried away with the injury thing, but his career couldn't have started out any worse and the RB situation could not be much more scary right now.
  4. goonys evil twin
    It was for a defensive superstar who drives in runs with his glove.
  5. goonys evil twin
    He's sucked at the plate all year, all his career and ever since he arrived. People try to gloss over that by pretending his defense more than makes up for it, yet he hasn't shown to be anything more than your typical major league SS.
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    .238/.273/.286
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    Joe is new, but has also done some nice things with the Marlins, that Jim might see him as less of a long shot now. Or at least that's what I'm telling myself. This thread is a tease. I'll tell myself that too and yes, it is a tease. Sadly, not just for Joe but the thought Baker won't be in the Cub dugout in 2007. I'm not that excited about Joe. I'll never forget the time he said he noticed something wrong with a pitcher's delivery (Lieber?), but he didn't say or do anything about it at the time. The guy who it was went under the knife short after. I haven't watched much of Joe's new team, but I feel he's probably one of those old school bunt and run, give up outs and play the established mediocre vet kind of guys. It's hard to judge him on a team where his only choice is to play kids. But his team does have the 2nd most cost stealings and one of the lower SB% in the league, indicating they run a lot despite not being good at it (sign of a manager that doesn't mind running into outs). I really don't know what Joe's beliefs are, but I'm skeptical. My dislike for Dusty's ways might just mean anybody would be an improvement. But I'm not going to long for Joe just because he's not Dusty.
  8. goonys evil twin
    Too bad baseball doesn't give you additional points on style and grace. They also don't give you extra points based on how many flowery adjectives you can use to describe a player's defense even when he really isn't anything special in relation to all the other major league shortstops.
  9. goonys evil twin
    Yes, we are being too criticial because it was Izturis. But that's the point. You can't fluff up a guy's defensive reputation based on silly anecdotes from his previous manager and the hype king of LA, and then expect people to ignore the signs that he really is just like everybody else, and not a defensive stud. I wouldn't normally criticize a SS like that, but, that play, and the others he's misplayed in the week since arriving, are an indication that his reputation may be a bit ahead of his actual game.
  10. goonys evil twin
    I've suggested it for years, and been flamed for it. he should've had a David Wright deal in place when he had as much service time as...David Wright. The Cubs just don't lock up their studs in pre-arby times. They seem much more interested in going year-to-year through the arbitration process, and letting a guy approach free agency. They prefer flexibility 2-3 years from now over stability and cost certainty. And I completely disagree with their strategy.
  11. goonys evil twin
    I'm not the one claiming he's a genius with the glove though. Obviously he's not the super human defender so many wanted to make him out to be. He's not going to win games for the Cubs with his glove. And he's not going to contribute to many wins with his bat either. It's one play. It was one of two plays discussed, and it's hardly the first misplay of his stint in Chicago.
  12. goonys evil twin
    The clause is he makes far too few outs to fit in with this ballclub. Needs to work on his aggressiveness, speed, defense, hustle and other intangibles before he would be worthy of putting on the Cubs pinstripes.
  13. goonys evil twin
    don't pull anything patting yourself on the back, dusty. :pukel: There is nothing wrong with this comment at all. He is giving Murton a compliment by saying he has struggled at times but found himself for a strong second half run while complimenting Pagan, too. Oh my...the humanity. I realize most people here don't like Baker and want him gone, but don't try to find reasons to criticize unfairly. I agree that sometimes the piling on of Baker is a little over the top. In this case, I'm not so sure it isn't justified though. I would like to know the context of the comments, but it sure seems what he is saying here is 'Murton is coming around thanks to the way we use him, Pagan on the other hand is the truly talented one.' That's what I'm reading, and it seems to have been a trend. Dusty talked about missing Pagan almost as much as he missed the rest of his horses. And he spoke of nothing but doubt about Murton last year when he was putting up better numbers than Pagan is now. I haven't heard him talk about protecting Pagan from the proverbial book that's bound to come out about him.
  14. goonys evil twin
    I'm not the one claiming he's a genius with the glove though. Obviously he's not the super human defender so many wanted to make him out to be. He's not going to win games for the Cubs with his glove. And he's not going to contribute to many wins with his bat either.
  15. goonys evil twin
    Doesn't sound that terrible of a day? I guess you had to see it... for izturis, who is supposed to be the second coming defensively, i'd consider a day with two misplays to be a bad day. but back to hill's greatness...don't want to divert the thread too much. :D A hard hit ground ball that takes a tough hop on him is hardly a misplay. He played the ball of the chest, just as he is supposed to and made a very strong throw to first without even really setting his feet to get a good runner in Bay. I know a great majority of fans here don't like Izturis and the trade but it doesn't mean you should now try to find reasons to criticize him unfairly. That was a play, that if committed by Ronny Cedeno would have been called sloppy, lazy and ill prepared. It was a routine ground ball to short.
  16. goonys evil twin
    In 2006, the 25 year old Pagan has an 840 OPS spread out over 93 plate appearances. In 2005, the 23 year old Matt Murton had a 900 OPS spread out over 160 plate appearances. In the minors from 21-23, Murton put up a 831 OPS in roughly 1100 plate appearances, with a 1.45 K/BB ratio. Pagan was in the minors from 19-24, putting up a 717 OPS and 2.14 K/BB ratio. Murton is young and better than Pagan.
  17. goonys evil twin
    huh? Bradley was drafted as a raw WR with great speed. his hands and routes are what were questioned, never his speed. I never heard of him as a great speed guy. Really? He ran a 4.42 at the combine and in the 4.3's at OU's proday. I never thought of him as a burner nor a plodder. Certainly faster than Muhammed, but he's not the Bears speed threat.
  18. goonys evil twin
    huh? Bradley was drafted as a raw WR with great speed. his hands and routes are what were questioned, never his speed. I never heard of him as a great speed guy.
  19. goonys evil twin
    He had Tommy John surgery and apparantly has a degenerative arthritic elbow or something like that.
  20. goonys evil twin
    He's a gamer and a grinder. He plays the game the right way. Plenty of upside. A real steal for the Cubs. Kid's got spunk. Gumption too. Unfortunately he strained his intangible and is struggling right now while playing hurt, which, of course, is very admirable.
  21. goonys evil twin
    Cubs pitchers threw 173 pitches today, Pirates pitchers threw 121.
  22. goonys evil twin
    I think from a PR and ticket selling standpoint, it could be somewhat risky. If Jones is your bigtime acquisition for 2007, but you get him in August, and still finish with a terrible record in 2006, fans might have a tough time embracing him as the new help for 2007. The enthusiasm might wear thin by February. I'm not sure if that's true or not, just a theory.
  23. goonys evil twin
    He might be no name, but he's not some hack. His career minor league ERA in 3.10, WHIP of 1.18, with a K/9 of 9.14. He had an ERA of 2.35 before his callup, 0.94 WHIP, and a K/BB of nearly 4/1.
  24. goonys evil twin
    Because Hendry all but cemented him in there.
  25. goonys evil twin
    Not sure if you're being serious or not, but rearranging rotations to match up with competition is something that would give teams an advantage, but no team has the guts or vision to do it. MLB coaching/management is almost as conservative and copycat as NFL coaching/management. No one wants to deviate from the norm. Baseball coaching/management is much more conservative than the NFL. Otherwise you'd still see the wishbone and no forward pass in the NFL.
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