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I disagree. He's better than Dubois, for one. They have to give him lots of time, which they can if they get 2 more OF, something like 350-400 at bats. The problem is this team isn't good enough to risk Murton's downside, yet. Had Hendry chosen to make substantial improvements to the more glaring holes on the team, I'd be ecstatic about letting Murton get 600 PA this year. But Jim chose another route, he chose moderate improvement over major, and this team isn't moderate improvement away from greatness. Given what they have right now, I'm not comfortable with both Murton and Cedeno in the lineup (especially when you figure Cedeno's backup is Neifi and Murton's is Mabry).
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i hope he's wrong. i'll take floyd or wilkerson over bradley any day. Why not both (Floyd and Bradley)? Can the Cubs pull off a trade for each? I think it's possible. Platoon Murton and Floyd in LF. because both murton & floyd should play full time. as i said, i would much rather have murton in lf & floyd in rf than bradley anywhere in the mix. Murton is no guarantee for 600+ PA of solid production, while Floyd is not a 600+ PA guy either. I'd take an OF of Murton (400), Pierre (400), Floyd (400) and Bradley (600), with Hairston and Mabry down the line. That would be affordable, flexible and productive. I'd love to get Murton 600 PA this year. But this offense isn't good enough to take the chance that he'll end up with a 750 OPS. Floyd would be nice to have, but he never plays a full season. Bradley would be great to have, and the worst that could happen is he's only out there for 200 PA (if he gets hurt or flips out), in which case you have Floyd and Murton to step in.
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I agreed with this the other day (or was that just this morning?) and I still do. I think it's a decent option. Having Murton/Mench/Floyd (whoever isn't playing that day) as the first PH off the bench would also be nice. If Bradley could be counted on not to bitch about playing time (or better yet, take time away from Pierre) then I'd throw him into the mix as well. With no guaranteed OF production yet, you probably need either one stud, or two pretty good bats brought in. I would have no problem with Murton getting 300-400 at bats if the other OF bats are qualified.
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join I want to play
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Behind Dunn, Manny, Drew and Abreu, I think Floyd probably has the highest potential to help the team in the next two years of any potential corner OF target. He's almost a guarantee for a 350+ OBP, he's going to give you an 800+ OPS. He's very comfortable of flirting with 900, once he gets outside of Shea. He isn't the ideal age, but he's not old or very expensive. He's an injury concern, though. Give me Mench and Floyd, and RF is pretty darn good. Let's say you get 600 at bats apiece from LF and RF. Divide it up so Murton, Mench and Floyd each get around 400, and you should have a pretty good OF.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! Let's just assume Pierre bounces back to norm. Say he posts a .340 OBP 2006. .248 out of leadoff for us last year. MONSTER UPGRADE indeed. How do you think that will effect Lee's RBIs and our runs scored out of lead-off. Quite a bit I think. Thanks for pointing that out. To further your point: Be it at 2b or SS, Neifi' going to be there opening day, Dusty will find a way. Therefore, who's more acceptable leading off, Neifi or Pierre? Dusty proofing isn't improving. If Walker is traded, odds are pretty decent that Neifi will bat 2nd, at least for a significant portion of the season.
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Depends how they're used. Walker's the better 1-2 hitter. Sori the better 4-5-6 hitter. Soriano in the 4 hole? No thanks. Walker is the better hitter. Soriano would be okay in the 6 hole. But he costs 4X as much, while being nowhere near 4X the player. Please say that your argument regarding Walker and Soriano is based solely on money. Because if it isn't and you're saying that flat out Walker is a better player, you are way off. Even in the precious OPS catergory Soriano is 30 point higher over the course of their careers. All Walker does better than Soriano is walk, that's it. I won't tell you what you want to hear. Walker and Soriano are different, but overall bring a similar overall production. I prefer a guy like Walker, who has a clue at the plate and gets on base. If more power comes with less patience, I'll take less power. And the money factor is enormous. Walker + a $7.5m player is much better than just Soriano.
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What production did we have in CF last year? Did we upgrade? YES. What production did we have in RF last year, will we upgrade? YES. The Cubs were 16th in OPS from CF, Florida was 15th. The Cubs were 15th in OPS from RF, they better get somebody who puts them into the top half, at least. CF was a minor upgrade, not nearly enough to help this team.
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Dallas, TX (Sports Network) - The San Diego Padres have traded third baseman Sean Burroughs to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for right-handed starter Dewon Brazelton.
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Dallas, TX (Sports Network) - The San Diego Padres have traded third baseman Sean Burroughs to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for right-handed starter Dewon Brazelton.
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We don't know. Depends a lot on the 2 hole hitter (Neifi or Walker?) and whether Lee comes close to duplicating his career year. I for one will think Lee will have a significantly less productive season. He's a career 864 OPS guy, with a 1080 last season. If he falls back to his previous career high, it would be .271/.379/.508, if he finds a happy medium between his best and second best seasons, it might be something like .300/.390/.550. That's a 940 OPS, or 140 points off last year, which would negate any benefit of going from last year's CF to Pierre. FYI, last year the Cubs ranked 16th in OPS out of CF in the NL, dead last. Pathetic. Definitely need better. Florida was 15th. This is a minor upgrade, but nothing close to a major improvement. If you think Pierre will have a bounceback year, you have to be fair and think Lee will have a slight decline and Patterson might have a bounceback as well. This team still needs major help, as the moves so far have only added role players.
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Why is Hendry pursuing a starting pitcher?
goonys evil twin replied to bc2k's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Assume that Wood is healthy. Then you have Prior, Zambrano, Wood, Maddux and Williams. Potentially 3 great pitchers, then 2 okay ones. Guys like Williams can be successful on a good team with a powerful offense, but when you have no better than a middle of the road scoring offense, you can't win a ton of games with 4.00+ ERA guys in the rotation, in the NL. Replace Williams with a better pitcher, included Williams in a trade for a better RF, and suddenly the Cubs are a pretty good team. Right now, it's impossible to say they are any good. -
The Cubs were 15th in the NL in OPS last year from their RF. Any love for Burnitz would have to come from his family, or people who just don't care how good the Cubs are.
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Why is Hendry pursuing a starting pitcher?
goonys evil twin replied to bc2k's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Right now Rusch is in the opening day rotation. Wood is a big question. And the offense isn't good. You can win with mediocre offense (which is what they have), but you better have great pitching (which the Cubs are not ensured of). -
Two Walkers
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Vanilla Neifi gives me heartburn.
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#4 only has value if you get another good hitting corner OF to take Huff's place on those days. An OF of Murton, Pierre and Huff is a very large risk for bad production.
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However, I don't think the Cubs would play Pie in RF. Well that would make me throw up in my mouth. I can sorta see the reasoning behind Hendry giving multi-year deals to guys coming off career years, but a guy coming off a bad, bad season? That idea shouldn't even be entertained. I mean again. It would be a lot cheaper to sign a player coming off of a down year than a player coming off a career year. It still wouldn't be worth it if the contract was very long, though. Cheaper? Perhaps. But Hendry is known for giving raises to guys coming off crappy years, I'd hate to see what he'd offer Pierre. 3/18?
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Barrett? Unfortunately his contact comes with a tendency to swing at everything he sees.
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I would too. Just saying that there's more to Player I than just his line. Yeah, I wasn't questioning you. When I saw 30 year old who might be available with that line, there wasn't many options, so I looked up Drew and noticed that was his line.
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Depends how they're used. Walker's the better 1-2 hitter. Sori the better 4-5-6 hitter. Soriano in the 4 hole? No thanks. Walker is the better hitter. Soriano would be okay in the 6 hole. But he costs 4X as much, while being nowhere near 4X the player.
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That's a nice change? From what. It echoes much of the sentiment that many others have expressed.
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With Pierre, Soriano, Lee and Ramirez all potentially free agents next year, where do you think the Cubs will put their emphasis? I'd be afraid they would be enamored with the speed and tools of Pierre and Soriano, extend them and let Ramirez opt out and leave.
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I would certainly take a risk with Drew.
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Strikeouts and AVG don't tell me much. RBI from a leadoff hitter are generally low. Put that same guy 5th or 6th and the RBI will increase. How would you suggest he gets more RBIs when he strikes out so much and homers so little? But fair enough, I didn't notice he was batting leadoff until just now. But we already have a leadoff hitter. We need a big, proven bat for RF. In my mind, he doesn't qualify for that. Since when do high strikeout totals equal low RBI totals? I agree that we need a big proven bat. Abreu is close to the last option left. After that you have to settle on Wilkerson or Bradley. After that, the highly questionable Kearns, Huff, Mench group (hopefully with a platoon). Then you get into RF hell.