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  1. Kyle
    Tell me about it. If he can't hit, at least play some defense. Jones has been bad but Aram right now just flat out sucks.
  2. Kyle
    I know everybody's pissed at Jones right now, and so am I but when is Aram going to start hitting. I hope its sometime this year. He looks like he did at Pitt for a couple of years. The bad ones that is.
  3. Kyle
    Yep, I'm all for that.
  4. Kyle
    Dusty take this pathetic pitcher out of the rotation, and call up Hill please. We have almost no chance of winning with this guy on the mound.
  5. Kyle
    If he continues to hit like this I sure hope he get's a shot. He's more of a natural first baseman than anybody we have available right now. It also would cut Neifi's pt, because Walker would get most of the starts at 2nd. I wish they would call him up now while he's on fire.
  6. Kyle
    Pierre Cedeno Lee Ramirez Walker Barrett Murton Jones You know, if everyone is producing as they can, that almost looks like a solid major league lineup. :D We'll have to wait 8-10 weeks to find out. You could bat Cedeno 2nd against lefties and Walker 2nd against righties. I don't care either way as long as Cedeno continues to produce. It's a problem I don't think anybody would mind having. Here's some interesting splits. Cedeno is 1 for 13 against lefties so far this year for a .077 batting average. Against righties this year Cedeno is 19 for 42 for a .452 average. Walker is 1 for 11 against lefties this year for a .091 batting average. He's 19 for 38 against righties for a .500 batting average. So both have ripped righties this year, and neither has hit lefties very well. So it may not matter who's on the mound for the other team.
  7. Kyle
    yeah I heard that too. Pierre Cedeno Walker ARam Barrett Murton Jones Perez Zambrano why does Busty hate Hairston so much? I like Cedeno in that 2nd spot in the order more and more... Cedeno's my choice to stay at number 2 even when Lee is back. We need Walker in the middle of the lineup, even when Lee is back, because Jones and Murton aren't knocking many people in. Murton right now is only 2 for his last 22. That's less than .100 batting average. Murton is going to have to start driving in more runs, for our offense to score runs on any kind of consistent basis. I love Murton's patience at the plate and believe he'll be an outstanding major league hitter, but he's got to get it going.
  8. Kyle
    Speaking of low batting averages, Ramirez is starting to worry me a little. He's got to start knocking runs in. I hope he starts to get it going. Also, was Zambrano really only throwing 85-89 last night like that gun said? Erye's and Howry's usual velocity was about the same on that gun as other guns.
  9. Kyle
    Anybody is better than Rusch. I personally want to see what Guzman can do. Sure he'll struggle at times, but with his stuff he'll pitch well plenty of times too IMO. But Rusch needs to be taken out of the rotation. What's the first thing that comes to your mind when Rusch is getting ready to pitch? Mine is we're going to lose today. I don't have anything personally against Rusch, but he's terrible. A starting pitcher's job is to give his team a chance to win. Rusch doesn't do that. I mean, C'mon how can a major league pitcher give up two home runs to a pitcher. Hendry and Dusty, will you please wake up! Give one of our young talented pitchers a chance.
  10. Kyle
    Pagan's speed has been very impressive thus far. His hitting hasn't been to bad either. That steal he had against the Giants was impressive. You couldn't get a better jump than that. Now he's just hit a homerun. This trade may turn out pretty good. In my mind, he's been one of the most surprising players in ST. Marshall like wise has been very impressive.
  11. Kyle
    Yep, the Rockies do have interest in him.
  12. Kyle
    Welly just has no control AT ALL!
  13. Kyle
    That's the way I see it too. I do think however one of our relievers will be traded, but I doubt its Williamson. Welly, Novoa, maybe.
  14. Kyle
    I started the thread about why we have so many position player flops. I'd like to hear your opinion on this.
  15. Kyle
    More prospects flop than succeed? I think the biggest change is that we now know all about prospects when 20 years ago we knew nothing. I'm not denying the Cubs have failed to develop hitters, just pointing out that the increase in flops is largely due to the internet and our new awareness of prospects. I would also add that we largely over-value prospects because we are looking at the wrong stats or just ignoring relevant stats based on scouting reports. I agree that more prospects flop than suceed, just saying as you pointed out we don't produce the kind of hitters that other top minor league systems do. I can't complain about the pitchers this organization has been producing though. Between the two I'd rather have an organization better at producing pitchers than position players, but It would be a big help if we could produce more hitters.
  16. Kyle
    Drafting and instruction. My gut feelign tells me most of it has to do with instruction. You could be right. Bobby Cox constantly praises his minor league instructors for how good their farm system is, and how they give him so many players that are ready to compete at the major league level right away. If instruction is the primary reason, then that's unsettling. Wilken can't help in that area, but he can help us draft better players then the ones we've been drafting.
  17. Kyle
    I agree that Walker should be the #2 hitter if still here, but if Jones bats 5th in the lineup I'd rather have Cedeno bat 2nd and Walker 5th just to move Jones out of the 5 spot. At the very least bat Cedeno 2nd and Walker 5th against lefties. Walker may not set the world on fire against lefties, but Jones just flat out SUCKS against lefties. If he bats 5th against lefties we're in trouble. It's true we don't know how good Cedeno will be, but I really like the fact he's improved his hitting every year the last 3 years. To me, that's a good sign. He was fifth in the Venz winter league in hitting which was good to see. And yes, I know that's not against major leaguers every night, but its still encouraging.
  18. Kyle
    Over the past 5 years(or longer) we've witnessed flop after flop of some of our top position players. I was wondering what you guys think the reason for it is. Is it that our instructors simply can't develop position players, or is it because we simply don't know how to draft good position players? Personally I think its a little of both, but I believe its because we don't have a good eye for talent when it comes to position players. What do you guys think? Hopefully the hiring of Wilken will really help.
  19. Kyle
    Montanez ain't going anywhere soon. He'll never make the majors, JIMO. If he proves me wrong, then great. I'm so glad we hired Wilken. He's track record of drafting very good position players is excellent. We've done well over the years with pitchers, but not many position players. Marmol could be a big surprise in the organization.
  20. Kyle
    I think Wilken is an excellent hire. We desperately need more good position players in this organization.
  21. Kyle
    I guess we lost Calvin Murray as well, so our AAA OF is pretty much empty, although I'm told their priming Brandon Sing for OF, and if he moves up to AAA, he'd probably split time. So it looks Pie, Pagan, and a AA OF like Bacon or Greenberg. Sing will have to learn the outfield if he's ever going to be a backup at the major league level, for us. Hope he does well.
  22. Kyle
    If there is an upcoming trade related to this acquisition, it likely involves Todd Walker. The Cubs are unlikely to trade any of their current OFs, but this acquisition may have been made give the team enough OF depth to allow Hairston back to full time IF duty. That might be desireable if the team is consiering moving Todd Walker. Given the recent signing of Miller, the team now has too many pitchers (and too many players in general), so its likely that the Cubs will also deal away a pitcher before opening day. Walker and a pitcher for a bat is my prediction... I think you could be right, but can we really get a good bat for Walker and a half-ass pitcher? I hope so, but I doubt it.
  23. Kyle
    With that much depth in the pen, I just don't want to see Baker keep our starters in way too long like years past. When you have a Weurtz, Ohman, Novoa as third stringers behind the top relievers, use them. I don't want to see them rot on the bench while our SP is out there throwing a million pitches. I think Williamson will be our second best reliever behind Dempster. Dempster should remain our closer period, no matter who's pitching well. Dempster is a major headache for other teams to deal with for only one inning. His fastball is in the mid-90's, and he has that nasty sinker to go with it. That's a tough order to face for only one inning.
  24. Kyle
    I find it hard to believe every organization in baseball is plain stupid. Michaels looks good on paper to a point. But to call out someone and say his argument is weak by saying he hasn't proven he can put those numbers up in a full-time role, is stupid too. I think both of you guys make good arguments. Personally, I'll take my chances with a 305 career hitter, who has played full time throughout his career, over a guy who has yet to play a full time role. That doesn't mean Michaels can't do it full time, but he's never proven it. I think a GM would be stupid to take a chance on a Michaels if you can get a Pierre. It's a safer bet. I don't like a lot of Hendry's offseason moves, but getting Pierre was a GREAT move. We haven't had a real leadoff hitter since Lofton, and we saw what he did for us. Hell that year Patterson was going nuts before his injury, but we were a better team with Lofton in the lineup everyday than we were with Patterson that year. Why complain about the one decent offseason move Hendry did make?
  25. Kyle
    How so? Hairston made some good catches last season, but they sometimes occured after he fell down or ran in the wrong direction first. :) Hairston didn't botch as many plays as Murton did. Keep in mind I said Hairston was not a great defensive outfielder, but a solid one. Murton will get better defensively as he gains experience. However, I won't have any problem with Baker putting Hairston in for Murton late in games for defense.
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