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The math isn't 100% accurate, but pretty close and as close as we can figure when comparing the two. The point of all of this is to illustrate the importance of defense and the fact that these two players are pretty close to each other in value while the general opinion of fans would lead one to believe Walker is much better.
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read carroll's blurb again. he said his mechanics are what kept him together for so long. That seems to imply he has a weak body, which I can't disagree with.
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TAKE OUR PITCHER WHO HAS BEEN INJURED EVERY SEASON (WHETHER HIS FAULT OR NOT) AND GIVE US YOUR YOUNG STUD PITCHER WHO HAS NOT HAD HEALTH PROBLEMS AND IS ALSO CHEAPER. THX It's something I'd really like for them to be able to do, not something I think we definitely can do. We'd just have to hope that Prior could give us some 2003 quality starts early on and one of those teams would get blinded by his potential as the next Clemens.
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With Prior healthy, we could certainly get more that the likes of that for him. At what do you consider Prior a healthy pitcher? Off the DL? 10 starts? A full season? I think if we were to do any of my trade ideas, we need to get him around 5-10 straight starts by June.
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With Prior healthy, we could certainly get more that the likes of that for him. Well, I would certainly do a trade for any of those 4 now and if we could get a pitcher with a little more value, like Felix Hernandez or Mark Buerhle, even better.
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I think the Cubs need to get Prior healthy and pitching while he still has value ASAP, even if it means drugging him up. Once he is pitching well for us, we need to trade him right away for another starting pitcher who doesn't get injured, even if he is less talented. Once Prior is pitching this year, could we get any of the following straight up for him: C.C. Sabathia, Cliff Lee, Brandon Webb, Brett Myers?
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I agree with you. I think James is the best player in the NBA and A-Rod is the best in MLB. I also think Clemens is the best pitcher in MLB or at least was the last 2 years.
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Clemens started in 32 games and pitched in a total of 211 innings last year. He had 11 no decisions. At least 4 of those no decisions were games he left having given up zero runs. His 13-8 record doesn't tell you he started 32 games. If Clemens pitched for a better offensive team than the horrible Houston Astros last year, he would have been a 20 game winner easily. Kerry Wood could have been a 20 game winner in 2003 with better run support, or at the very least, a better bullpen. It makes Clemens' 13-8 record even more impressive. He was probably the MVP of the Astros last year because even an average pitcher would probably have went something like 7-15.
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No, it's not the same. Jordan did play for the Clippers. Or a team as bad as the Clippers anyway. When he was with the Bulls in his early days, the Bulls only had Jordan and they won nothing. It wasn't until Jordan had a good supporting cast (Grant, Armstrong, Pippen, Paxson, Cartwright) that they won championships. Jordan was a good player before those guys got there. He led the league in scoring many times before those guys got there. But, if he never would have had those guys on his team, he would have had a career that resembled George Gervin. A great player that never won anything because his teammates were never good enough to make the playoffs. Yeah, I know the Bulls had a bad supporting cast in Jordan's early years, but the question is whether people would have regarded him as one of the greatest players ever if he played for a bad team every year.
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Saying a pitcher with a bad W-L record and a great ERA, K/BB ratio and WHIP is not as good as a pitcher with the same stats or worse but a better W-L record seems like the same thing as saying had Jordan played for the Clippers, he wouldn't have been as good of a player.
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And get injured before everyone else shows up? I'm saying if they did the early excercises that showed us that Wood needed knee surgery, we might get 2 or 3 more starts out of a few of our pitchers.
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I'm wondering how much of Neifi's poor offense is cancelled out by his defense. Neifi Perez career defensive stats at 2B: GP 178 GS 138 FPCT .988 RF 5.78 ZR .833 That's basically one whole season. I couldn't find any 2B in baseball who can match these numbers. Walker has a career FPCT .981 RF 4.75 ZR .792 I did some simple math and based on their career total chances per inning: Neifi is going to participate in 823 plays in a full season at 2B while Walker, in the same number innings, will participate in 680. Add to that the fact that Neifi is going to convert .7% more of his chances than Neifi and the disparity is even greater. I'm not sure how many more out that means we will have with Neifi as the 2B rather than Walker, but it seems like a lot. * I did find one 2B who seems to be of the same caliber defensive 2B as Neifi, 9 time Gold Glove winner Ryne Sandberg. So basically, we have Ryne Sandberg defensively on our roster. I'm not saying that makes him a better player than Walker, but we should objectively look at the possibility.
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What about having our high injury risk pitchers report a couple weeks earlier?
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I'm all for Walker as the second baseman, but I bet a Cedeno/Perez double play combo (defensively, haha) would be pretty good. Two good defensive shortstops up the midde would help some of our pitchers a lot. Hopefully Walker wins the job, but if he does, I would not mind at all seeing him replaced for defence late in almost every game.
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About freaking time. This is a policy I would like to see the Cubs adopt for almost all pitcher injuries but especially with Prior.
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I saw him early in Spring Training against the A's, and he looked very good. He had great stuff and velocity but was a little wild at times. Overall, he had a good outing.
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I don't think it would be as bad as Rusch being the third of the big 4 to get hurt.
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Thestar.com Why is it that when pitchers on other teams shut down for 5 days they are then able to resume their normal throwing regimen but when a Cubs pitcher gets shut down like this they say he has lost arm strength and his progress gets pushed back about 2-3 weeks (e.g. - Mark Prior)? I just read the article and came here to post that if it was the Cubs and Prior he would be out at least a month.
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That's an excuse. Nobody can say how his MLB club would have handled him in ST. Nobody can say what would have happened or would not have happened. Stick with facts (see above). But isn't TJS the result of accumulated damage? He was at the breaking point regardless of where he was pitching. His ligament couldn't have become stronger and healthier by treating him differently. In fact, if pitching the WBC made this injury happen a month or two earlier, it's a blessing in disguise because he would have needed TJS anyway, why not just do it right now and have him ready for the start of next season.
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First WBC Player Disqualified for a banned substance
srbin84 replied to Blueheart05's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I wonder if there were a lot of guys throwing 95 in the 70's and before......anybody know? -
Yeah, but the point is that upgrading the leadoff man is not likely to make a significant impact on team results. I don't know, I think over 162 games, a team with a guy with a .250 OBP is going to suck unless the rest of the lineup is loaded.
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I don't think people are giving Williams enough credit. He has a career 3.92 ERA and is only 24. Our season supposedly depends in large part on the health of Kerry Wood and he has a 3.67. Also, I saw Guzman live in spring training, and although it was only one outing, his stuff looked electric. He looked more polished than Hill to me.
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Agreed. He pitched to just one batter in the game against the US and just one other inning the entire WBC. There was something wrong with his arm and his time in the WBC had nothing to do with it. Speculation. The fact is, he incurred the injury playing in the WBC. Nobody can say what would have happened if he was pitching warm-up innings in Spring Training as opposed to going full-bore in the WBC. He may have had better supervision in Spring Training too---which may well helped lessen the severity of the injury. Or maybe not. Impossible to say, but he got injured playing in the WBC so it's a WBC injury. It's also speculation to say he wouldn't have died on the field if he was in ST. Dumb speculation, but speculation nonetheless. The Nats are covering their ass since they overworked him last year, and now they can just avoid all blame and push it on the WBC. How 'bout blaming the player? It was his choice. Generally, I think we all look for excuses outside ourselves instead of looking in the mirror. It should be the owner/manager's choice IMO. I like how Steinbrenner at least tried to influence the majority of his players to avoid it.
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Wow, I'm really surprised to see that stat, thanks for posting it. Regardless, we didnt win those games because of what Patterson did, other guys stepped it up.
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How about we trade Perez for Clemens' son, it would probably improve our offense too.
