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  1. Jon
    Looked like a generous call, but I'll take it.
  2. Jon
    That was some quality TV by Barrett earlier.
  3. Jon
    The reason for Ramirez's tough times at the plate:
  4. Jon
    This will make someone on the board happy:
  5. Jon
    According to Cubs.com, Wood will throw 70-80 pitches tomorrow night. Prior threw 30 pitches off the mound and will throw more pitches on Tuesday. Miller is back on his program.
  6. Jon
    A called strike, three fouls, and a single to right for Felix. He's 4 for 5 on the day.
  7. Jon
    Walrond continues to give up unearned runs. It's kind of amazing. 18 runs given up, just 8 of them earned for a 2.12 ERA
  8. Jon
    The scoreless streak is nothing. I count 1 RBI basehit in the last 56 innings. That's bad.
  9. Jon
    In other news, the sun rose in the east this morning. Oddly enough, he only had 3 walks coming into this game for an OBP of .347. Of course, his SLG % was .565.
  10. Jon
    I heard your interview with MLB.com radio and you said that some of the additional power might be a result of using your legs more. Has your approach at the plate changed at all from last year? Are you being more aggressive early in the count or is it really just the same approach but driving the ball a little further thanks to your legs? How often do you talk with someone in the Cubs front office about how things are going and what your future might be? And when you do, is that usually Fleita or someone else? Have you had a chance to make it to Wrigley since you became a member of the Cubs? If so, what was that like? Thanks!
  11. Jon
    Could you give us an update on what pitches you're currently throwing and what you might be working on? How did your position change come about? How long was the decision process and who was really instrumental if moving you to pitcher? What has been your favorite memory in your young career as a pitcher? Thanks, Carlos!
  12. Jon
    Wow. Should've specified recently, but that's crazy. I wonder if they knew then that Clemens was a freak of nature. The second reason is pretty absurd, especially when MRI tests have shown what was wrong with his shoulder in March, but there's also no way Prior can be classified as "damaged goods." This is the first time he's missed a significant period of time because of a non-accident arm injury, and it's also not the only cause of the long delay.
  13. Jon
    Jake Fox watch: .344/.425/.635/1.060 - 96 ABs, 7 HRs, 19 RBI, 19 Ks, 12 BBs. Wow.
  14. Jon
    Just the bleachers. The Cubs sold the naming rights to them this past off-seasons. You're tickets are the standard general admission bleacher tickets.
  15. Jon
    2003 - 27 starts, 98.6 pitches per start in the regular season (only went over 3 IP in the post-season once, nothing out of the ordinary with those pitch counts either as a starter or out of the 'pen) 2004 - 32 starts, 97.8 pitches per start 2005 - 34 starts, 104.6 pitches per start I'd be pretty surprised to find someone who was abused quite like Prior was in 2003.
  16. Jon
    It's not a fair comparisson since Prior hasn't had full seasons. But here are the pitches per start: Buehrle: 2004 - 35 starts, 105.6 pitches per start 2005 - 33 starts, 105.4 pitches per start Prior: 2004 - 21 starts, 98.1 pitches per start 2005 - 27 starts, 104.7 pitches per start What you have to consider about these numbers, though, is that Prior's pitch counts were limited for a while after coming off the DL in 2004. He didn't break 100 pitches until his 11th start. After that, he had 6 starts over 100 pitches, including one at 129. In 2005, he came off the DL twice, and while he wasn't as limited, they weren't in the race later and there wasn't a huge desire to really push him in each start. I'd have to believe high pitch totals per game are going to cause more damage, but I don't necessarily have anything to back that up on.
  17. Jon
    I can't find pitch totals from 2001 (his first full season, too), but in 2002, he averaged 102.4 pitches per start. In 2003, Sabathia averaged 104.9 pitches per start. In 2005, it was 101.7 pitches per start. As I posted earlier, Prior averaged 113+ pitches in his first full season.
  18. Jon
    That's certainly possible, and he could very well have flamed out because of it. In the Cubs defense, I can't think of any top end pitchers that were abused in one year and had it cost them their career in the last ten years, and nearly all top pitchers are abused at some point if not all the time. I would have thought that month off would have given him time to recover. Name me one 21, 22, 23 year old pitcher that was abused like Prior and didn't suffer any consequences. Mark Buerhle Buerhle, at 23 in 2002, had one game over more than 120 pitches. It was the last game of the year. He had none over 130. He had 10 games under 100, and was almost always around 103-106. In 2003, at 22/23, Prior had 3 games under 100 pitches (1 of which was coming back from the shoulder injury caused by the collision with Giles). He had 10 games over 120 pitches, 4 of which were over 130. Buerhle doesn't even come close to Prior in the abused pitcher discussion. I couldn't find Buerhle's 2001 pitch total, but in 2002, his first full season as a starter, he averaged 103 pitches a start. Prior averaged 107 pitches per start in 2002 and over 113 pitches per start in 2003, his first full season as a starter. A definite difference.
  19. Jon
    http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/stats/individual_player_hitting_chart.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=133380&statType=1 I don't really see much of a difference.
  20. Jon
    SD has a worse offense than the Cubs and are dead last in OPS and OPS against righties. Please win 3 of 4.
  21. Jon
    Pie is 0-3 tonight with a walk and run scored. His current line: .260/.330/.427
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  23. Jon
    Good article. One thing I have noticed is that he seems to make more weaker outs with runners on as of late, but his contact overall certainly hasn't been that bad.
  24. Jon
    That's an excellent point. At least now he won't have to worry as much about the runners and can just pitch. If Barrett were catching the runners would be moving all night long. A .231 CS% isn't that bad considering he caught 5 of Maddux's 6 starts and all 5 of Marshall's starts. How many runners have attempted to steal on him? A person with a bad arm is going to throw people out at some point if players continue to run because they will get more and more aggressive. 6 of 26. The point is that Maddux can't/doesn't hold runners and Marshall hasn't shown the ability to do it at this point, either. Runners have consistently gotten huge jumps off of both guys. His arm isn't really that much worse than average, but he gets hurt by guys who get great jumps.
  25. Jon
    He's better than Neifi and Bynum. Not really. He's probably getting traded for Clark. Over his three seasons between AA and AAA, Bynum had a .271 BA, .336 OBP (roughly), and a .368 SLG%. And I'll certainly take Hairston over Neifi any day.
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