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  1. CubColtPacer
    Gregg has 1 year on his deal at 4.2 million. Wood signed a 2 year deal with an option. 10 million this year, 10.5 next year, and an 11 million option (he has a chance to make the option guaranteed by hitting certain criteria or the club could exercise the option as well)
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    Soto could almost certainly pinch-hit like he did last night. I'm not sure about the other two. If the other two can't, that leaves 3 bench bats and of course Zambrano.
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    I don't mind the lineup. 4 of the top 5 hitters are red hot right now. The conditions and strong winds today favor hitters who keep the ball on the ground or hit line drives. The main loss of losing Bradley, Ramirez, and Soto is power and power isn't going to do a whole lot of good out there today. The lineup is still worse than the regular lineup of course, but it's not nearly as bad of one as if the Cubs trotted out the same lineup in the middle of July when balls are jumping out of the park.
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    No sign of Exile, so I'll make the pick. The Colts might be changing their defense slightly this year. With the coaching change, it's up in the air. But until they confirm that they are, I will continue to draft players that they have liked for years now. As I said, Casillas would have been a great pick here. Instead, the Colts are going to go with another guy in his mold: the Colts select Kaluka Maiava LB out of USC Andy has been PM'd
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    Seriously A quick look at the 40 man shows that our options are Fox or Fuld. On another note, how are there no other infielders or catchers on the 40 man roster? Not that I want a return to the days of 12 middle infielders on the 40 man, but this is ridiculous. It is a little bit, but remember that if the Cubs need an infielder or a catcher that it is very easy to add them with all the open slots they have. A quick count shows them at 35 players right now on the 40 man. They didn't want to start Castillo's clock yet so they haven't put him on the 40 man, and Mark Johnson shouldn't be put on the 40 until they actually need him. The bigger issue will be is that if infielders get hurt there are not really any decent options coming up from AAA except at first base. Scales or Blanco would probably be added to the 40 man if they needed them during the year, but they are almost certainly not major league level players. The Cubs have several intriguing infielders at lower levels but they aren't really options until at least next year.
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    Although they didn't do it tonight because it was mid-game, Lou has repeatedly said that Hoffpauir will get most of the starts in RF and LF when Bradley and Soriano aren't there. He would probably slide in there at 6th (although they might put Fontenot or Hoffpauir 4th for balance).
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    I'll let Exile jump in here but this is where the Colts could go just about anywhere. LB, offensive line, CB, DL are all good possibilities. I almost certainly would have wanted Casillas if he was still on the board, but he isn't. I'm likely leaning towards one player (although not feeling good about it) so I'll wait until about noon tomorrow for Exile.
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    Very few prospects ever skip AA. That's the one and only level that pretty much every player goes through. Papelbon needs some time at AA and then the Cubs can decide if he deserves to go to Iowa or Chicago.
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    That's just what I was thinking. None of the 4 have really gotten a lot of headlines, but they are intriguing prospects who could move up very quickly with good seasons. McDaniel especially is a guy that if he shows something in the rotation could with his stuff be one of the Cubs best pitching prospects. Archer could as well, but he would have to cut down that absurd number of walks from last season. Coleman and Caridad seem to have lesser upsides but if they could repeat what they have done recently at their new levels they could be just fine as cheap options in the majors for awhile.
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    escobar is definitely ready this season then? They seem to think so. Even if he isnt this year, Hardys on a 1 year deal, and I doubt they'll re sign him next year, so theyd probably lik to get something in return. These guys really need pithing, and they have a god enough lineup that they coul move Hardy and get a decent pitcher in return, certainly better than 4 of their 5 starters. If they were willing to move Fielder and trust Gamel at 1st, they could get something much better, but I dont think they're quite ready to do that. Hardy still has another year of arbitration left. They could always keep him for another year until he hits free agency after the 2010 season. If they truly feel Escobar is ready, they might trade Hardy anyway just to get the best value for their ballclub, but they don't have to worry about losing Hardy at the end of the season.
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    5.8 million less actually (and of course, no 2nd guaranteed year plus vesting option either). I'm not saying that going to Gregg was the best of moves, but the difference is a lot bigger than 2 million.
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    We should slap the next person who says this. It doesn't matter. It's not Theriot's fault. The game was over when that ball came off Braun's bat, barring a miracle one way or the other. There's a solid dozen things to be legitimately pissed about after this game. Theriot's defensive error early in the game, Soriano misplaying Weeks double in the 9th, every single move Lou made after pulling Harden... Theriot's decision to throw home in the ninth is not one of them. I disagree, I think he had a legitamite shot at getting braun at first if he made the turn to second. However, you're right, there are dozens of reasons to be pissed that don't involve him in relation to that game. From what I saw, I don't think Fontenot even gets a throw to first off. It bounced 4 times on the ground before Theriot was able to get to it in the hole. If he had thrown to 2nd, Hart would have been right on top of Fonenot by the time he received the ball and Braun's speed wouldn't have made a difference after Hart takes Fontenot out. I think Theriot made the only play he could there but he just couldn't execute it perfectly to get Weeks at home.
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    A little late here, but that was the 12th time he's been intentionally walked in the last 3 years. I also question the statement that the SS is supposed to take charge in that situation that nilodnayr said..as soon as the ball is in the OF the SS is no longer in charge. The outfielder always takes priority over the IF.
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    You can't go a week with one catcher, especially one with no track record and a mangled hand. Good point, but my other option (sending Gathtight down and bringing up Johnson) should work. I'd rather be without Gathright for 10 days (the minimum length of a minor league assignment) that Soto for 15. I'd be fine with that, but doesn't he have to clear waivers? Is he out of options? If so it might need to be Hoffpauir instead. I was thinking in terms of optioning Gathright, but maybe that's not possible. Gathright is out of options.
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    You can't go a week with one catcher, especially one with no track record and a mangled hand. Good point, but my other option (sending Gathtight down and bringing up Johnson) should work. I'd rather be without Gathright for 10 days (the minimum length of a minor league assignment) that Soto for 15. I'm not sure that you can take someone off the 40 man roster and then add them back again so quickly. Plus, Gathright might refuse to go down to AAA. Also, I doubt the Cubs would want to expose him to other teams and possibly lose him.
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    I dunno, how often should you expect a random sampling of 750 healthy, in shape 20-40 year olds to die during a 6 month period? 750 healthy, financially well off 20-40 year olds in America, nonetheless. i don't think a person's financial status or arm strength would save them in a car crash. True, but if a ballplayer has the same chance of dying in a car accident as the average American, then a ballplayer will only die in one once every 10 years. Their lifestyle habits would increase their chances of a fatal crash, but their health decreases those chances.
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    Thanks so much for taking our questions Len. Do the two different networks you're on ask anything different of you for the broadcast? Is it hard on WGN sometimes when you reference something that Bob and you were discussing on CSN the previous day and you know that only part of your audience was able to hear that discussion?
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    Now that's a depressing way to lose a lead. The Braves were up 10-3 on the Phillies in the 7th and gave up 8 in that inning. The Phillies total for the inning: 4 hits, 5 walks, and 1 HBP. 4 of the 5 walks were with the bases loaded. In fact, they didn't score multiple runs on any one play. 8 straight batters brought in 1 run apiece.
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    I'm assuming he got the green light and made the decision to go on his own, as opposed to getting the "must steal" sign. This reminds me of something I saw that was rather stupid in game one. Houston had Bourne batting 8th. He gets a lead off single. Oswalt bunts him to 2nd. That's it. Done. I'm sorry, but what is the point of even having that guy in the big leagues at all if he can't steal a base. Wouldn't it have made a lot more sense to have Oswalt bunt him to 3rd after Bourne stole 2nd? This leads me back to Theriot. Let Theriot bat 8th and steal all he wants while batting in front of the pitcher. With the heart of the order coming up, however, unforced errors are rather stupid. I don't know about that. If Theriot gets on base in front of the pitcher and gets bunted over, there's a good chance Soriano drives him in. If he gets caught stealing, Soriano comes up with 2 outs. Soriano is such a heavy fly ball hitter though that getting Theriot to 3rd base with only 1 out gives you a good chance of a run on a sac fly (certainly better than the chance of Soriano getting a base hit). The only big problem is that the defense when the pitcher is up can cheat a little bit which could lessen Theriot's chances to steal past even the lower break-even point that would be needed for that situation.
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    Nice article Tim. I liked to see Fontenot start as well as you mentioned. Not necessarily because I want to see him against a ton of left-handers if he proves he has problems with them, but because the fact that Lou has started him against both a right-hander and a left-hander shows a lot of faith in Fontenot. So Miles might take the left-hander bats eventually, but Lou likes Fontenot enough to keep him playing most of the time. I'm pretty sure Cotts stayed in during the 10th specifically to turn Berkman around. He murders right-handers and is pretty human against left-handers so it's not really a terrible decision to try to base your moves around trying to keep him down as he was easily the biggest threat left in the Astros lineup. My guess is that even if Cotts had gotten Rodriguez and Berkman to start the inning that Lou would have summoned Gregg anyway to face Michaels.
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    Theriot is a lot better than Fontenot against left-handers which is why he got the 2 spot and Fontenot was moved down to 8th against one: Theriot career against left-handers: .303/.395/.422 Fontenot career against left-handers: .247/.313/.370 It was a big step for Lou to put Fontenot in the lineup at all against a left-hander. He certainly shouldn't put him any higher than 8th against one (or maybe 7th if Hill is playing).
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    I would say that's very likely that Miles will also be in. The interesting thing will be the lineup order..we haven't seen anything against lefties. Does Theriot move up to 2? Reed? Or Miles? My guess is: Soriano Theriot Lee Bradley Ramirez Soto Johnson Miles But Miles and Theriot could be switched, Reed could be up to 2, Miles to 7, Theriot to 8..Reed could also be moved ahead of Soto. There's several combinations that Lou could easily come out with tonight.
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    The Bills took him 2 picks ago.
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    He was bad for us for half a season and had a bad spring. But he had some success in Oakland. I'm still surprised we couldn't trade him for something. It's not like his salary would make a trade impossible. Hendry was saying during the game on Saturday that he was shocked this spring when getting calls about his relievers how most teams in the league couldn't even take on 1 million dollars in salary. He couldn't believe that they didn't save a little flexibility at the 11th hour to add somebody. I'm pretty sure he was implying about his efforts to try to trade Gaudin and that the contract was just making that almost impossible.
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    Atkins and Wells are also on the 40 man, plus they could stretch out Heilman if that's the route they wanted to go. Forgot about Atkins and Wells, though Hart and Shark are probably our best choices. I'd think if Heilman is going to be pitching in the back end of the pen, that he'd likely be one of the last possible alternatives. This is what Piniella earlier this week had to say about Atkins:
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