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That's what I am hoping for-let's get over half their bullpen in the game tonight, and then they won't have as many available when Redding pitches tomorrow. That was just 37 pitches by Traber in the last inning-he can't last much longer if at all. I'm also hoping for a complete game from Lilly. That would give everyone in our pen except Marmol two days of rest. Yeah, like others have said, that probably will be too much to ask for with Lilly's pitch count. Hopefully the Cubs can keep it a blowout and Eyre can come in and mop up though. Also, Z is pitching tomorrow, so the bullpen probably won't have to go that long with how deep he has been going in games.
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That's what I am hoping for-let's get over half their bullpen in the game tonight, and then they won't have as many available when Redding pitches tomorrow. That was just 37 pitches by Traber in the last inning-he can't last much longer if at all.
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I think hes stuck on the bench for the foreseeable future until he has a good game or two. :( Tough to have a good game from the bench. Tough to develop when you're on the bench too. I also love how we are willing to accept crap offense from our Catcher and Shortstop for the sake of defense, but we can't do the same in center field. From all his quotes, I truly think Lou believes that he is doing the best thing for Pie long-term. If what he is doing right is very questionable, but I think his intent is good.
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It may just be me, but it seems like lineups for Cubs games always come out later than lineups for other games. Most of the time they do-the Cubs lineups are almost always one of the last ones to come out. I guess Lou likes to tinker with it until the very last moment.
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At least the Brewers see two decent pitchers against Pittsburgh Yes but Gorzelanny gets negated by the fact that he's a lefthander (which the Brewers KILL) and the fact that he is going up against Sheets. Yeah. I think tonight and Wednesday nights are the two best chances for the Pirates to steal a game (Wednesday night the best one). For the Cubs, their hardest games are going to be Thursday (where Bergmann has been quite good going up against Marshall) and then probably Wedensday (a left-hander (Chico) against Hill))
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I would agree with that-although they are playing 7 games this week. They need to win 4 at the very minimum, and 5 definitely shouldn't be considered a stretch. The thing is though-these are the type of teams that the Cubs play most of the rest of the season. Other than the occasional series against a good team, most of the rest of the year is filled with series against the Pirates, Reds, Astros, Cardinals, Nationals and Giants. 55 of their last 82 games are against those 6 teams, and those are the teams they need to beat up on the rest of the year if they are thinking about the playoffs.
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Another silly list from SI-what a surprise :D It's hard to rank the owners, sure. But Dan Snyder ahead of people like Dan Rooney, Jim Irsay, or Jeffrey Lurie? If Dan Snyder is the 5th best owner in the league, then the league is in serious trouble. Also, just reading through farther, he mentions that Arthur Blank got nothing in the Matt Schaub deal (when most people thought that Atlanta got the much better end of that deal) and should just go ahead and cut Vick. There are ridiculous statements all over the place-I have no idea how this guy is an NFL writer.
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Kevin Goldstein on Veal, Samardzija
CubColtPacer replied to SaorsaDaonnan's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
LOL-you at least let him throw the pitches he wants for a while and see if he has success doing that before you release him. The Cubs don't seem to care about his numbers right now-they are convinced that his secondary pitches are going to come around, and they don't care how bad statistically his first year is as long as they develop. I'm greatly concerned about their progress though-I would think one of his pitches would be getting better by now (which it is possible that it is without showing results yet, but somewhat unlikely). -
Well, a team like Florida did want Jones-they even wanted him to be a starter. They just didn't want to pay him very much (or couldn't afford to on their budget).
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Hadn't heard that.... but my friends at ESPN didn't get the memo either. They still have Duke listed as the starter for next Sunday. Yeah-leave it to ESPN to be late. One last note on Youman-he was also on that LSU championship team with Theriot, Fontenot, and Brad Hawpe.
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Here's what I've got..... but you know how fast things can change...... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 81 Mon 07/02 @ Washington - Lilly Simontacchi 82 Tue 07/03 @ Washington - Zambrano Bowie 83 Wed 07/04 @ Washington - Hill Chico 84 Thu 07/05 @ Washington - Marshall Bergmann 85 Fri 07/06 @ Pittsburgh N - Marquis Maholm 86 Sat 07/07 @ Pittsburgh N - Lilly Van Benschoten 87 Sun 07/08 @ Pittsburgh - Zambrano Duke Duke was put on the DL yesterday (good for the Cubs-never like to see a player get injured, but the Cubs have been just awful against him). It's likely to be Shane Youman on Sunday (he got called up from the minors and will be taking Duke's slot tomorrow night against the Brewers). Youman is a left-hander who does not have good numbers at all on the season, but 3 of the last 4 starts have been excellent. It's too bad it's not Chacon-look at what Ramirez has done against him. 9/15, 5 HR, 3 2B, 1 BB
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3-way trade proposal
CubColtPacer replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Well, if you're looking for a team to rip off in a trade, Texas is the most likely option to agree to it. -
Marshall has been in the majors for about a year-4/5 of a season last year, and 1/5 of a season this year. Only the 1/5 of the season this year has been good-I'm not sure how you can call him consistent yet. Z is the only pitcher in the major leagues to be in the top 15 of ERA every year for the last 4-how much more consistent can you get than that? With the way he's pitching lately, he could make it 5 in a row. i didn't say marshall was consistent i said he's more consistent than z And like I said, Z has been one of the most consistent pitchers in the major leagues the last 4 years. He gives you almost the same production every single year. except this one i suppose This year is only half over, and the way Z is pitching it seems likely that it will end up being a very similar year to his previous 4.
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Marshall does not deserve it over Z. Marshall is better skill wise and stat wise hah, you must be out of your mind...do you really think marshall has better skills than Z? Marshall is way more consistent and and has way more control, something z seemingly can't buy Marshall has been in the majors for about a year-4/5 of a season last year, and 1/5 of a season this year. Only the 1/5 of the season this year has been good-I'm not sure how you can call him consistent yet. Z is the only pitcher in the major leagues to be in the top 15 of ERA every year for the last 4-how much more consistent can you get than that? With the way he's pitching lately, he could make it 5 in a row. i didn't say marshall was consistent i said he's more consistent than z And like I said, Z has been one of the most consistent pitchers in the major leagues the last 4 years. He gives you almost the same production every single year.
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Marshall does not deserve it over Z. Marshall is better skill wise and stat wise hah, you must be out of your mind...do you really think marshall has better skills than Z? Marshall is way more consistent and and has way more control, something z seemingly can't buy Marshall has been in the majors for about a year-4/5 of a season last year, and 1/5 of a season this year. Only the 1/5 of the season this year has been good-I'm not sure how you can call him consistent yet. Z is the only pitcher in the major leagues to be in the top 15 of ERA every year for the last 4-how much more consistent can you get than that? With the way he's pitching lately, he could make it 5 in a row.
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3-way trade proposal
CubColtPacer replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If we had two Matt Murtons and two Sean Marshalls, I would trade all four for Saltalamacchia. That would be ridiculous, Murton is patient at the plate and hits alot of doubles which will turn into homers, he also is a smart baserunner, not fast but smart. Marchall's curve is very good and he can hit a dime 60 feat away, his control is astounding. I won't address the other points (although I would take minor issue with some of them) but Murton is not a particularly smart baserunner. For example, he stopped at 3rd base when he could have scored easily for no real reason at all, and then got stranded there 4-5 times this year (including the game where he stopped at 3rd on a single that should have scored him, then a wild pitch should have scored him, but he just stood there and watched it). -
Neifi was a demigod with a bat for almost a solid month. Yuck. Really? I don't remember that. I still stand by my opinion, however that Neifi was a decent 25th man. The problem was that he was used more that a 25th man should be used. When Neifi first showed up with the Cubs, for 23 games at the end of the 2004 season, he hit .371/.400/.548. And then he picked up where he left off and hit .368/.403/.559 in 68 at-bats in April of 05. Once May came though, it was over (although he did have a very good August of 05 as well).
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Eric Patterson worship thread
CubColtPacer replied to TruffleShuffle's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
If they are trying to convert him to an OF completely, it's not a high priority for them. He hasn't started in the OF in a game since June 5th, and has only switched there during the game twice since then. -
In Marquis' 17 starts this year............. Team record by starting shortstop CUBS are 5-5 when Izturis starts at ss CUBS are 5-1 when Theriot starts at ss CUBS are 1-0 when Cedeno starts at ss Who got all of the rest of the starts at shortsop? That's only 17 games. Fontenot only started at ss twice (as far as I can remember) and I can't recall Derosa ever starting at ss. If you recall, reading the previous posts, the discussion is predicated on games that Marquis started, of which there are only 17. But since you asked.... Without regard to starting pitcher........ Team record by starting shortstop CUBS are 21-25 when Izturis starts at ss CUBS are 15-11 when Theriot starts at ss CUBS are 2-3 when Cedeno starts at ss CUBS are 2-1 when Fontenot starts at ss Aahh ok that makes more sense. Izzy stil has a bad record at ss. That doesn't mean much though. For example, Izturis has a worse record than Theriot even though Izturis has better numbers in his starts at SS than Theriot has in his starts at SS.
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In Marquis' 17 starts this year............. Team record by starting shortstop CUBS are 5-5 when Izturis starts at ss CUBS are 5-1 when Theriot starts at ss CUBS are 1-0 when Cedeno starts at ss Who got all of the rest of the starts at shortsop? That's only 17 games. Fontenot only started at ss twice (as far as I can remember) and I can't recall Derosa ever starting at ss. He only listed the team's record in the starts for Marquis-Marquis has 17 starts so far this year.
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It's actually the 7th. Shows how much I've been paying attention. What little value that I thought Izturis provided is long gone. Yeah. Izturis is useful as the second backup IF until they decide to bring Cedeno up. The question becomes-if the Cubs came to you and said-we can either bring Cedeno up as a backup and have him sit on the bench consistently or not bring him up at all, which one would you rather have? I'd rather have him in the minors then sitting on the bench consistently right now, so I'm fine with Izturis being on the roster as long as they will give DeRosa a chance to start at SS. If/when DeRosa proves he cannot handle SS, then release/trade Izturis and bring up Cedeno to start at SS.
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It's actually the 7th. Marquis has had Izturis at SS 10 times, Theriot 6 times, and Cedeno once.
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The other dilemma is DeRosa/Fontenot... neither really have a lot of experience at SS, yet both should be in the everyday lineup. I would try making DeRo the everyday SS DeRosa actually has a decent amount of experience at SS-138 games there. While most of that came early in his career, he had 11 games there in 2004, 16 in 05, and 7 in 06.
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we don't? We have areas where we can improve, but none of our key positions are below average, imo. I guess it depends on how you define a hole. C, SS, and CF are good places to look for that definition True. Of course more than half the league has holes in at least 2 of those spots. I'd really like the team to wait until closer to the deadline to try to figure out their needs. Give DeRosa a look at SS, and if he can't handle it bring up Cedeno and try him a week or two (before you decide to trade for a SS). I also think Soto coming up would be as good as any likely trade for a C (Salty is really the only one available, and he's likely way out of the Cubs price range). As for CF, I doubt they want to upgrade there. They are trying to keep Pie's confidence up, but they don't want to completely block him for the rest of the year. RF is a possibility to upgrade as well-it just depends on the cost to see if it's worth it as an upgrade to Floyd/Pagan or later in the year Floyd/Murton. I don't think the Cubs need anything on the pitching side-their 5 starters are fine, and their top 4 in the bullpen of Dempster, Marmol, Howry, and Wuertz with plenty of possibilities to fill the last 3 slots is becoming a good bullpen as well.
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Was he any good before he got injured? He was much better defensively then he is now, and he was improving as an offensive player. I don't particularly understand why the Dodgers felt the need to buy out his arbitration years though-how much more could he have possibly gotten in arbitration?