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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?
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How is he not? The NL selected 7 outfielders for this. Soriano is among NL outfielders: 6th in OPS 6th in BA 13th in OBP 5th in SLG 4th in HR (tied) 3rd in 2B (tied) 2nd in RS 3rd in Hits 11th in SB 1st in outfield assists (tied) 0 errors (the only OF on the All-Star team to do that) Whichever stats you like, Soriano is an All-Star. He's been better than Carlos Lee for example all the way around, and Lee is an All-Star-so Soriano isn't even the worst OF on the squad.
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3-way trade proposal
CubColtPacer replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I was surprised when I looked up Diaz's stats to find that he has hit right-handers better than left-handers in his career-not exactly the platoon option that would help the Cubs, as they already have about 4 of those guys. -
Murton is playing RF in the minors.
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Soriano is in the Home Run Derby?
CubColtPacer replied to Alfonso Soriano's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Homer (un)happy http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-070701cubsbits,1,4413054.story?coll=cs-home-headlines They haven't picked anybody yet then, and apparently Soriano is likely to decline to participate anyway. -
Can someone point me in the direction of a site where they show team splits vs Lefty or Righty pitchers??? If you go to ESPN.com team batting statistics, you can sort it against left-handers and against right-handers. Here are the Cubs splits: vs right: .276/.337/.422 (5th in league) vs left: .246/.303/.416 (11th in league) Oh, and if you want record against right-handers and left-handers (like Fred so nicely provided) you can sort them on MLB.com Standings page by clicking on the vs L and vs R tabs above the standings.
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Actually, Lou named Howry the closer for now before the Brewers series. Since it was a 4 run game, Marmol was allowed to go another inning and close it out. If the reports are right though, Howry will be coming in during save situations the next week.
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That's how I feel. I hope Z pitches Tuesday, Sunday, and then again the next Friday to open the second half. It would really help the team keep rolling, and I don't really want the All-Star game to possibly disrupt that.
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One thing that should also be mentioned is that during Marquis's struggles, he has faced all good offenses: Florida: 3rd in NL in runs Milwaukee (twice): 2nd in NL Atlanta: 6th in NL (and their offense was ranked 2nd in runs at the time Marquis faced them) Colorado: 4th in NL Texas: 3rd in AL Seattle: 6th in AL So for the last 7 starts, he's faced offenses ranked in the top 6 of their league. His next 3 starts will all be against teams ranked 9th or worse. So it will be interesting to see if he can put together a better July against worse offenses than he saw in June.
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Like somebody said, this is probably a blessing in disguise. Right now, resting that knee is the best move for him.
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A pretty good day today for the Cubs in the WC chase. They pick up half a game overall. They are only 1 game behind Philly, 2 games behind Atlanta, 4.5 behind Arizona, and 5 back against the WC leading Dodgers. If the Cubs can take advantage of their soft schedule this week, they should be right in the thick of the WC race at the break.
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Seriously. We need to win at least 5 of the 7 vs. WASH and PIT, if not 6. I'd be pretty happy with 5 considering they are on the road. I'm not sure it's quite fair (not saying you're doing this) to expect to win 6 out of 7 on the road against any opponents. 4-3 would leave me a little disappointed.
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The Cubs need this one. They face 4 left-handers this week (although thankfully Z starts in 2 of those games) and they need to beat up on the 3 right-handers they face.
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Mike Hargrove resigns as M's manager
CubColtPacer replied to rickrolled's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Which is interesting, because Seattle is the type of team that I thought you couldn't stand Sulley. They swing early and try to put everything into play. They are last in the majors in walks and strikeouts while being middle of the league in stolen bases. Is that the result of the team being built completely differently than Hargrove wants?