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  1. CubColtPacer
    Can you give a list-I can only think of two players right now-Perez and Izturis. I'll start: Macias Pagan Womack . . . He said absurd prices for a large role-all of those players were minimum salary players, and as far as I know none of them were signed to be anything other than a bench player.
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    Can you give a list-I can only think of two players right now-Perez and Izturis.
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    During the offseason, Bruce said that the Nats were "asking the moon" for Church, and obviously the Cubs weren't willing to pay that just for a CF for one year at most.
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    Lineups Pirates Sanchez Bautista Bay Doumit Nady LaRoche Paulino Wilson Maholm Cubs Soriano Theriot Lee Ramirez Murton DeRosa Blanco Pagan Zambrano
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    The only stats I think that are known about Pagan against LHP besides this year's data is his major league data from last year, when he was terrible against them in 56 at-bats. Hopefully that was an aberration. His 2005 numbers are just as bad. Where are you finding his 2005 splits?
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    The only stats I think that are known about Pagan against LHP besides this year's data is his major league data from last year, when he was terrible against them in 56 at-bats. Hopefully that was an aberration.
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    That's just fine. While Pagan if he's anything like last year won't be the defensive help that the team needs, he will be a better offensive player right now than Pie especially to play against left-handers. Add in the help to Pie's development and this makes this a very good move.
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    Maybe, but I would be surprised-the team has faced 4 left-handers this year, and Izturis hasn't started at SS against any of them.
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    That's a pretty funny defense. A guy can't hit lefties and needs a platoon partner. So the GM is trying to get rid of him. And since he spent so much time trying to find anybody to take him, he didn't try to get a platoon partner. But, because nobody would take him, we have to keep him and play him everyday even though he's a blatant platoon player. It's like the self fulfilling prophecy of negligent management. Either way it's poor planning. It's not a defense-I agree that it was poor planning, and I hope it's corrected soon by either finding a SS (which might let Theriot play CF) or finding a RH platoon partner for CF.
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    Yeah, it would be shocking to me if Blanco didn't start this game: day game after night game Barrett caught 15 innings 2 nights ago left-hander on the mound for the opposition Blanco is 2-5 against this pitcher Z is on the mound All the factors say a Blanco start is coming. My guess is that the rest of the lineup will be the same, but there could be 1 or 2 other small changes. My first instinct would be to think he'd sit Jones, since he's really cooled down after that brief hot streak, and already ranks third on the team in most playing time. And of course since he can't hit lefties at all, and never has. But when you think about how much stock Lou puts into coddling his veterans' egos and the thought of showing faith in Jones by putting him right back out there, I begin to doubt that idea. But it would be smart to give Felix "I've got 6 at bats in the past 7 days" Pie a start before he rots any further, at least taking advantage of his clear defensive edge over Jones. The next most likely change I have is the Pie for Jones today, but the only reason I'm reluctant is two things-1) I'm not sure Lou wants to put Pie or Blanco in the 7 spot, and 2) Lou seems to like double-switching Pie in for whichever OF batted last in the middle innings.
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    please read the thread before you start mocking people. jones is useless against LHP, and if lou absolutely insists on using him against them, it's better for the team if he's somehow gone. Lou doesn't absolutely insist it-it's simply that there's nobody else. When Soriano was playing CF, Jones was benched every time the team started against a LHP. Yesterday, he got moved down to 8th-Lou understands completely that Jones is terrible against left-handed pitching. The problem is, there is nobody to go to on the bench who is better. I really think this is on Hendry. Floyd is a redundant player. Murton did not have drastic platoon splits last year. Jones did. We got Murton a platoon partner and not Jones. The only problem I have right now is that Pie is on the team sitting the bench. If he isnt going to play send him down and bring up Walker or Pagan. At the time of course, Jones wasn't sure to be on the team this long, so there was no need to find a platoon partner with him. I'd still try to find one though, because even when you turn the job over to Pie it would be good if he didn't play against left-handers. I'm trying to think of who might be available right now.
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    Wolf-7 GS, 41 IP, 44 H, 44K/13BB, 4 HBP, 6 HR, 4.61 ERA, 1.39 WHIP Padilla-7 GS, 42 IP, 40 H, 17K/21BB, 3 HBP, 8 HR, 4.93 ERA, 1.452 WHIP Of course a lot of people wanted Schmidt+ rookie-that wouldn't have worked out too well. Also, here's one more pitcher that was wanted over the offseason: Westbrook-6 GS, 27 1/3 IP, 32 H, 18 K/14 BB, 1 HBP, 6 HR, 7.90 ERA, 1.683 WHIP
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    please read the thread before you start mocking people. jones is useless against LHP, and if lou absolutely insists on using him against them, it's better for the team if he's somehow gone. Lou doesn't absolutely insist it-it's simply that there's nobody else. When Soriano was playing CF, Jones was benched every time the team started against a LHP. Yesterday, he got moved down to 8th-Lou understands completely that Jones is terrible against left-handed pitching. The problem is, there is nobody to go to on the bench who is better.
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    Yeah, it would be shocking to me if Blanco didn't start this game: day game after night game Barrett caught 15 innings 2 nights ago left-hander on the mound for the opposition Blanco is 2-5 against this pitcher Z is on the mound All the factors say a Blanco start is coming. My guess is that the rest of the lineup will be the same, but there could be 1 or 2 other small changes.
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    I knew someone was going to do this. Boy, some of these reactions are pretty funny. Good work NC! :lol: I think it's fun to read some of the comments again a few minutes later when he turns out to be much better than anyone expected (at least for now). So will you bump this when the wind starts blowing out again? Marquis has pitched in: 2 games where the wind was blowing in 3 games where there was a crosswind 2 games where the wind was blowing out I don't think the wind has helped him nearly as much as you are implying. Besides, a lot of the people who posted in this thread would have found it shocking if Marquis posted an ERA under 5, and with every start that becomes more and more likely.
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    The other good thing to note is that Marquis has already put up 47 2/3 innings. So he almost is at 1/4 of the innings he will probably pitch this year.
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    I'm not sure that's completely true-in the data I have, he's been up and down with that. In 2002, he was much better in the first half In 2003, he was a little better in the second half In 2004, he was a little better in the second half In 2005, he was a little better in the first half In 2006, he was much better in the first half. So he's a first-half pitcher, but his two best years were split down the middle, and didn't have that much of a difference either year between first half and second half. Thanks for checking up on that, sheds a whole new light on the situation IMO. The only thing I don't see there is a little worse in the 2nd half however, so either this season will be a first or hes gonna bomb the rest of the way. I think the year you want is 2005-he was a little better in the first half, little worse in the 2nd half.
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    I'm not sure that's completely true-in the data I have, he's been up and down with that. In 2002, he was much better in the first half In 2003, he was a little better in the second half In 2004, he was a little better in the second half In 2005, he was a little better in the first half In 2006, he was much better in the first half. So he's a first-half pitcher, but his two best years were split down the middle, and didn't have that much of a difference either year between first half and second half.
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    Yeah...ok. You can't have guys who can OPS .800+ against righties on your team! you're missing a major part of the point. jones would be fine if used properly. the problem is that lou, just like dusty, refuses to do so. that .800 OPS doesn't mean much when it comes along with a terrible line against lefties (that gives a combined OPS of 730 - that's a 92 OPS+ as of this morning). The question is-who is better against LHP that could play in center instead of Jones? There are only 7 good right handed-hitters on this team (Lee, Ramirez, Barrett, Soriano, DeRosa, Murton, Theriot) and none of the left-handers can hit LHP-at all. Yes, yes, those 7 should be the lineup against LHP along with Pie in order to give him ABs and get his defense. I wouldn't mind Pie in the lineup against LHP, but he is likely to be even worse than Jones against them offensively. It's a good spot to get Pie AB's, but it's also setting him up to fail-it's a tough balance there. I do hope Pie is in there tomorrow though-good day to give Jones a day off.
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    Yeah...ok. You can't have guys who can OPS .800+ against righties on your team! you're missing a major part of the point. jones would be fine if used properly. the problem is that lou, just like dusty, refuses to do so. that .800 OPS doesn't mean much when it comes along with a terrible line against lefties (that gives a combined OPS of 730 - that's a 92 OPS+ as of this morning). The question is-who is better against LHP that could play in center instead of Jones? There are only 7 good right handed-hitters on this team (Lee, Ramirez, Barrett, Soriano, DeRosa, Murton, Theriot) and none of the left-handers can hit LHP-at all.
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    Jones had over a 360 OBP before the last two days. He's had an awful 2 days, but whichever guy they stuck out there (Jones or Pie) would have been awful against a LHP-they both are terrible against them. Jacque still has over a 350 OBP so far this season against RHP, and he has played a good CF. He's had two horrible nights-I would support Pie getting more starts and the team acquiring somebody right-handed that can play CF, but I don't think Jacque has been terrible.
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    Marquis now has the lowest ERA on the Cubs staff-he's up to a tie for 2nd place in the major leagues.
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    jones was .250 against lefties starting the game. i'm sure pie was worse jock is 226/280/370/650 the past three years against lhp And Pie had similar numbers against AAA left-handers last year. When this lineup is in the game, there simply isn't a good pinch-hitting option against a left-handed pitcher. Floyd and Pie are as bad as Jacque against LHP, and Blanco and Izturis are just terrible hitters.
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    After 8 innings, Marquis is now only .01 behind Rich Hill in ERA. In fact, they are 3rd and 4th in that category in the NL/ML.
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    To answer a question earlier-Murton's BABIP this year is almost exactly league average: http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=6307&position=OF&page=0&type=full
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