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  1. CubColtPacer
    The problem is that he is supposed to be good defensively. So even if his bat isn't ready it could be conceivable that a team would take him and hide him as their 5th OF for a year. While this is more difficult for position players than pitchers, a situation like this rarely comes up where a position player is so talented and yet so far away from the majors at the time of being Rule 5 eligible. Usually a position player has either shown signs of promise and put on the 40 man or mostly flamed out by then.
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    I have a hard time believing that this was the optimal solution. It strikes me as a little strange as well but we know minor league contracts are a little restrictive. They could have signed him to a major league contract but that would have necessitated adding him to the 40 man immediately. Szczur might be eligible for the 4 option rule though if they are used consecutively (it depends on if he was in the minors long enough last season to count as a full season or not). So the Cubs will still have quite a bit of time before he has to be in the majors.
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    Back on topic please.
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    They were in transition much of the year and when they figured it out there was no chance for an impressive win because they already were in their conference schedule. They are an extremely dangerous team who has also gotten the bounces they've needed so far to survive the close games they tend to get into. Kansas is really the only team in the entire tournament that I wonder if Butler can match up to (of course, because of their tendency to get into close games they could easily get knocked out by any team).
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    Marwin is a minor leaguer who can play just about any position on the field. He's not any good but the major league team likes to bring players like that to ST games as insurance.
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    I have a feeling we'll find a way to hide Ramirez. Probably DL him to start the year. He could play [Tom Hanks' voice] BACKUP CATCHERRR! But wouldn't want to waste his potential in that spot he'd get more at bats on the DL. I dont see why he cant just be a bat off the bench. We carried both Cliff Floyd and Daryl Ward who essentially had no position. Why not Ramirez, who can be given looks at 1B, outfield, and emergency catcher? Has Ramirez played any OF? Floyd of course had a position since he was the starting RF. Ward was both a backup IF/OF which helped his case and also was a proven major league hitter. Ramirez is just an 1B/C who hasn't had success in the majors and hasn't had much success in the minors in a couple years. He's a pure upside play.
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    I've heard conflicting eyewitness reports on how good he is but it's nice to have another player that highly ranked. With his height he still has plenty of room to fill out as well.
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    Yeah, that's my favorite theory as well. Wrigley plays like two entirely different parks. Sometimes you need a fly ball pitcher and other times you need a strikeout/groundout type pitcher. Sometimes you need a lineup loaded with power hitters and other times you have to play more to contact. There's very little way for the Cubs to build a team that will dominate at home. I'm not sure there's another ballpark in baseball where that is true.
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    If you're watching on Gameday they won't report a pitch in ST unless something happened on that pitch. So a strikeout will be just 3 strikes, a ball put into play will be one pitch, and so on. Pitches that resulted in steals or wild pitches are also counted. This is not looking good for Cashner. With him not having gotten above 60 pitches in a game yet, having more walks then strikeouts, and he would have had an ERA above 6 if that game hadn't been cancelled the other day (which washed out his statistics but I bet the Cubs kept them anyway). All that has given the Cubs too easy of a reason to pick Silva based off of one good outing at the end of the spring.
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    I think it's just annoying. I don't blame them for banning it. It won't affect the game, but every time I see Boise State home game highlights I keep thinking "Damn, that's an ugly field." Teams have worn some terribly ugly uni's, and those haven't been banned. It's just so ridiculously trivial given the stuff the NFL is dealing with. Owners: We want more money, so we won't let the players play. Players: We want more money, so we're gonna fight you. Competition Committee: Hey, we can't ruin our game with an ugly color! I saw the conference call notes and Boise State's field wasn't specifically mentioned but Eastern Washington's field was. And the difference between that and uniforms is alternate uniforms make money for the NFL while alternate field colors wouldn't.
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    And the votes are in. Kickoffs will move up to the 35, touchbacks stay at the 20. Players can only have a 5 yard running start and 2 man wedges are still acceptable. Replay will now be handled by the booth on any scoring plays but coaches still get to use a third challenge if they win their first two. A couple other minor rule changes including one I chuckled at-the NFL passed a rule making sure that no one can change to a strange color field. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6247029
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    After the last 3 seasons I will have zero problem with somebody getting Creaned to make room for Harris. =D> : By any means necessary worked out well for you guys last time. Except Creaning doesn't violate any NCAA rules. :P I would be pretty upset if he actually cuts a player who wants to stay. I have no problem though with him sitting a player down and telling him where he stands and what his options are. A player like Capiobanco might not play 5 minutes a game next year and will almost certainly just get into blowout games in 2012. If Crean tells him that and he decides to transfer because of that I don't consider that a big deal.
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    In that case, then why not just keep Ramirez and have Colvin or Kosuke fill in at CF? They're both as good if not better defensive CFs than Johnson anyway. Bringing Ramirez is tricky. That means if you want to pinch-hit for Kosuke in the late innings you have to send Ramirez up to the plate and then replace him with Colvin in the field. You've burned 2 players in 1 inning, have no more OF's on the bench, and your best bench hitter is now in the lineup but won't come around in the order for awhile. If Reed comes up in that situation, he can come into the game and then Colvin will be available to pinch-hit against a right-hander in the next inning. With how many times managers bring in a tough left-hander to face Fukudome that will be a common scenario. Plus there will be extra pressure to DL the OF's if they're hurt for a few days.
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    Samardzija does have a nice K/BB ratio this spring. I think he's probably earned a spot over the poor competition even if the process was entirely fair, and his contract/options situation makes any indecision about that go away. As for Reed, if they're going to take an OF I'd rather have Reed than Perez. That gives another bat to use against left-handed pitching which is probably going to be more useful than a plus defender in CF.
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    IU only has 12 committed for 2011 but they already have 13 for 2012. But of course they are permitted to oversign by one so they can give a 14th scholarship out in November. Somebody would have to go at that point though.
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    All he's saying is that he is willing to change his mind based on what other people tell him. I don't see how that's a bad thing.
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    Again, you're mixing up Hill's misuse last year with how a backup catcher is supposed to be used. If Soto ends up getting 140 starts as planned then Hill would get, what, 70-75 PA? 80? I agree, Hill stinks. I agree, Hill getting 150+ PA is hideous. Neither Ramirez nor Hill should be getting 150+ PA. Only 2 catchers in baseball managed to play 140 games last year. Only 6 managed even 130. And that's games played, not games started. It was a down year for catchers last year but it's still not an easy thing to do to play that much. That assumes perfect health and playing a lot of day after night games.
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    I'm guessing not even he knows what the [expletive] he was doing. He's going to remember that moment for the rest of his life. Here's a thought: should Dixon have pulled his rebounders away? Butler was out of timeouts, and worst case scenario you go to OT. Pittsburgh is a great rebounding team. Plus how many times have you seen putbacks at the buzzer vs how many times have you seen fouls in that situation? Plus as one of the commentators said it's a little more routine if your players are up on the line. I think Pitt has to put people on the line there. And I don't think Pitt played that badly overall. Butler is just a really tough matchup and it gets much harder when the incredibly streaky Mack gets hot.
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    His line wasn't that bad before today. Today I'm sure sealed his fate to not make the rotation. It looks like it will come down to whether they want to take Silva or Cashner.
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    This will be the 5th blowout loss of the spring. So yes, quite a bit.
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    I'm pretty sure they've done it in past years also. So dumb. In previous years there was two games in the second slot so there was a game to watch during that half hour. It used to be a 1-2-3-2 plan on Saturdays with I believe a 1-4-3 plan on Sundays. I agree with Andy that it might have been a concession to CBS to not only give them 1 but 2 exclusive games to start the day.
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    I'm surprised that wasn't called a charge on Morris on the final play. Still a great shot.
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    I thought we only owed him 6 mil this season, after the Mariners picked up 5.5 of his 11.5 salary? If I had to guess how this plays out, Hendry is probably trying to trade him right now but wont find a taker. He'll probably push Cashner into the pen and let Silva start a few times. Those starts wont go well, we'll cut Silva, and try to move Cashner back into the rotation but probably give him a minor arm injury in the process of stretching him back out. We'll watch Coleman get pounded for a few weeks until Cashner is ready to start pitching again. Cashner will be ineffective and an MRI will show a tear in his elbow. He'll miss the next year after Tommy John surgery, and be stuck in the pen permanently after that, as he "couldn't handle a starter's workload." On the fringes of playoff contention at about 6 games back, we'll trade for Paul Maholm for the stretch run. We wont give up too much to acquire him, but Hendry will resign him to an overly expensive contract in the offseason. Probably about 3 years, 18 mil. The Cubs have to pay the 2 million buyout for his option year next year.
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    Any particular reason? Today's lineup puts potentially the 3 worst OPS players 1-2-3 in the lineup. Would you really have a problem with Castro in the 2 spot? I'm more pleased with the structure of the middle of the lineup than anything. No, but Baker in the 1 spot and Byrd in the 3 spot are both putrid. It's certainly agruable that those two should be batting 7-8 (Byrd 7, Baker 8). I have no problem with baker leading off if there is a left on the mound(not sure if that was case today or not) That's a good point and it is a left-handed pitcher today. I would be ok with this lineup as a normal lineup against just left-handers.
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    Any particular reason? Today's lineup puts potentially the 3 worst OPS players 1-2-3 in the lineup. Would you really have a problem with Castro in the 2 spot? I'm more pleased with the structure of the middle of the lineup than anything. No, but Baker in the 1 spot and Byrd in the 3 spot are both putrid. It's certainly agruable that those two should be batting 7-8 (Byrd 7, Baker 8).
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