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Lots of people liked Lilly. -
If Castro projects as a SS, and everybody who sees Theriot knows he isn't a long-term short with his no range and no arm, but wouldn't it make sense tomove Theriot over to 2B and give Castro the shot at SS? It worked (or in the process of working) with the Rangers moving the established but the inferior player of the position to a new position? If Young can move to 3rd, then Theriot should be able to move to 2b. Yeah I don't get this "he projects as a SS but would have to play 2B for a while" theory. He's supposed to somehow get better at short by playing 2nd? The only reason such a player should have to start at 2B is if there is a superior incumbent at the position.
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I'd be for playing him next year with Theriot at 2b. You better hope to heck that Soriano and Soto have significant reboud seasons because that middle infield would be as bad or less productive than this years.
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Hill has an OPS over 1000 the past 4 weeks, Soto is below 500 for the same time period, what's the big deal? It's probably not a big deal in the sense that the season is likely over, but Soto is clearly the better player regardless of what Hill has done the last four weeks. Who do you think is likely to have the better OPS in September? I would guess Soto, but it's no lock, and that doesn't really matter. Hill is hot and Soto is cold, I don't see what is wrong with Hill getting this start.
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Is there any chance he gets a look for the 2010 team? He's young, but he's already in AA, and it seems that once a guy gets to AA guys get a chance to win a spot.
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He could do both. Run Milton out of town and make a big splash by signing Matt Holliday. That would be a terrible splash. I'd love that move. Matt Holliday's career: .318/.387/.547 Milton Bradley's career: .279/.373/.453 Holliday is also two years younger, stays healthier and considerably less volatile. While Bradley has a tolerable contract the next two years and Holliday will get something much more ridiculous.
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QFT I would guess it's Soriano far and away number 1. With the combo platter at 2B plus Ramirez's injury necessitating those guys playing more, Soto. Bradley contributed to early struggles but overall has made up for it, and probably then some. And you probably have to throw in Theriot a bit there. He hasn't been as bad as 2007, but he's taken a step back from 2008, and he's been brutal in the second half.
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No, it's pretty much all offense. You are going to have games where you allow a few too many runs to score. But if you are 5th in the league in ERA (and R allowed), and 10th in runs scored with a 90 team OPS+, and you are a couple games over .500, that's the offense's fault, plain and simple, no argument.
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2009 Chicago Bears Preseason Thread - A new era begins
jersey cubs fan replied to David's topic in Other Sports
He's country-douche. That article was like a 16-layer douchebag cake. He's got game. -
Hill has an OPS over 1000 the past 4 weeks, Soto is below 500 for the same time period, what's the big deal?
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As long as Soto is going to still play, I really don't think this decision means anything. So what if Hill gets more time this year? I think if anything it's a way of motivating Soto to work harder. He'll be back as the starter next year, assuming he works.
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No it doesn't. Maybe a little, but definitely not a lot. And really, I would say none. They are a top 5 run prevention team. Lou is absolutely right, the problem is the lack of runs scored. It's all on the offense.
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2009 Chicago Bears Preseason Thread - A new era begins
jersey cubs fan replied to David's topic in Other Sports
He's got them winning 11. I think I've settled on thinking they are a 10 win team. The offense will be much improved, I think the defense will be similar. The secondary will lose a couple games on their own, and the offense will have a tough time for a few games. If you look at the schedule and assume a loss in all away games versus teams King picks to win 9 or more (GB, SEA, MIN, ATL, BAL) and the home game against PIT, that's your 6 losses in a 10 win season. I doubt that's how it happens. And all you need to do is think they win onoe of the first 3 and you can realistically see 11 wins without any of the wins being upsets. -
Is your source Peter King? No.
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I think Hendry is here to stay for at least another year. If I had to bet I'd say he's here through at least April 2010. I could see them making a change midseason, but I would be somewhat surprised if they did it before then.
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I don't think there's going to be a new GM, not this offseason. I felt the new owner was going to come in and give the current regime a year, give or take a few months depending on when he actually bought the team. Of course I thought that was going to be a long time ago, but that's another story.
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Training camp is 11 days away, first preseason game is 17 days away and opening night is one month from today. The Hawks have stepped up their marketing efforts, sending Toews to Wrigley yesterday. And I have it on good authority that SI was intown interviewing Toews and other Hawks personel, and they are going to pick Chicago to win the Stanley Cup in the NHL preview issue. As disappointing as this baseball season has been, it's nice to have legit hope for both the Bears and Blackhawks, the only other two pro sports teams I really give a crap about.
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I read that there was an issue, but didn't realize they had taken it off the air already. I have to side with Directv as well. Versus sucks. It's completely worthless 99% of the time. And since I decided to get the center ice package last year, and will go with it again this year, I have no need for it.
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2009 Chicago Bears Preseason Thread - A new era begins
jersey cubs fan replied to David's topic in Other Sports
He's country-douche. -
I think the WBC can hurt a pitcher, but I don't see how it could cause a catcher to hit poorly. You dont think sitting on the bench for Puerto Rico and not getting hardly any at bats wouldnt have any correlation to Soto starting out as slow as he did? He had a horrible April, and then put up a much better May, and a fantastic June and had an 842 OPS in July(18 at bats) when he got hurt. Seems pretty obvious to me that April was pretty much Soto's spring training getting 46 at bats, and then he got better each month. He's been as bad in August as he was in April. And he had about the same amount of spring training playing time as he did in 2008. Hes actually 100 points higher in OPS in August than he was in April, and he was coming off an injury that he was out for over a month from. I have a hard time believing he had near the same amount of at bats in spring training 08 that he did in this years spring training/WBC. He played in 12 games instead of 11 and had a few more ABs last year, according to the espn spring data. Regardless, he had a chance to train and prepare. No, he didn't play in many games, but there weren't that many games to play in. It was a handful. I just don't see how the WBC can be blamed for this. I could see how his personal preperation could be blamed.
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It's not a Tumor!!!
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I think the WBC can hurt a pitcher, but I don't see how it could cause a catcher to hit poorly. You dont think sitting on the bench for Puerto Rico and not getting hardly any at bats wouldnt have any correlation to Soto starting out as slow as he did? He had a horrible April, and then put up a much better May, and a fantastic June and had an 842 OPS in July(18 at bats) when he got hurt. Seems pretty obvious to me that April was pretty much Soto's spring training getting 46 at bats, and then he got better each month. He's been as bad in August as he was in April. And he had about the same amount of spring training playing time as he did in 2008.
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I think the WBC can hurt a pitcher, but I don't see how it could cause a catcher to hit poorly.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-31-2009
jersey cubs fan replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Wow, that is an impressive line he's put up this year, the post ASG is (.323/.442/.535) amazing. -
The Cubs traded away a player with two seasons of above average production at 2B in order to let a guy who had 500 PAs of above average production take over. Obviously Fontenot tanked. Now you're asking to trade away with a half a decade worth of above average production to let a guy with 200 PAs of above average production take over. They're similar situations, though I'm not sure both moves aren't and weren't favorable propositions for the Cubs. Wait, so you are comparing DeRosa and Soriano as well as Fontenot and Fox in this discussion? And you are implying it would be a mistake to trade away Soriano? Or am I reading something wrong?
