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Official 2009 Spring Training Picture Thread! NOW WITH CUBS!
jersey cubs fan replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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I find it funny that writers are talking about this as a blow to the team. On the contrary, this could be a great benefit. I'd rather have that cap space allotted to an asset that can help the team, rather than some nearly washed up old guy who is merely holding a spot. The Bears absolutely should not view this as something that will force them to resign JSC. He's nothing more than filler. If they can get him at an agreeable price, fine, but he's not worth getting into a bididng war over. I'm hoping this increases the odds that they go and sign an impact free agent, then either draft OT early, or fill that spot with equally qualified (to Tait) players that don't make nearly as much money.
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Cubs Roster Basically Set - P & C Report in 12 Days
jersey cubs fan replied to CubsWin's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
How did Brad Snyder end up on the 40-man roster? Was he an offseason acquisition? -
PECOTA Weighted Means Spreadsheet
jersey cubs fan replied to Mephistopheles's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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Who was the manager during the Barret/AJ fiasco where Hill was lambasted for talking?
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No, but he was probably 3rd or 4th.
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What's too be afraid of, Samardzija should start in the minors?. Unless he has an amazing spring, the guy needs to build up the innings in the minors so he can eventually start in the majors.
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Not really, I think Vizcaino is more likely to take the Wuertz role, with Heilman starting.
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No, it's based off stats. You may be of the opinon that stats don't matter. But if you had one guy put up X numbers the previous year, and replaced him with a guy that typically puts up less than X, people are going to be disappointed.
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Nothing is written in stone, but it seems to me it's fairly obvious they've down graded from what they had to what they have. Not just in the bullpen, either. We've downgraded with just about every transaction this year, with the exception of Bradley. It's like Hendry is tanking on purpose. It's not really tanking. The downgrades haven't been all that huge, the annoying thing is that there are just so many of them.
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He just traded a reliever who spent half the year in AAA and makes over a million dollars for two players who were Top 30 prospects a year ago. I think Guzman can replace Wuertz Because the manager inexplicably hated him while he didn't mind throwing crappy Howry out there every day. Completely meaningless since they have sucked throughout their minor league careers and are not rated now.
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Nothing is written in stone, but it seems to me it's fairly obvious they've down graded from what they had to what they have.
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And virtually no time to get there. I just realized it's weird that guys born in the mid-80's are now approaching ancient prospect status.
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A baseball player in the oakland system whose biggest asset is power had a stomach tumor? I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin'.
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So what's the difference between a solid-average defender and an average defender? lol Perhaps a guy who is always average, as opposed to somebody who is occasionally average?
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With Wuertz gone, there's room for guzman now. Assuming Heilman is the 5th starter, the bullpen could be: Marshall, Cotts, Gaudin, Vizcaino, Guzman, Gregg, Marmol Man, that looks like a pretty shaky bullpen. It looks very similar to last years. Last year had the benefit of keeping Marmol as an anytime guy. Going in Howry and Eyre were a bit more dependable than guys like Vizaino and Cotts. And Wuertz is better than a couple of those guys as well. They've lost Wood and Wuertz and added Vizcaino and Gregg. I say that's a downgrade. Plus, last year's bullpen got the surprise addition of Samardzija, which they are very much unlikely to get this year.
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With Wuertz gone, there's room for guzman now. Assuming Heilman is the 5th starter, the bullpen could be: Marshall, Cotts, Gaudin, Vizcaino, Guzman, Gregg, Marmol Man, that looks like a pretty shaky bullpen.
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It's not all that dumb to trade a reliever, when that guy was relagated to last man standing status. You could argue it was dumb for Lou to apparantly give up on him to soon. But I'd rather trade a reliever than sign one to a longterm contract.
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Cubs Roster Basically Set - P & C Report in 12 Days
jersey cubs fan replied to CubsWin's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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PECOTA Weighted Means Spreadsheet
jersey cubs fan replied to Mephistopheles's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Because he's got the tools that impress scouts but not the production that impresses numbers people? -
Doesn't look like much of a rush job. He was 22 in high A, 23 in AA and 24 in AAA. He had a cup of coffee at the higher levels a little early, but he was essentially one year at each level, and age appropriate all along the way. Unfortunately, he hasn't done much of anything since short season ball, with only a good amount of HR a couple years propping up his mediocre rate stats.
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Do we know anything about Robnett and Sellers? http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/R/Richie-Robnett.shtml Richard Pryer Robnett is a smallish LH OF who has done nothing in the minors since being drafted in the first round. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/Justin-Sellers.shtml Sellers is a utility player who stinks.
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Will Oakland make him their closer this year and trade him next offseason for 5x what they paid to get him? Or stick with him until free agency and take the draft picks.
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I like Wuertz, and think he's been underutilized - something the Cubs seem to specialize in with pre-arbitration players. They take so long trying to ease guys into roles, that they start option clocks and arbitration clocks early without getting enough benefit from those cheap total team control seasons. But now that he's starting to make the bigger bucks, and before he hits free agency, you might as well deal him for something of value rather than keep him in the limbo section of the bullpen. Letting free agent relievers leave might be the easiest way to steal draft picks, but with the Cubs deciding to just let guys go for no compensation, and their inability to draft and develop, a trade might be the best value.
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Perhaps my biggest problem with the notion of chemistry is that, even if you assume Millar's personality somehow added just the right amount of lightheartedness to loosen up other players and help them perform better, the assumption that this is some sort of ability of his that he can bring to another team just doesn't make sense to me. It may have happened in Boston in 2004. But that team won it all again in 2007, without the help of Millar's loosy goosy personality. And Miller didn't help them beat the Yankees in 2003 either. And what about 2005, when they got swept by the White Sox? I just don't see any value in trying to recreate personality matches from teams that won in the past. The Phillies were a troubled team in a city even more title starved than Chicago, and their fans hated them for years, including during the 2008 season. They had done nothing in recent years. They got swept in the first round in 2007. But they didn't win because of some loose players.
