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Final Bench Job Hoffpauir's to Lose
jersey cubs fan replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
That's fine and all, but given Lou's penchant for double switching, and the fact that none of the Cubs 3B, SS, and 2B are 162 game players, odds are they will see a need for a backup at more than one of those positions in the same game. Waiting to call a guy up when you need him is risky. And there's no guarantee you can even get the player from whatever minor league city he is in to whatever major league city the team is in in time for the next game. -
He probably means, you know, reality. Pretending they are a proven veteran away from contention would be stupid. If you are an Orioles fan that is unsettled by that statement, you are completely clueless about your team's sitiuation. You should hope they do whatever they can to harness whatever value they can out of the players they have, and think about the longterm health of the franchise.
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Even what he did early in the minors I think would be acceptable from that quote. If he can manage to fight his way through 4-5 innings, they'll keep him in there for a while. This was from this MLB.com writer in his blog: http://spencerfordin.mlblogs.com/ If anybody could pitch his way out, Hill probably could. And considering that penciled in suggests temporary status, being all but penciled in makes it even more tenuous. Hopefully he makes it, but there's still still some significant hurdles to pass. Fighting through 4-5 innings might end up being a stretch for him.
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Final Bench Job Hoffpauir's to Lose
jersey cubs fan replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
so who's the other middle infielder? It will probably be someone who gets cut from their team right before the season starts. Utility infielders are a dime a dozen. I assume they will pick up somebody from another team's scrap heap, or the remaining free agent list. I just don't see how they can justify Johnson, Gathwright, Hoffpauir, Miles and Bako/Hill. Gathwright is completely unnecessary, even though they have him a guaranteed contract. -
Will the Cubs Opt out of Spring Training in Mesa?
jersey cubs fan replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Stay the heck out of the cess pool of Florida, that's an awful place for spring training. Arizona has been building big beautiful ballparks every other year trying to attract more teams, I highly doubt they'd let their top drawing team leave. It's just posturing by the Cubs to get a sweet stadium deal. -
Final Bench Job Hoffpauir's to Lose
jersey cubs fan replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I still highly doubt this team goes into the season with both Hoff and Gathwright on the roster. Assuming Reed, Soriano, Fukudome and Bradley are all healthy enough to start the season, that would mean they'd have only one backup infielder. There's no way they willingly go into the season with no ability to replace both middle infielders, or one of them and Ramirez, in the same game. I can't see it happening. They don't have a single reliable everyday middle infielder on the team, and Ramirez is a sure thing to miss time. They will have to either eat Gathwright's contract or let Hoff go, because they will go with 2 backup infielders, someway, somehow. -
I don't think they'd station a couple of hooligans outside the door to turn him away. He'd be just fine, and probably have the same amount of friends in the game as he does now while in the union.
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. :-k It's mighty big of the players union to allow the CBA to be breached when it benefits their own, isn't it? I love the blurb about how the union would permit Cruz and others to waive their individual rights. I don't think the union has a say in that decision. Wasn't it the union not allowing ARod to waive his rights that prevented him from being traded to Boston and instead to NYC? I believe it was that he was willing to take a salary cut to fit in the Red Sox's payroll and the union objected. That would be correct. ARod was will to cut something like $30 million off his deal to make the trade happen, but the union wasn't having it. The union confuses me sometimes. Why won't the union allow something like that? Does the union get a portion of that money or something? If it's his money what do they care what he does with it? Precedent. And the fact that what A-Rod gets affects the everyone else. He's at the top of the food chain, what he does affects everyone below him. All unions are set up to benefit the collective that makes up the union. Sometimes that means that the needs of the guys at the top have to be subordinate to everyone else. In the end, it benefits everyone. in theory
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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
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
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.
