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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Ok, I'll bite. You? No, I said the primary reason for dealing DeRosa was to get more lefthanded. The only way they've done that so far is by adding Miles. Miles was acquired because he could switch hit and is "versatile". So if the Cubs had traded DeRosa but hadn't added Miles, then they wouldn't be more lefthanded? You're not that dumb. Of course they would, by committing more ABs to Fontenot. So I conclude you're simply being stubborn and unreasonable. More Fontenot contributes to it, but he's not going to play that much more. Miles replacing DeRosa is the bigger part of it.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    He probably does, Gathright will hit for a better avg., Pie would hit for more power, Gathright is a much better baserunner, Pie is better defensively while both are above avg. defensively. Pie didn't do enough last year to merit being on the 25 man roster and with those flaws I mentioned, I don't see him ever becoming an everyday CF'er. The Cubs aren't in a position to try and develop an inferior player on the 25 man roster (even a 25th man) when they are trying it all and potential upgrades are avail. at minimal cost. I don't get this line of thinking. If anybody can afford to develop guys at the back end of a roster it's a team that should be able to coast to a division title. Almost every single player essentially has to develop in the majors. A team like the Cubs, with very little quality in the minor leagues, is going to depend heavily on whatever they can get from the minors. Every year they are in a position to withstand established veterans having crappy years on the 25-man roster, why can't they deal with a kid who has some upside?
  3. jersey cubs fan
    erroneous the question at this point is simply one of Pie v. Gathright. that's it. nobody is arguing Pie is or ever will be a Carl Crawford. nobody. Yeah, not likely ever becoming a solid everyday CF does not make him useless. If you have to go on the free agent market and spend double for essentially the same player, then the guy you have has value. Jacque Jones with a little less power wouldn't have been useless in his 20's. He'd be the quintessential 4th OFer.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, the logical reason was Dusty Baker freaking abused the crap out of him, the Cubs misdiagnosed him and let him pitch through injuries, make them worse, and creating new ones. agreed! what i'm saying is that his effort/workout regimen/whatever was a contributor to that as well. denying that just blows my mind. It doesn't appear to be that tough of a mind to blow. burn! really guy? Yes, really. You say something stupid, and then insult the people who call you on your stupidity, then act like your baseless reasoning in the only logical explanation, and really, it doesn't say much for your mental accuity.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, the logical reason was Dusty Baker freaking abused the crap out of him, the Cubs misdiagnosed him and let him pitch through injuries, make them worse, and creating new ones. agreed! what i'm saying is that his effort/workout regimen/whatever was a contributor to that as well. denying that just blows my mind. It doesn't appear to be that tough of a mind to blow.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    take a step back. i'm not trying to spin anything. just having a conversation. maybe you're trying to win an argument. if so, okay. kinda strange, but okay. i'm just discussing baseball, the game i love. It's hard to maintain a conversation when you just keep repeating ignorant statements. i'm not opposed to you leaving the discussion if you're having a tough time keeping up. Keeping up with what? Your knuckle dragging idiocy? You have said the same dumb thing over and over, that the reason prior hasn't returned from injury for 5 years is because he hasn't tried to return from injury for 5 years.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, the logical reason was Dusty Baker freaking abused the crap out of him, the Cubs misdiagnosed him and let him pitch through injuries, make them worse, and creating new ones.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    take a step back. i'm not trying to spin anything. just having a conversation. maybe you're trying to win an argument. if so, okay. kinda strange, but okay. i'm just discussing baseball, the game i love. It's hard to maintain a conversation when you just keep repeating ignorant statements.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    If there is any group think on this topic it is all the people who are convinced Mark Prior doesn't care that he's injured and doesn't try to recover.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    That is a really stupid thing to say. I mean incredibly ignorant. Pitchers can't commit themselves to not get hurt, or get back from injuries.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    what a stupid thing to say. You think the only thing keeping Prior from returning from injuries/surgery is a lack of effort in trying to come back.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    He just had surgery last year. There have been multiple problems found with Prior's arm since he was exposed to Dusty.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    no, of course he's not. no one is suggesting anything in that ridiculous scenario. i think the notion that he's spending "hours upon hours" working out is equally as absurd, though. knowing the mark prior that we all got to know in his brief time in the cubs organization, i cant see the guy busting his ass to get back. dont you think that he'd be back and healthy by now if he had tried busting his ass in the past? it's a pretty fundamental approach. to getting healthy, that is. We aren't talking about a guy with weight issues who needs to get on the treadmill. We're talking about a guy who withstood serious abuse by a horrible manager and who sustained very serious arm injuries in the process. You can't just decide to bounce back from those things with extra effort. sure you can. you either commit yourself to do something or you don't. i'm questioning his commitment. i don't doubt that he wants to be a major league pitcher for one second. i do, however, doubt his effort to do so. No, you can't. That's just coach speak/trainer jargon. There's no telling how any pitcher will bounce back from arm injuries, especially hidden injuries that lingered for years. Prior was treated with extreme negligence by the Cubs. He was messed up, and pitchers can take years to bounce back from surgery, or never bounce back. It's not a matter of will or desire.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    no, of course he's not. no one is suggesting anything in that ridiculous scenario. i think the notion that he's spending "hours upon hours" working out is equally as absurd, though. knowing the mark prior that we all got to know in his brief time in the cubs organization, i cant see the guy busting his ass to get back. dont you think that he'd be back and healthy by now if he had tried busting his ass in the past? it's a pretty fundamental approach. to getting healthy, that is. We aren't talking about a guy with weight issues who needs to get on the treadmill. We're talking about a guy who withstood serious abuse by a horrible manager and who sustained very serious arm injuries in the process. You can't just decide to bounce back from those things with extra effort.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    Nomar getting most of the starts at 2B against LHP, and allowing Lee and Ramirez to each take 20-30 games off would be fine with me, but I doubt Hendry would go this route or Nomar would be interested. He finally got to the west coast after years of rumors that's where he wanted to go, and it will probably take a lot to get him to move.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Really? How?
  17. jersey cubs fan
    I hate that they went this route too (specifically trading DeRosa) but you would have to throw in both the money saved and the 3 pitching prospects in order to get a fair comparison. I'd imagine they'd wind up saving ~1M. Probably the difference between whatever suckhole backup catcher we sign and Koyie Hill. Oh, and those prospects, unless they happened to be coveted by the Padres are garbage. Maybe in 2009. But Miles's contract goes through 2010, and they will be stuck needing more veteran infield help that year because Cedeno won't be around. A lot of moves Hendry makes are perceived as moves he "had to make", but those moves are only made because of the condition he left the team in the first place.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    I hate that they went this route too (specifically trading DeRosa) but you would have to throw in both the money saved and the 3 pitching prospects in order to get a fair comparison. The money saved isn't going to be all that much, if they sign Aurillia. I doubt he gets the minimum. And the pitchers aren't anything to rave about.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    That's probably true, which is scary in and of itself.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    I would still be surprised. I've prefer the 11 man staff, but the Cubs have gone with 7 relievers almost fulltime for several years now. They have multiple health/durability questions on the staff, no set 5th starter eating innings, and a nearly unknown bullpen situation. I just don't see them going with 6 relievers.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    He's a 37-year old extremely limited defensive player that can't come close to producing the numbers necessary at the positions he's stuck at, 3B and 1B. Teams just aren't throwing money to garbage guys like Aurillia this year. The demand for major league names to fill spots just isn't that high. Why pay a veteran $800,000 to take up at bats that a $400,000 kid who might have a future can do it? In normal times the kid is the better option, in uncertain economic times when tickets haven't even gone on sale yet it's even more of an obvious option.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Oh joy. What a terrible waste of a roster spot that would be. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-15-cubs-bits-chicagojan15,0,6211292.story I'd be a little scared about the role they had for him, but I don't mind him if he's just here to get a few spot starts at 1st and 3rd and come off the bench to hit left-handed pitching (which he is inconsistent with but still solid against). I think he fits onto this particular team a little better than Cedeno does. Cedeno's reverse splits really hurt him in a bench role because he's either the last guy off the bench against right-handed pitching or he gets sent up there against left-handers where he's terrible. Aurilia would actually get used in pinch-hitting situations where he could be moderately successful, and I'd rather have him get those starts at 3B than Miles. He did well last year, but was pathetic the year before. I don't think you can say he's still solid against RHP. He could just as easily do as poorly as he did in 2007. The problem I see is this leaves Miles as the only legit backup at either middle infield position*. Aurillia really can't play those spots. Cedeno can backup SS, and while he's probably not going to add much, if any offense, he could do as much as Aurillia. *Furthermore, it leaves the Cubs with no quality defensive SS on the team.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Ok, I'll bite. You? No, I said the primary reason for dealing DeRosa was to get more lefthanded. The only way they've done that so far is by adding Miles. Miles was acquired because he could switch hit and is "versatile".
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Which would differ from their winter plans, how?
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Unless Hendry has Peavy in his back pocket and is just waiting for the announcement of a new owner, his comments on Marquis make absolutely no sense at all. If Hendry has a trade ready for Peavy, all of these perceived dumb moves (picking up Gaithright, trading Derosa, looking to sign Aurillia, trading Marquis, looking to get rid of Pie and Cedeno..) start to at least explainable. But to trade Marquis for a subpar reliever and then to say that it is going to be hard to replace Marquis and that your still looking for a 5th starter? Something isn't adding up. An alternative explanation would be that he is strapped for cash and really wanted Miles. Which would be just as perplexing.
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