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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Since I tend to look at the positive in all things, I'm going to just say it's good to see Eric showing a lot more patience than his brother.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    I'd like to sit in on those debates. I wonder what the mixed opinions could be. Are they debating whether he's a future All Star or AAAA player, or is it a case of debating starter or career back-up?
  3. jersey cubs fan
    5! gotta put the ball in play man!
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Firing Perry would just give a free pass to the guilty party, Hendry, who has failed miserably at putting together a solid lineup for 5 years now. The team has consistently been bottom half in OBP and runs scored correlates with OBP, which is why they've consistently been bottom half in runs scored (with 2004's measly 7th ranking being the lone exception). Jim doesn't get it, and that's why the offense consistently fails, and why the team doesn't win enough.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    WHIP over 1.50 and absolutely ridiculously terrible K/BB, what else needs to be checked? He's awful. He was awful last year with an ERA of nearly 5, he was over 5 this year until he started getting lucky in August. He still can't strike anybody out, he's walking more than he strikes out and giving up too many baserunners. He's awful.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Then you aren't looking at this the least bit rationally. Hendry gets crap because he makes crap moves. How else do you barely break .500 over 5 seasons with a top tier payroll? Steve Trachsel is a terrible pitcher. He was decent from time to time earlier in his career, but he sucked last year and he's sucked this year. He was destroyed late in the Mets postseason run last year, because he sucks. He's walking a ton of guys and not striking out anybody, and he's giving up a considerable amount of hits. He's been lucky in August that his ERA is as low as it has been. Steve Trachsel is not a terrible pitcher. I wish, for once, that you'd drop the hyperbole. Opponents have a near .800 OPS against him the past 3 years. I'd say that's pretty terrible. Okay... if you look league wide, an 800 OPS against would rank Trachsel 75th in baseball, which would make him a number three starter. So unless every single 4th and 5th starter in baseball is "terrible", then no, Steve Trachsel is not a terrible pitcher. For pitchers with at least 100 IP.... Trachsel is dead last in K/BB, behind such legends as Joe Kennedy and Mike Maroth as the only players with a K/BB below 1. Trachsel is bad. No, Trachsel is average. His OPS against, WHIP, and ERA all place him as a 3rd or 4th starter. are you kidding me?
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Well, if he passed waivers, than that means everybody had a chance to take him for nothing but didn't.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    It's hard to say, it's been reported that they were trying to give him away but couldn't, similar to when they just gave Abreu away. If they trade him it will be because they are trying to get rid of him. A lot may depend on how they finish 2007. If they come up short, and the fans get on Burrell for something, I could see them make a push to trade him for an arm, or two. They might take back somebody like Jones to offset salary (partially). Gallagher isn't untouchable. I'd trade Murton in a deal for a true impact bat. The Cubs need a bat they can count on. Murton could probably be a good bat, but they don't see interested in playing him.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Then you aren't looking at this the least bit rationally. Hendry gets crap because he makes crap moves. How else do you barely break .500 over 5 seasons with a top tier payroll? Steve Trachsel is a terrible pitcher. He was decent from time to time earlier in his career, but he sucked last year and he's sucked this year. He was destroyed late in the Mets postseason run last year, because he sucks. He's walking a ton of guys and not striking out anybody, and he's giving up a considerable amount of hits. He's been lucky in August that his ERA is as low as it has been.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    No, his ERA is abnormally low given how he has actually pitched. He's walking guys, not striking them out but guys aren't scoring. That's luck. His peripherals suck for the year and they suck in August. His ERA sucks for the year but is good in August. The August ERA is the outlier. Steve Trachsel sucks.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    He hasn't been good, he's been lucky. 2.something ERA in August was done with 18 walks and 8 K. 1.53 WHIP as well, puts his peripherals right in-line with the rest of his crappy season. That is in something like 30 innings, hardly a random sample. and he has been going 6-7 per start... Really, he's not sexy but he has been getting it done of late What part of 1.52 WHIP and only 8 k's in those 30 innings do you consider it getting it done? Goony said hes been getting by on alot of luck, which those numbers prove. The ball gets put into play an awful lot when hes pitching, and he walks quite a few, thats not a good combination. what he said.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    It was initially an error, then it was changed.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    He hasn't been good, he's been lucky. 2.something ERA in August was done with 18 walks and 8 K. 1.53 WHIP as well, puts his peripherals right in-line with the rest of his crappy season.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not sure there is any mortgaging the future here. The worst part is the loss of Moore's trade value, but neither Moore or Cherry had much future with the team whatsoever. Here's another thought-is Hendry just trying to clear 40 man space now? That's my assumption. But why? There's been talk about Kevin Hart being called up when the rosters expand. I'm guessing this opens up a spot on the 40-man for him. They had a spot going into today. This leaves it at 38.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    So the Cubs are going into the playoff stretch run with a guy STL gave up on late in their stretch run and another whom the pitching starved Mets gave up on as well. Neither Moore nor Cherry are all that good, but they are the type of player smart teams include in trades for actual good players.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    I think he saw the ball off the bat and then lost it at the last second. Part of playing the position is playing the lights. Jacque didn't lose those balls in the light, he lost them in the sky.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    So you want Dempster going 2 innings last night in a tie game and Marmol coming in to face the 9-1-2 hitters with a 2 run lead? I'd want my best relief pitcher pitching the ninth (and eight inning if necessary). Marmol has a 1.47 ERA and threw 22 strikes out of 29 pitches last night. Dempster has a 3.29 ERA and only threw 9 strikes out of 21 pitches. He doesn't have the control or strike out enough guys to be a good closer. A so-called closer walking a guy with the bases loaded - that's ridiculous. I don't care how many cheap saves he gets. That ground ball goes a few more feet to ARam's left and the Brewers win the game. I think you're just defending him because you like his first name. You'd be wasting his value. Your best reliever should pitch in the tighest of spots. That is mostly in the 6th, 7th, or 8th, when the starting pitcher or middle reliever gets in trouble and you need to get through the heart of the order. The closer starts almost all his innings with nobody on, so you can afford to give up a runner. When a guy comes in during the 8th with men on and nobody out, you need your stud reliever.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    I just don't see Marmol being as good as as starter as he is as a reliever. His K rate is much higher than it's ever been as a starter. His WHIP is lower. He has been a good starting pitcher in his past, and I wouldn't be upset if they moved him to the rotation. I just feel we may have found his niche. And while I completely agree that a starter is more important than a reliever, the fact is you do need some dominance in the pen. If they can keep putting out 5 starters without needing Marmol, I think I'd prefer him in the bullpen.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    107 pitches isn't that high though. Especially for a left-handed veteran like Lilly, that doesn't put much stress on his arm. You're talking about a few weeks ago? One 120+ pitch outing for a guy like Lilly is not going to take much of a toll. It's concerning if they pitch him 115+ regularly, but Lou doesn't do that. One of the best things Lou has done this year is not abuse his starting pitchers.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    33 times with 0 or 1 days rest compared to 13 with 2 or more. 22 outings of more than 1 inning. 16 innings per month which correlates to 96 relief innings over a season. Why are people pretending Marmol isn't being pushed to the limit? If he is not, then no reliever ever gets pushed to the limit. Because he's not being "pushed to the limit", that's really disingenuous wording. There's a very large difference between warming up, throwing 15-25 pitches in 1+ innings of work, followed by 1-2 days off, and warming up, throwing 10-15 pitches in an inning or less for 3 out of 4 days. He's been starting for his entire career, so it's not like he's approaching a threshold he's never reached. He even started right up until he got moved to the Chicago pen, another reason that he's fine with the workload. 4 IP per week is not going to ruin him, not even close. So with that thinking, any reliever who ever started and racked up 180 innings in any season would never have a problem throwing 100 innings as a reliever.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Wasn't Ohman the Cubs rep to the players' union? I could see that being more of a punishment position than position of respect, but MLBPA take their union very seriously, so I would think they at least hold some respect for the guy they give rep status.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Or maybe he should wear them... Anyway, I specifically went back through this thread to make sure that someone made this joke. I feel much better now that I know someone did. How did they give Monroe a double there? I know they don't give errors when guys lose the ball in the sun and it falls to the ground. But that actually hit his glove, that's got to be an error. It hit his glove when he raised it to protect his head because he had no idea where the ball was. If you don't call an error when the guy lets a popup fall 3 feet from him, I don't think you can call an error there either. Hart had absolutely no idea where it was. He knew where it was, he tracked it until the last second. The glove was up before he lost it, unless you really think he just magically threw up his glove and the ball found it. If Murton pulls that he'd get ripped to shreds. That's an error. If that game is played in Milwaukee they aren't giving the hitter a gift double.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    So you'd sign Kendall to a 2/10 as a contingency plan? There's no way that happens. If Kendall is signed, he'll get most of the starts regardless. And I don't see the Cubs trying to, or being able to get rid of Blanco. Now, if you could get rid of Blanco at no cost, get Kendall to a 1 year/$1.5m deal, and let Soto start 60-70% of the games, I'd be all for it.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Piazza took that paycut at SD, as a C. Besides, I'm comparing them because you said vets don't take such paycuts even when they have a bad year. Kendall's OPS+ the past 3 years has been 77, 89 and 66. The point is you're damn right you can find similar production (and quite possibly better) for cheaper. From where though? I haven't really looked, but I don't have anyone off the top of my head that will be reasonably available for less. Really? Geovany Soto. .279/.359/.425 career minor league line. Even if he goes .259/.339/.400 he'd be worth the $5m that can be spent on actual production. If there is ever a time to give a prospect a chance, it's when you have to pay millions to keep a guy who is going to be 34 years old and is nowhere near a guarantee to outproduce the kid.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    I don't have a problem with him going 2 last night. All I'm saying is the cumulative numbers suggest he's being used an awful lot.
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