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All I read is that he would have to be consulted if he were to be traded to Boston. That is weird, I thought people want to goto Boston. Similarly, he wouldn't have to be consulted for a trade to Milwaukee. That is weird, I didn't think people wanted to goto Milwaukee If you negotiate to get a certain number of teams on your no-trade list, then you want to list the ones you are most likely to be traded to. The point is to get the teams to make it worth your while. It's not that you don't want to go there, it's just that if you think there's a better chance your team will try and trade you there, you list that team, so that they have to give you something to okay the deal. -
Gagne, Wood, Dempster, Howry, Wuertz, and Marmol from the right side of the pen. Not to mention Petrick, who has been great when he's been up. And the various others who have shown flashes. Has there been a new Petrick added to the roster? The one who has pitched for the Cubs has been horrible, not great.
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I missed the part of the OP's post where he said that a bullpen arm was the Cubs' biggest need. I think everyone here knows your position on where you think the Cubs need help. No need to interject it unnecessarily. More than one person has said bullpen is the biggest need. The moron who does postgame on CSN and thinks everybody on the team is great listed at his #1. Lots of people are begging for it above all else. Multiple people are pretending the lineup is fine and needs no help, yet everybody falls back to the "we could always use another reliever" nonsense. I think reminding the ill-informed that the Cubs hitters are not that good and they need reinforcements is a lot more valuable than talk of another freaking reliever.
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I like. It's sad that we do have in house solutions for 3 of our 4 holes, but Soto, Murton and Pie won't get any regular time for some reason. Once again, CF isn't really a hole. Except for the whole lack of production thing, you're right. Jones has an .825 career OPS against RHP. As a comparison: By way of comparison, Lifetime OPS v. RHP Jacque Jones - .825 Carlos Beltran - .840 Mike Cameron .757 Johnny Damon .797 Andruw Jones .831 Vernon Wells .779 Torii Hunter .778 Nick Swisher .778 Are we only facing RHP from here on out? And are we going in the way back machine to when Jones was mildly productive? CF is a hole. Pretending otherwise doesn't change that fact.
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Yeah, that would work well for little leaguers and high schoolers with weak arms, but that's going to require multiple relay throws which is going to allow any decent runner to score any time.
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I wish people would stop pretending another bullpen arm is the biggest need.
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I like. It's sad that we do have in house solutions for 3 of our 4 holes, but Soto, Murton and Pie won't get any regular time for some reason. Once again, CF isn't really a hole. Except for the whole lack of production thing, you're right.
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Hey, why don't you climb up that ladder. Heh, don't fall. Next time you should come up here and sing the 7th inning stretch.
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It would be great if an extension could be announced today. It would make for a great trading deadline day regardless of whether anything else happens. It would work well to cover the PR angle following a non-active deadline.
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Gomes available
jersey cubs fan replied to RegulusBlue's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
You keep using that word, I do not that it means what you think it means. Inconceivable! Anybody want a peanut? -
Barring something else, as well, but I don't want to talk about it.
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I watched ESPN for the HD, but man, Sut had to be drunk. And he can't be more than a week away from pulling a Kiss me Suzy with what's her name, the overrated blond. He was all over her last night. I'm surprised ESPN has stuck with him this long, considering his alcohol issues. And the cliches are just so freaking annoying with him. It's non-stop.
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I think it's a mistake to underplay the difference between the two offenses. The Cubs have a 96 OPS+, MIL has a 108. On the flip side, the Cubs have a 116 ERA+ and MIL has a 103. The Cubs are 10th in the NL in OPS and MIL is 3rd. There's a real difference, and when you consider each team has its own strenght, it's pretty clear the teams are pretty evenly matched, as their records indicate.
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You have got to be kidding me with this ridiculously overplayed "everybody is acting like he's the greatest" nonsense. You are clearly trolling here. ahemsammysosaahem thank you I apologize, I read that as referring to Murton being the greatest RF according to some.
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If a guy gets healthy and starts to rehab I think the team can keep him down there for 10 days without his consent. But if he says he's good to go and they keep trying to make him rehab, I think he can file a grievance or something and get himself called up or released. If Blanco says he's not ready, he's not going to complain about a prolonged rehab stint. Maybe he and Hendry have come to an agreement to wait for Sept callups.
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My cousin, who lives in Detroit, just heard on sports talk radio there that the trade is done. I still haven't seen an official link though. Pitt people have been saying the Izturis deal was done in order to facilitate moving Wilson, and while I applaud them for moving on from Wilson, I don't understand why they thought they need another ineffective expensive SS to make it work.
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Teixeira is not a 2-month rental. They control him through next season. And as a player at the beginning of his prime he's a much more valuable than both of those post 30 players who have been inconsistent in recent years.
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You have got to be kidding me with this ridiculously overplayed "everybody is acting like he's the greatest" nonsense. You are clearly trolling here.
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Keith Law: Cubs only good because of weak schedule
jersey cubs fan replied to Bruno7481's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
You can't use pythag to determine that the AL is not better than the NL. They face different competition, and the AL once again cleaned up in interleague play. The AL may be top heavy, but their top is easily head and shoulders better than the NL's top. It's blatantly obvious the Cubs and Brewers benefit strongly from facing 3 of the worst teams in baseball in their division, and a 4th that isn't any good at all. Plus, none of the other NL teams are particularly great. The West is balanced with 4 good teams who are preventing any one team from racking up a ton of wins. The East has 3. -
They've got a losing record vs the 5 non-Milwaukee contenders that I believe are most legit, and they face two teams that have had their way with them so far this year over the next 6 days, but after that they only have 4 games vs LA, among that group of contenders they've struggled against. Right now they are on pace for about 85-86 wins. They benefit from getting to play 35 more games against crappy NL Central teams, and another 6 vs the crappy Giants and Marlins. And then there are 6 more against the decent DBacks and Rockies. They need to tread water against the teams that are probably better than them, Philly, Mets and LA, and really pounce on those crap teams if they want to go into the playoffs and possibly host a series or two. Without making any moves, they could be good enough to pull it off, thanks to all those weak NL Central opponents. Obviously that's an unknown though. I'd feel a hell of a lot better if they'd wake up and realize their lineup is nothing more than average and that they need to plug at least one of the big holes.
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To me, its more than obvious that this is in fact the Cubs' current plan for Murton. That is my guess as well, and it's a shame. I think it's a terrible misuse of resources.
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The difference, of course, is Murton produced as a minor leaguer and was expected to do that in the majors. Laird didn't do much of anything in the minors until age 25, in his 3rd stint in AAA. Plus, Murton produced last year over pretty much twice the amount of PA. And he had the sort of K/BB ratios that translate into a guy who knows what he's doing. Laird had a K/BB of 54/12 and basically had a few more balls fall into place than may have been expected, hitting .296, despite a career minor league average of .277. Murton hit a shade below his minor league numbers. When you look at it, Laird looks to be a little older version of Soto. Okay minor league numbers, with one very good season, but at a year older than Soto had his. Neither is what I would consider a fantastic bet to succeed in the majors, but you already have one of the guy and would need to trade assets for the other. There's really no logic supporting such a move.
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There's a school of thought that call-ups should be thrown right into the lineup, and not sit for 3-4 days once they first come up. If there was anything to be gained by putting him in AAA it was to get him consistent playing time, calling him up and having him sit negates that benefit. If Murton is back here to just play once every 3-4 days, there's really no benefit to having him here. Murton is beyond the point of say, Pie, where sitting on the bench is hampering his production or something. I disagree. Major league hitters need to learn on the job and get over certain humps. Murton is definitely still in the stage where he needs to either play every day, or darn near close to it. That is, unless your plan for him is to be just a bench player.
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There's a school of thought that call-ups should be thrown right into the lineup, and not sit for 3-4 days once they first come up. If there was anything to be gained by putting him in AAA it was to get him consistent playing time, calling him up and having him sit negates that benefit. If Murton is back here to just play once every 3-4 days, there's really no benefit to having him here.
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Keith Law: Cubs only good because of weak schedule
jersey cubs fan replied to Bruno7481's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
The Cubs and Brewers definitely benefit from playing a weaker schedule than their counterparts in the East and West. The Cubs are sub .500 vs non-Central NL teams. And the DBacks are the only NL contender that hasn't beaten the crap out of the Central. All the rest have a better W% vs the Central than both MIL and the Cubs. And the Cubs definitely benefitted from playing the pathetic White Sox at just about their low. It's still quite possible that the best of the east and the west are going to beat each other up enough to allow both the Cubs and Brewers to tip-toe into the playoffs with the benefit of playing STL, HOU, PITT and CIN over and over again.
