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Mark Pawelek Breaks Right Arm
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
typically, tripping at home is a euphemism for being drunk when you got hurt. -
I hate black and white response options to polls.
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I think they leaked the earlier story of Patterson being included so that we'd all be more satisfied that they just gave away Barrett. :D
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He's trying to do whatever Lou wants him to do, similar to how he tried to satisfy Baker's demands (for more speed, etc).
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It's the ambivalence trade.
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now that's some optimism. I would bet that if you took the same team and replaced Izturis with ARod, they'd be pretty darn close to having a top 3 record in the NL.
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That was a clutch quote abuck. Let's see what he can do when it matters.
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I was thinking the same thing. It's the new sample size. jesus, what? do you even know what hyperbole means? Um yes, but I'm guessing you don't understand what I'm talking about. Hyperbole has been used a lot as a catch all by people complaining about others complaining about the trade. It's been used inappropriately as well. Similarly, sample size has been used ad nauseum and inappropriately at times on this board.
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The NL also went 7-0 on the road in AL stadiums and 11-3 against the AL overall.
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I was thinking the same thing. It's the new sample size.
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Dontrelle Willis was a successful low level prospect when they traded him away. The guy the Cubs got has been awful in rookie ball and low A ball. Point taken, but if you believe as I do, that the Cubs should be sellers and our next chance to make a solid run at the division will be 2009, the trade makes sense. Getting anything is better than getting nothing for a guy that isn't a part of the Cubs long term plans anyway. I think the Cubs can and should make a solid run at the division in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
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You're wrong.
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He's been banged up, but he has caught as recently as 2 days ago, I believe.
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3.96, and he saw 4.15 pitches last year. His ISOD has always been really good-probably the only thing we know for sure about him is that he is going to walk quite a bit. That sounds good. Maybe this will work out. Its a shame Barrett's Cubs career ended the way it did. It should have been better. He really did some bonehead things recently. As well as prior to recently.
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Dontrelle Willis was a successful low level prospect when they traded him away. The guy the Cubs got has been awful in rookie ball and low A ball.
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You answered your own question. People are skeptical of his current OBP because his minor league stats indicate its improbable that he will maintain such numbers.
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They need offense, and aren't all that worried about a catcher somehow making their pitcher's worse.
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You do realize it's tough to judge NINETEEN YEAR OLD minor leaguers based on stats in Low ball right? Man you are the king of hyperbole. You can't be any good putting up stats that bad in low A ball.
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Yeah, the Cubs getting cash would make no sense.
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I think it's safe to say it's more than a hunch. Barrett was a Hendry guy, perhaps his biggest "I really want him" acquisition. He clashed with Lou. The day he got picked off 2nd, and then went on to argue with Lou in the dugout, as opposed to just taking Lou's criticism, made me think those two were not going to be together long.
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I could not agree more with every part of this. I was calling for them to solidify RF and/or SS for next year and let Barrett walk, going with placeholders at C if need be. So, if they swing a deal that solidifies RF and/or SS and stick with these placeholders at C, I won't be upset. But the most important part of all that is solidifying RF and/or SS. The Cubs remain last in the NL in SS OPS, by an extremely wide margin. And Theriot is doing nothing to change that. They are 11th in the NL in RF OPS, but it's still sub 700. More Floyd might bring some stability, but that's still a position of weakness.
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Oh, jesus. I should just leave this thread before I end up spending half my day here. Come on...you wanna argue CERA...you know you do...give in to the dark side... Besides, you know you're gonna be here all day anyway.... No way man. I took the day off and am going to the planetarium with a bunch of fine ladies. 8-) you're with some fine ladies and your big idea was the PLANETARIUM? Dear God man, It's dark in there, isn't it?
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Possibly a little upside. Catchers do sometimes take more time to develop. But his upside probably gets nowhere near Barrett at his peak. He's probably even a step down from somebody like Damian Miller.
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Sounds like a defense and chemistry trade to me, which I don't like. I think they are also sacrificing offense, which they can't afford to do. But I've never really liked Barrett, and I wanted him to walk at the end of the year anyway. At least this pretty much guarantees they don't do something stupid like offer him a longterm contract this November. I don't like that catcher is now manned by nothing but defensive backup kind of catchers. A bunch of 8 hitters on a team already dealing with 8 hitters at SS. I don't think this trade makes the Cubs any better.
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Colvin Promoted to AA / Kroeger to AAA
jersey cubs fan replied to kylescubs23's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I'm no expert either but I believe this isn't particularly fast paced for a college hitter out of bigger conference like Colvin was. But it is still pretty impressive for someone as raw as he is in his first full pro season. He has glaring weaknesses, but as RHIAB points out, he's more likely to fix his plate discipline issues after he's tested at higher levels. Perhaps that could be an interesting side effect, but in an organization so devoid of any real concentration on patience, I doubt that's the motivation. I find this really odd considering he's not even dominating his current league. It would be one thing if he was hitting .380 or something ridiculous and knocking HRs left and right, making it unrealistic for him to try and be patient. But he's barely hitting .300, ranking 13th in the league, and is just 12th in OPS. He's still just 21. Pushing him to AA this early, with just about 500 professional at bats, having already skipped low A (after starting in short season ball), seems incredibly aggressive. You'd have to think they believe he's worthy of a 2008 call-up if he's going to AA now.
