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  1. jersey cubs fan
    He should be the backup right now. At this point I'm thinking they should go with Soto and Blanco in 2008 (but I'd love to see Blanco leave). Make your order like this: 9 Soriano 13.00 3 Lee 13.00 6 Rodriguez 25.00 5 Ramirez 14.00 7 Murton 0.75 8 Pie 0.35 4 Patterson 0.35 2 Soto 0.35 Give ARod 5/125 to get out of the Bronx. (very favorable compared to his 3/81 remaining that he can opt out of)
  2. jersey cubs fan
    I realize that a thread like this is designed to create controversy, and get attention but its not like his .829 OPS prior to today or his .340 OBP is that terrible. Neither is a particularly good number either. I want something more from a 1st round pick than not terrible. I haven't been paying close attention to Colvin this year, but taking a look now and he's been completely unimpressive. Add in the piss poor year of Samardzija and last year's draft is looking quite shaky. Colvin's k/bb is now 40/8, with a line of .299/.333/.478. Hope to see the kid get it together soon.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Is this supposed to be a good thing?
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I think they should go with Blanco and Soto, unless they can get rid of Blanco. Get your offense elsewhere.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    He did struggle offensively. But there are key differences, he was 3 years younger than Soriano is now, still in his prime. There was reasonable hope for improvement. Beltran also hit for average and drew walks, putting up a far better OBP than Soriano did up to that point, indicating a very solid approach at the plate that was not prone to the same type of problems that Soriano is prone to. In the season before he came to NY, Beltran had a k/bb of 101/92. Soriano, at his best last year, was 160/67. Beltran's isolated patience was far more indicative of a player with a good future. Furthermore, Beltran was a terrific natural CF. Soriano is a shaky converted corner OF with no fallback position. Beltran's contract will be run out at a much younger age as well. Bottom line: Beltran was better, signed younger, was much more likely to sustain quality play, added value via his defense - both in terms of quality and the position he played, and isn't guaranteed big money as deep into his career.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    He's on pace for 400 AB, so it wouldn't take much to get up to 450 PA. As you said, if there's an injury to Murton, Jones or Soriano, or if Lou suddenly decides he needs Floyd hitting 4th everyday, then it becomes a scary issue.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    I think if you added the CWS 3 best relievers (Jenks, Thornton, Logan) along with Buerhle and Garland, to the Cubs, they would have prevented significantly fewer runs. And you could probably benefit from Dye's power on the bench along with AJ taking over for Blanco (or starting). That team might be ahead of the Brewers by 2 games.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    They've got to rid themselves of Jones, Howry and Eyre, and probably one of Marquis or Dempster. With guys like Theriot, Fontenot and Patterson, they could save some more by dumping DeRosa. Then spend your money on a couple studs to help the remaining core, and fill in with youth everywhere else (maybe spend a million or two on bullpen help). And for god's sake don't even let Floyd come close to those qualifiers.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I know it's early in his career, but I get the feeling that Samardzija's upside is a guy like Jon Garland. Pitches to contact and doesn't walk too many guys, but is somewhat durable and keeps his team in games, most of the time. (although I still don't know how Garland succeeds). It seems to me that he doesn't stand a chance of being a Brandon Webb type ground ball pitcher who still strikes some people out, even if it's only 7 per 9. Samardzija isn't striking anybody out, and while you have to expect him to need time to refine his game, he should be able to rack up some k's at this level. Even Garland struck out 6+ per 9 as a 19 year old in high A ball. I've read about his 50% change up stuff, but at some point you'd like to see the guy put up some decent numbers.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Makes sense to me. Ramirez is a better hitter than Floyd or Soriano. Getting him up more frequently is a good idea. Floyd is no 3 or 4 hitter at this stage of his career though.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    This is a terrible argument. Why does the "earn the job" mantra only apply to Murton? He and Floyd have similar production this year, and Murton is younger, faster, healthier, cheaper, has more of a long term future, is a better defender, outproduced Floyd by a significant margin last year, and is probably better at video games too. All this is, is the all to familiar "default to the veteran", it's nonsense. Why gamble on being better when we can guarantee mediocrity with a Veteran? Mediocre might win the Cubs this division or the Wild Card and keep the masses happy for a couple of more years. Unfortunately the Cubs veterans can't even guarantee mediocrity.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Anything can happen, but odds are it won't. The best teams usually win. What last year was was an unprecedented situation. The goal in baseball should be to create the best team possible, that means a team capable of 95-100 wins, because those are the teams that usually win it all. You don't give yourself much of a chance if you'd just trying to contend within a divison, no matter how weak.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    I guess it gives a new meaning to the thread title... She's a stripper. Odds are it's not very apropos. touchè No, you can't touch. Just look.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Can't trade draft picks. If the Marlins want prospects there are many teams that can offer a better package than the Cubs can. They could always flip either or both of those guys later on. If they got Z and Ramirez they'd be able to try to get into the race. If they weren't back in by the deadline, they trade Zambrano for prospects. With Ramirez they can either trade him at the deadline or wait until the offseason. This trade would make their fan a lot happier. I would think it would have to be some sort of 3-way deal, where Florida never takes full control of Ramirez and Zambrano, because there's no way they want to be stuck with them.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    I guess it gives a new meaning to the thread title... She's a stripper. Odds are it's not very apropos.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Holy shnikies I think I love this man. Strike throwing relievers on short-term deals, who knew?
  17. jersey cubs fan
    What about the scenario that Lou opts out at the end of the year to take the Yankees job, while Hendry is replaced, allowing a new owner to hire a new GM who can then hire his own manager? I think that might be the most likely good case. Of course, best case is Hendry fixes this mess and they go on to enjoy a great season together, but how likely is that? I think that's the only way both return next year anyway.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    A Yankees fan just told me that Gammons reported Pinielle has an out in his contract that can be exercised if the Cubs are sold, and that Hendry has told his inner circle he should have hired Girardi. I don't know anything about the validity of the report, but it's kind of interesting in that the whole "inner circle" thing is really a George/Yankees idea. You never hear about the Cubs people and their inner circle. A tiff would make sense, but it would be funny if Hendry was somehow blaming Piniella for the issues.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, whatever it was, the first sound appeared to be a B.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    I think it has to do with Jim's glass half full mentality. The guy seems to put together teams that can win, if a lot of things go right. But he's awful at planning for unexpected, or even expected, setbacks. Lots of teams play through injuries and down years from players. Jim seems to think, "Well, at his best Jacque Jones is a pretty darn good RF" without calculating the odds that he will actually be at this best at any given moment/year. Or, "Izturis was all star caliber for half a season, so we expect him to be all star caliber for us." Jim only thinks about what players can do at their peak, without realizing that peak years don't last forever and are not guaranteed to anybody.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    No we haven't. Why does everybody always talk about RISP? The Cubs have had only the 7th most AB with RISP this season, but they rank 3rd in OPS and 1st in AVG for the season. That means fewer chances than some, but much greater rate of cashing in. Over the last 7 days, when the offense has sucked, their OBP ranks 13th in the league, which means much fewer chances than normal. The Cubs aren't failing with RISP at an alarming rate. The problem is they aren't getting into scoring position. The few hits they've had are measly singles. And they aren't drawing walks. To add insult to injury, they are making outs on the basepaths with their stupid over aggressive mindset of trying to make things happen.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    And for a team with too many corner outfielders, I still find it funny that they don't have one natural all around great corner outfielder. They all have very large flaws.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    [wishful thinking]Maybe that means Pie is coming back up to play every day.[/wishful thinking] Given this teams tendency to shake things up just by reshuffling deck chairs, it wouldn't surprise me.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    If they're .500 by the All Star break they are still very much in the NL Central hunt, and considering they have a + total run differential for the season that is not an unobtainable goal by any means. They're not hopeless. Flawed, but not hopeless. All this is true, but it's also the same story that was told in 2005 and 2006. At some point it's got to be less about "it's not over yet" and more about winning ballgames. The nature of the baseball season, especially with 6 divisions and 2 wild cards, means most teams will technically be in it well into late summer. But that doesn't justify pissing away April and May, and doesn't make it wrong for fans to get pissed off about a team pissing away April and May. Frankly I find it insulting when people tell disappointed Cubs fans to get a grip because it's early. This isn't some perennial contender having an off month. If the Cubs aren't running away with things, the safest thing to assume is they will come up short.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    True. At the time I found it odd that so few here were dead set against the Soriano signing, and odd that even fewer were in favor of a rebuilding year. These still seem like sensible positions to me, would've expected more support for them. I was begrudginly accepting of the Soriano deal, mostly because they were so desperate for an extra bat and it appeared quite obvious they were raising payroll. I would also add that I'm confident Wilken will turn up a couple good young cheap bats in the next couple years, so when Soriano is really a waste, it'll be offset by those guys. And I'm still not in favor of a complete rebuilding. First, I think it'll be impossible. This isn't a team with 37 year olds like Kevin Tapani leading the way. The core of the club is still late 20's to early 30's. And I think this team could be in for a quick turn around with a solid GM.
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