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you better run while you have the chance, as the pro-murton freaks are sharpening their pitchforks and lighting their torches I would just say that Murton has shown enough to be every bit the everyday player Jones is, and probably better. There's really no justification for your claim, other than the fact that Lou isn't using him as an everyday player. Unfortunately that's the type of tag that can stick on a guy for his career. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-7-2007
jersey cubs fan replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
i don't understand why it's a big deal if the cubs have three lefties in the rotation. teams have 4-5 righties in the rotation all the time and no one says anything about it. There are more right-handed hitters in most (all?) lineups than there are left-handed hitters. The NL hit .265/.340/.426 against LHP last year, and .264/.332/.428 against RHP. What matters is who is the better pitcher, not if you have too many LH, or not enough. -
Soriano/Ramirez/Barret and their approach at the plate ...
jersey cubs fan replied to Shavo's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Troubled? Of course. Surprised? Not at all. This is the type of hitters these guys are. Ramirez is talented enough to be productive despite a questionable approach. My impression of Barrett is that whenever it's anybody but early in the game without men on base, he goes up there hacking. His isolated patience goes down with men on base, while guys like Lee and Ramirez, and in fact, the league in general, sees their isolated patience go up with men on base. I'm not saying he's a choker, but rather that he epitomizes the "it's called hitting not walking" mentality that Hendry espouses, especially when runners are on base. It's stuff like this that makes the Cubs such an incredibly easy lineup to go through sometimes and contributes to the feast of famine situation. Sure, they have the talent to pour it on when they are rolling. But if a pitcher is in the slightest bit of the a groove, the Cubs go down in no time at all. It's annoying as hell, but apparantly not anything the GM cares about. -
Huh? I remember the day the world came to an end. I saw all this violently bitter hatred directed at Jim Hendry and I'm like, "Whoa, he musta got caught raping a baby or something." But no, he just had the audacity to sign Jacque Jones. Some people are genuinely astonished when he plays well. It's hilarious. Jacque Jones was exactly the type of player this team didn't need and exactly the type of player Jim Hendry would sign and try to pass off as a great addition. This team was desperate for OF production, and had been for a while. They were also desperate for OBP help, and the Cubs went out and got an impatient unproductive OF bat. He's not a blackhole type hitter, and occasionally does well, but he's not what this team needed if they wanted to start contending for championships. To top it off he started his Cubs career terribly, threw like somebody who picked up a baseball for the first time and got picked off the bases repeatedly, with no repercusion because of his veteran status. Frankly I don't understand why people don't understand the argument against Jacque. If this was a 95 win team he'd be a wonderful space filler. Unfortunately the 2006 Cubs desperately needed some big time production, and just like he always has, Jim Hendry got the wrong man for the job.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-7-2007
jersey cubs fan replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Guys have slipped through such cracks in the past before going on to contribute to a major league roster. This isn't a perfect market. -
Starters in the bullpen should never be considered an ace in the hole. It's an awful idea and a clear last resort that shouldn't need to be used until at least the 15th or 16th inning of a very long game.
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"Maybe a few years ago, I would have thought, this isn't supposed to be happening," said Hill. "But now, with a positive mindset and a positive thought process, you have to think that, this is the way it should be happening." If they did anything, it sounds like Hill used these books to get a little more positive attitude and to expect success. I don't see how that is something that would benefit Zambrano. He's got all the confidence in the world. His problem is consistency, which may or may not be related to health.
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5/6 Nationals (Hill) @ Cubs (Guzman) 1:20 WGN/720
jersey cubs fan replied to David's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Because the locals papers said that when the weather warms and off-days start to disappear, he's going to have to start giving guys like Lee a day off here and there, which would mean Ward plays. It's just ESPN taking local news, twisting the headline and trying to make it look like their own. I believe the quote was: ''I have to get him in there once in a while,'' Piniella said. To me that's just a manager talking about a guy who hasn't been playing much in the midst of all sorts of questions about playing time for outfielders. -
He'll be 2 months late when he actually does anything.
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Of course not. But that wasn't the point. The point is that there's still 4/5ths of a season to go, and so it's rather illogical to declare one team definitively better than the other based on current records. The Brewers have been better to date, of course. The rest is yet to be deterimined. Yet to be determined, but not subject to some random selection process. The Brewers have a huge advantage. They started the season as the favorite according to many, and at the very least along the same lines as the Cubs. They'd have to fall back to a .527 pace (85 win season) to only finish with 90 wins, and .489 (79 wins) to win only 85. Comparisons to last year's Reds are pointless and completely invalid. This is a deep, quality team that is winning everything they should win and not giving away anything. The Cubs may be just as deep and talented, but their losses are in the bank and they can't get them back.
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It's not just you. I feel he goes through the bench/bullpen far too early and quickly. I think it's probably related to the fact that he's been an AL guy for most of his career, and hasn't managed an NL game in 15 years.
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You're acting as if that was a standing agreement the Cubs always had to be in-line with. They didn't have to come to that agreement. And they could have done a better job scouting him, to find out themselves that Hamilton was ready to turn things around. Knowing how early their pick was, they could have done so on their own. Why would the Cubs be scouting an OF in the Rule 5? Edit: And when Hamilton puts up 2 full years of decent numbers, then I'll call him legit. Because their OF has sucked for many years. Scouting is more than just watching a guy play in games. Scouting can tell you if a guy is signable, if a guy is a douchebag, or if a guy is ready to turn the page on past problems. I don't think it makes any sense to say that a team got extremely lucky to have an extremely talented player play well. If they had good reason to believe the drug issue was under control, there was no reason not to take a chance on the kid.
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I assume you are talking about Von Joshua. He is at Iowa.
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Tough call. I can't say it's the money thing, since the payroll is barely any higher than it was, and they've been spending big for many years. OBP was exposed as a weakness long ago, but Hendry didn't exactly solve it anyway, so not sure how this helps. The Hill thing was good. But I have to say Dusty. Hendry loved Dusty and wanted to bring him back. He was pretty much forced to get rid of him because of the disaster, and that allowed some dominoes to start falling, even if all the problems haven't been solved.
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That's a flawed argument. The difference in value does not depend on how good you think the 2007 team is. Even if you think the 2007 team can win 100 games and go to the World Series, that's no reason to think Pie's value to the organization is greatest on the major league bench. If somebody in the minors can offer the same service as Felix, then there isn't even a debate. The question remains how much this negatively affects his development compared to his value over somebody else. I would argue his value to the 2007 team over somebody else is 0, and the negative effect is greater than 0, meaning it's a no-brainer. I don't see how Pagan could be any worse, or any less of a bench option, if you absolutely need such a player.
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I don't have a problem with calling him up in the first place. They started his arbitration clock, but he won't hit arbitration until he accrues the necessary service time. So sending him down puts a halt to that anyway.
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You're acting as if that was a standing agreement the Cubs always had to be in-line with. They didn't have to come to that agreement. And they could have done a better job scouting him, to find out themselves that Hamilton was ready to turn things around. Knowing how early their pick was, they could have done so on their own.
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5/6 Post-Game: Inexplicably Bizarre Win
jersey cubs fan replied to Outshined_One's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Because Lou can't stand when his pitchers walk guys. A walk is inexcusable. At least with a double, you are challening the hitter. You lost the challenge, but you didn't give him a free pass. -
ARod played a good portion of 1995 in the minors, and by then he'd proven more than enough at that level. Development wasn't the issue that it is with Pie. If Felix was a flawless superstar in the making who was unquestionably going to be great, it'd be a different story. Felix still has to improve, and you can't do that without playing. Buhner had already progressed through the minors in the Yankee system, and played for them before coming over to Seattle. Furthermore, he was a Mariner for 5 years before Piniella showed up.
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Development is a long run story. If his development is compromised now, that has long-term implications. Pie will not develop as a PH and defensive substitution.
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Pie may be fast, but he's hardly a great baserunner. Even if he offers a slightly greater chance to win now than he would if he was in AAA and somebody else was up (debatable) you have to weigh that against his value to the organization and need to develop in AAA. I would call up Fontenot first and foremost. But there are a couple others guys whose future won't be ruined by being bench players, who could probably offer just as much, if not more, to the current bench.
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Cherry is pretty pointless down there. Lou needs to get over his need for 7 relievers and stop making 3-4 changes in an inning. The rotation has gone many turns in a row without being rocked early and needing to burn the pen. They have the 4th fewest innings pitched of any pen in the NL.
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I think the bullpen has been fine. They are relievers, so inconsistently is inherent with the job. The only transactions that might make them consistently better is to acquire one of the rare consistently great relievers, and that's unrealistic. They have the 5th best ERA, BAA and OPS against in the NL. They are 3rd in K/BB and 1st in K/9. I don't think it's realistic to expect much more. There will be days when 1 or more guys falters. But that's baseball. As usual, however, the bullpen won't be the reason this team wins or loses. The starting rotation and lineup will determine that far more frequently.
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What are you expecting out of Guzman's start?
jersey cubs fan replied to A New Era's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I think it depends on who is rating him. I think some people definitely overrate him, but the general consensus is far from that. He's definitely the best option for 5th starter right now. -
Perhaps Randy will help, but it's a little dangerous to assume a 43 year old with health issues, coming of a down year, will turn things around. And it's not like Arizona's offense is good. They've got a 691 team OPS, compared to 738 by the opponents.
