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  1. jersey cubs fan
    twitter said he's not on ice for morning skate
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Ha and Szczur are both right handed aren't they?
  3. jersey cubs fan
    I think he was just listing the type of hitters he isn't. I still don't like that characterization... but after knocking his power, he basically seems to be saying, "and he's not even a leadoff hitter." Yeah, I don't think he sounds like a guy who is going to help much at the CF position for the longterm. But if the question is can he hold down CF for a year or two while more appropriate solutions are found, the answer is a bit vague. The 7 and 8 holes exist and often get filled by guys with little to no power. But you don't have to be a stereotypical leadoff hitter to bat leadoff either. The Cubs haven't had one of those in decades.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I don't get why "not really being a leadoff hitter" means he can't start in CF.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    and it's not even that he's getting votes that were lost by Gray's drug test, because Appel destroyed Gray and Bryant in that previous poll.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    I'd say all are fair. Gray and Bryant should start next year in high-A, Appel at either high-A or AA. Well that would change the 2014, or maybe cup of coffee in 2013 ETA.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    That's not how you judge such things. It's definitely part of it. I understand using hindsight to reevaluate your processes... but looking at things objectively, right now you're looking at an absolute best case scenario on Anibal and pretty much absolute worst case on Fuji and Jackson. There's not much to be derived from that. While I agree, you also have to consider that the best player of that group, by far, is performing the best. That's not an accident. The Cubs have been happy taking second tier guys left and right while they attempt to tread water, and that is fine to an extent. But to be a really good baseball team you need really good players, not just guys who can hold their own against the league average. The dive they took last season, and the half hearted attempt to be good this year, probably turned off quite a few potential targets. If the money is similar, guys are going to take the better opportunity to win. That means the Cubs either have to offer more money than others to get their targets, or find another way to get good enough to be a place good players want to come in the first place.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    that is in the middle of a cubs homestand, with an off day the week before and the ASB the week after.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Same. I have an issue with signing older guys to massive (think Pujols) commitments when you are going to get the majority of the value in the first 2 or 3 years of a deal and then be paying for that production for years thereafter, but otherwise, criticizing getting good value on guys for now is ridiculous. What the hell else were they going to do with the $5M they saved in 2013 by not signing Fujikawa? Or the $12 or w/e on Jackson? Use the money saved on Fujikawa to upgrade Jackson to Sanchez? But that still falls under the why would you sign him when you aren't going to contend theory.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    I don't have a problem putting them in the haven't worked out category, but to criticize them because they weren't going to contend does not make sense to me.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Adderall is cheating, cocaine is not.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    What? He looks like an idiot at the plate but he's barely stretch more than somebody does in a typical morning breakfast/coffee commercial.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Is it against the ncaa drug policy? No idea. google says yes
  14. jersey cubs fan
    I can't see putting either pitcher atop this group right now. Soler has done enough to stand out and deserve the top rank, and by year's end I'd hope that one or both of the other bats would have also done enough. By this time next year perhaps that will change.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    That looks like the Tim Wilkin/Jim Hendry Memorial 'Atta Boy Award
  16. jersey cubs fan
    More like Emery's replacement after someone does the same. Of course, if they follow the Detroit model of not paying goalies then maybe he's his eventual successor. Well, the Blackhawks have pretty much made it clear they won't be paying for non-elite goaltenders. And I don't see anybody giving a resurgent Emery an insane contract next year. This sounds like a guy who will compete for a back-up role next year and have a great shot as a starter in 2014/15.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    He was the biggest thing since sliced bread when he came out. That was probably the first draft I paid attention to, when the Cubs took Patterson. I think the whole "established college bat" versus the unknown high school talent debate was at the forefront.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    So if he didn't only have a really good starting rotation but also a really good bullpen he would look better? Well, yeah, he's a manager. There's not awhole lot they can really do on a good team. So why then is the default answer that he's doing a good job? Shouldn't you have to earn a yes to this answer and not make up excuses to explain away the obvious no?
  19. jersey cubs fan
    So if he didn't only have a really good starting rotation but also a really good bullpen he would look better?
  20. jersey cubs fan
    what about double finger whistling eddie vedder?
  21. jersey cubs fan
    really? Gregg, Russell and Villanueva are fairly decent pitchers, and he's had a conga line of lively arms at the back end. Marmol is a middle relief guy. I'm not sure depth is the problem. He leaves starters in too long, allowing them to tire and let 2 guys get on base before turning to his relievers to bail out his starters, then utilizes those relievers about as poorly as he can.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Interesting timing to announce a goalie signing. Also, lower center, just below chin strap beard guy. Drunk middle aged woman, or drunkest middle aged woman? http://cdn2.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/14111141/143025810.0_standard_709.0.jpg
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Is he wearing a bulletproof vest, or some sort of girdle?
  24. jersey cubs fan
    There was a list on here somewhere about the bust rates at different positions. I thought there were a couple 3B.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    My concern is rooted in the fact that "solid" power probably isn't enough from him. He pretty much has to be a near elite bat and his eliteness is going to have to come from the power.
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