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He's got an absurdly high BABIP and had a pretty high one last year, too. Also, hasn't drawn a walk yet this year (probably just a SSS oddity, given his history). Either way, Soto didn't need that much luck to look good and still didn't end up being a solid starter for 5 years. Just saying it's a bit early to say that. Not too worried about the walks. His pitches per plate appearance are similar to DeJesus and, like you said, his history shows he'll take a few. Catchers are obviously one of the hardest positions to predict, but between his second half last year and the start to this year, I'm encouraged. There's reason to be encouraged but I still can't see penciling him in as a starter for 5 years at this point. Guys come and go at that position all the time. They will need to acquire depth at the position.
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Neither of them have played organized baseball in quite some time. I don't think signing either would be a very good idea. Could make it easier to get that #1 pick though. -
Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
Don't remember, but maybe had something to do with the expansion of the passing game, and thus more receivers being on rosters. The teens were pretty much just QB's before, right? -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-17-13
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
That's just weird. -
Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
Yeah...lots of meatball whining about that. Can't retire every number from the 85 Bears. You really can't retire more than a couple. There are rules about what numbers players can use. There are 90 players on offseason rosters, 53 guys on the regular roster and as many as 60+ players on your roster at any point in the season. They already have more than 10 numbers retired so you start under 90 available to begin with. -
It's hardly a flood. But they do run the risk of ruining the novelty of the event. It's like when Elmo wished it was Christmas every day and then nobody cared about Christmas anymore and it ruined it. It's a risk. But most teams still aren't involved and/or want to get involved. There's only a handful of teams playing. And it's in the dead time of the sports calender. There are no other options.
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I like your ideas. One issue with opening night is that in a normal year that is October, the start of baseball playoffs, middle of NFL and College seasons. You won't be able to get access to any of the stadiums they have been wanting to use. MLS arenas could work, but the spectacle is playing in Wrigley Field, Yankee Stadium, Michigan Stadium, etc. Nobody knows what Red Bull Arena is. You could probably use something like RFK. Also, if you wanted to do it NFL style, with last year's Cup winner opening the following season, the lag time may not be long enough to do it. They would have to get creative with stadiums to make opening night work.
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Print it out and put it on a t-shirt.
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the reason being to elicit this type of reaction
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It's hardly a flood.
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Can't wait until we get our very own Cotton eyed joe. what do you guys think the song will be?
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Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
I can't get past thinking that Hester is trade bait. It really doesn't make sense that he's strictly a returner, and that they will pay him to be a returner only. I have to think they are trying to dangle him in all draft trade scenarios where they wind up with multiple picks between their current 1 and 4. -
I want to see replays of good plays. I don't really care about replays of controversial plays because showing them on the big screen wouldn't alter the outcome at all...it'd just incite stupid behavior. Yeah well, you won't. After a good play you'll look up at the scoreboard, and it will be flashing something about the play, then go into an advertisement.
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It means that a team should almost always be able to go to the replacement level player store and find a guy for around $400k and/or negligible trade value that is projected to put up around 0.0 WAR. His actual performance will fluctuate, but there's not much defense for taking a guy whose most likely outcome is below it. In November/December/January that is correct. But guys who can be counted on to do that are generally already on rosters. The ones that are available have been released early in the season, because they suck.
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At least not on April 16.
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I'm pretty sure he's on the roster, although he's "not available tonight" so maybe he isn't technically on the roster yet. Cubs.com roster has 24 names right now, not Ransom's. But the press release says what number he will wear, so I assume he will be on it when he shows up. Or if he shows up.
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I'm pretty sure he's on the roster, although he's "not available tonight" so maybe he isn't technically on the roster yet.
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Bruce Miles @BruceMiles2112 3m Hoyer says #Cubs have underperformed
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Bruce Miles @BruceMiles2112 5m #Cubs will have roster moves today. Hoyer to discuss with media at 3:30 p.m.
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Bruce Miles @BruceMiles2112 5m #Cubs will have roster moves today. Hoyer to discuss with media at 3:30 p.m.
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They needed his spot on the 40-man for Kevin Gregg. Kameron Loe. Gregg isn't on the 40
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Because by and large the history of baseball is about the history of the world series.
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That's kind of hard to come up with the proper list. The Yankees, sure. The Dodgers? They've been on opposite ends of the country and a complete non-entity for extremely long periods of time. The Giants? Without Bonds that team has had less personality than just about anybody out there? Phillies? Boooooorrrrinnngggggggg. Athletics? 3 different locations, the Bash Brothers and Moneyball. The White Sox have disco demolition. Nobody even realizes Baltimore still exists, plus two different locations. Cincy? They haven't been relevant since Vietnam. Pittsburgh? Cocaine and acid was fun. St. Louis, quality slice of white bread if there ever was one. Prior to the 2000s Boston had no more meaningful history than the Cubs. Their most meaningful play took place in Shea stadium. As lackluster as it has been, I think the Cubs stack up well with just about any non-Yankees organization out there. They'd lose the argument with a couple but they aren't at the bottom of the list.
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Ryno was great and boring, and really only had 1 signature moment in Wrigley. But Wood, Prior, Sosa and the bulk of the 60's guys were entertaining enough. The level of meaningful history is certainly not what it should be for a team that has played in the same stadium in a major market that long. But it's hardly non-existent.
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any replay you are dying to see will not be shown on the jumbotron. Do you people think it's like some giant personalized RedZone channel or something? Have you ever actually seen a jumbotron in use at a stadium?
