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  1. abuck1220
    that lineup is terrible.
  2. abuck1220
    defense? i heard it wins championships.
  3. abuck1220
    pretty harsh on marmol.
  4. abuck1220
    Player Spotlight (Beta) - Rich Hill ERA W L G GS INN H ER HR BB K Optimistic (15%) 2.69 16 5 33 30 192 143 59 22 54 218 Mean 3.65 12 8 31 28 175 148 71 25 56 190 Pessimistic (15%) 4.53 7 8 25 23 135 129 68 22 51 131 That last little bit completely floored me, to the extent that I was trying to find an excuse to post a Player Spotlight that didn't make me look like I was on crack. Simply put, ZiPS likes Hill better than practically every other pitcher in baseball with minimal MLB experience. The strides he's made in in the last year have turned his career around, as we saw after the All-Star break in the majors. The turnaround from 2005 to 2006 in the minors was just as pronounced, as Hill went from allowing a home run every 6 innings to allowing a home run every 33 innings. :shock: the 'optimistic' projection would likely win him the cy young.
  5. abuck1220
    this might be hendry's most entertaining stretch yet. hell, let's just go ahead and say he's got three. you know what...let's say that he won with the white sox last year too...and one with the 1957 milwaukee braves.
  6. abuck1220
    When are we allowed to want to move on from depending on him? After 3 dissapointing seasons? 4? who said anything about whether or not we could depend on him? i wouldn't really depend on him, but it's not because i think he's a wuss/pansy/less than a man.
  7. abuck1220
    the morning show on 175 is so bad that i honestly get uncomfortable listening to it. all of those guys need to take public speaking courses at a community college or something.
  8. abuck1220
    ah, it's been soooo long since we had a 'prior is a wuss' thread. feels good to have one again.
  9. abuck1220
    the yankees could get much better prospects than that from any number of teams. of course, arod may not ok a trade to any of those teams...
  10. abuck1220
    if you like piniella over girardi, fine. but to say that girardi isn't ready is just idiotic. the marlins put up a better record than the cubs with far less talent and fraction of the payroll. i don't know why the cubs' job is held in such high regard...the franchise is a joke. if he was ready to win 80 games with the marlins, he sure as hell is ready to win 75 with the cubs. also, girardi did a heck of a lot more with the marlins than piniella ever did w/ the rays. and yes, i know the marlins were more talented than the drays, but i don't see any real evidence that piniella is any more 'ready' than girardi.
  11. abuck1220
    wow, none of those things are particularly important for a 1 or 2 hitter. Why would you want a 40 HR hitter batting leadoff?? So he can just hit solo shots the entire time? where did i say i'd bat a 40 hr guy first? but anyway...hitting a solo shot is better than getting a single and successfully stealing 2nd 70% of the time.
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    wow, none of those things are particularly important for a 1 or 2 hitter. Are you kidding me? Have you watched the Dertroit Tigers? Granderson gets on base, then Polanco moves him over with a bunt, or the hit and run. Works out pretty well for them. Whitesox used it in 05 also. the 'gets on base' part is the important part. and for the 8 billionth time, the white sox won in '05 because they jacked a ton of homers and had remarkable pitching.
  13. abuck1220
    wow, none of those things are particularly important for a 1 or 2 hitter.
  14. abuck1220
    Wasn't that the case in '06? I don't have the numbers in front of me, but off the top of my head, I can't imagine the other 5 teams had a bigger payroll. And what did that get us? yeah, it's pretty pathetic, isn't it? i'm just saying the possibility exists that the cubs (especially given this rumored 15% bump in payroll) could, in theory, become to the nl central what the yankees are to the rest of baseball. sure, they hand out some dumb contracts, but those contracts don't cripple them the way they would other teams b/c they have so much to spend. if the cubs had a 50 mil payroll, they would be the worst team in baseball with hendry as the gm.
  15. abuck1220
    I don't think Hendry is going to improve OBP anyway. So, I'd rather he at least get some SLG, as well as guys who are above average in production for their position. Soriano in CF or 2B is almost a lock for above average production, and he'll bring SLG. Plus, if a $115m payroll is true, it'll be easier to deal with overpaying him based on hype. that's exactly why i have come around on soriano. two important components of a hitter are obp and slg. since it's become perfectly clear that hendry is not going to pay attention to obp, the best we can do is hope that he stumbles upon a guy with a good slg. i'd rather get a no obp/good slg guy than a no obp/no slg guy with speed, heart, a good glove, spirit, bunting skills, and veteran presence.
  16. abuck1220
    ugh...looks like hendry's doesn't learn from his past mistakes. i didn't want piniella, but i don't really know that there was anyone out there that would have been that much better. and even if there was, i had no hope in hendry hiring that person. basically, any optimism i have comes from the fact that the cubs could have a payroll that dwarfs the rest of the division, and they very well could win simply by outspending everyone. obviously with hendry in charge, there's bound to be some wasted $, but if you spend $115 mil you have to have a few good players in there...right?? in other words, the cubs could win in spite of hendry and piniella.
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    Me too. It pleases me to hear a GM of a division rival say "I'd give up home runs for (fewer) strikeouts." that, and his idiotic bullpen trade give me hope that the cubs should be finishing ahead of the reds at least a few times over the next decade.
  19. abuck1220
    i'm glad that guy is a gm in the cubs' division.
  20. abuck1220
    "i've decided i like crotchety old managers who experienced world series success in the 90's and then want to turn around a losing franchise."
  21. abuck1220
    jim hendry, is that you?
  22. abuck1220
    seriously. was that answer to the hill question given in july?
  23. abuck1220
    dusty didn't work, so hendry just gets dusty's white equivalent. good stuff.
  24. abuck1220
    who the hell's putting up an .800 OPS? soriano put up a .900+ OPS in the toughest hitter's park in the bigs in the toughest hitter's division in baseball. i can't see his numbers going down much playing all those games in gabp, mmp, miller park, etc. i'm also intrigued by the fact that he doubled his typical walk total last season. i'd give him 5/75 and play him at 2b/cf...whichever he wants.
  25. abuck1220
    How does he pronounce his name? If it's pronounced the way the blonde on CSN Sportsnite said it last night, I don't think I could handle having him on the staff next year. from what i've seen of him, he's not a good third base coach.
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