Bruno7481

Are you serious? You want Ramirez to hold him on???

Odds on Cards wining this with a squeeze?

Just put him on, bring Miles up.

Example of how Ramirez gets the "lazy" description right there.

Those seats directly behind the camera behind home plate must really suck.

I know this season has sucked, but I still love watching the game. Going to miss this here in just over a month. Then the long winter until Spring Training arrives.

And Belliard sets the major legue record for assists in an inning! History tonight in St. Louis!

Tell me about it. Saw him in San Diego last month absolutely hammered at a local bar/restaurant. Talked to him a little bit, ended up buying dinner for my table. Drunk, but nice :wink:

Lefties this year against Ohman: 14/84 .167 AVG .286 OBP .274 SLG

And that is why you are not a major league manager. Did you think Ohman was right handed? hehehe...

I love Will Ohman. Which means the Cubs will probably trade him.

ehhhhhhhhhhhh....Come on Murt

I like Murton quite a bit, I hope he remains with the Cubs. Having said that, is he really the type of player that would haunt the Cubs for a long time? If so, I haven't seen it. I think he will be a sold ML player, but nothing near a superstar.

I agree. It would be pretty unlikely that someone takes Harvey or Petrick. Harvey has a high enough upside that the Royals, and only the Royals might take him. But is it worth starting his option clock to protect against the slight chance that the Royals try to stash him on their bench for a year? Andy Sisco says hi. Andy also says "what the hell happened this year". :)

good ole EY. He actually has a pretty good year in 2000 with the Cubs, I had forgotten: .297 AVG .367 OBP 40 2B 54 SB

Lots of people have jobs they don't deserve. The above is not a good argument. Allright then, are you saying Wilken isn't qualified/deserves this position? If so, I'd love to hear your reasoning. That's not what he was saying. He's saying people have jobs they don't deserve and that what you used was a fruitless argument. Its not a fruitless argument at all. If he feels Wilken isn't qualified for the job, then I understand why he is saying that. Wilken has a track record, I think he was a solid addition to the organization. I think he has earned his position, that is why I made that remark.

Lots of people have jobs they don't deserve. The above is not a good argument. Allright then, are you saying Wilken isn't qualified/deserves this position? If so, I'd love to hear your reasoning.

I'm just not ready to proclaim the value of the pick this soon. I don't think it is as simple as looking at the stats this early and drawing the ultimate conclusion. Colvin may turn out to be a dud, who knows. Snider may be the next Pujols. Point is, none of that can be decided right now. Colvin hasn't been that bad, admittley not as good as Snider. But things can change over time. In 2 years maybe you can come to that conclusion without a doubt, but not after two months. If scouts, publications, and insiders spoke the gospel Pujols would have went #1 a few years back. But he didn't, nobody had him ranked hardly at all. That is an extreme example of course, but brought up to prove they aren't always right.

That's been shown as wrong (not saying you're the one saying that the Colvin pick was in conjunction with Samardizja). Colvin got less-than-slot money, but not by much ($1.475 million). Samardzija received $250,000, but won't receive anywhere near the reported $7 million unless he stays in baseball for a few years. The second and third biggest bonuses the Cubs gave were for Chris Huseby ($1.3 million) in the 11th round and Drew Rundle ($500,000) in the 14th round. Thanks... My biggest point still is the fact that at this point in time you can't say who will, or who won't have the better major league career. Some of these kids might not even make it that far. It is impossible to tell at this point.

But isn't also the other teams' jobs too when they had other players ranked ahead of Colvin. Using the fact that the Cubs drafted him is the lamest cop out ever. The Colvin pick was question by people who's job it is to know about these things the moment they are made. By your argument, we should trust all of Baker's moves because it's his job. We should also trust Jim Hendry because it is his job as well. That's pretty ridiculous to me. I'm not saying that the Colvin pick will or won't be a bust. What I am saying is that there's a whole lot more evidence now, these 200 AB's included but not limited to the 200 AB's, that Colvin was a reach pick and that players taken after him in the first round will be much better players in the major leagues. It appears that most teams felt this way and that the Cubs either saw something others didn't or messed up the pick. Maybe Wilken did make the right pick and maybe it is too early to tell, but I think there are other people who were also "doing their jobs" that think it wasn't the most prudent pick at that draft slot and the early returns are backing up that assessment. How do you know where other teams had Colvin ranked? This was an odd draft, with the absence of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th round picks. There have been some that said the Colvin pick was in conjunction with the amount of money Smardzjia got in the 5th. I disagree with your statement here: "What I am saying is that there's a whole lot more evidence now, these 200 AB's included but not limited to the 200 AB's, that Colvin was a reach pick and that players taken after him in the first round will be much better players in the major leagues." Are you saying that you can prove, beyond a doubt how much success these players are going to have in the major leagues based off of 2 months in the minor leagues? You have no way of knowing how much, or how little success a player will have in the future in the Major Leagues, after two months and 200 AB"s. That is ridiculous to me.

Yes, because it is all so clear after 200 minor league AB's. No disrespect to anyone, but this is Wilken's job, I trust that he knows what he is doing.

Excellent guy, regarded as a very good manager and well respected baseball man. I may be biased though, considering he is good friends with my family.

btw - Corey is able to. Problem with Corey, he just can't get on base. That wasn't the question that was asked, but thanks for contributing. Easy there... It fits into the overall discussion because if he were able to get on base consistently, he would be a hell of a player with his stolen base sucess rate. Thanks for your input.

btw - Corey is able to. Problem with Corey, he just can't get on base.

Somebody get Murton a freakin map for LF.