Vanilla Ice
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Other than that one season would you not agree that this has been a team known for not taking walks and relying way too heavily on the home run. Definitely, but that has way more to do with Jim Hendry than Starlin Castro. As far as the Cubs having too many over aggressive hitters in the future, that is not going to be true. Jackson, Rizzo, and Castro are the three main future positional pieces and Jackson and Rizzo have both shown solid patience in the minors. It's also not out of the question for Castro to develop much more patience.
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I also think it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that "over aggressiveness has plagued our lineup for years". As recently as 2008, we led the NL in BB. In 2009, we were 6th our of 16. While it *technically* has been years, it hasn't been that long.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-11-12
Vanilla Ice replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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Wow
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Almora CF Jackson LF Kelton/Montanez/Hill/Choi blahblahblah
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Almora CF Jackson LF
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Seriously, there are reasons to like Cespedes over Soler, but just the fact that he is a big-league CF is not one of them. I would think that Soler will be in the majors when he is Cespedes' age.
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I'll predict he got 4/32 without automatic free agency at the end of the contract
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Visions of "Blue Jays winners of bidding for Darvish"
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I'm going to assume that this guy is reliable
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I still don't think we'll regret not signing Cespedes.
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And now another rain delay
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6/8 Cubs (Wood) @ Twinkies (Walters) 7:10 WGN
Vanilla Ice replied to El Duderino's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
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Jesus
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Very bothered by how this guy is saying "inclement" and "edu"
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All players, couldn't figure out how to find just the starters
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Fair enough, but most projections still show him as around average. Ian Stewart ZIPS OPS-.701 Marcel OPS (preseason)-.727 Steamer OPS (preseason)-.744 Bill James OPS (preseason)-.758
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-5-12
Vanilla Ice replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
We wouldn't want him blocking prospects like Ryan Rowand Smith and Nate Robertson. Interesting. -
Current league OPS's: RF-.769 1B-.758 LF-.757 CF-.756 3B-.728 C-.719 2B-.699 SS-.675 OPS by all positions-.721 Third basemen are currently hitting for the 5th best OPS of the 8 fielders. Not a one-year blip either. In 2011, they hit for the 6th best OPS. Ian Stewart Career OPS-.737 Ian Stewart Career Road OPS-.731 Throw in average to above average defense and you should start to see that Ian Stewart can certainly be the starting third basemen for a contender.
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Blackburn
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Rizzo Baez Almora Jackson Baez and Almora were probably comparable picks at the respective times, but the early reports on Baez's D are positive enough for me to push him slightly ahead.
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How does Blackburn compare to Maples or Wells?
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not that I know much, but I'm a fan of the pick
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hahaha
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[expletive].. sucks for me. Cubs don't take Smoral and Blue Jays have the budget to keep him away from UNC