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  1. SaorsaDaonnan
    It was supposed to be a sarcastic remark--that Marmol is obviously so good that we no longer need to keep Dempster around.
  2. SaorsaDaonnan
    We should trade Dempster.
  3. SaorsaDaonnan
    A BP article a few days back mentioned that Moore might be considered the Cubs' best first base prospect, as his defense at third is, I think they said, "still questionable." Now, I'm not gonna ask about ranking him over Dopirak, Sing, Hoffpauir, ect... But is it fair to say that Moore won't stay at third? That would be a much stronger condemnation of his defence than I'd heard before.
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    One thing to consider is that minor leaguers will sometimes swing at, say, a fat changeup clearly below the zone. Every once in a while, they'll hit it. And when this happens, it's easy to think that they've been I submit that by "harder to pitch to," we mean "more difficult to plan for, because they will swing at pitches ordinary players wouldn't, and vice versa. Major league hitters have often noticed that certain pitches come on certain counts, or that a fastball normally follows a changeup, ect. Since they have expectations, they are more likely to sit on a particular pitch, and thus in a certain sense they can be more easily fooled. So, the "mind game" might genuinely be more difficult. For pitchers accustomed to using the hitter's expectations against him, it might genuinely be "more difficult" to generate a successful strategy, even though the hitters are less skilled and less likely to succeed. Also, I submit Prior So in Prior's opinion, it increases your reliance on others. And when a minor leaguer is playing in spring training or as a recent callup, often none of those other guys will know anything more than the pitcher. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060604&content_id=1487788&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc
  5. SaorsaDaonnan
    Five bucks says the Cardinals acquire Craig Wilson in the next couple weeks. He'd be useful in their outfield after Pujols returns.
  6. SaorsaDaonnan
    BBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for the useless post
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    Do you mean to suggest that the Cubs might go back to the same Well again? :oops: Surely that has never happened before. "Sooner or later, somebody is going to get hurt, and then they are going to blow it all out of proportion... But go back and look at the overall picture. For a guy who is supposed to have run pitchers into the ground, look around and see our track record of how healthy our pitchers have stayed. Who has had healthier pitchers?"--Dusty, March 05
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    That is all.
  9. SaorsaDaonnan
    Lovely. maybe he'll play well and be a nice trading chip at the deadlinewishful thinking>
  10. SaorsaDaonnan
    As Ronny would say, there's no question in my mind about that. I meant to be comparing Williams and Rusch. I was taking it as a given that the Cubs (stupidly) felt they had to make a change in the rotation at all- namely that Hill going wasn't in question. But yes, no question that that was a dumb call on their part. Hill has been much better down at AAA than Jerome. It'd be much smarter to leave Hill in the rotation and let him try to learn to throw strikes and improve his control at the big league level. There's not much more he can do in Iowa. Marmol has the better ceiling, but Gallagher is more likely to reach his ceiling. Marmol still needs time in the minors to work on his control, Gallagher is still in high-A (needs to work on improving his secondary pitches) and Veal is in low-A. Outshined, Marmol has recently been hitting the high 90s (97, 98 mph) in starts.
  11. SaorsaDaonnan
    Why not Williams? I mean, if we're going to loose, why not at least do it in a way that at least potentially could develop a younger player? Somehow I doubt that Rusch could increase his trade value. Plus, if it's Williams, then you've still got Rusch to soak up the innings if there's a short start. OTOH, if Prior really is coming back soon, maybe it's better not to jerk Williams around. He did have a solid start last time, though obviously he's been struggling down there.
  12. SaorsaDaonnan
    wait a sec. Hill has been bad. No question. A disappoinment. Sure. But what's all this about his age? He is, after all, a lefty. He'll get a chance somewhere, and he'll be a useful part. Somewhere between a really good LOOGY and a shaky fourth starter, if you ask me. But I could see him suddenly having a good season or two, maybe three-four years down the line. He'll grow up a little...but who knows how much of the control issue is psychological vs. mechanical? Sure as hell not the Cubs. Not me, either. And what's all this about "trade him and he'll just get good somewhere else." So what? If he's not going to be a useful player for our team, who cares how he does for someone else (provided we don't trade him to a division rival)? I mean, let's say you've got a kid who God tells you is gonna hit like Neifi for us, but will be like Abreu if you trade him. So long as the guy you get back is more valuable than this guy is to your team you just made a reasonable deal.
  13. SaorsaDaonnan
    Can we please change the name of this thread? Maybe start a new one on Guzman, Hill, Williams, Rusch...you know, the subject at hand...
  14. SaorsaDaonnan
    What on this green earth does Hill's performance have to do with his comment? Yeah, he's been bad. That means he can't call out his teammates in the press for poor play, if anyone ever can. It means that he can't jaw in the press about opposing players, too. But what happened out there wasn't baseball. It was a bunch of six year olds smacking eachother around. And guess what? When that kind of crap starts up, you aren't a baseball player anymore. You're just a guy with a team to support. It's no different than a bar fight with your friends. Suppose you've had a hard day at the office (or 30). You're telling me that if ~30 guys come running out to smack your friend around, even if he deserves it, you can't even say anything about it afterwords? By this logic, Neifi should have just said 'F this, man, I suck so bad I don't even deserve to be out there fighting with the team." I'm not saying Hill was right. I don't know; I haven't made up my mind yet. But on this issue, you're not asking Hill the baseball player. You're asking Hill the man. Or Hill the boy. Whatever. But the stats stop when fists fly. Maybe someone will be nice enough to explain this to me.
  15. SaorsaDaonnan
    Relatedly, the next time someone says "dominate" when they mean dominant, I am going to cry. Also, "considerble" for "considerably," ect...
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    No, dude. But it's pathetic that this organization has several members to whom we plausibly attibute this quote. Now I feel even worse....
  17. SaorsaDaonnan
    "Any time you get one of your main men back, that's a tremendous lift in itself." "Then we'll get another main man back and another main man back and then we'll get the main man back in D-Lee. And you just feel better and more confident when you have your team and your main men back and know you have a great chance to win before the game starts. That adds a whole bunch of confidence to the team." You can find this penetrating analysis here: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2449009 I don't need to tell you who said this :roll:
  18. SaorsaDaonnan
    Completely Unbelievable Bums & Scullions (were I not a free marketeer I would say Sanguisuentists** instead) Categorically Unfortunate But (Spectacular?) Yeah, the "S" is hard. *Contemptable Persons **Bloodsuckers
  19. SaorsaDaonnan
    Maybe we can be a bit more specific... Walker has definately made comments which front offices don't like. I remember him saying things about how you can't trust front offices (then, I think the following day, explaining that he hadn't meant the Cubs), and things like this. And like others have just said, he is generally a tell-it-like-it-is kind of guy. But I, for one, have never heard him say anything negative about his teammates, nor have I heard reports of run-ins with them (has anyone else?). I don't think we have any reason to suspect that he's trouble in the clubhouse. But he certainly isn't a "company man," either. And the Cubs like company men.
  20. SaorsaDaonnan
    Cubs.com notes that Ramirez came out after the eighth because of soreness in his "glut." This is not an anatomical word; it's used in "the Braves have a glut of outfield prospects." So what exactly is being said? Do they mean glute (as in gluteus maximus) or gut? Given his injury history I'm guessing the former. Plus, I would think it's a lot harder to strain one's gut...
  21. SaorsaDaonnan
    Trying to understand the rationale before making my judgement: I can see how a shorter short-season could be more economical, but what is the rationale for making them earlier as well? So that draftees and guys getting out of short-season all work together in the mandatory six-week instructional? Why would that be better than them all playing together at the end of short-season? What is a drafting combine and what are the advantages/disadvantages? What effect would a signing deadline have? Obviously it would force quicker decisions, but in what direction would it move things? Would it make a draftee more or less likely to sign on average? Does it seem like this would be different for players at different levels (highschool, college junior, college senior)? I assume that a player would not be able to sign with other teams (as a kind of free agent) after the deadline. Thanks
  22. SaorsaDaonnan
    It's not so much about the risk or discomfort that continuing would entail. The main reason is that he'd get a head start on rehab for next year and be that much further ahead come spring training. Since he's missed a lot of time this year, an above-average offseason workload might not hurt him towards the end of next season. (Although obviously we wouldn't want him to push it too hard). Edit: Wood and the team doctor have been careful to say words like "maybe" and "perhaps" each time. Maybe it's just 'cause this is my pet peeve, but those words have meaning.
  23. SaorsaDaonnan
    Vance, are you sure Sandberg only started working ST after Baylor was fired? I thought it was had been longer than that. Then again, my mind is a terrible place to store information you need! Completely agree on Gonzalez.
  24. SaorsaDaonnan
    As I recall, the organization expressed interest in Ryno as a coach or even manager, but not as an immediate MLB manager. In other words, their public stance was that Ryno just didn't have the experience to manage at the major league level. Whether they truly had/have interest is a more difficult question, but publicly at least they did not dismiss him out of hand so much as say that he wasn't ready. The fact that the Cubs have employed him as a spring training instructor, as well as a minor league roving instructor, suggests that they do think that he has knowledge to impart and the ability to communicate effectively. The organization basically expressed the conventional wisdom line about a guy managing in the minors, then being a major league coach, and only then becoming a major league manager. For better or worse, that thinking seems consistant with the overall attitude of upper management.
  25. SaorsaDaonnan
    Was it me, or did k-zone stop at his belt on that last one?
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