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Honestly i dont see shark amounting to much as a player. I hope im wrong though

im not saying that it was a direct effect but this team looks lazy and unmotivated, completely different from last year.

Do you really want a guy named Dennys going up their with the bases loaded?

Wasn't woody and Derosa 2 of the bigger leaders in the clubhouse? i know at least Wood was

Does it help to imagine how difficult it will be for him to guarantee that third year? It won't be difficult at all. There is essentially zero chance that the third year doesn't vest. maybe he tore his calf and is gone for the year

Gregg took responsibility for the loss but dismissed the idea the bullpen is still a work in progress. Not at all,'' Gregg said of a group whose ERA jumped to 4.82 -- with only Colorado and Washington worse in the National League. ''This is a glitch on the system. We're not going to be perfect all year. [Tuesday was] unacceptable. But we're going to roll with it. It's one of those things that happens every now and again. But on the whole you look at the way that group has pitched down there, it's been pretty darn good. I like the guys we have down there. I'll take our chances with them.'' Oh what a moron this one is Pretty darn good and being the 3rd worst in the national league is not pretty darn good you idiot

He didn't have to bring up at all that he slacked off some last year. The fact that he brought it up and then said what he did about the Cubs leads me to believe he's sincere. I think it's more comparable to a person with sick days calling into work when they are legitimately sick but could still work if they had to. I dont know, to me the cubs would have been better off with Adam Dunn. Bradley is much to fragile and or doesnt have the right character for this team. Sure he brings fire but he also brings that of someone who slacks off when he isint feeling great. Thats not what any team needs

The cubs arent going to trade him and are you really asking if a good starting pitcher has any trade value? His contract is nowhere near as bad as say someone like CC or Santana IMO

Yes hendry has but everything ive read is that his hands are tied by the sale so even if he could, he very well might not be able to Bullpen arms generally aren't that expensive. And there might be payroll he can shed somewhere if he needs it for a certain player. Right now, Hendry just needs to think like a GM without and endless pit of money. Go after Russel Branyan. Go after a solid reliever. Thats what we need right now. Id like to see a move like that done sooner than later. I honestly think that Jake Fox and Kevin Hart could land Branyan. A few solid relievers is more like it

I don't agree with that. Bradley hasn't shown anything to me that makes me think he doesn't care and if he's not hitting because he doesn't care, I have to ask why he hit so well the past few years. ive been really skeptical after reading this, i dont want to believe it but i cant look at what he has done and make myself believe otherwise http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/story/1246127.html If you take the negative out of those comments, I think you have to take the positive as well. He did say he tends to sit out more often with less-than-major injuries, but he also said he was fully committed heading into his time with the Cubs. Going off that story, he indicates he does care this season because we made a long-term commitment. What is he supposed to say? Now i can really slack off because i got my pay day? i dont know, maybe its the normal person point of view but i still have to go to work where i have to lift crap all day eventhough my right shoulder needs surgery.

I don't agree with that. Bradley hasn't shown anything to me that makes me think he doesn't care and if he's not hitting because he doesn't care, I have to ask why he hit so well the past few years. Mostly because of Arlington Without getting into another debate on Bradley's production potential, he's had OPS+s over .900 outside of Arlington. .923 in Cleveland and .947 between Oakland and San Diego. He can do it, and the wind blowing out of Wrigley in the summer can only help. Sure he can but he has to actually play

under though nothing would surprise me

This team, in its current state, is not good. I'd replace "bad" with underperforming. There will be some regression (up) by the offense, the starting rotation will be fine, but it definitely needs bullpen help. I think it's absolutely insane to think this team is going anywhere this season. I said a month and a half ago, this team was a 75-80 win team. Aramis is not going to come back and mash the ball. The bullpen is horrible, Wells will not pitch like this all season, Soriano sucks, Theriot is coming back to earth, and so is Fuku. Soto is proving with every game that last season was an abberation and not the norm, Bradley sucks when he's on the field (which isn't very often). Zambrano is now deciding he doesn't need to catch the team flight, after getting suspended for 6 games, Piniella keeps making boneheaded decisions, we have gaping holes at this current time at 2nd, 3rd, catcher, RF, and the ENTIRE bullpen. The list goes on and on. It's June - two months into the season. When do you finally sit back and say - "this team sucks"?? Now is the time to say that. I'll say it when players are producing to their career norms or normal trajectories, the offense still sucks at creating runs and the pitching staff still sucks at preventing runs. The bullpen was a question mark coming into the season, and it has taken a worse turn than expected. It is legitimately terrible. I'm not ready to say that about the offense quite yet, and I'm definitely not ready to say that about the rotation. Given the injuries and underperformances thus far, the fact that the team is still at .500 leaves me with plenty of reason to believe it will remain in contention, individual maddening losses notwithstanding. But as I said, changes need to be made for the bullpen for this team to not finish middle of the pack. This team is 1-19, or something like that, when scoring under 4 runs. How does a team win, that CANNOT win the close pitching favored game? The offense is terrible right now. If you think Aramis is going to come back and mash the ball after a 4-6 week layoff from seperating his shoulder, then you are sadly mistaken. What do you have to base Soto's numbers off of? The one year in the minors and one season in the majors where be played well? Look up his numbers from August through October last season - I bet they weren't anything to write home about. Fontenot has done nothing in the majors. What makes you think he'll suddently find it? Fuku started like this last season, and started to tail off right around now. I see the same pattern developing. Soriano - If he doesn't hit a homer, he's striking out.. Theriot is slumping pretty bad right now. Lee has picked it up a bit lately (thus being the only real bright spot on the team, outside of Wells). The bullpen is in shambles. The starting rotation is our only real bright spot right now, and how lomg do you think it'll hold that way? How long do you think it'll be before Zambrano combusts, wait - that's already happened. How long till Harden sees the DL - wait - that's also already happened. How long till Dempster proves 2008 was an off (by off I mean good) year, which isn't the norm? I mean c'mon! how long do you continue to make excuses for EVERYONE who is slumping? I HATE how everyone keeps ragging on Fukudome its funny considering the guy has a .309 average, .439 OBP and a .946 ops Fukudome is the least of this teams problems

I don't agree with that. Bradley hasn't shown anything to me that makes me think he doesn't care and if he's not hitting because he doesn't care, I have to ask why he hit so well the past few years. ive been really skeptical after reading this, i dont want to believe it but i cant look at what he has done and make myself believe otherwise http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/story/1246127.html

Yes hendry has but everything ive read is that his hands are tied by the sale so even if he could, he very well might not be able to

As much as I liked Bradley's production potential, his injuries were too much for me. I wasn't a big Ibanez fan either, though. I wanted Dunn. who completely destroys the ball at Wrigley Field, i havent seen many players hit home runs as far as he can seriously they sounded the sirens once and evacuated he hit them so far http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odk0k1Updok The only concern I had about Dunn was his defense, but I felt like if Bradley missed his usual amount of time (60+ games) that Dunn would be better for the duration than whoever went out to right field when Bradley wasn't there. I still really want Bradley to prove me wrong, though. Me too but sadly im really beginning to think he is one of those athletes who gets hurt whenever he doesn't feel like playing but doesn't really care because he will still gets paid. He does not deserve to wear the number he wears either in my opinion.

As much as I liked Bradley's production potential, his injuries were too much for me. I wasn't a big Ibanez fan either, though. I wanted Dunn. who completely destroys the ball at Wrigley Field, i havent seen many players hit home runs as far as he can seriously they sounded the sirens once and evacuated he hit them so far http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odk0k1Updok

ha yes http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=4136793

umm, when you give up a game tying home run with 2 outs in the 9th to a terrible hitter on literally the only pitch he can handle, then yea, it's your fault as much as anybody's Umm, if Mr. Overweight blocks strike 3, Franceour doesn't even get an AB, much less with a guy on base i never said soto wasn't to blame, but to act like it's not at all gregg's fault is ridiculous. there's no reason that any decent reliever shouldn't have been able to retire a terrible hitter, or at least not serve up a meatball to him to go yard. seriously, jeff franceour is a terrible player.

the Cubs have blown 8 out of 19 saves this year

First of all, I never said I'm giving up. I'm stating the obvious, which is that this team is not very good and will have to make multiple serious trades if they want any chance of winning a world series this season. Second of all, YOU are the one who during the losing streak was constantly saying that this team was done and that the season is over, so don't even start with that garbage. I don't really see how you're writing off the Braves either. If they trade for a big outfield bat (and they have the prospects leftover from the non-peavy trade to do it) that team looks pretty solid. Medlen and Hanson are legit, and if they come up and do anything at all this season, that rotation is looking really solid... def the best in that division. Their bullpen looks pretty nice with Gonzalez and Soriano at the end also. im sad to say but this team is done with this bullpen, seriously it has blown at least 2 4 run leads in the past couple of weeks or so

The only thing that might help is the stupid sale going through because there is a lot of talk of nothing being done because of it. I dont think this would help because this team needs SO MUCH For example A right fielder who isint a complete cry baby about everything a backup 3rd baseman a gm who doesnt trade a player who could play both the positions above and pretty much everything else a bullpen DFA heilman, nothing good happens when he is on the mound Gregg needs to be long relief Marmol needs something Guzman needs to close Wells needs to stay in the rotation reguardless of all the marshall love going on Marhsall deserves to stay in the rotation seeing Harden is fragile

This game was just 1 of 3 that Gregg has crapped on already this year. When you factor in that he throws a minimum of 25 pitches per appearance because he gets behind in the count to everyone, it makes him very hard to like or even watch. Whether you like him or he's hard to watch or whatever, he had to get 4 outs in the 9th because Soto didn't block strike 3 and it cost them 2 runs.....I know blaming the closer is the cool thing to do, but if you blame this loss entirely on Kevin Gregg you don't know much about baseball or didn't watch the game You win the game as a team and you lose the game as a team however some players are more to blame like Gregg. He had to get a hitter out who swings at EVERYTHING, the guy has a .275 OBP, you didnt really have to get close and could have rung him up Its not like he was facing Pujouls or Braun etc, he was facing the white version of corey patterson

yup it's hendry's fault for not waiting for the market to completely tank like it did and everyone in baseball knew it except him. :roll: The market was slow all offseason. There were plenty of players Miles' level and better who signed minor league deals or cheap one-year deals before and after Miles. As for Heilman and Gregg, I don't have much of a problem with either of them. Orlando Hudson anyone? How much was Hudson's contract, anyway? 3.8 for a year 4.9 for 2 years (aaron miles)

maybe true but the fact Hendry gave him away so a minor leaguer could pitch for a week and then be sent down shows just how very bad he actually is