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  1. minnesotacubsfan
    Do the stats back that? I know there is a pretty small sample size. I hear people say that he is a great fielder all the time, but is that just because he is fast and hustles? Or is he really a good fielder? There are no fielding stats (not even the newer ones) that are accurate...for outfielders... You cant judge him much fastre he is than Sori..How many more balls he'd get to. Sometimes just getting to the ball stops the runner. You can only use the 'eye-test on that.. He has speed that takes away hits..obviously and his arm is average. But you are right, in my mind. his sample size is VERY small. He's been used as a bit player until now and he hasnt played as much as we think he has... Dale has been patient with him the last week..as Dale has been with Ian Stewart..who has much more of a track record .. For the record..I'd play him against right handers and use him as the 'bench weapon' when lefties start. If Sori is moved this year..LaHair will go to left and Tony would be the late inning 'caddy' did you transcribe these thoughts from a ticker tape machine in your abdomen? hahaha
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    also from that article I guess the cubs decided to sit Barney instead, and make Castro cover the entire middle infield (nice job Sullivan you hack):
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    Mike Minor isn't anywhere close to reaching his potential. He'd be a good buy low candidate, IMO. I like Minor, despite his struggles, if he puts it together he could be a very good pitcher. And really, what are you expecting in terms of MLB talent for a half year rental of a 35 year old pitcher? A guy that hasn't been horrific in a full season's worth of ML starts. Yeah and at the ages of 23 and 24 180 innings is a good indicator to pass on a guy who, just last year, was a top MLB pitching prospect. Good logic there. Let's pass on the big potential of a young, under-control-for-several-more-years pitcher with a good pedigree because he hasn't cut the mustard in parts of two seasons. This player, over the course of two partial seasons totaling a full seasons worth of starts (more or less), at the age of 23 and 24, put up this line... 6.09ERA 29GS 9W-10L 173IP 140K 79ERA+ 10.6H/9 3.5BB/9 7.3K/9 He was a top prospect in baseball before his age 23 season. Would you trade Dempster for that if you knew it was Roy Halladay? OWNED ha ha dummy, you wouldn't trade dempster for a 23 year old roy halladay??? what are you stupid or something??? maybe he doesn't like his hair
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    only because he is already in the largest free agent pay-hall of all time: the Yankees.
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    This is awesome. Still sad that he has lost so much velocity but it sure beats the low 80's or wherever he was the last time he pitched for us. 90-92 isn't too far off from where he used to be. Looks like he threw 92-93 on average with his fastball according to fangraphs. I just hope that he'll pitch another 7-9 years as a shut down reliever. That would be awesome. yeah, 90-92 was about where he pitched at in chicago. his 4-seamer would top out around 94, maybe 95, and his 2-seamer was anywhere from 89-92. i still hope he ends up starting again. I thought he pitched faster then that, consistently around 96. His pitch speed rivaled Kerry's iirc.
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    Suck it, vance
  7. minnesotacubsfan
    This is the poll question on the Tribune website right now. Over 40% of idiots who voted said they wanted the Cubs to trade him. I keep hitting REFRESH
  8. minnesotacubsfan
    From the bench, he can see the scoreboard.
  9. minnesotacubsfan
    TRADE HIM
  10. minnesotacubsfan
    so was Carlos Marmol :(
  11. minnesotacubsfan
    In the accompanying chat, Kevin Goldstein had this to say: I agree with everything Aaron says about Castro offensively. Defense, not so much. I predict he'll be a third baseman during the last half of this ten year period, and the stolen bases will dwindle. I thought that was interesting given the variety of opinions on his defensive development. And Sutcliffe picked Shark at #26. what the hell Sutcliffe is a total meathead Cub fanboy. I [expletive] love him.
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    its interesting. it suggests that the defensive player is independent of their position COMPLETELY. IT used to be, power @ 1b, 3b, RF, etc because thats where big guys could play. The Jays have an interesting take, albeit it could be off the deep end. i wonder how this will develop.
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    every time I see (Wood) in the title of a game thread I want to cry.
  14. minnesotacubsfan
    That article was not written or edited good. Well. well well.
  15. minnesotacubsfan
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-cubs-pursuit-of-soler-official-20120602,0,1642929.story didnt see this posted yet
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    Who gives a [expletive] about jim Henry in the Jorge soler thread
  17. minnesotacubsfan
    http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_06_01_slnmlb_nynmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=nym
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    Oh good idea! I'll do it later if someone doesn't beat me to it
  19. minnesotacubsfan
    yes/no. It could have been expanded, but it would have drastically changed the old portions of Soldier Field. Considering it was a Historical Landmark, they tried to compromise. I really think they did a nice job considering the restraints actually.
  20. minnesotacubsfan
    I actually love Soldier Field, but I'm an Architect and therefor severely disconnected with society when it comes to aesthetic appreciation of the built world. Phenomenological existence. thats right, I just archi-babbled you bitches.
  21. minnesotacubsfan
    I live the idea of Chicago hosting a super bowl for the reasons that we might get field turf and I think the SB could stand to have a few really awful weather stadiums to shake it up a bit. And besides, it's the freaking SB, no team or fan is going to say "yea, no thanks, I don't want to go to Chicago in Feb". But I really doubt the NFL would ever do it
  22. minnesotacubsfan
    The blog post wasnt all about Cashner
  23. minnesotacubsfan
    I really thought this image from that blog post was excellent and deserves more attention I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND WHY WE CANT WIN
  24. minnesotacubsfan
    help me out, what position has the worse contracts? he suggests qb's and o linemen http://gnightmoon2006.blogspot.com/2010/05/nfls-best-and-worst-contracts.html bleacher report says its mixed: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/789937-nfl-free-agency-2011-10-players-who-were-horribly-overpaid I realize the first is older, but it seems that any position can have a bad contract and in the nfl, the actual events of a bad contract is completely mixed among the positions. idk. The market is starting to say paying Forte what he wants is fairer and fairer every day.
  25. minnesotacubsfan
    The last 3 SB winners have had below average OLs. The Steelers and Giants lines were particularly bad, bottom 1/5 of the league bad. I was mostly talking about offense. Those teams won because of defense as much as offense, even GB had a pretty good defensive year when the won. But ok, replace "decent line" with "otherworldly defense".
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