Moises a loo

so is now a good time to suggest trading him for adam dunn

David Stern? Winner. Hilarious that the same people who cried about Rose not getting any calls don't care to notice when it happens WAY WORSE to someone they hate.

Wasn't Fukudome terrible leading off last year? What if they tried him batting third? You know, since he did it for, like, ten years in Japan. Just a thought.

his performance has nothing to do with what spot in the lineup he bats. His career splits don't agree with you. So when do we use stats and when don't we? Ok, over a 162 game schedule we can expect certain things from Marlon based on his career averages. None of his numbers would suggest he is the type of hitter most people would bat 3rd. While I would agree he is far from the type of guy you would ideally put in the three spot (kind of like most Cubs) his splits in different spots in the order are just meaningless. I don't see how you can assert that. Can you prove those splits are meaningless? Because it seems to me that a hitter's mental approach would be a big factor in his effectiveness; are you saying that you know for a fact that hitters never change their approach based on where they're hitting in the lineup? I'm genuinely curious here.

And Dunn is a petite genius

k that was funny

Seriously. He's had one bad year due to injuries. He'd probably go for a fairly cheap one year deal as long as it's to be the everyday 1B. He gets to rebuild his value, the Cubs get a potentially outstanding stopgap until the really good 1B FA year. Better than committing to 3-4 years of Adam Dunn, IMO.

Cordero is 35 and hasn't been good at all this year – 4.08 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 53:36 K:BB, 4.67 xFIP. The Marmol/Alonso part kind of interests me (Alonso would have to be the base of any deal I made with the Reds involving Marmol), but Fukudome is way, way more valuable than Cordero. Yeah, but Alonso is more valuable than Marmol and Cordero/Fukudome evens out the money. I bet Reds fans would think this is a bad deal for them.

How bout this: Reds get Marmol and Fukudome Cubs get Alonso and Cordero It's a win/win

Z for Peavy. Book it.

He's not a Braves prospect, he's with the Reds. We could work out a separate deal for him, though. It'd be really difficult working out that trade, though. He's been doing pretty well for himself in the minors and will probably end up in LF next season. I get the feeling the Cubs might have to go dumpster-diving for a 1B. I get the feeling the Alonso in left experiment was a bust; obviously the Cubs won't be where they'd look to move him but stranger things have happened.

He's not a Braves prospect, he's with the Reds. We could work out a separate deal for him, though. Sorry, yeah, that's what I meant. He's obviously blocked and signed to a major league deal so they'll have to do something with him.

Yonder Alonso?

New York New York is a classic. Shipping up to Boston kicks expletive. No offense to Steve Goodman (RIP and stuff) but Go Cubs Go is not a classic and it does not kick expletive. If you have to play a song, it should not make you more of a laughingstock. In retrospect, this team should've been dismantled immediately after the 08 playoffs. Its championship window was slammed shut that day. Wasn't the OPs argument, he said it was bush league to play a song to celebrate a win. And it'd be really [expletive] stupid to blow up a team that won 98 games because they sucked in the playoffs. The OP also said you don't see the Yankees, Red Sox, or Braves doing it. Apparently he was mistaken. And normally, you'd be right about dismantling a 98 win team. All I remember is feeling like I got hit by a truck and wondering what the [expletive] was the point of having a really good team if they were just going to get [expletive]-slapped in the playoffs every year. I can't even imagine what the players felt like.

I'm with you regular bad just isn't enough with the cubs. We need crazy bad for Ricketts to clean house. I really think almost everyone scouts on up needs to be fired. Keep Wilkens, Jaramillo, Sandberg, maybe a few others and let everyone else go. This organization does a lot of things the wrong ways from top to bottom and this is the perfect opportunity to fix it. Also we need to get rid of that stupid go cubs go song. Its bush league. Any team that needs to play a song for the fans to sing after a win is a team that isn't used to winning often. You don't see the Red Sox, Braves, or Yankees doing this. The Yankees play New York New York after every win, I believe the Red Sox play (or least used to play) Shipping up to Boston after every win and the Braves play the tomahawk chop every 20 [expletive] seconds. New York New York is a classic. Shipping up to Boston kicks expletive. No offense to Steve Goodman (RIP and stuff) but Go Cubs Go is not a classic and it does not kick expletive. If you have to play a song, it should not make you more of a laughingstock. In retrospect, this team should've been dismantled immediately after the 08 playoffs. Its championship window was slammed shut that day.