Tryptamine
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I have no real interest in Jackson based on what I think he will likely be offered. He's always had good stuff, but is just as likely to get rocked as he is to pitch a gem. Unless he's willing to sign for something around 3/24 then no thanks. With that said, I wonder if the Cubs could swing something with the Braves to pick up Hoover. With Delgado,Minor,Beachy and Teheran either contributing or looming, I would think he's available. Perhaps eat some of Byrd's contract inorder to pry him away.
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God [expletive] damn it, it's already started. This is going to end up giving me an aneurysm between now and next year. Not here, thank god. People I know, other various sites, etc. This place is my where I come when I want to slam my face onto my desk after talking to other people about the Cubs. Even if Dave occasional makes me want to do it as well.
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God [expletive] damn it, it's already started. This is going to end up giving me an aneurysm between now and next year.
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This could be a blessing in disguise. Bruce can use the fact that he actually knows baseball to replace the god awful Phil Rodgers, and as a result, I won't want to smash my face into my keyboard when I read the column in the Tribune.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 9-7-11
Tryptamine replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Amusing. -
The sharktopus can't be stopped. http://www.hulu.com/watch/165345/syfy-original-movies-sharktopus
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 9-7-11
Tryptamine replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
The Daytona Cubs twitter feed described it as a "MOONSHOT" for what that's worth. Law will blame this on hurricane force winds which occurred only during Szczur's at bat. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 9-3-11
Tryptamine replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
How should he be involved with the development? The guy isn't a coach, that's not his role. Well let's see, he's the director of player development so it all starts with him. You don't think he has a say as far as coaching philosophies? -
If this were to have happened, I'm not sure my fandom would have survived.
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Just because he wants the organization to be more statistical doesn't mean everyone in the office will be touting big backgrounds in analysis. Even in the day of numbers and Ivy Leaguers running baseball teams there's room for people in baseball with a baseball background. In fact, some would even argue that the numbers are not even all that hard to learn, and despite not touting a major background in that area most guys in today's FOs can pick up on what they like to look at statistically. Surely you've noticed that nowadays any Dick, Tom, and Jerry can lean to the numbers side if they follow the game hard enough and that there's a gazillion different numbers to analyze players on. Numbers is one edge a FO can give itself. I see this as similar to the Mets keeping John Rico despite the FO overhaul last year. It's an organization keeping it's touted young FO guys while it still can. I'm not sure what the big deal. Fleita holds what is perhaps the most important position in the organization for embodying what your team's philosophies are about. His teaching has the biggest impact on the prospects of any one in the organization. If he's teaching them old timey baseball while the organization is preaching saber that's a pretty enormous problem.
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God help us if he has a big first game. The meathead contingency will want us to lock him up for the next 5 years.
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Latest from Phil Rogers
Tryptamine replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Moustakas has taken a long time to adjust at most levels. I wouldn't be at all concerned with him unless he's doing the same thing after the ASB next year. -
HS stats can be ignored almost entirely in my opinion. I give more credence to college stats, especially for those in the power conferences. Really it seems the further along a player progresses the less needed the scout's opinions are.
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I mega-loathe this kind of talk. The Cubs are not the A's or the Twins, they are a major market and can afford to develop the farm system and imrpove the major league team at the same time. It's really mind-boggling that there are people who call themselves "Cubs fans" who think the Cubs have to do one or the other. Not true, the Cubs can do both and they should do both. The people I talk to who believe this crap don't think we shouldn't spend at all, they think we should wait until the prospects are all up and producing them somehow go on one huge off season spending spree that fills all our holes in just that one off season. There's clearly a bit of delusion going on there.
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Is it just me or is Hulet's response pretty much the opposite of reality? Outside of the Hayden Simpson pick, the Cubs have played it very safe the last few drafts. They've almost completely ignored high upside boom or bust types and instead stocked the farm with depth. This was the first year they really went all out on the high upside talent. He also calls the farm thin which is just wrong. Sure the farm lacks high end/elite prospects, but as far a depth goes the Cubs have a pretty excellent farm. I feel like he's talking about the Simpson pick and using that one pick to form an opinion about the entire farm.
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Nolasco seems like one of those guys for whom a change of scenery could be HUGE. Given his propensity to have that "one big inning" it would seem something gets mechanically off that his pitching coaches haven't been able to pick up on. Or he could just be a headcase, who knows? Nolasco's game log is truly strange. He has 3 or 4 starts where he gives up 0,1 or 2 runs, then out of no where comes these 4IP 11ER games. He's been following a very similar pattern all year.
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August waiver deals
Tryptamine replied to Post Count Padder's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I'm always amazed by his production. The guy could probably hold an .800 OPS at age 50. -
Would you be surprised if I told you that would be his 2nd lowest season OPS as a Cub? All this lazy talk and having to defend him from meat heads has actually led me to one realization. Ramirez is a heck of a lot better player than I had realized. Of course this makes it even more idiotic that people want him chased out of town as part of a purging of the "old regime".
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He's definitely a good guy and he worked his ass off to do what he thought was best for the organization. In the end the results just weren't there. I'll always admire the hell out of him for getting that Lilly deal done while he was in the hospital. He was truly dedicated to the cause.
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I almost don't want him to come up at all this year. If he comes up and hits a couple HRs there's going to an army of meat heads clamoring for him to be the starting first basemen next year. They'll reference how he destroyed AAA without mentioning anything about the PCL or that he's way too old. I don't think my head can take that.
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Yeah, me too. It's pretty much a given that he's the dream hire. I'd be on board with Hahn, Ng or Preller too.
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Please don't let Wilken leave as a result of the firing.
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It's starting to become a joke. He openly harshly criticizes Szczur, then he attacks people who ask questions about him. Quite frankly, Law is starting to become a real dick in my book. Complete lack of professionalism.
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In what way would this be good? We're paying Zambrano to pitch, yet we've opened up a 2nd hole in the rotation. So now we have another hole on the roster and no extra money to fill it. I'll pass.