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No reason not to. We need to make sure he's not irrelevant in 2010.
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Alfonso Soriano's career equivalent average is around .285. League average DH is about .280. As great as Fox has been this year his is .289. Just food for thought on the question mentioned.
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Well, that conversation took off. I just hope that Hendry realizes that the problem isn't the guys, but just the health of the guys and acts accordingly. The Cubs don't need an overhaul to be the favorites in the NL Central next year. In fact, if the Cardinals sign Holliday and the Cubs bring back the entire team, making no upgrades or lateral moves, you'd still have to consider the Cubs and Cardinals a toss-up with a slight edge to Chicago. We just need to make one or two smart moves that make the team deeper. It doesn't need to be a sexy offseason for it to be a good one. I just hope Hendry doesn't feel pressure from the fan base or the new owners to make an overhaul. Unfortunately, he probably will.
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Hendry's getting too much blame for this season, but oh well.
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How's his daughter doing these days?
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Rich Hill for Adam Dunn
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The Cubs traded away a player with two seasons of above average production at 2B in order to let a guy who had 500 PAs of above average production take over. Obviously Fontenot tanked. Now you're asking to trade away with a half a decade worth of above average production to let a guy with 200 PAs of above average production take over. They're similar situations, though I'm not sure both moves aren't and weren't favorable propositions for the Cubs. Wait, so you are comparing DeRosa and Soriano as well as Fontenot and Fox in this discussion? And you are implying it would be a mistake to trade away Soriano? Or am I reading something wrong? No, I'm not saying it would be a mistake. We also had the opportunity to make a comparable move last offseason, did not and it paid off largely. The Cubs could have traded Derrek Lee and allowed Micah Hoffpauir to take over first base. Lee was coming off of a rough seasons and there were questions about him being done or not. The Cubs kept him and look how well he produced. Also look how well Hoffpauir's limited success has disappeared. Soriano's gong to be coming off of a rough season and he's probably going to improve next season.
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Fun fact about Aaron Miles: Derrek Lee has had more RBI in one game this season than Aaron Miles has had all season long. Twice.
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There are way too many things out of a catcher's control in order to use cERA, especially when it's because a guy gets hurt. Some factors include: - Unfair representation among innings pitched per pitcher - Disproportionate representation among offensives faced - a few bad innings ruining it from a crappy pitcher - luck - defense - pitchers going through hot (and cold) if we had thousands of games to go on, it'd be useful, but over the course of 50-60 games there's way too much noise to use it. I believe every study that has looked at cERA has come to the conclusion that a catcher's contributions on pitching and defense is almost entirely dominated by his ability to throw out runners and control the running game.
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The Cubs traded away a player with two seasons of above average production at 2B in order to let a guy who had 500 PAs of above average production take over. Obviously Fontenot tanked. Now you're asking to trade away with a half a decade worth of above average production to let a guy with 200 PAs of above average production take over. They're similar situations, though I'm not sure both moves aren't and weren't favorable propositions for the Cubs.
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We tried that this year: http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2009-06/47761108.jpg
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Smoltz to Cardinals
Grit amp Heart replied to cardinalsfan's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Then Ryan Dempster fits that distinction. -
Smoltz to Cardinals
Grit amp Heart replied to cardinalsfan's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Okay then we can point to Randy Wells coming out of nowhere and being a huge success. -
Smoltz to Cardinals
Grit amp Heart replied to cardinalsfan's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
To be fair, Rich Harden has been with the Cubs for a full season plus a month and has missed six starts. He had what, 13 starts in 06-07 combined? -
Holliday wants to stay with Cards long term
Grit amp Heart replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in General Baseball Talk
Joel Pineiro has no upside and he's pitching like a number one. -
and so is rosenthal.
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tim mccarver is an idiot.
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probably rodriguez, perhaps o'sullivan or wood
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What kind of numbers did you honestly expect from Bradley?
Grit amp Heart replied to Old Style's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
David Ortiz changes his approach with runners on base. There's a reason he has a higher batting average with runners on base and it's not that he's "clutch" or a "run producer". -
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/guerrvl01.shtml
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He didn't have to. He only had to get passed the rest of the American League.
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Individuals should do in off season?
Grit amp Heart replied to hardcorecubfan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
marmol-erect a hanging tire 60 feet in front of an 18 inch hill. if you cant throw through the center of it, run a mile. -
It's okay we'll take Mike Stanton instead if they throw in Jose Ceda.
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What kind of numbers did you honestly expect from Bradley?
Grit amp Heart replied to Old Style's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I expected him to be our best hitter. He's had a dissappointing season and is one of the reasons we're sitting a seventy-billion games out of first place but the honest truth is he's just a small part of the problem this season. I expected him to hit around .300 with 20 home runs, a lot of doubles and walks. If I would have told you that among qualifiers Kosuke Fukudome would have been the second best offensive centerfielder, Derrek Lee would have an OPS over .900, all four of our top starting pitchers would make twenty-five starts and our other SP would arguably be the ROY, how many games would you have projected us to win?