LeftCoastCubFan

My concern is Baker puts him in the starting lineup. When I saw both Bynum and Perez starting over Murton and Cedeno, I puked. :pukel: Murton and Cedeno started 26 of 27 games before yesterday. Dusty gives the a game off. Before the season it was Dusty doesn't play rookies. Now it's that he rests them?

That's not always a horrible thing. But to survive with more K's than hits, you have to have extremely good power and take a ton of walks, a la Dunn. 22 plate appearances in 28 games. 34 total MLB plate appearances. Freddie is by far not a future hall of famer, but don't we have more serious concerns?

The last 7 games: The whole Chicago Cubs Team - 0hr 5r 4rbi Albert P by himself - 4hr 5r 7rbi

We needed a new thread for this? Blasphemer!!!!! [-X

I know people like to pile on when things go bad, but this is a slump plain and simple. By my calculations the Cubs offense is .204/.277/.248 in the last 7 games. Only 8 XBHs and no home runs. They’re lucky to have scored 5 runs in that stretch. Then with the pitching giving up 45 runs, they are also lucky to have won a game. The slump won’t last and at least we are still treading water at .500. On the bright side the Cubs have been more patient at the plate drawing 23 walks in 7 games, after only 55 in the first 21 games; moving them out of last place in walks over Pittsburgh.

Why not just bring Ernie back to play first base for a month? :D

Other then April, what has he done? How do his career numbers show he can hit off the bench? If he can't pitch hit, what value does he have? If a tree falls in the forest does anybody hear? What's the secret of life?......

If only he was an effective pinch hitter. .123/.247/.200 makes Jose Macias look like Bonds. 123/247/200 as a ph in 63 at bats 253/361/463 as not a ph in 802 at bats does it really make sense to go ahead and decide he's not a good pinch hitter based on these limited numbers? Maybe not, but what is there to show he can be an asset off the bench other then assuming he can? He may improve at it with experience, but do we want to provide him with it?

If only he was an effective pinch hitter. .123/.247/.200 makes Jose Macias look like Bonds.

Are you serious? The Cubs had a decent run diferential that took a dip after being outscored by 23 runs on Saturday and Sunday. It's just an anomoly with so few games played. It will even out over the course of the season.

Link: http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/cs-060501bearsundraftedfa,1,7482966.story?coll=cs-home-headlines

Choi doesn't make much sense. Take away his numbers through April, and he's about a .221/.326/.401 hitter the rest of the year. He can only play one position and would be relagated to a pinch hitter only the rest of the year when Lee returns where he is .123/.247/.200 for his career. The best you can hope for is a few good weeks until the league catches up with him. But as Dusty would say, "They've got the book published on Big Choi".

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Where are you going to be sitting on Wednesday? That goes for everyone going to Dodger Stadium on Tuesday and Wednesday. Section 44BL Row 7 Seats one of 5-6 Monday Section 135LG Row V Seats one of 5-8 on Wednesday

It’s going to be hard to match last years sweep out here. Dodger Stadium was filled with loud Cubs fans. I’ll be at this game and on Wednesday. Go Cubs!

It's all good as long as WE get the Dubya!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/scorecard/03/21/truth.rumors.mlb/index.html

You still haven't adjusted for Park Factors: The adjusted OBP for the League for Perez has been .364 since most of his career has been played in Colorado. For Walker, the adjusted league OBP has been .349. For SLG, The League avg. has been .464 for Perez and .445 for Walker You adjust Perez's OBP if he played in the same parks as Walker his OBP drops to .289 and his slugging drops to .361. Agreed, the Colorado stint did inflate some numbers which would favor Walker. I was just trying to show that defense can bridge a big part of the gap depending on the value you place on it and that it wasn't just offensive differences.

what happened? He hit a home run, then popped out twice. And then an RBI double? The original comment was made before the game ehen he was in the #2 spot. Did he double since then? I haven't been back to the game thread. I read the comment then went to see what he did, the timing was a little off I guess.

what happened? He hit a home run, then popped out twice. And then an RBI double? The original comment was made before the game ehen he was in the #2 spot.

First, there is no good statistic for rating defense other then scouting. Player 1 on the visiting team makes a diving stop past second base and throws out a fast runner by an eyelash at first, then makes a diving stop at a line drive tailing away, then has a ball hit a rock on a play he was perfectly positioned for that goes over his head for a hit. Player two for the home team has an easy grounder from a slow pitcher and barely throws him out. He boots a ball to his right but the official scorer is generous and awards a hit. He catches a popup. Statistically they are equal players. But scouting tells you otherwise. Zone ratings and runs against average are nice, but they don’t tell the whole story. Defensively, Neifi blows Todd away. What do you think Walker would do defensively over the course of the season if he played shortstop? Perez should be a better defensive second baseman then shortstop. Walker is a below average defensive second baseman. It should also be noted that his teammates, bosses, or anyone else in baseball is defending Walker’s defense. So it’s just a question of what is the net difference. Let’s put things in perspective. Assuming a 24 week season, 144 game, 500 plate appearance season for each; the difference between their career obp is .047 which amounts to 23.5 hits/walks over the course of a season or one base a week. If you assume 4 or 5 chances a game, and 1 to 2 hits getting through the right side of the infield a game; that’s somewhere in the area 720 to 1008 plays over 144 games. Defensively I think it would be fair (if not conservative) to say that Neifi would likely get to 6 more balls and convert them to outs, make 6 less errors, turn 6 more double plays, and not misplay 6 balls that aren’t ruled errors; or about 1 out a week. Given these are on balls in play giving up outs versus what is more likely to be a walk; I see it as pretty much a wash (or a slight edge to Neifi) comparing defense vs. obp The difference in slugging of .061 is what swings things back to Walker with an extra 30.5 total bases a bit unless you believe he will misplay 2 balls a week So the real question is how many less outs will Todd convert in a week then Neifi.

This isn't crossing the line? I understand he is frustrated, but he was given more playing time in 2004 then he could have expected when he signed as a backup, and was a starter all of last year. He has not been cheated of playing time up to this point, and knows that the Cubs are unhappy with his defense since last year. He dis the same thing in 2004 going to the press about playing time when Grudz came back from injury in 2004. Why should this be any different? There is no market for him right now, so he is still likely to break camp as a Cub.

Monday and Wednesday. Very painful though; $80 and $50 seats.

It doesn't have updated arby settlement numbers either. Z at 3.76?

BK was right on in his analysis. Yes it might have been a few more, but there is no garuantee that the extra base runners wouldn't have been on base the majority of the time he made an out. Also, batting order does not have a large effect on total team offense.