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It could be worse. This is from the 3rd inning of today's Florida Marlins game against the Brewers. The Fish are 31-25 and are 1 game behind the aforementioned Brewers in the Wild Card. http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/246737_521508961725_202400076_30488719_6168860_n.jpg
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Well, the Cardinals will. The Cubs, not so much.
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Thome has never played LF son. We could have him play third, I guess.
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Only if we move Soriano back to second and keep Castro at short. That'd be fun to watch every day. We could bring in Berkman for center.
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Fukudome could easily be marketed and could get us a solid prospect. For him it's really going to come down two options 1) No prospect (the team acquiring him picks up the remaining salary) 2) Buy a prospect (the Cubs pick up the majority of his remaining salary)
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Harry Pavlidis worries Marmol is hurt
Northside Blues replied to woodchip2153's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
A lot of pitchers lose velocity as when they move into their late 20s. Not all pitchers throw as hard in the their late 20s as they do their early 20s. It doesn't always mean they are hurt. Of course, he could be hurt but a drop in velo doesn't always mean an injury. Given his propensity to throw sliders, I would bet on him being hurt though. You'd think it's his elbow, but tommy john injuries aren't often preluded by drops in velocity, shoulder injuries are. -
Dayton Ohio's Tony Campana
Northside Blues replied to Bryants Disco Ball's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Is it just me or does DJL look like a weird nickname when typed out? -
Alright guys, Pujols at 3B and Prince at 1B. Any objections? (We found the bottom of the rainbow.)
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I don't like the Cubs.
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Baker to the DL, LeMahieu up
Northside Blues replied to BCVM22's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
what are the odds that lemahieu becomes good enough for us to worry about his arbitration clock? it isnt as if he's bryce harper. we should worry about that if he ever becomes good enough to worry about that. -
why did soriano leave the game? are we going to need another of called up?
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Dayton Ohio's Tony Campana
Northside Blues replied to Bryants Disco Ball's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Since 2002, all the players with 30+ bunt singles in a season 2007 38 bunt 1B, 21 BB Willy Taveras 2003 32 bunt 1B, 25 BB Alex Sanchez 2003 31 bunt 1B, 55 BB Juan Pierre 2004 31 bunt 1B, 07 BB Alex Sanchez 2005 31 bunt 1B, 25 BB Willy Taveras 2008 30 bunt 1B, 25 BB Carlos Gomez. In addition to other seasons by Pierre and Taveras, the only other players with more than 20 bunt singles in a season were Dave Roberts and Corey Patterson. In those seasons they had 43 and 21 walks, respectively. So this theory looks pretty dead. Juan Pierre's 162 game average of walks is 40. You also have to remember that Pierre's 55 walks in 2003 came in a league leading 746 plate appearances. He batted leadoff for the Marlins in all 162 games. Brett Butler had a 162 game average of 83 BB per 162 games. Bunt singles do not appear to be the reason, at all. -
Baker to the DL, LeMahieu up
Northside Blues replied to BCVM22's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
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Baker to the DL, LeMahieu up
Northside Blues replied to BCVM22's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
will it ever stop raining cub players on the DL? how has kerry wood avoided this? was lemaheiu on the 40 man? youd think the cubs would have called ryan flaherty first. -
His name is only worth 16 points in Scrabble. There's only one z.
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I wonder how much of the difference between Garza the Ray and Garza the Cub has to do with the Cubs' pitching philosophy and the National League. He always had strikeout stuff, but the Rays had never had a strikeout first philosophy despite having guys like Kazmir, Shields, and Price. Yes, these guys always get their K's, but Garza did a lot too. Still when pitchers went to and from the Rays their K's didn't really change. The Cubs always have had a focus on the whiff - for better or for worse - and when you couple that with no DH it's not a shock to see Garza take a huge step forward and thrive in this situation. That being said, he's not a 11.0 K/9 guy, but he could be a true 9.0+er which would do wonders for his FIP.
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OPS+ by 3B per year. 2011 95 2010 103 2009 101 2008 106 2007 106 2006 109 2005 106 2004 108 2003 97 2002 99 2001 104 2000 100 1999 102 1998 104 1997 102 1996 105 1995 106 1994 102 1993 104 1992 106 1991 104 1990 100 If anything, 2009 and 2010 look like they fit right in with 1990-2003 and that your perceived downward trend is nothing more than a five year period of exceptional performance from 2004-2008. 2011's low output is largely due to the fact that several established stars are on the downtrend of their career (Ramirez, Jones, ARod) and all of the younger studs haven't had a great season (Wright) and/or a missed season (Sandoval, Longoria, Zimmerman). If the latter three had been completely healthy, the league OPS+ for 3B would be above 100. There aren't as many solid middle range guys as there were a few years ago, but that was an aberration not the status quo.
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Rich Hill has a 4.5 K:BB since donning a Red Sox uniform.
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why do i even bother...
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Tyler Colvin is 2 for 30 with no one on. The rest of the Cubs are hitting .311. Take away pitchers as well and we're at .321.
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Our three hole has a .610 OPS this year. We have gotten 10 XBH and 5 walks out of that spot - and 7 GIDPs. Our four hole isn't doing much better. They also have just 10 XBH. Our pitchers have as many HRs as our 2 hole does. Our pitchers have as many HRs as our 3 hole does. Our pitchers have as many HRs as our 4 hole does.
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Wow, Campana has never homered in a professional baseball game. He did have three home runs in four years in college though. The guys has had three HR since high school. That's Joey Gathright level right there. Gathright has five homers since high school, though.
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How would he have gottent the oportunity? Byrd and Fukudome have been doing well in CF and RF, and Johnson has been very good as the 5th outfielder. Colvin was buried at the end of the bench, and hes far better off playing everyday in Iowa. I didn't say it was possible or should have been done.
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I miss 2008.
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I don't necessarily disagree, but he probably would have been alright had he been given the opportunity to work out of his slump. Of course by "alright" I mean fairly average, if that.