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I like Dewitt too...he took alot of crap for being versatile...like him better than Baker tbh for certain reasons, and I think a contender will find him to be a useful role player. I imagine the Yankees will have some interest. That said, not a loss and Cardenas might be able to do alot of the same things anyway.
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Pretty sweet...one dead prospect gone for a slightly warmer body...I've always liked Cardenas some too. Same kind of player too...I do wish Dewitt luck though because he's not terrible. He'll find work.
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I'd love to take and fix Matusz, another bump in the road young arm I'd love to make a Cub.
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PriortoTheoIhadWood replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Meh an age old problem for good and bad players alike...He needs to tighten up his strike zone for sure, but if guys like Soriano and Francouer can find careers in the big leagues despite a horrendous inability to identify and not swing at breaking pitches then I think Lake has a shot. I honestly thought he'd do worse than he did at AA. The fact that he didn't embarrass himself at AA this year at 21 (and the fact that the Cubs let him get there) is pretty impressive to me, even if he didn't kick ass and take names at the level. Personally, I like the things he can do as much, if not more, than I care about the things he can't do. A couple of the things he can't do (play D consistently well) can be coached up anyway...Undoubtedly it'd be great if he could gain some patience at the plate, and he's still young enough where the window might be open...That said,it will be interesting to see how the Cubs the Cubs develop him...Do they help him hone what he can do (hit for some pop and BA, steal bases well, help make him more consistent and focused on D - 2B? 3B? LF?) or do they spend more of the time working on the skills further away and harder to break through with (plate discipline)? -
Yes. Collect and spend to collect better things...Ever check out how much prime star+ talent can hit the MLB FA market over the next 3-4 years? No doubt Justin Upton will eventually be traded...Felix Hernandez....A Zimmerman? That'd be sweet, especially the 3B one....Tim Lincecum...Stud talent will hit the trade market because teams might prefer the prospects to the picks. There will be a Josh Beckett trade. Maybe even two if Luck and Skill keep having threesomes with Theo. Oh God...you're back. He never left. Lol no, I did. Must be pretty devastating considering the raucous I caused before...All those insults I was throwing around and such. I was a havoc causing machine here who took no prisoners. Plus what I said up there was so unbelievably wrong.
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Seriously +1
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Yes. Collect and spend to collect better things...Ever check out how much prime star+ talent can hit the MLB FA market over the next 3-4 years? No doubt Justin Upton will eventually be traded...Felix Hernandez....A Zimmerman? That'd be sweet, especially the 3B one....Tim Lincecum...Stud talent will hit the trade market because teams might prefer the prospects to the picks. There will be a Josh Beckett trade. Maybe even two if Luck and Skill keep having threesomes with Theo.
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PriortoTheoIhadWood replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Very cool/random to see some Junior Lake love. Saw him in the AFL and he looks alot like Castro at the plate (though he's got more of a Soriano build/body). Same batting stance and everything as Castro it seems. I did not dislike the swing, but I'm no expert. I thought he generated good bat speed, but when he set in the batters box the barrel of the bat was almost at his shoulders and sometimes behind it. He trades batting average and contact for power and K's because that little hitch lengthens his swing path (my guess). Castro has a little more weight on him and way better hands at the plate anyway... If Lake got any hype at all he would remind a whole lot of people physically of a young Soriano with arguably better (though still raw) swing mechanics. That said, he's still as much a bust candidate as he is a breakout one. I am fairly optimistic one between him or Vitters will break out "surprisingly." -
Eli Manning has another 8+ years in him. We'll hear the HOF talk, but this is mid-career. Congrats to him for this one. I watched 0 minutes of the game. It ended in profit.
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Who cares where they were ranked? Turner is a waaaaaaaaay better SP prospect than Archer (oh and how I'd love to land Porcello, who I'd also take over Archer). Way better. Archer was overrated as hell. Hendry went out selling high...That was his last big trade, right?
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Anyone else hear a young Ted Lilly in the scouting report? Throws across the body...average to above average velocity from a lefty...curveball that can flatten out at times...throws a cutter already. Just throwing it out because it's baseball talk and I miss basbeall.
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MLBTraderumors said it's more likely to happen at the mid-season deadline. So uh...take that for what it's worth. I wish the Tigers would just bite already...
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Does everyone who battles an addiction have to do it under the spotlight of news organizations pointing out each slip up? Yeah mighten this whole "he got drunk once recently" thing be overblown a bit?
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Quoted because this is a real post.
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1. I get why it's easy to root for Hamilton, but I could not possibly care less about the guy. It's bad enough that athletes are shoved down our throats as role models and/or significant people (and so very rarely the Steady Eddie type anyway), but to have it done to a former crackhead turned pro athlete? No thanks. 2. I am pretty ignorant of addiction. Is this THAT bad in the whole process that he's holding a press conference or is it because he's been told he's a role model? Are [expletive], lazy parents out there in a tizzy? Otherwise though...g'luck to him. Just because I said this stuff doesn't mean I want the guy to go back to where he was in-between his pro baseball stops.
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PriortoTheoIhadWood replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
And under honorable mention for the whole article: 2012 is the year to hop back on the Vitters bandwagon. Good things a'comin. -
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PriortoTheoIhadWood replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Handedness and level of competition alone make this a better signing than Kim...Though I guess it's balanced by dollar and roster commitment. -
Exactly...especially when 18 and 6'2 are being combined with words and phrases like wiry and long arms. This is a really fun offseason and it's only the beginning...Can't wait 'til they flip some of these prospects for Justin Upton/David Price/Felix Hernandez one of these days.
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It'd be a big deal for any team. High profile Cuban pitching talent hasn't really crapped the bed...not that I can remember.
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Great signing. This is good stuff. I buy that his upside goes past that of a 5th starter, which is what the only scouting report I've read said. He's big, 18, left handed, and probably more athletic than maybe given credit for (leaving room for projection).
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Any scouting reports on this guy? Does his athleticism get talked up?
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Price will be a Cub within the next 3-4 years. AKA I like to say inane things.
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BTW: Should I blame Hendry for not even seriously pursuing Carlos Beltran back in the day or is that on ownership? I never, ever got how they missed the boat on that one...It was such an obvious move to make, but maybe I've just re-written my history.
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Corey Patterson isn't Jeremy Hermida?
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Probably for comic relief, amirite? No really, congrats to him. I have less animosity for him now than I did years ago when I valued how meddlesome the Trib was at the end much less. Still glad he's gone from here, but I am glad Ricketts treated him with respect and left him some dig-ni-tea on the way out.