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I dunno, him doing weird stuff doesnt seem all that cool anymore. He's trying too hard to be weird.
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He was great in game 1 and good in games 2 and 5, awful in games 3 and 4
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Deadspin's 100 worst MLB players in history
UMFan83 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in General Baseball Talk
I had completely forgotten just how bad Guillen was. For some reason I thought he was a decent player. The funny thing is, he was so bad that I actually believed that .286 career SLG number. It's actually .386....still bad but not epically bad. -
Am I reading this right? You would trade Marmol for Colby Rasmus? He's a career .259 hitter, doesn't get on base at a real good level, doesn't steal bases, and is only a 20 HR power guy. I've got to believe you're massively overrating his trade value.. Maybe I am wrong? I mean, I think Jackson could be brought up and put up similar numbers w/ a bit less power. Colby was the #3 prospect in baseball 2 years ago, and had a pretty solid .859 OPS in his first full season in the bigs. His .363 OBP last year seems to show that he can get on base at least slightly above average (not sure what his isolated discipline was but he his OBP was ~90 points higher than his BA). He has had a tough season but he's only 24 and I believe is pretty good in CF. If they are giving up on a player like that, I would trade an overpaid closer for him, as much as I loved Marmol during his time here.
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Casey Coleman gave them a 4.11 ERA in 12 appearances (8 starts) last year (albeit with dubious peripherals). Considering he could easily be shuffled back and forth from Iowa without complaint, I don't think you can fault the Cubs for thinking Coleman could have been an injury replacement in the rotation. Then despite how much we hate Doug Davis, they probably expected that he had at least a shot to contribute if we were missing 2 starters at once. He had awful numbers last year with Milwaukee, but signing him to a minor league deal to see if he can put up an ERA in the low to mid 4's like he had in the previous 3 years prior to 2010 wasn't a bad thought overall. I'm sure they didn't expect Thomas Diamond to go from ERAs of 4.20 and 3.16 in 09 and 10 to 8.66 this year. I doubt they thought Jay Jackson would go from a top 100 prospect to start 2010 to an ERA over 6. Austin Bibens-Dirkx going from 3.27 ERA to 4.61 to 7.16 this year. Mathes gonig from 3.62 to 5.44 to 9.07 this year. The Cubs came in thinking their contingency plan would include Coleman, Davis, and someone from the AAA rotation stepping up. Instead every single starter in AAA has completely regressed to the point where a team desperate for starting pitching could not justify bringing up any of those guys in Iowa.
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Thata boy Castro. Game 1's at Wrigley guys.
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This is your fault. I'll feel pretty horrible if that starts a chain of events that leads to an AL comeback.
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That was awful...he had his feet set, it was a routine throw and he just threw it into the dirt and Votto is not Carlos Pena at 1st.
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Boo, that sucked. Also that graphic comparing Starlin Castro to the great SS's of the past was awful. It was comparing 2 things, BA and hits in the first 214 games of a career. I'm all about comparing Starlin to greats, but yeah
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I'm so scared that Castro is going to field a grounder and bounce one towards 1B with Pena not there to save him.
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That was a great barehanded play by Walden.
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Wrote that about 30 seconds before he came in? Yup, oh well. I forgot Tulo had a leg injury and probably wouldnt run if he got on.
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[expletive] awesome. He's not even a big base stealer. I love.
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Castro is in the game as a pinch runner. Good news is that he's surely gonna get an AB.
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C, 1B, LF, and CF have been replaced for the NL so far. Given that the NL has only 2 healthy SSs on the roster, I'd expect Starlin to come in for the 6th or 7th.
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I didn't see a thread for the ASG so here goes. Starlin looked spiffy whilst getting introduced.
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The funny thing is, that was only the Cubs reserves (and an injured Soriano). Fukudome and Soto (and Lou) were not in the picture.
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Yeah he definitely earned himself an opening night roster spot unless he just completely sucks in training camp/preseason.
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Same. Except even in their money situation, I don't think the Rays even consider that offer seriously. Maybe Starlin, Cashner, Brett Jackson, interesting lower regarded prospect for Longoria and Price. Even then I have a hard time saying no to that.
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Yeah that's what's silly about this. The best players aren't really deciding this. There are 84 "All Stars" this year and people that are around the 70-84 range are going to be the ones playing in the late innings, deciding who gets HFA. So when Hunter Pence of the 30-62 Astros gets a GW single off of Gio Gonzalez of the 39-53 Astros, the Phillies can breathe easy knowing that Game 1 of the World Series would be at Citizens Bank Park.
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The Cubs are typically among the more aggressive teams in promoting their players, as well. That also plays into those results. Well lets look at the "home grown" players on the 40 man Cubs roster. (aka players who spent at least a season or two of time in the Cubs minor league system) Soto - Above average discipline Barney - Below average discipline Castro - Below average discipline Campana - meh, slightly below average based on minor league numbers Colvin - Below average discipline LeMahieu - slightly below average based on minors Montaniez - average discipline I think its pretty hard to deny that the Cubs system doesn't produce a lot of patient hitters, but as to why this is the case, there are probably a lot of reasons.
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What do you guys think? Would you root for this team? Would it work? I think it would work better in the 'Burbs. Seriously, they'd sell out every single game. I personally think it could work somewhere near Naperville/Aurora/Joilet. There is a pretty nice chunk of population there, and the towns are established enough and far enough away from Chicago to identify with the team as their hometown team over the Bulls. Might not get them to switch loyalties over the Bulls right away, but people will still goto the games, and in a generation or two, the fan base will solidify. 2 Chicago teams would become a civil war. I get the feeling that the Clippers/Lakers rivalry is very mild (correct me if I'm wrong) and the Knicks/Nets rivalry is only recently starting to be very relevant.
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Stalberg is the Shawon Dunston of Hockey- has skills and sometimes shows them but is never as good as he should be. I was a sucker for Dunston, so I'm pulling for Stalberg. With Stalberg in the fold, hopefully that's another foot out the door for Scott. I always considered Buff the Dunston of hockey.
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Cubs talking to Texas?
UMFan83 replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I say we spend it on upgrading the Wrigley Field bathrooms and to build a Krispy Kreme in the Wrigley front office so that hopefully we can convince Jim Hendry not to bolt for another team. -
Cubs talking to Texas?
UMFan83 replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
and the thing about the Pirates is that for the most part its not a bunch of young prospects from a decade of rebuilding that is giving them their improvement. It's minor free agent signings (Corriea) and lightly regarded young players acquired through traded (Morton, McDonald) that have led them to this "revival" (that and a bit of luck due to a fortunate run differential and a weak NL Central). Most of the younger prospects they expected to be pretty big factors for a contending Pirates team (Alvaraz, Tabata, Walker) have if anything disapointed. So year, its not overly likely the Cubs can turn it around next year without major FA acquisitions, but its not at all unheard of.
