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  1. UMFan83
    Possibly. He was injured all of 09 so we have no idea where his skills when healthy were. He's certainly declined from 08 to 10. All I know is he had a great start to last year and fairly awful the last 3/4 of the year.
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    This Agreed. It's the worst thing ever. I think fans everywhere can agree with this.
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    Why just his last 400 PA? Because that's when he started his downward spiral, and was convenient for me because I believe Soriano continues his decline this year. I don't think he'll be awful but I'm not really holding out hope he returns to his 07-08 levels. To the other responder, it depends on what you are looking at. BR has him at -0.1 dWAR, fangraphs has him at 5.2 UZR. Either way, he's not someone you keep in the lineup for his defense.
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    He's no Koyie Hill, and the comment above is too extreme, but I'm not going to pretend the 35 year old declining hitter with negative defensive value and a .734 OPS in his last 400 PA last year is anything but a below average player with an bad contract.
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    Soooo St. Louis
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    Where did you get 2.9?? It was 1.4 according to baseball-reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/soriaal01.shtml Also, he was never quite a superstar.
  7. UMFan83
    I'll be incredibly wrong as always.... East *Yankees 100-62 *Red Sox 93-69 Orioles 82-80 Rays 76-86 Blue Jays 74-88 Central *Twins 91-71 Tigers 88-74 White Sox 83-79 Royals 70-92 Indians 66-96 West *Rangers 86-76 Athletics 85-77 Angels 81-81 Mariners 73-89 Red Sox over Twins 3-0 Yankees over Rangers 3-0 Yankees over Red Sox 4-2 East *Braves 93-69 *Phillies 90-72 Marlins 79-83 Nationals 71-91 Mets 68-94 Central *Reds 91-71 Brewers 86-76 Cardinals 85-77 Cubs 76-86 Pirates 71-91 Astros 61-101 West *Giants 94-68 Rockies 90-72 Dodgers 80-82 Padres 73-89 Diamondbacks 69-93 Giants over Phillies 3-2 Reds over Braves 3-1 Giants over Reds 4-1 Yankees over Giants 4-1 I don't like how that turned out. I didn't really put much thought into it. AL MVP: Mark Teixeria NL MVP: Albert Pujols AL Cy: David Price NL Cy: Tim Lincecum
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    I wasn't a fan of the move at the time (primarily because it resulted in us signing Aaron Miles), but there's no way to argue it wasn't a good move at this point. DeRo dropped off considerably in 2009, while Stevens and Gaub have shown potential and Archer was excellent (until we turned him and Lee into Garza). Keeping DeRo wouldn't have been a good idea. DeRo was good for Cleveland, but got hurt and dropped off in St. Louis, then went to SF and got hurt. Who knows what he'd done if healthy. Plus, DeRo was our glue dude, we win the Central in 2009 with him. OK yeah maybe not :)
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    Meh, they have some pieces. If Bruce can become a .950 OPS hitter like many think he can be, its hard to beat him and Votto in the middle of the order. Pitching wise they have a few decent starters but nothing dominating. I think they are hoping Volquez can return to the form he had in his all star year, and eventually hope that Chapman can be an ace quality starter. That's gonna give them a good chance to compete every year. Their farm system is decent from what I've read, but clearly not at the level it was a few years ago. Chapman is the best one they have, but they also have 3-4 more guys that would make a top 100 list (Hamilton, that catcher dude, and a first baseman come to mind). Overall, they could end up being a great team for many years...its possible. But I'm not thinking 'the central is unwinnable for the next few years'
  10. UMFan83
    You don't take very general references to Michael Jordan and turn it into complaining about how MJ got all the calls from the refs?
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    this totally makes me feel better about the pistons walking off the court, they weren't doing it because they were bad sports, but because jordan probably treated them in that series like he treated chamillionaire, both on and off the court. he most likely literally stuck his wiener in them. No they were just mad because Jordan didn't get touched all series and still shot 578 FTAs. /SSR
  12. UMFan83
    byrd should not be batting 3rd, it should be Ramirez/Pena/Soto 3/4/5. Byrd 6th, let Soriano flail away at the 7 spot, and then the 2 pitchers at 8/9
  13. UMFan83
    I would be stunned if he was a Cub. We have 3 second baseman on the roster already, and all have more upside than whatever Castillo could give us offensively and defensively. The only reason he would become a Cub is if Jim Hendry's fetish for collecting broken down second basemen returned. We have three underwhelming young guys who don't offer anything we might be able to call consistent. Just knowing what you're gonna get is something Hendry seems to place a premium on. Hendry will send DeWitt down to AAA, platoon Castillo and Baker, and let Barney play backup MI. He'll then look to upgrade the position with an Aaron Hill or Kelly Johnson (maybe even a Jose Reyes) around the deadline if we're still in it. proclamation> I just don't see Jim Hendry picking up a 36 year old 2B that had a .600 OPS last year in 250 AB and has been cut by 2 seperate teams this offseason, 1 of which ate $6 million to get rid of him, and the other whose starting 2B is going to be out at least a couple of months, and signed Castillo, took a look at him, and then cut him a week later. He's done and will get no major league offers. Say what you want about the underwhelming trio of Baker, DeWitt and Barney but neither of them will OPS lower than .615 this year.
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    A far cry from 2009 when 17 of the 21 "experts" picked the Cubs to win the Central http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview09/news/story?page=09expertpicks
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    andi was CubsFaninSTL or something like that. But I think imb is making a joke, as anyone who was on the board in late 2004 knows that Controversey was Tree's boo. I was there in person when the sparks were flying.
  16. UMFan83
    I would be stunned if he was a Cub. We have 3 second baseman on the roster already, and all have more upside than whatever Castillo could give us offensively and defensively. The only reason he would become a Cub is if Jim Hendry's fetish for collecting broken down second basemen returned.
  17. UMFan83
    Maybe Prior can make the Single-A All-Star team
  18. UMFan83
    Oh....yeah the one that worked for the Cardinals and was obviously on this board to pick up guys. How could I forget her?
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    Don't you remember tree's girlfriend that he treated like crap and forced off the board forever? Controversey was her name. that was andi, you idiot who?
  20. UMFan83
    In the shocker to end all shockers, Phoenix and Dallas was decided in a shootout. How does this happen every single time? At least this time Dallas is the team with 1 point. They are now 3 points behind the Hawks with 1 game in hand on us.
  21. UMFan83
    Make that one 5-on-5 goal in the last 168 minutes for the Hawks, as they are shut out tonight.
  22. UMFan83
    And of course Nashville is beating Vancouver 1-0 after 2 periods. Gotta cheer for Edmonton (over LA) and Phoenix (over Dallas) tonight. Might as well give Phoenix and Dallas a point each already.
  23. UMFan83
    This team is just so inconsistent. One night they look like world beaters the next mediocre. That said, there were a number of factors at play against the Hawks tonight. -2nd of a back to back when the first game was a hard fought overtime road win over their arch rivals -Road game (hawks have worst road record of the 8 playoff teams -No Sharp and Bolland against a great defensive team and a stingy goalie. That said I would have loved to get a point. Hawks just 4-4-2 since their 8 game winning streak finished. Not the way to make a playoff push. That's 10 of 20 possible points. Not going to cut it. Hawks have scored just one 5-on-5 goal in their last 158 minutes of hockey.
  24. UMFan83
    Hawks offense sputtering. Hurting from missing Bolly and Sharp. Need one or both of them back. Only 1 goal in the last ~83 mins of action and 0 5 on 5 goals since...Anaheim?
  25. UMFan83
    Well at least we got 2 points last night. Bruins are mostly dominating the game (something like 27-15 SOG advantage for Boston). With their D and the penetrable Thomas in net, looks like 0 points from this one. Prove me wrong...
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