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Apparently, Instructs end Saturday. Lots of updates! 10/13 10/14 10/15 Fantastic news about Kim only having a leg cramp.
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Flaherty went 1/4 and made two errors at 2B today. David Cales' struggles continued, as he pitched .2 IP with 1 H, 1 ER, and a 2-0 GO-FO.
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Just thought I'd get this up in advance so we have a centralized place for various Cubs top prospect lists. NSBB will once again be doing a Top Cubs Prospects list, which will be posted and discussed at a later time. I'm also curious to see what everyone's rankings look like on NSBB. Despite a lot of big names graduating (Cashner and Castro), the Cubs made some interesting trades (Lopez and Wallach) and had an interesting draft, to say the least. So, some questions for discussion... 1) Who is the top prospect in this system? 2) Who is underrated? 3) Who is overrated?
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Keep in mind that only successful sacrifice bunts are recorded. That number is low. In terms of sacrifice bunting, I think it's a complete and total waste of an out when it comes to non-pitchers. I know there's something to be said for teaching prospects how to bunt, but the vast majority of those prospects will not be bunting as a way of collecting infield hits. Moreover, it's especially disconcerting when you take into account the articles Sandberg has written and the quotes he's made about "playing the game the right way." Based on those articles and interviews, as well as his various minor league decisions as manager, Sandberg strikes me as the kind of manager who'd rather have a team of David Ecksteins over a team of Adam Dunns. I am staunchly against productive outs and unnecessary aggression on the basepaths. We don't need a manager who wants sacrifice bunts, hit and runs, hitting to the right side to move runners over, etc. Our offense is already bad enough. We don't need someone coming in who decides to make it worse because that's how baseball should be played.
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Was vaguely hoping they'd put Jay Jackson on the back end, but considering the size of the league and Jackson's struggles this year, it is indeed unsurprising.
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and Colombian White in respect for Washington. =D>
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Jose Canseco approves.
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agreed. problem for the giants is, the phillies can hit and they can't. The Giants have two tough LHPs (Sanchez and Bumgarner) who'll cause issues for the Phillies. I think the Phillies will win the series (in 6), but it'll be closer and lower scoring than people expect. it depends on whether or not sanchez throws the ball over the plate. the phillies are a patient team and won't help him out by swinging at a lot of bad balls. by the way, the phillies hit better against LHP than against RHP this season. utley is just as good against LHP as RHP (and actually was much better against LHP this year), and the problems that howard (especially) and ibanez (to a lesser extent) suffer against them are offset by the fact that werth kills lefties, and victorino and ruiz are significantly better against them. Hm, was focusing on their individual numbers instead of overall. Whoops. I'm rooting for the Rangers tonight. Anyone else?
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Well, at least he gets to the playoffs. Plus, he won't have to worry about facing the Yankees in the NLDS.
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It does seem to add credence to the theory that Quade will be managing the team next season.
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agreed. problem for the giants is, the phillies can hit and they can't. The Giants have two tough LHPs (Sanchez and Bumgarner) who'll cause issues for the Phillies. I think the Phillies will win the series (in 6), but it'll be closer and lower scoring than people expect.
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I think everyone saw that coming, including Favre, who called that in the huddle.
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Dan Uggla
Outshined_One replied to Outshined_One's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
According to fangraphs, DeWitt is a 2.4 WAR guy in his career. Plus, it's worth pointing out that in 2008, when he posted a 1.7 WAR, his wOBA was a paltry .319. Most of his value came from his really good 3B defense that year. -
That was the Soriano offseason, in fairness. Plus, Jacque Jones signed after the 2005 season and Izturis was acquired in the Maddux deal at the 2006 deadline (ugh ugh ugh ugh).
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Dan Uggla
Outshined_One replied to Outshined_One's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If you pick a metric that takes some measure of defensive value into account, how big is the gap? Depends on whether or not you think DeWitt will improve defensively, considering 2010 was his first year in the majors full-time at 2B. This past season, UZR was not a fan of how he performed in the field. Now, granted, considering the guy is a plus defender at 3B, you would think that those tools would translate to 2B, given the proper amount of time and coaching. I think it would be a reasonably safe bet to say that he'll be a better defender than Uggla going forward. How much better is a question up for some debate. -
Any interest in trading for him?
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Bears Game 5: Sunday Oct 10th at Carolina, Noon on FOX
Outshined_One replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Does Todd Collins win the award for the worst single game performance by a Bears QB in the Super Bowl Era? -
How not to onside kick.
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I was getting on the train at Roosevelt about two hours ago when this massive group of people came up the stairs, decked out in Polish gear, face paint, the works. Most of them were singing. A few of them were blowing vuvuzelas. I'm betting at least half of them were Americans of Polish descent. Traitors.
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agree 1000%. that will pay off big in the long run, as long as you're hiring decent people to scout the amateur talent and then coach the guys after they sign. Don't forget being willing to fork over money to sign players. Another $1m - $2m would go a long, long way.
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The goggles + goatee look in his Game Day picture is fantastic.
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Is that a volleyball net? :-s
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I think they need to come up with a new formula. So all no-hitters are automatically better than games where a pitcher gave up a hit? Not all, no. But Halladay's no-hitter IMO was better than Lincecum's 1-hitter. That bum Halladay should have struck out more batters. NY Times' take.
