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  1. Outshined_One
    Most of the attractive options are SPs who should be available either put up good numbers, but have massive flaws beyond the numbers (Padilla's contract, Harden's injury history), don't strike out enough guys to make you feel all too comfortable with them (hellooooooooooo Jamie Moyer!), play for teams with an insane owner or front office (Daniel Cabrera) or will cost so much in terms of prospects/young players that I sincerely doubt the Cubs have enough ammunition to acquire them (Lincecum, Cain, Sabathia, Olsen). If I had my druthers, I'd happily trade a package involving the top young players in this organization for Sabathia. I'd happily part with a package involving Hill, Gallagher, and Cedeno (among others) for him. However, I think the Indians will be contenders and I also think a number of other teams can trump that package. I think the Cubs will look for a veteran starting pitcher with lots of playoff experience who still has some gas left in the tank. If the Yankees are out of it, I can definitely see Mike Mussina on the Cubs' list. Granted, he's almost 40 years old, but he's doing a decent job in a tough division. Moving to the NL might get his numbers nudged up a tad.
  2. Outshined_One
    What a shock, it failed horribly.
  3. Outshined_One
    I'm beginning to wonder if we'll ever see all four teams go undefeated in a day again. This is getting a tad bit ridiculous.
  4. Outshined_One
    Box Scores Iowa won 8-2 Box Score 2B E. Patterson 2/4, BB, R, RBI, 2B (7), K CF F. Pie 1/2, BB, 2 R, RBI, HR (1), SB (1) LF M. Murton 1/5, Assist (2B) DH J. Kroeger 0/4, BB, R, K, SB (4) SP R. Wells 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 5/2 K/BB, 2 WP, 6-4 GO-FO RP C. Pignatiello 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO Tennessee lost 8-4 Box Score SS M. Camp 2/5, R CF T. Colvin 0/4 1B M. Craig 2/3, BB, 3 RBI, K LF J. Fox 0/2, BB, RBI, K 3B K. Reynolds 0/4, K RF D. Deeds 1/3, BB, K SP J. Samardzija 5 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 4/3 K/BB, 3 HR, HBP, 2-7 GO-FO RP C. Shaver 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Daytona lost 9-3 Box Score CF J. Wyatt 0/3, BB SS D. Barney 1/4, K, E (4, throw) RF Y. Carter 1/2, R, 2B (5), K LF T. Wright 2/4, R, RBI DH R. Harvey 2/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (2), K C M. Reed 1/3, BB, K 3B J. Mota 2/4 2B T. Thomas 0/3, BB, 2 K SP A. Maestri 4 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 6-4 GO-FO RP J. Papelbon 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 0-3 GO-FO RP B. Petrick 1 scoreless, 1 H, 3-0 GO-FO Peoria won after scoring 4 runs in the 10th Box Score LF C. Andersen 0/6, 3 K, SB (5) SS N. Samson 2/6, RBI C J. Donaldson 0/5 3B J. Rosa 2/5, R, 3 K PR/2B E. Lara 0/0, R DH B. Guyer 2/5, R, 2B (1), K 2B/3B M. Smith 1/3, BB, 3 R, HBP, E (8, fielding) RF D. Johnston 1/5, R, 3 RBI, HR (6), K CF L. Johnson 1/4, BB, RBI SP H. Chen 6 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HR, HBP, 9-6 GO-FO OVERALL: 2-2
  5. Outshined_One
    Straw Man Fallacy
  6. Outshined_One
    Pretty sure Houston did that a couple of years ago thought they had an injury but i could easily be wrong Astros-Yankees in 2003. ESPN's annoyingly gushy recap. Oswalt went down with a groin injury in that game.
  7. Outshined_One
    Cripes, we're going to have to encase that guy in bubble wrap at the rate things are going. A stiff breeze might snap his spine in two. But hey, Ascanio's up. Sweet! For those of you wondering about him, here are his numbers in AAA. He should be a step up over Fox, that's for sure.
  8. Outshined_One
    Don 't forget about Jason Schmidt, David Nied, Bruce Chen, Horacio Ramirez, etc, etc, etc... Kevin Millwood! Mike Remlinger! Mike Hampton!
  9. Outshined_One
    What a great story. But man...130 pitches in a 7 run blowout? That's Dusty-esque.
  10. Outshined_One
    Updates... Iowa won 5-4. Pie is still hitless. Murton homered. Jason Dubois was listed at 1B for the I-Cubs (!), which leads me to believe that's a typo or the Cubs secretly re-acquired him at some point. Hart went 5 and struck out 6. Tennessee is getting pounded 11-3. Mitch Atkins didn't make it out of the 5th, giving up 6 ER. Daytona won 4-3. Adam Harben had a crappy outing, walking 6 and not making it out of the 4th inning. Peoria got 4 hit and shut out. Cabrera went 5, gave up 5 ER, walked 3, gave up 5 hits, and struck out four.
  11. Outshined_One
    Off day on Thursday. If Lou is feeling Dusty-like, he can give either or both the day off on Wednesday to give them back to back days to rest.
  12. Outshined_One
    Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...
  13. Outshined_One
    http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/03/09/sports/09hamilton_lg.jpg I believe CR was talking about that year's draft. The last "perfect player" to come out was Justin Upton, imo.
  14. Outshined_One
    That isn't a number to be crowing about, you know. If you wanted to rub it in, you would have referred us to his 1 HR given up in 47 IP or his 2.68 BB/9. :D He is 19 in high A. I wouldn't worry too much about the lack of strikeouts just yet. I wouldn't either. I just find it odd that someone with his advanced stuff hasn't been striking out more batters in a pitcher-friendly league.
  15. Outshined_One
    Refreshing from the horrible days of Freddie Byumn, Neifi Perez, Jose Macias batting 6th, 7th, and 8th. Fixed.
  16. Outshined_One
    Funny how Lou was complaining about how he couldn't move Fukudome to the 2 spot with Reed Johnson in the lineup. I wonder what his excuse is now that he's got Edmonds?
  17. Outshined_One
    Really? I thought he was like 22. 23, actually.
  18. Outshined_One
    According to Len during today's broadcast, Lou was toying with the idea of sitting Lee on Wednesday to give him an extra day off, especially now that Hoffpauir is up and can fill in fine at 1B defensively.
  19. Outshined_One
    While the Reds have the potential to play spoiler down the line, I don't think it would be wise to count on Homer Bailey to give them the boost in the rotation they need to be a serious threat pitching-wise. His numbers in AAA and the majors the past two seasons haven't been all that great. The guy has a world of potential, but he's not striking out guys like he should be. I also think Cueto will improve, but Volquez will regress back to his mean. How much of a correction each will have is anyone's guess.
  20. Outshined_One
    I would like to point out that, while the Cubs have had a relatively mediocre draft history over the past few years, the Astros have been absolutely atrocious and cheap. They only spent $536,000 total on their first ten picks in the 2007 MLB draft for heaven's sake! That was 30th in all of baseball! By comparison, the Brewers placed 25th by spending $3,177,700. That's just insane. How can you build a competitive team without even an average farm system? They have no one they can trade for better talent and no one they can call up if any of their starters go down.
  21. Outshined_One
    Box Scores Iowa won 5-4 Box Score CF F. Pie 0/4, RBI, K LF M. Murton 2/3, BB, R, RBI, HR (1), CS (2), PO (1B) 1B J. Dubois 1/4, 2 E (missed catch, pickoff) 3B C. McGehee 1/4 SP K. Hart 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 6/2 K/BB, WP, 7-1 GO-FO RP N. Cotts 1 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Tennessee lost 11-5 Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/4, E (1, fielding) SS M. Camp 0/4, K RF T. Colvin 0/3, BB, K 1B M. Craig 1/3, BB, 2 R LF J. Fox 2/4, 2 R, RBI, 2 2B (2), K, CS (2) DH S. Clevenger 0/3, RBI 3B M. Matulia 1/3, BB, 2 RBI SP M. Atkins 4.2 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 3/2 K/BB, HBP, 6-5 GO-FO RP S. Avery 1.1 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 2 HR, 2-1 GO-FO RP G. Johnson 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Dayton won 4-3 Box Score CF J. Wyatt 0/4, 2 K, E (1, fielding) SS J. Mota 1/4, R, 2 K, E (3, fielding) LF T. Wright 2/3, BB, R DH Y. Carter 0/4, 4 K (ole!) C/1B M. Reed 0/3, BB 3B J. Lansford 0/4, K 2B T. Thomas 1/3, K SP A. Harben 3.2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3/6 K/BB, WP, 2-4 GO-FO Peoria lost 6-0 Box Score CF L. Johnson 0/4 SS N. Samson 1/4, K C J. Donaldson 1/4, K 3B J. Rosa 1/4, K, E (11, fielding) LF C. Andersen 0/4, K 2B M. Smith 0/3, 3 K RF D. Johnston 1/3, Assist (3B) DH E. Lara 0/3 SP A. Cabrera 5 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 4/3 K/BB, HR, WP, 6-3 GO-FO OVERALL: 2-2
  22. Outshined_One
    Once Berkman cools off, the Astros should come back down to Earth. The Cardinals and Brewers still concern me. The Cardinals, for all their crazy luck, have pulled this kind of thing off before. They won't win the WS, but they still can do their share of damage. The Brewers have some very good young players and plenty of trading chips to get a big deal done. They need help in the rotation and bullpen, plus their manager is a doofus. However, with a well-timed firing and a good trade or two will get them back in contention.
  23. Outshined_One
    That isn't a number to be crowing about, you know. If you wanted to rub it in, you would have referred us to his 1 HR given up in 47 IP or his 2.68 BB/9. :D
  24. Outshined_One
    Well, that was a strangely enjoyable game. It's odd how we lost the two gimmes of the past two series (Estes' start for SD, Zambrano's start yesterday), but won the games we least expected to win (Peavy's start for SD, today's game). I'm ecstatic we went 8-2 on the homestand, but man, we did it in a weird way.
  25. Outshined_One
    Some early returns... Iowa is getting pounded 9-1. Pie is still hitless. Murton is a HR away from the cycle. The pitchers who sucked are no one of note prospect-wise. Tennessee won 3-2. Russell went 5, giving up 8 hits and 2 ER. Colvin had another 2 walks. Daytona is up early 1-0. Not much of note so far through 2. Peoria lost 5-4. Rosa had another error at 3B. Kreier had a mediocre outing, going 4, giving up 1 ER, striking out 5, walking 2, and giving up 4 hits. Blackford got the loss after giving up 3 ER.
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