Outshined_One

My word, you're right! :shock:

Cedeno apparently is letting Neifi's trade get to him. :(

Nah, he'll trade Donald Veal to the Cardinals for So Taguchi, then sign Taguch to a 2/$12m extension.

He complained constantly about his lack of playing time in Texas and SD, from all accounts.

Let's go two more rounds, imo.

Guy from Japan?? Daisuke Matsuzaka.

On the plus side, acquiring Izturis seems to have made Neifi expendable. :lol:

NOW WE DO THE HAPPY DANCE! \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/

may not see a pitch faster than 87 mph. Brenly said 86! :P

O'Malley vs Moyer...heh. That'll be fun to watch.

Mateo just isn't looking sharp.

That's a bad sign.

Um...what the heck is with Blanco's catcher's gear? Did they recently introduce new ones or something?

I think I could put a Cardinals jersey on King Tut's corpse and see him hit .300/.350/.400 with 20 HRs in a season.

Neifi has a lifetime BA of .270 and won a gold glove in 2000. While his best days may be behind him at 33, he still is a very good defensive SS. The Cubs were not suffering defensively prior to this trade; they were actually quite good. It wasn't like the team had a black hole of defensive doom and despair at SS; they actually managed to do pretty well for themselves, even with Derrek Lee missing most of the season. With the outfield the way it's currently set up, this team desperately needs offensive help from the infield. The group of Jock Jones, Juan Pierre, and Matt Murton is not the solution, unfortunately Given the choice between Izturis and the two unnamed prospects Jim Hendry reportedly turned down, I'd prefer the prospects, given Izzy's contract. I am of the mindset that pitching and offense are much more critical to a team's success than defense. 1982 Cardinals Team stats. In the NL, they were second in batting average, first in OBP, and fifth in total runs. Their power was decidedly lacking, but they had a good offense. Also, having five pitchers with an ERA+ of >100 helped quite a bit.

While having Izzy's glove is nice, I really hated that trade. The Cubs already had two defensive wizards at SS who were questionable with the bat (Neifury and Cedeno). I failed to see the point of adding a third.

Uh, what about Cedeno? I refuse to acknowledge the existence of you know who playing SS. :(

Average BABIP tends to be between .280-.310. There's room for fudging with those numbers and nothing is set in stone...but anything noticeably beyond those numbers is typically considered unsustainable. At the major league level, yes. Does anyone have any stats for league average BABIP at lower levels? Is it any different? It's fairly comparable, to my knowledge.

Nothing but the best for him! If he gets hot and competes with Theriot/Fontenot next ST, all the better.

Box Scores Iowa won 5-1 Box Score CF F. Pie 1/4, 2 K LF F. Bynum 1/2, R DH M. Restovich 1/4, R, K C G. Soto 0/4, 2 K 3B C. McGehee 1/4, 2 RBI, K RF B. Coats 1/3, BB, 2 R, 2B (20) 2B E. Patterson 2/4, RBI, SB (1) SP L. Walrond 7.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 5/0 K/BB, HR, 8-10 GO-FO West Tenn won 1-0 Box Score CF C. Walker 0/3, BB, K, CS (19) 3B S. Moore 2/4, 2 2B (27), K 1B B. Sing 0/3, BB, PO (1B) C J. Fox 3/4, PB (12) 2B R. Lewis 2/4, K RF M. Negron 0/2, BB SP S. Gallagher 7 scoreless, 3 H, 5/4 K/BB, WP, 9-5 GO-FO RP T. Atlee 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, WP, 0-1 GO-FO Daytona lost 6-1 Box Score SS J. Simokaitis 0/4, 2 K 2B N. Spears 0/3, BB, RBI, K 1B M. Craig 2/4, 2B (33) RF R. Harvey 1/4, 2B (24) SP R. Bicondoa 5.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 4/3 K/BB, Balk, 9-5 GO-FO RP M. Phelps 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO Peoria lost 6-3 Box Score CF D. Gregg 0/4, 4 K PH F. Tirado 0/0, RBI 2B R. Malone 0/4, BB, RBI, K DH J. Valdez 0/4, 2 K 1B R. Norwood 1/4 SS R. Chirinos 0/2, 2 BB, R, E (14, fielding) 3B K. Reynolds 2/4, RBI, 3B (5) LF A. Garcia 2/4, 2 R, 2 K RF Y. Carter 1/3, BB, 2 K, E (6, fielding) C M. Reed 2/3, BB, 2 CS (8) SP T. Blackford 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 5/1 K/BB, 5-3 GO-FO Boise lost 4-2 Box Score CF M. Camp 1/4, 2 K, SB (15) LF T. Colvin 1/4, R, 2 K, SB (11) 1B R. Canzler 1/4, 3 K, E (10, fielding) 3B E. Puello 0/4, 2 K, E (8, throw) 2B S. Clevenger 0/4, K C M. Mercedes 0/4 RF A. Joseph 1/3, K, E (3, fielding) SP J. Pina 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0/1 K/BB, WP, 6-8 GO-FO RP A. Francisco 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 4-2 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, HR, 1-2 GO-FO Mesa won 8-1 Box Score 3B V. Heredia 1/4, BB, R, 2 RBI, 3B (3), SB (25) SS N. Samson 0/3, 2 BB, R, 2 K CF D. Rundle 0/3, R, K, Assist (3B), 2 HBP RF C. Andersen 1/3, BB, R, RBI, K, CS (1), PO (1B) PH/C C. Perez 0/3, K, PB (5) LF C. Gilbert 1/3, 2 R, RBI, 3B (2) 2B L. Rosario 1/3, BB, R, K, E (3, fielding) DH L. Murphy 0/3, BB, R, K, CS (3) SP C. Huseby 3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0/2 K/BB, 4-4 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 4 scoreless, 3 H, 7/2 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO OVERALL: 3-3

Gotta give Jody Davis credit for being up front about it.

Get your strikeouts up! :P :P

Average BABIP tends to be between .280-.310. There's room for fudging with those numbers and nothing is set in stone...but anything noticeably beyond those numbers is typically considered unsustainable.

While I wanted Travis Snider, I think Colvin has been better than expected so far. If he sticks at CF, I think he could be an above average everyday starter. Given that 2006 was a (seemingly) pretty weak draft, I'd take that in a heartbeat.

Box Scores Iowa won 12-3 Box Score CF F. Pie 2/5, 3B (7) SS F. Bynum 1/5, RBI, 2 R DH M. Restovich 4/5. 2 RBI, 2 R, 2B (25), 3B (4) 3B C. McGehee 1/4, R, RBI, 2B (26), HBP RF B. Coats 2/3, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (19) 2B E. Patterson 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (1), E (1, missed catch) C J. Reyes 1/3, BB, 2 R SP JK Ryu 6.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 9/3 K/BB, 4-6 GO-FO RP J. Williams 1.2 scoreless, 1 H, 1-4 GO-FO West Tenn won 6-5 in the bottom of the 9th Box Score CF C. Walker 1/5, 2 K, SB (40) 3B S. Moore 2/5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR (20) 1B B. Sing 0/2, BB, R, 2 K, HBP C J. Fox 3/4, R, RBI, 2 2B (12), PB (11) 2B R. Lewis 1/4, R, 2 K, SB (14) RF M. Negron 2/4, RBI, K SP JR Mathes 5 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 6/0 K/BB, 8-1 GO-FO RP L. Holdzkom 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3/2 K/BB, WP, 2-0 GO-FO Daytona won 5-4 Box Score 2B/SS J. Simokaitis 2/5, R, 2B (9) SS J. Mota 1/3, E (16, throw) PH/2B N. Spears 1/2 DH M. Craig 2/4, BB, R, RBI, K RF R. Harvey 0/5, K C J. Muyco 0/3, 2 K, E (4, pickoff) SP C. Perez 3.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HBP, 3-4 GO-FO RP G. Johnson 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 2-6 GO-FO Peoria won 4-2 Box Score CF D. Gregg 0/5, 2 K 2B/3B R. Malone 1/4, 2B (15), K LF J. Valdez 0/4, K 1B R. Norwood 2/4, R, 2B (24), K PR/2B F. Tirado 0/0, R SS R. Chirinos 2/3, BB, 2 R, RBI, CS (9) 3B/1B K. Reynolds 2/4, 3 RBI, 2 2B (13) DH A. Garcia 1/4, 2 K RF Y. Carter 0/3, BB, 2 K C M. Reed 2/4, 2B (12), K SP S. Taylor 7 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 3/2 K/BB, WP, 6-12 GO-GO RP M. Avery 1 perfect, 2-1 GO-FO Boise lost 5-3 Box Score CF M. Camp 1/4, RBI, 2B (9), K LF T. Colvin 1/5, R, 2 K 1B R. Canzler 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (13), 2 K RF A. Joseph 0/3, BB DH M. Mercedes 0/4 2B S. Clevenger 0/4, 2 K SS P. Lopez 1/3, BB, R, E (3, fielding) SP J. Renshaw 4.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2/3 K/BB, 3-8 GO-FO Mesa with an off day. OVERALL: 4-1