Outshined_One

Morning Bruce! Thanks for the lineups! Aurilia batting fourth? Hee hee hee.

If that's the case, Noah and Roy, plz. Even though I hate Noah right now. There's almost no way the Bulls have the opportunity to take two guys from that list. It depends on which picks the Bulls end up getting, especially if they somehow make it to the playoffs. If they end up missing out on that 8 seed, they could help their draft standing. I think that if things pan out as expected, they should have the #1 and the #12. I'd say the odds are 50-50 that one of Foye or Roy will be there for the #12. Al Horford and Marcus Williams wouldn't be bad picks at 12, either.

You could probably say the same about Tyrus Thomas.

Heh. Nice to see a fellow fan of truthiness. Fixed. :P

That's right folks! Minor league baseball is back and it's better than ever! Stay tuned throughout the season for such exciting storylines as... -Is Mark Pawelek the real deal? -Will Ron Potesta bring back his Matt Foley impersonation? -Can Brian Dopirak get his mojo back? -Felix Pie: Great CF...or The Greatest CF? -Can Eric Patterson make the Cubs fans remember Corey as, "Eric's older brother"? -Who will win the prestigious Cubs Farm System Player and Pitcher of the year awards? This and so much more await Cubs farm system fans this coming season...and it starts on Thursday, April 6th! Box Scores Iowa lost 8-4 Box Score CF F. Pie 0/4, BB, 2 K 2B R. Theriot 2/3, 2 BB, R, RBI, 2B (1), K, SB (1) 3B C. McGehee 1/4, BB, K LF/RF M. Restovich 0/4, BB, R, K 1B B. Sing 2/3, BB, K, CS (1), HBP C G. Soto 1/5, RBI, K RF B. Coats 1/4, K, SB (1) PH M. Fontenot 0/1 SS A. Ojeda (ha ha) 2/3, R, BB PH J. Strong 0/1, K SP JK Ryu 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 6/5 GO/FO RP B. Brownlie .2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 2/0 GO/FO A. Shipman .1 perfect, 0/0 K/BB, 0/1 GO/FO West Ten won 6-3 Box Score CF C. Walker 2/4, R, RBI, 2B (1), 3B (1), SB (1), HBP 2B E. Patterson 3/4, BB, R, 2 RBI, 3B (1) 1B B. Dopirak 1/3, K 1B/PR M. Hoffpauir 0/1, RBI 3B S. Moore 2/5, R, 2B (1), 2 K LF L. Montanez 1/3, BB, R, Assist (Home) DH R. Lewis 1/5, K RF A. Greenberg 0/4, 2 K C J. Reyes 0/3, RBI C T Richie 1/1, R SS C. Rojas 2/3, R SP JR Mathes 6 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1/0, HR, 12/4 GO/FO RP R. Cherry 2 perfect, 2/0, 2/2 GO/FO Daytona lost 9-4 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/5, R, RBI, HR (1), K LF N. Jackson 0/4, 2 K C J. Fox 1/3, 3 R, BB, 2B (1), K 1B M. Craig 1/4 SS J. Simokaitis 3/3, RBI, 2 BB PH/DH N. Spears 0/2 SP J. Berg 4 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 4/3 K/BB, 8/0 GO/FO RP M. Weber 2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0/0 K/BB, 3/2 GO/FO RP A. Burrows 2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0/0 K/BB, 1 HR, 4/2 GO/FO RP C. Vaszquez 1 scoreless, 1 H, 0/1 K/BB, 2/1 GO/FO Peoria lost 4-2 Box Score CF D. Gregg 0/5, 2 K RF M. Ciaramella 0/5, 2 K 2B R. Chirinos 1/4, 3 K, HBP 1B R. Norwood 3/5, R, 2B (1), 2 K LF J. Defendis 0/3, BB, K C M. Reed 3/4, SB (1), E (1, pickoff) SS D. Johnston 1/2, BB, K, SB (1), HBP SP D. Veal 3 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 2/6 K/BB, 1 HR, 3/4 GO/FO RP J. Estrada 3.2 scoreless, 1 H, 3/1 K/BB, 4/3 GO/FO OVERALL: 1-3

Florida active pitchers who were Cubs or in the Cubs' system... Joe Borowski Sergio Mitre Ricky Nolasco Todd Wellemeyer Dontrelle Willis Borowski was not traded to Marlins by Cubs. I know, but he was a former Cub and basically rejuvenated his career through the Cubs. Just thought I'd make that point.

Florida active pitchers who were Cubs or in the Cubs' system... Joe Borowski Sergio Mitre Ricky Nolasco Todd Wellemeyer Dontrelle Willis

If we end up with any two of the following: Tyrus Thomas Joakim Noah Brandon Roy Randy Foye I'll be happy. O'Bryant is an interesting player, but not worth a Top 3 pick. Aldridge is soft, which drives me nuts. Morrison will be productive, but he won't be an impact player. Gay is sooooooooo lazy. Of course, with the Bulls' luck, only Roy and Foye will be in the draft. Guh.

Wait, wait, so were you guys in favor of Favre giving himself up in order to give Strahan the sack record?

Sorry, no such luck. The Astros have one more starter that has shown he is capable of being decent, Backe. If Pettite keeps pitching like this and Oswalt and Backe have to carry the load, and if they continue to average 1/2 a run a game, the Astros are in biiiiiig trouble. :D What's their rotation look like? Oswalt Pettitte Backe Magic Wandy Buchholz? Nieve?

You guys know how much I really like Mitre. I always felt he deserved a shot to be the starter over the course of a season. Hopefully it works out well for him in Florida. :D

Pfeh! :P

Oh, I agree. I think a fan who throws something at a fan should be banned from that ballpark, permenantly. Especially if it's a Super Twinkie thrown down to Lance Berkman, who proceeds to hit a homerun the inning after consuming said Super Twinkie.

I've been wondering what the heck happened to Zoomer. He pretty much fell off the face of the planet after the Padres returned him.

Those lazy bums!!! :lol:

Anyone know where we can get our hands on a copy? I'm guessing the rotation is going to look something like... Gallagher Berg Shaver Holliman Weber

GO LUCKY!

Bob Brenly seemed really excited about the fact that Tony Womack was starting.

Ciaramella in the OF? Hm, thought he'd be starting up at Daytona. Also, who is Sotolongo?

What else do the Cards have to offer beyond Reyes? They're farm system is even more shallow than ours is. We've got some arms and a few really good position prospects. Aside from Reyes and Wainright, all of them are a few years away, but guys like Chris Lambert, Mark McCormick, Colby Rasmus, Tyler Greene, Stuart Pomeranz could be considered potential star prospects. Unfortunately, any trade for Cabrera would almost certainly completely deplete our system which is just now starting to become respectable. The Cards have some interesting guys however they don't have the talent to get a guy like Cabrera. As it has been said, Reyes is about it. The Cardinals cannot trade any of the players they drafted until a year after they signed them (which would be around June 11th for Rasmus and July 1st for Greene). Rasmus has nice potential, but he should be down in Low A for most of the season unless he mashes. He has a ways to go before he's ready, especially given the fact that he needs to get some meat on his bones and learn to cut down on the Ks. Greene, on the other hand, is an effective defensive player at SS, but a question mark at the plate. He should be starting at High A/AA and likely will need at least another year down in the minors before he's ready to be called up. In other words, I don't think they'd be all that tempting to the Marlins. I have a feeling that if they trade Cabrera, it'll be for guys who are close to the majors or have already accumulated a short amount of time in the majors. If the Dodgers want to make a run at him, they've got the prospects and depth to nab him in a trade. Billingsley, Martin, and LaRoche would definitely be a nice package.

I'm going to take issue with this statement, although I do believe there is some credence to it. It comes down to a matter of preference. In essence, it boils down to this: Would you rather have a large pool of pitchers who are all fairly talented, but are likely to end up as middle of the rotation guys, or would you have a significantly smaller number of elite pitching prospects who could end up as front of the rotation guys? In the best of all worlds, your farm system would be a combination of the two...but that rarely happens. The Marlins' system appears to be more on the side of things with a large pool of potential middle/back end of the rotation guys (although I like Volstad's and Olsen's respective potential). We have all seen a number of future aces not live up to their potential, be it because of injuries or otherwise. Yes, some guys can live up to the hype, but it's just so rare when you look at how many prospects are out there. At least with that larger pool, there is a greater chance that some guys will be able to step up and contribute at the major league level. Occasionally, guys can seemingly come out of nowhere and do an incredible job (Dontrelle Willis is a good example of this). It gives a team more options and flexibility. Heck, if the Marlins weren't so bleeping cheap, they would have undeniably great ammo to use at the trade deadline if they were still in the hunt. They could easily assemble a tempting package for almost any player with the pitching they have.

One of the saving graces of having Pierre in the lineup is that Dusty will never EVER be tempted to lead off with Neifi or Mabry as long as he's starting.

Fun fact: Cleveland thinks Cabrera is their closer of the future.

bubonic plague? or perhaps Hanta Virus? Super AIDS? :?

Don't groundhogs carry some disease that the media went incredibly hyper over a few years ago?