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This was the only Cubs game I'll be at all year (also the bleachers) and that's what I seen.
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You're thinking of Dr. Tom House who coached and developed him mechanically while Prior attended USC. I don't remember the article but if the point is that after a certain point it makes it less efecttie then it's wrong assuming the pitcher keeps the same arm action/speed as his FB. The greater the variation, the greater it will disrupt his timimg at the plate.
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Sounds promising :roll: His hit tool gets fringe-average grades, and he should be a .260 hitter for most of his career. Drafting someone with offensive ceiling of Mike Cameron isn't a bad thing.
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Kind of disappointing. Given how long it's been since he's had Tommy John, I wonder if that velocity will ever come back. If he has a 74 mph changeup, the 89 mph fastball will work for him. No kidding. How is this even possible? The speed differential between the two has to typically be less than 10 mph, right? I think the ideal difference between a FB and change is 10-15 mph The avg. velo difference is about 8-10 MPH and only a handful get that difference around 15, it's what makes Buchholz such a nasty pitcher since he's one of the few starters who does. Of course, his plus breaking ball, and slightly above avg. FB doesn't hurt but his best pitch is his change.
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Brett Jackson to Cubs by Sept. 1?
UK1679666180 replied to italianocubsfan7's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Give him time, he still needs to get better routes on the baseball and has adequate speed for CF. Offensively, he has the bat speed and raw power but still has to adjust his approach in various counts. It looked last year as if he was too much of a guess hitter. Fwiw, don't be insulted by some of the comments as far as not knowing IsoP, IsoD, etc. it reflects more on them. -
I'm definitely glad there's a market for him and they have a chance to get to choose prospect from whichever team is interested and select the best prospect(s), similar to when Florida select Willis among several choices. I wish Silva had been throwing better and not showing signs of breaking down.
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This....
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Nothing too specific as far as stories but from a couple of people who knew him that he's not a good guy.
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I've never met him but I've heard less than cordial things about Schiltter's character, he's supposed to be a real giant rectum from what I've heard about him.
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Both, the Cubs tend to trip over their feet in regards to player roles (Cahsner and Jackson this year) and Marmol still has some years before his contract likely will meet or get close to his expected player production.
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While I know the risks are there with Marmol, I would be opposed to trading him at this point. Marmol, Marshall, and anything from Guzman gives them a solid back of the pen. Offensively, maybe they'll need a 1B depending on Lee. I can't imagine Ramirez declining that player option. They'll need a 2B though. Unfort. they'll likely have too many holes and nopt enough payroll to make them competitive next year. Their best plan will be to see what they have with younger player and their fate likely rest in their hands as well as fighting off decline with Zambrano, Ramirez, Dempster, and Soriano. If your opinion is that they won't have enough to compete next year, why would you want them to hold onto Marmol now, just giving them another meaningless season of risk about his arm? They still have a year or so before that contract gets bloated, plus it also reduces the risk of Cashner being shifted to the pen. Remove Marmol from the equation and Cashner likely becomes the closer for the remainder under this group. Plus, they don't have any viable closer options in the minors and if they need one going into next year it will likely be done in a free market setting and likely overpaying for one with the poss. of losing a draft pick.
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There really isn't one. Hopefully Diamond has made enough of an impression where he has become option as a starter next year, Jackson and Cashner should be candidates as well but who knows what the organization is thinking. Between those 3, hopefully 2 of them can step up in case they do trade Lilly and Silva and don't bring them back. This is the reason you might want to bring Lilly back. For what? So they can watch him cont. to decline? There's no need for this current Cubs team to spend larger amounts (7+ mil per) money on a marginal difference between a declining Lilly and one of those 3 guys. Lilly isn't the difference between the Cubs becoming a playoff contender and where they're currently at, but a few years donw the road that extra payroll not used on him might be.
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While I know the risks are there with Marmol, I would be opposed to trading him at this point. Marmol, Marshall, and anything from Guzman gives them a solid back of the pen. Offensively, maybe they'll need a 1B depending on Lee and if there's a market for him and any desire to waive the NTC. I can't imagine Ramirez declining that player option. They'll need a 2B though. Unfort. they'll likely have too many holes and nopt enough payroll to make them competitive next year. Their best plan will be to see what they have with younger player and their fate likely rest in their hands as well as fighting off decline with Zambrano, Ramirez, Dempster, and Soriano.
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Why would you need two shooters like that, both are 2G and both have the same strength. Morrow is good enough to get 32-35 MPG, why spend that much leave JJ out there for about 15-20 minutes or so?
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There really isn't one. Hopefully Diamond has made enough of an impression where he has become option as a starter next year, Jackson and Cashner should be candidates as well but who knows what the organization is thinking. Between those 3, hopefully 2 of them can step up in case they do trade Lilly and Silva and don't bring them back.
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Gammons reported that the Cubs are definitely shopping Lilly but would be interested in bringing him back after the season is up. Personally, I'd be against bringing him back at this stage of his career.
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Should Hednry get another chance?
UK1679666180 replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
1) With the resources the Cubs have given him, it shouldn't be too difficult to do so. 2) Which years were they predicted to win/compete, '04, '05, '08, '09? That's 50%, that's not even close to being enough. I don't understand how a GM receive credit when a team overachieves yet doesn't deserve blame when they underachieve. During his entire body of work, the results haven't been there and the talent on the field hasn't been there. They've had one real good team in the last 8 years. -
They weren't brought in as stop-gaps but they ended up being one.
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As far as who's avail. Werth as an unrestricted FA will likely be the best position player avail., if Colorado does not pick up the option on Hawpe, he would be the other interesting option.
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How were Fukudome and Bradley supposed to be stop gaps? Weren't they both added to quality teams to make them better? 3-4 year contracts aren't stop gap. I just see no reason to concede the division next year. They were complementary players on teams that were generally unsuccessful. The only reason why they aren't technically stop-gap players is b/c of the lack of position players coming up from the farm to replace them (still holding out hope one of Colvin and espec. Jackson can do so). The only reason not to concede the division is b/c it's the worst in MLB, even with that, the Cubs likely won't have the payroll flexibility to overcome some of the bloated and unproductive salaries on this roster. There will have to be alot of stars aligning for them to win the division next year. It's alot to count on the majority of Zambrano, Soriano, Lee, Ramirez, whichever other starters fill out the rotation.
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It's gonna be pretty intense coverage for a 44 win team next year. This is probably the only team I wanted to get Lebron less than the Bulls (Though I'm still not sold he's not staying in Cleveland) I'd guess much better than 44 wins. But what do I know. They can be a 50 win team and then get it handed to them by the Magic and Heat in the ECF.
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The Cubs right now are closer to Pitt. than one of the top 3-4 teams in the League. Colvin in RF isn't keeping the Cubs from catching Cincy/STL and with the Cubs likely as sellers, it's best to see what they have in him and if he can provide more than a 4th OF'er as he has the tools to do so but not the approach/ability to make contact at this point. I don't really have any problem with him starting in RF right now, but I don't think he's the guy I want starting in RF next year unless the Cubs go crazy and start from scratch. Depends on who's out there and where they're at. I don't see them as contenders anytime soon and if they are a few years away, if he doesn't work out in RF, why not have him keep the seat warm until Jackson is ready? To me, that would be better than some stop-gap at this point like Fukudome and Bradley were supposed to be.
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I don't think he is valued much around the League either. He's basically viewed as an expensive RF'er that doesn't hit well enough for a corner OF spot. I don't know if that's the view around all the teams in the league (as shown by smarter teams like the Red Sox being interested), but it seems to be the Cubs view... which is what's really killing the trade value. He has value, he's not Theriot or anything like that but for what he is owed, as previosuly mentioned with Silva, they're going to have to absorb a large % of that contract to get anything of use.
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The Cubs right now are closer to Pitt. than one of the top 3-4 teams in the League. Colvin in RF isn't keeping the Cubs from catching Cincy/STL and with the Cubs likely as sellers, it's best to see what they have in him and if he can provide more than a 4th OF'er as he has the tools to do so but not the approach/ability to make contact at this point.
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I don't think he is valued much around the League either. He's basically viewed as an expensive RF'er that doesn't hit well enough for a corner OF spot.