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Vince Young: 9-14, 131 yds, 1:0 TD:INT I like that.
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Vince has looked very good tonight. He's making some good decisions on when to run and pass, making good reads and he's been fairly accurate so far.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-14-2009
dew1679666265 replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
It seems like his walks have dropped a bit recently as well. Is that true, or am I making things up? Last 10 Games I guess he hasn't really cut down on them much. Even still, a nearly 2:1 K:BB rate is pretty decent considering he's holding opponents to a .201 average and has allowed just 67 hits in 94 IP. -
Jose Ceda hasn't pitched yet this season.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-14-2009
dew1679666265 replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
It seems like his walks have dropped a bit recently as well. Is that true, or am I making things up? -
To me it seems they are grooming Alan Trammell to be the next manager, and not Ryne Sandberg. Agreed. I don't see anyway that Trammell isn't the next manager whether Lou is gone after this year or the next. If I had to guess, I'd say Tramell's likely the successor. Perhaps Trammel as manager with Ryno taking Trammel's current position.
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The youngest players on that list are Mauer, Prince and Reyes. Prince will likely be available and Mauer has a chance to be. Reyes almost certainly won't be. That said, if all three were available, I'd prefer Reyes. SS is a difficult position to find good talent at and Reyes is really good. Mauer may be wearing down after years of catching. Prince would be nice.
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they're not presenting it as competition with the nfl, they're presenting it as a minor league for the nfl. if i understand it correctly, any player can be signed by an nfl team off the roster of a ufl team. That's true. The season starts shortly after the NFL season begins and the UFL season will end around October or so - thus allowing the UFL players to be signed during the current NFL season. Every player and coach is also on a one-year deal that expires at the end of the UFL season. I agree with this completely. People are thinking about football in the fall/winter, so as long as UFL games aren't played on Sunday and Monday, why not?
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I don't think it would necessarily be too hard to trade Miles in the offseason given that he only has 1 year left. There was inexplicably interest in him from multiple teams before he was signed. Yeah, it's possible. If they really made an effort, he could probably be traded, but I'm not sure they'll want to trade him badly enough.
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Well said. Since I didn't back up my last statement and was proven wrong, I will back up this guy with stats. This season: Man on 3rd, < 2 outs: .228/.238/.556 (4-18) 13 RBI's RISP: .205/.327/.398 (18-88) 31 RBI's Bases loaded: .143/.188/.357 (2-14) 8 RBI's When the bases are loaded and he steps to the plate I have just accepted the fact that the guy on 3rd isn't going to score. There's no reason to boo anymore, like Nick Friedell wrote on his blog yesterday, it's now an indifferent silence when I watch Soriano pop out to 2nd or strikeout with runners in scoring position. If only we could trade the Phillies outfield for our outfield (or the whole Phillies team for our team). Stats like those with runners on or in scoring position are interesting because they're so random. It all depends on which exact position you prefer to point out. This season: Runner on second: .269/.424/.423/.847 (7 RBIs in 26 ABs) Runners on the corners: .182/.250/.455/ .705 (4 RBIs in 11 ABs) Runners on first and second: .292/.346/.583/.929 (10 RBIs in 24 ABs) Career: Man on 3rd, less than two outs: .316/.331/.513/.844 Runners on second and third: .247/.438/ .494/.932 Runners on the corners: .274/.323/.526/ .849 RISP: .251/.326/.461/.787
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Kent played 269 games in the minors at second base and started 1,986 games in the majors there. UZR has him as a -8 UZR/150 defender there. Fox has never played a professional inning at second base. It's not something you can pick up over an offseason when you've never played there in your life. OK so it was a completely far-fetched, unrealistic idea but, there are some things I believe I know about the 2010 Cubs: 1. Unless they're released nobody' going to trade for Miles or Fontenot 2. Nobody' going to trade for Soriano - he's here for 2010 like it or not You're almost certainly right about Soriano and probably right about Miles. However, I don't think it'd be far fetched at all to think we could trade a 29-year-old second baseman who OPSd .909 in 2008 (even if impacted largely by platoon splits) and has one option left. I don't know that we'd get much in return and that's why I'd have little to no interest in trading him. Fontenot can still be a valuable part of a contending team even if he isn't a starter. As for the Fox to second base idea, the more likely occurrence would be moving Soriano to second (since he's played there before) and starting Fox in left. The question then, however, is whether Fox has a good enough bat to make that defensive move.
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Kent played 269 games in the minors at second base and started 1,986 games in the majors there. UZR has him as a -8 UZR/150 defender there. Fox has never played a professional inning at second base. It's not something you can pick up over an offseason when you've never played there in your life.
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Demp has a worse ERA and has given up more homers in your stats, but he had a better K:BB ratio before today and his K/9 is 7.3 vs 4.7 for Lowe. Demp's WHIP is also better in those stats. As for everything going for him last year, Dempster had a better WHIP on the road last year and a better K/9 away from home. He was very good at home and on the road last season. I don't think the K/9 is a valid argument when comparing these two. Lowe works toward contact on the ground. He never has been a big K pitcher. Again, I'm glad the Cubs avoided Lowe, but I don't see that Dempster has been better than him. 147 K is his career high. And when you pitch to contact, you rely more on defense and luck to to keep good numbers. Because Dempster has a higher K rate, he's more likely to be better the rest of this season. I'm not crazy about the contract either, but given their similar numbers this year, Dempster's better numbers last year, Dempster being cheaper and Dempster being younger, Dempster was the better signing.
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I don't think many are defending Dempster's contract. Just that it was smarter than paying more for Lowe. Neither pitcher is lighting the world on fire right now. If Lowe is better, it's a tiny amount of improvement that isn't worth the additional cost. I agree. I just don't understand why some posters are claiming Dempster is having a better season than Lowe, as if it's not even close. After today's start, Dempster has a slightly worse ERA, slightly better WHIP, a better K:BB ratio, more homers allowed and a significantly better K/9. If Dempster has been worse, it's not by much.
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Demp has a worse ERA and has given up more homers in your stats, but he had a better K:BB ratio before today and his K/9 is 7.3 vs 4.7 for Lowe. Demp's WHIP is also better in those stats. As for everything going for him last year, Dempster had a better WHIP on the road last year and a better K/9 away from home. He was very good at home and on the road last season.
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36 and probably better than Dempster. Dempster has been better than Lowe statistically each of the past two seasons. How is Lowe probably better? Because I don't believe that was the real Dempster last year. And I'd be willing to bet that Lowe's numbers this year end up better than Dempsters. Lowe's struck out fewer and walked more in more innings than Dempster this year. Lowe's K/9 is 4.7, while Dempster's is 7.3. Lowe could finish the year better than Demp, but everything points to Demp being better the remainder of the year.
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36 and probably better than Dempster. Dempster has been better than Lowe statistically each of the past two seasons. How is Lowe probably better?
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Dempster's been better the past two seasons (2008 and 2009) and he's 4 years younger. This year: Dempster: 4.04 ERA, 1.386 WHIP, 99:48 K:BB Lowe: 4.08 ERA, 1.407 WHIP, 79:49 K:BB I'd rather have Lowe who gives up less walks but pitches to groundball contact than a guy who gets more strikeouts but walks more guys and gives up longballs. Even though Dempster has been more productive in Wrigley Field the past two season?
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Dempster has been better than Lowe this year. And it's not even close. But I still would've signed Lowe. He might be the perfect Wrigley pitcher. Dempster's better than Lowe, Lowe's older, and signed for more money. Of course you take Derek Lowe. Is Dempster really better than Lowe? Dempster's been better the past two seasons (2008 and 2009) and he's 4 years younger. This year: Dempster: 4.04 ERA, 1.386 WHIP, 99:48 K:BB Lowe: 4.08 ERA, 1.407 WHIP, 79:49 K:BB
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Dempster has been better than Lowe this year. Yep. Dempster: 4.04 ERA, 1.386 WHIP, 99:48 K:BB Lowe: 4.08 ERA, 1.407 WHIP, 79:49 K:BB Plus, Lowe is 36 and Dempster is 32. And Dempster is cheaper.
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Wow, I read through that whole thing and thought Bill Hall. Yes, those are Hall's contract numbers, in case you're interested in them. :D Hardy is fairly cheap this year.
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Kosuke's .850 OPS is good for third best center fielder in the majors this season (with a minimum 300 PAs). Bradley's .398 OBP is good for third best among all right fielders in the MLB this year (again, with a minimum 300 PAs). Both of them and Z have been quite good for us this season. It has been amazing to watch the games and see Bradley's OBP rise just about every game he has played in the second half. Yeah, more slugging would be nice, but I won't complain about a nearly .400 OBP.
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He's making $6.8 million this year, $8.4 million next year and a $9.25 million club option for 2011. He's fairly expensive.
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Just letting you know, the Cubs have signed Raley and Burruel. That was a re-post of something Outshined_One said pre-Raley and Burruel signings. Yep, now I get it. Sorry about that.