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I hadn't thought about it that way. Good point.
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Church for Francouer
dew1679666265 replied to RedFlash's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
For the longest time they had one of the best in the business at GM. John Schuerholz is a really good GM. -
I'd guess if Aramis can't play both then he'll play the first (with Fox at catcher) and then Fox will take third in the second game.
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My guess would be that they wanted a veteran pitcher to throw to Fox. Instead of having him catch a rookie pitcher. That's possible. That way Z can take control on the mound as opposed to having two rookies out there.
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I wonder what the rationale was to swap Z and Wells?
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Putting Wells on national TV. Also, I'm looking forward to seeing how Fox looks back there. I still hope we go after another catcher though. Just so we'll have Fox's bat coming off the bench instead of stuck as backup catcher.
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Easy save for Gregg.
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I'm fine with the move. Lilly had 103 pitches after 8 and we were up by four. No reason to overextend Lilly there.
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Ramirez is in the minors. Teagarden and Salty are both up and on potential, I'd love to take a look at Salty. He hasn't hit at all this year, though, so he's likely come cheap but may not be an upgrade either.
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I would probably take Buck over Olivo, but either would be interesting. Neither is particularly expensive.
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Lou said Geo could be out for as long as a month. And then the guy we acquire will be an improvement over Koyie or we could keep three catchers (if the new guy is good enough) and use one as a pinch hitter. The latter might limit our options too much, though. So they can survive without their best hitter for 2 months and no legit backup, but they can't survive without Soto for a month without going out and acquiring a "real backup" catcher? Maybe the catchers can be had for cheaper than a third base bat that would have been an upgrade. I don't know what their thinking is exactly. It's also later in the season now and it's less likely the struggling bats will heat up - whereas when ARam went down, there was plenty of time for the slumping bats to heat up.
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Come on, really? You really need an explanation for how the baseball draft is a crapshoot? The draft is not a crapshoot when you are building from an organizational philosophy. Sure, it may be a crapshoot getting #1 and #2 on your list, but that in no way prevents you from selecting players who fit what you perceive is the best way to build a baseball team. Its structure is not a crapshoot in reality. A crapshoot would be putting names on pieces of paper, mixing them up in a bag and then having teams dig in. You can draft players who fit your philosophy (which Wilken has done) but sometimes they don't develop like you thought they would. That is why the draft is a crapshoot. Mark Prior was the most sure thing in the draft. Kevin Orie was going to be the Cubs' third baseman of the future. Lastings Milledge was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Ryan Wagner was going to be a stud. At the same time, Albert Pujols was a 13th round pick. Soto went in the 10th round. Jason Isringhausen was taken in the 44th round. Jorge Posada was taken in the 24th round. Mike Piazza was taken in the 62nd round. The draft is not an exact science.
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Catcher is a need with Soto out until midway through August.
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Lou said Geo could be out for as long as a month. And then the guy we acquire will be an improvement over Koyie or we could keep three catchers (if the new guy is good enough) and use one as a pinch hitter. The latter might limit our options too much, though.
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Church for Francouer
dew1679666265 replied to RedFlash's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Yeah, my first thought was how weird it was to see an intra-division trade. -
Church for Francouer
dew1679666265 replied to RedFlash's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Church's OPS was 130 points higher last year (.785 for Church, .653 for Franceour) and is 73 points better this year (.707 for Church, .634 for Franceour). Career OPS: .732 for Francoeur and .790 for Church. Church is better. Didn't realize the difference was so great. Don't really know their stats too well. This does surprise me a bit because Frenchy is such a hometown favorite. He's really popular among Braves fans. But as they say, business is business. Yeah, a buddy of mine is a big Braves fan who wasn't initially crazy about the deal because he really likes Franceour. Him being a hometown boy really helps, I think. Franceour is 5 years younger than Church, so he still has time to improve. That must be what Minaya is thinking here. -
Church for Francouer
dew1679666265 replied to RedFlash's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Church's OPS was 130 points higher last year (.785 for Church, .653 for Franceour) and is 73 points better this year (.707 for Church, .634 for Franceour). Career OPS: .732 for Francoeur and .790 for Church. Church is better. -
Olivo is an interesting candidate. He's not getting on base at all, but he's slugging well. I'm not sure what the Royals are doing, though, since they just gave up what looks like pretty good prospects for Yuniesky Betancourt.
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Here's the link to Coste being claimed off waivers by the Astros, by the way.
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Well, with Coste off the market now, what are some other options the Cubs may look at? Interesting backups: Braves C Dave Ross: .279/.380/.547/.927 101 PA DBacks C Chris Snyder: .224/.354/.381/.734 165 PA (better SLG in recent years, similar to Coste) Royals C John Buck: .226/.313/.452/.765 97 PA Mets C Ramon Castro: .253/.322/.430/.752 87 PA Nationals C Josh Bard: .281/.354/.395/.749 127 PA All are backup catchers and none should be extremely expensive. No idea which ones would be available, though.
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Astros just claimed him. For the most part, theres no point going out and aquiring a guy who may or may not be better than Chris Robinson. The odds that he's significantly better offensively than Robinson are probably between 95 and 98 percent. There's no comparison between the two. I'm talking at least 100 points of OPS and possibly a decent bit more. Yeah, Coste isn't a stud catcher but he'd be better offensively than any catcher in our organization right now (save, of course, for Soto).
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I wouldn't be opposed to acquiring Coste, but we shouldn't give up that much. I'm not sure how he is defensively, but he's slugged .505, .419 and .423 his three full ML seasons. He's much below that right now (.382 SLG), but is capable of better, at least. His OBP is higher than it has been since his age 33 season, though, and his IsoD is at .097. If he could slug a little more than he has thus far and continue the patience he's showing this year, he could be helpful lower in the order. He wouldn't be a groundbreaking move, but could be a nice addition while Soto's out.
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At that point, you are talking about using it to help you get on base more consistently, and we were discussing the benefits *outside of OBP*. Good point.
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Probably not being a dead pull hitter. A hitter who sprays the ball probably is a hitter who tries to hit some to the opposite field and pull some. Basically Ryan Theriot, I think. I'm not certain on that, though. But hitting to the opposite field is only useful for things like hit-and-runs and productive outs, which don't concern the leadoff man. Doesn't Juan Pierre hit to the opposite field a lot? Nevertheless, it can be useful if the pitcher is consistently pitching you away. It's not a prerequisite to leading off, though.
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Probably not being a dead pull hitter. A hitter who sprays the ball probably is a hitter who tries to hit some to the opposite field and pull some. Basically Ryan Theriot, I think. I'm not certain on that, though.