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  1. Soul
    Again, Guzman hasn't proven he can do this either. And all the stuff in the world doesn't get guys out... go ask Juan Cruz if you don't believe me. =D> The question is, shall we trot out a veteran in the #5 spot who will get lit up and then be run out of the league? Or should we get a young gun with some upside the experience to find out if he has a future? I'll go the latter, all day and all night. The Cubs went with Miller instead. I'm not going to cry about it, but I strongly suspect Guzman will be that #5 fairly soon anyway. If that's the case, then right now we're just burning starts for little reason.
  2. Soul
    If I had been the GM, he wouldn't have been on the team in this capacity. well okay, except he is on the team. Now, the Cubs didn't hand him the job - they had an open competition between Prior, Miller and Guzman. Miller pitched better than Prior and Guzman. Which begs the question, why have a competition for the 5th spot in the rotation if you're not going to give the winner a fair shot in the regular season? Eh? Guzman looked to have better stuff in ST than Miller & Prior. Miller: 3.64 ERA, 17.1 IP, 22 H, 4 BB, 16 K Guzman: 5.79 ERA, 13.2 IP, 18 H, 1 BB, 7 K They were both hittable, but Miller struck guys out at a better rate. "Stuff" is great but isn't worth a whole lot if you don't know how to locate it. It's misguided to allow ST results to guide the endgame though. Stuff counts for more in ST than it should in the regular season. I'd have preferred Guzman because I believe he's the future......and Miller isn't. Regardless of Miller's results in ST it was clear to me he would struggle in the regular season based on the fact that he's a former power pitcher who now struggles to hit 88 on the gun. Prior's not ready, period. That leaves Guzman.
  3. Soul
    Pitchers generally go downhill after their arms go under the knife. This is less true than it once was, but for the most part you can chart a guy's fall from grace back to the first major arm surgery that he had. Carpenter has been the exception, and good for him. But it's not a suprise that eventually he has to pay the piper. I don't wish injury on anyone, and want to beat the Cards for real this year -- not some AAA affiliate's substitute pitchers. I'm just saying a guy like Carpenter has been ahead of the curve for awhile now on the injury front, and was due for at least a bit of a letdown.
  4. Soul
    If I had been the GM, he wouldn't have been on the team in this capacity. well okay, except he is on the team. Now, the Cubs didn't hand him the job - they had an open competition between Prior, Miller and Guzman. Miller pitched better than Prior and Guzman. Which begs the question, why have a competition for the 5th spot in the rotation if you're not going to give the winner a fair shot in the regular season? Eh? Guzman looked to have better stuff in ST than Miller & Prior.
  5. Soul
    Those are great seats. Anything on the 200 level within the first and third basepaths will also be excellent. Maybe the first game will sell because of the novelty, but I wouldn't see a problem with just walking up to the ticket window day of the game and expecting decent seats. The Brewers have enough trouble selling out their own weekday games as it is.
  6. Soul
    If we want to send Floyd on a rehab vacation by May, then by all means lets give him the bulk of the starts in left. I hope I'm not the only one who has noticed Cliff limping his way back to the dugout after an out on the basepads. Those legs are.......not great.
  7. Soul
    I'd like to see my offense put up more than 3 runs against Woody Williams. I won't pin everything on Howry.
  8. Soul
    It wouldn't have been a new development 3 years ago. But it would be today. no, not it's not. Okay, we'll just pretend like Floyd isn't a hobbled old man playing on his last legs coming off a terrible season in which he couldn't hold Murton's jock. I like the way you work. I'd like to think he's got a little left in the tank since he's only a couple years removed from a pretty good year, but yeah Murton should be getting the bulk of the starts and it looks like he's going to. We could do worse than to have Floyd coming off the bench -- just look at what we were trotting out there last year in late-inning situations.
  9. Soul
    My God. Here we go with the media crap.
  10. Soul
    Use your eyes? Where am I? Howry was as dominant as a set-up caliber pitcher gets last year. He didn't struggle to get outs. He wasn't flinging crap like Beck. I don't see the dominance you do. Did he look dominant today when got destroyed on that dinger?
  11. Soul
    Howry was great last year and he may wind up being so this year but the early returns are bad. Yeah, he was great last year, far from iffy. But that's the problem when you sign aging middle relievers to longterm deals. They aren't the picture of stability. He struggles every time he pitches, including last year. It's only a matter of time before he gets rocked. A pitcher can look good on the stat sheet but use your eyes, it's obvious the guy struggles to get hitters out. Sure he can ride the dragon for a while, get the outs. But eventually it's going to come crashing down. this is just plain old nonsense. Was it nonsense with Beck, too? How about Borowski? Did you think his 2003 ERA+ of 161 was going to carry over to next season? He struggled to get outs as well. Use your eyes. It's not hard to pick out a pitcher who has trouble. Not hard to pick out the ones who are due for disaster.
  12. Soul
    Howry was great last year and he may wind up being so this year but the early returns are bad. Yeah, he was great last year, far from iffy. But that's the problem when you sign aging middle relievers to longterm deals. They aren't the picture of stability. He struggles every time he pitches, including last year. It's only a matter of time before he gets rocked. A pitcher can look good on the stat sheet but use your eyes, it's obvious the guy struggles to get hitters out. Sure he can ride the dragon for a while, get the outs. But eventually it's going to come crashing down. You want a case in point? Rod Beck. ERA+ of 144 in 1998, but his struggles were obvious, even at the height of his success with the Cubs. There was no question he would eventually start getting blasted.
  13. Soul
    Howry's been iffy since the day he arrived here. Definitely not as advertised.
  14. Soul
    Cesar = the Dominican god of walks He can't hit, and seems to realize it so he just doesn't swing all that often. Hey--it makes him better than Neifi just on that alone.
  15. Soul
    Come on riot DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CRAP.
  16. Soul
    Or proof he hates us.
  17. Soul
    OK, so now even Gameday is showing balls that are clearly in the strike zone. This is INSANE.
  18. Soul
    I might have to move up my prediction for Lou's first blowup. We might not make it out of April.
  19. Soul
    Yeah, seems that way with me too. I know it's only been 7 games, but this team seems a lot like the 2005 team already. Wait for it. Waaaaiiiit for it. FEAST OR FAMINE!
  20. Soul
    I think he'll get it... The offense has to wake up Lilly's doing what he's pretty much always going to do. Give up 3-4 runs. We simply need to score more to compete.
  21. Soul
    Woody freaking Williams. You guys sure he's only 3-8 against us? Every time I watch, it's like this. I don't recall ever seeing us get to this meatball.
  22. Soul
    Come on Mark, cut Woody down NOW.
  23. Soul
    Lee scores on a single? WTH?
  24. Soul
    This is maddening. Woody's going to suck this year. Whole world knows it. Astros know it. Woody knows it. We know it. But today, against us, he's good.
  25. Soul
    He's not totally comfortable yet, no question.
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