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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    Very difficult to isolate with starting pitchers because of fatigue. Very difficult to isolate with relievers because of sample size.
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    You don't need to use the emergency catcher if both are playing. Assuming Barrett is at first and Blanco gets hurt, you just move Barrett behind the plate and put someone else at 1B(Mabry/Restovich/Walker).
  3. Transmogrified Tiger
    With Lee gone, we really can't afford Blanco catching more than once every 2 times through the rotation or so. Our lineup with those two switched out is laughably awful.
  4. Transmogrified Tiger
    Going into today's game, he was 21st of 24 in OBP(Duffy, Reyes and Pods were worse), and 20th in OPS(Duffy, Pods, Furcal, and Brady Clark were worse).
  5. Transmogrified Tiger
    Seconded. Thirded Fourth-ed I agree, but the gap in talent closes significantly when you think about their service times and impending FA. For the record, Cabrera has 2+ years service time, while Wright has 1+. If Wright is a super-two(I don't think that's likely, but I can't be sure) then they'll be on the same track to Free Agency.
  6. Transmogrified Tiger
    Vance was bewitched.
  7. Transmogrified Tiger
    So, were we just wrong about Gallagher starting today?
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    Big day for Chirinos. Perhaps he's deserving to go to Daytona? I don't know much about Salas, can someone fill me in on him. He looks old for Daytona and is repeating.
  9. Transmogrified Tiger
    Nothing, I've already said it was in the context of the talks for him to get an extension. I'd like to see him show 2005 was a fluke, and thus far he hasn't done anything to ease my concerns. I don't have any links off hand, but Pierre isn't a very good at tracking balls in addition to his T-Rex throws. His speed helps compensate for that some, but he's still below average. Numerically, Pierre has a career 97 rate from BP(hasn't been over 95 since his Colorado days), and PMR has him ever so slightly above or below average depending on the differences in the model.
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    I wouldn't give him an extension either. I was against getting him for the price we paid. However, statements like "Pierre has been terrible as a cub" and saying pierre's D has been crappy are statements that comment on a guy's performance (and I argue are false statements). Those claims stand alone. How do you undermine the main argument (extending Pierre)? Take out the supporting ones. I fail to see why you guys are having such an issue with this. Is Pierre an offensive stud OPS-wise? Of course not. Prototypical leadoff hitters usually aren't, but that's the old school vs. the new school clash. I don't agree with it, but it's the methodology this organization is going to follow. It makes more sense to me to stick Youkilis in the leadoff spot than Pierre, but JH didn't ask me. We have to do the best we can with the mindset the front office has - and that's Pierre. Pierre has been terrible as a Cub. Don't even use OPS, he has been awful at getting on base. He's always been considered a below average defender(I'm not the one who made the original statement about this year, I haven't noticed much good or bad besides his little league arm).
  11. Transmogrified Tiger
    We drafted a guy in the 6th round who couldn't put up a .780 OPS in college?
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    We are awesome.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    Is this really that difficult a point to understand? Pierre was bad last year, he had a poor OBP(especially for a leadoff hitter), and he didn't hit for any power(which is the norm for him). Some say he was bothered by injuries that kept down his performance, or that it was a fluke down season(like Pat Burrell). That's fine, and it very well may be true. This year to date, he's been even worse, although it's not nearly as many at bats. All anyone has said is that it's premature to talk about giving him a contract extension when he's coming off a down year and has continued in that downward direction to start this year. No one's saying that he'll continue to be this bad.
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    That's an overstatement. He has been bad, not terrible. Semantics anyway, but his .282/.301/.352/.653 line is terrible. Not a single qualified player put up a worse OPS last year, and he's currently near the bottom of that list this year(around 160th of 195).
  15. Transmogrified Tiger
    No one is talking about long term extensions for Cedeno, Murton, and Ramirez. Where has anyone been unreasonable about Pierre in this thread?
  16. Transmogrified Tiger
    Koronka was not good as a Cub, he was behind multiple other players for a call up, and he may have been out of options too(don't remember). If he does well somewhere else then great for him, but it's not worth kicking yourself over if he has some success.
  17. Transmogrified Tiger
    So? Aramis Ramirez has been awful so far. And I don't anyone expects him to continue at this pace. It's only a question of when he turns it up, not if. I would argue the same for Pierre. Pierre was similarly awful last year(although not this abominably bad at getting on base), there certainly is a question if he's going to "turn it up".
  18. Transmogrified Tiger
    Pierre has been terrible so far as a Cub.
  19. Transmogrified Tiger
    He put it to the left side, but it was a sac approach.
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    I haven't seen a game in several days, but Pierre looks about 6 inches shorter than I remember.
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    INTERFERENCE ON WALKER, BARRETT OUT No, Barrett would not have been out.
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    Brilliant
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    Stop. Sending. Down. Pitchers. After. One. Bad. Outing.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    Intervention....seriously...you neeeed help. You have to admit that's just more fun than saying "I'd prefer Dmitri Young".
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