Transmogrified Tiger

I really like the idea of acquiring Riske. I've never been a huge Zito fan, but I guess I won't weep if the price is right. Wouldn't Millwood be a similar addition with no player cost? Trading for Zito also has the possibility of being a rental. EDIT to add: I really really really really really don't like the idea of Pie on the Cubs roster, never mind starting and hitting 8th next year.

AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Simon 103 13 29 3 0 6 50 21 4 7 0.282 0.318 0.485 0.804 Karros 336 37 96 16 1 12 150 40 28 46 0.286 0.340 0.446 0.786 Choi 202 31 44 17 0 8 85 28 36 49 0.218 0.350 0.421 0.771 Choi v. RHP: .232/.349/.449/.798 Karros v. RHP: .246/.286/.397/.683

Choi tanked before the injury. I think the vast majority of players in the game go through a stretch where they hit .200/minimal run production over 50 ab during the course of a 600 ab, 162 game season. Indeed. By they way... has Choi extracated himself from that tank yet ?? .809 OPS this year, still far better than Eric Karros against RH. wow. all-star material. Again, Choi was always a better option against righties than Karros, but Dusty wouldn't give him consistent time against them after the injury. Then they went and got Simon and there was no problem giving him starts v. RHP.

Ronnie went to auburn.. He plays for Miami, so I guess that counts.

Choi tanked before the injury. I think the vast majority of players in the game go through a stretch where they hit .200/minimal run production over 50 ab during the course of a 600 ab, 162 game season. Indeed. By they way... has Choi extracated himself from that tank yet ?? .809 OPS this year, still far better than Eric Karros against RH.

Nolasco!

It's exactly the point. Baker refuses to play the young players even when they are as good or better options than the alternatives. I agree about the organizational focus, I was talking about the topic of the thread, Dusty and his tendencies with young players.

That depends on who you compare them to. Compared to Karros, Lenny Harris, Jose Hernandez, and 2005 Hollandsworth they look pretty good.

Away from Billy Wagner. How come CPatt? NM, don't know what I was looking at hehe, 24 mill seems high. The 3 in conjunction with the 24 is the important part. Remember Remmy. That has a nice ring to it. I think he's worth it...dude is only 34...hasn't had an ERA above 2.5 in 4 years...last three I think the average is under 2.0... Is he the only thing we need? not by a long shot....but he makes it an 8 inning game. Heck...Matt Lawton is getting 7.75 Mill... For Comparision...Rivera is getting 10.5 Mill, Izzy is 8.2, Foulke is getting 7.5, .... 8 for Wagner doesn't seem out of line at all....heck, maybe we could say we couldn't afford Neifi because of the expense. Look at Remmy's numbers the 3-4 years before we signed him. Age will catch up to Wagner too, especially since he relies on that little body to throw heat.

It is the Transactions forum. It's not like off-season threads are bumping current transaction threads to obscurity.

Away from Billy Wagner. How come CPatt? NM, don't know what I was looking at hehe, 24 mill seems high. The 3 in conjunction with the 24 is the important part. Remember Remmy. That has a nice ring to it.

Ricky Nolasco, anyone? 1.24 WHIP 9.68 K/9 4/1 K/BB In AA at age 22, the same age as Patterson(who's in low A), 2 years younger than Sing, 3 years younger than Hill. Cedeno is a good choice too.

Away from Billy Wagner.

Edmonds' overall production (specifically his OPS) is WAY below anything he's done in the previous 5 years, so I think it's fair to say he's underachieving. I think that the point with Marquis is that you would EXPECT a pitcher with his ability would begin to get progressively better at age 27, rather than take a step backward, which he's done. If you think a player has to get progressively better at 27, then you have to expect a 35 year old to decline. Most 35 year olds don't play to their career averages, never mind slightly above them.

They certainly will. My point was that, even with a "statistical correction", he's a very, very good player. His '04 season was actually his worst since '01; it just doesn't look like it, due to ballpark effects. Plus, I'm of the opinion that he's actually turned the corner, and isn't likely to regress TOO much. His approach at the plate is much better. His strikeouts are way down from previous, he's taking more walks again (though not as many as in '02-'03 -- stupid Cubs philosophy!), and, most important of all, he hasn't had a bad month, which always was a problem in the past. In fact, his worst OPS for a single month this year is July's 1.048. Based on this, while I doubt he'll have another year as good as this, whatever adjustments he's made have helped both his pitch recognition and his consistency. Those things are likely to help him continue at a higher level than as in previous seasons to this one, IMO. Lee may not regress back to his career norms, but I still have my doubts about him being a 1.000 OPS guy in coming years. With all the talent at 1B, it might be better served not to extend Derrek, and even capitalize on his inflated value by trading him. Also, and I'd expect you'd already know this, Derrek's had a great string of luck this year, BABIP-wise. Without his good fortune, Lee's OPS goes down a minimum of 60 points.

I don't think it's feasible to be able to sign all 3 of Damon, Giles, and Ryan. Pie needs time at AAA, I wouldn't even consider him an option for the big league club until the ASB at the least(although you did list Murton as an alternative). Damon won't be worth the contract that he'll command. His splits away from Fenway are Lawton-esque, he's 31 years old, and he wants 4/40. Who do you have in mind to acquire as a SP? and if you plan on getting all 3 big FA's, how are you going to afford to acquire a quality SP?

This thing is over 20 years old. It's an almost surefire bet to win for the person not drinking the milk. I once saw a competition where they had 5 guys trying it at once. I think 2 threw up, and 2 quit near the end after the winner finished his.

Welcome to the Forum! I don't know if they got the stunt from that show or not, but that milk-chugging contest has been around for quite a while I believe.

So would Guz get moved up to say Daytona or West Tenn with another positive performance tonight? Does he have any chance of pitching with the big club after Sept. 1? I'd say Guzman has about a -32% chance of getting called up. IIRC he may get a start or two at Peoria or Daytona before their seasons are done, and before he goes to the AFL.

This cracked me up too. It's almost as if he wants them to not play well. And if his logic is correct, wouldn't it make sense to capitalize on a player not having the "book" out on them? Apparently not according to Dusty.

Edmonds I wouldn't consider underachieving, he's playing above his career averages at age 35. Marquis is almost exactly at his career averages, with a slightly higher ERA. Novoa is pitching basically as well as he did with the Tigers last year. Those numbers are similar to his minor league numbers too. I'd say he's been as expected. Otherwise I don't have any big disagreements with that list.

I don't expect Lee to put up the same type of numbers next year, but he will still be one of the top 1B in the game. I'm interested to know what five 1B you feel will "probably" be better than Lee. Off the top of my head: Delgado Pujols Helton Sexson Teixeira N. Johnson All have a decent shot at being as good or better than Lee going forward.

With the 75th pick, Cut for Cap Space selects Jeremy Shockey, Tight End, New York Giants

Cut for Cap Space QB Donovan McNabb QB Byron Leftwich RB Julius Jones RB Fred Taylor RB Warrick Dunn RB Travis Henry WR Terrell Owens WR Darrell Jackson WR Lee Evans WR Donte Stallworth TE Jeremy Shockey TE Bubba Franks K David Akers K Jeff Wilkins DEF Tampa Bay

Victor Diaz of the .264/.360/.497/.857 line in nearly 200 PA's this year? Good thing they got the word out on him.