Transmogrified Tiger

No, I'm quite sure you just made that up.

One thing I don't understand about this is that nearly every single broadcaster that has done a Cubs game has made mention of how great Neifi has been for the Cubs and has gone on to say that he made it easier to lose Nomar. Now broadcasters are fickle sure, but to have every one of them (including Len) state that Neifi was a savior to me means that he had to have done something right. I think it reflects that the broadcasters are not knowledgable or just say that to satisfy someone.

Zambrano 2005: 3.76 million 2006: Arbitration eligible 2007: Arbitration eligible 2008: Free Agent Prior 2005: 3.55 million 2006: 3.55 million 2007: Arbitration eligible 2008: Arbitration eligible 2009: Free Agent

Me too, I dig the alternate jerseys.

Considering he'd be pitching 10-15 innings in September, and roughly 30 next April, I'd lean towards him missing this September.

Those numbers sound a lot like the numbers people were pencilling in for Bobby Hill before 2003. I like Ronnie, but it wouldn't be pessimistic to expect anything more than .260/.300/.380. I think a .680 OPS as a ceiling is a little pessimistic. I agree with Tree's reasoning, but I think Cedeno could/would hit .270-.275/.320-.325/.390-.400 if he played full time.

With the 26th pick, Cut for Cap Space selects Terrell Owens, Wide Receiver, Philadelphia

Macias is at 3.6 RC/G, which is a pretty big step up from his numbers of a couple weeks ago(2.8). Before I look any of it up, I'm guessing there are going to be more players that he has outperformed than before. Macias has 128 PA's, so I'll set the minimum at 120. Here are the NL non-catchers worse than him: Corey Patterson (Demoted previously) Quentin McCracken Alex Cintron Raul Mondesi (released) Dustan Mohr Desi Relaford (DFA'd) Chris Burke Jose Vizcaino Cesar Izturis Mike Edwards (Demoted) Jason Grabowski J.J. Hardy Junior Spivey Chris Magruder Kaz Matsui Tomas Perez David Bell Jack Wilson Sean Burroughs (Demoted) Cristian Guzman So with his recent surge, Macias is better than 15 non-catchers who have been in the big leagues all year.

Macias is terrible, there's only been a couple non-catchers in the NL worse than him this year that have near as many PA's as him. He's terrible compared to bench players too. CPatt, That is simply not true. I just did a check of every team's stats. I quit after looking at the first 9 teams because every one of them had at least one player (non-catchers, mind you) who was comparable to or worse than Jose Macias has been this season. We might like to believe that there are enough good players out there such that Macias wouldn't make any major league team if cut from the Cubs, but that simply isn't accurate. Those that have faulted or continue to fault Hendry for having Macias on this roster are simply mistaken and apparently haven't done their homework in this regard. Macias has played the middle infield, 3B and some OF for the Cubs and has hit .294/.312/.353 in 119 ABs. Here is a short list of players who play the same positions for other teams, have comparable or worse numbers and have a similar amount of ABs or more. Marlon Byrd. Jamey Carroll. Quinton McCracken. David Newhan. Pablo Ozuna. Timo Perez. D'Angelo Jimenez. Jose Hernandez. Corey Sullivan. Desi Relaford. Every one of those players has more ABs than Macias this season except for Jimenez who has just 14 less than him. Also, most of those players have performed considerably worse than Jose has this season, and I only checked about 1/3 of the league. There was generally one per team and often times more. To say that "there's only been a couple non-catchers in the NL worse than him this year that have near as many PA's as him. He's terrible compared to bench players too" is simply not the truth. I already did the legwork a week or so ago. Going by Runs Created, Macias only had 5-6 non-catchers that were worse than him in the NL with at least 100 PA's. Grissom, Mondesi, Guzman, a dodgers OF(can't remember which, Grabowski?), and at least one Rockie. I'll do it again to see if anything has changed.

Kelton is an outfielder, he requested the move off of third base.

Wouldn't Hill fill in at 2B? I don't know if he'll hit enough for 3B.

I dunno, Ellis has done well, and Scutaro has performed as well as Bellhorn has.

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Really? I don't remember the stats, but I thought RJ had a better era, IP, and K rate. Johnson: 2.60 ERA, 246.2 IP, 10.62 K/9, .89 WHIP Zambrano: 2.75 ERA, 210.2 IP, 8.07 K/9, 1.21 WHIP Looks like Johnson was better.

That's not an example; that's fiction. Pujols would no longer be playing on an MLB team. 9 year olds was just an exaggeration to get the point that the team would be terrible. My point was that players on teams with very low win totals could get shortchanged with Win Shares. Have you read the book? I'm at work so I don't have my copy handy but I know that point is addressed multiple times. No I haven't, in fact I don't know which book you're referring to.

That's not an example; that's fiction. Pujols would no longer be playing on an MLB team. 9 year olds was just an exaggeration to get the point that the team would be terrible. My point was that players on teams with very low win totals could get shortchanged with Win Shares.

That WHIP has taken a hit in the last month, good thing it hasn't hurt us yet.

To answer your question, because he's not on the 40 man roster. and yet pitchers who have stunk in AAA like Rohlicek and Bartosh and Leicester ARE on the 40 man. Yet Van Buren who, a lot of Cub "Minor League enthusiasts" say doesn't have Major League stuff, has for 2 seasons now, has had nothing but success, Isn't on the 40 man. But then again, for the most part, this is coming from the same group that thought Hee Seop and Bobby Hill, David Kelton and even Kevin Orie (almost forgot Mitre), were going to be perennial All Stars. Uh, no.

But no one did anything at the deadline, Farnsworth and Lawton were really the only moves. You could say similar things about Bowden, Minaya, Wade, even Garagiola(he's still in AZ, right?).

Macias is terrible, there's only been a couple non-catchers in the NL worse than him this year that have near as many PA's as him. He's terrible compared to bench players too.

I agree with you, but everyone wants to argue this same point when I defend Maddux. People bring up WHIP and ERA and say a starting pitcher's W/L record isn't the best way to judge him. Well, if you look at all those special stats, Maddux and Dempster both suck, but the bottom line is Maddux finds a way to win and Dempster finds a way to save the game. Unless he's gone south since I last checked, Dempster had very good peripherals in the closer role.

I didn't like it a lot, but it's not exactly a comparable situation. The Cubs have neither a double digit lead, nor the least used bullpen in the game.

To continue the car analogy, you wouldn't pay more for the Grand Prix than the Lamborghini just because the Grand Prix has a full tank of gas. The Lamborghini itself is better, and that's all it has control over.

He's never been a top prospect, and he doesn't have the stuff of say, a Wellemeyer. You may see him added this offseason, but since during the season they aren't easy to come by, a AAA reliever is low on the priority list to get put on.

To answer your question, because he's not on the 40 man roster.