Transmogrified Tiger
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I understand what you are saying but you also have to take into account the overall team the Cubs have. All things being equal I'd like to have power at every position, but as we all know that is not what the Cubs need. We have been harping about OBP all season when we haven't been harping on taking pitches or what terrible people LaTroy and Corey are. Long story short, Murton is exactly what the Cubs need right now. They need a guy to get on base infront of Lee et al. They don't need another Burnitz or similar player. Check that, a team always needs a big bopper but the issue at hand is OBP and Murton provides that. I agree with what you're saying, I'm just saying that we shouldn't be so enamored with Murton that it keeps us from acquiring a bat.
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What makes you so certain the power won't develop? Maybe it will, but before this year, he didn't hit a lot of doubles, which are a good indicator of future power. This year he's hit more doubles, maybe that's an indicator that he's developing it. I really like Murton, he seems like a great guy from the chat he did, and I love what he's done at the plate so far. I'm just trying to give some perspective on the situation for when he's no longer hitting .450.
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Isolated power: SLG-AVG
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I'm as excited as anyone about Murton, but I'd like to point out that he probably isn't a fix at this point. The knock on Murton before this year was his lack of power as a corner OF. Murton's IsoP 2003: .111 2004: .145 2005: .156 He has improved each year, which is a very encouraging sign. However, it's still low enough that he's going to need to hit .300+ to crack an .800 OPS. Could he do that? Sure, but to expect that right away(if it ever happens) isn't wise, and Murton's performance shouldn't preclude us from acquiring a productive LF.
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Running Full Speed Out of the Box
Transmogrified Tiger replied to fiver's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I think it's prevalent throughout the league, I don't understand it. When I made a routine out, I always ran it out hard as a sort of vent of frustration. -
The thing is, if you keep Novoa, then you have only Novoa. If you keep Remmy, you have him and Novoa at AAA. I don't think that either is much better than the other that it would be worth getting rid of one just to keep the other on the major league roster.
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I recall at least 4. One of them I remember thinking it was lucky that he got on, but the other 3 I remember were created by his speed. So while he has been fortunate, a lot of it is due to his skill set.
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There isn't a source for minor league splits. Last year you could find some at USA Today, and that required a lot of search.
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Gerut is a better hitter against RH than Hollandsworth. He wasn't hurt as far as I know.
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Welcome!
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Bakers love of Hollandsworth
Transmogrified Tiger replied to LuvChicagoSports's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
That's the smart move. Gerut is a better hitter against RH than Hollandsworth. To be honest, with Gerut and Murton on the roster, there's no reason for Hollandsworth to get any more than a spot start in CF. I haven't looked at the numbers but my guess is that Holly is the better hitter in PH situations than Gerut is. Gerut should have already been in the game in CF anyway instead of our Panamanian service station employee. Gerut only has 10 PH ABs in his career. I'd consider their overall numbers v. RH more important than PH numbers given their instability and small sample. -
Bakers love of Hollandsworth
Transmogrified Tiger replied to LuvChicagoSports's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
That's the smart move. Gerut is a better hitter against RH than Hollandsworth. To be honest, with Gerut and Murton on the roster, there's no reason for Hollandsworth to get any more than a spot start in CF. -
I think he rolled his ankle.
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Happy Birthday!
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Ditto. When a man making a few million cannot perform his job at a satisfactory level and I am one of millions paying his salary by buying tickets, jerseys, etc., I have every right in the world to show my displeasure in him. Do you boo if you go to a broadway show and are displeased? The whole idea of booing is selfish and dumb. Does anyone think that LaTroy thought "Hey, we lost, but I wasn't bad. Oh wait, the fans are booing, I must've done something wrong." Players know when they screw up, they don't need tens of thousands of their own fans reminding him. Although the booing did help the Cubs run him out of town and get 2 pretty good prospects in return, so it did serve it's purpose. I personally have a hard time booing a player on a team I root for, cuz if he does good, I feel like a total hypocrite if I then cheer that player when he succeeds. So I have never booed a player. I take that back. I did boo Todd Hundley, but then again who didn't. However, I also don't have a problem with people who do boo, cuz they did pay for their ticket and they do live in a relatively free society. Allowing fans to dictate what players stay or go is a very dangerous precedent.
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Ditto. When a man making a few million cannot perform his job at a satisfactory level and I am one of millions paying his salary by buying tickets, jerseys, etc., I have every right in the world to show my displeasure in him. Do you boo if you go to a broadway show and are displeased? The whole idea of booing is selfish and dumb. Does anyone think that LaTroy thought "Hey, we lost, but I wasn't bad. Oh wait, the fans are booing, I must've done something wrong." Players know when they screw up, they don't need tens of thousands of their own fans reminding him.
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I'm pretty sure the formula THT uses for RC is more complex than OBP*TB.
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Cedeno was on the big league roster from April 21-May 17.
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Why is that bad?
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We under appreciate Neifi. He's a career sub who has filled in admirably. Let's not have short memories, Neifi and DLee were carrying the offense when Aramis and Corey were automatic outs early in the season. Without going into the same debate again, I'll have to strongly disagree. Neifi did well in April, but he's regressed to his career numbers, which I don't want on the roster at all. Nonsense. Since May 1: .241/.261/.337/.598 Who's been worse? Cory Patterson for one. Nope, actually 50 points better in OPS, but he's been deemed not good enough to be on a major league roster at that level of production. Yet Neifi has praise heaped upon him for being worse since his hot start. I should have clarified though, I was referring to infielders when I asked who was worse, since you claimed he was the best reserve. This is a prime example of why I'm glad the Cubs look at more than just selective stats. I guess you just ignore defense, but hey that's ok. Your're entitled to your opinion, I just disagree. CPat is where he belongs BTW. Selective stats? That covers the entire offensive scope of the game. Sure Neifi is above average as a defender, but he's not significantly better than others that makes up for his inability to hit, and certainly not enough to be considered the best infield reserve in baseball. Can you find someone who is worse, offensively, defensively, or otherwise?
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We under appreciate Neifi. He's a career sub who has filled in admirably. Let's not have short memories, Neifi and DLee were carrying the offense when Aramis and Corey were automatic outs early in the season. Without going into the same debate again, I'll have to strongly disagree. Neifi did well in April, but he's regressed to his career numbers, which I don't want on the roster at all. Nonsense. Since May 1: .241/.261/.337/.598 Who's been worse? Cory Patterson for one. Nope, actually 50 points better in OPS, but he's been deemed not good enough to be on a major league roster at that level of production. Yet Neifi has praise heaped upon him for being worse since his hot start. I should have clarified though, I was referring to infielders when I asked who was worse, since you claimed he was the best reserve.
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We under appreciate Neifi. He's a career sub who has filled in admirably. Let's not have short memories, Neifi and DLee were carrying the offense when Aramis and Corey were automatic outs early in the season. Without going into the same debate again, I'll have to strongly disagree. Neifi did well in April, but he's regressed to his career numbers, which I don't want on the roster at all. Nonsense. Since May 1: .241/.261/.337/.598 Who's been worse?
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We under appreciate Neifi. He's a career sub who has filled in admirably. Let's not have short memories, Neifi and DLee were carrying the offense when Aramis and Corey were automatic outs early in the season. Without going into the same debate again, I'll have to strongly disagree. Neifi did well in April, but he's regressed to his career numbers, which I don't want on the roster at all.
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Bruce, what's with the Neifi love?
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The what? Explain please.. I havent been a fan for very long.. Haha, I believe it was Angel Hernandez (sp) who was practically screwing the Cubs out of the game with really bad calls. Then the ex-NFL/Bear DT Steve Mongo (You might recall seeing him on WCW) came into the booth to do the 7th inning stretch, and he just literally talked smack to Hernandez, and Hernandez was facing Mongo and both of them had some type of a stare-down before Mongo went to sing. Didn't Hernandez eject him?
