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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    Why wouldn't we? Ascanio is only 24, has always had great stuff, and went from putting up decent numbers in the pen in AAA last year to putting up tremendous numbers in the rotation in AAA this year.
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    You can't commit an error on a ball you never touch. I don't see much use in debating who's most likely to earn the votes, compared to who's actually earned the award. Braun's unsustainable start doesn't even bring him to Pujols' level, and I really have my doubts he's going to continue his peripherals from this season(25% LD%, .395 BABIP, 29% HR/F, etc.). Once those come down to earth I think you'll see the erosion of that improved BB rate. As far as names of people who would be more deserving, Pujols is a no brainer, then you have guys like Berkman, Utley, HanRam, Wright, even Beltran.
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    It might have been Ping that said this, but to my memory, Cales left Mizzou because he wanted the opportunity to pitch more and he wasn't going to get that opportunity in Columbia
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    Braun didn't make the Top 15 in NL wOBA last year and he's a terrible defender in left field.
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    Wooo Cales. Hopefully he can keep it going in AA. There's quite a bullpen in Tennessee now. Parker, Gaub, Cales, Perkins, even Schlitter and Maestri.
  6. Transmogrified Tiger
    Soriano has the most effective outfield arm in baseball, and overall he's relatively easily above average defensively.
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    In the video on MLB.com of Soriano's 2 run shot last night, the Brewers announcers blast Soriano's defense. I thought this was weird, I didn't watch the game, but the Cubs had no errors, so unless Soriano just did something dumb out there I'm really not sure why they were talking about it. Beyond that, is Soriano's defense actually bad in LF? I know he's had some memorable mistakes out there - last year in pittsburgh and St. Louis, namely - but I would think his range and his arm would make up for it.
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    There's also stuff in that link about working with Ascanio and Samardzija, and how Ascanio has passed Atkins as the next starter on the depth chart for the big league club.
  9. Transmogrified Tiger
    Haha, this is awesome. Missed one line, but otherwise got it very quickly. I still say it's TWIST turned upside down, no matter what that quiz says.
  10. Transmogrified Tiger
    This is an interesting one, can you name the 13 metro areas with franchises for MLB/NFL/NBA/NHL?
  11. Transmogrified Tiger
    86/92 on the Major Sports (All NBA: Raptors, Bobcats, Wizards, Jazz, Grizzlies, Kings) 69/73 BCS Schools (All Big East: UConn, WVU, Marquette, Providence) 73/73 BCS Nicknames (took 3:32)
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    Ramirez, Fukudome, Soriano, Hoffpauir, Theriot, and Fontenot are all outhitting him.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    solid 9th inning for franklin, 2 home runs allowed (one to a pitcher) and 2 line outs. about time he came back down to earth. And one of the homers to Jerry Hariston Jr., ouch. Hairston has absolutely killed them this series. I think that's like his 4th XBH and 2nd HR.
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    Can we stop with the Stevens love? They guy has walked 7 guys in 13 innings, why do you think Lou wants another guy with command issues in the pen? I know I can deal with a few more walks than ideal if he can do even half as well as his current .089 BAA. His walk rate has been fine in his 300+ innings prior to this year, I don't think his first 14 IP this year are enough to make me think he's a wildman now. Why was I thinking he had control problems in the past? Is it 1 of the other guys we got from Cleve in that trade? The other two guys, Gaub and Archer, are both much worse with control.
  15. Transmogrified Tiger
    That's why they are referred to for check swings... They alos have a better angle one a borderline pitch when a catcher pulls a ball into the strike zone. . No, no they don't.
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    do you really think that's reflective of his true ability level, though? sure, he hasn't started hot, but he's absolutely a better option than anyone we actually have in the organization. EDIT: also it's still way early and so on. if he goes 4-4 with 4 singles today, his obp is .328 and his ops is 790. I don't think it's so far from his ability level going forward that we should be angry that he's not around to play corner infield everyday. Trading DeRosa wasn't a problem, replacing his spot on the roster with Miles and Gathright was. Also, DeRosa is 0 for 4 today.
  17. Transmogrified Tiger
    He was available to pinch hit yesterday so I imagine the same holds true today.
  18. Transmogrified Tiger
    Can we stop with the Stevens love? They guy has walked 7 guys in 13 innings, why do you think Lou wants another guy with command issues in the pen? I know I can deal with a few more walks than ideal if he can do even half as well as his current .089 BAA. His walk rate has been fine in his 300+ innings prior to this year, I don't think his first 14 IP this year are enough to make me think he's a wildman now. I cringe when I say this, but... A sudden increase in wildness is often a sign of an impending injury in a pitcher. We're still talking about 14 IP, and 7 BB in 14 IP isn't so horrible that an injury is all that more likely than it being a fluke/variance.
  19. Transmogrified Tiger
    I would like to see Ascanio given the same treatment that Samardzija should get, remaining in the rotation so he can work on refining his stuff, and to see for sure if he is a starter or reliever at the major league level. Especially when someone like Stevens is available to fill that need in the pen.
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    DeRosa's .309 OBP and .754 OPS are not any type of remedy at corner infield. I really think you have to confront Lee about the injury affecting his performance and give him a DL stint to at least get to the point where he can play regularly. Fox is an easy decision for the recall, and a Hoffpauir/Fox platoon(with Hoffpauir getting PH opportunities and coming in defensively against LHP) could be quite effective.
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    Can we stop with the Stevens love? They guy has walked 7 guys in 13 innings, why do you think Lou wants another guy with command issues in the pen? I know I can deal with a few more walks than ideal if he can do even half as well as his current .089 BAA. His walk rate has been fine in his 300+ innings prior to this year, I don't think his first 14 IP this year are enough to make me think he's a wildman now.
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    Dempster went 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 9/3 K/BB in over 110 pitches. Good outing before he got overextended, much like Marshall's last start.
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    Thats Bs. That was a Baker like move putting Demp back out there to pitch. Hell he wont let Randy freaking Wells pitch after 85 pitches, but he will throw the guy thats making 15 mil or whatever it is back out there after 115 pitches. Its pure ignorance, along with alot of Lous other decision making this year. Its time for Lou to be grilled by the media but it wont happen. Lou is far from perfect, and I think it'd be awesome if we could tie his arms and legs together once the game starts and let Trammell make the decisions, but do you really think he's the appropriate outlet for frustration? Lou's made bad decisions, but I hardly think his decisions make the Top 10 reasons the Cubs are struggling.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    Guyer and Barney add another single, so naturally Sandberg has Thomas sacrifice them over. Maybe we should start keeping a log of these things for when his name comes up for the Cubs job someday. Good to see Guyer having a nice day, his K and BB rates are actually quite good, his BABIP couldn't stay around .175 forever.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    LeBron is just doing whatever he wants, this is ridiculous.
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