Transmogrified Tiger
-
Posts
38,761 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
70
Content Type
Profiles
Joomla Posts 1
Chicago Cubs Videos
Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking
News
2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks
Guides & Resources
2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks
The Chicago Cubs Players Project
2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker
Blogs
Events
Forums
Store
Gallery
Everything posted by Transmogrified Tiger
-
Because if it goes to the 10th you'd have to do something like have Soriano at 2B and Pujols in LF. -
haha, is that twice now the field mikes have picked up profanity?
-
It'd be so awesome if Lee won it with a walk-off, but a smart manager would use the best hitter in baseball that he has on the bench.
-
Chance
-
Woo Sorianeaux!
-
laserbeam from mr singles is snared to end the 5th
-
Soriano apparently got bored on the way out to LF for the first time tonight.
-
Okay, Fielder walked, now pinch run for him and let the real first basemen finish the game.
-
hahaha, Polanco drifts all the way to the right field line and tries to call off Vlad
-
Prince Fielder apparently forgetting he's playing baseball right now.
-
Prime years are 26-29. I don't see how it's arbitrary to say a player who is 31 is past his prime. Soriano has an OPS+ of 126 right now, below what he had at 26, 27 and 30. Prime years are not static for everybody, it goes back to what Have a seat, Neifi! was talking about. His OPS+ for this year is trivially lower than a couple years past, especially considering the difference in OBP making up any difference in league/park factor. The point is that Soriano is playing just as well as he has at any point in his career(again, look to last year's numbers at the break), I don't see how you can say he's past his prime just because he's 31. Also, 26-29 isn't universally accepted as the normal prime years either, ranges from 28-32 have also been cited.
-
Soriano's numbers now are nearly identical to where they were at the break last year. Seems pretty arbitrary to label a player past his prime just because they don't repeat the best season of their career(Soriano is putting up the 2nd best season of his career, OPS wise).
-
Thoughts on an old cronie of Selig buying the Cubs?
Transmogrified Tiger replied to turn2's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I never considered Stone a serious GM option, but yeah I'm also not keen on him being our GM, because he's never done it before. We need someone who knows what he's doing, not a deadbeat like Ed Lynch, and not a rookie like Hendry was (and still is by many people's reckoning). Just my 2 cents. I'd still like to see Stone back in the booth at some point, I always enjoyed his color commentary. I don't understand why people think first-time GMs are a bad idea. There's enough retread GMs out there to convince me I'd be more than happy with a guy who has never done it before. Theo Epstein was a first-time GM and brought a title to Boston. That should convince anyone that a first-time GM is no worse than an old veteran. Really, why should our attitude about GMs be any different than players. Just because a guy has experience doesn't mean that he doesn't suck. Because we've been down that road before and have proven we can't pick a rook who has a clue. Who's "we"? New ownership means different people making those decisions. Are you sure McDonough will be fired when the team is sold? Maybe, maybe not. McDonough has never picked a GM, so that's not relevant to what you were saying. -
Thoughts on an old cronie of Selig buying the Cubs?
Transmogrified Tiger replied to turn2's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I never considered Stone a serious GM option, but yeah I'm also not keen on him being our GM, because he's never done it before. We need someone who knows what he's doing, not a deadbeat like Ed Lynch, and not a rookie like Hendry was (and still is by many people's reckoning). Just my 2 cents. I'd still like to see Stone back in the booth at some point, I always enjoyed his color commentary. I don't understand why people think first-time GMs are a bad idea. There's enough retread GMs out there to convince me I'd be more than happy with a guy who has never done it before. Theo Epstein was a first-time GM and brought a title to Boston. That should convince anyone that a first-time GM is no worse than an old veteran. Really, why should our attitude about GMs be any different than players. Just because a guy has experience doesn't mean that he doesn't suck. Because we've been down that road before and have proven we can't pick a rook who has a clue. Who's "we"? New ownership means different people making those decisions. -
Murton's 2006 May: .286/.358/.393/.751 June: .212/.257/.227/.484 Murton's 2007 April: .250/.313/.295/.608 May/June: .253/.341/.360/.701
-
Hendry gets killed for buying high, for not spending enough, for signing cr*p hoping to catch lightning in a bottle, for trading away future superstars for junk, for hanging on to guys too long, for letting prospects rot, for pushing thier development too fast... If Hendry has done it, he gets killed for it, not always for nothing. Well said! I have mentioned and read possible trade targets and/or deals and everyone of them gets attacked by about half of the posters. Imagine if you were the GM and trying to make the real deals instead of all of us pretending to be the GM. This year looks to be a very bad year to try to make an impact deal at the trading deadline, especially for a right-handed bat. If only Hendry had a young, cheap, RH OF bat that had a full year of good production at the major league level to use from the start of the season, he wouldn't be flummoxed by such a poor market.
-
I have a hard time using RC/G solely, since in that case Chris Duncan is the third best player in the NL this year. And Dmitri Young is sixth. I was too lazy to put two links in, Magglio leads the AL in RC too(despite 12 fewer PA's than A-Rod). He's also tied with A-Rod for 1st in GPA, for those who like it.
-
Just wondering, but what puts Vlad above ARod? Vlad's team would not be competitive without him. terrible argument. most teams wouldn't be competitive if you took the best bat out of the lineup. if you're going to use that argument, it really applies to guys at scarce offensive positions since production is harder to replace there. Then why not vote for Bonds over Fielder? Playing time. Bonds has nearly 80 fewer plate appearances already.
-
Hendry declares Pie untouchable
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Guancous's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Exactly. This isn't Ronny Cedeno where he sucked hard for several months. The dude had a bad 2 week stretch, let him play out please. -
Brad Penny
-
Magglio http://www.hardballtimes.com/thtstats/main/index.php?view=batting&league_filter[0]=1&orderBy=rcPerG&direction=DESC&page=1
-
Hill to Work on a Third Pitch
Transmogrified Tiger replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
No. Even more so no when you consider that Hill was terrible before he came back from AAA and was awesome. -
Jones to get more chances, Pie losing out
Transmogrified Tiger replied to JGalt73's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Davenport translations are awful. -
Mexico beat down on Paraguay in the Copa America elimination stage, 6-nil.
-
FINAL FOUR (1) CaliforniaRaisin vs. (2) Banedon
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Derwood's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
It's the short turnaround. Banedon didn't have much rest in between, and Raisin had more days off prior to the matchup.
