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My boy DeJesus got taken in the 16th round! By the Cardinals. :( -
What a bush league intro by TBS.
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Lansford's been awful with the bat????? He is hitting .287 which is higher than any other player on our roster who was here on Opening Day. He is 2nd on the team in RBI, 1st in doubles, doesnt strikeout much (20 in 180 AB) and is easily the one guy on this team I would want up in a clutch situation. And he is the best defensive 3rd baseman I have seen in the MWL. .694 OPS, 50th in the league. 20/11 K/BB. Average doesn't mean much. I'll stay out of the OPS vs. Avg debate this season. All I'm saying is if you were to watch this team every day you would know that the 2 players who stand out head and shoulder above are Josh and Castillo. Standing out above the crap on that roster doesn't mean much to me, no offense. A .694 ops is bad, and the fact that he is an advanced, 23 year old, college draftee just makes it worse. HE IS NOT 23...cant anyone here add, or subtract??? I said "near 23", he'll be 23 in less than a month. For all intents and purposes, he should be considered a 23 year old.
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Collegiate splits for Thomas, Barney, and Guyer. Of note: Thomas was actually better away from home(.410/.505/.821) than in his home park(.442.547/.705), he has no discernable L/R split. Barney is not very good against RHP(.279/.354/.390), but like Thomas he was better on the road(.339/.417/.505) than home(.278/.354/.417). Guyer has no discernible R/L split, and seems to be a beneficiary of his home park(.368/.483/.632 at home, .349/.378/.535 on the road).
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Lansford's been awful with the bat????? Is that a joke or sarcastic comment? He is hitting .287 which is higher than any other player on our roster who was here on Opening Day. He is 2nd on the team in RBI, 1st in doubles, doesnt strikeout much (20 in 180 AB) and is easily the one guy on this team I would want up in a clutch situation. And he is the best defensive 3rd baseman I have seen in the MWL. He's hitting for a good enough average, but there's no walks or XBH to go with it. A sub .700 OPS isn't going to cut it for a near 23 year old 3B at Low A.
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Decent IsoD and good IsoP, .285/.350/.498 How many catchers is that now? Gotta be approaching 5. Donaldson, Day, Clark, one more who I can't remember his name at least.
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NSBB: picking player X would be absurd, especially if player Y and Z are available. Bud Selig: Oakland A's select player X. NSBB: *crickets* pause..... NSBB: how could the Cubs pass on players Y and Z. they're so stupid. pause.... NSBB: Billy Beane is such a genius. Or you could have checked the reaction in the draft thread. ... Why should he do that when ignoring the facts so clearly supports his agenda much better? lol at "his agenda." unfortunately the claim you guys are making just isn't supported by what actually happened in said thread. viewtopic.php?t=41280&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=420 just look at all that scathing criticism. What? No one said anything, like the vast majority of the picks made. I'm sure there were lots of picks that were glossed over that people would've screamed bloody murder about if the Cubs had not made. Where's the "Beane is a genius" that you said would be there?
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One.
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Yale's catcher put up a 1.300+ OPS this year, Lavarnway is his name, he's only a sophomore.
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Yeah, I would hope the likes of Thomas, Barney, Wright, Hardman, and Smith would be able to handle Peoria. Skipping Boise? I figured most college guys started in short season, while high school and foreign kids went to Mesa. Only the best college guys start in A ball, no? Ack, you're right, I was forgetting there were 2 short season leagues. In that case I'd hope Thomas, one of the OFs, and maybe Smith might be able to tackle Peoria.
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Yeah, I would hope the likes of Thomas, Barney, Wright, Hardman, and Smith would be able to handle Peoria. That's a lot of new guys for not a lot of roster space though, even with the crummy position players in Peoria.
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What transition? Vitters was the primary topic from the start, no? Nathan was talking about Vitters making it to Peoria if Lansford was worthy of a July promotion. That's who I thought you were talking about with the "hopefully he hits well enough to justify the move". To conclude, I am awful at reading comprehension.
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I missed the transition from Lansford to Vitters, I thought Goony was still talking about Carney Jr. My bad.
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Is this a joke? Another player from a poor conference with abysmal numbers. 22/19 K/BB, .295 BAA in 36 IP(yep, another reliever)
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Felix Pie? Oh he's a big fella, runs about 6-7, 385
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Uh, Leon Johnson was awful offensively in a poor baseball conference. Sub .700 OPS
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Really???? I don't see why. He should be ready for Boise this season and peoria next. We'll see. He'll be ready for Peoria even if he spends all of this summer at Mesa. I bet if he signs quickly, and Lansford gets a July promotion that Vitters finishs the 2007 season in Peoria....just a thought... If he's hitting well enough to justify that move, it would be great. But I'm just hoping he hits well enough to justify a spot in Peoria all next year. I don't want to see any Ryan Harvey type, low average, 4:1 K:BB ratio with OPS being propped up by some power, and doing it in short season ball a year after being drafted. I dont think his hitting will be a problem, if you should be worried about anything it should be his defense. I am also anxious to see what Tony Thomas will do in Boise! Are you talking about Lansford? He's been awful with the bat and he's supposed to be an excellent defender.
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I wonder how much Peoria's brutal offense this year has contributed to all the college hitters.
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He had a very bad outing against Missouri in their regional. He has been hurt almost all year as well. Yeah, I watched that game and he didn't look very good at all. No control, then he got rocked when the order came back around in the 6th.
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Lambert is a college reliever, he was quite good for UVA this year. Smith is a college 3B(?), who also was quite good for Clemson this year. Both guys were in the ACC.
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Wright looks like another low ceiling college guy. Very poor IsoD and IsoP.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-7-2007
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Soto's OPS is now north of .900 -
No real substance to it, it's another one of those articles about trades that "should be made".
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Score?
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Schillings No Hitter broken up
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Garwilly's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I'm pretty positive that it was Gilkey. I remember the RFer diving even though he came up like 5 feet short of the ball too. Who was in right that day? I don't remember it being Sammy. Sammy was in RF, Scott Bullett in CF, and Luis Gonzalez in LF. You were right that it was Gilkey. Link
