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Ryan O'Malley feel-good thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to TruffleShuffle's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
His entire professional career is a good start, plus reports about his stuff, which are reflected in said professional career. -
Steve's not even trying anymore.
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Wuertz is a beast.
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The Cubs could easily afford to sign Dusty Baker to a 10 year $50 million contract, that doesn't make it a smart move. If you're dying of thirst in the desert, and someone offers you an ice cold water bottle for $100, is it a dumb move to "overpay"? In this case it's more like brine than ice water.
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Why is Novoa hitting?
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Guzman really should be the one getting those starts. I don't know if it really matters though, I guess. Six in one, half dozen in the other. This is why the Cubs absolutely have to sign/trade for two veteran starting pitchers in the offseason. Just getting Jason Schmidt or Barry Zito won't be enough, imo. I dunno. Zambrano/Schmito/Marshall/Marmol/Prior with Guzman and Hill as backups/trade bait looks decent enough for me.
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As he should. Quality stuff.
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Unlike those guys, though, Izturis has never really produced at any point in his professional career. He had a decent season in advanced A ball (.308/.340/.422) at the age of 19, but that was it. I'm not sure why he skipped AA, but he has a career .271/.311/.351 line in 2212 minor league ABs. I'd imagine his numbers will improve a bit, but I don't see him becoming a hitter that I'd actually want in the lineup. Like you noted though, he was very young for all those leagues. I'm not trying to justify the Izturis trade, it's just that I think too many of us are writing him off when there are factors pointing to him improving. And even then, he's likely only a more expensive version of Cedeno, which means the only true damage is the money lost(counterbalanced somewhat by Cedeno being expendable now) and the opportunity to get more for Maddux when we dealt him.
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I really wish I knew Pagan's minor league splits.
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Yes, cause that trade is totally why they're in the playoff race.
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No it isn't. It's possible, but not likely. He's already at his peak age. He's been consistently bad throughout his professional career. It is possible that he will have a year where he matches the high point OPS+ of 88, but even that is not a guarantee, and wouldn't indicate that he has improved. Maybe he'll have a fluke year where he rattles off a 110 OPS+, but it's not likely. And even if he does, you're most likely going to have to put up with several substandard seasons both before and after such a spike season. 26 isn't "peak age" and you know it. I'm not saying that he'll be good enough to put 2nd in the order, but too many people are already writing off a .600 OPS for him when he's entering the prime of his career. He's not Neifi where he's already over 30, and there's reason for optimism with his BABIP numbers.
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It's because the methodology for first baseman is far less reliable than the process for other positions.
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Did you know: Izturis is one month older than Rich Hill, 6 months younger than Corey Patterson Too many people are ignoring that with Izturis, his offensive performance is likely to improve. Oh, and defense means significantly less than offense and pitching, and Izturis is not significantly better defensively than Cedeno.
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New Minor League Players??
Transmogrified Tiger replied to texascub's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
hahahahaha, Mac Suzuki -
Haha, Mike Hall (MU Grad) just introduced kU as the beakers during the Big XII preview on ESPNU.
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Reds to Shut Down Homer Bailey Due to IPs?
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Laura's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Didn't Livan go under the knife? Pedro and his brother? -
How dare you make fun of our hero Jim Hendry.
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Ryan O'Malley feel-good thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to TruffleShuffle's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Disagree. -
Considering the situation, what's the benefit of rehab starts? If they're thinking of inserting him back into the lineup, and they clearly rushed him before, why not give him a rehab start or two in the minors to see if he's really getting any better? But what's the difference? Can't you tell if he's really getting any better whether he's playing with the big club or at Daytona?
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Considering the situation, what's the benefit of rehab starts?
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If Harvey cannot improve on his plate discipline, he's not going to be a productive major leaguer. It's as simple as that, unless he finds a way to be able to hit .315 consistently at the major league level.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-16-2006
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Perhaps because he's still lower half of the system. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-16-2006
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Who is Sportsnation Jim? -
He might have had a HOF caliber career if you exclude his numbers from 1998 on. But well before? Not a chance. Going into the 1996 season he only had 277 HR's on his career. For a power hitter, those aren't HOF numbers. Going into his 1998 he had just 387 HR's. Still not HOF numbers for a power hitter. Well obviously if you take his career numbers at that point they don't stack up. Point is that he had OPS+'s of 164, 134, 130, 143, 175, 224, 137, 200, and 223 all before he went to St. Louis. It's not like he was a middling slugger before he broke the record.
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Simply outstanding.
