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  1. David
    Hey, looks like maybe he was just one of those guys after all: Japanese baseball is weird. So now your story is that you were referring to his Japanese BABIP? This is befuddling. I'm befuddled. No. He's saying that maybe he is just one of those high BABIP guys since he did it in Japan "too." Thing is he didn't really have a remarkably high BABIP here, but whatever.
  2. David
    ^ we can now end the robot jokes forever because that one is not going to be topped. it just isn't. don't even try.
  3. David
    Reminder that the 85 Bears 30 for 30 airs tonight
  4. David
    http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160204/BLOGS04/160209906/wrigley-field-marquee-face-lift-heads-to-chicago-landmarks-commission Was hoping they'd replace that 1980's LED board.
  5. David
    Like I said, I was just eyeballing his season breakdowns. The split in 2007 alone seems pretty glaring. I get that you don't know anything about prospects, but I have no idea what you're arguing here. Murton was not a beneficiary of an unsustainable BABIP. I don't know what he meant by the glaring split in 2007 either
  6. David
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  7. David
    A .319 BABIP isn't ridiculous, which is what he had from 05-07 with the Cubs. Seemed like when you break down those seasons he was hitting around a .330-.340 BABIP when he was on. I dunno; seems a bit unsustainable for a guy who didn't project to be a big hitter. .336 was his career high for a season (in the 50 game sample in 05), which isn't outlandishly high. for the most part (and for his career) he was in the low-mid .300s, though.
  8. David
    A .319 BABIP isn't ridiculous, which is what he had from 05-07 with the Cubs. Yeah his BABIP doesn't look very ridiculous at all
  9. David
    I wasn't bummed because we got Rich horsefeathering Harden. Great horsefeathering day. You went to his debut, right? When Theriot threw that ball into the OF?
  10. David
    I remember there was some talk that the Cubs weren't shifting that much last year, which was sorta weird, given Maddon was big on it and we have such a data driven front office (also Sveum was doing it a lot). Thought this was interesting...the data here (flawed in terms of sample, for sure) shows that, while the Pirates shifted over twice as much as the Cubs last year, the Cubs only saved one fewer run as a result of shifting last season. http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/02/04/some-notes-on-the-cubs-use-of-infield-shifts/ Again, not hard evidence, but the obvious implication would be that we may be better at picking our spots for shifts and that we MIGHT, therefore, be saving runs more often by not shifting in other spots, too, which is pretty cool to think about.
  11. David
    Apparently, Bowden said the Cubs were one of the 9 teams (not that it's surprising)
  12. David
    Nothing like some 10 year old memes
  13. David
    Is there a link for this article that I desperately want to read? Ha there actually is http://tinyurl.com/2fcpre6
  14. David
    seemed like he got in lou's doghouse with rich hill (who, admittedly, proved to have the yips for years after - i still thought at the time that he was given up on way too soon in 08) and michael barrett
  15. David
    Just said new ownership wasn't fond of him, IIRC. Talked about the rumors that he slept with August Busch's wife getting him canned from St. Louis.
  16. David
    And dunn. never forget dunn.
  17. David
    gene and georgetti's?
  18. David
    Just for shits and giggles, I'm gonna try to lay out a scenario where I could see ranking Russell in our top 5 hitters Rizzo Bryant Heyward Schwarber Russell Soler Montero ok horsefeathers this yeah it's gonna be really hard. great problem to have. kind of crazy that i can't even come up with a scenario where a guy as talented as russell with his pedigree and minor league track record will outhit 3 guys out of our everyday lineup. the main reason is i think soler is gonna be legitimately good offensively. russell still obv way more valuable as a player because of position and defense, but i'm even having a hard time putting him ahead of him on offense alone (even though i did while brainstorming up there). if soler is MEH and zobrist kinda shows a little decline, i guess i could see russell having good enough of a year at the plate to be ahead of those two and montero.
  19. David
    Unlikely but not that crazy. Nothing wrong with hoping it happens nor will I be shocked if he breaks out as he figures things out a little more this year.
  20. David
    I don't think they are hitting Russell there because he hasn't managed to hit himself out of that spot yet. They like him there, which is actually a compliment to Russell. It adds a 3rd bat to set the table for the best hitters in the line up. Getting the pitcher's spot further away from when the #3 and #4 hitters hit is valuable to production. I understand that. But if he's good enough, he's still being hindered by way of significantly fewer PA (and his production is still being wasted - again IF he is good enough) at that spot. Let's not kid anybody. He wouldn't be hitting there if he were thought of as one of the best 4-5 hitters in the lineup.
  21. David
    [tweet] [/tweet] crazy to look at this in present day context
  22. David
    http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/cubs-believe-albert-almora%E2%80%99s-time-coming-after-kris-bryant-and-kyle-schwarber%E2%80%99s-fast-track if there was any doubt, it looks like it's "official." almora will start this season at iowa.
  23. David
    theo gets his man back
  24. David
    i mean, as far as cubs draftees, i might be missing someone, but it's just bryant, schwarber, and baez right? so it's not really that surprising where that number sits. we've obviously had a ton of guys come up as rookies over the last few years, but that's where the trades (Rizzo, Hendricks, Russell) and IFA (Soler) come in.
  25. David
    i don't get either of these references
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