Jump to content
The MLB trade deadline is coming, take a look at our top trade candidates list, now up to 60 names! ×
North Side Baseball

CaliforniaRaisin

Community Moderator
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    34,264

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    21

 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

2026 Chicago Cubs Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Blogs

Events

Forums

Store

Gallery

Everything posted by CaliforniaRaisin

  1. CaliforniaRaisin
    :( He doesn't really fit their needs, he's more of the mold of recent draftees who become closers and rise quickly through the system(Cordero, the guy on the reds whose name escapes me, etc.) Wagner. Technically, Lincecum is closer material given his resilient arm.
  2. CaliforniaRaisin
    I want Hochevar, Lincecum or Morrow to fall but will definitely not complain about Rowell. I want the Cubs to stay away from a pitcher who's rated higher but falls due to injury (i.e. Scherzer)
  3. CaliforniaRaisin
    Not too many, because of Jacque, Bob Howry and Scott Eyre. :(
  4. CaliforniaRaisin
    I wouldn't say plate discipline is his major problem right now. The K's are a bit high, but his OBP is 100 points higher than his AVG (244/344). 54 strikeouts in 42 games is more than a bit high. His numbers are actually similar to the ones that Dallas McPherson had in the minors. He walked at a pretty good rate, but also struck out way too much. So far, McPherson has been a dud in the bigs, despite showing a good walk rate in the minors. Big league pitchers can take advantage of the inability to make contact in a way that minor league pitchers cannot. Yeah, I agree. McPherson's K problems have been his biggest undoing in the big leagues. Kotchman's struggles have surprised me - even before he came down with the virus, he was struggling. But that was a limited sample and could easily just have been a season-starting slump.
  5. CaliforniaRaisin
    I was shocked to hear Steve Phillips talk about impatient hitters swinging at pitcher's pitches and stuff out of the zone. It was about the most intelligent 3 minutes he's had as an analyst. I don't know what's gotten into SP, but I've seen a couple of his chats on ESPN lately and in each of them he's made a comment about the importance of taking pitches and getting walks. Quote from yesterday's chat to a question re the Angels: He sounded good till the second-to-last sentence. Brandon Wood is having a real rough season down at AA and is showing major flaws in plate discipline. As in, the Angels' offense's biggest problem.
  6. CaliforniaRaisin
    I don't follow. He's probably confusing the up-coming draft (based on last year's record) with next year's draft (based on this year's record). Yes, I'm probably an idiot :x So, who are we getting next year? ROBERT STOCK! Outshined and I are already on that bandwagon.
  7. CaliforniaRaisin
    Link? Check the 2006 Cubs Draft thread in this forum.
  8. CaliforniaRaisin
    Marmol? Carlos is right behind Sean - I think Sean has had a better season.
  9. CaliforniaRaisin
    Funny how some of us called it. :evil:
  10. CaliforniaRaisin
    What does going to USC have to do with it? todd marinovich. over-involved parents (see marinovich). no control of athletes (see the football team). i don't like usc. :D Yeah, I hate USC a lot. I don't think they feed their players steroids, though.
  11. CaliforniaRaisin
    I haven't heard how hard he's throwing. From what I have heard, he's been having problems with his out pitches.
  12. CaliforniaRaisin
    I don't think he's a guy who will ever be the best player on a good team. I don't like spending a top 3 pick on someone like that. Aldridge could be, as could Morrison. Of the top 5 guys in the draft, Thomas is the one I'd like the least. He's not going to contribute to the team next year, he's really young and raw, and isn't as offensively skilled as the other options. Well, none of us can be certain what Bargnani will do. And Thomas has a great mid-range jumper that should allow him to contribute next season.
  13. CaliforniaRaisin
    Daytona had a 9 game winning streak before that loss.
  14. CaliforniaRaisin
    Probable Starters: Iowa: RHP Jae-Kuk Ryu (1-3, 3.12 ERA, 43.1 IP, 37/17) @ LHP Dan Meyer (3-2, 4.46 ERA) West Tenn: LHP JR Mathes (4-3, 4.00 ERA, 45 IP, 31/9) vs. RHP James Russ (2-3, 3.65 ERA) Daytona: LHP Carlos Perez (0-1, 8.44 ERA, 16 IP, 15/15) @ RHP Jesse Litsch (2-5, 4.53 ERA) Peoria: LHP Jesus Yepez (1-2, 3.93 ERA, 34.1 IP, 19/22) vs. LHP Ryan Mullins (1-1, 5.05 ERA)
  15. CaliforniaRaisin
    He's too old for that.
  16. CaliforniaRaisin
    So the Cubs need a winning streak for this to happen? Hopefully they face Nolasco, Pinto and Welly everyday for the rest of the season. :twisted:
  17. CaliforniaRaisin
    Let's trade Pierre to the Marlins for Nolasco, Pinto and Mitre. :evil:
  18. CaliforniaRaisin
    Didn't see this mentioned earlier. It's a subscriber-only mock, so I'll just cut and paste the Cubs' pick: They have Andrew Miller going first and Luke Hochevar going 5th to the Mariners.
  19. CaliforniaRaisin
    What does going to USC have to do with it?
  20. CaliforniaRaisin
    I honestly can't say those two are disappointments - I wasn't expecting much out of them, sadly. Gallagher and Hoffpauir are easily the players of the year thus far (Fox right behind Micah).
  21. CaliforniaRaisin
    Probable Starters: Iowa: TBD @ RHP Jason Windsor (2-0, 3.18 ERA) Daytona: RHP Grant Johnson (4-4, 4.85 ERA, 42.2 IP, 24/19) vs. LHP Phil Coke (0-3, 3.00 ERA) Peoria: RHP Todd Blackford (3-1, 5.36 ERA, 42 IP, 19/16) vs. LHP Brian Duensing (2-1, 2.06 ERA) I'd guess Ryu or Baez would start for Iowa today.
  22. CaliforniaRaisin
    Yeah, that's what I have him for. And a .195 BAA. Great to see him bounce back so well from the injury.
  23. CaliforniaRaisin
    Except for 65 innings at Iowa last year, and a few more this season, Hill has never shown very good control. His limited stretches of good control may be more attributable to luck and/or a small sample size than any real improvement. Still, he's a lefty with a mouth-watering K rate and there just aren't very many of those lying around. He's too old to be prospect but too young to be done, a situation many of us can sympathize with. I think he'll be a 4th starter, but probably not with the Cubs. Actually, he showed very good control all last season in the minors, not just in Iowa (57.2 IP at West Tenn, 8 IP at Peoria and 65 IP at Iowa).
  24. CaliforniaRaisin
    Clearly, Ron needs to be the one saying "The Don!" if Veal's going to respond in this manner.
  25. CaliforniaRaisin
    Just checking in...I'm shocked and impressed the Cubs scored twice. Hopefully Aramis is starting to heat up.
×
×
  • Create New...