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  1. Lefty
    He's gone after this year because the Cubs don't want to pay him $2.3 million for an extremely iffy 2008. They're doing him a favor by giving him some leverage over his next team.
  2. Lefty
    Oh yeah we are right up there with the Arizona's and Tampa Bay's of the world. Let's see how some of those prospects turn out.
  3. Lefty
    A couple of years ago I went through an old Baseball Guide and looked at the 1993 Arizona League short season stats. I think only 3 or 4 position players from the whole league even made it to the majors (I think Marvin Benard was the best MLB player). Until you can more than hold your own at AA, the discussion is premature. From that aspect our organization isn't worse than anyone else's. From plenty of other aspects, though...
  4. Lefty
    Is this Pie guy a prospect? His numbers look pretty good.
  5. Lefty
    Yeah, like it took the Marlins 10 years to win another World Series. And the Cubs are looking to add a zero to the end of that figure. I'd settle for a World Series title over the next 10 years.
  6. Lefty
    SS Theriot CF Felix Pie 1B Derrek Lee 3B Aramis Ramirez LF Matt Murton 2B Eric Patterson RF Josh Kroeger C Geovany Soto hmmmmm...I like...... You're gonna have Soriano. And Kroeger is a bum. Hill over Soto, even though that's still pretty lousy.
  7. Lefty
    Ramirez is supposedly going to be 29 next month, so I don't necessarily think that paying him undoes your thesis. The killer is guys like Jones (Pie), DeRosa (Patterson), Izturis (Theriot) and Floyd (Murton) taking playing time from guys younger, cheaper and not objectively worse. I do think that Cedeno is beyond hope. As far as the starting pitchers, if Marquis is OK the rest of the way, his 2yr/$15 million contract will be easy to trade if the Cubs want to liquidate. And Lilly's 3/30 wouldn't require that much 'juice' to move either. I am also one of those who thinks that the mileage on Zambrano's arm makes him expendable at 6/110.
  8. Lefty
    It isn't often that the minor league option is superior, but this is one of those times. As Cub fans we are not used to this. But sometimes veterans are signed as placeholders for prospects. Here the prospect is actually ready on time. What are we waiting for? Jones ain't hitting, and it's not like Pie hit .080 while he was here. The margin for gain is quite high.
  9. Lefty
    Just Googled Stacy Dragila and I'll have to go with TruffleShuffle on this one. Makes me sad that she's just a high school girl from California while my 25th high school reunion is coming up :( .
  10. Lefty
    that impossible. it must be a mistake. after all, 32 other teams passed on him when he was available so he really must stink. if he keeps it up he might turn into the left handed version of theriot for the cubs. maybe the cubs should trade derosa and put fontenot at 2b to along with theriot at ss. How has Fontenot looked playing SS?
  11. Lefty
    He may be non-tendered. I think you can't submit an offer more than 20% below the previous salary. That puts the Cubs on the hook for at least $2.8 million in 2008. With no guarantee that he'll pitch. What I am more unclear about is whether his service time is stopped when he is on the DL but on the 40-man. But I don't think he'd be eligible for free-agency until after 2009.
  12. Lefty
    Hendry will be gone by next year. So he may be patting himself on the back, but thankfully we won't witness it.
  13. Lefty
    How could something that severe have eluded all of the various non-surgical examinations and imaging he's already had? It's not like up until now he's only been seen by guys that stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. Great point. If there was significant tissue damage, its highly unlikely it would have evaded all of the advanced diagnostic procedures that were completed. I am betting they discovered some typical irriatation, and they cleaned it up and that was it. There was some fraying of the labrum too. They're looking at him to begin throwing in January. So basically when I was ripped in a previous thread when I said that he had what Kerry Wood had in 2005, my critics were wrong. I'll repeat what I said then. Since he has better mechanics than Wood, he should be more than serviceable again. Matt Morris had the same thing. The question is whether the Cubs control him through 2008 or 2009. Heck, they might non-tender him this winter and his Cub career is over.
  14. Lefty
    I'm looking for him to grow into an Utley type and be a big part of this franchise's success. You've got to be kidding. Theriot has no chance, zero, of being Chase Utley. We'd be lucky if he was Freel and that's a longshot too. But welcome to the forum.
  15. Lefty
    If Pie sticks, and he represents a defensive upgrade in the important "middle," might it be time to start Theriot at SS and save Izturis for spot duty? The Cubs offense at short this year R-nez-esque.
  16. Lefty
    Just take off the 's.'
  17. Lefty
    Any chance this is to stretch him back out to make a start in 2 weeks? Lou likes Guzman. A big "yes" to that question.
  18. Lefty
    Too late!
  19. Lefty
    BP's annual book said that Prior's injury was the same one Wood had in 2005. For the same injury that Wood had in 2005. You disagree with BP's assessment, fine. But respond to the whole post.
  20. Lefty
    Well, after years of MRI's and visiting a myriad of dr's, they haven't found anything structural to fix. What are they supposed to do, make something up, so he can have surgery? BP's annual book said that Prior's injury was the same one Wood had in 2005. If you recall, Wood was OK last year early in his first few starts. That was after surgery. Then he lost it. Then Wood tried rehab without surgery and the jury is still out. I suspect that Prior has had it with this routine the last few years and will take the surgical option. The Cubs won't mind because it will add one year to the control period. While Wood postponed his surgery for the 2005 playoff "run," I think Prior will opt for surgery as soon as possible. His prognosis should be better than Wood's just because Wood's mechanics are so horrible. The better model might be Matt Morris who had the same surgery, was brought along slowly, then became serviceable. I would hope that Prior would be more than that because he was better than Morris. Can't have a Prior post without a helping of "hope."
  21. Lefty
    It is interesting that you mention "angry". When I watched him last Thursday, I noticed he just looked totally pi**ed when he started the second innng. And that is when he started getting results. It seemed to me that he was just fed up with what has happened to him and finally let it all go. If that works for him, great. I will eagerly monitor Game Threads this afternoon.
  22. Lefty
    Actually Piniella said he would use the fifth starter the first Sunday of the season. That keeps Zambrano on a five-day schedule, then Miller, then Marquis stays on the five-day schedule. So the answer is April 8th.
  23. Lefty
    There might be a bright side. If Marquis can have an average year, that's about a 4.50 ERA, he'd be an average pitcher with a 2/14 contract. If any of our young guys can step in, that contract will be very moveable. And coming from a division-winner might give him a little cachet too.
  24. Lefty
    Let's see. We got Izturis for Maddux at the deadline. That means we get a token from a team that will assume Miller's full salary. Sounds like a Single-A pitcher with velocity or control issues.
  25. Lefty
    You can't look at RA or ERA. Miller gave up 8 baserunners in 3 innings. I don't care if he only gave up a run. His performance was "Prioresque." I wouldn't call it "Prioresque" but I did say earlier that Miller had a subpar performance helped out by a great defense. My point about Wood also was that he might have a much higher ERA than what he truly deserves from how well he pitched, and that to remember this game of why his ERA was artificially higher than it should be. ERA needs a decent sample size. That's why you have pitchers, even starters, have the same peripheral stats in consecutive years with more than a point difference in ERA. Only in the last few years have the rigors of Statistics 101 been applied to baseball stats. There is a lot of noise.
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