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2005: No RBI title for DLee. 2007: see 2005.
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If OBP is "very, very important", then why bat someone 2nd who doesn't get on base? I like the way Dusty says "On-base percentage is very, very important", then there's a "but", followed by some words that completely contradict what he just said. Kinda like when people ask him about the Cubs' crummy W-L record and he says "I don't make excuses, but . . . "
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Maybe I'm cynical, but I can't help believing that if Neifi's 2B glove were stolen or misplaced it wouldn't stop Neifi from getting a scheduled start at 2B.
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Believe me, I'm not surprised either. I've seen AGonz in the 2 hole, right in front of Sammy Sosa, Neifi in front of DLee, and numerous low-OBP benchbums in both the 1 and 2 holes, so I fully expect Izzy to be camped out in the 2 hole for all of 2007. Yes, I do expect Dusty to be extended.
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We had Izturis' clone in the 2 hole all through the 2005 season and the results were terrible. It cost DLee a shot at the MVP. It sure will be fun having Izzy in the 2 hole for all of 2007. May as well eliminate DLee from MVP consideration right now.
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I wish Dusty were man enough to make a statement like that. How much of a man does it make Hendry for him to make that statement, and then continue his non-OBP, fast, toolsy player philosophy that has utterly failed this year? Jimbo's an incompetent dumbass, but I respect him for taking some responsibility for his mistakes.
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2B in 2007
frostwyrm replied to StMarksCubs's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
It's a very big leap. How many plays did Cedeno botch up this year? He's got 16 errors in 98 games this year. Izturis is superior to Cedeno at SS. I think Cedeno will fit well at the 2b position. Again lets just let the season play out... Then why not just let Neifi be the starting SS? Where's the need for Izturis when Neifi is under contract for 2007? Because Izturis will be better defensively and offensively in 2007. He's been better in 2006 even coming off his injury, and he will probably improve slightly, while Neifi will continue to decline. Neifi's range is much more limited, which makes him a much better defensive second baseman than shortstop right now. You have a pretty low opinion of Neifi. -
I wish Dusty were man enough to make a statement like that.
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2B in 2007
frostwyrm replied to StMarksCubs's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
It's a very big leap. How many plays did Cedeno botch up this year? He's got 16 errors in 98 games this year. Izturis is superior to Cedeno at SS. I think Cedeno will fit well at the 2b position. Again lets just let the season play out... Then why not just let Neifi be the starting SS? Where's the need for Izturis when Neifi is under contract for 2007? -
2B in 2007
frostwyrm replied to StMarksCubs's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Izturis' defense is "a ton" better than Neifi's? -
It would've made sense to go after Abreu for RF, move Jones to CF, and shop Pierre, whose market value was probably pretty high after his recent hot streak. It wouldn't have even occurrred to me to target a younger more expensive version of Neifi Perez.
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Is that you, Jim? I think it's Neifi's mom.
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Neifi: $2.5M Izturis: $4.15 + 300K buyout, so the total comes to $6.95M. Easier to call it $7M. Big $$ for identical turds.
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Why acquire him if he's not playing next year?
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I happen to fully agree with Stone(I know, I blast him a lot), but you got a true SS, a switch hitter who doesn't strike out and a glod glove fielder vs 2 more months of Maddux. So you agree he's a young Neifi clone with a bigger salary.
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I'm going to pretend I didn't see this post. There's nothing to like about having someone on the same offensive level as Neifi playing every day. Not to mention he'll be getting paid more than Neifi to be Neifi for 2+ more years. So basically you would of just kept Maddux, and let him walk for nothing? Izturis was a solid player in 04. .288 Average .330OBP 4hr 62RBI 25SB, not to mention the guy is excellent with the glove. Izturis is far worse than nothing. I would have rather given Maddux away for a ziplock bag of air. :lol: Hahahahah. *sigh* wow. this sucks. On second thought, I'd even prefer a ziplock bag of fartgas. I'd only have to smell it once and it wouldn't cost me $4.5 millon.
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I'm going to pretend I didn't see this post. There's nothing to like about having someone on the same offensive level as Neifi playing every day. Not to mention he'll be getting paid more than Neifi to be Neifi for 2+ more years. So basically you would of just kept Maddux, and let him walk for nothing? Izturis was a solid player in 04. .288 Average .330OBP 4hr 62RBI 25SB, not to mention the guy is excellent with the glove. Izturis is far worse than nothing. I would have rather given Maddux away for a ziplock bag of air.
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I'm speechless.
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Izturis and Neifi are interchangeable. I don't even want one of them, forget about two.
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"Gooey sentimentality" is what makes sports fun. My job has no gooey sentimentality, and that's why people don't pay $50 for a seat watching people file reports in cubicles. I don't necessarily want a GM with too much of it, but if it didn't exist, what would be the point of watching sports? Isn't this supposed to be about fun? What's wrong with a little sentimentality? It's the amount of sentimentality in this sport that bugs me. If Mad Dog had said he's absopositively retiring after this season then even I would be more-or-less okay with retaining him so he could he pitch the final game of his career at Wrigley Field. Unfortunately he's stated he's going to keep playing as long there's an MLB team willing to hand him a baseball. Therefore, I say trade him.
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There's way too much gooey sentimentality in baseball. Sentimentality was likely the primary reason Maddux was offered his current contract, and it's the only reason I can think of for not trading him immeditately.
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Could you be more specific? No.
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You heartless bastard. I still get misty-eyed when I think of Fred McGriff achieving the 30 homers for 5 teams mark while in a Cubs uniform during a lost season. Great memories.
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a team in contention doesn't need inning eaters. that's about the lamest attribute a guy can bring any team, actually. Agreed, if a contender needs to eat up innings late in the season at a 5+ ERA pace then they can call up some rookies to do the job. After the rosters expand it gets even easier.
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If this is true (although his last two starts belie this), then there's no reason to trade him for a minimal prospect. What he brings to the team in terms of the clubhouse is not really worth a minimal prospect. If its a A or B prospect, however... What does Maddux bring to the clubhouse? 3 years of his veteran poise certainly hasn't produced the predicted mentoring effect on the other pitchers and if he stays he'll take away starts from rookies. And he sucks. At this point Maddux has NOTHING to offer the Cubs.