Hairyducked Idiot
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It's this stupid number made up by a bunch of nerds living in their mother's basement who never watched a baseball game in their life. It's based on the stupid belief that outs are bad for an offense.
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This team is sort of too deep to really be thinking trade. The only position we could really upgrade would be CF or SS, and both are positions that are hard to find good offensive options and that we have young options that look worthy of a shot. Our rotation is really deep. You can always be improved by adding an ace-quality starting pitcher, but the back of our rotation is solid enough that adding just a decent pitcher won't mean much. Maybe a shutdown lefty reliever if one becomes available?
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I think PECOTA's projection looks pretty spot on: 289/401/504 Maybe a little better, but I think that's about right.
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R.I.P. Felix Pie's Career (2001-April 20, 2008)
Hairyducked Idiot replied to KingCubsFan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Yup, Corey never cared. He actually wanted to fail. He kept intricate statistical diaries to make sure that he didn't fail so much that he got yanked from the lineup. He wanted to fail the maximum amount over the maximum timeframe. -
Figueroa isn't very good. At all. Nice, feel-good story though. Then again, our luck has got to be about to run out. I won't get my hopes up.
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Cedeno has an OBP edge, but Theriot has him in SLG and OPS+. It's close.
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A discussion about Arbitration
Hairyducked Idiot replied to CubInOK's topic in General Baseball Talk
The way the arbitration process works is you'd have to find similar players with similar service time and see what they made in their fourth season. It'd almost certainly involve a raise. -
R.I.P. Felix Pie's Career (2001-April 20, 2008)
Hairyducked Idiot replied to KingCubsFan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I would also like Cedeno at second, DeRo in left and Pie in center Cedeno at SS, DeRosa at 2B, and Murton in LF (Pie in CF). Cedeno at SS, Theriot at 2b, Johnson in LF, Pie in CF. And Fontenot at 3rd. Defense wins championships, baby! :) -
R.I.P. Felix Pie's Career (2001-April 20, 2008)
Hairyducked Idiot replied to KingCubsFan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I bet they are. If Pie can be who people think he can be this team will be extremely tough to beat. The Cubs led the league in defensive efficiency last season. Adding Pie to CF, as well as Fukudome in RF, would make it truly awesome. -
An interesting, unusual note: with none out, runner on second, down 2-1 in the bottom of the 3rd, the Brewers are slightly favored (51/49) by fangraph despite being behind.
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Says you and Angel Hernandez. 6 billion others know otherwise :)
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This is getting out of hand. The check swing is one of the most poorly enforced rules in baseball. The rule is "attempt to hit," it has nothing to do with how far the bat goes.
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Baninate!
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This.
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Wow. The glove moved, but that ... No wait, on replay that was a legit ball. The camera angle made it look closer than it was to the inside corner.
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If you were a Mets fan, you might be okay with the DP plus run scored. You'd be wrong: http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?gameid=280421116 Fangraph says that increased the Cubs chance of winning this game by 12%
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Not to hammer this point (Okay, I'm hammering it a little, sue me :) ), but with Cedeno at SS and Pie in CF, our defensive range is sick.
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Nice play by Cedeno to take it himself and get the DP. 2-1
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The Cubs are really, really aggressive this season. They take a lot of risks.
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Not that it would have made a difference on that ball, but watching Johnson run in center makes me really hope Pie gets his offense together real soon. Oooooh, bad, bad, bad decision by Soto.
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A quick run-through of box scores (counting in my head, so if it's off I apologize): I came up with 14 innings where the Lee/Ramirez/Fukudome combo led off, 17 runs, coming into today.
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If you take out the top 6% of a player's games and he still has a 400+ OBP, there's not much reason to be worried. But yes, he definitely belongs at the top of the order.
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It's kind of overshadowed by the Aramabomb, but going into today B-R has Zambrano at 33 ground balls, 33 fly balls and 14 line drives.
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Three innings, no line drives from either team.
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Johnson masterfully pulls the "flick my elbow out but make it look like I'm dodging" maneuver.