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Being smart doesn't always help. Ed Lynch was supposedly a pretty smart guy outside of baseball, iirc.
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I'm beginning to think maybe it's just that he was never going to be able to maintain a .345 BABIP long-term. You can have two positive variance seasons back-to-back in that area. Really love the improved defense and increased power this season.
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We're going to try to stop sucking by 2014, but that doesn't mean we will. Pirates-like streak of futility coming.
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Brett Jackson or Angel Pagan and Joe Blanton, or Liriano, or Santana, or Saunders it shouldn't be terribly difficult Yeah, I don't think Brett Jackson can replace DeJesus. He *might* be able to replace what Marlon Byrd and Tony Campana gave us this season.
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Which is why I said earlier that the really it's more about the intention to trade Soriano and Garza. If/when those two are traded, I think that'll signal the end of 2013's hope. Wait, I thought Dave Sappelt could replace Soriano's production. I thought he could. We were both equally wrong, I guess.
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That and the fact that Dempster really did tank the deal because he was pissy about being confronted with it by the media.
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I like him better when he's not pitching.
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Shut up KG, he's still got an .810 OPS. He's fine. Or something.
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I'd be pretty surprised if Brett Jackson and Ian Stewart are still in the organization next spring. Traded for arms seems most likely. The payroll is going to be that low. Too many cost-controlled players to really see how it isn't.
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Maholm is kind of replaceable, but they needed more of him even before that trade. Now they need at least two Maholms for next year's rotation. Eventually, you run out of Maholms you can add in one offseason.
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Which is why I said earlier that the really it's more about the intention to trade Soriano and Garza. If/when those two are traded, I think that'll signal the end of 2013's hope.
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This year's team is on real and pythagorean pace to win 68 games. It'd be hard to put a team that on paper didn't project to be better. We've got replacement level or worse performance from three positions in aggregate. Ian Stewart aside, I doubt they'll fill many of those positions with players who you'd expect to be worse than that.
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All the cogs are key, because our 2013 rotation is rapidly becoming cog-light.
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I think the trade of Maholm and the intention to trade Garza and Soriano say more about the 2013 intentions than any quote could. To be somewhat fair, does anyone really expect Soriano to be very useful next season? He will be 37 by then, and it's pretty amazing that the Cubs are even getting reasonable production from him this year. Well, yeah. I think if he's been this good this season, I don't see why you'd create a hole in LF for next season if you expect to try to be competitive.
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I think the trade of Maholm and the intention to trade Garza and Soriano say more about the 2013 intentions than any quote could.
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That's incredibly disappointing. Both that the apparent plans are to tank until 2015 and that the front office seems so intent on trading Garza. Even if they would prefer to trade Garza (which I think is pretty obviously the case), I really hope they don't get so dead-set on it that they take a lesser deal. He's a very good pitcher and will be 30 when 2013 starts, that's hardly a "short term asset" unless we decide that he is. He's only under contract for 2013. That's pretty close to the definition of a short-term asset. But yeah, I think it's becoming the apparent that the rebuilding plans are a lot more audacious that we hoped. This isn't "catch our breath and get rolling next offseason." This is a complete, utter teardown.
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Very reminiscent of the Rizzo trade. It seems like the Braves felt like they had enough near-ready starting pitchers that they just didn't need Vizcaino.
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Executive Approval Poll - Post Deadline 2012
Hairyducked Idiot replied to Transmogrified Tiger's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
They've got a plan. I don't love the plan, but it's a workable plan. And they are pursuing that plan with brilliance and tenacity. Not even giving them full credit for the 2012 draft, because everybody has a draft, the long-term asset acquisition has been stunning. Rizzo Soler Vizcaino Villanueva Torreyes That's half a very strong top-10 prospects in 10 months. -
Every team should have a supply of Casey Colemans to soak up pointless innings. Fortunately for him, that's all of the innings for the rest of this season.
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Brett Jackson's OPS is looking very much like it will go below .800 before long. I almost don't want to put him in my top 10 at all.
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The fact that Vizcaino might not be a starter isn't really a problem for me. I've always been big on the idea that 1-2 relief aces per team can be just as valuable as any starter.
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7/31 Roster Moves
Hairyducked Idiot replied to Tim's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
There's got to me one more MLB spot coming, right? Presumably Sappelt? Because we shipped off four. -
I have trouble putting freshly drafted pitchers into the top-10. Let them all go through the meat grinder for a few seasons and see who survives.
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Quick stab: 1. Baez 2. Almora 3. Soler (these three could go in any defensible order) ******** 4. Vizcaino (could move up to the top tier if he's healthy this spring) ******** (big dropoff here) 5. Candelario 6. Villanueva 7. Vitters 8. Jackson 9. Castillo 10. Alcantara
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I definitely think you can make an argument for either V3b to be ahead of the other. It's close. But I really like Vitters, so I don't consider that a bad thing.