Restoring the Rosters
NBC Sports Matthew Pouliot has a great piece detailing what teams would look like if they could just have players they originally signed. Not surprising to any of us, I'm sure, the Cubs have done very well drafting, signing and developing pitchers. Position players? Yeech.
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An inability to develop hitters has forced the Cubs to pay for offense and in many cases they’ve overpaid. It’s a real shame that the wealth of pitching talent and big payrolls have combined to produce just one NLCS appearance and no World Series appearances during the decade. Unless that changes this year, the new ownership should seriously consider replacing GM Jim Hendry.
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 10, 2009 9:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The line up is brutal
That isn’t a good team. Hinske is a reach talent wise. I’d rather list Fox or Hoff at first and dig up another CF and go the Fukudome to right route. Though, I would say Fukudome is a reach, too. He was developed in Japan. He came to the Cubs as a 30 year old FA.
by Nibbles on Sep 10, 2009 1:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sadly, if you move Dome to right, you're probably
looking at Corey Patterson in CF.
"Enough foreplay- let's get crackin'"- Fred Garvin
by davidalanu on Sep 10, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pie can play CF.
MLBMilestone.com - following the numbers to Cooperstown
by D98 on Sep 11, 2009 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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