Jake Fox Designated for Assignment
It's interesting that he actually started a bunch of games as catcher for the A's...something I think the Cubs only did for a few innings.
Too bad he didn't have as a strong of a start to the season as he did for the Cubs last year.
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to play 2B, right???
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by lookingdeadred on Jun 14, 2010 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions
absolutely
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by lookingdeadred on Jun 14, 2010 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
can he bat leadoff at second base?
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Hmmm.
There was some speculation at the end of last season that Lou wasn’t playing Fox much because the Cubs believed that playing him would lower his value.
Considering that Fox helped the Cubs get rid of Miles and has now been DFA’d, I wonder if there’s something to the theory.
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by jesus christos on Jun 13, 2010 10:53 PM CDT reply actions
I say the Brewers pick him up to catch
and they hope they get another Mcgehee
um
they brought up one of their catching prospects, jon lucroy.
McGehee actually has catching experience.
93 games in the minors, plus a few major league spring training games for the Cubs.
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Now if only Macha (or any manager) could be convinced to take a chance and pinch hit the BU catcher in a late inning to take the 1 in a 100 chance that the emergency catcher would actually have to catch…
Piniella has a bizzare catcher issue, too
He won’t use Soto for Hill, even though Soto’s going in the game once Hill is removed.
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 14, 2010 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Fox may become a career AAAA player.
This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).
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by digitalbenjamin on Jun 14, 2010 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Roberts?
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 14, 2010 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
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by digitalbenjamin on Jun 15, 2010 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions
Rating the trade
So in exchange for a pair of players who have DFA’d three times in the last five months and a few million bucks, the Cubs received:
A LH-hitting outfielder who is tearing up AA.
A guy who is having a solid year in the pen in High-A
A big league reliever who has, admittedly, struggled in his time with the Cubs this year.
This trade was a win for the Cubs. The jury is still out, so it maybe isn’t a huge win, but it is a win nonetheless.
I think I speak for everyone here when I say, "Wait, what the hell are you talking about?"
by simply moving miles
the trade would’ve been a win. Btw, Morla is in Low A right now.
High A reliever is 40 an roster eligible
Gray is 29 , good arm, but looks likea depth guy
WHAT?!
How dare you say things that might be construed by some as saying that Jim Hendry ISNT the worst GM in the history of baseball…the man does get some great trades done.
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due to his limted abilities not the league
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by lookingdeadred on Jun 14, 2010 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Mediocre NL hitters go to the AL to die
Mediocre AL hitters come to the NL to be All-Stars.
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His best seasons have been in the AL
Bradley’s two best seasons were 2003 with the Indians and 2008 with the Rangers. Not exactly making your case.
Sigh.
Let me present Marlon Byrd, .333 hitter in the 2010 National League.
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Matt Holliday
.340 hitter in Colorado; .286 in Oakland; .353 in St. Louis
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There are also examples the other way
Jose Bautista, released by the Pirates, leading the AL in home runs, Austin Kearns, sucked in the NL w/ multiple teams, having a very strong year for the Indians. You need to come up with a little more than one example to make such a strong statement. For hitters, the difference between the two leagues isn’t as pronounced as it is for pitchers.
True.
Actually, I agree with you, Al. Usually hitters (and pitchers) fare better in the NL,. but Byrd isn’t a great example:
Nationals (2006): .223
Rangers (2007): .307
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by lookingdeadred on Jun 15, 2010 8:09 AM CDT up reply actions
So no Wrigley Field farewell tour for Jake Fox?
Is DFA the one where there’s a 10 day window for the club to try and trade him, if that doesn’t work he gets sent down but he can ask for his release? Or something like that?
What I really want to know though is if he’s still with the team for those 10 days, i.e. will he be coming to Wrigley this week to hit a few farewell BP balls onto Waveland or not.
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Is DFA the one where there’s a 10 day window for the club to try and trade him, if that doesn’t work he gets sent down but he can ask for his release? Or something like that?
Yes, that’s exactly what Designated For Assignment means. However, he is not on the team — DFA has the effect of immediate removal from the roster.
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I saw him at an A's game in Oakland last Wednesday
And I would not even expect any BP balls from him. He was scuffling pretty badly, and playing left field, by the way. The A’s looked completely punchless in that game.
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New plan
last year we traded Jake Fox and were able to dump Miles contract with him.
How about we pick up Fox, have him hit a few home runs, then trade him and Grabow back to the As?
How many times could we do this before Billy Beane caught on?
DEJESUS!!!
who knows
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by jesus christos on Jun 14, 2010 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
fox and grabow for cahill
GETITDONE JIM
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by jesus christos on Jun 14, 2010 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions
isnt billy beane
supposed to the be the ultimate GM? And doesnt it seem like we send alot of crap players his way for non-crap?
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I'd rather have Fox than Jeff Baker.
At least Fox could catch in a pinch and he was a good hitter for the Cubs. Also, he’s a good power threat off the bench, which we don’t have right now.
I'd rather have Jeff Baker over Jake Fox
I’d rather have the versatile player that can play 5 positions over a guy who is limited basically to 1 (sure, Jake Fox can catch, but he’s not that good. He can play in the OF, but he’s not that good. He’s basically a 1st/DH guy).
If Fox has more power than Baker, it’s not by much. Baker has a .165 ISOP this year, a career ISOP of .185. No one really expected Fox to maintain his .200+ ISOP.
I think Fox could fit on some teams bench
particularly in the AL. Just don’t see the fit for us right now. If the Cubs want to bring him back for AAA, I’d be okay with that.
still living in the fantasy world I see
he was just DFA’d for being that power threat off the bench
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and in case you forgot
here is one of the many posts you were shown that gave you actual facts to show that you were dead wrong
Well, if you want to use actual evidence… I’ll take Scales. Bobby’s PH line:
7-14 (.500), 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .533 OBP, 1.214 SLG
Reed Johnson as a PH:
4-15 (.267), 0 HR, 2 RBI, .353 OBP, .267 SLG
Jake Fox as a PH:
5-24 (.208), 2 2B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .300 OBP, .292 SLG
That’s the "big bench bat" we can’t replace?
If you’re going to continue to make random claims about the greatness of Jake Fox, you might wish to check some numbers first. In all of your ranting, you have yet to make anything that even resembles a rationally thought out argument.
by fsuapollo on Dec 6, 2009 3:57 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
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by Cubbie-Tim on Jun 14, 2010 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
your man crush on Fox is irrational
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by lookingdeadred on Jun 15, 2010 8:10 AM CDT up reply actions
That's probably a little harsh
But he is fringy at best and was definitely not worth getting upset about when the Cubs dumped him this off-season.
AAAA seems about right IMHO
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Maybe he and Half-Power can get a team up
in the AAAA
by LT on Jun 14, 2010 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions
i bet you put
him in left patterson and halfy in right and you have the best OF in all of AAAA land
by Frozen Toews on Jun 15, 2010 2:04 AM CDT up reply actions
There's one thing I'll never understand
Why the Cubs didn’t put Fox at 3b in Des Moines for a few weeks straight last year when Ramirez went down. His catcher skills translated well to 3b, but the Cubs just kept moving him around. Oh, well.
His catcher skills translated well to 3b
hm..
by jesus christos on Jun 14, 2010 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Meant to say
Let him play some in Des Moines, then bring him up at 3b in Chicago. He worked out better there than the combo of Fontenot, Baker, and Scales.
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