Chipper Jones To DL, Will Have Knee Surgery

He's out of the All-Star Game. Aramis Ramirez has the highest OPS of any regular 3B in the NL (.854 as of Saturday morning). It's likely he'll be selected to replace Chipper.

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He should have been chosen over Chipper in the first place.

by jerry morales rules on Jul 9, 2011 10:49 AM CDT reply actions

Chipper got in on the players' vote.

Which probably took place before Aramis got hot.

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by Al Yellon on Jul 9, 2011 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions

Jones...

…seems to have missed a boatload of games in the last 6-7 years. The dude is about as fragile as they come.

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by MPH73 on Jul 9, 2011 10:54 AM CDT reply actions

Getting hurt in your early 30s

Doesn’t bode well for playing when you’re 40. Chipper’s had all sorts of leg injuries over the past few years, but that knee is what will end his career, probably after this season.

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by Clutch16 on Jul 9, 2011 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Agree he needs to get healthy

So it does not hurt in post baseball.

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by Hammer on Jul 9, 2011 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions

I still love the guy for all the things he’s done for this team and city since 2003. I’ll forever consider him one of my favorite Cubs. He’s having a much more “Aramis Ramirez-like” season this year and I’m really happy for him

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by mikegncb34 on Jul 9, 2011 11:24 AM CDT reply actions

Also.....

Reyes out and Colorado doesn’t want to risk using Tulo. Starlin may start.

And…..Atlanta just lost a 3B, A-Rod has a torn meniscus and is talking surgery. Let the bidding for A-Ram begin.

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by louslovechild on Jul 9, 2011 11:42 AM CDT reply actions

Just one problem

Aramis has to agree to the bidding…

by uptowncub on Jul 9, 2011 12:01 PM CDT reply actions

now the reason why the report that NYY scouts looking at Ramirez

NY Daily link

Now with Chipper down there actually could be a bidding competition, and one team might agree to Ramirez’s option as well,

This would be significant if it materialized.

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by Ivy Walls on Jul 9, 2011 12:10 PM CDT reply actions

Any paying attention since '03 should realize that Aram can be huge...

…in clutch situations and playoff runs, he’s the one guy on this roster that the Cubs can get a nice payoff for.

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by troutfishin on Jul 9, 2011 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions

I do believe Aramis Ramirez might be tradeable with all this actioin going on.

Just waive the damn option. Bring back Delgado (they’d never give us Teheran). Better yet…Mike Minor. Really, I don’t know.

by SenorGato on Jul 9, 2011 12:56 PM CDT reply actions

A-Ram can waive an NTC

He is not going to waive the option so any team that wants him is going to have to want him next year. I suppose there could be an understanding he won’t exercise it, but I doubt that.

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by Doggie Stalker on Jul 9, 2011 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Soooooo.....

Chances the braves and yanks get in a bidding war for A-Ram?

by Dcr18 on Jul 9, 2011 1:01 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

chipper is supposed to be out only a couple of weeks and prado is coming off DL soon

so i dont think the braves will get involved

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by jesus christos on Jul 9, 2011 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Nuts.

by Dcr18 on Jul 9, 2011 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, they won't want Ramirez

but they might be more interested in Baker, Byrd or Johnson than they were before. Either Baker or Prado could play third, and they need a RH outfielder.

Angel Guzman is the man.

by cubzfan on Jul 11, 2011 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions

I'd think this should pretty much close the book on...

future Hall of Famer, Larry “Chipper” Jones.

With the 1st pick in the 2012 Baseball Amateur Draft, the Chicago Cubs select...

by Easy Ed on Jul 9, 2011 1:17 PM CDT reply actions

I agree

Truthfully, I’m a little shocked he made it back this year. Between the ACL and Bobby retiring, I figured he’d see it as a good reason to hang ’em up himself.

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by Clutch16 on Jul 9, 2011 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions

I just wish I trusted Hendry to scout the Braves and Yanks prospects

better than he scouts and develops his own.

by BVictor on Jul 9, 2011 1:21 PM CDT reply actions

So true so true.

by SenorGato on Jul 9, 2011 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions

They said on Fox

that Scott Rolen would likely get the call over Ramirez. Eric Karros was outraged by that. He’s right—there is no way that Rolen is having a better year than Ramirez.

by Josh Timmers on Jul 9, 2011 3:22 PM CDT reply actions

Agreed.

Rolen is having a terrible season. Ramirez has the best numbers of any NL third baseman — highest OPS, HR, RBI. Plus, he’s amazingly hot right now. A-Ram deserves to go.

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by Al Yellon on Jul 9, 2011 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Just another reason how the current set up for the ASG is a joke.

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by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Jul 9, 2011 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Josh it is possible A-Ram does not want to go

and has communicated that. There was one year Maddux who was having a pretty good but not great year made it clear he had made a family commitment and preferred not to be picked.

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by Doggie Stalker on Jul 9, 2011 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions