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Hitters Recap July 6-12
by DGU
on Jul 13, 2008 11:41 AM PDT
Mike Fontenot's OPS is greater than the sum of Edmonds' and Fukudome's. Aramis Ramirez' SLG is greater than D-Lee's OPS. Ryan Theriot is the anti Three True Outcomes player. Matt Murton leaves for the greener uniforms of Oakland with a .167 OPS. And why not have 14 pitchers, when neither Cedeno nor Blanco are going to play anyway?
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Don't boo Marmol - this is all on Lou's head.
by DGU
on Jul 12, 2008 1:55 PM PDT
Lou broke Marmol. It's that simple. Enough of the He-Must-Be-Oveworked-To-Be-Effective theory. It was never likely. No. Marmol was overworked and now he is ineffective. It's all on Lou. If we can't get Marmol back on track, we are now less likely to win in the playoffs because of Lou's management.
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Croweaters Anonymous
by DGU
on Jul 10, 2008 1:35 PM PDT
Hi, I'm DGU and I'm wrong from time to time about baseball.
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The Price for Pitching Is Set and It Is a Price We Can Most Certainly Pay
by DGU
on Jul 6, 2008 9:58 PM PDT
The Brewers did us a favor paying so little for C.C. Sabathia. Clearly, we weren't going to match with Cleveland anyway, and now the price for pitchers is lower than expected.
Matt LaPorta is a top 50 prospect, but I can't say he is that much more valuable at this point than Sean Gallagher. Gallagher's ceiling is lower but he is an altogether more certain commodity. Zach Jackson, Taylor Green, and Rob Bryson are the other players rumored to be in the deal. None were top ten prospects for the Brewers pre-season. There is some potential there, but nothing so sparkly that you couldn't find something similar in the Cubs' system.
In the most general terms, we could have outbid this package. Of course, trades don't work in general. The Indians wanted the pure power that LaPorta looks to offer and we didn't have that piece. Other teams are more likely to want pitching or players at skill positions - which is what we do have.
Keith Law says of this price:
I am surprised that Cleveland didn't let the market play out into July and allow other teams to jump in and potentially drive up the price, because this offer, on its face, doesn't strike me as such a slam-dunk that Cleveland couldn't afford to pass it up.
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Hitters Recap June 29 - July 5
by DGU
on Jul 6, 2008 4:27 PM PDT
Henry Blanco and Mike Fontenot led the team in OPS, both over 1.000, although neither were elected All-Stars. Derrek Lee had a fine week with WITH ZERO DPs. He was not named an All-Star. Aramis Ramirez's week's OPS dipped below his 2007 AVG. Kosuke Fukudome's OPS was below his career Japanese League SLG. Alfonso Soriano did not play - yet all three of the latter were named All-Stars.
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How to Be the Best Team in Baseball: Cubs v. Rays
by DGU
on Jul 3, 2008 7:02 AM PDT
There have been a lot of articles recently about how the Rays have unexpectedly become the best team in baseball, measured by won-loss records. As I was reading two yesterday, what really struck me was how different the Rays' way and the Cubs' are.
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Hitters Recap June 22-28
by DGU
on Jun 29, 2008 5:00 PM PDT
Derrek Lee hit 5 for 5 on Saturday, but he also hit into 5 double plays throughout the rest of the week; Jim Edmonds had 3 HRs, while Eric Patterson and Mike Fontenot battled for the 25th man spot, each hitting a HR. Daryle Ward came back strong, leading the OBP charge this week as 7 Cubs had OBPs over .400.
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What's happened to Ronny Cedeno?
by DGU
on Jun 24, 2008 9:48 PM PDT
On May 6, he was hitting .373/.458/.549. Since then, he has hit .190/.242/.207. Ronny’s approach has also obviously changed. Where before, he worked the count and took bad pitches, he’s gone back to swinging at pitches he could never hope to hit. Clearly, this isn’t just a hitter going from good luck to bad luck. This is a hitter going from a good approach to a bad approach. Why?
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Cubs Hitters Recap June 15-21
by DGU
on Jun 22, 2008 10:04 PM PDT
With Alfonso Soriano out and Reed Johnson and Jim Edmonds also suffering injuries, several different players got opportunities, and excepting Ronny Cedeno each made his case. It was a bad week for Mark DeRosa and Geovany Soto, but four Cubs had an OPS at or above 1.000. The Ryan Theriot slide continues, leading to some questions about where his true hitting ability resides.
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Who is our most valuable trade chip (or Can We Get C.C. Sabathia)?
by DGU
on Jun 18, 2008 11:20 AM PDT
There is a common argument I keep hearing - the Cubs' farm system is too poorly stocked to make a major trade, and we cannot outbid teams like the Yankees or Red Sox. This argument ignores the recent trade of Johan Santana, not to the Yankees, not to the Red Sox, but to the Mets, whose farm system was more poorly stocked at that time than ours. The factors that led the Twins to that trade have been debated before, but no one really knows. If some GM really likes Rich Hill, he might be a trade chip with more value than any of us could expect. At the same time, another GM might not be willing to give up anything for all ten of our top ten prospects.
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