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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #990 on: May 31, 2011, 02:02:11 pm »
I think Hendry has negotiated a sweet heart outclause in his contract and is actually trying to get himself fired.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #991 on: May 31, 2011, 02:40:21 pm »
Tyler Colvin is at Wrigley Field.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #992 on: May 31, 2011, 02:41:43 pm »
If Colvin is at Wrigley Field, does that mean that Soriano is on the DL?

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #993 on: May 31, 2011, 02:56:52 pm »
If Colvin is at Wrigley Field, does that mean that Soriano is on the DL?
Yes, the official announcement was just made.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #994 on: May 31, 2011, 02:59:40 pm »
I would rather have waited until Colvin found his groove again before calling him back up. 

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #995 on: May 31, 2011, 03:01:55 pm »
I would rather have waited until Colvin found his groove again before calling him back up. 
I wish we had spies in Des Moines like we do in Tennessee.  Maybe Colvin has been hitting the ball hard but right at somebody.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #996 on: May 31, 2011, 03:10:49 pm »
I'm no Colvin fan, but I hope Quade just puts him in the lineup everyday and leaves him there.  We need to find out what we have.  Campana, DeWitt, Snyder, Montanez...none of these guys are long term (or are even likely to be short term) solutions in the outfield.  Colvin probably isn't either...but none of them should take an AB from him.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #997 on: May 31, 2011, 03:20:25 pm »
Yeah I agree.  If Colvin is up, he should get most of the starts in left.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #998 on: May 31, 2011, 03:42:25 pm »
Tyler Colvin is now the primary backup for Carlos Pena at first base.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #999 on: May 31, 2011, 04:13:45 pm »
I'm no Colvin fan, but I hope Quade just puts him in the lineup everyday and leaves him there.  We need to find out what we have.  Campana, DeWitt, Snyder, Montanez...none of these guys are long term (or are even likely to be short term) solutions in the outfield.  Colvin probably isn't either...but none of them should take an AB from him.

Agreed.

I like some of these dudes but only as role players.

Actually, only DeWitt and Campana among that group interest me at all and only as 24th or 25th man type guys.

As far as Colvin goes, maybe he can get hot and get his stock back up with regular playing time.

One thing is for sure, the defense in left field just got upgraded.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #1000 on: May 31, 2011, 04:21:18 pm »
The reason I was hoping they would not call up Colvin is because I don't want him to sit on the bench.  It looks like he will mostly sit on the bench.  Foolish move, unless they play him almost every day.

Naturally, they are playing DeWitt.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #1001 on: May 31, 2011, 04:22:44 pm »
Pretty much, DeWitt is the last guy they ought to be playing in LF.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #1002 on: May 31, 2011, 04:25:38 pm »
For crying out loud, they've got DeWitt in left field again?

Really?

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #1003 on: May 31, 2011, 04:40:27 pm »
Seems that Quade is not a manager who feels that he should get recent call-ups out on the field.  Lou was different.  From Quade's recent comments, seems like he feels that the guys who have been around all season should get first crack at the ABs.

If it turns out that LeMahieu only gets a handful of ABs and is sent to Iowa in a couple of weeks, you have to wonder why he got the call-up instead of Scales.  Now, with the call-up, LeMahieu has to take a spot on the off-season 40-man--which would not otherwise have been the case.  That's one less guy that can be protected from the Rule 5.  Only makes sense if they were going to call him up anyway in September to give him a good look for 2012.  I suppose he'll be back for sure now.  Then it will be interesting to see how much LeMahieu plays in September or whether Quade feels he has to be "loyal" to Aramis in his final month as a Cub.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #1004 on: May 31, 2011, 04:40:44 pm »
Can't bench DeWitt...then you'd hurt the Cubs' attempt to fill a lineup with only no walk, low power guys.  We're up to five on days Zambrano doesn't pitch (Castro, Barney, Campana, DeWitt, Pitcher), and you could argue there are six if you think Ramirez's power is gone for good.