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CurtOne

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #225 on: April 23, 2011, 06:27:54 pm »
and probably do better.
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CurtOne

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #226 on: April 23, 2011, 06:28:27 pm »
I think they should try Grabow as a starter.  At least he'd be limiting his damage to one day in five.
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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #227 on: April 24, 2011, 02:29:59 pm »
Who told you all that Starlin was ready for the majors?

My bet is Brett Jackson probably is too.

He's the leadoff man we sorely lack.
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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #228 on: April 24, 2011, 02:45:32 pm »
I really do hate to see Tyler Colvin struggle so much.

He's too talented to be a career AAA guy.

My bet is he does come out of it.
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CurtOne

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #229 on: April 24, 2011, 05:13:56 pm »
Quote from: JIGGY on April 24, 2011, 02:29:59 pm
Who told you all that Starlin was ready for the majors?


Actually...a lot of good baseball people did.
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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #230 on: April 25, 2011, 12:25:00 am »
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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #231 on: April 25, 2011, 06:17:12 am »
I don't know who that guy was yesterday but he did a pretty cool rendition.
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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #232 on: April 25, 2011, 01:59:57 pm »
Phil Rogers

Have you noticed a lot of people running on Geo Soto? Even though he has thrown out a respectable 32 percent of runners trying to steal, teams keep challenging him. Teams have attempted 28 steals against him, more than any other catcher in the majors so far. You can partly write it off because they've played teams that like to run -- the Padres and Diamondbacks, especially -- but a scout adds another reason. Soto is either favoring a less-than-perfect shoulder or has gotten into a bad habit of slinging the ball to second base from a three-quarters arm slot, which is causing a lot of his throws to sail toward right field. The Cubs' starting pitchers are reasonably quick to the plate but teams look to run on the bullpen, especially Jeff Samardzija.    

The scout Rogers cites may be on to something.
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JR

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #233 on: April 25, 2011, 02:06:08 pm »
Geo's not off to a good start offensively either.  Hopefully there isn't some kind of injury.

Then again, it's Phil Rogers, so his "scout" might have been some 7 year old kid he was sitting beside at the game or Ryan Freel's old friend Farney.
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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #234 on: April 25, 2011, 02:18:39 pm »
I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Cub pitchers can't hold a runner on worth snot.
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« Reply #235 on: April 25, 2011, 02:19:32 pm »
Or that Cub pitchers have been giving up a ton of runners so far too.
 
The Cubs pitching staff is dead last in all of MLB in OBP allowed.
« Last Edit: April 25, 2011, 02:21:25 pm by JR »
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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #236 on: April 25, 2011, 02:22:12 pm »
Cubs pitchers not named Carlos Zambrano simply don't hold runners close.

It's a miracle that Geovany Soto can throw out anyone trying to steal considering that.
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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #237 on: April 25, 2011, 02:25:41 pm »
Zambrano is great holding players close to the base.  Just about everyone else stinks at it.  Soto seems to be throwing quite well so far this year.
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« Reply #238 on: April 25, 2011, 02:46:16 pm »
No matter how well the pitching staff is doing at holding runners, a higher percentage of Geo's throws than normal do seem to be going a little high and wide right.
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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #239 on: April 25, 2011, 02:53:15 pm »
The Cubs are batting .282, second best in the Majors behind the Cardinals. But Chicago’s .243 average with runners in scoring position ranks 11th in the NL.
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