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<!--quoteo(post=84504:date=Mar 25 2010, 08:00 PM:name=funkster)-->QUOTE (funkster @ Mar 25 2010, 08:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Another two hits for Colvin. They lit up Haren. Doesn't happen very often.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's ST. He was prolly throwing all fastballs. Some Royals fan was getting excited about his team lighting up Peavy, when a scout said "Uh...he was just throwing for location. In 71 pitches, he threw 70 fastballs."
That's why guys like Colvin kick ass in the Spring. Not that I don't like to see Tyler blasting away at a Cy Young candidate. It's nice.
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Lol relax guys they were just observations, believe me I'm not reserving my World Series tickets just yet [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img]
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The guys that aren't hitting .444 are seeing the same pitching. Just sayin'.
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<!--quoteo(post=84508:date=Mar 25 2010, 08:09 PM:name=funkster)-->QUOTE (funkster @ Mar 25 2010, 08:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Lol relax guys they were just observations, believe me I'm not reserving my World Series tickets just yet [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I know. Some guys are getting all psyched about Colvin, though. I didn't mean you, necessarily.
Still...cancel that order for the custom Colvin jersey, funkster. You'll be glad you did...
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<!--quoteo(post=84511:date=Mar 25 2010, 08:11 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Mar 25 2010, 08:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=84508:date=Mar 25 2010, 08:09 PM:name=funkster)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (funkster @ Mar 25 2010, 08:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Lol relax guys they were just observations, believe me I'm not reserving my World Series tickets just yet [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I know. Some guys are getting all psyched about Colvin, though. I didn't mean you, necessarily.
Still...cancel that order for the custom Colvin jersey, funkster. You'll be glad you did...
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Now you tell me [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]
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<!--quoteo(post=84452:date=Mar 25 2010, 02:17 PM:name=biggz)-->QUOTE (biggz @ Mar 25 2010, 02:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--> http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/news/story?id=5027688
<!--QuoteBegin-Levine+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Levine)<!--QuoteEBegin--> Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella will not make the trip with the team to Tucson on Thursday to face the Arizona Diamondbacks because of a sore back.The two-hour bus ride was determined to be too much for Piniella to handle.
Piniella was going to watch left-hander Tom Gorzellany in his final attempt to make the starting rotation out of spring training.
<b>On Friday, Piniella and the Cubs will announce their rotation for the beginning of the 2010 season.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Way to misspell the player's name, Bruce Levine.
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Has Colvin taken a single walk yet?
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Just checked the stats...in nearly a hundred combined plate appearances, neither Colvin nor Soriano has drawn a single walk. Literally, zero.
That bodes well.
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I'm always bullish on the Cubs this time of year, but I must confess to being a little worried
about our rotation. Lilly has been our best starter for awhile now.
Now, no Ted.
No Dick Harden to give us a chance at upside.
Randy Wells was a pleasant surprise last year, but he was such a unique case, that I worry whether he'll be able to repeat his performance the second time around the league.
Z and Dempster are, by their very nature, erratic and unpredictable.
We don't have a "rock" that we can count on. We have nobody in AAA who projects as a "breakout" possibility. I really liked Guzman as a possible closer, and he's gone.
I freaking sound like Negative Jim.
Someone, please talk me off the ledge.
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<!--quoteo(post=84521:date=Mar 25 2010, 10:58 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 25 2010, 10:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'm always bullish on the Cubs this time of year, but I must confess to being a little worried
about our rotation. Lilly has been our best starter for awhile now.
Now, no Ted.
No Dick Harden to give us a chance at upside.
Randy Wells was a pleasant surprise last year, but he was such a unique case, that I worry whether he'll be able to repeat his performance the second time around the league.
Z and Dempster are, by their very nature, erratic and unpredictable.
We don't have a "rock" that we can count on. We have nobody in AAA who projects as a "breakout" possibility. I really liked Guzman as a possible closer, and he's gone.
I freaking sound like Negative Jim.
Someone, please talk me off the ledge.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ledge smedge. If you made it through the years of Andrew Lorraine and Jim Bullinger, you'll make it through this year too. Come back in through the window. I'll heat you up some nice Campbell Chicken 'n' Stars and we'll rehash the Scott Bullet/Ozzie Timmons debate.
One dick can poke an eye out. A hundred dicks can move mountains.
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<!--quoteo(post=84521:date=Mar 25 2010, 09:58 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 25 2010, 09:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'm always bullish on the Cubs this time of year, but I must confess to being a little worried
about our rotation. Lilly has been our best starter for awhile now.
Now, no Ted.
No Dick Harden to give us a chance at upside.
Randy Wells was a pleasant surprise last year, but he was such a unique case, that I worry whether he'll be able to repeat his performance the second time around the league.
Z and Dempster are, by their very nature, erratic and unpredictable.
We don't have a "rock" that we can count on. We have nobody in AAA who projects as a "breakout" possibility. I really liked Guzman as a possible closer, and he's gone.
I freaking sound like Negative Jim.
Someone, please talk me off the ledge.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lilly is going to miss two times through the rotation at most. He'll be back very soon and it looks like Marshall could be holding his spot. Marshall just needs to ride his strong ST starts into at least 2 solid major league starts.
Rich Harden has struggled to get his fastball up to 88mph this spring and recent reports say that he can't put his change up in the strike zone. We're better off without him.
Wells pitched 191 innings last year. The most innings he pitched previously in a season... 132. I understand that expectations are low, but it's not easy to throw a 3.05 ERA in 165 big league innings, especially for a rookie. I wouldn't worry about him until he actually struggles. Not only that, but he already faced a lot of teams multiple times and still pitched well. It's not as if the Prince Fielders and Albert Pujolses of the league got caught off guard by him once around and now have him pegged.
Dempster really shouldn't be classified as erratic the last two years. He put up 1.21 and 1.31 the last two years. Not all world, but not erratic. Zambrano wasn't that bad either (1.29 and 1.38).
We actually have at least two breakout pitcher possibilities in Jay Jackson and minor league pitcher of the year Casey Coleman. Cashner could be another, but I think it would be wise to give him another full year starting before even thinking about putting him in the major league rotation. Also, former big time prospect Thomas Diamond is showing flashes of what made him a well regarded prospect. All of those guys are lightning-in-a-bottle candidates.
Caridad looks like he's going to be the second coming of Guzman version 2009. We just need Marmol to kick it into gear correctly and we have a pretty decent back end to the rotation.
I'm not going to feed you all rainbows and lollipops, but there's a legitimate chance this team could be a division winner.
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<!--quoteo(post=84527:date=Mar 25 2010, 10:03 PM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)-->QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Mar 25 2010, 10:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=84521:date=Mar 25 2010, 10:58 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 25 2010, 10:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'm always bullish on the Cubs this time of year, but I must confess to being a little worried
about our rotation. Lilly has been our best starter for awhile now.
Now, no Ted.
No Dick Harden to give us a chance at upside.
Randy Wells was a pleasant surprise last year, but he was such a unique case, that I worry whether he'll be able to repeat his performance the second time around the league.
Z and Dempster are, by their very nature, erratic and unpredictable.
We don't have a "rock" that we can count on. We have nobody in AAA who projects as a "breakout" possibility. I really liked Guzman as a possible closer, and he's gone.
I freaking sound like Negative Jim.
Someone, please talk me off the ledge.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ledge smedge. If you made it through the years of Andrew Lorraine and Jim Bullinger, you'll make it through this year too. Come back in through the window. I'll heat you up some nice Campbell Chicken 'n' Stars and we'll rehash the Scott Bullet/Ozzie Timmons debate.
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<!--quoteo(post=84535:date=Mar 26 2010, 02:09 AM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Mar 26 2010, 02:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=84527:date=Mar 25 2010, 10:03 PM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Mar 25 2010, 10:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=84521:date=Mar 25 2010, 10:58 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 25 2010, 10:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'm always bullish on the Cubs this time of year, but I must confess to being a little worried
about our rotation. Lilly has been our best starter for awhile now.
Now, no Ted.
No Dick Harden to give us a chance at upside.
Randy Wells was a pleasant surprise last year, but he was such a unique case, that I worry whether he'll be able to repeat his performance the second time around the league.
Z and Dempster are, by their very nature, erratic and unpredictable.
We don't have a "rock" that we can count on. We have nobody in AAA who projects as a "breakout" possibility. I really liked Guzman as a possible closer, and he's gone.
I freaking sound like Negative Jim.
Someone, please talk me off the ledge.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ledge smedge. If you made it through the years of Andrew Lorraine and Jim Bullinger, you'll make it through this year too. Come back in through the window. I'll heat you up some nice Campbell Chicken 'n' Stars and we'll rehash the Scott Bullet/Ozzie Timmons debate.
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How could you leave out the Kevin Roberson/Tuffy Rhodes debate? Or is that for another day?
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Regarding Tyler Colvin....is it better to have him as a 5th OFer or a full-time player in AAA? Despite what Lou says, I find it hard to believe that they are going to get Colvin consistent AB's if he is kept up which I believe will lower any trade value he has. However, if he goes to AAA and continues to hit that would hopefully up his trade value and help us later in the season. So, wouldn't it be better to send him to AAA? He could be the first call-up if someone gets hurt.
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BTW, I have been pretty subdued all offseason, but I have a draft this Saturday, my daughters Cubs outfit is on the way, and she gets to see her first Cubs opening day. I am ready for some Cubs baseball now!!! C'mon April 5th!
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