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QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 22, 2009 -> 08:58 PM) Tonight's Chicagosports article says he's leading for the utility spot. lilli was a throw in, he cant hit. and hes not even playing good defense so far. he deserves a spot bcuz he can play a few positions? dumb. might as well have kept uribe

its unfortunate for nix bcuz he was doing great but got hurt but its the right move, good for him

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 20, 2009 -> 05:53 PM) After another awful performance by Brent Lillibridge (0-4 w/ 3 K), his BB/K ratio now stands at 1/18 on the Spring. He has no business making the opening day roster. i agree. but if he dosent make the team, who does instead of him? a bench of miller wise and lilli, blah lol

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 20, 2009 -> 11:58 AM) If its true, and Gregor has never struck me as a guy who breaks stories,it almost has to be the return of Pods. although i wouldnt mind too much,pods leading off bcuz thats just how much i think owens and wise suck, i dont see it happening or want it to bcuz i dont think he can play cf and thats where he could only play

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Mar 20, 2009 -> 09:41 AM) I know, I was agreeing with you, and responding to the OP by answering your (assumed) rhetorical question sarcastically, not calling you dumb or anything. Sorry for the confusion. You can now hit me with your keyboard if you'd like to. lol sorry, i thought u were directing it torwards me. bcuz like u said,i think its defense over speed.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Mar 20, 2009 -> 08:23 AM) Yes. You're absolutely correct. Speed > Defense. We should DFA Quentin and sign Joey Gathright while we're at it too. Or better yet, let's trade Buehrle. Why pay a guy all that money to "pitch" when we could sign Dave Roberts for the minimum and he could just run the damn ball to home plate? i dont get ur sarcasm. i didnt say they were better options. ill take anderson over the other two in a second. i was asking the poster what he thought was better than anderson.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Mar 19, 2009 -> 09:42 PM) Can TGJ play CF though? If so he's better than Owens, but I agree overall, I wouldn't exactly be excited about such a move. TGJ appears to fit that grinder type of mold, i.e. he's scrappy but it doesn't matter much because he's not very good at baseball. Hopefully it's either part of a larger deal for someone good at the MLB level or it's a minor leaguer. interesting that miranda said he got traded bcuz we still havent heard anything at all and on mlb rumors they said that doug melvin said theyre not discussing any trades with anyone right now. thats not to say that hes not but still.

QUOTE (hawkubes @ Mar 20, 2009 -> 02:20 AM) i could not care less who throws the 1st pitch for the Sox. Has that ever mattered? All I care about is that the sox put out the best lineup possible, which does not include Brian Anderson. Lets get real. so what is the best one? one that features jerry owens or wise?

QUOTE (Cubano @ Mar 14, 2009 -> 05:46 PM) It is true, but he has not played for the last couple of games. Castillo was playing with Panama in the WBC so he has a few more AB. By the way, I read that Owens went 0-4 in a B game. Did Viciedo play there? Where do you find info on B games? Thanks, calmado cubano, no te desesperes lol hes around and playing

3ks for wise, yay should be a fun year

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 11:22 AM) Simple, Wise put up a 310/487/796 line last year against RHPers...if you count the playoffs, he ended up over the magic 800 OPS mark. Now Wise shouldn't be coming within 100 feet of the batter's box against a lefty, ever, but he's fine as part of a stopgap/bandaid solution with Anderson to get us through the first half of the season. Then we can swoop in around the trading deadline and pick off a player like Figgins or Brian Roberts, putting Roberts at 2B, Beckham at SS and then moving Alexei to CF...or we simply get a player like Figgins for CF, it doesn't matter. KW and Ozzie are too competitive and they won't stand by and let another season get away from them like 2007 did. he recently signed a 4/40 contract, thats not happening

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 11:01 AM) My guess is they haven't seen a whole lot in anybody's past. So at that point they'll go with what they see at the moment. Point is, none of the three of them are ML caliber. I happen to think Wise is a better choice than Owens, despite people's faith that Owens can actually put up the OBP he did in 2007. BA may still be the best choice but really, are any of us going to be satisfied with one player over another? If BA wins are we going to sit back and heave a sigh of relief? My guess is Getz wins the job sometime after the season starts and I'll be a much happier camper, but in the meantime...leading off on opening day is an awful lot of pressure for a rookie. i just hope we dont have to wait years for danks to be ready to have a solid cfer.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 10:47 AM) I don't think anyone's accusing Wise of being The Answer. Hopefully, nobody's accusing BA of that either. I really doubt that's what they're doing. Their track record, in fact, pretty much proves that they're not. They go based on what they see and what they've seen. Numbers don't factor in that much and neither do streaks. Doesn't mean they won't use one player's success to spur on another, so the rhetoric may lead you to believe they'll pick whoever has the best ST numbers. ok but wise hasnt ever been good. hes never had one good stretch in which hes played good. just a few games. so i dont get what it is the sox see.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 10:14 AM) nsbb.com is a big cubs forum oh lol ... its funny bcuz if cq was on the cubs and had the year he did, he would be the next big thing. but hes on the sox so he sucks and is a fluke and no one cares

btw, i dont like the idea at all of thome batting behind cq. thome cant hit lefties and late in the game, theyll just pitch around cq to get to thome. he doesnt do well in the 7th inning on. id go with: cq dye thome pk

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 10:04 AM) It happens every spring, but it is what makes the game so great. This spring is even more deceiving as it is longer and a lot of guys are at WBC, so you are playing against guys who will never make it or are pretty far away, and I think the good pitchers are pulling back the reigns a little bit and the guys fighting for their major league lives who have been working all winter, tend to look better. I think OBP is very important for a leadoff guy. Maybe they should change it to "out percentage", instead of a .310 OBP they would have a .690 out percentage. Its hard to imagine a team could be successful when the guys coming to bat most make a higher percentage of outs than the guys who bat far lower. i dunno. all im trying to say is that wise is what he is. he is nothing more than a aa/aaa player(i guess a back up). and he showed last year that he cant play every day. he is not the answer. like you said, for the most part, ST numbers mean nothing. and no one deserves to win a job bcuz of 20-40 good ST ab's.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 12, 2009 -> 11:12 AM) Theres a pretty hilarious thread on nsbb.com talking about how Quentin's HR's last year were lucky. (dont get what this has to do with the cubs lol) yea, its funny bcuz literally everyone thinks cq was a fluke last year. hes not even rated as a top 20 ofer lol baseball perspectives(or however u spell it) and all those sites think it was

i dont get whats so hard about getting a cfer. even willy t seems great compared to those 3! but i agree with kalapse, how can u say wise deserves it and has put his 12 minor league seasons behind him, ITS BEEN 17 AB'S!

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Mar 11, 2009 -> 09:38 AM) You probably just buy a 1983 jersey personalized with Quentin's number and name, then get him to autograph it and save a lot of money. its not worth over 800 dollars, but anyways, its game used.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 11:26 PM) BA in center field, Getz at 2B and leadoff. why do those 3 have to be our only options? its pretty clear that neither of the 3 are or should be starting cfers. would it be impossible to trade for someone?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 02:22 PM) If someone actually said that then they're an idiot but it's really only those few that "overrate" him. He deserves to be rated as one of the most valuable players in the game and a perpetual MVP candidate. You can't worry about what a few over excited people say, the fact that he's yet to finish higher than 10th in AL MVP voting may insist that he's actually underrated by those who have a voice. true. i dont disagree Post #1 and 30, 9 votes

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 01:41 PM) Easily one of the most valuable players in the game last year. His .306 EQA certainly stands out. Getting hung up on his batting average or for whatever reason 130 strikeouts is just silly. He nearly walked 100 times last year while putting up a .233 ISO (that's some big time power right there), he stole 38 bases and was only caught 5 times which is an 88% success rate (now THAT is a valuable base stealer as opposed to a s***ty one like Jerry Owens) and he played above average defense at one of the most important positions in the game. His BB/K last year was 0.75, which is quite good. I'll gladly take 98 and 130 over say 30 and 80. Sure he's not as good as Albert Pujols but then again no one is. Hanley Ramirez K'd 122 times last year while walking 92 times. Are you going to tell me he K's too much? People get hung up on the silliest things. i think he is great, but i think hes overrated. and when i say overrated, i dont mean that hes not good. its that i think some people speak to highly of him, trying to put him in the same category as pujols. someone on this board even said that he the best player in all of baseball. i just dont agree with that. but he is great.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 10:36 AM) He is a superstar. Look at the OBP and power... and the fact that he's only going to get better. hes really good, great, but i dont put him in the same category as others , like pujols >someone brought this up yest, is there any way this could happen?: SS - Beckham 2B - Getz CF - Alexei

QUOTE (jenks45monster @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 10:12 AM) Sizmore is great, but I sure hope Beckham strikes out less than him and hits for a little bit of a better average than him. (Sizemore has a .279 career BA.) How is Gordon's speed? Not as fast as Sizemore, right? wow, .268, 130 k's from the super star* player

QUOTE (daa84 @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 09:38 AM) while i certainly enjoy watching it, the WBC means jack...if you drop 2 of 3, you are out...which is ridiculous...the pirates could beat the red sox 2/3, but it doesn't at all tell the strength of the teams...its just way too small of a sample size to mean anything (hell the 5 game LDS series are too small to actually really separate the better team from the worse team, and even arguably the 7 game LCS and WS)...that said theres nothing MLB can really do about it, as extending the WBC is not a viable option, but its gonna happen frequently that the better team (USA in 06, DR this year) loses when they shouldn't yea, its really really pointless. half these guys arent even that ready, esp the pitchers. the starters are only going like 4 innings tops. if it were done in july and pitchers could go 6+ innings and the series were longer ok then. but the way it is now, its just so that mlb can make money. also, you dont even have all the best players in it