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#Post#: 196249--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '15 (09/14 - 08/15)
By: Dave23 Date: September 30, 2014, 12:33 pm
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Theo's EOY press conference...
Baez is expected to be the opening day starter at 2B
All coaches will be back except asst hitting coach Mike
Brumley...spot for Manny?
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Re: Cubs in '15 (09/14 - 08/15)
By: Dave23 Date: September 30, 2014, 12:42 pm
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Grimm and Ramirez staying in the pen...Castro staying at SS
Russell will come to ST as SS, but will see work at 2B and 3B as
well...they have talked with him about this as well...
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Re: Cubs in '15 (09/14 - 08/15)
By: Playtwo Date: September 30, 2014, 1:04 pm
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No surprises from my perspective.
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Re: Cubs in '15 (09/14 - 08/15)
By: Reb Date: September 30, 2014, 1:37 pm
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[quote author=Dave23 link=topic=191.msg196253#msg196253
date=1412098936]
Grimm and Ramirez staying in the pen..
[/quote]
Theo understands that power bullpen arms are the new wave in
MLB. What teams are moving outstanding bullpen arms to rotation?
Old fashioned thinking when guys are best suited to short, power
stints. The more the merrier. Grimm probably not happy to stay
in bullpen but he was lights out late in season.
Royals tonight in the wild card game are a good example. Bullpen
in the aggregate more important than ever these days. Showalter
in Baltimore can hardly wait to get to his bullpen.
In KC, they don't really need a loogy--their late inning power
righties are so good. Buck, however, has a bunch of good
lefties. Cubs probably will lack really good lefties in 2015 but
guessing not a priority this off-season, with Vizcaino and
Rivero joining the other power righties.
Is this a difference from previous Cubs off-seasons or what?
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Re: Cubs in '15 (09/14 - 08/15)
By: shasson Date: September 30, 2014, 3:54 pm
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Theo also pretty much said they would add an outfielder. No
mystery there. Given that, anyone else surprised there hasn't
been much linking the Cubs to Yosmani Tomas? Maybe as he is a
righty with power, who might K a bunch, they figure they have
that job description pretty well covered.
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Re: Cubs in '15 (09/14 - 08/15)
By: craig Date: September 30, 2014, 4:07 pm
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[quote author=Reb link=topic=191.msg196264#msg196264
date=1412102236]
...In KC, they don't really need a loogy--their late inning
power righties are so good. Buck, however, has a bunch of good
lefties. Cubs probably will lack really good lefties in 2015 but
guessing not a priority this off-season, with Vizcaino and
Rivero joining the other power righties....[/quote]
An advantage of a deep, good RH pen is that usage is less
complex. Renteria did very little righty-lefty-righty
mid-inning matchup switches, mostly full-inning outings. Guys
have less appearances; guys always have time to warm up
adequately; no "wasted" warmups. Probably more advance
planning. (V isn't pitching tonight, but we still have W, X, Y,
and Z available, and using them isn't like giving the game
away.) Games go faster, too, and probably less mental strain on
fans, manager, or relievers.
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Re: Cubs in '15 (09/14 - 08/15)
By: craig Date: September 30, 2014, 4:21 pm
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HTML http://www.bleachernation.com/2014/09/30/live-chicago-cubs-end-of-year-press-conference/
[quote author=Dave23 link=topic=191.msg196249#msg196249
date=1412098397]
Theo's EOY press conference...
Baez is expected to be the opening day starter at 2B...[/quote]
Did you listen live, Dave? Brett's recap: '“Our expectation is
that Javy Baez will be on the team as the second baseman” next
year.'
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Re: Cubs in '15 (09/14 - 08/15)
By: guest61 Date: September 30, 2014, 4:30 pm
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Get us a veteran catcher, an OFer,a TOR starter,and maybe one
more starting pitcher and Ill go to war with this group.
Unlike recent years we arent too far away from being in the
thick of things.
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Re: Cubs in '15 (09/14 - 08/15)
By: Dave23 Date: September 30, 2014, 4:33 pm
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I didn't...I was paraphrasing stuff I was reading on Twitter
while the PC was going on...
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Re: Cubs in '15 (09/14 - 08/15)
By: Jes Beard Date: September 30, 2014, 4:34 pm
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[quote author=Dave23 link=topic=191.msg196249#msg196249
date=1412098397]
Theo's EOY press conference...
Baez is expected to be the opening day starter at 2B
[/quote]
That both surprises, and disappoints me.
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