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#Post#: 171--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: StrikeZone
Date: February 25, 2011, 6:03 pm
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Byrd's OPS last year hitting third was under .600, so hitting
him there again is pretty stupid. He ended up getting over 200
ABs there and was inadequate.
Comfortable or not, Ramirez is the team's best hitter and he
should hit in the three-hole.
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Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: Cactus
Date: March 28, 2011, 8:59 am
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Cubs players cars being sent from Mesa to Chicago
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Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: Cactus
Date: March 28, 2011, 9:45 am
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The Cubs are switching back to Vienna Beef hot dogs at Wrigley
for 2011. But they don't say what the price will be.
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#Post#: 271--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: FITS
Date: March 30, 2011, 9:12 am
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Good move. I want one NOW! :)
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Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: brjones
Date: March 30, 2011, 1:48 pm
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Since Worldsucking seems to be circling the drain and could go
away at any time, I'll repost this here...Rotoworld says Max
Ramirez has passed through waivers and will be going to Iowa.
#Post#: 279--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: Jes Beard
Date: March 30, 2011, 4:38 pm
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--- Quote from: StrikeZone link ---
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>
> By the way, isn't the Byrd/Conte relationship old news?
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It was JR.
What did you expect?
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Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: Jes Beard
Date: March 30, 2011, 6:29 pm
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Byrd's OPS last year hitting third was under .600, so hitting
him there again is pretty stupid. He ended up getting over 200
ABs there and was inadequate.
What reason is there to believe that is the result of anything
other than coincidence and small sample size?
Seriously, what reason is there to believe that there is
something in particularly about the role of standing in the
batter's box and hitting in the 3rd spot in the lineup as
opposed to the 5th spot in the lineup to rationally explain that
kind of a performance difference from his performance overall?
Unless someone can come up with one, I would assume none exists.
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Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: brjones
Date: March 31, 2011, 8:35 am
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Yeah, I'm not a big believer in position-in-the-lineup splits.
It's almost always a small sample size that you're making a
judgment on...I mean, when a rookie comes up, it takes a full
year or two to make any kind of conclusion on him. Why should a
200 AB sample be meaningful from one position in the lineup?
This is something that has bothered me this offseason when
people have pointed out Fukudome's weaker performance in the
leadoff spot last year. They point out his .611 OPS in the
leadoff spot last year in 215 PA...but conveniently ignore his
.827 OPS in 162 PA in 2009 and .804 OPS in 67 PA in 2008.
That said, I agree that Byrd in the third spot is a bad idea,
mainly because he's just not that good of a hitter. But I think
Quade is pretty smart, and I think the 3-4-5 spots will be
filled by Soto-Ramirez-Pena (not necessarily in that order) by
the beginning of May.
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Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: Jes Beard
Date: March 31, 2011, 1:09 pm
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That said, I agree that Byrd in the third spot is a bad idea,
mainly because he's just not that good of a hitter.
That is a perfectly reasonable argument, but I am not sure that
the Cub roster lends itself to filling the 3rd spot in the
batting order, unless you use ARam there, and then have no good
option for the cleanup slot.
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Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: Cactus
Date: March 31, 2011, 1:16 pm
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