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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: Robb
Date: April 20, 2011, 9:10 pm
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Ok it's time to trade Marlon Byrd
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: Deeg
Date: April 20, 2011, 9:14 pm
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In addition to his .419 BA, Jackson already has 12 BB. He looks
like the real deal. At some point fairly soon, you start to
think about moving somebody and giving him a chance to get his
feet wet this season since the Cubs won't be contending.
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: brjones
Date: April 20, 2011, 9:22 pm
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Or, you start to think about moving somebody because he is
probably one of the top 3 major league outfielders in the
organization and he'll help the Cubs contend this year.
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: Robb
Date: April 20, 2011, 9:39 pm
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What Brjones said
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: Deeg
Date: April 20, 2011, 9:59 pm
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I'd switch to wine or beer from the hard stuff, Boys.
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: StrikeZone
Date: April 20, 2011, 10:24 pm
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Send Tyler Colvin down and promote Brett Jackson.
Then bench Marlon Byrd and let Jackson play for a couple weeks.
OR
DL Carlos Pena, play Colvin at first and bench Byrd, playing
Jackson every day until Pena gets his wrist healthy enough to
not totally stink up the joint.
After that, demote Colvin or trade Byrd or both.
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: craig
Date: April 20, 2011, 11:06 pm
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Monster game for Jackson, nice to see some XB power showing.
First HR for Lemahieu.
Beliveau now at 14K/1BB on the early season. I know, it's
early. But I'm not sure he's ever gone 8 innings with only one
walk before at any stretch. If he could sustain that, he won't
be staying too much longer in A-ball.
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: Chris27
Date: April 21, 2011, 12:24 am
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Trey McNutt returns tonight.
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: craig
Date: April 21, 2011, 8:50 am
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That's good, Chris. I wonder if Rhee will be back soon, too,
and if he'll be significantly better this year than last.
Jackson has quite the amazing line thus far. .516 BABIP thus
far. Obviously he's not going to sustain that, but he's fairly
consistently carried a high BABIP. I think that's part of the
theory, of a guy who is very selective and takes a lot of
pitches that he can't handle. I'd think taking a lot of pitches
and putting yourself into a lot of 2-strike counts would
probably be bad for BABIP. Despite his incredible stats thus
far, his K-rate is basically as it's usually been. 10K/43 AB,
that's not dramatically reduced. Although relative to his PA,
it's pretty fair. And his walk-rate is higher than ever.
I know some of the nsbb guys are mad that he's leading off, a
waste of his power being the idea, I think, and wanting him to
perhaps be groomed to become a high level #3 hitter. But I have
to admit that the prospect of a really productive leadoff guy
would be fun. That wouldn't have to be just OBP; power at
leadoff is real value. And in a sense getting a leadoff who
hits with some power and gets on base, that in a sense might
enable the GM to try to get more power elsewhere. For example,
if Jackson evolves into a 15-HR guy as a leadoff OBP machine,
the GM is unlikely to put a 6-HR guy at the #3 spot. But if
Jackson gets used in the #3 spot, the GM will be perfectly
willing to have a 6-HR guy at leadoff. Probably if he's batting
3rd, he'd probably orient his approach a little bit more towards
the power game and less the OBP game, so maybe he'd hit more HR
batting 3rd than if he's eventually a career leadoff guy. But
given that the patience/OBP stuff is really his most special
attribute, more so than his HR power at present, I think it
makes fair sense to keep him in a position where he maximizes
his best skill.
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: ben
Date: April 21, 2011, 8:58 am
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It's great that the Cubs went after Jackson when they did...and
that they valued a disciplined, patient hitter for their #1
selection. Progress.
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