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#Post#: 113909--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '13
By: davep Date: January 16, 2013, 1:47 pm
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[quote author=Jes Beard link=topic=90.msg113889#msg113889
date=1358363265]
Really? So was he just pursuing them without any concern with
acquiring them?
Which pitching additions qualify as that "number of good arms"?
I'm serious, because perhaps I have missed them.
I'll spot you Jackson.
But that really seems to be about it.
[/quote]
Of course he used the term "pursue". Only an idiot would
declare that he was going to bring in X good arms without having
any idea of the cost or avaliability of those arms.
And I suspect that Hoyer, as well as myself, would consider
Jackson, Baker, Feldman, Fujikawa, Villanueva, and Rondon as
"good arms". and I would rate every one of them higher than I
would Lopeez, Germano, Coleman, Berken and Hinshaw.
I think Hoyer thinks of 2013 as a wait and see year. If, by
July, Stewart, Valbuena and Jackson are doing badly, and the
Cubs are 10 games below 500, I would expect a lot of trades
similar to those we had last July. If, on the other hand,
Stewart is performing as he did three years ago, Brett Jackson
is having a productive year and striking out at a 28% level, and
the Cubs are a couple of games above 500, he would be much
slower to gut what has become a team with a good foundation of
young players.
However the Cubs perform in 2013, he is almost certain to do
something about Garza, which could be extending his contract,
trading him, or making a qualifying offer. And I think that he
would trade Soriano any time he thought he was getting a
reasonable return. And Marmol probably will go before the
season start. Beyond that will depend upon the performance of
the team.
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Re: Cubs in '13
By: JR Date: January 16, 2013, 2:32 pm
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Dale Sveum obviously does not have his priorities in order.
Theo better get with him soon and let him know that finishing
above .500 would be a really bad thing for the rebuilding
process.
1/16 Sveum: “.500 is not acceptable”
Dale Sveum says he feels more comfortable heading into his
second season as the Cubs manager. Coming off a 101 loss season,
he’s got high expectations.
“The one thing you hate doing is saying, ‘[finishin] .500 will
be good,’ because it’s not good,” Sveum said Wednesday. “It’s
not 101 losses, but .500 isn’t getting you to the playoffs. Just
getting in the playoffs is satisfactory. … In a perfect world,
if [Matt] Garza and [Scott] Baker are ready to go Opening Day,
its not a bad staff to have [Jeff] Samardzija, Garza and [Edwin]
Jackson at the top and the other guys in the four, five spots.
Fujikawa would come in the eight inning, Marmol in the ninth,
there’s so many things that are so much better going into this
season than last year. [Finishing] .500 is, like I said, still
not acceptable.”
Garza and Baker will both be ready to go in Spring Training but
Sveum said the team may take a cautious approach with them to
ease them into the regular season. Garza is coming off an elbow
injury and Baker is coming back from Tommy John surgery.
The Cubs in the playoffs in 2013? That might be hard for some
fans to consider but Sveum thinks they have enough firepower if
Ian Stewart is healthy, and Nate Schierholtz produces.
“You can’t fall victim to, ‘Yeah, we are obviously in a
transition in the organization, and we’re trying to get healthy
and do all this,’ but don’t fall into the category that we can’t
win right now,” Sveum said. “Baseball is a funny thing. Just
last year, we close out some games in April and the start of the
season is a lot different and you never know what happens after
that. You might not have the exact same bullets as the guy
actross the street, but all you need are guys to play up to
their capabilities and have a starting staff and close out
games, and you win a lot of games.”
HTML http://muskat.mlblogs.com/2013/01/16/116-sveum-500-is-not-acceptable/
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Re: Cubs in '13
By: Jes Beard Date: January 16, 2013, 2:37 pm
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[quote author=Cubsin link=topic=90.msg113908#msg113908
date=1358365069]
Career ERA+ for the seven potential Cubs' starters: Garza 108,
Baker 102, Villanueva 100, Samardzija 99, Jackson 98, Feldman
95, Wood 94. Tell me again why we're shopping Garza.
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Why tell you again? It has been explained well enough already.
If you don't already understand, you won't understand if it is
explained again, and will likely be shocked and upset when it
happens. Some of us can't understand way anyone would think he
will not or should not be shopped.
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Re: Cubs in '13
By: JR Date: January 16, 2013, 2:38 pm
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By the way, there's some pretty interesting stuff in that blog
entry. We know now that Sveum is looking at Fujikawa for the
8th and Marmol for the 9th. It also sounds like Schierholtz has
more than a 4th outfielder role right now.
It also sounds like the final two spots in the rotation are up
in the air.
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Re: Cubs in '13
By: davep Date: January 16, 2013, 2:48 pm
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I think any manager has to make his plans based upon the team as
it exists right now. and right now, I think just about any
manager would choose Marmol as the closer over Fujikawa, at
least to start the year.
And just about everything I have read and hear indicates that
the Cubs view Schierholtz as a full time right fielder. I don't
remember any talk coming out of the front office or manager that
indicated anything else. Of course, performance in the first
part of the season, or even spring training, could change that.
Snotnosed brat - did you get my Email?
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Re: Cubs in '13
By: JR Date: January 16, 2013, 3:09 pm
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Still haven't gotten any email yet, old fart.
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Re: Cubs in '13
By: JR Date: January 16, 2013, 3:10 pm
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[quote]Scott Baker - S - Cubs
Cubs president Theo Epstein said Wednesday that Scott Baker
(elbow) should be up to 75 pitches by the end of spring
training.
Baker, who signed a one-year, $5.5 million contract with the
Cubs in November, is currently nine months removed from Tommy
John surgery. The Cubs aren't going to push him too soon, so
he'll likely begin the season on the disabled list to continue
to build up his workload. A return in the early part of the
season still appears likely if all goes well, so he makes for a
fine DL-stash in fantasy leagues.
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Re: Cubs in '13
By: davep Date: January 16, 2013, 3:16 pm
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[quote author=JR link=topic=90.msg113929#msg113929
date=1358370584]
Still haven't gotten any email yet, old fart.
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Send me an email at Daveapol@yahoo.com
#Post#: 113950--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '13
By: davep Date: January 16, 2013, 5:22 pm
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Hey brat - do you ever check your email?
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Re: Cubs in '13
By: Deeg Date: January 16, 2013, 6:41 pm
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I like Sveum saying that - but what would you expect him to say?
It doesn't change the fact that as constructed, the Cubs are
about a 70-win team and likely won't contend until 2015 at the
earliest unless ownership decides to bag the rebuilding thing
and spend like crazy on FAs.
Why are we shopping Garza? Because our system is still woefully
short on pitching, and he's the most marketable asset we have.
And one of two things will happen if we keep him to help us try
and win 75 games this year: he'll have another injury-plagued
year, or he'll have a rebound year and get a contract Ricketts
may not want to match.
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