Comments on: State of the System: CF & Minor League FA

By: BuckeyeCub

BuckeyeCub — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:51:43 +0000

Podsednic – No thank you. Not only does he have a noodle for an arm, but Lisa Dergan has destroyed him. That’s why he was injured in 2006 and 2007. Too much activity with her. The same reason I think Woody was hurt in 2007. I don’t think he fell in a hot tub, I think he was doing some extra-curricular activity with her

By: Doc Raker

Doc Raker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:43:19 +0000

Capn- I didn’t say you were wrong. I just said I rememeber you liking these guys as propects. That’s all, I was just recalling our conversation. No need to get defensive, your baseball genius is still intact.

Melee or bust!

By: Alan Rench

Alan Rench — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:21:32 +0000

I deny any association with this “sherm” you mention.

By: cap'n obvious

cap'n obvious — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:09:20 +0000

I might point out that Aardsma had 38 saves for the otherwise (other than Ichiro) mediocre Mariners this season. So I was right about him. He developed into a great major league pitcher. That’s 4 blown saves in 42 opportunities. Marmol, Heilman, and Gregging Gregg combined for 39 saves but BLEW 17 late inning leads. 17!!! 30% of save opportunities blown by there 3. Lets all take a second and take a deep breath and wrap our collective noggins around that one shall we?. So yeah, I’d have rather had Aardsma this year and his 2.52 ERA, OBA of .190 and more than a strikeout per inning. Maybe Seattle actually has a pitching coach with a clue. Oh yeah, and Aardsma cost the Seattle ownership a whopping $419K. Freaking Sherm makes more than that peddling allen wrenches! The Cubs big 3 were paid over 6 Million. Doc Raker’s famous brother doesn’t even make that.

RESEARCH Doc Raker. Just because Aardsma sucked as a Cub, doesn’t mean I was wrong. You could make the same argument about Joe Carter, Dontrelle Willis, Rafael Palmiero, Dennis Eckersley, etc. FURTHERMORE, Brownlie is back at AAA in the Braves system, where he went 5-2 this season. So I could still be right about him!

To think about it, those three turds in the bullpen were probably worse on the field for the Cubs than Bradley, for all my hatred of him, and they are more culpable for the Cubs’ craptastic year. I hope that Ricketts reads this blog and fires Hendry for being a hideous slob with severely waning knowlege of baseball talent.

By: Doc Raker

Doc Raker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:08:40 +0000

I rmemebr the Brownlie conversation. I believe Capn obvious said similar things, or was that Aardsma that the Capn was so wild about, maybe both.

I think many players took the juice, so anyone who exhibits certain injuries and or poor healing raises my red flag.

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:19:58 +0000

I like RJ, but I have good reason to believe he juiced and now that his injury took so long to heal I say stay away.

I smell conspiracy theory in the air today. Or are we all just so jaded that we assume everyone in MLB is juicing?

I used to think that Prior was a huge waste of $10 million. Milton Bradley has changed my perspective on that somewhat.

BIG difference between the two: Bradley actually played, which means he automatically contributed loads more than Prior. Bradley will play again. Prior is done.

I’m curious to see what happens in the outfield this year. I, along with many Cubs fan, tend to like those scrappy players with big heart–like Fuld or Johnson. If they can get the job done–then let’s hang on to them!

And am I the only one that no longer sees the formatting buttons for the comments. My apologies if my tags don’t work on VFTB.

By: Mastrick

Mastrick — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:11:11 +0000

I’d rather eat prunes, turnip greens and beets than see Corey Patterson in a Cubs uniform again. No Mr. Windmill Swing!

By: CubbieDude

CubbieDude — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:23:21 +0000

Joe, Great minds think alike. I absolutely agree with you about Fukudome, Fuld and Johnson.

By: MJ

MJ — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:02:43 +0000

Pods is a terrible CF, and not much better in LF. If you thought Pierre had a noodle arm….YIKES.

By: cap'n obvious

cap'n obvious — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:51:17 +0000

seeing Bobby Brownlie’s name reminds me of a conversation I had with Doc Raker many years ago where after having seeing him pitch live in a college game at Notre Dame, I basically guaranteed him that Brownlie would be as good as Prior one day. I guess I was right. They both suck now. At least Brownlie is still throwing baseball, while Prior is still throwing towels. I used to think that Prior was a huge waste of $10 million. Milton Bradley has changed my perspective on that somewhat.

Smitty’s guy Podsednik might not be a bad, cost-effective solution to the CF issue. A left/right platoon with Reed J. has the potential to be at least average.