Comments on: News: Fukudome signs with Cubs

By: VCarver

VCarver — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:12:18 +0000

Ben Johnson? Do we still have him? Also I don’t believe Newhan is still with the team either. If both can be brought back (or similar type players) to wait down in AAA, then that would be good.

But that isn’t ideal. It’s not good putting 2 key players (El Duque and Alou) on your team who you know before the season starts won’t be able to play a full season. Both make a Santana trade dicey as it would deplete depth behind those two old players.

By: zen

zen — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:04:19 +0000

“you have the oft injured Beltran (who, let’s remember is a .280 hitter with some pop, but not an allstar for anything other than his glove)”

what are you talking about? beltran led all major league cf in hr and rbi in 2007. he was also #1 in hr and #2 in rbi in 2006 for a cf. some pop? he plays more than 90% of center-fielders. its a tough position to cover.

batting avg is over-rated. that’s a 1984 stat.

By: recoton1

recoton1 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:49:58 +0000

If he was a supplemental bat like Rowand was to Utley/Rollins/Howard, and not our 2nd biggest offensive threat.. i think it makes a world of difference. If he a very good CF? Yes.. is he a HOF’er or one of the 10 best players in the NL.. no.

By: Hit The Weights Zeile

Hit The Weights Zeile — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:40:36 +0000

re: eaton sucking, he owns us. 6.28 era and all the guy owns us.

By: Hit The Weights Zeile

Hit The Weights Zeile — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:37:11 +0000

272 30 102 avg for a corner OFer isnt really that great but for a CFer it is. and when that centerfield is playing gold glove defense it definitely is. aaron rowand had a career year and he basically matched beltran who does that on average, andrew jones got 18 mill after hitting less than 30 hrs and batting 220 something. if beltran was a LFer id say you may be right but the thing is when you put those numbers in CF aside from sizemore, who really compares to beltran?

By: Hit The Weights Zeile

Hit The Weights Zeile — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:20:39 +0000

youre right, about us not being able to get out of our own way. its just that the way i see it is the phillies are more built for the regular season than we are RIGHT NOW. they have a juggernaut offense in a band box stadium. and they have an ace along with a very good #2. as for us we dont have an ace and our offense is very soft and plays in a canyon by todays standards. pitching ultimately does win and we are DEEPER but they still have the best pitcher in the division and they at least do have the ability to score 6 runs everytime their back end pitch. we really dont have that kind of fire power no matter who we face. (im aware of the irony that when we did have that fire power we were still losing and they were actually pitching well in close games down the stretch).

By: firemetmanagement

firemetmanagement — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:20:03 +0000

Nothing nonsensical about my posts. I speak the truth- the angry truth.

By: firemetmanagement

firemetmanagement — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:19:06 +0000

Pass on Marquis. We have enough #4 type starters with bad K/9.

By: recoton1

recoton1 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:13:08 +0000

Here’s Beltran:

In 2005, he batted .266
In 2006, he batted .275
In 2007, he batted .276

These are not impressive numbers.

In 2005, he hit 16HRs.
In 2006, he had good power numbers 41HR, but let’s not forget how NLCS game 7 ended.
In 2007, he hit 33 HRs

These are above average numbers, but hardly fearsome.

So his 3 year average is .272/30/102

Is that really an all-star bat?

And do you really think Beltran is not made of Elmer’s glue and popsicle sticks? He seems to get hamstring injuries from plastic bags blowing into him in the outfield.

By: therealsince86

therealsince86 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:09:33 +0000

Any more on that Chavez rumor? I would take Marquis and Murton for Chavez and Gotay?????