TCR 2010 Cubs Prediction Contest

Time once again for TCR's prediction contest, 21 questions plus two tiebreakers. One person put in an entry when I posted the preliminary questions in the comments, you need to resubmit your answers.

If you can't see the form above, click on this link. The contest will close by first pitch on Monday assuming there isn't a rainout.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 12:04pm
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Submitted by Tito
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 12:27pm

Could just be me, but I had to post a comment in order to enter the contest. If my entry didn't show up, let me know.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 12:31pm

it's just you and no, it didn't go through. Try the link instead?

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 12:37pm

still sucks...

optioned by the O's today, stupid Cubs development system

Submitted by Tito
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 12:51pm

Guess it's just my browser, but the "submit" button on the form wasn't showing. So I used the link, thanks.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 1:03pm

Did you put 11-15 for Silva's starts?

the Google doc for some reason started converting that answer to a date after the first few entries, I just want to make sure I can fix it.

Submitted by Ryno
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 1:17pm

11-15? Let's hope not.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 1:22pm

I put 21-25. Gorz will be out of the rotation before Silva is my guess.

Submitted by Dr. aaron b
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 3:52pm

My worry to.

At least the Cubs showed a little satchel by cutting Millar over Tracy.

Unfortunately I doubt Jim Hendry wants to eat 2 years of Carlos Silva's deal. Too much egg on his face over the Bradley deal already.

Submitted by Tito
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 2:08pm

Yes, 11-15. I was being optimistic that it wasn't more.

Submitted by Sweet Lou
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 3:04pm

Tito -- Scroll down within the box.

Submitted by Tito
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 3:09pm

D'oh! Thanks, already submitted via the link.

Submitted by Rob Richardson
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 1:31pm

http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2010/03/...

Submitted by SheffieldCornelia
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 2:03pm

Does the question about Samrdzija's starts in the majors refers to his career as a Cub, or to this year? I guess this is a somewhat optimistic question...

Submitted by Ryno
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 2:19pm

Tough crowd.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 2:27pm

innings pitched is the question for samardzija and of course, just for 2010

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 2:27pm

http://www.sporcle.com/games/deej/pitching2000

got 98

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 2:43pm

http://www.sporcle.com/games/sjcredsox985/hom...

93/107

Submitted by Dr. aaron b
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 4:20pm

91

Submitted by kmokeefe
on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 8:16pm

11

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 3:54pm

15 minutes is a bit too long for me.

Submitted by Jumbo
on Fri, 04/02/2010 - 5:24am

82

Submitted by Charlie
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 3:31pm

No Colvin- or Starlin-related questions? HOW DARE YOU?!

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 3:42pm

I asked for suggestions twice...you have no one to blame but yourself.

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 3:44pm

damn liberal media.

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 3:55pm

I thought I had a good suggestion... only I can't remember what it was, so I am going to HOW DARE YOU?! too.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 4:10pm

think you had the first ejection question which I included....

Submitted by The E-Man
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 5:03pm

He really Fox-Newsed you there, ROB G.

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 5:22pm

CNN's take on the matter is as fol...BREAKING NEWS...ANNA NICHOLE SMITH IS DEAD. WE WILL NOW BRING YOU 72 HOURS OF NON-STOP COVERAGE.

sigh...lulz...

btw, M.Jackson's death (covered to death by ALL cable media outlets non-stop) killed the Iran/revolution US media coverage stories. we were "all" outraged by the killing of a woman who's name because a rallying cry and 100s of thousands marched the streets. then this dude who hasn't been very relevant in 15+ years got our ratings-based-media attention for almost an entire week.

lulz...

Submitted by Ryno
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 5:58pm

You can hardly blame cable news for that, though. Blame demand by us dumb Americans.

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 6:20pm

yeah, part of being a media critic is realizing why they do it. it's ratings driven and it has to be expected.

i expect more out of my news and luckily the internet (and raw news feeds) exist.

i can not only read an article, but i can cross-reference the "experts" giving information in articles etc etc etc...

wee...technology n stuffs.

Submitted by The Joe
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:43pm

I suggested Castro AB's. You never listen to me. I hate you. You're not my real dad.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:49pm

ah, I did miss that one. You're dead to me anyway after you traded Hanley.

Submitted by The Joe
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 9:54pm

I'm Pablo and Hanley-less. I'm pretty much valueless.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 4:12pm

grand slam off Jay jackson...

split-squad today vs Angels and Brewers. I can't muster the ability to care anymore about spring training.

Submitted by WISCGRAD
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 5:32pm

Vs. Angels: The Cubs have just one hit through 8 innings, a single by Nady. This is the A lineup with Theriot, Lee, Ramirez, Soriano, Byrd, Fontenot. Zambrano gave up 4 ER in 4 IP. Samardzija, Berg, and Caridad each gave up to runs, and Russell gave up his first of the spring.

Vs. Brewers: Castro, Colvin, and Tracy all 2-4 in the game. Vitters 1-4 with a double, Hoffpauir with a 2-run double.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 4:16pm

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100...

until he has an 0/4 day I'm sure...

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 4:18pm

meh....

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 5:58pm

You didn't like:

"I said if we carried Colvin, and he deserves to be here, no question, that we'd have to find playing time and we will."

Followed by:

"Spring Training has taught me in the years I've been doing this not to concern myself with too much of what you see here,"

?

If I am translating this right, Lou's idea is that in Spring training you can do well, but not do bad, unless you're a pitcher Sam Fuld or Micah Hoffpauir, then you can do bad.

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 6:24pm

i just think it's a whole lot of meh...

it's hard to argue against having the cactus league's hottest hitter up, but it's also hard to argue against him going to AAA to continue to see consistent pitching.

i'm not sure about this whole regulars-rest issue since the team won't even need much rest til the middle/end of april, anyway.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 6:40pm

It might be just me, but I cannot wait until spring training is over so we can stop speculating already.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 6:26pm

even crunch entered this year's contest, he never plays in our childish reindeer games.

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:11pm

hahah.

it wasn't me...cat ran across the keyboard.

Submitted by Sweet Lou
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 6:49pm

MLBTR had two posts over the past couple of days that I found interesting. The first was a list of how much each team spends on their starting rotation. I was surprised to learn that only the Yankees outspend the Cubs for starting pitching. The Blue Jays were last in all of baseball spending just over $4 million for their entire rotation.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/03/rotatio...

The other article included a list of free agent spending by team. For all of the hand wringing over the Cubs unwillingness to spend money this off season, they still committed to over $25 million, good for 13th out of 30 teams. The Marlins spent zero, which is outrageous to me. They receive a ton of revenue sharing money and are crying for a new stadium, but they can't spend a dime on free agency. It's a crock...

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/03/offseas...

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:02pm

They gave that big contract to Johnson and kept Uggla who everyone was sure was gone, though. I encourage teams like the Marlins. The less demand for FA's the less that Hendry has to pay Marlon Byrd.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:20pm

IIRC, the "league" is "encouraging the Marlins" to spend some bread. I read something about this recently.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:26pm

more the MLBPA, I assume the conversation went like this

"you spend less than you make in revenue sharing, if you don't fix it we'll strike"

"okay, extensions for everyone!"

Submitted by The E-Man
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:28pm

haha.

Was THAT it??

Submitted by Sweet Lou
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:43pm

The MLBPA has led the charge and the situation is so self-evident that MLB had to also "encourage" the Marlins to sign Johnson to an extension.

Scott Boras gets a lot of heat for the things he has said about teams pocketing their revenue sharing money, but he's right. His math might be fuzzy, but he's conceptually right.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:32pm

Chicago Cubs
Released: RHP Diego Encarnacion, RHP Robert Hernandez, RHP Jeff Kennard, RHP Kevin Kreier, RHP Josh Lansford, RHP Dionis Nunez, RHP Greg Reinhard, RHP Josh Whitlock, RHP Hank Williamson, 1B John Contreras, 2B Dwayne Kemp, 3B Jordan Petraitis, SS Robert Bautista, OF Kevin Soto, OF Sean Williams
Outrighted to Triple-A, removed from 40-man: RHP Mike Parisi
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Jeff Gray, RHP Marcos Mateo, LHP John Gaub, OF Jim Adduci

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects...

seems Parisi will have his spot in Triple A afterall

Reinhard was part of the Ryu trade to Tampa Bay, Williamson part of the Pie trade last year.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:41pm

former Cubs Juan Mateo released by the Angels, Mark Pawelek by the Reds, Jermaine Van Buren by the Marlins

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 9:18pm

and cpat opt'd out of his contract after SEA told him he wouldn't make the roster

Submitted by Charlie
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 8:46pm

What would be the reasoning behind releasing Lansford? He just converted to the mound recently, didn't he?

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 9:01pm

yeah, he he supposedly throws 90-94mph... *shrug*

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 9:10pm

I also thought that we saw him with the "early reporting" minor leaguers. I am sure AZ Phil will get the scoop if he hasn't posted it above.

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