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Rest for the Future Weary
By way of Gordon Wittenmyer in the Sun-Times, Lou Piniella talks about the importance of finding days off for Soriano, Ramirez, Lee, et al.
Hmmm, sounds like what you could use, Lou, is a “super sub.”
Meanwhile the 26th Cub, Brian Roberts,
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Enemy Off-Season Update: The Brewers
Milwaukee's signing of outfielder Mike Cameron, made official on Monday, was just the latest maneuver in what has been a busy off-season for GM Doug Melvin.
The Brewers bid adieu (lot of French people up there in Milwaukee) to the following key players from the '07 club:
- Relievers Francisco Cordero and Scott Linebrink, who left for big free-agent money in Cincinnati and on Chicago's South Side, respectively. (Melvin made Cordero a competitive offer but has acknowledged he may have bungled the negotiations.)
- Longtime Brewer Geoff Jenkins, whose $9MM club option was declined. Jenkins signed with the Phillies.
- Catcher Johnny Estrada, who was made to learn that screaming at your boss while on television isn't a good career move. Estrada was traded to the Mets, who wound up non-tendering him.
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Looking In On Corey Patterson
Former Cub Corey Patterson has come a long way, and not in the direction any player wants to see his career go.
Since the Cubs traded Patterson to Baltimore in January, 2006, he's had seasons of .276 and .269, with OPS+ numbers of 94 and 80, OBPs of .314 and .304, and a combined 159 strikeouts and 42 walks.
On Friday, Baseball Prospectus (subscription) pointed out that as recently as 2000, Baseball America had this to say about Eric
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Behind Enemy Lines
With a quarter of the season in the books, it's time that our foes in the NL Central got the once over.
| Pos | Team | W-L | PCT | GB | RS | RA | Pythg | Home | Away | 1-run | Extra | ||
| 1 | Cardinals | 27-16 | .628 | -- | 228 | 187 | 26-17 | 12-9 | 15-7 | 9-7 | 1-0 | ||
| 2 | Brewers | 20-23 | .465 | 7.0 | 188 | 173 | 23-20 | 11-9 | 9-14 | 7-5 | 1-2 | ||
| 3= | Cubs | 19-22 | .463 | 7.0 | 179 | 178 | 21-20 | 10-10 | 9-12 | 8-9 | 2-2 | ||
| 3= | Pirates | 19-22 | .463 | 7.0 | 161 | 178 | 18-23 | 7-13 | 12-9 | 3-8 | 1-1 | ||
| 5= | Astros | 15-28 | .349 | 12.0 | 159 | 198 | 17-26 | 13-9 | 2-19 | 4-10 | 0-3 | ||
| 5= | Reds | 15-28 | .349 | 12.0 | 190 | 253 | 16-27 | 10-12 | 5-16 | 7-9 | 0-1 |
Recent comments
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
Sure, they made generally short term trades for established players to enhance what they already had or traded for players early enough in their careers that they were essentially Cardinals from the start. What they never did was to try to use the more established players as foundational cornerstones.
Essentially we’re saying the same thing. They have given up on player development to the point that even their prospects that make it to the bigs flop so that they have to do things like buy most of their rotation and hope for the best.
Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
I don’t buy that. They had been doing that for years.
They did it with Matt Holliday. They did it with John Lackey. They did it with Mark Mulder. They did it with Jason Heyward, who had a great year for them. I’m sure there’s more but those come to mind immediately.
I attribute it more to a breakdown in what they’re doing in terms of development than a culture thing.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
They won those trades and sacrificed their culture. That’s exactly their problem.
Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
The other part that’s kind of crazy is they made two very high profile trades, one for Goldschmidt and one for Arenado, and they very clearly won those trades. They just haven’t been able to develop players the last handful of years the way they usually do.
I guess the moral there is it’s hard to stay on top of your game and be good at what you do in perpetuity.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
Marmol was extended at the beginning of the year. Two years I believe.
crunch (view)
Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN
Craig Counsell doesn’t have a timetable for Cody Bellinger who technically has two cracked ribs on his right side. CT scan showed it today.
Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
Thought it might have been David Peralta given the open 40 man spot and how PCA has played so far.
Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
I hope they keep Mozeliak a few more years. Marmol too!
crunch (view)
wow, counsell coming with the early lineup. rarity.
canario/tauchman/happ RF/CF/LF
crunch (view)
PCA called up.