Cubs Predictions

Foval21 said:
there rotation is not good. garza is a #3 at best on a good team and he is the best pitcher they have. the bullpen is erradict which is a terrible thing to call the bullpen. castro is a second basemen stuck playing shortstop because they dont have one. barney should be coming off the bench. soto is average at best. soriano is a liability on both sides as he is a huge K victim and terrible defensively. byrd is solid as a guy you expect to compliment better players and he is the best offensive player.

i am not a cardinals fan. i am a braves fan, but more so a baseball fan. i played college baseball and tried out for multiple teams. i know the game and have coached it. they are weakly put together and epstein is just waiting to unload some of the weak talent that is eating money so that he can rebuild it like he did in boston. if someone can do it it is him. but it is yrs away.
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No **** sherlock. I'm not saying they are all all-stars, but not every team is loaded with all-stars. Castro is a good SS, he has range and a good arm, just needs to harness it, granted he's 21 years old and never played a game in AAA so he's still learning. There are a lot of players that are better than you give them credit for.

Now, I'm not saying they are all great. I dont' love the outfield or the corners of the infield and the bullpen is not consistent, but they have good players that aren't just great. Not everyone is as you should know. Now, Garza is better than a number 3, not saying he's an ace, but he had 10 wins last year which should have been 16. He's got good stuff.

I'm just arguing that you can't say they are all AAA players. I'm sure every team would take Soto's rookie season and his 2009 season. The cubs have some good players.
 
Soto is not average at best. And Castro is 22. Judging him as a short stop, one of the toughest defensive positions in baseball, at this point is really dumb.

There's also really no point in judging the bullpen either. Most relievers fluctuate from year to year for the most part so making any kind of judgment about them is kind if irrelevant.
 
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Seriously, look at a list of the top defensive shortstops ever and then see how many errors most put up when they were Starlin's age. It's pretty comparable.
 
If they win 80 it will be a miracle. There are better AAA teams out there. If it weren't for Houston they would be in the running for the worst tranny is baseball.
 
i said they are bench players and triple a players. and i stick by it. soto had 2009 and a rookie yr...that is 3 yrs ago. garza is a #3 on a contendor and #2 on average and below. talent is worth as much as the paper i wipe my *** with. it is about production. they dont have players that continually produce. castro...come back when he has done it for 3+ yrs and has people that can drive him in. he has an above average arm for ss, decent range for a ss, and not very good hands. like i said before his spot is 2B on a good team.

if you look at the 8 regular positions you said you dont like the OF (that is 3 positions) and the corner infield (2 positions) that is 5 out of 8 that are bad that is called a losing team. i havent even included barney who is a role player that would do best filling in at the IF positions and giving a spark off the bench as a runner or pinch hitter. that would be 6 out of 8.

this is without comparing them to their division which actually got worse yet 3 teams are miles better and 1 is about equal with them. that puts them at 4th or 5th.

cubs continually have a good triple a team and continually have a terrible mlb team.
 
Hawkfromnorwalk said:
A note for any fans who were expecting to watch the game tomorrow. If you have DirecTV you are **** out of luck. WGN and DirecTV are having a ******* match so WGN has been pulled since last Sunday. The last few years a group of us would always go to Sullys in West Des Moines for the opener but this year we will have to go to a friends house who has Dish Network.
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Sounds like the two struck a deal.
 
Ok, Castro sucks because his teammates do that makes sense. I'd love to see this dude define actual baseball production. I'm going to assume he can't. If the dude can't capitalize a single sentence I'm sure he has no statistical literacy whatsoever.

Also, Soto is two years removed from possibly being the best offensive catcher in the National League.

Last year he struggled however he was still in the top 10 in OPS of catchers who have more than 200 AB's. He's not average...at all.
 
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Directv has a free trial of MLB Extra Innings. Does anyone know if the Cubs game will be blacked out in Des Moines? Obviously we can't get it on WGN unless they strike a deal tonight, so I was hoping to catch it on Extra Innings
 
Foval21 said:
there rotation is not good. garza is a #3 at best on a good team and he is the best pitcher they have. the bullpen is erradict which is a terrible thing to call the bullpen. castro is a second basemen stuck playing shortstop because they dont have one. barney should be coming off the bench. soto is average at best. soriano is a liability on both sides as he is a huge K victim and terrible defensively. byrd is solid as a guy you expect to compliment better players and he is the best offensive player.

i am not a cardinals fan. i am a braves fan, but more so a baseball fan. i played college baseball and tried out for multiple teams. i know the game and have coached it. they are weakly put together and epstein is just waiting to unload some of the weak talent that is eating money so that he can rebuild it like he did in boston. if someone can do it it is him. but it is yrs away.
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The rotation isn't bad, and it has improved from last year. Garza would be the Braves #2 pitcher right now behind Hanson. And looking at NL rotations, there are few teams he would be #3. SF, Stl, Philly, Milwaukee. But the Braves best pitcher would be a #3 in all of those spots as well. There are probably a few other teams, but I didnt want to look up rotations and list them. The fact is he is probably a #2 pitcher talent wise, and his numbers would support that. I would agree that the bullpen is a problem, and it doesnt help that two of their most reliable RP are no longer in their pen. (Marshall gone, Smarj in the rotation). The bullpen is young and will be a problem, but Hoyer has a history of creating standout bullpens. The one thing I disagree with is the opinion about Castro at 2B. I dont know what about his game leads you to believe he should be a 2B. He has a plus arm, plus range, and his main problem in the field is youth and mental lapses. If anything I could see a move to 3B before a move to 2B. But you have to acknowledge the potential there, being 21 and having a 200 hit season and making the all star game as a SS. Barney has earned his starting spot as he has consistently hit well for average and played good in the field. Would he play 2B for other team? He would for some. As for Soriano and Soto I agree.
 
bcl20 said:
Ok, Castro sucks because his teammates do that makes sense. I'd love to see this dude define actual baseball production. I'm going to assume he can't. If the dude can't capitalize a single sentence I'm sure he has no statistical literacy whatsoever.Also, Soto is two years removed from possibly being the best offensive catcher in the National League. Last year he struggled however he was still in the top 10 in OPS of catchers who have more than 200 AB's. He's not average...at all.
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when did i say castro sucks? i said he needs to do it more than 1 yr. same as jason heyward with the braves. had a great yr but couldnt follow it up. not enough data to make a full assessment. but i feel castro would be better at 2B.

soto isnt even close to the same level as mccann who is the best catcher in baseball.

i dont capitalize because it is my phone and mine doesnt autocap. but you sound like the typical cub fan that thinks they are good when they clearly arent. 100 yrs of losing says more than 1 yr of 200 hits.
 
First year ever I am saying this is def not "the year"....so they'll probably shock the world and win the division.
 
Foval21 said:
when did i say castro sucks? i said he needs to do it more than 1 yr. same as jason heyward with the braves. had a great yr but couldnt follow it up. not enough data to make a full assessment. but i feel castro would be better at 2B.

soto isnt even close to the same level as mccann who is the best catcher in baseball.

i dont capitalize because it is my phone and mine doesnt autocap. but you sound like the typical cub fan that thinks they are good when they clearly arent. 100 yrs of losing says more than 1 yr of 200 hits.
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If I were trolling a Braves thread like you are trolling this Cubs thread I might say something like this.......
If I were a Braves fan I'd be embarrassed being part of the biggest choke job in the history of sports. It p!sses me off even more since it allowed a sh!tty Cardinal team into the playoffs, which led to a WS victory. Unbelievable and inexcusable choke job. I don't know if it is more embarrassing to choke like that, or say win 100 division titles in a row, and only 1 World Series....;)

Now please stop trolling like a typical d-bag ISU or Cardinal fan. :p
 
HawkForce said:
First year ever I am saying this is def not "the year"....so they'll probably shock the world and win the division.
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That's what I'm feeling. The one year the fan base has realistic expectations...and they'll go out and win the whole bleeping thing.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DnMCaHxZuf94&v=nMCaHxZuf94&gl=US
 
Foval21 said:
when did i say castro sucks? i said he needs to do it more than 1 yr. same as jason heyward with the braves. had a great yr but couldnt follow it up. not enough data to make a full assessment. but i feel castro would be better at 2B.

soto isnt even close to the same level as mccann who is the best catcher in baseball.

i dont capitalize because it is my phone and mine doesnt autocap. but you sound like the typical cub fan that thinks they are good when they clearly arent. 100 yrs of losing says more than 1 yr of 200 hits.
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Castro has actually had nearly two year i believe it is one year and he was called up the previous may a month into the season, so two years of hittting .300 is pretty solid evidence to me. And Mccann the best catcher in baseball? No way im a CUBS fan and I can agree with any Cardinals fan when saying Yadi is the best catcher in baseball.
 
This year isn't about the wins, it's about seeing the young players develop. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see them do well. 75 wins or do sounds about right.
 
Let me say this, I'm a Royals fan. What positions on the Cubs would you rate higher than the Royals? Castro, maybe Soto, maybe Byrd? There are some positions on the Royals I'd rate WAY higher, like Hosmer over LaHair and Gordon over Soriano.

Even Escobar is a pretty decent shortstop.

The Royals are a team I HOPE may hit .500 this year. Castro is great and has a great future, after that, what exactly do the Cubs have? This team is years away from anything resembling a playoff contender. Just my opinion of course.
 
This is damn near a complete rebuild. Theo has a lot of work to do to undo the crap Hendry did the last few years and it's not going to be a quick or easy process. I think most Cubs fans know this, and many are tempering their expectations accordingly. I think it will be at least 2014 before Theo has the ship turned around and heading in the right direction. Until then, I am just going to enjoy watching some of the younger guys develop and hoping to play spoiler here and there. 73-89 is my prediction.
 
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