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Baseball America’s Top 10 Cubs Prospects
Baseball America has released their Cubs top 10 prospects and Jim Callis will have a chat about it at 1 pm if you’re interested. The Top 10 are:
1. Starlin Castro, ss
2. Brett Jackson, of
3. Josh Vitters, 3b
4. Andrew Cashner, rhp
5. Jay Jackson, rhp
6. Hak-Ju Lee, ss
7. Logan Watkins, 2b
8. Chris Carpenter, rhp
9. Ryan Flaherty, ss/2b/3b
10. D.J. LeMahieu, ss...
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November 16, 2009
Discuss
A Strange Obsesssion
You’ve all seen the recent pictures of Sammy Sosa and have undoubtedly read something about some skin cream that he’s been using. I thought Sosa looked ill when I first saw the images and was just glad to hear that was not the issue. I couldn’t care less what Sammy Sosa puts on his skin, but I’m not like a lot of people. If you search Chicago Cubs on google...
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November 16, 2009
What the hell happened with Geovany Soto? A crude estimation of his luck-neutral production
We were discussing Soto’s ******, ****** 2009 luck in the last thread. In a previous post, MB pointed out that Soto’s batting average on balls in play (BABIP) and its expected value (xBABIP), based on his hit-type distributions were a whopping 63 points apart in 2009. What could we have seen if he weren’t so epically unlucky?
First, a few comments on where I’...
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November 15, 2009
At What Price Granderson?
Over the last week or so, one thing has become abundantly clear, namely that Paul Sullivan is a ******* petty, vindictive little ******* Jim Hendry really, really covets Curtis Granderson, and Sullivan is so busy taking banal cheap shots at Mark Prior that he’s getting scooped on the Granderson story by Phil Rogers. Getting scooped by Phil Rogers is like getting beat in a footrace...
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November 14, 2009
71st Annual ACB Free Agent Contest
Predict where the following free agents sign. The winner will get to spend 3 romantic nights and 2 beautiful days with our very own Ryno/Jame Gumb/Stuart Turkeylink.
1. Matt Holliday
2. John Lackey
3. Jason Bay
4. Chone Figgins
5. Andy Pettitte
6. Rich Harden
7. Mike Cameron
8. Andy Pettitte
9. Johnny Damon
10. Randy Wolf
11. Adrian Beltre
12. God
13. Marlon Byrd
14. Vladimir...
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November 13, 2009
Paul Sullivan Has A Problem, Pt. 1,491,634.56
Here at ACB, we’ve spent some time cataloging the journalistic foibles of one Paul Sullivan. Most notably, there was this baldfaced admission of his inability to do his job:
“That’s the whole thing of our jobs. We’re human and people that treat us nicer probably get better coverage. The people, you know, that are rude to us.. I don’t want to say Milton was rude...
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November 13, 2009
Bill James 2010 Yankees Pitchers Projections
I already did the Yankees hitters and without the time spent formatting, here are the BIS projections (James doesn’t believe in projecting pitchers) for the Yankees in 2010. I’ve assumed they re-sign Pettitte and I have Hughes as a starter. He was projected to start 12 games and appear in 61 overall for a total of 121 innings pitched (3.35 FIP). Since we know starting...
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November 12, 2009
Paul Sullivan Has A Problem, Pt. 1,304,562
From the Frumpy Hobbit’s Twitter feed:
Buster Olney reports Mark Prior is throwing on flat ground, plans to work out for scouts. BYOT: Bring your own towel. RT @Buster_ESPN
Given the state of Prior’s shoulder when doctors finally operated on it, it’s quite likely that Mark Prior, whether he was throwing a baseball or a towel, spent much of his career in Chicago...
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November 12, 2009
WTF happened to my piece on WTF happened to Carlos Marmol in 2009?
Well, I got busy. And then it took me a while to put this p.o.s. together. The good news is I’ve got the pitch F/X database now, and it should be easier for me to do analysis going forward. Anyways, it’s done now. I hope you enjoy it.
The Chicago Cubs are relying on Carlos Marmol to be their closer in 2009. Is this a good idea?
Well, Marmol is incredibly tough to hit...
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November 12, 2009
Bill James 2010 Yankees Hitters Projections
Check this out. This is crazy. I've assumed the Yankees re-sign Damon and Matsui. I've used fangraphs to get the wOBA projections.
Hitter
Pos
PA
wOBA
FA $
WAR
Posada
CA
480
.365
$18.9
3.8
Teixeira
1B
680
.406
$26.6
5.4
Cano
2B
660
.359
$19.6
4.0
...
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November 11, 2009
Cubs about to sign John Grabow?
Rosenthal says they’re getting close to an agreement on a multi-year deal.
Cubs nearing deal with LHP Grabow — 1:00 a.m.
The Cubs are making progress on a deal with left-handed reliever John Grabow, one source said tonight.
The deal could be for two years, the source said.
Grabow, a free agent, came to the Cubs in a midseason trade with the Pirates.
I don’t mind...
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November 11, 2009
MO Turns 234 Years Old.
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
~Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States, 1945
Happy birthday, brothers.
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November 10, 2009
Marlon Byrd or Mike Cameron for CF?
Ken Rosenthal adds a bit more about the Cubs:
Byrd likely to be targeted by Cubs — 6:10 p.m.
Once the Cubs trade Milton Bradley, their plan is to find a center fielder and move Kosuke Fukudome back to right field.
Free agent Marlon Byrd is certain to draw their interest.
Rudy Jaramillo, the Cubs’ new hitting coach, is a huge fan of Byrd’s from their three seasons...
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November 10, 2009
Cubs Being Stupid Update
Bradley’s big contract a barrier—9:58 a.m.
The Rays remain interested in Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley, but his contract might be too big an impediment to a trade.
Bradley, 30, not only is guaranteed $21 million over the next two seasons, but also can earn an additional $1 million each year by making 575 plate appearances.
Granted, Bradley has reached that total only...
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November 10, 2009
Could the Cubs really be this stupid?
Ken Rosenthal says it’s still a longshot, but the Cubs are discussing a potential 3-team trade that would send Milton Bradley to the Blue Jays, Lyle Overbay to the Mets and Luis Castillo to the Cubs. This has to be a ******* joke. Luis Castillo isn’t even as good as a platoon of Fontenot and Baker. I’m not even going to get into how unfair a trade it is to send...
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November 09, 2009
The GM Meetings Begin Today
I had thought of something to write about these meetings and then realized I didn’t really care. Nothing will happen that wouldn’t have happened without the meetings. We’ll hear a few rumors over the next few days and read about how the GM Meetings lay the groundwork for trades that take place weeks later or don’t even take place at all. I’m pretty...
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November 09, 2009
Tom Ricketts is Delusional
I missed this article on ESPN. I also didn’t read much about Ricketts said other than what was posted here by MO and others. I just don’t care. I happened to open this link and couldn’t help but notice how nuts Ricketts is.
“The Ricketts family is going to own this team for generations and so there’s no reason for us to jump in with something that...
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November 07, 2009
Aaaaand Here We Go…
The cap to one helluva busy day, MLB transaction-wise is, at least for Cub fans, the kickoff of the Cubs offseason, as Reed Johnson and Rich Harden filed for free agency:
The Cubs’ Reed Johnson and Rich Harden didn’t waste any time.
Johnson and Harden were among the 79 Major League players who filed for free agency on Thursday, the first day they were eligible to do...
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November 06, 2009
Derrick Goold Expect Cubs To Offer God A Contract
Derrick Goold expects the Cubs will offer Mark DeRosa a free agent contract.
DeRosa, coming off wrist surgery, figures to field an offer from the Chicago Cubs, at the least. He and Chone Figgins are two of the best utility players in the game, and both are free agents.
This isn’t exactly predicting something wild. After all, it would be the single most shocking event...
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November 06, 2009
Why You Can’t Believe The Talking Heads
We’ve all heard a million times about how Alex Rodriguez was no good during the playoffs. Intelligent people just assumed it was a sample size issue while the ignorant paraded around as if they knew something about A-Rod’s personality that others did not. Well, A-Rod has now won a World Series. In all honesty I had never checked out A-Rod’s postseason stats because...
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November 05, 2009
Lilly’s Surgery
Ted Lilly underwent successful surgery on his left shoulder yesterday. He won’t begin throwing until early March, which means he won’t be ready to go when the season begins. The Cubs are hopeful he’ll be ready to pitch sometime in April, but considering it was surgery on the shoulder I think that’s wishful thinking. Setbacks are common after surgery and Lilly isnâ€...
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November 05, 2009
Difference between 2008 and 2009 Phillies?
RAUL IBANEZ
He’s obviously not why the Phillies lost, but you know damn well that we’d hear all about Raul Ibanez and a world championship all winter if the Phillies won it. So I’m going to play their game and blame Ibanez for the Phillies not winning it this year. Unfortunately we’ll have to deal with dumbasses telling us all about why the Cubs ******...
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November 04, 2009
A walk down memory lane (World Series game 6 thread)
This is an old-school matchup: Pedro v Pettite. These two have never faced each other in the postseason, though their respective teams at the times (Yankees, Red Sox) faced each other in the ALCS in 99 and 2003 in some of the most dramatic postseason series in history. Let’s take a look at their numbers from those years
1999:
1999 was Pedro’s best season, and (probably...
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November 04, 2009
WV23 Needs Your Help
See what I did there?
Anyway, WV23, who does yeoman’s work much higher up the Cubs Blog Food Chain, needs some help, because he’s taken on a Herculean task: cataloging all the hand-wringing Milton Bradley rumor mongering by Sullivan, Rogers et. al.
This should be an easy thing for us to do, seeing as it will be eminently entertaining to see the sweat drenched desperation...
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November 04, 2009
2010 Bill James Projections
The 2010 projections are starting to come out so we can begin to get a better idea of how this team may do and what they need to this offseason to be a contender. Below are James’ projections for the hitters.
Hitter
AB
H
2B
3B
HR
BB
SO
Avg
OBP
Slg
Lee,Derrek
595
173
40
2
30
79
127
.291...
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November 03, 2009
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