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The Red Sox had a top prospect put up a line of .182/.308/.544 in his first 60 at bats of the 2007 season.
The Cubs have had a top prospect put up a line of .217/.284/.567 in his first 60 at bats of the 2008 season.
The Red Sox prospect put up a career .308/.453/.845 line in 1040 minor league at bats.
The Cubs prospect put up a .300/.358/.826 line in over 2000 minor league at bats.
The Red Sox prospect is 23.
The Cubs prospect is 22.
The Red Sox are a large market team expected to contend every year, thus increasing the pressure to not wait around for young players.
The Cubs are a large market team expected to contend each year, thus increasing the pressure to not wait around for young players .
The Red Sox have a solid lineup that was at or near the top of every offensive category in 2007 even though the prospect put up a horrible line in his first 60 ABs.
The Cubs have a solid lineup that is at or near the top of every offensive category in 2008 even though the prospect put up a horrible line in his first 60 ABs.
The Red Sox chose to continue to give the young player at bats, live with his struggles and stupid media critiques, and allow him to learn on the field, as he had mastered every level he had ever played in after an adjustment period.
The Cubs have chosen to jerk the prospect around, giving him sporadic at bats (expecting him to prove something in the 4 at bats he gets per week) and virtually relegating him to pinch runner/defensive replacement.
The Red Sox prospect (Dustin Pedroia) took his lumps, learned on the job, bounced back and won the Rookie of the Year award in 2008.
The Red Sox went on to win the World Series.
The Cubs seem intent on getting to that all-important triple digit number between World Series wins.
The conclusion here is clear: while media dopes and others love to harp on curses and billy goats and Bartmans, the Cubs are only cursed with one thing: terminal stupidity.
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I haven't read the article that you link to, but I was under the impression that at the very least the Cubs couldn't send Pie down because Soriano is such a horrible outfielder (yes, yes, TJ would probably point out that he lead the NL in put-outs last year--at least, I think he did, but I'm not the one with the blog). Don't they need Pie, again at the very least, as a defensive replacement?
ReplyDeleteThe article suggests some journeyman 30 year old AAA player who has had a nice two weeks. A real step up, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteThe new rumor is the Cubs will sign recent free agent Jim Edmonds off the waiver wire to provide another veteran left handed bat in the lineup. Edmonds was recently cut from the Padres for reasons including: he couldn't hit (Robust .170 average), and he could no longer judge fly balls (Finally, playing so far in has finally come back to bite him in the ass - pun intended).
ReplyDeleteFor the Cubs, apparently the skills of hitting and defense are not important as long as you are a left-handed veteran. I thought Dusty was coaching the Reds this season?
There goes my post today. Thanks Brent.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking your mom isn't reading the comments section of the blog, so you've still got half your readers that are in the dark about Jim Edmonds. Post it anyway.
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