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Spring training ’09 review

It’s been a great spring for filling scarce roster spots, not so great for showcasing legitimate major-league prospects. This is going to be an excellent Cub team, the best I’ve seen, good to the last roster spot. All of the battles for positions and roster spots have broken the right way. Fontenot has replaced DeRosa [...]

Posted 20 March 2009 † Phil § coaching § prospect § Running ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Three problem areas

The Cubs have improved in some areas this winter but there are still three trouble spots. First, they haven’t created an opportunity for Micah Hoffpauir. Hoffpauir was a lefthanded power bat that the Cubs should have gotten into the lineup, even at the expense of Derrek Lee. Fontenot is an additional lefty bat, sure, and [...]

Posted 26 January 2009 † Phil § Hendry § Lefty-righty § lineup § Piniella § prospect ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Hendry’s thirteen

Jim Hendry was on a Chicago radio station last Friday where he was quoted saying that “of the 13 position players currently projected to start the season, 7 either hit left-handed or are switch hitters.” Those two numbers–13 and 7–are pretty good clues as to who will be on the Cubs on opening day and [...]

Posted 13 January 2009 † Phil § Hendry § pie § Piniella § prospect § Running § Runs-based stats ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Aaron Miles and Piniella’s rule #1

The easiest way to understand why Joey Gathright is on the Cubs and why the Ryan Theriot of 2007 was still the shortstop at the beginning of ’08–and to gain an insight into various other personnel issues that are mysteries to many fans–is to articulate the following as Lou Piniella’s first rule for getting oneself [...]

Posted 02 January 2009 † Phil § Hendry § lineup § Piniella ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Our new leadoff man?

I am intrigued by the Cubs’ acquiring Joey Gathright, since they might have just answered the question of who replaces Soriano in the leadoff hole. They signed Gathright for a mere 800K. The fact that Kansas City released him means little, except that he was not what KC felt they needed. Toronto released Reed Johnson [...]

Posted 16 December 2008 † Phil § lineup § pie § Running ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,