Comments on: 2009 MLB Projections: NL Central

By: captain_spalding

captain_spalding — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:50:11 +0000

Anyone thinking the Brewers without Sheets, CC and a bullpen will be in contention must be smoking crack with their cheese.

By: The General Will Choke You

The General Will Choke You — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:05:51 +0000

I have given up on Cappy not too many pitchers come back after 2 tommy john surgeries, Bush may surprise but still he is a 3 at best, the inning jumps that Parra and Gallardo would have to make scares me a bit and Suppan is worthless as always.

agree about the bullpen, but I hopefully defelice can surprise some people and mclung is a solid spot starter/bullpen option. Still seems like they need way to many things to go right to contend.

By: Badger

Badger — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:25:24 +0000

echo what the General said, but…

Bush finished pretty well in September and October, and couple that with the potential from Manny Parra (1 full season under his belt, stretch of 8 or 9 straight wins) and if Capuano comes back in May we could have 4 quality starters. Obviously no horses, but still…The only question I have is with the bullpen and the recent obsession with former great closers.

By: molemaninthemorning

molemaninthemorning — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:59:45 +0000

How confident are you with this?

Fairly, I’d put twenty bucks on it with you.

By: Tampa Bo

Tampa Bo — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:40:00 +0000

Outside shot that Bill Hall’s lasik surgery actually helps, or he could just get back on the juice again

Or use a pink bat

By: The General Will Choke You

The General Will Choke You — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:36:29 +0000

Cubs are going to miss Derosa big time, they undervalued him. As said before Dempster will regress to the mean, not sold on Marshall, only one crappy lefty neil cotts in the pen, still a right handed dominated lineup, harden and bradley won’t give them a full year. Still think they will win the division but the brewers or cards may get a couple surprises in some youngerr guys and challenge them if the cubs get a couple of bad breaks.

Weeks, has changed his hitting approach this year and Randolph has already made him much better in the field, he may finally realize his potential this year and if Hart stops chasing every ball low and away he might take another step forward or at least return to his 1st half of last year form. Outside shot that Bill Hall’s lasik surgery actually helps, or he could just get back on the juice again, but if 2 out of 3 of those guys improve from last year the lineup might carry a crappy staff into contention.

By: ms621

ms621 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:32:39 +0000

only because they’re going to be dumping players by June when it becomes evident there’s no hope

Possibly, but the players we’ll be unloading won’t exactly be high caliber. Lee, Berkman, and Oswalt all have full no trade clauses and Berkman and Oswalt have expressed on numerous occasions that they have no desire to play anywhere but Houston. Lee has a huge ranch outside of the city which he visits everyday he’s not out on the road and from what I understand, this has made him rather fond of the city and the club. This is not to say he wouldn’t demand a trade, but he can’t have one forced upon him either for the reason mentioned above.

Who does that leave? Tejada who has a $16 million salary and won’t be touched by any team in the league right now. Hunter Pence is just about our only building block for the future and I can only see him being involved in a deal to land more pitching (like Peavy) and that’s only if we’re in the race come July (very doubtful).

So who, TBL, are we going to be ‘unloading’? Is there that much of a market for Geoff Blum or Kaz Matsui? Ivan Rodriguez is in a similar situation to Tejada, not many clubs want a piece of him. I don’t think any of the remaining players on the team are of high enough quality for our trading them away to be considered ‘unloading’. Besides, it’s not like we have a ton of prospects we could bring up for seasoning to take the place of the departed players. Chris Johnson, Bud Norris, Felipe Paulino and that’s about it. Brian Bogusevic isn’t really a prospect any more and at any rate he’s not ready for the Majors.

By: Diesel

Diesel — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:19:08 +0000

Anyone arguing that the Cubs will not win this division based on the rosters is an idiot. Now once they start playing for real, I’m always guarded.

By: mrejr8234

mrejr8234 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:17:46 +0000

best. post. evar.

/hostage situation in new york 15 dead. not cool

By: NickP

NickP — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:14:33 +0000

Pirates are NOT finishing last this season, guaranteed.

How confident are you with this?