Yeah, I knew there’d been a rumor to that effect, but I’d hoped it wouldn’t come true. Guess we dodged a bullet, huh?
I don’t know much about Guzman. Wonder if this’ll be a good thing, a bad thing or just a thing?
Yanks appear to be close to grabbing Lance Berkman as mainly a DH, I’m not sure it makes sense. $5.5 million or so left this year and has a $2m buyout for next year.
He doesn’t hit lefties anymore and overall is not hitting all that well. Seems like an odd move.
Probably just a thing. Guzman isn’t particularly horrible, and can be a decent enough 8th hitter. He hits in bunches, defense is adequate.
Yeah, it’d be a bit odd. It may just be the Yankees flexing their “I see you want this - so I’ll go ahead and keep it away from you” muscles. The White Sox would probably be improved with him, so it’s playoff insurance.
Jose Bautista just hit a grand slam. That’s homer #31 this year.
Everyone who thought Jose Bautista would be leading the major leagues in homers going into August, raise your hand. Nope, no hands raised out there.
You could ask me tomorrow who I think will be leading in HRs going into August, and I wouldn’t come up with Jose Bautista.
Joey Votto could theoretically go deep 6 times in the next game and half…
But yeah-you know those crazy long odds that someone fills out a NCAA tournament bracket exactly right? Those are the exact same odds that someone predicted Bautista would have at least 31 dingers on 8/1.
In other news, could someone please get Jason Heyward a copy of Ted Williams’ The Science of Hitting, because he seriously needs to learn an uppercut.
LD% GB% FB%
Pujols 19 41 40
Heyward 16 54 30
Ichiro 21 56 24
Hitting grounders more than half the time is cute if you’re 5’11" and steal 30+ bases a year; not so much when you’re 6’4", 220.
Looks like he’s cost the Braves about 5 dingers and who knows how many doubles because he swings downward.
I hate the Braves. That game last night was ours for the taking!
Grrr!
Hi, Munch.
Your Royals traded a good outfielder to the vile, pustulous LA Dodgers.
Why? Why would they do that?
Just to fuck with your guys, who are (deleted slanderous characterizations and innuendos). 
Can someone explain to me why the Dodgers might want Theriot over DeWitt? I understand why they are looking to take on Lilly as a pitcher, but Theriot has a negative WAR, he will actively make the team worse just by being there. Is that the penalty the Dodgers are going to have to pay to get a mediocre 5th starter, take on one of the players the Cubs want gone as well as lose a better 2nd baseman? We aren’t actually looking forward to playing him right? Gah!
I know, it’s just a rumor, I’m sure nothing will come of it.
I did like Pod in last night’s giants game though. He isn’t a huge improvement to the team, but he is an improvement, particularly if we do end up sending Manny to the White Sox.
I’m not a usually a video poster, but check out the Rockies demoralizing the Cubs with 11 straight hits.
It says something when a 385 foot dinger is one of the 3 or 4 softest hit balls of a rally. And the vid is priceless-by the end the Cubs are in full little league WTF mode and Lou Piniella is looking on like the cigar store indian that he is.
And it’s not a rumor anymore. We lost two prospects too. :smack:
Maybe we can deal Manny to somebody for a few bats.
I could get behind that. We need a working offense in the worst way.
Oh. I wasn’t talking hitters. I was talking bats. You know, pieces of wood. Those at least are in the game every day and are useful.
I could get behind that too. They couldn’t possibly be worse in LF.
cigar store indian…
:D:D
Well, the Padres just got Ryan Ludwick, whose offense (.281/.343/.484) will actually be some help. The Padres’ outfield has OPSed about .700 this year, so Ludwick’s .827 (which is right around his career average) should be a real boost.
If the Cubs had any spirit left, the Rockies have crushed it into the dirt with their cleats. Ater tying the game with a three run homer in the eighth, the game went to the bottom of the ninth tied 5-5. Carlos Gonzales, who had a single double, and triple plus an RBI sac fly already took the first pitch of the ninth into the upper deck to complete the cycle and give the Rockies a walk-off win.
Go Padres! Glad to see at least my alternate team is doing well and making good trades. Just bought tickets for a game against Colorado in September. It will either be a crucial match-up, or totally meaningless.