What's this busta hitting? 245?

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No one cares about batting average anymore.

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OK..How does his .285 obp grab ya? The guy sucks

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He has struggled in the last week or two. He had very healthy numbers until then. He will recover.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

got that right..I thought he changed his swing..was more patient 3 walks and 18 K's IMU you are so full of shit your eyes are brown.....analyze that!

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

The guy is a career . 209 hitter with a .258 OBP

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He had very healthy numbers until then. He will recover.

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Seems like hitting that walk off fucked him up and got him away from what he was doing.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Ive never been a fan of the guy, his glove is average @ best and his bat is below average.. That draft was LOADED, look at the guys who went in the first round that year.. I heard that meathead Murph yesterday in the car talking about how great Hendry really was and how Baez is well on his way to stardom..SMH

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Think he swung yesterday at first pitches on at least 2 of his AB's, with the patented ALL OUT Baez fan o rama, even though he hit fly balls on both. I understand what they want him to do, easy swings, singles and the HR's will come, have a feeling he hasnt bought into that theory yet.

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I didn't see last nights game but that's my biggest beef with him, he corkscrews himself into the ground on nearly every pitch..its like he's getting paid by the HR ..he's a bum, he's not a smart baseball player and has average skills.

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violent contact

I get it you don't like the guy but saying his glove is average at best is simply not true. Anyone who has watched him play this year would disagree with your assessment. The value of his defense has already been felt this season on more than one occasion.

312, who is normally my guy, is having a bad thread. Even with mental lapses, Baez is an All-Star level defender. Way more natural ability than Russell, though Russell is more consistent.

His problem may always be hitting, which is too bad because he has an amazingly quick bat. He has as much talent as anyone, but as we know, if it doesn't translate, it's meaningless.

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If he ever figures it out at the plate then you might have something special.

And I don't even think he's had a full year in the bigs yet, cumulatively speaking.

He will figure it out probably real soon.

Yeah, that's why not trading him to this point means nothing. He'll have suitors who are drooling for a few more years. Even if he has no improvement, there will be teams lined up thinking they can fix him. And, if they were right, it'd be worth it. Unbelievable talent.

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You can see the flashes of brilliance every now and then. And I'm not saying that means guaranteed success (before anyone runs with that meme) but that's why, like you said, he'll be getting chances to fail for years to come. Hell, how long did Uggla hang around because people were hoping there was one last power surge left in him?

Call up Manny to straighten him out.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

Every time I see or hear something about Baez, I think of Bernstein reading the scouting report about him a year or so ago. Don't remember the exact words used, but I do remember Danny saying potentially best player in baseball.

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Fuck Edwards and Zobrist

You guys are nuts, Russell is the best infield glove I've seen in a cubs uniform, Baez is average @ best, Bryant is a better glove @ 3rd than Baez... I don't care if he made one or two slick plays, the consistency ain't there.

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Baez! Hard hit single to three feet in front of the plate!

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

[quote="312player"] That draft was LOADED, look at the guys who went in the first round that year.. /quote]

You mean the picked before him...

2.Mariners Danny Hultzen
4.Orioles Dylan Bundy
5.Royals Bubba Starling
7.Diamondbacks *Archie Bradley

or after...

12. Brewers Taylor Jungmann
13.Mets Brandon Nimmo
15. Brewers Jed Bradley
16. Dodgers Chris Reed
17. Angels C.J. Cron
19. Red Sox Matt Barnes
20. Rockies Tyler Anderson
21. Blue Jays Tyler Beede

that's 12 of the first 21 not counting Baez

sure some guys made it... but if you call that LOADED OK but it looks more typical to me .......

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Springer
Gray
Fernandez
Panik all after that bum Baez and all going to be all stars. That's what I mean.

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and Bubba Starling picked before him is the same age and is stil lplaying at AA.....
Hultzen is 26 hurt and never made it above AA
Bundy is also 23 and is a releiver with Baltimore with a 4.58 ERA in all of 12 games
Bradley is 23 and has had 2 starts with the Snakes and a 7.84 ERA

that's what I mean... not loaded ...average draft...

how many guys make it in each draft?

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Idiot. My beagle would not even sniff your dumb ass. Punt him. Maybe. And your dead body would lie next to him. Bet.

I love you both.

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One of the dumbest posts you have ever made. Baez has exceptional skills. His only issue is trying to do too much. He see's the team struggling a bit lately to score runs and he's taking it on himself to try to do more, rather than sticking with what was working so well early in the season. He will work his way out of it and make you look really stupid....again.

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Go Cubs!!!!

I'd love to be wrong about him, I don't see it happening. Just because he's made a couple real nice plays defensively doesn't mean he's a great fielder..I saw Saladino make an all time great play @ short last week too.

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You think its pretty common to have two front end starters like Gray and Fernandez in the same draft?

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