I've watched a decent amount of triple a Baez, and tonight it was quite obvious that the kid was overly nervous, moving around in the box, not looking for his pitch, pulling his head, et al. I'd give it another night or two before I pronounce anything. I think he's better.

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new stance, closed up, less out of control...still swings hard.

When they needed a fly ball to advance the runner, he slowed up, he made contact and it got done.

giving him way more thna 2 nights....love to see the break through,as the swing is about as hard as seen since Sheffield.

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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 don't know why they didn't call him up on the 31st so he could be playoff eligible just in case he starts crushing the shit out of everything.

I assume there is some control issue on his contract, because been asking the same thing.

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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.’”

He is ELIGIBLE.

You only have to be on the 40 man roster as of last night midnight.

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40 is good

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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.’”

[quote="bigfan"]new stance, closed up, less out of control...still swings hard.

When they needed a fly ball to advance the runner, he slowed up, he made contact and it got done.

giving him way more thna 2 nights....love to see the break through,as the swing is about as hard as seen since Sheffield.[/quote

he can't hit

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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.

That swing though.


Its good he saw some pitches, but Im thinking CoF is right. Give it time.

Would you like to bet on his statline over the next 12 months?

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Sure

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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.

Do you want to set an O/U OPS? BA?

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With the power numbers Baez could generate, anything (batting average) above .250 would be great.

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MLB or AAA numbers

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Looks very slick in the field.

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There was a DP that looked real nice from him to Russell to Rizzo. I thought to myself "Wow, been a while since they had a good fielding infield overall"

Aramis, Theriot, DeRosa, Lee

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7 years ago isn't recent...at least in my opinion

I'm not disagreeing. It has been awhile.

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Or Theriot and Fontenot, aka the "Cajun Combot"

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Yes, they were decent in 08 (til it mattered in the playoffs and then they fucking came apart)


Theriot didnt have the arm and De Rosa wasnt as slick as Baez or Russell


Its crazy tho, that now with Jackson in CF and Baez at 2b, the Cubs might actually be a good defensive team

Yeah, I guess Fontenot and DeRosa were pretty comparable defensively - both solid. So 2008-2009 was really the last time.

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I liked seeing that. I think that is going to help him.

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You know me like that.

Let's compare it to Castro's 2011 numbers

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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.

Closing his stance will make it difficult to get to the inside fastball. If he can fight that pitch off and lay off the sliders out of the zone he'll have a chance. If not it's back to the drawing board.

Only striking out 25% of the time!

2011 OPS? Sure. I'll go over .773 OPS.

Baez is not going to hit for a .300 average, so I'm not touching 2011 BA.

What are the stakes?

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lets go hits....I bet he NEVER gets 200 or over
hits a season

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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.

I'm not taking that bet. Do you know how few players get 200 hits? Starlin Castro was the only player to get 200 hits in the National League over the last 5 seasons.

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and what ????? in the 10 years prior to that how many years had 200 hitters?

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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.