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That's exactly what they are, numbers. Aramis gets his and that's fine, I'd rather move past a stat gatherer at 3B, and spend the money on pitching.
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If Ramirez was just a "stats gatherer" don't you think he would do it all year if that's all he does? Why not hit .310 60 150 then if he could?
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If he could hit those numbers, fans and analysts of the game wouldn't want him gone.
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Who the hell is C-Pain?
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CO went to Quade's school of awful nicknames. :thinking:
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I just call him K-los Pena. It's easier to remember
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Easy to remember and true as well. :lol:
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He learned from the man himself.
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Actually Quade's nickname for him was "Los"...up to you to decide which was more awful :lol:
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Theo please re-sign him! Thanks.
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Yes and numbers show us how productive a player was. Ramirez was very, very productive. So you spend the money on a terrible FA market of pitchers and still have a hole at 3B. Great plan.
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I like how Brenly trashes Ramirez for clogging the bases when the Cubs, as a whole, aren't a team that runs. For that matter, 3B isn't a position where you see a lot of athletes. I guess Brenly wants Chone Figgins.
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What does that production mean?
His production prevented the Cubs from being 24 under 500 instead of 20 under 500.
Even using the imperfect WAR metric, his WAR is bound to decrease with age, so even though he's lived up to his deal so far, that's not to say that injury or age will catch up with Ramirez.
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The production means he was the best hitter on this team. If we are going to make even the slightest attempt at winning next year, we're going to have to have him on the team.
Even if his production does dip, it is going to have to dip by about 2 wins to be even close to our next best option.
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