Ian Stewart to the Cubs

[BigP50]

Cubs Acquire Ian Stewart In Four-Player Trade
By Luke Adams [December 8 at 7:21pm CST]
The Cubs have acquired Ian Stewart and Casey Weathers from the Rockies in exchange for Tyler Colvin and DJ LeMahieu, tweets Troy Renck of the Denver Post.

 

[daddies3angels]

Should be fun watching 3b that cant hit

 

[Jntg4]

Meh, not a fan.

 

[USCChiFan]

Should be fun watching 3b that cant hit

He should bounce back, but what scares me about him is that he sucked hitting in Coors Field. He's a career .243 /.337/.430 hitter at Coors Field.

 

[Jntg4]

LeMahieu inclusion makes it worse IMO, but I trust that Theo/Jed have a plan.

 

[tbo41fan]

our new 3B!!!!!


YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!







Im still gonna trust Epstein, but right now im not digging this

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

if he's healthy..he can be a good player

not really the best base hitter..but he's certainly productive

 

[Jntg4]

Waldo, I'm typing this one now, so don't do one for this.

 

[Northside_slugger]

I may be in the minority by looking at things, but i've always been high on Ian Stewert. Although, not sure what his issue was last season. Obviously the Cubs think they can help him develop as a hitter and become a force. It's worth the risk IMO. By saving money on De Jesus and Stewert, i don't care what the Cubs say publicly, they will make a run at Prince Fielder.

 

[daddies3angels]

So far very disappointed but will give them more time

 

[Mr. Cub]

I don't really like what we are doing as a team. I don't see how any of this will help us improve now or later. So far just a bunch of moves that mean nothing. Maybe just for the sake of making moves.

 

[Fifa12FIRE]

Ian Stewart i hope he can do good

 

[Lex L.]

His hits to walks is 2:1. He has an on base % of .323 in spite of only having an average of .236. The ratio of hits to walks for Colvin is closer to 3:1.

In looking at this, I actually don't mind it. They need guys who are willing to take pitches and work counts. It would be great if Stewart was a better hitter though. It might come around. It kind of seems this is as much about getting rid of the kind of player they dont want (ie Colvin) as it is about getting the kind of player they do want.

 

[urankabashi]

We have to give it it time.

 

[tbo41fan]

His hits to walks is 2:1. He has an on base % of .323 in spite of only having an average of .236. The ratio of hits to walks for Colvin is closer to 3:1.

In looking at this, I actually don't mind it. They need guys who are willing to take pitches and work counts. It would be great if Stewart was a better hitter though. It might come around. It kind of seems this is as much about getting rid of the kind of player they dont want (ie Colvin) as it is about getting the kind of player they do want.

He will also have a good hitting coach in Jaramillo and a good hitting coach/manager in Sveum

maybe they can help?

 

[85Bears4life]

We have to give it it time.

This...Why does everyone think epstein can turn this around in 1 year?

3 years minimum to turn this around.I think epstein wont make the mistakes he made in boston in signing ridiculous contracts.

i think he will do more next offseason than this one just cause all the contracts that are ending after 2012.

Dempster
byrd
Zambrano
Soriano in 2 years

No way epstein/hoyer can turn this piss into gold in 1 year...give these men some time to do this right

2012 will be a bad year
2013 be better
2014 and beyond......contenders

time to lower expectations this year

 

[Jntg4]

Cubs Acquire Ian Stewart, Ship Colvin; and Minor Moves |

 

[Lex L.]

He will also have a good hitting coach in Jaramillo and a good hitting coach/manager in Sveum

maybe they can help?

Perhaps. But if Theo can focus in and cut down on swinging at bad pitches, that would make me happy. The Cubs have typically been one of the worst teams at that over the years.

 

[urankabashi]

Perhaps. But if Theo can focus in and cut down on swinging at bad pitches, that would make me happy. The Cubs have typically been one of the worst teams at that over the years.

One of the things that irked me over the last few years was that most of the cubs players would swing at bad pitches and take good pitches. it was really annoying.

 

[Lex L.]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgG9ZAdtOdI]Rawlings Spring Training: Ian Stewart - YouTube[/ame]

In case anyone is interested, Ian Stewart wears Rawlings.