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I doubt any one would fault Theo for selling Jackson to Japan for some bad sushi
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I don't understand why they wouldn't just release Jackson....Take the loss, and move on.....
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That looked bad. That is a shame. Hate to see a guy ever get hurt like that, and especially when he and his team are in the pennant race. Must be so tough to have to sit out, and then add the pain of the injury. Sucks.
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Beating the same dead horse.....regarding strikeouts.
Do we even have a hitting coach?
How has Alcantara gotten so much worse from where he started? He had a good approach at the plate when he came up. Now he doesn't get a bat on the ball with a runner on 3rd and one out. And strikes out again later.
He is hitting .208, and does nothing offensively. When he came up, he got on, even in games without getting a hit. He stole a few bases. He scored runs.
Since Baez came up, and AA went to the 6th spot, he swings and misses everything. Is he trying to "slug" his way out of the #6 spot?
For the love of God, somebody instruct these guys!!!!
Do we even have a hitting coach?
How has Alcantara gotten so much worse from where he started? He had a good approach at the plate when he came up. Now he doesn't get a bat on the ball with a runner on 3rd and one out. And strikes out again later.
He is hitting .208, and does nothing offensively. When he came up, he got on, even in games without getting a hit. He stole a few bases. He scored runs.
Since Baez came up, and AA went to the 6th spot, he swings and misses everything. Is he trying to "slug" his way out of the #6 spot?
For the love of God, somebody instruct these guys!!!!
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He has had a increase in breaking pitches. Learning curve. Both him and Baez will be better for the learning they are getting from the league.
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Someone has to pitch the rest of the season and it's not like these games matter. My guess is they will attempt to get someone to take him and hope for a rebound in the offseason by eating a bunch of his salary. It may seem unlikely but when you consider that teams like KC and Pitt have such salary constraints and may lose guys like Liriano and Shields they might be willing to gamble on a player like Jackson if they can get him cheap. Don't get crazy though because he's not going to bring much of anything but something is still better than nothing especially if they aren't eating every penny of his salary.
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I know. But it seems that before we allow them to just swing at whatever they want for two or three months, someone needs to explain a little baseball to them.
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Either stop using Jackson, or pitch him every damn day for 9 innings.
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22 mil to eat. vs spending 11 mil It could happen though. After 2 year one would expect that they would cut their losses.
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They can get him out of the rotation. That may cut losses on the field. But they can't cut their financial losses. They have to pay him for the duration of the contract, whether he plays or not. But I'd rather pay him to NOT pitch for me than to pitch for me.
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So....... When does Edwin get cut? Either with a razor or just from the Cubs? Either would suffice for now.
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And I had stated this a while back that if the Cubs eat most of his salary like they did Soriano, and you find a taker like Beckdawg said that will need a rotation spot, long relief, or simply pitching depth, I think it will not be as hard as people think to rid him from the team. It's not like he has the baggage Big-Z had.
Also if you factor in possibly one of a (Straily, Doubront, Turner, Wada) and Hendricks in the rotation, it greatly reduces the average salary of the pitchers. If they are in the rotation and Jackson is set free, the Cubs are basically paying (?) and Hendricks 6 million apiece. Now you have to decide if that is worth it or not.
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isn't it worth trying him out of the bullpen?
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Sure it is. That is another scenario of which the Cubs could lessen the blow of his contract which I had also stated in another post. He basically could take Villanueva's spot and that would drop Hendricks and Wada's salary in half on average because they wouldn't be paying Villy anymore.
I just get the feeling that they want to rid him from the team for obvious reasons and want this team moving in a forward motion and not lateral.
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Man does Jackson blow hard. I think my ailing grandmother could do a better job of getting quality innings then this guy. Why Theo? Why?
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Does this mean the CUbs are going to make excuses again if they eat salary on Jackson
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What excuses would those be?
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I think I know who they are. I believe Starlin brought them with him on his card signing at our shop. Sad.
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We can;t spend money because we are eating money on Jackson like they did with Sori, Z, and Marmol
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I don't think they will this time. The team payroll and situation is much different for 2015 than it was when the current regime took over.
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