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MLB: Cubs Interested in Jim Edmonds

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Though he is 38 year old he wants to play for the Cubs to put a hurt on the Cardinals, as per M&M show today. He is expected to be in the lineup tomorrow
 
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isuarch80 said:
JE 2004 hit .268 against the Cubs (yes w/ 8 hrs) so i don't see "career killer" in there. Pujols was a Cub killer that season, hitting over .300 and 8 HRs against them. Can we get him off waivers? :biggrin:
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Forget the batting average. Edmonds' OPS against the Cubs in 04 was 1.123. That is most definitely a killer.
 
kuney1 said:
I think I would stick with Pie and platoon him. How is he going to get better if he never plays?
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That's why you send him to AAA. He would get many more ABs than a platoon job, which is what he needs.

kuney1 said:
As far as Edmunds, there are reasons why he was let go from the Padres, who are not exactly a top team this year.
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Kind of like the Blue Jays and Frank Thomas. He's doing okay in Oakland so far.

kuney1 said:
If he struggling defensively and offensively why would he be an upgrade over Pie?
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If he continues to struggle, then the Cubs release him and lose pretty much nothing.
 
Must be a really slow day in sports if something as worthless as a Chicago Cubs discussion consumes 4 (or more) pages.......haha!
 
cardinal&gold said:
Edmonds can no longer hit a baseball. His defense is not what it once was.

As a Cards fan, it will be quite strange watching Edmonds in a Cubs uniform. He will struggle in every game, except against the Cards, when he will hit 3 home runs every time and rob our hitters of at least one home run of our own each time.
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Why do I get this feeling too? Jason Marquis? idk, seems like everyone that leaves us, comes back and has success on a solo level against us...Good news is, I don't think we play Toronto this year: Rolen and Eckstein coming up against us...ugh.

I think this is a very short term success thing Chicago is looking for. Edmonds is obvs. a quick fix to get Pie some minor league work in (which IS the right move.) Yeah his bat is not as powerful and he doesn't have the range he once did in the outfield, but he is still a useful player.
 
Edmonds immediately gets to win over Cubs fans everywhere - starting CF today, hitting 6th behind Kosuke. Only time will tell...
 
Can you really move down Theriot who is hitting .338 and been such a huge catalyst? I like this for now. But i'm sure they'll look at everything... i think this thread suggested moving KF to #2...
 
superdorf said:
I thought the plan was to move Fukudome to #2 in the order and put Edmonds @ #5...

What's the deal!?!
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I said it last year and I'll say it this year: why isn't Soriano batting in the five hole? He'd probably have double the number of RBI's if he wasn't hitting leadoff.
 
Cy Heavy said:
I said it last year and I'll say it this year: why isn't Soriano batting in the five hole? He'd probably have double the number of RBI's if he wasn't hitting leadoff.
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Another lead off base hit today... just saying :wink: His OBP is low for a leadoff hitter, but he's just so dynamic. Who else leads off? Theriot never excelled at it, Reed Johnson is better at the bottom turning over the lineup.
 
THey're right. It seems to defy logic, but he plays a lot better when he bats leadoff. He's not a traditional leadoff guy by any means.
I think that's kind of Theriot's role. Soriano does whatever happens (hopefully something electrifying), and then Theriot starts the order from the #2 spot.
 
I think if Soriano stuck with hitting lower in the order he'd be fine. They moved him out of the leadoff spot for a whole 2 games this year. Its so wasteful to have him hitting leadoff homers when he could be hitting those with runners on base.
 
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