Comments on: Baseball Prospectus Projects the 2010 Cubs to Suck

By: Cardfan

Cardfan — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:11:14 +0000

You can take comfort in a sample of his recent pupils when he was teaching in the previous offseason:

Matt Holliday – McRoid’n screwed up his swing and his average plummeted. When he disregarding what he was taught, his average skyrocketed.

Chris Duncan – released from the Red Sox minor league system last year after batting .230 in AAA.

Skip Schumaker – while McRoid’n may want to take credit, I think the combination of Schumaker’s tenacity and that irritating wristband velcro wrap/re-wrap after every pitch is the real reason for his success at the plate.

I may be going out on a limb on this, but my guess is that “genius” and “steroids” have never been used as descriptors for the same athlete…

By: Ace

Ace — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:59:50 +0000

What he turns out to be a genius as a hitting coach? I don’t really know what I would think of the world if that happens.

By: Cardfan

Cardfan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:24:51 +0000

They must have forgot to factor in the incredible impact a .260 lifetime batter with roid-induced amnesia will have on the offense. It’s all better now…

By: Ace

Ace — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:21:12 +0000

They updated from the time I posted to the time you clicked (despite their notation that it was last updated on the 27th). Pretty huge shift, so I’m not sure what changed in their formula from early this morning ’til then.

Did you think I just forgot how to read?

By: Kevin G

Kevin G — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:09:58 +0000

That pretty much what I thought.

By: Cardfan

Cardfan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:43:22 +0000

May want to double-check your source. Clicked on your link and it shows a different result – and I am comfortable with it…

St. Louis Cardinals 89 73
Cincinnati Reds 82 80
Chicago Cubs 77 85
Houston Astros 75 87
Milwaukee Brewers 75 87 (where these bastards belong}
Pittsburgh Pirates 70 92