2012 Chicago Cubs

[Powdered Toast Man]

Cubs manager Dale Sveum said he will talk to team president Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer about the possibility of bringing Anthony Rizzo up in June.

The team is on pace to lose 103 games and people are worried about who will DH for 6 games in June?

Let me try this for the first time.

No, Chuck.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Cubs manager Dale Sveum said he will talk to team president Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer about the possibility of bringing Anthony Rizzo up in June.

The team is on pace to lose 103 games and people are worried about who will DH for 6 games in June?

Let me try this for the first time.

No, Chuck.

So, no one is worried. Makes sense.  Or something.

[Slaky]

Were it up to me, I'd keep Rizzo down just because I don't really see where he plays.

Eli is right: Barney is cheap and should be playing. He's not the reason the team sucks and since they do suck, why move him around? I don't like Barney on a contending team either but he isn't killing the Cubs.

I just don't get bringing up Rizzo unless there's a significant injury to LaHair or Soriano.

[Oleg]

Were it up to me, I'd keep Rizzo down just because I don't really see where he plays.

Eli is right: Barney is cheap and should be playing. He's not the reason the team sucks and since they do suck, why move him around? I don't like Barney on a contending team either but he isn't killing the Cubs.

I just don't get bringing up Rizzo unless there's a significant injury to LaHair or Soriano.

But, if they suck, why not let Rizzo face some major league pitching?  Who gives a fuck where Soriano plays or not plays?

I don't hate Barney but I am completely indifferent towards him.  If he's the starting 2B in 2014 (or next year if you're under the mindset that there's little reason The Cubs shouldn't compete in 2013), then fuck Jed Hoyer with Theo Epstink's dickstink.  Or something.

[Powdered Toast Man]

But, if they suck, why not let Rizzo face some major league pitching?  Who gives a fuck where Soriano plays or not plays?

I don't hate Barney but I am completely indifferent towards him.  If he's the starting 2B in 2014 (or next year if you're under the mindset that there's little reason The Cubs shouldn't compete in 2013), then fuck Jed Hoyer with Theo Epstink's dickstink.  Or something.

I agree with Oleg on Rizzon here.  I think what Sveum is saying is he would rather have Rizzo and LaHair in his lineup than Soriano and LaHair.  I guess the question is what do they do with Soriano?  Waivers and eat salaray?  Bench?  RF and trade DeJesus?

[Slaky]

Were it up to me, I'd keep Rizzo down just because I don't really see where he plays.

Eli is right: Barney is cheap and should be playing. He's not the reason the team sucks and since they do suck, why move him around? I don't like Barney on a contending team either but he isn't killing the Cubs.

I just don't get bringing up Rizzo unless there's a significant injury to LaHair or Soriano.

But, if they suck, why not let Rizzo face some major league pitching?  Who gives a fuck where Soriano plays or not plays?

I don't hate Barney but I am completely indifferent towards him.  If he's the starting 2B in 2014 (or next year if you're under the mindset that there's little reason The Cubs shouldn't compete in 2013), then fuck Jed Hoyer with Theo Epstink's dickstink.  Or something.

Maybe part of it is that I just don't buy into the Rizzo hype. Yeah, he's killing PCL pitching. Congrats.

I guess they can call him up and bench Soriano and let LaHair chase his tail in left. Then we can find out that Rizzo is Italian for Adam LaRoche which is French for average first baseman who will play for 8 teams before he retires.

[BH]

Were it up to me, I'd keep Rizzo down just because I don't really see where he plays.

Eli is right: Barney is cheap and should be playing. He's not the reason the team sucks and since they do suck, why move him around? I don't like Barney on a contending team either but he isn't killing the Cubs.

I just don't get bringing up Rizzo unless there's a significant injury to LaHair or Soriano.

But, if they suck, why not let Rizzo face some major league pitching?  Who gives a fuck where Soriano plays or not plays?

I don't hate Barney but I am completely indifferent towards him.  If he's the starting 2B in 2014 (or next year if you're under the mindset that there's little reason The Cubs shouldn't compete in 2013), then fuck Jed Hoyer with Theo Epstink's dickstink.  Or something.

Maybe part of it is that I just don't buy into the Rizzo hype. Yeah, he's killing PCL pitching. Congrats.

I guess they can call him up and bench Soriano and let LaHair chase his tail in left. Then we can find out that Rizzo is Italian for Adam LaRoche which is French for average first baseman who will play for 8 teams before he retires.

Rizzo is great at hitting right handed pitching, he's awful at left handed pitching.
Would be nice to see him figure that out in the minors, before risking calling him up, then using him to try to sell tickets,
win games that don't mean anything.

[Eli]

Rizzo is great at hitting right handed pitching, he's awful at left handed pitching.
Would be nice to see him figure that out in the minors, before risking calling him up, then using him to try to sell tickets,
win games that don't mean anything.

I'm convinced that @horse_ebooks is ghost-writing your posts. Or at the least, I entertain myself by reading them that way.

[Quality Start Machine]

This is all wasted energy. Soriano will be hurt by mid-June anyway. Hopefully either LaHair or Rizzo can play left without spiking himself.

[Tony]

Don't they have to wait until June 21st (or somewhere around there) so he doesn't get another year of service in? It would be leotarded to  to call him up a few days before then so he can DH a couple games.

[R-V]

Were it up to me, I'd keep Rizzo down just because I don't really see where he plays.

Eli is right: Barney is cheap and should be playing. He's not the reason the team sucks and since they do suck, why move him around? I don't like Barney on a contending team either but he isn't killing the Cubs.

I just don't get bringing up Rizzo unless there's a significant injury to LaHair or Soriano.

But, if they suck, why not let Rizzo face some major league pitching?  Who gives a fuck where Soriano plays or not plays?

I don't hate Barney but I am completely indifferent towards him.  If he's the starting 2B in 2014 (or next year if you're under the mindset that there's little reason The Cubs shouldn't compete in 2013), then fuck Jed Hoyer with Theo Epstink's dickstink.  Or something.

I for one do not give a fuck where Soriano not plays.

[Brownie]

This is all wasted energy. Soriano will be hurt by mid-June anyway. Hopefully either LaHair or Rizzo can play left without spiking himself.

FORK IS RIGHT!!!

[Chuck to Chuck]

Rizzo is great at hitting right handed pitching, he's awful at left handed pitching.

Vs. Lefties: .298/353/.574/.927 with 4 of his 14 homers. (29% of his homers in 30% of his at bats)

Well, he may be awful, but he's not awful, awful.

[Slaky]

Rizzo is great at hitting right handed pitching, he's awful at left handed pitching.

Vs. Lefties: .298/353/.574/.927 with 4 of his 14 homers. (29% of his homers in 30% of his at bats)

Well, he may be awful, but he's not awful, awful.

He meant Rizzo is a bad left handed pitcher. Which I'm sure is true.

[R-V]

My guess is that Soriano will be released this offseason (or maybe earlier) if he can't be traded in July for something slightly better than nothing. So I don't have any beef with letting him play for another 6 weeks or so on the 2% chance he continues to hit and convinces some mongoloid GM to trade for him. At this point it's as enjoyable to see Slaky's retweets of Rizzo's mammoth PCL blasts as it is to watch the actual Cubs. The sooner they call him up, the sooner that will be taken away from me and Rizzo and all of us will be dongslapped in the face with the cold reality of MLB pitching.