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Who Do You Bat Second?

Submitted by cubsnet on Thu, 2008-01-31 22:45.

Given the following information, who do you bat second in the lineup?

Player A Age PA BA. OBA. Slg. BB% IsoP
2005-07 Minors 23-25 560 0.339 0.406 0.521 9.1% 0.182
2005-07 MLB 23-25 929 0.296 0.365 0.455 9.4% 0.159
2008 ZiPS Projection 26 522 0.289 0.360 0.465   0.176
             
Player B Age PA BA. OBA. Slg. BB% IsoP
2005-07 Minors 25-27 728 0.304 0.366 0.386 9.9% 0.082
2005-07 MLB 25-27 770 0.276 0.341 0.379 8.7% 0.103
2008 ZiPS Projection 28 533 0.266 0.324 0.348   0.082

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Hawk's 3 Homer Day

Submitted by Squib Hits on Thu, 2008-01-31 21:37.

Poor Tom Hume. Facing Andre Dawson having a great day in his most powerful year. The date: August 1, 1987. The video:

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Soto and Vitters Among BP's Top 100 Prospects

Submitted by cubsnet on Thu, 2008-01-31 20:10.

Baseball Prospectus's minor league guru Kevin Goldstein has posted his top 100 prospects in baseball. Just two Cubs show up on the list, one of whom made an impact on the 2007 big league club and the other the Cubs' #1 draft pick in 2007:

37. Geovany Soto
45. Josh Vitters

Goldstein's top two Cubs matches John Sickels'.

(I assume that Felix Pie no longer qualifies as a prospect.)

ZiPS projects Soto to hit a robust .284/.342/.483 in 2008.

More information about the players from BP will be available in Baseball Prospectus 2008.

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