Bryan Petersen was optioned to AAA New Orleans while Chad Tracy was signed to take his place.

It took 107 games, but we finally have a legit left-handed bat off the bench. Seriously though...107 games. :confused

It took 107 games, but we finally have a legit left-handed bat off the bench. Seriously though...107 games. :confused

 

 

His SLG was under .300 in nearly 50 at-bats this year, and he hasn't been good in a while. Is he really legitimate?

 

Experienced he is, but the last couple years he has been merely experienced at being bad. MLB teams put too much stock into the known, even if it is known to be no good, rather than go with any unknown.

We're pretty much done this season. I don't really see the point right now.

It took 107 games, but we finally have a legit left-handed bat off the bench. Seriously though...107 games. :confused

 

 

His SLG was under .300 in nearly 50 at-bats this year, and he hasn't been good in a while. Is he really legitimate?

 

Experienced he is, but the last couple years he has been merely experienced at being bad. MLB teams put too much stock into the known, even if it is known to be no good, rather than go with any unknown.

 

 

I'll take a career .836 .OPS bat against right-handed pitching over Bryan Petersen anyday of the week. That's a lot better than anything Wes Helms has ever done, and according to some Wes Helms is the "professional hitter."

 

Tracy is definitely a solid left-handed bat off the bench. I don't know if they plan on platooning him with a RH bat at 3B for the rest of the year, though. That's another possibility. He's no Jorge Cantu defensively, so I wouldn't mind.

Is this the Chad Tracy who has 250 average as the Cubs' 3rd baseman?? If so, why did he stop being a Cub around 6/25/10???

Is this the Chad Tracy who has 250 average as the Cubs' 3rd baseman?? If so, why did he stop being a Cub around 6/25/10???

 

 

Because he wasn't even good enough to stick on a terrible team.

It took 107 games, but we finally have a legit left-handed bat off the bench. Seriously though...107 games. :confused

 

 

His SLG was under .300 in nearly 50 at-bats this year, and he hasn't been good in a while. Is he really legitimate?

 

Experienced he is, but the last couple years he has been merely experienced at being bad. MLB teams put too much stock into the known, even if it is known to be no good, rather than go with any unknown.

 

 

I'll take a career .836 .OPS bat against right-handed pitching over Bryan Petersen anyday of the week. That's a lot better than anything Wes Helms has ever done, and according to some Wes Helms is the "professional hitter."

 

Tracy is definitely a solid left-handed bat off the bench. I don't know if they plan on platooning him with a RH bat at 3B for the rest of the year, though. That's another possibility. He's no Jorge Cantu defensively, so I wouldn't mind.

 

His career numbers aren't that important because for three years he hasn't played anywhere close to what he played earlier in his career. Dontrelle Willis has a career 4.12 ERA, do you think we should sign him too?

He'll wear #3. The new Cantu, uniform number wise anyway.

I like this move for a couple of reasons. First off you should never use young guys like Petersen as bench players. That's a very hard job to do. Tracy's knee had been bothering him the last couple of years. Sure he only hit .250 with the Cubs but have you seen what he has been doing in AAA this year? He has played in 44 games in AAA-ball and he is 58 of 159 (.365 avg, 1.051 OPS) with 35 runs scored, 11 homers and 36 RBIs. I don't know how anyone can't like this signing as Tracy is much better than anything the Marlins have coming off the bench right now. Tracy's also a better hitter than Helms.

It took 107 games, but we finally have a legit left-handed bat off the bench. Seriously though...107 games. :confused

 

 

His SLG was under .300 in nearly 50 at-bats this year, and he hasn't been good in a while. Is he really legitimate?

 

Experienced he is, but the last couple years he has been merely experienced at being bad. MLB teams put too much stock into the known, even if it is known to be no good, rather than go with any unknown.

 

 

I'll take a career .836 .OPS bat against right-handed pitching over Bryan Petersen anyday of the week. That's a lot better than anything Wes Helms has ever done, and according to some Wes Helms is the "professional hitter."

 

Tracy is definitely a solid left-handed bat off the bench. I don't know if they plan on platooning him with a RH bat at 3B for the rest of the year, though. That's another possibility. He's no Jorge Cantu defensively, so I wouldn't mind.

 

His career numbers aren't that important because for three years he hasn't played anywhere close to what he played earlier in his career. Dontrelle Willis has a career 4.12 ERA, do you think we should sign him too?

 

 

He had a .736 .OPS against right-handed pitching last year. Look at the splits. That # is, at least, good enough to be a left-handed pinch-hitter off the bench. That's a lot better than what we currently had, in Petersen.

 

Tracy also fits the team's needs more, considering he can fill in/spot start at 3B. Petersen can't. He's replacing Bryan Petersen.

 

Your Dontrelle Willis analogy makes no sense. Dontrelle just sucks now. At least Tracy can be productive, if used in the right situation. On the other hand, Dontrelle is now the pitching version of Bryan Petersen.

It took 107 games, but we finally have a legit left-handed bat off the bench. Seriously though...107 games. :confused

 

 

His SLG was under .300 in nearly 50 at-bats this year, and he hasn't been good in a while. Is he really legitimate?

 

Experienced he is, but the last couple years he has been merely experienced at being bad. MLB teams put too much stock into the known, even if it is known to be no good, rather than go with any unknown.

 

 

I'll take a career .836 .OPS bat against right-handed pitching over Bryan Petersen anyday of the week. That's a lot better than anything Wes Helms has ever done, and according to some Wes Helms is the "professional hitter."

 

Tracy is definitely a solid left-handed bat off the bench. I don't know if they plan on platooning him with a RH bat at 3B for the rest of the year, though. That's another possibility. He's no Jorge Cantu defensively, so I wouldn't mind.

 

His career numbers aren't that important because for three years he hasn't played anywhere close to what he played earlier in his career. Dontrelle Willis has a career 4.12 ERA, do you think we should sign him too?

 

 

He had a .736 .OPS against right-handed pitching last year. Look at the splits. That # is, at least, good enough to be a left-handed pinch-hitter off the bench. That's a lot better than what we currently had, in Petersen.

 

Tracy also fits the team's needs more, considering he can fill in/spot start at 3B. Petersen can't. He's replacing Bryan Petersen.

 

Your Dontrelle Willis analogy makes no sense. Dontrelle just sucks now. At least Tracy can be productive, if used in the right situation. On the other hand, Dontrelle is now the pitching version of Bryan Petersen.

 

Soon we're going to have a whole team full of guys who can spot start at third. We've got Helms, Luna, Murphy, Tracy, and maybe even Bonifacio. I for one liked having another outfielder besides Bonifacio, not even a natural outfielder himself, though we both can agree that we needed one better than Petersen. He does suck.

 

We're now in the situation where burning Bonifacio in any fashion is burning our only backup OFer.

Soon we're going to have a whole team full of guys who can spot start at third. We've got Helms, Luna, Murphy, Tracy, and maybe even Bonifacio. I for one liked having another outfielder besides Bonifacio, not even a natural outfielder himself, though we both can agree that we needed one better than Petersen. He does suck.

 

We're now in the situation where burning Bonifacio in any fashion is burning our only backup OFer.

 

 

Tracy is a better hitter than all those guys against right-handed pitching and it isn't even close. Also, while he's probably not great at it, I believe Tracy has experience at corner outfield, if need be. Petersen doesn't belong anywhere near the big leagues; it's as simple as that. He wasn't even having a good year in the minors.

Actually, I forgot that Tracy had corner outfield experience. That's not quite so bad then.

After watching Helm's ineptitude at the plate and Luna's ineptitude at the hot corner I would KILL to see Bonafacio start at 3B tonight. This is sad. What has this team come to.

This is a good move. No more weird, long embraces by Peterson and Uggla after Uggla hits one out.:blink:

Good Move, gets BP starts in NOLA, he shouldn't have been up here to start with and I'm sure Tracy will put up better numbers then Lamb but then again that's not anything special.

Tracy and Uggla were both selected by the D-Backs in the draft in 2001. Tracy will be at least the fourth Arizona developed player with the Marlins this season joing Uggla, Barden and Bonifacio.

Sidenote the Diamondbacks took Ian Kinsler in that same draft that netted them Uggs and Tracy, but didn't sign him.

After watching Helm's ineptitude at the plate and Luna's ineptitude at the hot corner I would KILL to see Bonafacio start at 3B tonight. This is sad. What has this team come to.

 

Helms didnt look good against Madsen, but I would not call him inept, he has had some clutch hits recently, real clutch.

Question - Didn't Tracey sign a huge deal a few years ago with Arizona ? Are we on the hook for more money than Cantu was costing us ? If there is still a big money deal who is paying the freight ? Cubs ? D'Backs ? I wouldn't believe that we would take on a lot of salary, its just not in our DNA ! :lol

Why are people complaining about this move? .800+ OPS lefty off the bench? Yeah, I'll take that over Petersen.