Comments on: Fixing the Middle-Infield Clog http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/05/27/1415/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Isaac Bennett http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/05/27/1415/#comment-975 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 04:26:22 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=1415#comment-975 Oh, hi Dave. Fancy seeing you over here. I assume I can look forward to some excellent grammatical critique of my articles?

]]> By: Dennis http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/05/27/1415/#comment-949 Sat, 30 May 2015 05:46:25 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=1415#comment-949 The statement about time off is poor. From experience, its more akin to waiting for a text back from a girl than taking extra time to prepare for an exam. The mind wanders and OVERanalyzes. Its too difficult at a young age to have control over something like that. Time off is good, but do it with player psychology in mind more than anything else.

]]> By: Funn Dave http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/05/27/1415/#comment-947 Fri, 29 May 2015 23:17:46 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=1415#comment-947 As for your ideas themselves here, I think I’m a fan.

]]> By: Funn Dave http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/05/27/1415/#comment-946 Fri, 29 May 2015 22:09:17 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=1415#comment-946 ” it involves perhaps the three players who have received the most attention from Cubs fans over the last year (Addison Russell)….”

You do realize that you’re saying that Addison Russell has received more attention over the past year than Kris Bryant, right?

]]> By: JimJames http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/05/27/1415/#comment-892 Wed, 27 May 2015 15:32:39 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=1415#comment-892 “I think the need to play every day in order to find success is the mark of a player without the tools of focus, preparation, and mental sharpness necessary to become a good big-leaguer.”

Bold statement.

]]> By: David Blumberg http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/05/27/1415/#comment-891 Wed, 27 May 2015 15:05:44 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=1415#comment-891 This is really great stuff, Matt. Seems to me that this would be a unique and ultimately valuable solution to the problem we currently face up the middle. I’m not sure the Cubs will do this, but I wouldn’t rule it out either. I do, however, think this is probably the ideal scenario for managing the three players, at least as they currently are.

]]> By: Carlos P http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/05/27/1415/#comment-890 Wed, 27 May 2015 14:33:34 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=1415#comment-890 I like the thinking here. And I’ll second that some time off can be a good developmental tool. Watching a big-league game from the dugout allows players to notice things they miss while on the field that they can take into the field next time out. This probably won’t happen, but I applaud the forward thinking.

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