my 2009 cubs line-up

Alice · Post #1 » by **Alice** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:06 pm

1b lee /haufpaur(sp)
2nd roberts/derosa
3rd a-ram
ss theriot
lf soriano
cf milton bradley
rf dunn/derosa
c soto

thats a lot more left handed power. trade fukadome. heck sign C.C and lets get the monkey off our back, i am sick of this crap.

Post #2 » by **GYBE** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:28 pm

Bradley can't play CF, he can barely play a corner at this point. He's best as a DH.

hoopsnurd · Post #3 » by **hoopsnurd** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:01 am

yeah bradley cant play CF... i dont really want dero to be a supersub..... hoffpaiur would be mine... but we'll c

The Sheik · Post #4 » by **The Sheik** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:20 am

My Lineup:

SS : Hanley Ramirez
2b: Mark Derosa
1b: Mark Texira
3b: Aramis Ramirez
CF: Josh Hamilton...like he should have been before we traded him for 3 baconators.
LF: Fonzi Soriano
RF: Andre Either
C: Geo Soto

My Rotation:

Jake Peavy
C.C. Sabathia
Rich Harden
Cliff Lee
Jason Marquis

go make it happen triple chin.

Posey H8er · Post #5 » by **Posey H8er** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:27 pm

Theriot SS
Lee 1B
Dunn RF
Ramirez 3B
Soriano LF
Soto C
DeRosa 2B
Johnson/Fukudome CF

Zambrano
Harden
Dempster
Lilly
Hill (gasp!)

cold5 · Post #6 » by **cold5** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:22 pm

1. SS Furcal
2. CF Kemp
3. 1B Teixeira
4. 3B Ramirez
5. RF Bradley
6. LF Soriano
7. C Soto
8. 2B DeRosa
9. Pitcher
Bench
OF Fukudome
OF Baldelli
C Blanco
IF Fontenot
IF Cedeno

Rotation
1. Zambrano
2. Cain
3. Dempster
4. Harden
5. Lilly

Bullpen
LR Marshall
LR Marquis
MR Cruz
MR Rhodes
SU Marmol
SU Samardzija
CP Rodriguez

karch34 · Post #7 » by **karch34** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:48 pm

The Sheik wrote:My Lineup:

SS : Hanley Ramirez
2b: Mark Derosa
1b: Mark Texira
3b: Aramis Ramirez
CF: Josh Hamilton...like he should have been before we traded him for 3 baconators.
LF: Fonzi Soriano
RF: Andre Either
C: Geo Soto

My Rotation:

Jake Peavy
C.C. Sabathia
Rich Harden
Cliff Lee
Jason Marquis

go make it happen triple chin.

Love the shooting for the stars, but in this absolutely fantastic lineup you keep Marquis?

Ruben Douglas · Post #8 » by **Ruben Douglas** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:11 pm

karch34 wrote:
The Sheik wrote:My Lineup:

SS : Hanley Ramirez
2b: Mark Derosa
1b: Mark Texira
3b: Aramis Ramirez
CF: Josh Hamilton...like he should have been before we traded him for 3 baconators.
LF: Fonzi Soriano
RF: Andre Either
C: Geo Soto

My Rotation:

Jake Peavy
C.C. Sabathia
Rich Harden
Cliff Lee
Jason Marquis

go make it happen triple chin.

Love the shooting for the stars, but in this absolutely fantastic lineup you keep Marquis?

I love living in a fantasy world, too. Nothing like having a $400M payroll. Might as well put Manny in instead of Ethier and Johan Santana in for Marquis

DanTown8587 · Post #9 » by **DanTown8587** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:34 pm

Quick Steps:
Step 1 Trade Alfonso Soriano, Ryan Theriot to New York Mets for Daniel Murphy, Luis Castillo, 1 SP prospect
Why?: We dump Soriano and save us money (going to get another power hitter) and get a decent prospect (Murphy) and maybe Castillo can be worth while.

Line-up
1. Rafael Furcal SS
2. Mark DeRosa RF
3. Aramis Ramirez 3B
4. Bobby Abreu RF
5. Derrek Lee 1B
6. Geovany Soto C
7. Mike Fotenot 2B
8. Felix Pie CF

Bench
C Henry Blanco
1B Micah Hoffpauir
2B Luis Castillo
OF Daniel Murphy
OF Willy Mo Pena

SP Jake Peavy
SP Carlos Zambrano
SP Rich Harden
SP Ted Lilly
SP Jason Marquis

CP Kerry Wood
RP Carlos Marmol
RP Juan Cruz
RP Arthur Rhodes
RP Angel Guzman
RP Neal Cotts
RP Chad Gaudin

Triple AAA
OF Kosuke Fukudome
SP Jeff Samardzija
SP Rich Hill
IF Ronny Cedeno

Ruben Douglas · Post #10 » by **Ruben Douglas** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:57 am

I'd be willing that with the "pending" sale of the Cubs and with his performance in the playoffs the Cubs will trade Soriano to any team that would want him. Problem is that who in their right mind would? I think Cubs fans should just get used to the fact that Soriano will be with the Cubs for the extent of his contract (shudder now).

The Cubs will more than likely not be able to sign any major free agents this year, unless they can find a sucker for soriano...but like I said, that won't happen.

So the only way I see the Cubs improving is via the trade market or by getting lucky the way they did with Edmonds and Reed.

I also don't think the Cubs have nearly enough resources to even think about getting Peavy, unless they decide to trade Soto, which isn't going to happen.

In other words, I think that you'll basically see the same team next year with the exception of maybe the 2B and/or SS positions. Dempster will be back and the rotation will basically be the same with the exception of maybe Marquis.

Basically, I don't see much happening this offseason.

Bully6Chicago · Post #11 » by **Bully6Chicago** » Sun Nov 9, 2008 11:44 pm

Alice wrote:1b lee /haufpaur(sp)
2nd roberts/derosa
3rd a-ram
ss theriot
lf soriano
cf milton bradley
rf dunn/derosa
c soto

thats a lot more left handed power. trade fukadome. heck sign C.C and lets get the monkey off our back, i am sick of this crap.

please the line-up looks great except for Dunn. there is no way that we can have dunn and soriano in the same outfield. Bradley that head case? come on man we dont need that guy with Lou who will probably the first day tell him his ass stinks and that will be it for him Derosa is the rightfielder if we get roberts

Bully6Chicago · Post #12 » by **Bully6Chicago** » Sun Nov 9, 2008 11:50 pm

The Sheik wrote:My Lineup:

SS : Hanley Ramirez
2b: Mark Derosa
1b: Mark Texira
3b: Aramis Ramirez
CF: Josh Hamilton...like he should have been before we traded him for 3 baconators.
LF: Fonzi Soriano
RF: Andre Either
C: Geo Soto

My Rotation:

Jake Peavy
C.C. Sabathia
Rich Harden
Cliff Lee
Jason Marquis

go make it happen triple chin.

How would we get Hanley? How we get josh or is this your fan league team Either, cliff cc, man what are you drinking or did I miss something?

The Sheik · Post #13 » by **The Sheik** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:13 am

Its a joke numb nuts.

SportsWorld · Post #14 » by **SportsWorld** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:00 am

1. Furcal SS
2. Roberts 2B
3. Pujols 1B
4. Aramis 3B
5. Soriano LF
6. Dunn RF
7. Victorino CF
8. Soto C
9. Pitcher

Cardinals feel bad for us so they give us Pujols for Fukudome and Blanco. Phillies give us Victorino for Sean Marshall.

Posey H8er · Post #15 » by **Posey H8er** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:19 pm

The Cubs will not pursue Furcal because they probably feel that Theriot is better. I want Adam Dunn but I think Raul Ibanez is more realistic.

Marshall45 · Post #16 » by **Marshall45** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:18 am

Trade for Jake Peavy - Deal Theriot, Vitters, Veal and who knows what else
Trade for Nate McLouth - Rich Hill, , another prospect
Trade for Brian Roberts - Pie and Marshall
Trade Jason Marquis for anything just to get rid of payroll
Sign Randy Johnson to 1 year deal
Sign Ken Takahashi

1. Brian Roberts, 2B
2. Kosuke Fukudome, RF
3. Derrick Lee, 1B
4. Aramis Ramirez, 3B
5. Alfonso Soriano, LF
6. Geo Soto, C
7. Nate McLouth, CF
8. Ronny Cedeno, SS

SP- Jake Peavy
SP- Carlos Zambrano
SP- Rich Harden
SP- Ted Lilly
SP- Randy Johnson

RP- Chad Gaudin
RP- Neal Cotts
RP- Ken Takahashi

SU- Kevin Gregg
SU- Jeff Samardzija

CL- Carlos Marmol

If that doesn't win us a world series, i don't know what will.

DanTown8587 · Post #17 » by **DanTown8587** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:39 am

^ I can't honestly say Koskue is better than a #8/platoon OF at this point. The guy hit like .200 for four months. And 4-5 of that rotation is guys who have injury problems. I want Peavy and Johnson here, but I would also keep Marquis because you will need him at some point.

karch34 · Post #18 » by **karch34** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:43 pm

Marshall45 wrote:Trade for Jake Peavy - Deal Theriot, Vitters, Veal and who knows what else
Trade for Nate McLouth - Rich Hill, , another prospect
Trade for Brian Roberts - Pie and Marshall
Trade Jason Marquis for anything just to get rid of payroll
Sign Randy Johnson to 1 year deal
Sign Ken Takahashi

I don't think we deal Vitters. I think Roberts is almost impossible to acquire with Angelos man crush on him. I would love to make a play for McLouth. Not sure if Pittsburgh is ready to deal him yet.