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Who should be the starting center fielder out of camp for the 2008 Cubs?

Submitted by Rob G. on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 11:55pm.
Felix Pie
93% (66 votes)
Another team's used laundry
4% (3 votes)
Kenny Lofton
1% (1 vote)
Sam Fuld
1% (1 vote)
Total voters: 71
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#1 Re: Who should be the starting center fielder out of camp for th

Submitted by Joe Aiello on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 6:34am.

Why would Kenny Lofton even be on this list? That would be a terrible decision. At some point you have to give Pie a chance or move him to a team that will.

#5 Re: Lofton

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 11:43am.
Wanted to give some options, Lofton is currently tied with Fuld fwiw, with a vote apiece.

#2 Re: Who should be the starting center fielder out of camp for th

Submitted by Ryno on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 7:52am.

I can't even form an opinion yet. I'd say the Cub's should have picked up someone this off season.

I'm not real bullish on Pie. I've said it now for OVER a year, Pie will struggle at the major league level with that swing. It's so long and he has to start it so early that he'll continue to get goofed on big-league sliders. I'm pretty sure that big swing is where he gets his power, so it would be a trade off: make it more compact and lose some power, or leave it as is and hit .210-.235 and hit some homeruns. I'd say shorten up and use his speed on the base paths, but he continues to use the same swing and doesn't appear to be changing anything. That said, his defensive game is nearly good enough to make up for his terrible swing.

And I like Fuld, but you can't start a season with Fuld as your starting CF and be taken seriously by the rest of baseball.

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#3 Felix Pie

Submitted by mannytrillo on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 7:53am.

Pie should be given the chance to be the starting CF on an everyday basis for at least through the AS Break. If he is struggling then, we might need to go get a CFer. I say might, because if he is playing excellent defense and SS, RF and C steps up and successfully answering many of the questions and concerns about them, then we could live with Pie out there even with him struggling with the bat. But we couldn't live with it if those other positions struggle also.

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#4 Felix

Submitted by Old and Blue on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 10:55am.

I don't agree with the long looping swing makes him a failure theory. He has such a quick bat that he needs little change in his mechanics, and can even afford a longish swing. His problem with sliders isn't that he doesn't get to them in time, it's that he doesn't get to them at all. I think that will change over time. The kid has earned 500 at bats. It's time the Cubs just roll the dice. He's having a decent spring (although spring is fastball city) and he can field at least as well as Co Co crisp.

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#6 Pie + some HGH or "The

Submitted by nohit on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 12:21pm.

Pie + some HGH or "The Clear"

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#7 Idea for the Comments

Submitted by 433 on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 12:24pm.

moved