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Trevor is going to dominate tonight. 1,2,3. EDIT: Whoops.

When you're looking comparing Tulo and Braun's WAR in 2007 don't forget that Tulo had almost 200 more plate appearances than Braun.

Wow Braun. Huge catch.

Gregg who?

Randy Wolf has not looked all that great today. It's a wonder that he's only given up 2 runs so far.

Hurry back Ueck! Baseball isn't the same without you! If Provus gets sick I wonder if we'll have the dream team of Sommerfeld and Nelson.

I'm pretty sure this was stated earlier in an article to be true.

Fangraphs did an article recently about how Heyward swings and misses at a lot of breaking balls in the dirt. Pitcher's have likely figured out how to pitch Heyward better, which is what happens with hot hitting rookies who come up to the majors. He is still the leading canidate for ROY. Now it's his turn to try and adjust to Major League pitching. It was pretty exciting to watch his first homerun on opening day.

I know there is a lot of hate for Suppan, but can you really boo a guy who just got moved to the bullpen and is pitching the 9th inning with a 17-2 lead?

I see Escobar had another throwing error tonight. Was it bad?

I just tuned in and I can't figure out whether I should be shocked or not.

I'm no baseball swag collector, but I've used eBay enough to know that many of these more expensive lots aren't what they seem. It's easier to get away with fakes, poor quality items and broken items when you sell a bunch of things at once, because the bidder doesn't closely scrutinize every item. There's a reason these aren't being sold separately.

Wow, Chad Tracy plays for the Cubs. I had no idea.

No kidding! There is a guy in the hospital and all the posters can say is "Stupid Cubs fan"?

I don't have the willpower to turn off a Brewer game, but the DA expansion would make it a tough decision.

God is punishing me because I should be working instead of watching the game.

A good throw from Zaun gets Theriot on that play.

I'm watching the game on TBS and it looks like it's easily more than 1/2 Cubs fans in the stadium.

Don't forget that Narveson was pretty great at the end of last year and in Spring Training this year. Parra was neither of those things. Parra's numbers have been good this year so far, but he has given up some very hard hit balls. Let's see what Narveson can do. Pitching past the 5th inning would be useful.

That's the Doug Davis we know and love.

I wouldn't call Parra's performance thus far quite as dominant as his numbers say it is, but both him and Narveson have looked much better than Suppan. There is no doubt in my mind that one of the two of them will make the next start in Suppans place (likely Narveson). This has to be assumed, right? There is no way Macha/Melvin can justify another start for Suppan.

I missed the game today, but going over the box score the one thing that stood out to me was that Escobar had 2 more errors. Can someone describe those errors? He now has 5 on the season, and while he has made some spectacular plays, he has also made some erratic throws. Is this a case of small sample, bad first baseman, underdeveloped SS? Is there a reason to question his defense thus far considering how everyone said he had plus-plus skills?

No, he doesn't. Edmonds and Hart are fine and probably much better hitters than Escobar. That is before actually looking at the stats and realizing both are out hitting Escobar so far. Escobar is only getting on base at a .308 clip. He also pounds the ball into the ground and would make many of Weeks singles and walks into double plays leaving the bases empty for Braun. Escobar really hasn't done much to show he deserves to be #2 and he isn't projected to. Edmonds and Hart platooned are probably the best #2 option. Escobar is getting on at a .354 clip batting in front of the pitcher. And where are you getting this double play stuff or that he doesn't take pitches? He's been up 8 times with a runner on first and less than 2 outs and he's hit into 0 double plays. I repeat, that's zero. Furthermore Escobar has yet to hit into a double play in 186 major league plate appearances. He's hit 41 balls in play this year, 21 of which were to the OF. That he can put the ball in play makes him an excellent hit and run guy with Weeks on first too. As for him not taking pitches, he's gotten to 3 balls in 10 of his 48 plate appearances. He's only put the first pitch in play 5 times. Actually, Escobar hit into a double play against the Cardinals on April 11th this year. It was on a a soft line drive, but it still happened. I'm excited about what Alcides has done so far this year, but I agree with logan that he hits a lot of balls on the ground. They might be finding holes right now for triples, but he will hit into his fair share of DPs.

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This is the anit-save situation for Hoff.