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June 25, 2013

Good-bye, Chicago

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Carlos Marmol and Ian Stewart will be Cubs no more:

The Chicago Cubs designated beleaguered relief pitcher Carlos Marmol for assignment, likely ending Marmol’s time with the only team he’s played for since entering the big leagues in 2006.

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The Cubs also announced that the suspension of Ian Stewart was settled and upheld, and he was unconditionally released.

Marmol’s high walk rate could be tolerated as long as he remained tough to hit. As his strikeout rate dropped this season, his hit and home run rate went up, and all those walks really hurt.

June 11, 2013 April 13, 2012 December 8, 2011

Rockies Dump Stewart

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The Colorado Rockies made a trade with the Cubs:

Rockies have sent Ian Stewart and Casey Weathers to cubs for Tyler Colvin and DJ lamehieu

It’s actually spelled DJ LeMahieu. He looks like a very good young player, so I’m not sure why the Cubs were quick to part with him. No doubt the Chicago front office thinks Stewart will rebound from his poor 2011. The Rockies seemed to run out of patience, waiting for Stewart to reach his potential. We’ll see if the Cubs can get him to play better.

March 26, 2011 February 3, 2011 July 10, 2010

Late Inning Lightning

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Ian Stewart hit his second home run of Friday evening in the seventh inning, a grand slam that turned an 8-6 Rockies deficit into a 10-8 win over the Padres. Colorado is now 7-1 in July, and close the gap on San Diego to two games as they are tied with the Dodgers for second place in the NL West. The Rockies are killing opposing bullpens this month, a big reason for their late inning heroics this week. The team is posting a .377/.469/.604 slash line against relievers in 106 at bats. They’ve hit four home runs with the game tied in that time, and seven homers when the team is trailing (.380/.453/.645).

Of course, this data, even for a team, is over a very small sample. Right now, it looks like getting a lead on the Rockies only ignites their offense. If teams avoided getting leads on the Rockies, however, they wouldn’t win, either. To paraphrase Bordy, teams are going to need a bigger lead.