Cubs trade Patterson

[prohornblower]

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He play excellent defense at one of the most important positions.

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If by dropping every ball within 2 feet of the ivy, then yeah, I guess he did play "good defense".

He's sort of a spazz out there, he doesn't look comfortable at all. Not in CF. And definitely not at home plate. He's "a leadoff hitter who can go yard!"

Yay.

Too bad nobody needs/wants a leadoff hitter who can go yard, and strike out 180 times a year.

He's like Rickey Henderson, minus the speed, defense, power, average, and attitude, but with more strikeouts.

[Banks2334]

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Alright, I don't get it? I thought Patterson would be back this year. I guess you can't have a bad year anymore. Sure he strikes out too much, but he's 26 talented and just coming into his prime. Why do you trade him for a song?

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Typical Cub thinking. The guy has never had a good year yet you want to keep dreaming he's due for a big year. I'm sure you still think Sammy should be on the team.

[Mr. Zero]

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Typical Cub thinking. The guy has never had a good year yet you want to keep dreaming he's due for a big year. I'm sure you still think Sammy should be on the team.

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He was having a solid year before he tore his knee. He's only 26 and still has physical tools to be a productive MLB player. Not a star. But he was done in Chicago.

[craig]

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and strike out 180 times a year.

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Why do you think strikeouts are that big of a deal?

craig

[Jack of Arcades]

The problem isn't Patterson's strikeouts, it's his lack of plate discipline which is of corused tied to it. He has all the power imaginable but you can't hit a slider out of the park if you can't reach it. He needs to pull a Sammy Sosa and learn to lay off bad pitches. The problem is that you normally can't do that.

The frustrating thing is that he shows signs of discpline at times. When he does that he looks great. The next plate-appearance he goes up hacking at pitches in the dirt.

[craig]

You are right I agree with that. I was thinking more along the lines of Bellhorn. He struck out a lot, but was on base a lot. I didn't look at Patterson's numbers for this.

craig

[Your Mom]

Take a look at Patterson with a guy on 3rd and less than 2 outs. Never seen a guy strike out or pop up to the catcher more than CPat in this situation.