2012 Chicago Cubs

[Chuck to Chuck]

Brett Jackson: 0-for-4, 4 K. Josh Vitters: 0-for-4, 2 K. Better save my ticket stub for when they're co-MVPs next year.

The future is here.

No. This is the end of the past. These are some of the last dregs of the Jim Hendry regime.

[Fork]

Brett Jackson: 0-for-4, 4 K. Josh Vitters: 0-for-4, 2 K. Better save my ticket stub for when they're co-MVPs next year.

The future is here.

No. This is the end of the past. These are some of the last dregs of the Jim Hendry regime.

Geez, after two whole days in the bigs they should be raking the shit out of everybody.

[Slaky]

Brett Jackson: 0-for-4, 4 K. Josh Vitters: 0-for-4, 2 K. Better save my ticket stub for when they're co-MVPs next year.

The future is here.

No. This is the end of the past. These are some of the last dregs of the Jim Hendry regime.

Geez, after two whole days in the bigs they should be raking the shit out of everybody.

Chuckstink is terrible.

[Internet Apex]

Brett Jackson: 0-for-4, 4 K. Josh Vitters: 0-for-4, 2 K. Better save my ticket stub for when they're co-MVPs next year.

The future is here.

No. This is the end of the past. These are some of the last dregs of the Jim Hendry regime.

Geez, after two whole days in the bigs they should be raking the shit out of everybody.

Chuckstink is terrible.

I'm not writing them off yet based on anything I've seen. I'm still about 99 games-watched shy of valid opinion. But I fully expect both players to be taking up space on Baltimore or Pittsburgh's roster within three years. If I'm wrong, fucking great. Fantastic. 

[Canadouche]

Brett Jackson: 0-for-4, 4 K. Josh Vitters: 0-for-4, 2 K. Better save my ticket stub for when they're co-MVPs next year.

The future is here.

No. This is the end of the past. These are some of the last dregs of the Jim Hendry regime.

Geez, after two whole days in the bigs they should be raking the shit out of everybody.

Chuckstink is terrible.

I'm not writing them off yet based on anything I've seen. I'm still about 99 games-watched shy of valid opinion. But I fully expect both players to be taking up space on Baltimore or Pittsburgh's roster within three years. If I'm wrong, fucking great. Fantastic. 

Probably not on Pittsburgh's roster. Until half their team bolts for San Fancisco or New York, they are going to be pretty good in the coming years. Immense farm system. Very talented players.

[Slaky]

Brett Jackson: 0-for-4, 4 K. Josh Vitters: 0-for-4, 2 K. Better save my ticket stub for when they're co-MVPs next year.

The future is here.

No. This is the end of the past. These are some of the last dregs of the Jim Hendry regime.

Geez, after two whole days in the bigs they should be raking the shit out of everybody.

Chuckstink is terrible.

I'm not writing them off yet based on anything I've seen. I'm still about 99 games-watched shy of valid opinion. But I fully expect both players to be taking up space on Baltimore or Pittsburgh's roster within three years. If I'm wrong, fucking great. Fantastic. 

Ah those shit teams in Baltimore and Pitts...*looks at standings*

FUCK

[Fork]

Brett Jackson: 0-for-4, 4 K. Josh Vitters: 0-for-4, 2 K. Better save my ticket stub for when they're co-MVPs next year.

The future is here.

No. This is the end of the past. These are some of the last dregs of the Jim Hendry regime.

Geez, after two whole days in the bigs they should be raking the shit out of everybody.

Chuckstink is terrible.

I'm not writing them off yet based on anything I've seen. I'm still about 99 games-watched shy of valid opinion. But I fully expect both players to be taking up space on Baltimore or Pittsburgh's roster within three years. If I'm wrong, fucking great. Fantastic. 

Ah those shit teams in Baltimore and Pitts...*looks at standings*

FUCK

I'm more pissed at Houston rogering the Cubs out of the #1 overall pick.

[CubFaninHydePark]

How bout that Brooks Raley?  Is it too late to go to New York and crucify Hendry for what he left behind?  Call it living in the past...but the present sucks, and the future is at least two, but probably three or four years away.

[Sterling Archer]

Jackson swings at everything. If he doesn't change his ways, that's a firebarnin'.

[Canadouche]

Brooks Raley belongs on my fantasy team, where I can pretend he's a talented pitcher. (plus I'm sure his fantasy talent will help my team overtake the Dread Eye of Mordor)

[PANK!]

How bout that Brooks Raley?  Is it too late to go to New York and crucify Hendry for what he left behind?  Call it living in the past...but the present sucks, and the future is at least two, but probably three or four years away.

Jesus Christ, seriously?

[Fork]

[TTP]

The more I think of it, the more I think about the scene in "Moneyball", where Beane is sitting in a room with a bunch of fossilized scouts, talking about "5 tool players", as Beane (a former 5 tool player) loses patience. Hendry probably sat in a similar room, and probably placed a different value on these types of evaluations.

There's no doubt that Hendry loved toolsy players, and Jackson and Vitters fit into the mold, as did Patterson, Pie and Castro. So far, you've got two washouts, one star, and the jury's out on the other 2. 3 if you want to also include Javier Baez, who is currently giving high-A pitchers night sweats.

The bright side to Jackson and Vitters is, while we might not see the results until next season (if at all), they're young enough and if they're willing enough to listen, they will eventually become the type of player who will get on base at a respectable pace and keep their other outputs high. So realistically, the Hendry era can end with Hendry draft picks.

[/TTP]

[Bort]

And if they don't fully pan out, they can probably be traded for spare parts.

[Fork]

And if they don't fully pan out, they can probably be traded for spare parts.

Or be spare parts themselves.

[Eli]

There's no doubt that Hendry loved toolsy players, and Jackson and Vitters fit into the mold

Jackson and Vitters aren't anything alike.