Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Bobby Fukubreu Heading to the Strip

Keith Law's blog has his thoughts on Tuesday's batting practice (sub. req.)

Fukudome spent most of his session hitting the ball to left field, flicking the bat out and trying to make solid contact ...... last few swings, he stayed back a little longer and drove the ball to right, finally hitting one out on his last swing ...... the Bobby Abreu comparison holds
Felix Pie ...... has a lot of excess motion in [his swing] ...... His path to the ball isn't long and when he makes solid contact, the ball takes off
Geovany Soto ...... hits off his back foot with almost no weight transfer ...... an unusual approach to say the least
Matt Murton is being wasted on the Cubs' bench ...... drawback is his platoon split


The team travels to Las Vegas tomorrow, while the minor league camp takes on the Brewers. Ted Lilly starts on Friday against the Mariners. He'll face Carlos Silva, while Jarrod Washburn and Miguel Batista will face Ryan Dempster on Saturday.


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