Geovany Soto

Worse sophomore slump: Geovany Soto or Matt Forte?

Wait 'til this Year (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

What the hell happened with Geovany Soto? A crude estimation of his luck-neutral production

Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009

We were discussing Soto’s shitty, shitty 2009 luck in the last thread. In a previous post, MB pointed out that Soto’s batting average on balls in play (BABIP) and its expected value (xBABIP), based on his hit-type distributions were a whopping 63 points apart in 2009. What could we have seen if he weren’t so epically unlucky? First, a few comments on where I’m...

Is Geovany Soto Being Shopped?

ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

... Pirates' Ryan Doumit , the Rays' Dioner Navarro , the Rangers' Jarrod Saltalamacchia and the Cubs' Geovany Soto . "

Batting Around with Geovany Soto

MLB (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009

Batting Around with Geovany Soto

Berselius’s offseason predictions + brainstorming about trades

Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

... the Cubs end up netting Granderson or Halladay. Here’s my projected 25-man roster for 2010 C Soto C Hill 1b Lee 2b Fontenot SS Theriot 3b Ramirez LF Soriano CF Byrd RF Fukudome MD Baker CI Fox MI Miles OF Burrell Zambrano Dempster Wells Gorzelanny F7/Marshall (Lilly) Marmol Grabow Guzman Marshall/F7 Maine (I’m really high on him) Caridad Atkins/Berg/Gaub/some cheap FA reliever...

Happy Turkey Day, from the Saloon!

Thunder Matt's Saloon (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! As you all settle into your La-Z-boy and zone out watching football while the your in-laws bicker about which parent made your cousin Chad "gay", please remember a couple of things. 1. You will not be able to eat as much as Jim Hendry, Lou Piniella, or Geovany Soto on a pot bender this Thanksgiving, even if you are wearing your super stretchy stretch...

Projected Roster Information & Top 15 Prospects

The View From The Bleachers (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Projected 25 Man Roster STARTING LINEUP 1. Ryan Theriot – SS 2. Milton Bradley – RF 3. Derrek Lee – 1B 4. Aramis Ramirez – 3B 5. Kosuke Fukudome – CF 6. Alfonso Soriano – LF 7. Geovany Soto – C 8. Jeff Baker – 2B BENCH Sam Fuld – OF Jake Fox... To read the rest of the post, be sure to visit us at www.viewfromthebleachers.com

Baseball America’s Top 10 Cubs Prospects

Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

... spring that will have the top 30 prospects for each team. The 2012 projected starters are: Catcher Geovany Soto First Base Derrek Lee Second Base Starlin Castro Third Base Aramis Ramirez Shortstop Hak-Ju Lee Left Field Josh Vitters Center Field Brett Jackson Right Field Kyler Burke No. 1 Starter Carlos Zambrano No. 2 Starter Jay Jackson No. 3 Starter Chris Carpenter No. 4 Starter...

Cubs Top Prospects and the Hot Stove

ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

Award Week for Major League Baseball continues on Tuesday with the announcement of the AL Cy Young winner. Chris Coghlan of the Marlins and Andrew Bailey of the A's were named NL and AL Rookie of the Year on Monday . With Coghlan taking the trophy, Geovany Soto will hopefully return to the form in 2010 that won him the award last season. John Grabow was the last Cub to final for free...

MLB Trade Rumors: On the Beat with John Perrotto Version

Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

... Lowe Ryan Doumit Javier Vazquez Dioner Navarro Carlos Zambrano Jarrod Saltalamacchia Matt Capps Geovany Soto Christian Guzman Elijah Dukes Corey Hart David Dejesus Poll What name on the Perrotto list is most surprising? Ryan Ludwick Geovany Soto Chad Billingsley Ryan Doumit 4 votes | Results

2009 SBN Baseball Awards - NL Rookie Of The Year.

Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Is Andrew McCutchen the SB Nation's '09 NL Rookie of the Year? (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Browse more photos » In 2008 , the voting members of the SB Nation's baseball sites elected Cubs' catcher Geovany Soto as the NL Rookie of the year after the then-25-year-old catcher had hit .285 with 35 doubles, 23 HR's and 86 RBI's in 141 games behind...

Bill James 2010 Projections for Cubs

The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009

... Lee 34 .412 .386 Aramis Ramirez 32 .392 .375 Jake Fox 27 .332 .375 Milton Bradley 32 .345 .365 Geovany Soto 27 .310 .362 Micah Hoffpauir 30 .315 .350 Kosuke Fukudome 33 .346 .349 Jeff Baker 29 .338 346 Alfonso Soriano 34 .314 .346 Mike Fontenot 30 .296 .334 Ryan Theriot 30 .318 .319 Sam Fuld 28 .367 .317 Tyler Colvin 24 .205 .316 Reed Johnson 33 .321 .312 Aaron Miles 33 .212 .300...

Hot Stove at BP

Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

... the Rays’ Dioner Navarro, the Rangers’ Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and the Cubs’ Geovany Soto." I wonder what kind of value Salty even has right now? What do you guys think?

Building A Cubs Champion: 2010 Edition

Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

... didn't work -- and not just because of Hendry's moves, but because players like Alfonso Soriano , Geovany Soto and Mike Fontenot seriously underperformed their 2008 numbers by considerable margins and for various reasons, and because Aramis Ramirez , who is the Cubs' best hitter, missed 50 games with a dislocated shoulder and wasn't at full strength the rest of the season, eventually...

2009 Cubs and xBABIP

Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

Here are the 2009 Cubs starting position players BABIP and xBABIP (I used this handy tool ): Player BABIP xBABIP Soto 0.251 0.314 Lee 0.333 0.308 Fontenot 0.281 0.317 Theriot 0.327 0.335 Ramirez 0.331 0.306 Soriano 0.280 0.305 Fukudome 0.314 0.332 Bradley 0.311 0.322 Lee and Ramirez got a little lucky and the rest were a bit unlucky. Geovany Soto got screwed.