Not arguing with you. Yeah, he needs work.

Perhaps he's afraid of trying to bunt a FB, there's risk with that, but he needs to narrow down the zone. Do with the ball what you can, no excuses, focused at all times. With a lefty, ball curling away, perfect for bunts down the 3rd base line; righties, drag away. They wanta pitch you high to protect against bunts, learn to hit it more direct to avoid lazy fly balls, so shorten swing. All these things need working on. Send him to Iowa.

I don't think he is all that good of a bunter to begin with. Could he learn to become better? Sure. Will he? I am not counting on it. He is a nice guy to have on the bench. I don't ever see him improving enough to be starter material. Which is unfortunate, because that speed is an elite weapon.

Back to Edison: Results come with sweat. Up till he hit upon- tungsten?-he was batting zero.

What TC needs is PT.

In other words, "play it again Sam" until it's right. My thoughts exactly.

"300 ABs so far and Campana has shown he is a player who can compile around a .600 OPS."

OPS? Have you taken into account that any single Campana hits is essentially the equivalent of a double, with the added bonus of distracting the opposing pitcher like crazy.

That being said, you can't steal first, so I agree, send him down to Iowa to work on his bunting, line drive hitting, he's not getting any better here with no playing time.. If he could get on base at a respectable clip he'd be a gem.

I can only remember one drag bunt. Almost all of his bunts are one or two bounces directly to the pitcher. His on-base average would go up if he could ever learn to bunt such that the someone other than the pitcher fields it one or two steps off the mound. I no longer believe he can do it consistently. Therefore he is bench material only, and probably not at the major league level.

All these years he never learned to bunt at any level? He's a lost cause. Send him back to AAA and let him enjoy his last years in baseball. Clearly it doesn't matter how much playing time he gets, he'll never be able to consistently hit MLB pitching.

You don't think the Cubs have told him just that.....you don't think that he
works on it every day in BP......but it is not as easy as just saying go work
on it, if it were all the great track stars would be playing baseball and making
huge amounts of money for their speed.....

"Edison said it was the sweat of effort that brought about results, not brains."

Great, but without brains your "sweat of effort" will only get you a nicely dug ditch...

lol

As we speak, Campana is on the bench with a .270 avg, and a less than stellar .308 OBP. When you factor into this the fact that Campana in 208 ab's has walked a lowly 8 times, has struck out far too often, and thus far has not used speed to get on base by strategically placed balls on diamond, to rule him out this soon seems to me self defeating.

Because the numbers speak volumes when combined with Tony's ability to steal so far, that place him in the upper levels of baseball.

Tony is 26, had part year 08 beginning in minors, has shown progression otherwise. With the up and down nature of his career since being called up by Cubs, I think the time is now to send him back, doing so with a purpose that is well defined. I'm not ready to throw in the towel. Personnaly, I want to win.

Ponder what Soto would give for a .270 b.a. right about now.......Barney......even Castro dipping close--DeJesus---Vilibueno(sp). Clearly, the guy with tweaks, twiddles, or whatever, is more than a throwaway. Wanta see him one day throw down the challenge on old college mate, Bourn, to run for the money.

Horses mouth: Campana said he can steal a 100+ bases. Young man is assured that way.

Give him the space, let him breathe and find answers, next yr we could have a gem.

I didn't make the quote, Edison did.

Think in its entirety, it goes: genius is 90% sweat and 10% brains.

What do you think Edison would say about modern day America and the absence of sweat. Can only imagine. Of course he meant toil of effort, leading to sweat, but indicative of thought.

Campana will NEVER be a gem. I'm sure glad you aren't the GM. You have no ability to judge talent. Yes, he is fast, but as the old saying goes, you can't steal first base. He can't bunt, he doesn't walk (in fact he strikes out at a slugger type rate but can't hit the ball out of the infield) he's a glorified pinch runner. He's a waste of a roster spot. Get it?

The guy could probably steal 150 bases. He's barely getting any playing time lately. He should be in to pinch run every game. I don't get it. Yes, he's had chances to play and hasn't been hitting, but, who cares? This is the year to keep putting guys like him out there. Dale has done good of late, but the handling of Campy is mind boggling to me. You have a great tool that many teams don't have, use it!

We need to work on and improve it this losing season. Let's go full boar when its called for. Leastwise, GY Mike, that's my feelings and I'm sticking to them.