Looks like Hairston wins.

[RugbyD]

per rototimes:

Jerry Hairston (OF) ChC appears to have the edge at second base for the Cubs over Todd Walker and Neifi Perez, according to the Chicago Tribune. Dusty Baker said he's planning to sit down with all three players sometime soon to discuss the situation.

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PLAYER         AVG   G  AB   R   H  TB 2B 3B HR RBI SLG       
T Walker      .324  16  34   8  11  20  6  0  1  11 .590
J Hairston Jr .286  20  49  11  14  18  4  0  0   4 .370

abomination.

[chadlincoln]

I think this is based off of 'Walker is going to get hurt anyways/we gave up Sosa for this guy (which was nice by the way) so we should play him or get rid of him.' We'll see. Dusty switches up guys. I wouldn't be surprised to see him switch them out based off match-ups.

[teddyballgamemvp]

per rototimes:

Jerry Hairston (OF) ChC appears to have the edge at second base for the Cubs over Todd Walker and Neifi Perez, according to the Chicago Tribune. Dusty Baker said he's planning to sit down with all three players sometime soon to discuss the situation.

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PLAYER         AVG   G  AB   R   H  TB 2B 3B HR RBI SLG       
T Walker      .324  16  34   8  11  20  6  0  1  11 .590
J Hairston Jr .286  20  49  11  14  18  4  0  0   4 .370

abomination.

Baseball Prospectus prefers Hairston, too, so it's not totally crazy.

[RugbyD]

per rototimes:

Jerry Hairston (OF) ChC appears to have the edge at second base for the Cubs over Todd Walker and Neifi Perez, according to the Chicago Tribune. Dusty Baker said he's planning to sit down with all three players sometime soon to discuss the situation.

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PLAYER         AVG   G  AB   R   H  TB 2B 3B HR RBI SLG       
T Walker      .324  16  34   8  11  20  6  0  1  11 .590
J Hairston Jr .286  20  49  11  14  18  4  0  0   4 .370

abomination.

Baseball Prospectus prefers Hairston, too, so it's not totally crazy.

what is their determination based on?

[tal1286]

I don't know what to think except for that I think it's interesting that Walker has more TB in about 30% less ABs.

[savvy_stu]

Good news for people hoping that Murton would start in LF?

[Ender]

Its quite simple, Walker is a hack in the field so they will do everything they can to not play him full time. I don't mind them playing Hairston over Walker, as long as its not Neifi out there.

[RugbyD]

Its quite simple, Walker is a hack in the field so they will do everything they can to not play him full time. I don't mind them playing Hairston over Walker, as long as its not Neifi out there.

i wouldn't call him a hack, its not like he's Soriano, but 'adequate' is about as superlative as I'll go. Any glove deficiencies are more than made up for with the bat. Having Walker at 2 and Murton at 6 is ideal.

[Pogotheostrich]

Any edge Hairston has over Walker with the glove is more than made up with Walker's bat. Seems like Walker is in Dusty's doghouse for his earlier comments about being the starter.

[AcidRock23]

Dusty Baker said he's planning to sit down with all three players sometime soon to discuss the situation.

abomination.

I think that ESPN ought to forget about following Barry around and arrange to tape this meeting. I suspect that it would be pretty interesting. I took at look at BP last night and they had Walker at 8 RBR in the field. I should have looked up the batting stuff too but that was not that bad. He's apparently improved as his last season in Bos he was -20!