Has Ricky Nolasco gotten a thread yet?

[sneakypower]

do a search of Nolasco I guess if you've been skillful enough to avoiding reading topics with Carlos/Ricky rants

 

you're really taking this thread in a direction that doesn't interest me much, though

[Sammy Sofa]

Sorry, I'll let it get back to you complaning about rants that barely exist.

[jyoung55]

None of it's valid.

 

Hendry usually doesn't even need prospects worth a damn to garner something of value in a trade. So for every time he foolishly gives up Nolasco for diddly-poo in return he'll also give up table scraps to get the most dominant starter in the game or all-star corner infielders. Or are we actually upset that he doesn't win every trade by a sizeable margin?

 

Yeah, I wish my urine tasted like champagne and women begged me to piss on them.

 

R. Kelly is that you???? R, good call on the Josh Hamilton point. :roll: :good:

[sneakypower]

woosh

[Jehrico]

One comment to add on Josh Hamilton...the real complaint here is that we didn't take the flier on him in the draft (which should be the real complaint, not the part about him getting traded to Cincy, as we wouldn't have traded him if Jim ever thought about drafting him with that pick in the first place), then this falls into the category of every other draftee. Every team has passed on guys who eventually became great players in favor of busts in every draft. It's like crying over split milk. You can't really complain about individual draft decisions, you have to look at them in aggregate over several years and see if you're behind the pack or not. I won't complain about Hamilton based on that one move. It's even harder to complain about the Rule 5 draft, because you have to put the guy on the 25 man roster, so there's little room for error like the regular draft.

[sneakypower]

I've never liked Hamilton being compared to other draftees since he was always regarded as one of the top five most talented amateur players of the last decade to enter the draft. And you can take a flier on him for 50k letting him play exemplary RF defense in the late innings and PR/ maybe provide pop off the bench, whatever. Obviously he had a lot of warts, but if he never got hooked on drugs you wouldn't have any chance at getting him anyways.

[chuckywang]

Juan Pierre hit .292 for us, with a .330 OBP, 58 SB, and 204 hits.

 

He didn't have a bad season.

[inari]

Juan Pierre hit .292 for us, with a .330 OBP, 58 SB, and 204 hits.

 

He didn't have a bad season.

 

I'm not gonna bite.

[Tracer Bullet]

Juan Pierre hit .292 for us, with a .330 OBP, 58 SB, and 204 hits.

 

He didn't have a bad season.

 

82 OPS+, EqA of .249. Those 58 SBs were just great, but he got caught 20 times as well. Had 204 hits but 526 outs. And a .330 OBP for a CF with no power and bad defense.

 

Oh, you mentioned that .330 OBP - was that supposed to be a positive?

[Gingerballs Lives]

When did the Cubs get Dave Chappelle?

 

25 GS

164.3 IP

3.67 ERA

1.156 WHIP

137 K

36 BB

 

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2006/writers/john_donovan/11/27/hot.stove.questions/p1.pierre.jpg

 

:(

[Guancous]

One comment to add on Josh Hamilton... It's even harder to complain about the Rule 5 draft, because you have to put the guy on the 25 man roster, so there's little room for error like the regular draft.

 

I would have been livid if Jim Hendry promised a 25 man roster spot to a guy who spent the previous year living in a crack house. The odds of a junkie reaching All-Star status must be under 1%. That's not a risk I would be willing to take unless I could stash him in the minors somewhere. I'm sure the $50,000 looked like a safe bet in the risk analysis.

[Guancous]

I've never liked Hamilton being compared to other draftees since he was always regarded as one of the top five most talented amateur players of the last decade to enter the draft. And you can take a flier on him for 50k letting him play exemplary RF defense in the late innings and PR/ maybe provide pop off the bench, whatever. Obviously he had a lot of warts, but if he never got hooked on drugs you wouldn't have any chance at getting him anyways.

 

That's a big if. It's not like he got caught smoking a joint before a concert. The guy should have filmed his own A&E special. HBO documentary producers were probably looking for him harder than the Rays scouts.

[sneakypower]

last 15 starts

 

105-2/3 IP 81 H 12 walks 108 k

 

2.73 ERA 0.97 WHIP

 

that's some good pitching

[javy knows my name]

I've never liked Hamilton being compared to other draftees since he was always regarded as one of the top five most talented amateur players of the last decade to enter the draft. And you can take a flier on him for 50k letting him play exemplary RF defense in the late innings and PR/ maybe provide pop off the bench, whatever. Obviously he had a lot of warts, but if he never got hooked on drugs you wouldn't have any chance at getting him anyways.

I chuckled. So Hamilton's heroin addiction was about the best thing to happen to the Reds/Rangers in the last ten years or so. Awesome.