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  1. TruffleShuffle
    strike three not called edit - then floyd is about a half hour late on the same fastball he just saw 4 times
  2. TruffleShuffle
    and as usual, lou has burned through the bench except for the backup catcher
  3. TruffleShuffle
    yeah, if the wind were blowing out at 30 mph
  4. TruffleShuffle
    enough is enough. Eyre is unuseable... if hendry has any balls whatsoever, he'll release eyre and admit that he was wrong.
  5. TruffleShuffle
    round is a shape
  6. TruffleShuffle
    no he doesn't
  7. TruffleShuffle
    haha randy wolf thought there was one out
  8. TruffleShuffle
    not really, 4 guys have put the first pitch in play. rich hill at bat versus a lefty pitcher with a nice curve... bit of a mismatch
  9. TruffleShuffle
    boy these guys are wailing away at the first pitch
  10. TruffleShuffle
    saenz acts like every pitch almost hit him
  11. TruffleShuffle
    with michael barrett as the lead runner. nice decision guys
  12. TruffleShuffle
    horrendous
  13. TruffleShuffle
    pagan looks like he's never seen a curveball
  14. TruffleShuffle
    yeah that was similar to pettitte's pickoff move, which really looks like a balk
  15. TruffleShuffle
    his ops coming into the game was .600.
  16. TruffleShuffle
    ugh, another friggin bloop hit
  17. TruffleShuffle
    ah, the soothing tones of vin scully
  18. TruffleShuffle
    31 pitches seen by Patterson in 4 PAs so far... me likey.
  19. TruffleShuffle
    let's go rich
  20. TruffleShuffle
    Yes. I remember that from last year when Ball State got an automatic bid for winning the MAC tournament. well PSU is a few wins away from doing just that. Pretty remarkable unfortunately PSU resumed their suspended game against Minnesota today and were unable to hold onto the 1 run lead, losing by one in extras. Their season is done.
  21. TruffleShuffle
    Iowa's offense continues to rake... up 3-0 over Oklahoma. Patterson hit a leadoff double and came in to score on Fontenot's double in the first... both look like they were close to being out. Pie is 1-2 with a 2-run single. Patterson prolonged the 2nd inning by drawing an 11 pitch walk, including fouling off 5 pitches with a full count.
  22. TruffleShuffle
    Off to a real strong start this year... 297/374/495/869. Each of the last three years he's had an OBP over .350. Now, we all know Jim Hendry was dumb enough to throw a large two-year contract at the incredibly mediocre Henry Blanco. Soto's weighted mean PECOTA is an unimpressive 240/313/346. Henry Blanco's is a similiarly sad 255/303/408. Adding up their projected WARP over the next two years, Soto projects to be worth about 0.1 win less than Soto... so Jim apparently thinks a tenth of a win in two years is worth roughly $5 million. The question I have are two-fold: 1. Is Soto a good receiver/game-caller? 2. If so, and his bat and glove prove to be ready to hold down a big league backup job, what do you do with Blanco? Or will the Cubs just let Soto languish in the minors? Obviously I'm hoping Soto gets a shot. He's got pretty good patience and is a home-grown product at a position that the Cubs have not developed well in the past 20 years.
  23. TruffleShuffle
    .398/.438/.688/1.126 with 21 runs, 4 doubles, 4 triples, 5 HR, 23 RBI in 23 games this month. Player of the Month candidate? If he rakes the next few games I think he's got a shot.
  24. TruffleShuffle
    ERA is a terrible way to judge relief pitchers, especially with barely more than a quarter of the season through.
  25. TruffleShuffle
    Especially when you look at his similarity index and comparable list...it just doesn't compute. intangibles
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