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  1. TruffleShuffle
    That will never beat my favorite pitching line, a combination of last year and this year, from former #10 pick overall Joe Torres: 3-14, 91.1 IP, 101 H, 102 ER, 6 HR, 150 BB, 77 K, 18 WP 10.05 ERA 2.75 WHIP 14.78 BB per 9 IP Truly spectacular
  2. TruffleShuffle
    leave this thread and never come back
  3. TruffleShuffle
    Two most encouraging things about tonight: 1. Only 1 walk - hopefully the control problems in the bigs were just a mental thing that he's overcoming with experience 2. Pitch count per inning was low, which he's shown the ability to do well in the minors (despite striking out a LOT of guys)
  4. TruffleShuffle
    =D> =D> =D> Give him a standing O... here's to many more successful outings from the kid!
  5. TruffleShuffle
    <---- has been arguing for rich hill before tonite. 80 percent of this board has been doing that
  6. TruffleShuffle
    Man I hope he gets this guy, b/c Dusty could leave him out there another 20 pitches if he doesn't
  7. TruffleShuffle
    Of course, there's also the argument for taking him out after a successful 7 innings, which is the one I prefer. I'm just saying that in the encyclopedia of Bad Dusty Decisions, this ranks pretty low on the list of idiocy.
  8. TruffleShuffle
    While I don't think he really needs to be out there any more, he is 26 years old. He should be able to throw 100-110 pitches in a game. I can see the argument for taking him out, but also the argument for leaving him in - he's rolling, so why not let him throw another inning and keep building his confidence?
  9. TruffleShuffle
    poor managerial decision
  10. TruffleShuffle
    go rich!
  11. TruffleShuffle
    first homer since 1998!
  12. TruffleShuffle
    Where the eff is e-patt in tonight's lineup?
  13. TruffleShuffle
    voter fraud
  14. TruffleShuffle
    Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I'd hate to have a guy who won 2 world series and had a pretty successful career with a small market team.
  15. TruffleShuffle
    Yeah, kinda sucks for Verlander though. Going back to 2000, his numbers this year would probably have won the AL ROY in every year except for Ichiro's first season.
  16. TruffleShuffle
    Agreed
  17. TruffleShuffle
    Trade recap from 2003 by BA
  18. TruffleShuffle
    Or when Liriano goes out and dominates for 8 innings, and then Nathan works a 1-2-3 9th for the save. It really would be a challenge to make a trade worse than that. Was Isiah Thomas the Giants' GM at the time?
  19. TruffleShuffle
    If you define Maddux's prime as 1992-1998, his K/9 was 6.91 and his K/BB was 4.78. Definitely not what Truffle is talking about, he had a great K-rate during his prime. To the point of the thread, Wang will succeed as a 3-4 starter, but a groundball pitcher who doesn't get too many Ks will definitely be more at the mercy of his defense and balls finding holes. Maddux didn't have a great K rate, but it was certainly good enough, given his great control. I think Wang's career K rate is just so low (3.13 per 9 IP) that he cannot continue to have this same success in the future unless he figures out how to miss more bats.
  20. TruffleShuffle
    OK, I was wondering this tonight after seeing Chien-Ming Wang's shutout win tonight despite striking out 1 batter, whether he really has a future as a good MLB pitcher, or whether he's just been lucky. Wang's numbers the first 2 seasons of his MLB career: Year IP ERA BB K G/F 2005 116.1 4.02 32 47 2.96 2006 148.0 3.77 36 45 3.30 The numbers are fascinating in that the ERA is good, but the K rate and the BB/K ratio is pretty awful. The ground ball to fly ball ratio also indicates that Wang is an extreme ground ball pitcher. My question is, can a pitcher with a K-rate this low and a BB/K ratio this poor be consistently good over the course of a long career? I would have said no, but Wang has pitched more than the equivalent of a season with positive overall results. I'm just not sure if the G/F ratio is enough to compensate for the other poor ratios in the long run.
  21. TruffleShuffle
    Why is that? Patterson's 2005 would serve as a benchmark for Colvin next year(although Colvin will be 6 months younger) and I have a hard time seeing him putting those numbers up. And that doesn't even consider that Patterson is a 2B and Colvin may be a corner OF. Yeah, I don't get it. Yeah, he's been on a good run, but he's a guy who played 2.5 years (only started about half the time his freshman year) at an ACC school, meaning he played top-shelf competitions. I'd be concerned if he wasn't beating the crap out of Rookie-ball pitchers. A lot of the guys he's playing against are a year out of high school.
  22. TruffleShuffle
    If the Cubs are trying to make me not care about them any more, they're doing a good job.
  23. TruffleShuffle
    fixed
  24. TruffleShuffle
    I give the Twins so many props that I made a Go Twins thread!
  25. TruffleShuffle
    I hope the Tigers make the playoffs too, but count me in as a member of the Twins bandwagon! I was born in St. Paul and my best friend is a Twins fan, so they've been my American League team for quite a while. They might not end up making the playoffs, but they've been on a hell of a run. With Liriano, Santana, Mauer and Morneau, they have the cornerstones to be good for a few years. Also, Cuddyer has had a breakthrough year, Joe Nathan is a great closer, and Juan Rincon a very reliable setup man. I am pretty sure that with their Big Two, the Twins are a team that nobody will want to face in the playoffs.
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