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  1. TruffleShuffle
    I like me some Jericho Jones! And where's my Michael Brenly updates? Boise plays at night. i think he was asking what he had for lunch today.
  2. TruffleShuffle
    too late; hendry, wilken, fleita and co. have rape-proofed our minor league system.
  3. TruffleShuffle
    this thread just got a lot less fun :cry:
  4. TruffleShuffle
    just kidding, he was probably taking a dump. he really needs a toilet phone.
  5. TruffleShuffle
    hendry was in a meeting... he was having a face-to-face with a box of dunkin donuts.
  6. TruffleShuffle
    i read this about 5 minutes ago and i'm still laughing
  7. TruffleShuffle
    pirates and then rockies... would be nice to see the brewers play a good team.
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    +1
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    I suspect turning that prospect around in a deal for a top starter will net more value than Murton. Any top starter available will probably be from a team that isn't contending (Oak is always in a different category). If a team is looking to next year and beyond, Murton doesn't do anything for them. The contending Rays, on the other hand, just might pay up for a corner outfield who can put up a .940 OPS in August and September.[/b i thought we were talking about murton Over the last three years Murton has an .865 OPS in August and .977 OPS in SEP in just over 400 PA's. so he's likely to have a .940 OPS in the second half this year? i get that he's shown a good second half the last year or two but he seems to have regressed this year.
  10. TruffleShuffle
    no. everybody rates wieters as the better prospect. every writer in BA had him ranked higher; BP's prospect list had him higher, and i'm pretty sure sickels had him higher. the only teams that would rate vitters ahead of wieters are teams like the braves and dodgers, teams with a young catcher who's one of the best in the game already.
  11. TruffleShuffle
    Elliot: Are you currently sexually active? J.D.: Oh, it's active all right. Elliot: I'll write "rare dry spell" in the margin.
  12. TruffleShuffle
    and i never said that. and it's not a meaningful analogy for the reasons i pointed out above. i've argued with lots of people about rich hill over the years, and, i have to say, you are one of the worst. and that's saying something. Awesome. Thanks for the personal attack. In kind, I take it as a compliment that one of Desipio's most oft-whipped NSBB posters doesn't like me. i wouldn't take that as a compliment.
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    btw is this thread officially worthless or just unofficially worthless?
  14. TruffleShuffle
    (a) sample size (b) you left out vitters' numbers at peoria this year.
  15. TruffleShuffle
    you'd have written the same thing about ryan harvey and luis montanez a year after they were drafted. So because Montanez and Harvey were busts, Vitters will be too. God, that's freaking ridiculous. And Vitters is performing much better than Harvey a year after he was drafted and better than Montanez as well. And in time we'll see who was the better pick out of Vitters and Wieters. But trying to use the Sabathia trade to justify your position is asinine. not really. drafting wieters would've given the cubs a trading chip that would have been more valuable at this time. that isn't arguable. you can say that you think vitters wasn't a bad pick at the time. i disagree. just because other baseball organizations thought it was a fine pick for that position doesn't meant that it was the right move - if so then just about every cubs' bust in the past 10 years is justifiable. also, montanez was playing at a higher level at the same age, so i don't think you could say that vitters is outperforming him at this stage.
  16. TruffleShuffle
    you'd have written the same thing about ryan harvey and luis montanez a year after they were drafted.
  17. TruffleShuffle
    10 nsbb points to whoever finds the pat/ron call of that play
  18. TruffleShuffle
    No. However, he did say the Cubs would be 5 or 6 games out of first by the All-Star break like you did. Actually, he didn't say that. You can live with that comment by yourself. :rotfl: better get that sarcasm detector fixed, pal
  19. TruffleShuffle
    ok can we stop talking about what the outcome of the 2006 world series was? i'd hate to remember what happened that year.
  20. TruffleShuffle
    I don't know. I think LaPorta is a better hitter than Wieters, but Wieters adds value from the catcher's spot. It might be a lot closer, but who knows? You have to consider that LaPorta might have been a target of Shapiro's. Wasn't it reported that Hendry wasn't really involved with the CC talks, and Cleveland spurned a different package from the NYY? I know you hate yourself some Vitters, but Weiters might not have changed the equation. i think vitters was the wrong pick for the cubs. the main reason i brought this up was because it was apparent that the indians were looking for a good hitter who could contribute by next year, and wieters would have fix that bill.
  21. TruffleShuffle
    for the sake of argument, what if wieters is in the cubs organization instead of vitters? then are the cubs close to topping this offer with something like wieters/veal/atkins or something?
  22. TruffleShuffle
    The Cards are 28-28 the last two months. I think LaRussa may be capable of keeping them from collapsing, but my guess is they'll continue to fade. and they're even with the brewers right now, who have been going a lot better than the cards lately, and just made a significant move to improve their team. i also see the phillies as a better team by a pretty good margin, lousy manager aside.
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    did he mention that the brewers won't be making the playoffs because the mets will be instead?
  24. TruffleShuffle
    I suspect turning that prospect around in a deal for a top starter will net more value than Murton. Any top starter available will probably be from a team that isn't contending (Oak is always in a different category). If a team is looking to next year and beyond, Murton doesn't do anything for them. The contending Rays, on the other hand, just might pay up for a corner outfield who can put up a .940 OPS in August and September.[/b i thought we were talking about murton
  25. TruffleShuffle
    escobar is ready for the majors... he needs at least all of next year in the minors if not more time than that.
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