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dusty baker's reds down 6-0 in the first inning... cornrows arroyo not having his best outing

braves made 3 errors in the first inning... nice job guys

Also, he's not as good at hitting as Patterson or Lee, so he has no place to play. uh didn't you hear? he's one of the NL Central's young wunderkinds!

i like how patterson went from worthless to a potential starter in one weekend series.

WARP3 is good in that it takes defense into account, but the defensive metric (FRAA) appears shaky to me. ARam was supposedly 22 runs above average last year but is at 0 this year, but to me he's been pretty much as good this year as he was last year.

for prince fielder, it's simply giving the buttons on his shirt a much-needed break.

congrats... might only be six games back after tonight.

cream soda and grape soda are my favorites; mr. pibb is my favorite on this list

solid outing by jo-jo reyes, by the way

wow that is crazy

he was legitimately a very good fielder, but it seems like the back injury has turned him into a pretty average fielder at this point. meanwhile, his bat has always been pretty mediocre, but it's been very good this year. kinda weird. but yeah, aramis is easy the better of the two players, and to pick otherwise is stupid.

mr. pibb ftw

i'm already "abstaining" if you want to call it that. others would use the more technical term "not getting laid"

twins are a pretty good parallel with the cards. they're a well-run, well-managed organization where the sum of the parts usually ends up a lot better than they should be on paper.

haven't there been reports that the cubs are thinking about making him a starter?

Look beyond the last 3 months. Wright's significantly better (than ARam) in each of the last 3 seasons. I still don't see how anyone can say they are "close." Wright: 05: .912 06: .912 07: .963 08: .841 Ramirez: 05: .926 06: .912 07: .915 08: .934 I'd say they're extremely close offensively. I'd call it a wash. I don't know how good Wright is defensively, but if Aramis is better like people are saying, then I'd give the nod to him for overall better 3B. EqA Wright: .313 .311 .337 .300 ARam: .301 .295 .300 .315 One major flaw of OPS is the equal weight in OBP and SLG. Wright's huge advantage in OBP and the fact that he steals bases so effectively, esp the last 2 years, shifts the balance significantly in his favor. I don't know what the OP meant by "better" - who is better this season, who has been better, who would you rather have for the next year, next 5 years, next 10 years. But the answer to almost all of those questions (except who's been better this year) is Wright. thank you. OPS is not a great stat to use to compare the offensive value of two players. you also have to take into account that shea is a pitcher's park, whereas wrigley is a hitter's park. if ARam's patience has indeed made a Great Leap Forward, then they're pretty darn close as far as value. but overall i'd have to give the edge to wright, which is no big insult to ARam. one interesting question to ask is, what are ARam's chances at making the Hall of Fame?

now seems like as good a time as any to bump this :D

$24M more a year??? so you're suggesting that next year kerry wood and ryan dempster would be making $24M more next year than they are this year? that would imply that dempster, who is making $5.5M this year, would be making something like $20M next year (an additional $14.5M), while kerry wood, who will end up making probably around $6.5M this year once he fulfills incentives, would end up at $16M next year (an additional $9.5M). so basically you are suggesting that dempster becomes the second highest paid pitcher in baseball to santana, and kerry wood becomes the highest paid relief pitcher. that is absolutely insane.

sorry guys, i had to go change my pants after that patterson homer

lawl

guess i am the only one who thinks that this ump is calling a pretty solid game so far.

ARam seems to do that a lot... make a nice diving play with plenty of time to throw the guy out, but then he puts the throw in the dirt and lee bails him out.

it might've been a tie but he looked out to me at regular speed.

swinging at it would be a good start