CoolHandLuke

The cub fan bud man commercial might be the funniest thing I have ever seen.

Sabathia, Harden, Harang, Bedard, Burnett. That's how I'd rank these 5 guys. Any that I'm missing? Sabathia is quite a bit ahead of Harden, and Harang, Bedard and Burnett are all bunched together quite a bit behind Harden. The fact that Harden is hurt so often scares the crap out of me.

Except that they're both having horrible years and would cost too much. We're not looking for long term acquisitions, we're looking to win it all this year. Neither of those guys are performing in a manner to justify thinking they could help us this year more than any inhouse options. If they were having normal seasons, then they'd be worth whatever we'd give up to get them. Nobody that has been against either pitcher has talked about what they would cost in terms of prospects. All I keep reading is how both are struggling this year, when both have been around average pitchers this year who have a recent history of being among the top 20 in baseball. Both Harang and Bedard are better pitchers than Burnett, who most of the board (me included) would love. Again, I know balancing the cost in terms of prospects, Burnett probably makes the most sense, but to not be interested in Bedard or Harang at all is baffling. Not really. There's no reason to expect either of them to do better than, say, Marshall, nor any expectation that they'll be good enough to bounce into a three man rotation in the postseason with Z, Demp, and Lilly pitching better than they can be expected to. We have few decent trading chips in the system. If we give up any of those chips for Bedard or Harang, then we have little left to bargain with, and we take ourselves out of the running for a legit #2 like we're all hoping to get. I don't want to make a move that may make sense in the long term at the expense of making a better move for the short term. I think, given Bedard's and Harang's history, you have every reason to predict that they will pitch better than Marshall for the remainder of the season. Not the way they're pitching this year. Regardless, they still don't improve what our three-man postseason rotation will be. We're not looking like we need help improving our chances of making the postseason, we should be looking for moves to improve our chances of winning the WS. Improving our 4th and 5th rotation slots doesn't accomplish that. But are they pitching differently this year, or are they just getting different results? I certainly don't know, they could have declined, but I'm guessing they are virtually the same pitchers they were last year. I would gladly have either one of them on the team, and regardless of a half years worth of stats I still consider them to be at least #2 starters.

This is exactly how I feel.

Except that they're both having horrible years and would cost too much. We're not looking for long term acquisitions, we're looking to win it all this year. Neither of those guys are performing in a manner to justify thinking they could help us this year more than any inhouse options. If they were having normal seasons, then they'd be worth whatever we'd give up to get them. Nobody that has been against either pitcher has talked about what they would cost in terms of prospects. All I keep reading is how both are struggling this year, when both have been around average pitchers this year who have a recent history of being among the top 20 in baseball. Both Harang and Bedard are better pitchers than Burnett, who most of the board (me included) would love. Again, I know balancing the cost in terms of prospects, Burnett probably makes the most sense, but to not be interested in Bedard or Harang at all is baffling. Not really. There's no reason to expect either of them to do better than, say, Marshall, nor any expectation that they'll be good enough to bounce into a three man rotation in the postseason with Z, Demp, and Lilly pitching better than they can be expected to. We have few decent trading chips in the system. If we give up any of those chips for Bedard or Harang, then we have little left to bargain with, and we take ourselves out of the running for a legit #2 like we're all hoping to get. I don't want to make a move that may make sense in the long term at the expense of making a better move for the short term. I think, given Bedard's and Harang's history, you have every reason to predict that they will pitch better than Marshall for the remainder of the season.

who are you talking about? Harang has only had 3 years with 200 ip and 2 years with an ERA+ 120 or above. Is it really unclear as to who I'm talking about or are you just nitpicking for the hell of it? I'm assuming he's going to get over 200 IP this year. He'll probably fall short of the 120 ERA+ but if he improves from his mediocre-ish numbers he'll be close to it if you aggregate the 4 years. How is it nitpicking? You listed the accomplishments of someone who hasn't accomplished them.

I am in love with the girl in the Justin Timberlake commercial.

who are you talking about? Harang has only had 3 years with 200 ip and 2 years with an ERA+ 120 or above.

It was a player poll.

I would hardly define getting Jerry Blevins and Rob Bowen for Kendall as screwing us.

excellent.

That lineup is not good.

Rich Hill's PA?

What's really wild is that K-Rod is only ten months older than Carlos.

Rafael Soriano for Horacio Ramirez.

Tiger seems like a guy who would be really annoying to hang out with.

The only problem with this is that Howry is the kind of meh player that could potentially accept arbitration.

Sorry, I don't have it broken down in a way that I can retrieve that. I got 25-0.

Why Aramis at DH?

I have been a big fan of Lance Berkman since 2002. I am not even sure why.

wow, excellent.

I love how comfortable "The Wolf" has me feeling, even after he falls behind 2-0.

says who? Derwood? someone had to We won't win with Derwood Sham poster.

WHOOOO! FUKUBOMB!!!!!!!!!!!11

I want them to hire Bill Wennington, so it gives McDonals a reason to bring back the Beef Wennington.