BigbadB

There wouldn't be a point to taking out his best starts, because what you really want is a guy who consistently goes out there and puts up quality starts. I don't know that Marquis fits that description, but I find it reasonable to remove a few real stinkers and leaving his best starts in there as an evaluation tool. To look at it from an extreme, a pitcher who shuts out his opponent 30 times in a season, but has 5 starts where he gives up 30 runs each is actually a pretty valuable pitcher, even if his ERA is going to be way up there because of those 5 starts. Why exclude his 5 best starts if you are just attempting to see what his body of work looks like if you exclude a small handful of really bad games?

After nailing that prediction, I was hoping the next prediction would be a 4-0 sweep in the World Series. But, 1st place on June 1st wouldn't be bad.

Shagging fly balls is probably the more appropriate terminology. A lot of pitchers do it. Some act like they enjoy shagging balls more than they like stepping onto the mound.

With Crawford, Young, Baldelli, Gomes and Dukes patrolling the D'Rays outfield, do you really think they care about Josh Hamilton anymore? They have plenty of outfield depth with or without Hamilton. With the Cubs recent history of poor performing outfielders, do you think they were really in a position to test a guy who hasn't played above A ball and had only a small handful of at bats in the last 4-5 years as their 5th outfielder? Prior to what Hamilton has done with Cincinnati, would anyone have preferred Hamilton over any one of Floyd, Murton, Soriano, Pie, Jones and DeRosa going into the 2007 season? Does anyone think the Cubs were in a position to hide a Rule 5 draftee in their line up all season? I'm certain that teams are putting together scouting reports on Hamilton that will eventually target his weaknesses. He has had great success to date and I would love to see him keep it going, but the likelihood that he continues the level of success he's had so far is pretty bleak. There just isn't much of a history of guys missing complete seasons of baseball while they feed their addictions with their entire signing bonuses, who then turn around and walk into a major league environment after never playing a single game above A ball and dominate major league pitching over an entire season. Like I said, I hope he continues his success, especially since I drafted him in my fantasy league. But, the odds are pretty overwhelming against him continuing at this level. I'll wait until the scouts identify his weaknesses and attempt to expose those weaknesses. If he passes that test, he should probably win more than just a come back player of the year award.

Randy Johnson will probably help with Arizona's numbers. I think San Diego has been playing over their heads a little bit. They do have solid pitching, but the offense is not good.

Arizona is a better team than San Diego.

Not a bad idea, except where would The Riot play? I think, in my opinion, that there's no need to move The Riot, considering how well he's been performing. Again, the entire idea is predicated on the idea that Theriot will come back down to earth sometime. I think he is already come back down to earth. His SLG is even way down compared to last year, so I'm actually expecting him to show a little more power than he has so far.

very dumb post If this is the best you have to offer, my suggestion would be to say nothing at all.

How ironic. I never noticed that before. To have the same first letter in the last name, and such a seldom used letter at that, just proves your theory.

And he was carted off the field by the obstacle he fell over? HAHAHAHA!

Didn't someone go through Jason's game log for last year and determine he would have had a lot better numbers except for a handful of real stinkers? Granted, I certainly didn't want him on the Cubs and I'm not quite ready to step on the bandwagon just yet, but he has shown to be an effective pitcher at times in the past, even if it was 1/3 of an inning at a time. :D I certainly like what he's done so far. And I won't complain if he keeps it up.

Miscalculation. I think Greinke is losing 21 points. Relievers offset, so a net TBA deduction of 21, Fuzzy Logistics WIN, Fuzzy Logistics WIN!

Utley with a double that knocks in Rollins. My lead is back down to 5 points.

The third pitch would have been ball 3, but Aramis had plans to hit the ball into the outfield and win the game. It was outside, but it was a hittable ball.

I'd say you were too late since I drafted him. :D I have to thank Eyes of Texas for sitting Ryan Howard today. I have a 3 point lead with Jimmy Rollins. He has Chase Utley.... Err, another Rollins triple and RBI. Yay. Okay, I have a 7 point lead with Jimmy Rollins and he has Chase Utley and Jonathan Sanchez. Too close to call.

Yay Josh Hamilton! Another dinger! Is there an echo in here?

Yay Josh Hamilton! 2 run dinger.

I just wish I could get 7 starts in a week. I've had my 7th start lost to postponements and this week I lost my 7th start due to a blister. Bonderman against the Royals? May not have been big points, but last time I looked Detroit was winning 13-0. Not sure who is pitching in Bonderman's place, but I sure could have used my 7th start this week.

The battle for the lead in the West is neck and neck. Eyes of Texas shows about a 14 point lead, but will be losing about 15 points in TBA by Greinke. Of course, neither team really wanted it this week, since I think we are the two least scoring teams in Roadkill this week. Going into the 5 o'clock game, Eyes of Texas has Utley, Bonds (day off today?) and potentially 2 relievers and I just have Rollins. And, there are still several other games still in progress.

I'm not in love with ESPN, so it really wouldn't matter to me how much or how long they hyped it. Wang isn't on any of my fantasy teams. But, I think it would have been pretty cool to see him throw a no-no today. I can't stand Mark Buerhle, but I watched him pitch the last 2 innings for his no hitter. You don't get to actually see a guy do this very often in your lifetime. I'm not superstitious in the slightest and your "NO HITTER" had zero bearing on whether he accomplished it or not, but I just don't understand why people would cheer against it. And no, I won't be visiting the 5/5 Other Game Thread.

There was a reason I didn't say what was going on. I really find it hard to believe how people can't or won't cheer for a guy to get a perfect game no matter what team they pitch for. It shows you truly are not really that big of a fan of the sport.

Anybody watching the Yankees game? Check the box score.

I expect to see Bonds get intentionally passed an awful lot as he inches closer to the record. Can't imagine what pitcher would want his name assoicated with Bonds on the all time home run record.

I have another 3b in my line up at utility by the name of BJ Upton. If Rolen doesn't get his head out of his ass soon, someone else will be hitting utility while Upton plays 3rd.

Amazing fact #497: Scott Rolen is 0-18 this week and 0 for his last 24. No walks, no strike outs, just a bunch of batted ball outs. He has had a perfect goose egg in my line up all week long.