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    Also from Ben Badler:
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    That would be an awful, awful deal. I'm glad it's pretty obviously a fabrication.
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMSzdgz2ZLs
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    It's worth nothing that in his initial contract with the Cubs, Shawon Sr. had a clause in there that would require the Cubs to pay his tuition should he decide to return to school after his playing days.
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    Actually, it wouldn't be the worst idea in the world for a few teams to pull a minor trade for Reed around the deadline. He's a useful enough lefty masher. I wouldn't expect much for him, but a toolsy young guy with a bad early track record in the low minors isn't a bad return.
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    Reed: fielding percentage - 1.000 in 35 games; UZR - -5.4 Soriano: fielding percentage - .961 games; UZR - 2.3 Fielding percentage prefers Reed, but Sori has been a much better defender this year according to UZR. UZR does take into account Soriano's arm... which adds a lot more value to Soriano's D out there than people seem to give him credit for.
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    Lovely. He was hit in the head. While that's not good news, judging from the fact he isn't laying on his back clutching at his face or anything he's probably not hurt too bad. My first thought was a broken wrist or something...
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    Rohan isn't a prospect. He's always been old for his leagues and never really has produced. Even this year, his "breakout" is mostly what looks to be a BABIP in the .370 range. I'm confused a bit by the Bour example too. Rebel Ridling has been playing most of the 1B for the Smokies but he's not really a bonus baby. Are you complaining that Vitters (23 games played at 1B) is blocking Bour's progress? Vitters is still a year and a half younger than Bour and is performing well... it'd be kind of odd to single him out. I think he was comparing Silva's rapid promotion to the lack of promotion for Bour or Rohan. See, I thought that at first too, but the whole "many chances to fail" thing threw me off that one.
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    Rohan isn't a prospect. He's always been old for his leagues and never really has produced. Even this year, his "breakout" is mostly what looks to be a BABIP in the .370 range. I'm confused a bit by the Bour example too. Rebel Ridling has been playing most of the 1B for the Smokies but he's not really a bonus baby. Are you complaining that Vitters (23 games played at 1B) is blocking Bour's progress? Vitters is still a year and a half younger than Bour and is performing well... it'd be kind of odd to single him out.
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    Lovely.
  11. Rob
    Lie about their sexuality and say they are gay. For credibility. If we really want them to be credible, the only solution is to turn "It Gets Better" into a combination of a support video and hardcore gay pornography.
  12. Rob
    You may be right. Of course, this makes the decision to bring up Cashner and use him in relief last year look even more poor than it already had.
  13. Rob
    Apparently he told Rizzo if his option wasn't picked up, he wasn't getting on the bus.
  14. Rob
    Welcome to the board! Glad to have a fresh set of eyes on things.
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    I don't generally pay all that much attention to the Futures game. Anybody know offhand if it's one of those "each team gets a representative" sort of deals like the MLB All-Star game?
  16. Rob
    I just skimmed through the Dunn signing thread from this offseason. It was fun.
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    On his own, I wouldn't be a big fan of Brenly either. But the interplay between him and Len is top notch.
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    Castro has all the physical tools to stay at SS. His problems are mostly from footwork and decision making... two issues which I do not see as getting better as a result of moving to 3B. The extra time at 2B might be of some use if he doesn't figure it out in a few years though. But I really do mean a few years... unless he gets significantly worse in a hurry, I don't want to see Castro moving off SS before he's 24-25.
  19. Rob
    Best news in what has been a horrible season.
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    http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=4897&position=P#pitchtype Take a look at his fastball velocity. If that isn't an indication of major arm issues, I don't know what is.
  21. Rob
    They could try something like that. They also might just bump Wilken all the way up to GM... which I'd be less happy about.
  22. Rob
    Candelario's OBP is gonna sink like a ship if he keeps having nights like this one... :bye:
  23. Rob
    I was really hoping we wouldn't sign Klafczynski. It's gonna be a pain in the butt learning to spell that...
  24. Rob
    IS IT THE SHOES?
  25. Rob
    I think it's about time to do some mid-season prospect lists. We all seem to be itching to talk about our favorite guys and how nobody is giving them enough love.
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