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  1. Rob
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    Soriano is still our best bet for production from LF next season. That said, while I refuse to give up all hope until we're mathematically eliminated this season... I see no reason not to start giving some of our guys a chance to show what they can do. Fox especially needs some reps out there, as his D has been significantly worse than even Soriano's uninspired performance out there this season. And the extra plate appearances can't hurt... it's been interesting watching him adjust to breaking stuff. I wouldn't waste any time running Fuld out there though. Any value he brings to this team is from his glove and speed... the extra PAs wouldn't do him any good and he doesn't need the reps in the field. Hell, give Hoffpauir a few starts out there... give him a chance to get his batting line back up where it belongs and end the season on a good note.
  3. Rob
    Has Huseby regained enough velocity that we can consider moving him into the rotation? Last I heard he was working high 80s out of the pen.
  4. Rob
    Reimold is the oldest and the worst defender of the bunch... not to mention how injury prone he is. I'd unload him well before I considered any of the other three. Thankfully for the O's, they have the DH. Slide Luke Scott to 1B like they've been trying and DH Reimold.
  5. Rob
    Apparently so many people at OH were ragging on him early in the year that every time somebody mentions him now it blows up into a big "I told ya so" fight... Despite being perhaps their most interesting topic of discussion right now, there are a whopping zero open threads about him. Looks like not just Cubs fans are ridiculously short-sighted.
  6. Rob
    Only the types who have also booed Bradley and think Soto should be benched.
  7. Rob
    Bad luck isn't regression. It's bad luck. If you maintain your insistence on blaming Soto despite all the indications that he's done everything in his power to perform his job duties, that is absolutely trolling... something you've got a nice little history of already. You constantly dismiss good statistics and use bad ones to back up stupid opinions even after people politely correct you. At a certain point it passed you simply being stubborn. You're a troll.
  8. Rob
    Wait. So Geo hasn't had a bad season? Did I say something wrong. And what's wrong with the Waton reference? He was a one year wonder as well. Sure he's had a disappointing season... but he's done everything in his power to have a decent one. He's got a batting average on balls in play of .240 despite a line drive percentage of 19.5%. Say it with me now... there is no way to explain away that kind of discrepancy without bad luck being a very significant factor. Hill has been terrible with the bat too, but his peripherals say he's really just been that bad. Soto's numbers have been bad too, but his peripherals say he's simply hitting the ball on a line right at people. Packing an extra 15 pounds doesn't have a damn thing to do with that.
  9. Rob
    Goodness... I don't know if you're trolling or really just adamantly remaining ignorant. But I hope either you or the mods resolve the issue of these blatantly moronic posts.
  10. Rob
    Im very curious to hear who the other 10 were. If they said that only Harden and heilman were "stories" than who the hell were the others? Gregg? Grabow? Miles??? If someone claimed Miles, and Hendry didnt hand him over with a pink bow on his head, that just sucks. The point is that Harden and Heilman getting claimed wasn't really a story either... waivers aren't really a worthy news item 99.98% of the time.
  11. Rob
    The problem here is that ERA on its own isn't even a good stat.
  12. Rob
    What about peripherals?
  13. Rob
    CERA does, indeed, have it's limitations. Can you list for us what those limitations are ? Can you comprehend why they aren't applicable in this case ? Quite simply, there are far too many variables to neutralize or even out over such a short sample size. The opposing team's health and performance. Where the games are played. What the weather is like when playing. The health of your own team. And when you have your starter missing a month, plus other injuries forcing player changes, it becomes even harder to account for the changes... especially with such a ridiculously simple formula. Even if you want to give Koyie Hill 100% of the credit for the better pitching performances (and there's no reason to give him any at all, as every single attempt to quantify or prove that certain catchers can call a better game has come up inconclusive at best or proven outright wrong at worst), Alfonso Soriano hit .337/.412/.558 during the month where Soto was out and Hill got all the starts. Now does it really seem fair to you to assign the brunt of the positive impact on our team's offensive output, run differential, and record to Koyie Hill's .194/.262/.258 line in that time?
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    CERA is a junk stat with no predicative value. Those stats really don't mean a thing... let alone bode well for Hill.
  15. Rob

    Z is Hilarious

    Rob replied to E.J.'s topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Maybe if Milton Bradley spent more time at a waterpark, he wouldn't have these attitude problems.
  16. Rob
    Glee!!!
  17. Rob
    Standard 5x5 format only difference being LF, CF, RF instead of 3 OF. 12 teams. We've been escalating the number of keepers each year... we're up to 10 now. Yes, I know that's an absurd number. And yes, my team has done horrible this year... I got nailed hard by injuries and people completely crapping the bed. Still, I think I have a good core to build around for next year. My roster as it stands: C - Matt Wieters 1B - Carlos Pena 2B - Orlando Hudson SS - Cristian Guzman 3B - Alex Rodriguez LF - Ryan Braun CF - Andrew McCutcheon RF - Milton Bradley Util - Alfonso Soriano BE - Travis Snider SP - Johan Santana SP - Jake Peavy SP - Rich Harden SP - Josh Beckett RP - Kerry Wood RP - Matt Capps BE - Rick Porcello BE - Ricky Nolasco BE - Zach Duke BE - Neftali Feliz BE - Homer Bailey Right now I'm thinking Wieters, ARod, Braun, McCutcheon, Soriano, Santana, Peavy, Harden, Beckett, Feliz. I hate keeping Soriano right now, but I know he's a good bet to rebound for next year at least. Peavy may need to be dropped though if this elbow injury turns out to be structural. At that point I have some choices to make with Snider, Noalsco, and Porcello. Thoughts?
  18. Rob
    Given the general attitude of the board lately, are you terribly surprised people are having trouble looking at the big picture?
  19. Rob
    Fox is a good bench bat and useful fill-in at the four corners and maybe even catcher. But I'm not sold on him being a better bet to provide value as a starter than any of our guys currently in those spots. Maybe spot him for an injured Sori through the rest of this year... but I think we'd be best served to keep the current arrangement next year, if for no other reason than to gather more info on Fox. Remember, at this time last year a lot of people were suggesting we dump DLee and start Hoff.
  20. Rob
    The Red Sox get away with grabbing all these journeymen guys because they generally do a pretty good job of properly utilizing them. I'd be shocked to see him with a bat in his hand, and if he's just running and playing D, he's a very nice player.
  21. Rob
    I'd consider something if Hicks was on the table. But I doubt he is and I sincerely doubt anything gets done...
  22. Rob
    Dave Cameron brings rational thought back to Bradley. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/bradley-taking-the-fall
  23. Rob
    He didn't accuse you of racism. He accused the racist fans of it.
  24. Rob
    nobody said average means nothing. it means something because it brings other numbers up. also nobody said anything close to what you said about ops btw, that hitter would still have an .800 ops delete your post, he needs to figure this out for himself. Feed a man a fish and all that. To be fair, the hits are worth marginally more than the walks when you look at it in extremes like this. This hypothetical player would be a marginal upgrade over Bradley this year. That said, if he's hitting .400 with no patience or power, Bradley would be the better bet of the two for next season.
  25. Rob
    I recently learned that the mods can read the words anyways. Tread carefully.
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