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  1. BA had him as the #8 Indians prospect in 2007. And #25 in 2008.
  2. Nope. He was drafted in the 14th round in 2006, so we've still got a while.
  3. He's obviously Dusty's #1 PH... which is hilarious.
  4. is anybody, really? i guess oneri fleita. I like the direction the system is heading in... seems to be a lot more high-risk, high-ceiling types. This really isn't true. We did that with a couple guys this season (Carpenter and Wilson), but the last three drafts have been very safe relatively speaking. We haven't been going for high risk high reward guys. Even the Vitters pick as a HS pick isn't considered that. Schafer probably belongs in that group as well, as do guys like Lake, Huseby... hell, even Ryan Harvey fits the bill. Samardzija was the quintessential boom or bust. I like having guys like that in the system, even if sometimes they don't pan out. Lake? Junior Lake? I was under the impression he was a toolbox with plate discipline issues. Gotcha, I thought you were only talking about drafted guys which confused me. (Amongst Latin guys, I'd also mention Nelson Perez and Starlin Castro as really toolsy, raw kids.) Nah, I was going for a huge sampling of that type of player. I went with the college pitcher with injury questions, the toolsy import, the high school pitcher with injury questions, the high school hitter with off the charts power who can't put the bat on the ball, and Samardzija... who doesn't really fit into a common archetype.
  5. Is there really a chance that Z won't start Game 1? Unless he goes to Lou and says he'd rather pitch on the road, he'll be starting Game 1.
  6. is anybody, really? i guess oneri fleita. I like the direction the system is heading in... seems to be a lot more high-risk, high-ceiling types. This really isn't true. We did that with a couple guys this season (Carpenter and Wilson), but the last three drafts have been very safe relatively speaking. We haven't been going for high risk high reward guys. Even the Vitters pick as a HS pick isn't considered that. Schafer probably belongs in that group as well, as do guys like Lake, Huseby... hell, even Ryan Harvey fits the bill. Samardzija was the quintessential boom or bust. I like having guys like that in the system, even if sometimes they don't pan out. Lake? Junior Lake? I was under the impression he was a toolbox with plate discipline issues.
  7. Hopefully I'll still be celebrating then.
  8. Unless I'm mistaken... Mets - 4 Phillies - 3 Brewers - 1
  9. .298 :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: If you root against any Cub player in here again, you'll be done at NSBB. I just felt a cold chill up my spine... is Modzilla around?
  10. Wont happen. The Brew Crew is already circling the drain.
  11. Milwaukee is already in trouble vs Cinci.
  12. is anybody, really? i guess oneri fleita. I like the direction the system is heading in... seems to be a lot more high-risk, high-ceiling types. This really isn't true. We did that with a couple guys this season (Carpenter and Wilson), but the last three drafts have been very safe relatively speaking. We haven't been going for high risk high reward guys. Even the Vitters pick as a HS pick isn't considered that. Schafer probably belongs in that group as well, as do guys like Lake, Huseby... hell, even Ryan Harvey fits the bill. Samardzija was the quintessential boom or bust. I like having guys like that in the system, even if sometimes they don't pan out.
  13. Correct. To add to this, we can actually change the roster during the middle of a playoff series. The catch is that it is designed for DL moves, so any player we replace during the middle of the series is ineligible for the rest of the postseason. It's not a rule that is likely to receive any significant use, but it can come into play occasionally. I want to say the Mets had to invoke that rule with El Duque two years ago.
  14. I have tickets to Sunday's game. I'm hoping to not see any of our normal starters in the lineup.
  15. Back in Florida, Cameron Maybin is 8 for his last 8... on the basis of two 4 for 4 games.
  16. is anybody, really? i guess oneri fleita. I like the direction the system is heading in... seems to be a lot more high-risk, high-ceiling types. I don't mind boom-or-bust players... it's much cheaper to acquire role-players in free agency to fill in around our homegrown superstars than it is to acquire superstar caliber players to fill in around our homegrown role-players.
  17. Alfredo Amezaga just hit a 3 run jack against the Phillies... Marlins up 11-6 now in the bottom of the 5th.
  18. Rob

    Geovany Soto

    I'm more surprised that we haven't managed to come up with a nickname for him... Geovany Soto is just too great of a name to top, though.
  19. He's actually hitting .277 for the season vs. them and has 4 of his 6 HRs against righties .277/.319/.401 vs. righties .328/.396/.455 vs. lefties
  20. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT200808260.shtml Soto won us that game.
  21. Are they really blacking out a late-season game against the Brewers? Freaking weak...
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