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  1. Rob
    For what it's worth, Colvin's BA is certainly lower than it should be right now, given how many line drives he's hit. At minimum, it's about 20 points low. If the "unknown" batted ball types were liners (and they probably were), it's closer to 30 points low. Just for the sake of argument, his best-case adjusted line is around .270/.335/.415. Is that line particularly good? No. But it gels much more closely with what most expectations were from him... and he'd still have some projection left to work with. He'd have some slight value in a trade as a 3rd or 4th piece.
  2. Rob
    3 more strikeouts for Veal, while giving up a double. Line is at 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 SO, 1 HR.
  3. Rob
    10 straight batters (4 Mudcats and 6 Smokies) have struck out.
  4. Rob
    Veal was shaky in the first... * John Raynor homers (7) on a line drive to left field. * Dante Brinkley grounds out, third baseman Josh Lansford to first baseman Kyle Reynolds. * Gaby Sanchez strikes out swinging. * Alberto Concepcion doubles (8) on a line drive to left fielder Jake Fox. * Lee Mitchell walks. * With Andrew Jenkins batting, wild pitch by Donald Veal, Alberto Concepcion to 3rd. Lee Mitchell to 2nd. * Andrew Jenkins grounds out, second baseman Matt Matulia to first baseman Kyle Reynolds. But he recovered nicely in the second... * Brett Hayes called out on strikes. * Grant Psomas flies out to center fielder Tyler Colvin. * Tim Corcoran strikes out swinging.
  5. Rob
    I don't really see much that Gallagher has done wrong. Lincecum's grounder just found a hole... that happens. Lewis hit what should have been a double that wouldn't score Lincecum... Edmonds badly misplayed it and turned it into a triple. And then Soto dropped that one.
  6. Rob
    His line is now at a sparkling .292/.387/.594 so far this season... And again... his BABIP is a mere .288 in his time with the Cubs, despite his LD% being 20.5%... which would imply his BABIP should be closer to .325. In other words, his line looks that good in spite of the fact that he's been robbed of three hits by bad luck. He should be batting closer to .321/.411/.632.
  7. Rob
    Corking the bat doesn't really help a batter out much (if at all). There are tons of studies on it if you feel like researching it.
  8. Rob
    Woo!
  9. Rob
    Chris Young GIDP... game over.
  10. Rob
    Torres walks Reynolds.
  11. Rob
    Jackson flies out in front of the warning track in left. Hudson tags from first and advances to 2nd. One out.
  12. Rob
    Hudson leads off the bottom of 9 with a single. Connor Jackson up.
  13. Rob
    That was an awesome catch. Something tells me he might end up sitting out tomorrow after hitting the wall so hard.
  14. Rob
    Chris Young just made a HUGE catch in CF to save a few runs and give the Dbacks a chance to come back in the bottom of the 9th... still 4-3 brewers.
  15. Rob
    I think it sounded worse than it was.
  16. Rob
    Interesting. I wonder how much turnover there has been in the scouting staff since Rizzo took over?
  17. Rob
    ERA 2005 - 2.48 2006 - 2.22 2008 - 2.67 K/9 2005 - 10.55 2006 - 10.15 2008 - 7.39 BB/9 2005 - 4.66 2006 - 4.78 2008 - 4.46 H/9 2005 - 5.59 2006 - 5.25 2008 - 7.77 HR/9 2005 - 0.62 2006 - 0.41 2008 - 0.76 If Veal had been injured and missed all of 2007, we would still be pretty stoked to see this guy coming up the ladder. Hopefully, it just took him a bit longer than most to adjust to the more advanced hitting, and we'll be seeing him continue to improve. I'm still pretty high on him, though I don't doubt that Hendry and co will probably end up throwing him in the pen if he stumbles again.
  18. Rob
    Keep him at 3rd until it becomes painfully obvious that he has no future there. Why kill his value when we don't have to?
  19. Rob
    He's more of a backup CI that could fill catcher in a pinch.
  20. Rob
    Weeks drives in Kendall on a sac fly. 4-0 Brewers.
  21. Rob
    Bronson Arroyo gave up 10 ER in 1+IP. Ouch.
  22. Rob
    Ross Gload just got his first dinger of the year. 8-4 Royals in the bottom of 8.
  23. Rob
    They're only 4.5 games out. I'm not sure why people think they want to trade their best pitcher. I'm also not sure why we'd be willing to give up much of anything for a guy who has averaged 15 starts per season over the last four years. Beane was burned on the Giambi deal, and he hasn't let another player walk via FA since. If he doesn't think he can afford to resign him in the offseason, he'll be dealt, unless they're looking like strong WS contenders, and not just a borderline playoff team. Zito walked via FA. Obviously Beane hasn't gotten burned in that deal so far but he still let Zito walk. He had no intentions of tendering him as he wasn't good at the end. Not the same.And although anyone with half a brain could see Zito's pronounced decline, Beane still looks like a genius for that one. That was one of the best non-signings in recent memory. The Kaz Matsui non-signing is looking pretty good so far too. .271/.336/.342 playing half his games in Minute Maid... blech.
  24. Rob
    King Felix had to leave that game after taking the brunt of a play at home on a passed ball... might be a sprained ankle.
  25. Rob
    King Felix took Johan Santana deep with the bases juiced. :lol: 4-0 Mariners.
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