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Let's try an exercise in logic here... Take a look at this team... C - Victor Martinez 1B - Albert Pujols 2B - Jeff Kent SS - Miguel Tejada 3B - Miguel Cabrera LF - Manny Ramirez CF - Nick Swisher RF - Vladamir Guerrero This team can absolutely mash, but is perhaps the single worst team on the basepaths in the history of baseball. Now replace Manny Ramirez with Juan Pierre and slot that bad mofo at leadoff. Does this team score more or less runs? Moral of the story is, you concentrate on getting the best eight players on the field that you possibly can. Then you worry about what order to bat them in. Trying to acquire batters based on where they fit in the lineup is bass ackwards, and is never a good idea.
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I don't think you can go wrong with either Putz or Gallardo. I'm a fan of the Yo, but Putz is a dominant closer. Definitely Phillips over Furcal. And most of all, don't pay attention to the Bill James projections. They are notoriously more optimistic than anyone else. It's too easy to grab saves off the waiver wire to waste a keeper selection on any closer. Hell, I grabbed Putz in the 15th round last year. There's always somebody out there... Your league is conspiring to let you win. At any rate, I'd keep Pujols, Arod, Rollins (3 top-6 players??) and Upton. His K rate should drop by a reasonable amount, from 32.5% to like 27%. .275 seems likely, which isn't a problem with BA stalwart Pujols and he'll have 20 hr 30 sb on top of that, maybe more. Hitting in the 3 spot of a dynamic young lineup he should also have healthy run production stats too. The 2nd best 2B in fantasy baseball this year. That'll probably be the best IF ever comprised in fantasy baseball. I think 2B is gonna be a bit easier to find somebody to approximate Uptons production than Vlad in RF or Mauer at C. I'm leaning towards Vlad at the moment.
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One of your Marquis projections is flipped (unless somebody is really calling for a WHIP over 5). All in all, I've come pretty darn close on a majority of the predictions.
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Ha! It looks like Hendry might've gotten fed up and dropped the offer down a few notches.
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I don't think you can go wrong with either Putz or Gallardo. I'm a fan of the Yo, but Putz is a dominant closer. Definitely Phillips over Furcal. And most of all, don't pay attention to the Bill James projections. They are notoriously more optimistic than anyone else. It's too easy to grab saves off the waiver wire to waste a keeper selection on any closer. Hell, I grabbed Putz in the 15th round last year. There's always somebody out there...
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Off the top of my head, your best bets for that one are Jack Cust, Carlos Pena, and Hee Seop Choi.
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Has anybody made a bad "penis enhancement" joke yet in this thread? If not, I'm disappointed.
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Kosuke Fukudome Translations (very good ones)
Rob replied to Mephistopheles's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Johjima played 162 games in 2003? :shock: All in all, very interesting. You've done a hell of a job. -
I am the Bloomington Bums.
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Mind if I piggyback onto this thread too? Standard 5x5 league, 12 teams, we get four keepers... and I managed to put together one hell of an offense last season. (LF, CF, RF instead of 3 OF) Mauer Pujols BJ Upton Rollins ARod Manny Ellsbury Vlad Hafner My pitching staff is fairly weak, but holds a few gems in Felix and Lincecum. I don't think either of those two is in mortal danger of going in the first few rounds of our redraft, so I'm not gonna bother asking about them... But how the hell do you pick four guys off that offense? Pujols and ARod are gimmes, but who else?
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I'm gonna need to see some sort of a rebound from Lugo before I get even remotely interested.
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You can forget about Votto or Keppinger batting 2nd. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060221&content_id=1317995&vkey=spt2006news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb Let's be completely honest here. Dusty Baker cannot be predicted, even by Dusty Baker. He's gonna do whatever the hell looks right to him, and then attempt to rationalize it with some crazy metaphor later.
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Yeah, I guess no matter our option it's still real ugly.
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I'm assuming Juan Uribe and not former Giant SS Jose Uribe. :wink: His contract is expensive but he's a better defensive SS while being one of the more frustrating players to watch at the plate, despite having some pop. It would be a tough decision between Theriot and Uribe, although I would lean towards keeping Theriot. Of the two, it'd be a real close call... But Uribe has an edge of at least 10-15 runs with the glove. Can Theriot real make it up with the bat?
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And yet it still speaks volumes that he's definately a better option than Theriot. They don't necessarily have to take over in July. If Furcal or Gonzalez was injured earlier in the season, and Hu or Keppinger came up and raked as the replacement, I could definately see the GMs trading their now-expendable starting SS off once they've come back and shown they are healthy in limited PT. I'm not huge on either one, personally. To be honest, the fact that we're discussing them makes me want to vomit. But again, they're still very likely to be better than Theriot, and if the price is right, you gotta pull that trigger. It's just as likely Asdrubal Cabrera or Brent Lillibridge are blocked by those guys and are available instead. And I could definately see the Braves and Cubs matching up pretty well in a trade. Considering the relative fragility of their rotation, and all the spare pieces in ours... plus the complete potential for Diaz to implode when those BABIPs come back to earth... Well, Gallagher and Murton for Lilllibridge and a lower prospect would be amazing for me at the deadline. But we can't really make that deal if we've traded those boys off for Roberts, can we? Agreed. It is completely unacceptible that Hendry has allowed such a huge hole to remain on our "competitive" squad this far into the offseason.
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Well, the basic list of guys better than Theriot whose teams wont be competing... Jack Wilson Jason Bartlett Brendan Harris But as I'm sure you know, teams don't have to be out of it to trade their SS away, they just have to have a ready replacement. So, depending on how everything else is looking, some of these guys might be available... Jhonny Peralta / Asdrubal Cabrera Yunel Escobar / Brent Lillibridge Rafael Furcal / Chin-Lung Hu Alex Gonzalez / Jeff Keppinger Edit: Also, depending on some variables, I could see Orlando Cabrera or Khalil Greene becoming available. Neither scenario is bloody likely, but they are both possible... Cabrera moreso.
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That is not a lot. That deal will not get it done. I would love to get Roberts for that deal! Too bad we're going to have to add Veal or Colvin to that deal to make it happen. Either way i'd do it! We're just as good off with Ronny Cedeno starting at SS and DeRosa at 2B as we are with Theriot at SS and Roberts at 2B... and that doesn't cost us a good young starter or a damn good fourth OF.
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What about Nomar?
Rob replied to inari's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Drop in power the last two seasons? IsoP: 1996 - .230 1997 - .228 1998 - .261 1999 - .246 2000 - .227 2001 - .181 (21 G) 2002 - .218 2003 - .223 2004 - .169 2005 - .169 2006 - .202 2007 - .088 Yes, 2007 was absolutely horrible. But people seem to have completely forgotten about 2006. His power rebounded in a significant way, and he hit .303/.367/.505 on the season. If he has another season like that in his bat, the difference between him and Theriot on defense (and in their contracts) isn't nearly close enough for Theriot to cover the gap. -
At this point, I'm beginning to associate this whole ordeal with Brian Roberts the baseball player, not just the transaction. It's gotten so bad that I'm almost convinced I'd boo him every game, despite his production.
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Dayn Perry: Jason Kendall is the worst catcher in baseball
Rob replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Too bad this board is dripping with sarcasm just about every thread too, but oh well. Yeah, but at least nobody here is very good at using it. -
Soriano - .280/.325/.540 Theriot - .265/.315/.355 Lee - .295/.390/.525 Ramirez - .305/.355/.550 Fukudome - .305/.390/.465 DeRosa - .280/.360/.430 Soto - .280/.350/.455 Pie - .270/.320/.460 Zambrano - 1.30/4.20 Lilly - 1.20/4.30 Hill - 1.10/3.65 Marquis - 1.45/4.80 Dempster - 1.30/3.60 (all in relief) Lieber - 1.30/4.50 Marmol - 1.15/3.10 Wood - 1.20/3.40 Howry - 1.20/3.30
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One could just as easily make the argument that without today's advanced training regimines and dietary supplements and all that jazz that none of the modern players would be able to hold a candle to Ruth back then.
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What does this have to do with pee?
