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  1. Rob
    http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7744864/Padres-will-take-it-slow-with-injury-prone-Prior I don't really know how much better of prospects they'd get. Gally is our best pitching prospect. Maybe they are buying into the Colvin is a very good prospect rumor that has floated around the baseball circle recently, and would take him instead of Murton or something? Probably Marquis, plus two of Gallagher, Colvin, Veal... maybe Ceda.
  2. Rob
    Just because I can... I ran the baseballmusings lineup analysis tool, making a very unrealistic assumption our starters were Soto, Lee, Roberts, Cedeno, Ramirez, Soriano, Pie, and Fukudome With a league average pitcher, this lineup scores 5.533 runs per game. Fukudome Ramirez Soto Soriano Lee Pie Cedeno Pitcher Roberts I just find it hilarious that Hendry is trying to acquire a top of the order hitter who would help our team most batting 9th.
  3. Rob
    I still think it's funny that people think Roberts would bat leadoff. Lou wants to split up the lefties. Putting Roberts at leadoff would not accomplish that. Furthermore, Soriano signed with the understanding that he was our leadoff hitter. Hell, that's how Hendry introduced him at his press conference. Soriano Roberts Lee Ramirez Fukudome That's your front five, if we acquire Roberts. The rest depends on if it costs us Pie or not.
  4. Rob
    No, he's worth that. Teams just wont pay it.
  5. Rob
    MacPhail had been asking for Marmol, but I can't see Hendry and Lou being willing to give him up.
  6. Rob
    What? Brad Wilkerson has signed with Seattle... which wouldn't make much sense if this trade doesn't go through, what with Ibanez, Ichiro, and Jones set in the outfield, with Sexson at first, and Vidro the DH.
  7. Rob
    Kevin Goldstein at BP put up his top 100 list. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7092 37. Geovany Soto 45. Josh Vitters
  8. Rob
    Who told you!?
  9. Rob
    Someone on Orioles Hangout said that Pie wasn't in the deal. I think he had a source too, but I'm too lazy to check. If it was 2 for 1 without Pie, maybe its Gallagher/Colvin. It was a Cubs fan, and apparently it was Rosnethal who said that last night. Oh, that was me. And yes, I have heard something from somebody I trust that said Pie wasn't involved. But he was going out on a limb based on what he had heard. It's one of those ugly friend-of-a-friend-who-is-close-to-a-guy things.
  10. Rob
    If we really trade Pie and Gallagher for Brian Roberts, I'm gonna be livid.
  11. Rob
    Sissy. I didn't say that would stop me from drinking it, did I?
  12. Rob
    I actually expect to see Veal up in our pen by mid-August. I have a feeling that this is a breakout year for him.
  13. Rob
    Nobody does. Though surprisingly, he hasn't muffed that up too badly. Ceda has no business being in a top five simply because he's a reliever, but I can't find much fault with including the others in the top 4.
  14. Rob
    Bacardi 151 is painful.
  15. Rob
    Ty Cobb and somebody else.
  16. Rob
    I don't care for Latinos either. Good call, Meph.
  17. Rob
    Are we assuming the Dodgers stay healthy or get injured? Cause they're the one team in either league that can actually get better as they get injured...
  18. Rob
    Pass.
  19. Rob
    http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?c_id=tex&content_id=1443421&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_tex&ymd=20060508 you are correct. the cubs traded for kyler burke a year and four days after he signed Well that's settled, then... It's still technically feasible that Latos comes back as a PTBNL, but I'm not sure that we can make a trade with the O's that would include a player on the "PTBNL list" that isn't actually in our system at the time of the trade.
  20. Rob
    Maybe they'll finally vote for the Cubs. You underestimate the shady tactics of those who count the votes... [-X That's just a sign you aren't playing dirty enough to inspire their fear. You can't beat people who cheat by doing a shoddy job of it yourself. You have to stoop to the level that they'd have to question their humanity in order to continue on. Try abducting their pets. If they push the issue, send back the tail. They'll fold. :lol: Yeah, I'm going to hell.
  21. Rob
    I was only kidding... Latos has a mid 90s fastball, good curve, good change. Big and projectable. Injury risk though (bc of age). Top of the rotation potential with 2 plus pitches, maybe a third in a perfect scenario. He was an 11th round pick in 06 (first round talent) and signed for over a mil as a DFA. Would have easily gone in the first this year had he gone back in. He signed quick enough to get 11 starts in SS this year. He had 74 Ks in 56 innings with 22 walks. Hes got loads of potential, but his ETA is probably 2011. And I've ever been serious? Wow... real interesting guy. Only problem is, looks like he didn't sign til May 31st, 2007. That means he'd have to be a PTBNL... which isn't going to happen. No, he was drafted in 2006. I believe the rule is one year from the day he was drafted, not signed. The rule is there to ensure that teams don't circumvent the trading draft picks rule. I seem to recall reading recently that it's the date of signing, not the day he was drafted.
  22. Rob
    Touche, fate.
  23. Rob
    Zing!
  24. Rob
    yep thats the point half of the time And the other half?
  25. Rob
    I was only kidding... Latos has a mid 90s fastball, good curve, good change. Big and projectable. Injury risk though (bc of age). Top of the rotation potential with 2 plus pitches, maybe a third in a perfect scenario. He was an 11th round pick in 06 (first round talent) and signed for over a mil as a DFA. Would have easily gone in the first this year had he gone back in. He signed quick enough to get 11 starts in SS this year. He had 74 Ks in 56 innings with 22 walks. Hes got loads of potential, but his ETA is probably 2011. And I've ever been serious? Wow... real interesting guy. Only problem is, looks like he didn't sign til May 31st, 2007. That means he'd have to be a PTBNL... which isn't going to happen.
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