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  1. One of the guys is right.
  2. I wouldn't give up Hill for Bedard, straight up.
  3. That wouldn't be fair. I always win those.
  4. I always think Aramis Ramirez. High average, high power, lack of plate discipline.
  5. He'll be a free agent in two years. We shouldn't need to trade for him.
  6. I know this one, but that's because I had already been asked this as a trivia question.
  7. In terms of pure potential, he's undervalued. But considering how easy it is to tweak a knee at C (and how a good portion of his value is tied up in the fact he gets steals), not to mention the fact that the Dodgers don't particularly like to rest him, I'm a bit worried about his health. He's probably undervalued as a third rounder this year, but going forward I wouldn't expect that to be the case. Generally speaking, I don't like NL catchers simply because they don't get the same number of PA's the AL catchers can get with the DH.
  8. Nothing wrong with some moderately priced rotation depth... assuming it's on a one year deal.
  9. No, it isn't. All it is now is annoying because you have to scroll through all those posts to see if there's actually any posts of substance. Enough is enough, people. Time for it to stop. And now I'm starting to feel awfully prescient.
  10. It wasn't funny when it started, either. That won't stop it. Rickroll not being funny killed it. I could see this getting killed eventually.
  11. I realize that. That's part of what I think is so funny about the trade. Really, it's more than the Tigers gave up for Cabrera and Willis...
  12. Just for fun... One of the posters at OH is proposing a Bedard and Roberts for Pie, Colvin, Vitters, Marmol, Gallagher, and Veal trade...
  13. Link Yeah I posted that earlier in the day Vance. It proves that once again, Bruce Levine has no earthly idea what he's talking about. 0% chance of a deal being made? Yeah right. Muskat proves nothing. She's a clueless ape.
  14. Count me in.
  15. That's one thing I've always loved Beane for... he just abuses how much people overrate "proven" closers.
  16. Bah. If you believe the critics, nobody played good baseball in the 80's except for Rickey, Schmidt, Brett, Boggs, Yount, and Nolan Ryan. Everybody else would be in AAA if they tried to play now.
  17. Sosa's last year with the Cubs: .253/.332/.517 Soriano last year: .299/.337/.560 The difference isn't that much...
  18. I'd be up for that as well.
  19. I just assumed the PTBNL was Littlefield.
  20. We're very likely to have two prospects in the top 30 in baseball this year. Just curious, who? I'd guess Vitters and Colvin. holy crap, if colvin is considered one of the top 30 prospects then a lot of baseball people are even dumber than i thought. He's considered top 50, but not top 30. Interestingly enough, I've heard his skillset likened to Tony Gwynn. I hope you enjoy that laugh as much as I did.
  21. I was under the distinct impression that it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that Crede was going to be shipped off for some crappier crap, and that Owens would ride the pine (but Ozzie would still feel a need to get him 250 PA). C - Pierzynski 1B - Konerko 2B - Richar? Uribe? SS - OCab 3B - Fields LF - Quentin CF - Swisher RF - Dye DH - Thome Then again, that could just be my imagination...
  22. No, he really isn't. All-in-all, they have comparable value as hitters, no matter where they are in the order. Besides, Roberts can't be an upgrade over Soriano if he isn't replacing him; he's replacing DeRosa. I fully realise that this is nothing more than a semantic argument. But the issue is simply that Brian Roberts is not valuable because he can hit at the top of the order and steal a few bases. Brian Roberts is valuable for one reason, and one reason alone. He gets on base. It doesn't matter if he's batting first or eighth; he is valuable soley for his ability to get on base. Agreed, I would want Roberts batting near the top of the order in most cases. But if the choice is to mess with Soriano, who may very well convince himself that he can't hit down in the order... or just leave him there and bat Roberts 2nd... it's really not even a choice.
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