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  1. He will. Was Kinkade's injury really that bad? Poor guy. :( I'm pretty positive I heard it break. Gooz hits 97.
  2. No, I was thinking that too. Thirded. Fourthded
  3. Guzman coming out of the gate and hitting 96.
  4. Prior just doesn't have the stuff to go up top right now...
  5. The junk the Royals got for Sisco is in to pinch run.
  6. Esteban German is the king of spring training stolen bases. He had 11 last spring... and 7 during the season.
  7. Based on the pitch where it showed 88 MPH and then 94 MPH right after indicates that the gun is pointed close to the batter (as it picked up either the bat speed or the ball after contact). That means we're working with a slow gun. Wrigley uses a fast gun, from what I've noticed. So basically, add 2-3 mph and that's what we'd be seeing from him if he were pitching in Wrigley at midseason. So Prior is really working more in the 87-90 range.
  8. Same here. Beyond Price and Weiters, everybody has too much risk for me...
  9. Cedeno has shown fine range. It's the routine plays he's struggled with more than anything, and that too can be rectified with regular playing time. Cedeno has shown more pop in his bat. I can't really define the managing style of Tracy in LA, but we know that Dusty preached aggressiveness, which in my opinion, stunted Cedeno's development at the plate. This may be the case with Izturis as well, but the only year he had more than 40 walks was when he was leading off for the Dodgers in 2004. I agree with you about Cedeno. Dusty/Clines really had him struggling. some of that might have been Ronny's work ethic and some of that might have been the coaching philosophy/coaching work ethic. Cedeno is a much better player than he was last season. I think he'd do well under Lou's staff, which seems to stress repetition and hard work. That's all Ronny needs to become consistent. Looking at Izturis's trends, he's improving fairly steadily in terms of plate discipline. http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=656&position=3BSS&page=3&type=full http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=656&position=3BSS&page=5&type=full That first graph showing BB% looks like the last three years have been a plateau. He may be cutting strikeouts, but that's pretty irrelevant.
  10. Does the trainer count as part of the coaching staff? If not, I'm pretty happy with the early returns.
  11. But the only people we have that can play 2nd right now are DeRosa, Izturis, Cedeno, Theriot, and EPatt. What if they get injured?
  12. Thanks for doing it. I'd do it longer if the sleep deprivation weren't about to kill me on its own... but the midterms I had today fried my brain badly enough that trying to figure out who their randoms are is just beyond me at the moment. At any rate, I enjoyed it for a while. Hope it helped.
  13. Alright, I'm not even gonna try to keep track of their random guys now. If somebody wants to do play-by-play, feel free. I'm done.
  14. Kouzmanoff goes opposite field for a HR on an 0-2 count.
  15. Marmol in to pitch. Cameron: Fouled straight back (0-1) Watches a strike outside (0-2) Strike three swinging.
  16. That was EPatt Ahhh, damn. I've only been up 32 hours straight. Cut me some slack.
  17. Cameron catches it in CF. Pads 2 - Cubs 8 Oldstyle, am I ahead or behind? Cause I'm watching it on comcast.
  18. This is what I'm going to love this year...even on outs our guys are seeing pitches...Fonzi saw 10 pitches there in that at bat...it was a great at bat no matter what the outcome...I remember entire series where JP didn't see 10 pitches. I guess this is the year we find out how many stories Bob really has, eh?
  19. Jones: Lines into opposite field for a single.
  20. Aramis: Watches a strike low in the zone (0-1) Popped foul (0-2) Ball high (1-2) ARAMABOMB!!!
  21. Chris Walker in to pinch-run. Lee: Ball outside (1-0) Lee rips a ball foul (1-1) Walker at 2nd somehow... Ball outside (2-1) Ball inside (3-1) Flies out to Cameron in deep CF. Walker to 3rd.
  22. Izturis: Watches a strike outside (0-1) Grounder up the middle grabbed by Stansberry, beats it out for an infield hit.
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