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  1. Rob
    I did take all of that into account. :P
  2. Rob
    baseball7897 has an Angels fetish. His idea of a damn good Angels player is about the same as our idea of Jose Macias.
  3. Rob
    What on Earth are you bringing in Erstad for? If he's not healthy enough to play CF, he's got no value... and he's never healthy enough. Erstad is a pretty damn good player. No, he probably cant play CF anymore, but I was looking at him playing LF. Erstad is a risk I would take. Its not like I would sign him to a 4 million dollar contract. He would get something similiar to what Mabry got from the Cubs. You want to take a guy with an IsoP of about .100 and stick him in left field? People talk about Murton not developing enough power to stay in left field, and his is at .140. Erstad's bat doesn't play anywhere except SS or CF anymore... and he better be about average in the field at either to justify a roster spot. One year, league minimum. Fifth outfielder. Only to be used to cover center in emergencies or to pinch run. That's the best way to maximize his value to a team. If he costs more than the minimum, he's not worth it.
  4. Rob
    What on Earth are you bringing in Erstad for? If he's not healthy enough to play CF, he's got no value... and he's never healthy enough.
  5. Rob
    I wish he had completely dominated his competition at AA, but that's simply not the case. 86.1 IP 74 H 55 BB 91 K A 1.49 WHIP doesn't usually translate to a 2.71 ERA, even if the strikeout rate is over one an inning. He got lucky on his AA ERA, no two ways about it. That's not to say it wasn't a solid showing for a young kid. Holding your own when you're young for the league is enough to make you a good prospect in my eyes. But he wasn't nearly so dominating as you're making him out to be. Don't let any of this make you think that I somehow don't like Gallagher. He's one of my favorite prospects. But he didn't dominate AA, and he isn't seen that highly in the eyes of other GMs around the league (as far as I've heard, anyways). That's all I'm saying.
  6. Rob
    At least the right side of the field is playing stellar defense tonight.
  7. Rob
    Kevin Goldstein just did an article on BP where he put Gallagher in the same five man group as Homer Bailey, Scott Elbert, Yovani Gallardo, and Phillip Hughes. He does conceed that Gallagher is a step behind those guys, but the mere fact he can be mentioned in the same group means you're underestimating him a bit. That being said, "baseball men" don't seem to value Gallagher all that much, despite the results he continues to get. His stuff is obviously better than Yusmeiro Petit's was... but he seems to get lumped in his class, for better or worse. Gallagher has very little value in a trade, and can't be the centerpiece of a deal for an elite talent. Considering his status in the eyes of GMs with his actual potential to produce, it's sheer folly to even suggest he be included in any trades. We'd be selling him for fifty cents on the dollar.
  8. Rob
    I have no choice but to slice it up. To look at all of his mistakes simultaneously might give me a stroke. Perhaps you are right, but I'm still inclined to think about the system as a whole. This team wasn't going to the series this year irregardless.... the prospects from a Pierre deal might have helped get us to the series in a few years.
  9. Rob
    No, it wasn't as bad as trading for him in the first place. He wasn't going to get as much as he gave up. Plus, trading for him for pretty much determined, in advance, that the outfield would not be productive this year. I meant in-season. If we look at his offseasons, we could be here all night. But in-season, there was only so much that could be done. Not getting a significant prospect haul for Pierre or not firing Dusty is about the worst I can think of.
  10. Rob
    We'll be lucky if we get draft picks. Rumor has it that the upcoming CBA isn't going to include compensation picks anymore. Keeping the sandwich picks certainly isn't out of the question, but getting another team's first rounder seems very very unlikely at this point. Holding on to him was quite possibly the worst mistake Hendry made this season.
  11. Rob
    I just got sick looking at that. I can already see the Red Sox trading Manny + Cash for Pat Burrell and Brett Myers. Sox get rid of Manny, but they take on two "troublemakers" and get better in the process.
  12. Rob
    I am far from convinced that Pie is going to live up to his super-star potential. In reality, I don't see him being more than a very good regular with a couple of star-type seasons sprinkled in, with a high chance of a flameout and no real value ever to the Cubs. On the other hand, I am convinced Pagan's ceiling is a top-of-the-line fourth outfielder. As such, I'd rather see Pie in CF... Pagan may be a better bet to put up sub-par numbers... but Pie is the only one with a real shot to be beneficial to the squad. Then again, I'd rather grab a stop-gap solution for next season in the form of Vernon Wells, Andruw Jones, or Jim Edmonds. Pie could use another year if we can afford to give it to him.
  13. Rob
    I'd bat Edmonds #2 in the lineup, FWIW.
  14. Rob
    I'd like to see Miller get smashed. Then again, I'm committed to making a run at the #1 draft pick.
  15. Rob
    Frank Robinson is almost a Dusty-doppelganger... and he should be available after the season.
  16. Rob
    Noooo... That needs to read Fredi Gonzalez in place of Lou Piniella... and Joe Girardi.
  17. Rob
    only because I have zero clout with the media. You could always play the race-card for Lee Smith. Everybody else in the media is willing to use it for their own selfish gains... at least you'd be doing it for somebody else. *glares at Jesse Jackson*
  18. Rob
    Yeah. You'll get to watch Bynum, Cedeno, and Blanco instead. . For less than half the price. Crappy ballplayers annoy me... Crappy expensive ballplayers infuriate me.
  19. Rob
    Hey, I'm damn happy about it. Now I can enjoy the game on the 30th, without having to watch him be a scrub.
  20. Rob
    I think it would cost a productive major leaguer as well as some prospects. The caliber of prospects would depend greatly on the caliber of the major leaguer. I think the Jays would want either Barrett or Murton from the major league roster and then one of Marshall or Marmol. Toronto may start off asking for Barrett or Murton, but they should know it's unrealistic. Quantity over quality should get the job done here. I really don't think it'd take more than Izturis, Pie, Ryu, and Aardsma. We wouldn't be giving up all that much, but it'd be upgrades across the field for them... with the only downgrade coming in the form of a top 25 prospect.
  21. Rob
    English translation?
  22. Rob
    I've done in in my own notes, but I'm not ready to put down a preferred roster yet, I'm still up in the air on some things. I wouldn't expect any less of you. It's the "others" :shock: I'm just hyper-realistic and when I see people proposing to spend 20 million more or less dollars than our approx 100 million dollar payroll, it's annoying.
  23. Rob
    Would anybody else be willing to start putting their payrolls down with the players like Vance and I did? It helps a lot in being realistic when you know how much you have to spend.
  24. Rob
    I'm assuming the Wells trade would take an Aardsma throw-in. Earl Weaver (who I'm a devout follower of) is adamant that the best way to bring a pitcher into the bigs is through a long relief role. As such, I'd rather have Marshall coming out of the pen... but Ohman still isn't a horrible player, I suppose. I was about 50/50 on that move. I think Nixon's worth whatever it takes to get him. That might only be 2/12, or it could be more. I did mention I purposefully overestimated contract values, just to prove I could bring it in around 100 million in a worst case scenario. At any rate, I do see him having a resurgent season next year. Having another legit LF in Murton would help give him plenty of rest too... keep the bugger healthy. Between the two of them, a .850 or .900 OPS would be about what we'd get out of LF. Acceptible for around 6-8.5 million combined, certainly. Plus, it'd be nice to have an actual bench for once. goony, I still don't get the Padilla love. He's certainly better than Meche (my sock is)... but I don't see the point in giving a good sized contract to an average player. Our system is supposedly stocked with live arms for a reason... I say we try to get some mileage out of them.
  25. Rob
    How on Earth is Marquis a solid bet to pitch 200 innings with an ERA around 4? His ERA right now is 5.82 As a Card, he's averaging about 200 IP... but an ERA above 4.50
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