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  1. Rob
    Say no to neck fat!
  2. Rob
    I'll tell you exactly what his philosophy will be... Mind-numbingly frustrating.
  3. Rob
    Aramis, Jacque, and Williamson for ARod and Tabata. I'd pull the trigger on that in a second.
  4. Rob
    I did say "partial" Rosters go up to 32 for the All-Star Game... and the rest should be Ozzie's pick, IIRC.
  5. Rob
    http://highandtight.blogspot.com/ Those fellas have been watching the shop at MLB.com, as they tend to let things slip a little earlier than they should.... and here's what they've seen. Looks like we'll be a little under-represented this year... not that I'm surprirsed.
  6. Rob
    DePo just signed on as a special assistant with the Padres earlier this week... sorry.
  7. Rob
    And the closer on my fantasy team (Jenks) decides to give up a couple singles (destroying his WHIP for this week) to get my left fielder (Bay) up... then promptly strikes him out to record the save. I hate when that kind of crap happns...
  8. Rob
    Of course you don't, that'd be foolish. But Dunn does happen to bring more than the long ball. He also has the moderately-less long ball, also known as the double. And as I'm sure you've had crammed into your head more than you care for, the son of a gun draws walks... tons of them. And would you believe it, his career average comes in at .246 Pretty darn close to that arbitrary .250 number you pulled as the cutoff earlier, if I'm not mistaken. As I'm sure you're well aware, most good players have that one career year where they get lucky and hit for a higher batting average that they normally would. Now, think about how amazing Dunn would be in that one year. Gambling on that would definately be worth passing on proven mediocrity like Carlos Lee, don't you think? Oh, and insterestingly enough, BP's measure of his speed puts him in the 60th percentile for MLB players... and I'm inclined to side with them on this matter, looking back at 2002 where he stole 19 bags leads me to believe he's not completely devoid of speed, as you said.
  9. Rob
    It won me the RBI title for the week in my fantasy baseball league, beat out the other guy by just one RBI. :lol:
  10. Rob
    I'd take Howell over Gathright five days a week, and twice on Sundays.
  11. Rob
    Great... I feel like I'm about to vomit right now...
  12. Rob
    What a start... :cry:
  13. Rob
    Actually, if memory serves correctly, I seem to recall seeing a study that proved there's extremely little correlation seen between the numbers and reputations for "pitching to the score." From year to year, pitchers show very little, if any, ability "above and beyond" what they already have to control scoring in those sorts of situations. Of course, that's only true if my memory is to be trusted... though it usually is. Personally, I'm a fan of RA instead of ERA... then WHIP, K/9, and K/BB
  14. Rob
    I refuse to deal with the Braves. Everything we get back from them always turns back into a pumpkin.
  15. Rob
    1. Pie 2. Pawelek 3. Cedeno 4. Marshall 5. Marmol 6. Reed 7. Veal 8. Patterson 9. Dopirak 10. Gallagher Pie and Pawelek have to be the top dogs, any way you cut it. They have huge ceilings and decent chances of getting there. Then of course there's the 3 at the ML level right now. All three have a chance to be solid role players, but I don't see any of them becoming stars like Pie or Pawelek could do. Perhaps I'm rating Reed a bit higher than I should, but I just have a thing for catching prospects with decent bats. If he sticks at catcher, his bat will definately play. Veal is another one of those guys with a huge ceiling, but his walk rates scare me. Patterson is just a pimp. He can do everything fairly well, and I could see him putting up a .315 batting average one year that helps make him one of the most valuable players in the league. Dopirak is still a good prospect, but I'm just not convinced he'll ever get close to his potential. Gallagher I love, but I'm afraid I don't see him as becomming much more than a number three starter in the big leagues. As such, I can't rate him much higher than he is now.
  16. Rob
    Gameday had something about an injury delay... what happened?
  17. Rob
    Troy Tulowitzki should just get the call already. He could outhit these scrubs in his sleep...
  18. Rob
    Yeah, but using stats it becomes easier to compare how horrible this team is with horrible teams of years long ago. 1898 Cleveland Spiders, here we come!
  19. Rob
    Why on earth would the Rockies make that trade?
  20. Rob
    First off, am I the only one that doesn't get the hype for Joel Guzman? As a SS, he was a good prospect... but now that he's moved to LF, he's a B or a B+ at best as a prospect. At any rate, I fully expect to see the following players shipped off. Pierre Williamson Walker While none of those three is lighting the world on fire right now, they'll all fetch a decent value in a trade. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see Williamson to the Braves for a B level prospect fairly soon if DLee's arrival doesn't immediately help the teams W-L record. These guys will probably be shopped. Maddux Nevin Wood Mabry These guys are going to be harder to unload. Maddux might not want to leave (I know, no NTC... but as a PR thing it'd be a bad idea to cut him loose). Nevin will be too expensive to fetch much, so we might be stuck with him. Wood can't be traded if he's on the DL, and even if he's not, Hendry might hold on to him just to see if he can sign him in the offseason. As for Mabry, he could get us a B- prospect if he starts hitting like he can, and not like a sabateur for the Cardinals. I'm sure pretty much everybody on the club is available, but those are the big seven, as I see it.
  21. Rob
    http://www.minorleagueball.com/story/2006/6/9/17952/19623 Pretty good article on him...
  22. Rob
    A quick primer for the uninitiated... BRAA - Batting Runs Above Average FRAA - Fielding Runs Above Average Obviously, neither is a rate stat. It takes their total production and compares it to the league average player at the position... so this includes durability. Let's just look at the last three years... Grudz: 2003 - BRAA 8 / FRAA 3 2004 - BRAA 1 / FRAA 2 2005 - BRAA -2 / FRAA 5 Walker: 2003 - BRAA -2 / FRAA -16 2004 - BRAA 6 / FRAA -4 2005 - BRAA 10 / FRAA -5 Some notes: Grudz only played half the games in 04. Walker's 03 seems to be an abberation. His BRAA hadn't been negative since 2000, and his FRAA is around -5 most years. Grudz is losing his power stroke to the degree that Walker's defense is covered. The only problem is, Walker has to settle in somewhere between his 04 and 05 to keep the production similar. For the 1.5 million dollar difference, I'd take Walker five days a week and twice on sundays.
  23. Rob
    Murton LF Walker 2B Lee 1B Ramirez 3B Jones RF Barrett C Cedeno SS Pierre CF Zambrano P
  24. Rob
    Wilson looked foolish on that first pitch.
  25. Rob
    NASTY, NASTY, NASTY!
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