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It kills me that MLB still insists on wasting five minutes in between picks. If the coverage was good, I'd be fine with it. But it's mostly moronic commentary and bad interviews. Cut it down to 2 minutes a pick and keep Jim Callis on screen at all times. -
Is it just me, or is Harold Reynolds even worse than normal this year?
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Yeah, I think that's true for me too. Wow.
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Appel is quoting scripture. I'm sure that would have played out wonderfully in the locker room.
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Yeah, I was just getting ready to pose the "Rank our top 4 prospects" question.
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Bryant, nice.
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This is kinda where I am. That's right now, of course. As similarly talented as they all are, my opinion seems to change for almost no reason whatsoever. I still think money might have to be the deciding factor, but they'll all probably be pretty close there too.
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Very interesting. At this point I think I'd say Bryant if for no other reason than I think he'd be cheaper than Appel.
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Can we re-draft Hayden Simpson?
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Known Liar&Cheater Ryan Braun Caught Lying&Cheating Again
Rob replied to ctcf's topic in General Baseball Talk
@Buccigross Outside the Lines has learned that MLB is preparing to suspend Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun and others connected to Biogenesis clinic in Miam I really needed to see this post about 15 minutes ago. Fantasy baseball issues? A guy in my league tried to trade me Braun after he saw the news. I guess he was hoping I wouldn't check. -
I'm happy with any of the three and am comfortable with the front office's judgment. I would be disappointed if the one we get comes significantly more expensive than the other two, though.
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My new sig http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2680191/ajfall.gif
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Chase Headley
Rob replied to Transmogrified Tiger's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I like Headley. But his track record has been more good than MVP caliber. And since trading for him would be to lock him up mostly in his early 30s as opposed to actually during his prime, I'm hesitant to give up potential franchise cornerstones for him. I dunno. I guess it's a good thing we'll have a lot more information to work with before a trade like this becomes a viable idea. -
Freddie Freeman
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Luis Valbuena: The Sneaky 3B Solution
Rob replied to Transmogrified Tiger's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
One thing I noticed before this season that intrigued me a bit was his BABIP. For his career, it's currently sitting at .268. He leans a bit towards the flyball-heavy side of things so I would probably expect his BABIP to be a bit lower than league average, but I'm not sure it's enough to justify a career .268 figure (and I'm too lazy to run an xBABIP calculation). It's not much, but it's possible that could signal there may be a bit of offensive upside. -
Cute. Wrong, but cute. As always when we have these discussions, the thresholds aren't magical numbers where the statistic instantly switches from "completely meaningless" to "ZOMG now it means something!" in a single PA. Nobody is saying that. But we're only about 60% of the way towards that threshold. Considering the quality of opponents faced to this point, I think it's prudent to see how he does against some of the lesser competition before getting ourselves all worked up.
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50 PA: Swing % 100 PA: Contact Rate 150 PA: Strikeout Rate, Line Drive Rate, Pitches/PA 200 PA: Walk Rate, Groundball Rate, GB/FB 250 PA: Flyball Rate 300 PA: Home Run Rate, HR/FB 500 PA: OBP, SLG, OPS, 1B Rate, Popup Rate 550 PA: ISO For the uninitiated, that's how long it takes for a statistic to become reliable. Rizzo seems to be taking some more pitches. But we are still a ways out from being able to reliably predict what impact that's going to have on his strikeout and walk rates. It's way too early to freak out.
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swinging strike % 2012: 9.6% 2013: 9.3% swings outside of the zone 2012: 38.5% 2013: 30.6% i'm not remotely worried about him yet; he's just been pretty cursed so far, it happens over a SSS this reminds me of last year when people were panicking over Shark's demise (in June?) when he was still pitching really well, just with unsustainable poor results Yeah, this. He's not doing anything different from last year. He's just had bad results to this point. I'm not reading anything into it.
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Sveum wasn't hired to manage a winning team. He was hired to try to turn young prospects into quality major league players.
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http://deadspin.com/pirates-minor-leaguer-reportedly-tried-to-climb-into-st-475010887 Poor Felix Pie.
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Abusive Assholes Anonymous?
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Ugh. I really hate the idea of a JumboTron.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-13-13
Rob replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Thanks. Vogelbach HR. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-12-13
Rob replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
It would had to have been McNutt as he pitched the 9th. Yeah, they just corrected it. It was McNutt. Confused the hell out of me for a minute. -
Sweeney is a 5th OF / defensive sub type. More important than that, he's a known quantity. We really don't know what we have with Sappelt. If we were discussing a guy to be the starter, I'd see the argument for Sweeney. But since the role is a short side of the platoon and occasional pinch hitter, there's no reason not to use Sappelt right now. He could always surprise us and look a bit better than expected.
