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  1. rawaction
    Nope. Too much money invested in the pen as is. Howry, Dempster, Eyre, will make well over $10M combined. Probably gonna go after a more reliable LH out of the pen, because I don't see them wanting to go with Ohman, Cotts, Rapada, or Pignatiello. That's too much money spent on the pen, especially when you have a huge hole in the offense. Wood is probably a middle reliever on next year's team, clearly behind Demp, Howry and Marmol.
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    All you have to know to answer this question is which collapse would ESPN cover more?
  3. rawaction
    Valverde also has a .192 BAA and had given up 2 hits to that point, ahead in the count to both hitters. He clearly wasn't on his game yesterday. I still take my chances Kendall, the hardest player on the team to K, puts the ball in play. I'd rather play toward my player's strength than hold back because of the other guy.
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    Which makes it the right call. Lou trusted his best contact hitter to simply make contact anywhere on the field.....and he didn't. He trusted one of his better judges of the strikezone to not strikeout...and he did. I think there was a better chance of Kendall putting the ball in play than Theriot hitting a sac fly (because he doesn't hit the ball in the air with authority) or Jones hitting a sac fly (because he doesn't hit the ball in the air at all). All greater than the likelihood of either getting a hit.
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    Why? Even if it works, I'm complaining. Yeah right. Yeah so, I'm the first to call out decisions that are bad even if they work We hadn't scored since what? The 3rd inning? Sorry, but that was not a bad decision, it was bad execution. Kendall couldn't execute the bunt, and then he couldn't execute with the runners moving. It's that simple. Why would you send the tying run with 0 outs in the 9th when he's already in scoring position. It makes no sense. so you don't need a hit to tie it up? But I hated the call. Valverde is a strikeout pitcher. Fontenot isn't fast. Too much risk. Sucks it didn't work out. I don't see how anyone can defend that call. 0 outs, runner already in scoring position, top of the order coming up. I was fine with bunting, but why take that big of a risk? It's about personnel. You gamble that Kendall, who doesn't strike out much....either puts the ball in play or takes a walk. You gamble that a guy with mediocre speed gets a good enough jump off of 2B in case of a swing and miss. If I were a betting man, I would put my money on Kendall putting a 3-2 ball in play more than I would Theriot or Jones hitting a sac fly. Theriot doesn't normally hit the ball in the air with much authority. Jones doesn't normally hit the ball in the air at all.
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    I couldn't see the game, but the bunt call was a bad idea. Sending the runners was not. Kendall is one of the best contact hitters on the team, with a pretty good eye. He's not the easiest in the world to double up. I would have took my chances with him swinging away and at worst beating a relay throw to 1B.
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    Don't mind the call. Would have liked the faster runner to be at 2B though. Not much Lou could do about that, though, with no speed left on the bench other than Felix.
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    I knew someone would respond like this. Almost word for word of the sarcastic remark I expected. But my post was not to dog Hendry for not getting him. There were plenty of reasons not to: injury history, past chemistry problems, and in light of the Barrett situation earlier this year, it was a long shot. The point of my post was to show that what I was saying in July that this was a high reward, low risk signing worth taking and that it has turned out that Bradley has turned in the best possible result so far. ah, so your point was to demonstrate your baseball genius. there's alot of 'I told you so' ing happening on the board right now. we all get some right and get some wrong. just curious, do you pop in to eat crow on the ones you get wrong? And what's your point? I don't need to prove anything, my track record speaks for itself. I'm never wrong.
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    I knew someone would respond like this. Almost word for word of the sarcastic remark I expected. But my post was not to dog Hendry for not getting him. There were plenty of reasons not to: injury history, past chemistry problems, and in light of the Barrett situation earlier this year, it was a long shot. The point of my post was to show that what I was saying in July that this was a high reward, low risk signing worth taking and that it has turned out that Bradley has turned in the best possible result so far.
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    A guy with these numbers in the last month and a half: .368/.459/.653, 7 HRs, 24 RBIs, 16:14 BB:K ratio. Too bad a guy like that wasn't available.......oh, wait he was available. Well, too bad a guy like that wasn't available for anything other than elite prospects......oh, wait he was available for almost nothing and costs nearly nothing in salary. Too bad, that guy didn't fill a major need.....oh, wait he's an OF capable of playing all 3 OF spots well defensively. In case you haven't figured it out. That's Milton Bradley. Who was DFA'd by the Oakland As in July and eventually traded for nothing to the SD Padres. A wise man once suggested to take a chance on him, despite the injury history, because he has always been a productive player. That man said best case, is a very productive player (as shown by the numbers above)...worst case was a better version of Angel Pagan or a nothing lost/ nothing gained DL player.
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    I don't understand why people don't understand why people like Matt Murton. He was the 4th most productive player on the team last year, and one of 2 (Derrek Lee) with a good approach at the plate. It was his first full year, he is under contract for cheap on a team that desperately needed some cheap production. He also put up a .911 OPS after the AS break last year, as a possible sign of things to come. He hasn't been good this year, and he may never be anything more than what he has shown this year. But it makes no sense for anybody to even question what there was to like about Murton.
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    Buck was a longshot the moment he could not stick at SS. I really liked him in the low minors. He was a 21-year old kid. LH hitting, SS, 6'3" nice build w/ potential to add muscle and become a possible 20-25 HR hitter. But he couldn't make it defensively. Was moved to the OF. The power never developed, and he became a corner OF, out of place in CF, with little power.
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    Jason Witten- TE
  14. rawaction
    FYI, playoff schedule NLDS A Game 1 Wed., Oct. 3 TBS NLDS B Game 1 Wed., Oct. 3 TBS ALDS B Game 1 Wed., Oct. 3 TBS NLDS A Game 2 Thurs., Oct. 4 TBS NLDS B Game 2 Thurs., Oct. 4 TBS Game 161 is Sep. 29, leaving 3 off days before either NLDS game 1, which presumably leaves Z for game 2 in your scenario. However, have the Cubs gone 6 weeks using the same rotation ever over this season? I know they've had mostly the same 5 guys, but it seems to me that things have changed around at least once a month. One thing to keep in mind is the likelihood of a Marshall and/or Lilly missed start, given each of their histories with high innings pitched. If you go through the games and keep Z on 4 days rest, I have him starting game 159 @ Florida, leaving him with plenty (or more than enough) rest to start game 1. Thanks. I was hoping they didn't play Tues and Wednesday, that would have put Z back to game 3.
  15. rawaction
    Looking at the projected rotation the rest of the way. Here are some things I noticed. - Zambrano misses the potentially big 4 game series vs. the Cards. -Lilly starts the makeup game vs. the Cards, then his next outing is the 2nd game of the 4 game series vs. the same Cardinals. -Lilly is in line to start a potential Game 163 -Zambrano in line to start game 161, if playoffs clinched, I'd imagine he'd be held off til Game 1 of the NLDS. If needed, in 161, Z probably can't go til at least game 2 of the NLDS, depending on schedule.
  16. rawaction
    Getting rid of the overrated Lee, who was due for a big payday, was a good move. Getting rid of Maggs who had a major knee injury during his contract season wasn't a bad move. Can't really fault a lot of his moves because if the goal was to win a championship, he did that. If the goal was to sustain a winning franchise, then he's headed down the wrong path with an aging underachieving team.
  17. rawaction
    I know you didn't throw a pitch, but Sweet Swinging Billy, this is 100% your fault. Of course, Dbacks come back with 2.
  18. rawaction
    I love this. There's really no way for a baseball team to take it easy in a blowout. A football team can bring in an entire unit of backups and just run the ball between the guards. A basketball team can bring in an entire unit of backups and run the 4-corners offense to waste time. In baseball, you don't have backups for the entire team, and it this game, you had a doubleheader following, and with all young players in the game there was no "scrubs" to put in. And it's not like you can tell them to take it easy and not make outs.
  19. rawaction
    Usually a good sign when you 8-9 hitters combine to go 8-12, with 4 HRs, 9 runs and 14 RBIs.
  20. rawaction
    If burnt stick with LJ Smith, I'll take Santana Moss.
  21. rawaction

    week 21

    rawaction replied to Tim's topic in Fantasy Sports

    I'm gonna lose this week. My team fell into the letdown game trap.
  22. rawaction
    Angels shoulda sold high on Anderson years ago. Even when he was good, he wasn't getting on base nearly enough to be the middle of the order hitter he was gonna get paid to be.
  23. rawaction
    That minor league system has been producing offensive talent for years. Fielder and Braun are probably 2 of the top 10 power prospects in the last 10 years. Bill Hall and Geoff Jenkins have enormous power, and 30 HR seasons in their past. JJ Hardy and Corey Hart have probably been surprises in the HR dept., but Weeks hasn't done much and he has 25 HR potential too.
  24. rawaction
    I think you went out of turn. Chicubs should be before you.
  25. rawaction
    How is living together before marriage "the old fashioned way"? How did you completely miss the sarcasm?
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