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  1. mul21
    Sure I can. You can, but that's how the Cardinals end up with Shelby Miller at pick 19. Miller was the 13th pitcher taken in that draft, and the 7th HS pitcher. To be clear, I'm being a bit facetious with the "not ever" bit, but Goony's hypothetical happens very rarely if you're constricting yourself to the Top 10 picks. Beyond that and you have to start considering guys with superior talent who've fallen for other reasons, pitcher or not. "Don't take a pitcher in the Top 10" is not the same as "Don't draft Shelby Miller at 19" I didn't look at specifics of his draft, but I wasn't saying don't draft Shelby Miller at 19. I was saying that if Kyle sticks to his guns, that's how you end up with a guy as talented as Miller clearly is falling to 19. Now, that must have been a very deep draft pitching wise for him to fall that far. Fake edit: Looking at it, and not being a guy who follows the minors really closely, I recognize all but 3 of the guys taken ahead of him. Many of those have had some significant success already, so that was definitely not the best example to use.
  2. mul21
    Sure I can. You can, but that's how the Cardinals end up with Shelby Miller at pick 19.
  3. mul21
    no he doesn't Okay, if you say so, I guess you must be right. There's no way in hell you, or probably even most ML scouts/executives, can make that statement with any certainty whatsoever. Have you ever had a wrong opinion?
  4. mul21
    This argument is comical to me. You're talking about one guy who's never even played an inning of professional baseball versus a guy who has eventually figured out every level he's been at to at least a modicum of success. Will Vitters ever be an MVP type? No, but he certainly still has a solid chance at becoming an average to above average MLB player, which Jiminez is, at a minimum, 3 years away from even getting a sniff at being.
  5. mul21
    That's what I always questioned. I can't believe that anyone seriously thought the city or state was going to help when both of them are broke and have been for quite awhile. You can't believe that a government agency, even if they're broke, would kick in money to a project that would cost them something up front but they stand to benefit from in the millions on an annual basis from? You're right, that's totally crazy talk.
  6. mul21
    bpa doesn't mean blindly take mel kiper's highest rated available player No, but Emery's been so far off the board the last 2 years that I can understand the sentiment. I was fine with the Long pick, but it wasn't exactly a guy who was at the top of the list of guys expected to be picked in that spot. And everybody agrees on how awful the Shea pick was.
  7. mul21
    Not that these shows are ever really good, but that's a big improvement for them. Those 2 are just ridiculous meat heads and Gonzalez seems like he'll be able to bring some intelligent observations to the show.
  8. mul21
    He is not. At running the ball, no, he's not. He's good enough at that though that when combined with everything else he does, the entire package he provides is in fact elite.
  9. mul21
    Is it OK if it's on the back of the neck? That's not nearly as awful, though I'm still not a fan. At least it's fairly inconspicuous and can easily be hidden by wearing a collared shirt. I have no problem with tattoos in general, but I really think they should be in places that can be covered up if the occasion requires.
  10. mul21
    I hope this is a bad backtobanks impression, because he's #10 of guys actually on the roster and #11 if you include Soriano according to BP.
  11. mul21
    He's a backup infielder that probably won't make the roster now that Bonifacio is on board. Fun fact - He hit 19 HR in 2011 and was worth 3.7 wins that year. Less fun fact: Wikipedia tells me his nickname is "Tatman." What the odds that he gave himself that nickname, and tries way too hard to get everyone else to call him it but nobody ever does?
  12. mul21
    Ryan Roberts Just no. He has a star branded on his side? Go away. He appears to be a Theriot level douche on steroids.
  13. mul21
    Who's the clown with the neck tat? By default I can't like him because I bitched about Yadi's neck tat forever.
  14. mul21
    Noelle Pikus-Pace really looks a lot like Chelsea Peretti from Brooklyn 99.
  15. mul21
    I don't like you any more.
  16. mul21
    The joker with 40 points has also traveled every time he's done that stupid spin move and it hasn't been called once. And yes, the record for most shots missed inside 5 feet went down weeks ago. Doesn't help the refs quit blowing the whistle on Nebraska as soon as UI hit the bonus.
  17. mul21
    Illinois' inability to either be prepared to shoot when they catch or their unwillingness to shoot when they catch is disturbing. I just want to have a couple guys who can actually shoot and make decent decisions most of the time. This is just painful to watch most of the time. At least the Freshmen seem to be progressing and getting more PT. Pretty sure Rice just got away with one.
  18. mul21
    Not sure if srs but the whole "they don't have the money to start construction right now" angle is hilarious. In what way is it hilarious? The most logical conclusion about the delay is the Cubs have made a decision to stall. Not really, but OK. Goony, you've lost all concept of logic if you really think that. They may have made a decision to stall because of lawsuit potential, but there's not even a bit of an inkling that they would stall this project because of a lack of funds. Not extend payroll, yeah, maybe, but they're not so broke they can't start the renovations.
  19. mul21
    If he really did fix something last year and his 2nd half results just weren't luck/sample size I'd be fine going 4/60-5/75 on Ubaldo. He put up a 3fWAR in the 2nd half, with a 10.7 k/9, 2.17 FIP, 2.99 XFIP, and that was with a .311 BABIP. Somebody recently linked to an article that showed he wasn't very good when he wasn't facing the dregs of the league, which is who he pitched against in like 10 of his last 12 starts when his numbers got really good.
  20. mul21
    2 of those teams aren't really very good and the other one was injured when they played them?
  21. mul21
    Scott Van Pelt had a Cleveland sports media guy on his radio show today that said this was probably a good move. The guys who are gone hadn't meshed well with ownership and the new guy apparently is pretty widely respected throughout the league. Sounds like it's something Cleveland fans are okay with too.
  22. mul21
    I think the dynamic of him being on an NFL team will be different than at Mizzou simply because the rest of the team had already established a relationship with him before he came out, even though many of them were probably aware of it before he made it official. He was an established team leader prior to coming out and will have to establish both his ability to be on an NFL field and his ability to be a teammate at the same time. It could be tough for him, especially with the uber religious crowd in the NFL. It shouldn't be an issue, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if 1 or 2 idiots on whatever team he ends up on can't handle it.
  23. mul21
    I missed this. I went there based on high recommendations from some friends and while it was good, I wasn't all that impressed.
  24. mul21
    It's on from 2-4 am on NBCSN tonight. On DirecTV there's a feature on NBCSN that let's you look at upcoming events and medals counts. Kind of cool.
  25. mul21
    That's interesting. Looks like they haven't quite decided to tell Tunney to go jump in a lake yet. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140206&content_id=67496460&vkey=pr_chc&c_id=chc
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