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  1. mul21
    I'm just going to throw this out there. Is it possible that Alfonso Soriano, being a human being and all, possibly has a mental issue with hitting in a spot other than leadoff? I mean why do guys like Chuck Knobloch, who have been throwing a baseball from 2nd to 1st for 20 years suddenly have major issues doing it? It could be as simple as that and have nothing to do with cause and effect or any other argument anybody is making. I know that may not sit well with some of the stats people on here who want to quantify everything, but that may be it. I think there's a whole lot of stuff out there that can be quantified and analyzed with great accuracy by using numbers, but the human psyche isn't one of them in a lot of cases.
  2. mul21
    Interesting that it says Sean Gallagher AND outfielder Felix Pie instead of Sean Gallagher OR outfielder Felix Pie. I'm sure Hendry will way overpay though. Looks to me like he's just grouping together the prospects and veterans and not necessarily speculating as to who's going in a package together.
  3. mul21
    I've been searching the Cards site and can't seem to find anything. That's actually what I came in here looking for and nobody seems to know. I'll see if I can hit up the sports radio guys tomorrow in STL and get some info.
  4. mul21
    Hadn't seen anything of this nature anywhere and find it hard to believe: http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-080203-rogers-baseball-cubs-pitching,0,4788946.column
  5. mul21
    From DB on the Cubs.com board. Hilarious.
  6. mul21
    we're not really saying HRs are worth a lot. We're saying that OBP is worth a lot. and we're also comparing the two extremes, Yes, as long as Jones is hitting his 40 HRs not like last year id take him over Ichiro, who really isnt much more than below average defensively. Ichiro is below average defensively? What?!! Are you kidding me? You would take jones' .220 avg and 40 HR over Ichiro's .350 avg. and 40 SB? How many runs does a stolen base score? Zero, right? How many runs does a HR score? At least 1, possibly up to 4. And last I checked the goal is to score runs, preferably more than the other team. I'm trying to make this as simple as possible to help you understand how this actually works.
  7. mul21
    There is a real possibility that it is. I'm pretty sure Joe Morgan found NSBB and has somebody typing for him. Although this guy says he's watched games, so maybe not.
  8. mul21
    I'm amused by the fact that vance posted his name as brain in another thread and PP did the same here.
  9. mul21
    Have you heard of a stat called OPS? Look it up. Have you heard of a thing called park factors? Look it up. After doing so, unless you have a crippling learning disability, it will be come obvious to you that Greene is a massive upgrade due to his power, which has been massively suppressed because of the pasture he has played in called Petco. His numbers away from home dwarf his home numbers and would only be further increased by a move to Wrigley. And that's not even factoring in that he is twice the defensive player Theriot is. Seriously, I don't post a lot and don't know nearly as much as a lot of people on this board, but I would suggest you sit back, read threads for about 2-3 months with an open mind and get a feel for why people say the things they do. Then if you disagree and have the desire to back up your point of view with valid statistics then go for it. But until then, theres an old addage: Better to be thought an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
  10. mul21
    Last Three Years... Player #1 .292/.357/.399 .756 OPS Player #2 .308/.371/.412 .783 OPS Tell me, which one of those is Kenny Lofton and which one is Chone Figgins, and what (other than age) makes Figgins a stud and Lofton not? (Neither one is a stud, FWIW).... I gotta go with #2 as Lofton based on the memory that Figgins had some weird really good outlier OBP last year. My only concern would be Lofton's ability to hold up for the entire year due to age or if he was brought in to play with Pie still here that he's also a lefty.
  11. mul21
    The obligatory all star for a team with Ryne Sandberg? There were a few years there when Biggio was good and you had Steve Sax and Tommy Herr displacing Sandberg here and there. Hell, if you listen to Joe Morgan, he may have still been playing in it those years. :lol:
  12. mul21
    How depleted is the Houston rotation? How horrible was the trade they made to get him?
  13. mul21
    Official report....Heart disease http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3197230
  14. mul21
    As SSR has pointed out, his ERA has actually been right around league average for starting pitchers. It hasn't been awful. Plus, look at his home and away ERA splits from his time with the Cubs, and his time with the Phillies: Cubs: 99 Home: 4.20, Away: 3.99 00 Home: 3.71, Away: 5.15 01 Home: 3.39, Away: 4.24 02 Home: 3.09, Away: 4.31 Phillies 05 Home: 4.38, Away: 4.05 06 Home: 5.18, Away: 4.64 07 Home: 5.26, Away: 4.19 The last 3 years in Chicago, Lieber dominated at Wrigley. His road ERA was over a point over his his home ERA each season, which is a dramatic split. As you can see, his time with the Phillies has been hurt by their very hard ballpark to pitch in with home ERA's being worse than road ERA's every year. Take him out of Philly and put him in Wrigley again? His numbers most likely improve, not regress. At worst he'll likely be a league average starter once again, which is a better guarantee than you can say for Dempster. Now, knowing that Lieber has been a ground ball pitcher when he is going good, has his GB/FB ratio taken a hit in the last few years that would make his Philly #'s out of whack since the ball jumps out of there? I seem to recall that him keeping the ball down was the reason for his success with the Cubs.
  15. mul21
    Per 1380 am and Post Dispatch in St. Louis. No details on the contract but it is reported to be a major league contract. Link: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/3D286A40262685F1862573C500705B3E?OpenDocument
  16. mul21
    I'm in 2 leagues with pretty similar rosters and was screwed multiple time by in game injuries. However, I managed a miraculous win in the consolation bracket after finishing the season a dismal 4-10. In my other league, I missed the playoffs after having the most points scored against me in all of the league and finishing 4th of 10 in points scored. There is a payout for total points thru week 17 and I was in 5th going into week 17. I was 2 points out of 4th and 71 points out of 3rd. I put up 113 point to come from behind and finish 3rd to win the cash. And then my wife laughed at me because I got so excited about $50.
  17. mul21
    You know, looking at those 2 situations, there are a lot of similarities, especially in their attitudes. They both seem fairly detached and a little anti-authority. I don't think Prior would be a good fit with Duncan, unless of course he comes back with a lesser arsenal than he was previously working with and Duncan helps him adapt to a new style of pitching so he can be remotely effective.
  18. mul21
    Stl... Will Carroll has suggested that Duncan might be good for Prior. I'm skeptical. He's done so well with Prior lite... I have to assume you're referring to Reyes?
  19. mul21
    I don't think 172 ab's is enough to come to that conclusion. As for the "not enough contact, not enough walks to stay on a big league team" thing, couldn't the same be said for Soriano? Looking at his MiLB numbers, I find it hard to believe he'll maintain a BA as high as he had last year. I think he'll hit more along the lines of .250-.260 with a lot of Ks, probably no more than 30-40 BB a season, but he'll hit a bunch of HRs. That's something you can live with if you have guys that get on base a lot and take a lot of pitches around him.
  20. mul21
    Their "World's Best Fans" Come on, get it right. It's TBFIB. :lol:
  21. mul21
    This is the theory that I don't get. Pitchers were throwing harder, hitters were able to swing faster/harder. PED's don't help a curve ball curve or a slider slide, they allow you to throw with max effort more regularly. They don't help you square up the ball, they allow you to keep up your stamina to be able to have your best possible swing speed for the entire season. If you can hit the ball under these conditions, common sense says the ball will go farther due to increase pitch speed and increased swing speed. I think more HR's were hit and more offense resulted regardless of what anyone may say about pitchers using.
  22. mul21
    I would rather keep Murton than Pie, too. However, we could find a lot better value for Pie/Gallagher that Brian freaking Roberts. For instance, Pie/Gallagher would be a real nice start on a Khalil Greene trade. I know PetCo is not a hitter friendly park, but why is everyone salivating at the prospect of having a guy who also put up a .322 OBP on the road last year? Because there is a very high probability that he'll have an OPS of .800-.850 with the increase in HR (25-30) he'll see playing half his games at a more hitter friendly park, and that's really good for a SS. Especially when you take into account the lack of production we have there right now.
  23. mul21
    DeRosa for Tulowitzki, then get Roberts. :lol: :lol: :lol:
  24. mul21
    hey questionmarkgrace....see above I don't think we should trade Hill for Bedard, but I also don't think it's fair to compare these numbers. Bedard pitched in the much tougher AL East. Um, thats what the stat above debunks (at least for 2007). Tougher by 014 OPS points. Thats not the OPS allowed by the pitchers I'm quoting. Thats the total OPS of the batters they face (ie the OPS those batters have for the year). It shows that Hill basically faced the same quality of hitters that Bedard faced. OK, that does make Hill look better then. It did appear that you were pointing out the OPS against and not the total OPS of batters faced.
  25. mul21
    At this point, I think they would have to try really hard to finish worse than 4th with what the Cards and Pirates have to throw out there right now. At least Houston may score some runs with a middle of the order featuring Berkman, Lee, and Tejada and some decent filler around them in Pence, Wigginton (maybe decent), and Matsui if he has a decent year. The Pirates and Cards are hurt and just bad with no pitching.
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