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I know you love Riot, but I think he could actually run with the ball and get it to 1B faster than he can throw it there. His arm is at the very least average or better, I'm not saying he's an infield version of Ichiro but DeRo doesn't have a strong arm, more accurate yes but not strong(er). Theriot's arm is not average for a SS and certainly not better. Might be average for a 2B, but not at SS.
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Gagne, Wood, Dempster, Howry, Wuertz, and Marmol from the right side of the pen. Not to mention Petrick, who has been great when he's been up. And the various others who have shown flashes. Has there been a new Petrick added to the roster? The one who has pitched for the Cubs has been horrible, not great. Turn your auto a-hole response off. I know people have been picking on you in this thread but I have not. Oh yeah, and my point.....Petrick gave up 2 runs in his 1st outing (and made 1 pitch that was remotely bad) and 4 in his last outing. Other than that, he gave up 2 in 9 innings. That's BS. My premium doesn't come with an auto a-hole response. I have to type my a-hole responses each time. What's up with that, Tim? -
I see what you're saying, and I do somewhat agree with you, but Murton and Kendall are really different stories. I don't think you can compare the outlier seasons of a 10+ year veteran who has hit for a .298 career avg with a young player who played well in the minors, for a year in the majors, and has struggled this year. I don't see your point. Are you saying Kendall is being undervalued and Murton overvalued (by the people making the comments you bolded in SSR's post)? No. I'm saying when someone says that it's more likely that Kendall will return to MLB-career norms than Murton, I don't consider it an abomination. That being said, I do think that Murton -- given playing time -- can get back to form. I just don't think someone's a hypocrite if they think Kendall will get return to career norms and Murton won't. Hypocrite? No. But I agree w/ SSR that it's bizarre.
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I just want to quote this post b/c everyone else is doing it.
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I know you love Riot, but I think he could actually run with the ball and get it to 1B faster than he can throw it there.
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I'll take it - thanks.
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I see what you're saying, and I do somewhat agree with you, but Murton and Kendall are really different stories. I don't think you can compare the outlier seasons of a 10+ year veteran who has hit for a .298 career avg with a young player who played well in the minors, for a year in the majors, and has struggled this year. I don't see your point. Are you saying Kendall is being undervalued and Murton overvalued (by the people making the comments you bolded in SSR's post)?
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6 OFs is a bit much, isn't it? Well dumping Jones wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, but I still don't think it's possible without eating a lot of the contract. I expect Floyd to head to the DL for at least a 15 day trip before the year's over. Since it doesn't seem like they're gonna play Cedeno anyways, might as well go with Theriot/Fontenot as the only backup IF. I'd love to dump Jones and I wish Floyd were just pinch-hitting. But Jones appears to be staying and Lou is in no rush to move Floyd out of the starting role. I'd love to have a starting OF of Soriano, Church, Murton with Floyd and Pagan as backups, but I don't see how that's possible this year, so I'm guessing if we add Church (or any other OF), Murton goes back to AAA (if he's not traded away).
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6 OFs is a bit much, isn't it?
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Probably the career .292/.375/.506 minor league numbers. He's been jacked around by the Nats, so I don't know that his major league numbers are indicative of his talent level. Or maybe its harder in the Major Leagues? You think so? The talent level is higher and so its more difficult to perform at the major league level? You know, I hadn't considered that, but I think you're probably on to something. Let me do a little more research and get back to you, Captain Obvious. Well, don't put it on a tee for me. He was good in the minors, but its not guarantee for success. I think Church is a decent player, but nothing more than that. What did I put on a tee? I cited some very good minor league numbers as a reason why people might want him. No, minor league numbers don't guarantee success, but if you have bad minor league numbers, I'd guess your chances of having good major league numbers are even worse.
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If his hiring means DePo is hired by the Cubs after this year, I'll be a very happy man. Only if Cuban buys the team. If Cuban will hire DePo as GM, I'm openly rooting for him.
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Probably the career .292/.375/.506 minor league numbers. He's been jacked around by the Nats, so I don't know that his major league numbers are indicative of his talent level. So he's got the Matt Murton excuse as well? Did you really post two separate snarky posts to my one post? Wanted to get your shot at Murton in, but then forgot to make your sarcastic comment too. Well done!
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Probably the career .292/.375/.506 minor league numbers. He's been jacked around by the Nats, so I don't know that his major league numbers are indicative of his talent level. Or maybe its harder in the Major Leagues? You think so? The talent level is higher and so its more difficult to perform at the major league level? You know, I hadn't considered that, but I think you're probably on to something. Let me do a little more research and get back to you, Captain Obvious.
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If his hiring means DePo is hired by the Cubs after this year, I'll be a very happy man.
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Probably the career .292/.375/.506 minor league numbers. He's been jacked around by the Nats, so I don't know that his major league numbers are indicative of his talent level.
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Gomes available
Tracer Bullet replied to RegulusBlue's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
They just demoted him. You could get him for a good arm and a bullpen arm. They did? I think so. I thought I read that somewhere. OMG LIAR! Lock the thread! :lol: Yeah, I suck at life. My bad. He's not been sent down. I don't know what I was looking at. Someone posted the same thing in one of the other transactions threads that discussed Gomes. Can't remember which thread - but that might have been where you read it. -
Gomes available
Tracer Bullet replied to RegulusBlue's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
They just demoted him. You could get him for a good arm and a bullpen arm. They did? I think so. I thought I read that somewhere. I think you're mistaken. I don't see anything anywhere. -
According to ESPN ...because they know ARod is going to leave them to reunite with Lou!!
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If the OPS is equal, the one with the higher OBP is better.
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Gomes available
Tracer Bullet replied to RegulusBlue's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
They just demoted him. You could get him for a good arm and a bullpen arm. They did? -
To get the best return they could. The reason they would trade him isn't primarily for monetary reasons. Well if that's the best return the Reds can get, then I'd hold onto him. You don't think they should trade him for Murton, Pie, and Gallagher?
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He did say Murton OR Jones. Pie, Gallagher and Murton still seems REALLY steep.
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Gomes available
Tracer Bullet replied to RegulusBlue's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
You keep using that word, I do not that it means what you think it means. Ohh God, obviously its a hyperbole. Listen, I don't care how bad he would be on defense, I'd be for him. But he has a reputation as a hack in the field and I think Hendry wouldn't be so interested in him because of that. Thats all I was trying to say. I know what you were trying to say, as does everyone else. But, it annoys me when people use literally when they obviously don't mean it and so I decided to quote a line from a funny movie that somewhat applied. It's not a big deal, but it's not like I called you stupid or accused you of not knowing what literally meant. In fact, my comment wasn't mean spirited at all. Gotcha. I apologize. Rumors of Carlos Silva and Pie for Laird and the such have made me irritable. No problem - I was just trying to keep the mood light w/ a quote that many people usually enjoy. Heck - I even had a law school professor once say "inconceivable...in the Princess Bride sense." -
Linkege That's from first thing this morning though. Didn't Bruce post somewhere on here that he didn't see any trades happening, but it was subject to change b/c you never know?
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Gomes available
Tracer Bullet replied to RegulusBlue's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
You keep using that word, I do not that it means what you think it means. Ohh God, obviously its a hyperbole. Listen, I don't care how bad he would be on defense, I'd be for him. But he has a reputation as a hack in the field and I think Hendry wouldn't be so interested in him because of that. Thats all I was trying to say. I know what you were trying to say, as does everyone else. But, it annoys me when people use literally when they obviously don't mean it and so I decided to quote a line from a funny movie that somewhat applied. It's not a big deal, but it's not like I called you stupid or accused you of not knowing what literally meant. In fact, my comment wasn't mean spirited at all.
