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  1. sneakypower
    that's a David Ortiz swing
  2. sneakypower
    the Indians rotation has a 4.58 ERA despite a 3.20 FIP
  3. sneakypower
    and Bryant has had disappointing HR output...
  4. sneakypower
    our lineup is sneaky bad right now - Castro is basically Ruben Tejada at the moment - Soler is GB/K guarantee - Coghlan is permanently accursed - Lester starts add two total zeroes to the lineup
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    in the last calendar year, 4 players have hit 35 HR or more (all were at least 6'2 and 230lb); i'm just going to say i don't think you're properly calibrated to how shitty this dumb offensive environment is now i don't remember specifically 'writing him off', but i've been consistent saying it seems other people's daydreams about him seem to be much higher than my expectations and he'd probably be best-served as trade bait if opposing GMs felt the same way
  6. sneakypower
    what could you possibly see his upside as, to use such wild hyperbole i think we're mostly all going to be really jazzed if he's approaching .300 OBP and mid-20s HR with positive defensive impact, but that's so far divorced from your lofty praise that i can't really fathom what your fantasies for him are
  7. sneakypower
    i wouldn't even do Baez for Matz
  8. sneakypower
    Andrew Cashner is 1-7 with a 2.89 ERA...how is that possible edit: 12(!) unearned runs- counting them, he'd have 4.82 ERA
  9. sneakypower
    giving the Padres a little bit of credit, Rizzo's had to sort of overhaul his batting stance a couple times to get to the point where he is now; with the Padres his hands were way high up and you had scouts saying he "couldn't get around on a fastball starting with a 9", and in his second year with us his hands were too low sapping his AVG he seems to have found a perfect balance now...
  10. sneakypower
    ok that makes up for last night's marathon of disappointment #wearegood
  11. sneakypower
    Oliver Perez is wearing the jersey version of the David Byrne big suit
  12. sneakypower
    i don't think Coghlan gets to that ball...
  13. sneakypower
    i've noticed that Soler eschews the dandruff celebration for some toilet swirlie thing
  14. sneakypower
    surprisingly, no!
  15. sneakypower
    of time machines?
  16. sneakypower
    DexDong
  17. sneakypower
    JABO: What could the Reds get for Chapman and Cueto? http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/cincinnati-reds-johnny-cueto-aroldis-chapman-trade-052215 going back & forth on whether i'd pull trigger on Baez + McKinney demand
  18. sneakypower
    #areyouexperienced
  19. sneakypower
    eh, the last 11/13 games, Bryant's hit 2nd & Rizzo's hit 3rd, with a 2-game interruption where they swapped
  20. sneakypower
    this couldn't be further from the truth with this many good hitters and a competent manager, i think it's pretty much a waste of time and energy to worry about how it shakes out. you know he's not going to do anything criminally dumb, either way. truth be told, with the hitters we have even the least optimal lineup can't be that bad compared to the optimal one. who's wasting energy worrying? he's simply asking "what lineup would you like to see?" we're all basically sitting here with 10,000s of posts on a forum about a sport we like to watch and the question arises about strategy you'd like to see employed- it seems silly and needlessly dismissive to just reflexively shoot it down & say, "doesn't matter, who cares" because you happen to think it's largely intangible
  21. sneakypower
    this couldn't be further from the truth
  22. sneakypower
    Since the Cubs have used 28 different batting orders in 39 games played so far, this is probably a pointless exercise. Fowler (1), Rizzo (3), Russell (9), pitcher spot (8) and now Bryant (2) have been pretty much set in stone, so it's still worthwhile to consider future lineup dynamics even though there's been constant rotation 5-7 and what would be changed by Baez's reinsertion into the lineup
  23. sneakypower
    Hendricks (career) 1st time thru: .720 OPS against 2nd time thru: .521 3rd time thru: .780 periphs are perfectly fine, too; it's mostly just BABIP difference...i generally think early Hendricks hooks are management over-thinking it Isn't a 780 OPS against relatively high in a league with a collective 700 OPS? that's being driven by .361 BABIP, which isn't a rate you expect to continue
  24. sneakypower
    Michigan stopped recruiting Coleman when D-III transfer Duncan Robinson committed i think that could have simply been a bird-in-the-hand situation (conversely, the Jaylen Brown pursuit probably cost us Kenny Williams), but imo Beilein targeting a player in the first place is a huge endorsement for their talent- nobody seems to scout better
  25. sneakypower
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