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  1. sneakypower
    i'm low on our chances of making a Stanton deal work, because i don't think they have much desire for kids in the OF; with Yelich, Marisnick, Ozuna already penciled in the OF for a while, Almora/Soler/Lake might not be super enticing i can see it requiring us to part with Castillo, which i guess is fine if we're eager to throw $75M at McCann, but who knows
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    it's a pretty remote likelihood either could be top-10 QBs in Kelly's system, whereas Freeman does have the proven skills and ability to possibly thrive there
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    i could see Eagles being a great fit, too who the hell is the Rams backup? they've got to be about ready to pull the plug on the Bradford experiment soon
  4. sneakypower
    this is like Christmas for illiniguy
  5. sneakypower
    that's pretty surprising; he was a pretty good starter the previous three seasons crazy to think some team out there might be getting a franchise QB for free
  6. sneakypower
    that doesn't seem like much to go on. wasn't there something out there about how cargo does most of his damage against fastballs, and that the main thing that coors affects is fastball movement? i'm guessing you're referring to this: http://wooden-feather.com/?p=33 it seems he's become a more balanced hitter since that was posted (2010); this year, he isn't even in the top-30 for (per-pitch) fastball value
  7. sneakypower
    How has Reiff done this year? just seen him last week and it wasn't the greatest. I ask this b/c I was pissed the Bears didn't draft him. PFF says it pretty well: Analysis: Replacing Jeff Backus, he has been somewhat protected by his quarterback doing such a good job of getting rid of the ball, but there’s little doubting he’s been a quiet success. There was a lot of fear about he’d hold up and so far it’s been largely misplaced. he did get beat up a little by Peppers though
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    i'm curious how the Bears fared on those 11 plays they brought in Britton; seemed like a pretty unusual tactic to me at the time of course we did that last year some with Reiff, but that was to graciously notify the other team we were going to try running the ball, so i don't consider that analogous
  9. sneakypower
    HOLY [expletive], Yankees were actually worse offensively than the Astros (despite a $200M salary disparity)
  10. sneakypower
    i like StL there
  11. sneakypower
    that seems to signal Almora (behind Seager & McCullers) won't be top-25 on their list, and Pierce (ahead of Eflin, Berrios, Ross) might even be top-100
  12. sneakypower
    for the most part, our (remaining) starters with good peripherals had really poor results Edwin Jackson: 4.98 ERA, 3.86 xFIP (.322 BABIP) Jeff Samardzija: 4.34 ERA, 3.77 xFIP (.314 BABIP) and vice versa Travis Wood: 3.11 ERA, 4.50 xFIP (.248 BABIP) Jake Arrieta: 3.66 ERA, 4.51 xFIP (.190! BABIP) Chris Rusin: 3.93 ERA, 4.46 xFIP (.275 BABIP) however you feel about whether or not a pitcher has a 'skill' to significantly influence BABIP probably largely determines what you think about these guys going forward
  13. sneakypower
    @BradGalli Suh on Fairley knocking him down: "That belly overtook everything." http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/191olm57j3m8qgif/k-medium.gif
  14. sneakypower
    i'm looking to take some points
  15. sneakypower
    #karma
  16. sneakypower
    Joique Bell probably saved a pick-6 there
  17. sneakypower
    i'm pretty pleased with how this first half has gone.
  18. sneakypower
    i always hate taking the FG there
  19. sneakypower
    i don't, but we'd likely need to see something resembling the Winter '12 Pirates offseason formerly great gambles at open positions of need Russell Martin : Curtis Granderson, Nelson Cruz Francisco Liriano: Josh Johnson, Matt Garza?, Scott Kazmir known-quantity potential shutdown RP Grilli: Jesse Crain, Eric O'Flaherty, Casey Janssen, Rafael Betancourt do something like that and you're able to put yourself in the position they were this spring; you'd still be wanting some guys to hit the upper levels of their projections (Burnett=Shark, Melancon=Strop, Marte=Lake)...and a couple reasonable rebounds from core players might ideally approach McCutchen (plus RF black hole) stratosphere
  20. sneakypower
    they all make it and have Tony Batista, Pat Burrell, Randy Winn, Juan Encarnacion careers
  21. sneakypower
    Schierholtz has a .268 OBP since the break...i don't know why he absolutely has to play every game vs. RHP
  22. sneakypower
    i think that's in part because they're penciling in Rodon there too "they are assembling baseball's best farm system." odd choice of words
  23. sneakypower
    Mike Carp now plays for the Red Sox
  24. sneakypower
    given the FO, i'd figure a more relevant comparison would be Buchholz, Ellsbury, Masterson, Lowrie, Bowden, Bard, Pedroia, Papelbon, Lester but what the hell do i know; it's probably not as fun to make waives & waives jokes in response to that
  25. sneakypower
    Meathead or not, I wish we had Carlos Gomez. [expletive] Brian McCann.
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