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he's very likely the best defensive 2B in baseball

Chip Kelly had started to made his mark on the NFL well before he was hired by Philly: http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2012/10/08/patriots-huddle-relies-power-one/nHTapuVnBOwfFlffwTrN6J/story.html

in which they're 3rd in yards per game, just a foot behind Denver in 2nd (they were 15th last year)

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illiniguy still prefers him to Andrew McCutchen though

Heisman count Ingram: 1 Richardson: 0

how i feel after most Arrieta starts:

there goes GR's backup plan

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i dunno, people browsing a Cubs board?

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Welington's been super awesome post-ASB

Lake showing great speed there...probably the only guy on the team who scores on that play

that's because FIP is limited and mistakenly assumes all pitchers will get hit equally hard Jackson has a BABIP 38 pts higher than his team's average, while Cashner has a BABIP 23 pts lower than his team's average; i think you'd have a difficult time arguing that Jackson performed better this season Cashner's been pretty solid in the 2nd half, too: 2.36 ERA & 3.37 xFIP

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PLAYER DEVELOPMENT IN REVIEW: pre-Theo / post-Theo i'd been passively curious about the development for players in the two years since the Theo takeover, so i went through and split up players' stats into two groups...and for the sake of perspective and balance, charted how they fared in relation to the two years prior; differences in BB rates were of chief interest at the outset of this exercise obvious rousing successes Alcantara 2010-2011: 158 G, 625 PA, 5 HR, 74 R, 61 RBI, 15 SB, 4.2% BB, 20.7% K, .275/.308/.371 (A-, A) 2012-2013: 218 G, 930 PA, 22 HR, 116 R, 120 RBI, 56 SB, 8.7% BB, 20.0% K, .284/.347/.450 (A+, AA) :shock: Lake 2010-2011: 264 G, 1050 PA, 26 HR, 155 R, 118 RBI, 69 SB, 5.9% BB, 22.8% K, .275/.328/.433 (R, A+, AA) 2012-2013: 195 G, 836 PA, 20 HR, 108 R, 84 RBI, 39 SB, 6.6% BB, 22.6% K, .289/.343/.447 (AA, AAA, MLB) doesn't seem like an enormous jump in performance, but as we'll see in a minute, holding your own as you go up the ladder is far from a given horrific failures Brett Jackson 2010-2011: 247 G, 1106 PA, 32 HR, 190 R, 129 RBI, 51 SB, 13.3% BB, 24.3% K, .287/.386/.489 (A+, AA, AAA) 2012-2013: 245 G, 976 PA, 25 HR, 115 R, 83 RBI, 36 SB, 10.7% BB, 34.6% K, .227/.317/.404 (AAA, MLB) oh, that...nice work Junior Lake! Matt Szczur, power division 2010-2011: 134 G, 596 PA, 10 HR, 99 R, 56 RBI, 26 SB, 6.0% BB, 10.7% K, .304/.350/.432 (A-, A, A+) 2012-2013: 265 G, 1191 PA, 8 HR, 183 R, 97 RBI, 73 SB, 10.5% BB, 13.8% K, .274/.356/.376 (A+, AA) nice BB rate & all, but all things considered i'd prefer to have those HRs back Starlin Castro, hittin' em where they ain't? department 2010-2011: 283 G, 1221 PA, 13 HR, 144 R, 107 RBI, 32 SB, 5.2% BB, 13.6% K, .304/.343/.423, .345 BABIP (MLB) 2012-2013: 310 G, 1341 PA, 23 HR, 134 R, 118 RBI, 33 SB, 4.8% BB, 16.4% K, .262/.302/.386, .300 BABIP (MLB) other Castillo 2010-2011: 128 G, 515 PA, 24 HR, 71 R, 70 RBI, 0 SB, 11.1% BB, 21.3% K, .275/.367/.485 (A+, AAA) 2012-2013: 211 G, 800 PA, 20 HR, 80 R, 80 RBI, 2 SB, 9.9% BB, 23.3% K, .269/.357/.412 (AAA, MLB) Vitters 2010-2011: 264 G, 1034 PA, 30 HR, 128 R, 150 RBI, 19 SB, 5.2% BB, 13.5% K, .277/.324/.439 (R, A+, AA) 2012-2013: 179 G, 678 PA, 24 HR, 76 R, 85 RBI, 9 SB, 7.6% BB, 19.7% K, .267/.332/.454 (AAA, MLB) draw conclusions as you wish, i hope i don't need to add a disclaimer that i personally think player development was mainly responsible/to blame for any drastic changes; i just was interested to see these changes expressed

it's killing me, because it suggests we really don't realize/appreciate what we might have in him Bogusevic, Sweeney, Schierholtz are all nice players and i'm fine with bringing them back next season in various capacities, but Lake's the only one who's team-controlled for a long time and he clearly has the biggest upside, so it's especially aggravating that he might already be pigeon-holed into a bench role

i did not know that; if i had, i wouldn't have an empty bottle of Maalox right now

THANK [expletive] GOD

starting to taste my lunch again...

surprise surprise, umfan's positively giddy at the prospect of something to bitch about

we're losing to Akron in the 3rd... this has just been a highly unpleasant game

games against the Pirates are just too [expletive] tedious and dull; little doubt this 2-1 score stands

...Sullivan's injury was not to the head