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haha, Navarro, you slob -
it's awesome that he does that; it helps make him un-shiftable
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well, more specifically, his power spike
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for me, it's easily Valbuena
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i'd like to know his home-to-1B time; i can't remember ever seeing a play like this actually go for an out: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=26341027&c_id=mlb that coupled with the way he's pulling the ball, i'd play him in triple play defense if the situation warranted it
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What do we, as fans, need to do to get rid of 7th inning str
sneakypower replied to manbearcub's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
i found a picture of GammonsPocketTweets http://thecia.com.au/reviews/s/images/saving-silverman-8.jpg -
5/7 CUBS (Wood) vs Cards (Lynn) 7:05 WGN
sneakypower replied to sweetpeteman's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
awesome AB by Castro -
5/7 CUBS (Wood) vs Cards (Lynn) 7:05 WGN
sneakypower replied to sweetpeteman's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
lol, stupid Yadi -
5/7 CUBS (Wood) vs Cards (Lynn) 7:05 WGN
sneakypower replied to sweetpeteman's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
this game's been kind of a snooze-fest -
He's matched his career high in bWAR which is another way of saying he hadn't topped 2.4 bWAR in a season by age 26, which doesn't really seem like a huge damnation and you could also say this is the third straight year he's been an above-average player but what does FG think? 11: 1.9 WAR in 258 PA 12: 3.2 WAR in 452 PA 13: 2.3 WAR in 115 PA 7.4 WAR in his last 825 PA - basically 1.5 seasons worth of games
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which reminds me, Soriano never did move to 1B, did he
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per UZR, only Alexei Ramirez, Elvis Andrus and Brendan Ryan have saved more runs with their range (amongst SS) than Castro has since the start of his career; his problem has always been errors, which are frankly to be expected for a SS his age, but have improved each year in the league i can't really see a legitimate reason he'll need to move off short unless injuries become a factor
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and if you want to include his start to the season, you still get a .294/.339/.440 line Symborski ran his ZiPS before last season: Year BA/OBP/SLG WAR 2012 301/343/432 3.5 2013 308/352/464 4.4 2014 310/356/475 4.8 2015 311/359/479 5.0 2016 310/359/487 5.2 2017 309/360/483 5.1 2018 304/357/479 4.8 2019 304/357/479 4.7 2020 302/354/471 4.3 2021 300/351/466 3.9 that 2012 line was almost right on the dot; his sluggish start makes it a little more of an uphill battle to keep up with his path for this year, but it's not a huge unlikelihood he'll do it either 8 years averaging 5.6 bWAR, fwiw
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the list of SS who've hit better than Castro to this point? i just see 2 hall of famers, a guy on a HOF track until injuries derailed his career, and another guy with a moderately productive 14-year career those were the only four names...maybe the page didn't load right for you, or something
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http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=ss&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=1000&type=8&season=2012&month=0&season1=1953&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=14,22&filter=&players=0&sort=17,d yup Dave Cameron puts it pretty well: "History suggests that the leap probably is coming. Most guys who are above average players from 20-22 become excellent players in their mid-20s, and Castro certainly has the physical tools to become an excellent player. If Castro follows a normal development curve, he could easily be a +4 or +5 win player by the time he would have reached free agency"
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long-time personal favorite of mine Carlos Gomez is leading baseball in WAR, with a .368/.417/.642 line in his last 112 games, he's hitting .298/.342/.536 with a 32 HR, 53 SB pace stud.
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ignoring the OP's insufferable, self-congratulatory, smug tone for a minute... when Robin Yount was Castro's age, he had over 3500 career PAs of .270/.308/.364 hitting (for reference, Castro's sitting at .295/.333/.423 now) when Alan Trammell was Castro's age, he held a career .275/.347/.356 line when Rod Carew was Castro's age, he held a career .299/.346/.408 line when Barry Larkin was Castro's age, he held a career .254/.310/.380 line when Roberto Alomar was Castro's age, he held a career .286/.343/.394 line when Pete Rose was Castro's age, he held a career .271/.327/.350 line when Miguel Tejada was Castro's age, he hadn't had a single MLB AB yet and was still working on his .271/.346/.442 career MiLB line i know a whole month seems like a real long time but i'm going to go with "it's still too early"
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http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/004/702/Nancy_Kerrigan_Biography_2.jpg
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this is just cruel
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sooner or later our RISP fortunes have to change, right?
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that bothered me too; he must have gotten mixed up there with pitches i wonder what the cumulative effect of his bad framing is...i'm reminded of the Jose Molina study
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something close to .283/.364/.601 (excluding today's stats)
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that flopping SOB
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i love it when RFs try getting the assist at 1B on hits like that
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well ok then
