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Everything posted by sneakypower
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bull [expletive] [expletive], he had no intent to swing at that man, i hate that rule -
it's a really a shame we can't see that bat flip more from Valbuena
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that play is pretty much always a DP regardless
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FFFFFUUUUUU, that would have been a run
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hey, finally, a Castro BB
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huh? early word is they're coming back tremendous news, if true
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-17-13
sneakypower replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
tell me what you honestly think his babip can be in the majors -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-17-13
sneakypower replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Bruno's upside is a slow Ryan Freel with a hopefully longer life expectancy next -
you'd think he'd be used to food being thrown at him
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Our chances of winning look pretty...Grimm :D
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The common way to do that is with line drive percentage. The quick and messy way to estimate what BABIP "should" be is to add .110 or .120 to LD%, but that's really just an approximation. Using that .110 to calculate, here's the Cubs so far in BABIP: http://i.imgur.com/ksX7Tmd.png So of regulars, Castro and Castillo have been the "luckiest", and Rizzo, DeJesus, and Soriano have all been very "unlucky". i don't like this because it ignores a ton of relevant data (i trust you would agree, but likely used it for the sake of simplicity) using an updated method: http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2009/11/10/1124792/a-new-xbabip-calculator it comes out like actual babip (xbabip) Rizzo: .185 (.333) Castro: .348 (.338) Castillo: .444 (.346) DeJesus: .310 (.383) Soriano: .350 (.402) Schierholtz: .379 (.354) .333-babip Rizzo would have roughly a .259/.364/.520 line right now
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He's got an absurdly high BABIP and had a pretty high one last year, too. Also, hasn't drawn a walk yet this year (probably just a SSS oddity, given his history). Either way, Soto didn't need that much luck to look good and still didn't end up being a solid starter for 5 years. Just saying it's a bit early to say that. had he put up a .311 babip (his ZiPS projection) thus far, his line would look something like .262/.300/.392 right now he's earned some of that babip (25% LD), but .444 is obviously not something sustainable
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-16-13
sneakypower replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
yes, one game is a small sample size -
the jumbotron at Comerica Park is about as good as it gets and it's still completely useless the occasional HR replay or amusing player expression surely doesn't offset the loud intrusive cartoons begging you to start clapping or those stupid dunkin donuts donut/coffee/bagel races
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what happens for guys coming off the DL mid-week? Brett Lawrie's getting activated today, do i immediately have to drop somebody to make my roster legal or do i wait until next week to activate him from Injured status?
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well, then they've already blown it with the Edwin Jackson signing
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yeah, don't think they'll get one in today
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(presumptive) future Cubs great Rick Porcello embarrassed former Cubs great Josh Donaldson a little bit http://themajors.net/detroit/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/porcellocurve.gif
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yeah if Upton keeps hitting a HR every game and Harvey keeps up a 0.82 ERA you should be great i won't be too harsh though, since your two best starters just died simultaneously
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and a 2.16 FIP
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Any particular reason why? He's lost 4 mph from his fastball from his Cy Young years, I have to think he's near cooked. Lincecum the late inning reliever is an interesting idea to me though. just more the idea of him regaining form from his 4 win years; he's still getting Ks and even had pretty decent periphs last year
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i'm really liking the idea of Lincecum at bargain basement prices this winter
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YES YES YES YES
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http://mgoblog.com/sites/mgoblog.com/files/images/91ecf66cea19_BCBD/8638275137_c0b7aa8754_o1_thumb.gif gonna miss him
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