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  1. since my favorite thing to look at is always 650 PA paces... Marco: 85 R, 34 2B, 9 3B, 7 HR, 76 RBI, 27 SB, 38:88 (.284/.326/.404) Amaya: 103 R, 20 2B, 18 3B, 7 HR, 77 RBI, 36 SB, 58:107 (.316/.389/.455) Marco Hernandez looks like he could be Orlando Cabrera if all goes well, albeit with a slightly less superlative glove; that adds up to average-ish type starter upside i could almost see Amaya being Ray Durham in a perfect, just world where the heavens shine down brightly on the Cubs i voted Amaya
  2. i'd love for him to be your HC
  3. i can't really complain much about the offensive gameplan we had, which worked well, but- i still can't believe for even one play we actually had a walk-on TE matched up with Clowney and i wanted to like those jerseys, but that highlighter yellow was near impossible to read most of the time; nobody could figure out who was in on any of the plays! step up your game, adidas
  4. Taylor Lewan probably improved his draft stock yesterday, holding JaDeveon Clowney without a sack, though he did get beat cleanly on a run play and committed a couple penalties (as did Clowney) http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/blog/rob-rang/21483627/clowney-vs-lewan-lives-up-to-the-hype
  5. my annoying acquaintances tell me he hasn't been a QB for 4 years, but the record's still his
  6. would have been cool to win the game, but i'm probably even happier Denard got the QB rushing record
  7. http://cdn2.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/5906711/clowney.0_standard_500.0.gif
  8. i'm not even mad, that was amazing
  9. his nipples will save him
  10. he may have a lower Rebound Rate than Kwame Brown, and he may enjoy a good cry, but he's certainly not soft!
  11. Kyle, the point isn't that the second rounder is likely to be a world beater. That doesn't mean at all though, that it couldn't be a major piece in a trade at some point. Hell, within a year of being drafted, before the guy even shows off his warts. It's not nearly as simple as just looking at stats in the majors. The second rounder that fails can still be a very valuable asset, before he fails. Examples? Josh Donaldson just looking at the '10 draft at random...Jedd Gyorko, Yordy Cabrera (helped A's get Chris Young), Drew Smyly, Andrelton Simmons, Cody Buckel, Justin Nicolino (helped Blue Jays get crazy haul from Marlins) were all taken in the 2nd round and are very valuable (or super-elite) trade chips right now, even if they never achieve their full potential
  12. Gruden was being a total idiot about that last night; Jerry Rice had 9 other pro bowlers on that team! Calvin's been double- & triple-teamed the majority of offensive snaps this year, with teams playing their two safeties exaggeratedly deep much of the year to shut down the deep ball. on the goal line, he's attracted so much attention that we've had an easy time opting to run it in with LeShoure and Stafford, despite our usually terrible run blocking i think this picture about sums it up
  13. i think this is the first time all three of my choices have been tops in voting
  14. so much for the Madden Curse
  15. Side question: Why has Adam Eaton not been considered a top 100 prospect? he's 5'8
  16. let's just trade for Adam Eaton
  17. i love this deal for them, and i'd have preferred it to the Feldman or Villanueva signings for us
  18. Swisher's moderately interesting, if for no other reason than we didn't have a single player top a .355 obp last year
  19. Delmon Young hits lefties well, but sucks so bad at every single other aspect of the game you could possibly ever think of
  20. Yeah, shame it was his last start of the year though. All in all, he struck out more than a batter an inning and (more importantly) got the walks down to just a bit better than league average. He's looking like a potential #2 for next year. Maybe better, if you discount the poor month he had this year while trying to learn to throw a curve. Take out June (his curve month) and he was at a 2.795 ERA for the year. fun facts! -take out his June and he had a 3.05 xFIP! (league-leading xFIP was Cliff Lee, with 3.06) -in his non-June starts, he also totaled 3.4 fWAR in 23 starts- full season pace: 5 WAR, which would have placed him 8th in baseball, just one run shy of Zach Greinke and David Price -his (4th-best in MLB) K/9 this year was better than: Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, Felix Hernandez, Cole Hamels -he's just 27! -he still has 3 years of team control while i'm not guaranteeing he'll establish himself as a bona fide ace, the possibility of that happening seems real enough that i'm really unwilling to trade him unless it's an offer so absurd it would give Dayton Moore pause
  21. ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo Edwin Jackson had highest "miss rate" on his slider of any pitcher who qualified for ERA title. Hitters missed on 49% of swings vs the pitch
  22. we're paying E. Jackson, Baker, Villanueva, Feldman just $5M more this year than Greinke's AAV
  23. Ellsbury's 162G average is 16 HR (Bourn's is 4) GIMME TACOBY
  24. Mark Shapiro thinks he's worth much, much more! http://www.obstructedview.net/aside/mark-shapiro-one-win-in-free-agency-is-9-million.html
  25. i like Liriano better, but not enough to majorly grouse about this
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