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  1. sneakypower
    .285/.343/.445, as of yesterday Weird way to specify an age. I believe the point Elrhino was trying to make is that some of the guys pulling up that average are the Scott Moores of the world having their 7th go round in the PCL. What would be most relevant would be Vitters compared to the median performance of actual prospects. btw - last I checked, .798 is greater than .788. I realize that Vitters is a bit slugging heavy compared to the average, but even adjusting for that he's not below average. the offensive value of .285/.343/.445 > that of .280/.330/.468 (marginally)
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    .285/.343/.445, as of yesterday Is that adjusted for park? no, but i can't imagine it changing anything; you'd have parks like Albuquerque and Vegas bringing the average up a bit, and Tacoma and Portland bringing it down (Iowa's also a fairly friendly place to hit) it hasn't had any noticeable effect on his patience so far, and Castro's patience is regressing (as an example); i think you're overrating its impact mods, please get to work on my new custom title
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    sulley that really only says to me that he was rushed; he still isn't showing any skills to suggest he's more than a Shea Hillenbrand/Casey McGehee replacement-level washout at best also, Jackson's age-22 venture in the PCL: .297/.388/.551...what does/did that prove? Jackson's one big fault might be fixable (see: Michael Saunders), whereas Vitters just has always had the same glaring limitations that keep him the same very-low-ceiling bore of a prospect
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    also, Vitters has been below-average offensively amongst PCL 3B
  5. sneakypower
    and Vitters has a .229/.269/.366 MLE it's hard to reconcile everyone pissing all over themselves with excitement over this guy when he's hitting worse than the much-villified Brett Jackson
  6. sneakypower
    it's really shitty that Westbrook is going to be made the goat after the performance he had tonight
  7. sneakypower
    i guess so, but i was thinking about K's there leaving BB at 30- instead of 25- adds to that (100+ K) list only these two: Cecil Cooper (1977): .300, 28:110 Ryan Braun (2007), mentioned above
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    Castro has the ability to do something this year that's never been done before right now he's on pace for 14 BB and 123 K, and is hitting .303; no player has ever topped .300 in a season with fewer than 30 BB and more than 120 K* Juan Samuel (1984): .272, 28:168 Tony Armas (1980): .279, 29:128 Jim Rice (1976): .282, 28:123 Delmon Young (2007): .288, 26:127 Rocco Baldelli (2003): .290, 30:128 Alfonso Soriano (2002): .300, 23:157 loosening the thresholds to 25- BB and 100+ K, three players have reached .300: Alfonso Soriano (2002): .300, 23:157 Benito Santiago (1987): .300, 16:112 Jacque Jones (2003): .304, 21:105 *reducing K to 110+ includes Ryan Braun's (2007) .324, 29:112 season
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    Sickels, Feb. '11: "My expectations for Valbuena remain the same: I think he'll be a .260-.275 hitter going forward, with sparks of power and a gradually improving on-base percentage. His (2B) defense will be reliable in terms of avoiding errors and mistakes, but he won't show great range. If the hitting develops to the maximum possible extent, he could have an All-Star caliber offensive season around 2013 or so."
  10. sneakypower
    lol, LaHair just robbed Beckham of an XBH
  11. sneakypower
    Bryan LaHair, 4/7-5/7: 96 PA, .388/.479/.800/1.279, 31% K%, 17% BB%, .535 BABIP Bryan LaHair, 5/8-6/17: 112 PA, .225/.295/.373/.668, 31% K%, 11% BB%, .302 BABIP Unfortunately, the peripherals look a lot closer to normal in the latter line. Bryan LaHair, 4/7-5/7: 28.6% LD, 40% HR/FB Bryan LaHair, 5/8-6/17: 23.2% LD, 20% HR/FB
  12. sneakypower
    i would one million times prefer Scherzer to Porcello
  13. sneakypower
    22 straight shutout innings
  14. sneakypower
    he's described pretty much the exact same way as Almora is, really
  15. sneakypower
    Vitters' #2 ZiPS comp is Casey McGehee
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    and...Colvin plays in thin air where fastballs don't move home: 1.084 ops away: .663 ops, 1 BB to 16 K you'd really have to be a special kind of dumbass to pine for this useless scrub
  17. sneakypower
    well, that was a grotesque play call
  18. sneakypower
    Burke Named MWL Pitcher of the Week http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4420087
  19. sneakypower
    May: .125/.222/.125, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 SB in 18 PA June: .395/.477/.711, 3 BB, 9 K, 6 SB in 43 PA he's definitely hitting his stride now
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    that's probably the most absurd suggestion Olney's ever made, in a career full of absurd suggestions since 08, there've been seven players in baseball more valuable than Greinke...and he's still just 28 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/zack-greinke-will-get-paid/
  21. sneakypower
    this is still a bottom-5 offense in baseball that's conjecture. but the giants skate by with worse. it's not conjecture, it's projection; that's ostensibly the same 2nd-worst-in-baseball offense we're running out there right now the Giants have arguably the best bullpen in baseball and a park that also suppresses offense; they're only the 10th-worst offense in the league, park adjusted
  22. sneakypower
    if you don't extend Garza, then he needs to be moved almost immediately and hamels & greinke is still about $300M in commitments, to two pitchers...that's certainly a pipe dream with this FO this alone is like $400M worth of commitments or 1/3rd of the annual payroll. which is why it's a good thing we develop our position players. that's definitely being overstated; there's two guys in the lineup you posted we can expect to be 3-win players
  23. sneakypower
    this alone is like $400M worth of commitments this is still a bottom-5 offense in baseball
  24. sneakypower
    wow, he got it; pretty cool to see that, glad i stayed up for it
  25. sneakypower
    he chased down a sure XBH from Castro in the gap and jumped at the last second to plant his foot on the wall
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