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  1. sneakypower
    somehow, the Dodgers have five MLB legacies in their lineup tonight
  2. sneakypower
    Why is Strasburg risky? Because he got Tommy John? Half the pitchers in the league have Tommy John. PS I would trade Starlin for Stanton. Dude's a legit beast, on pace for a 40 HR season with a .970 OPS and he's only 22. I've heard stuff about his delivery before and that he's injuries waiting to happen. That's all I can really recall though. That and just the young pitchers being risky in general. specifically: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7712916/tommy-john-surgery-keeps-pitchers-game-address-underlying-biomechanical-flaw-espn-magazine the thinking now is more that the inverted W isn't really the issue for pitchers; these elbow injuries are more about bad balance and timing issues putting undue strain on the ligaments
  3. sneakypower
    wow, i can't believe how many of the top prospects in this draft seemingly have brothers with the same names who are draft-eligible for next year
  4. sneakypower
    No hitter broken up in style....BRETT JACKSON BOMB to RF! well, of course he did...Montgomery's a lefty
  5. sneakypower
    BJ Upton, Michael Bourn, Shane Victorino, Melky Cabrera are FAs after the season as are Yuniesky Betancourt and...Ronny Cedeno? i'll keep Castro, thank you
  6. sneakypower
    hell, that's true for Joey Votto, Matt Kemp, Joe Mauer, David Wright, Josh Hamilton... ZIPS ROS has him as a minus fielder and still projects him to finish over 4 WAR, but since Castro's made just 2 errors in his last 35 games (7 in the first 15 prior to that), i'm inclined to emphatically take the over on the defensive projection anyway
  7. sneakypower
    the only thing holding him back last season was defense in the last 30 years, only five SS have reached 4 WAR in a season by age 22: Alex Rodriguez, Cal Ripken Jr., Troy Tulowitzki, Hanley Ramirez, Elvis Andrus (the first three names are the only to have reached 5 WAR)
  8. sneakypower
    In the accompanying chat, Kevin Goldstein had this to say: I agree with everything Aaron says about Castro offensively. Defense, not so much. I predict he'll be a third baseman during the last half of this ten year period, and the stolen bases will dwindle. I thought that was interesting given the variety of opinions on his defensive development. interesting...i'd love to hear Goldstein's explanation as to why a 22-year-old with the best speed score amongst SS and current 3rd-best range rating will inevitably need to move off the position i do like his bold prediction that Castro's 50-steal pace is probably not predictive/sustainable
  9. sneakypower
    (22-year-old) Castro is on pace for 5.5 WAR, so just imagine what happens when he starts walking some and hitting for more power (both are absolute certainties)
  10. sneakypower
    http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4dczjQPBS1r78e1yo1_250.gif
  11. sneakypower
    laughably, Darwin Barney is top-10 in bWAR right now
  12. sneakypower
    omg Kopitar
  13. sneakypower
    http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/3966.png&w=350&h=254
  14. sneakypower
    why is it so easy to love you, Starlin?
  15. sneakypower
    Sarah Wood!
  16. sneakypower
    i've heard somebody (Goldstein? Badler?) cite Carlos Pena as Rizzo's downside
  17. sneakypower
    huh. did not know Bass went to Trenton HS
  18. sneakypower
    Castro has 1 BB and 29 K in his past 41 G (176 PA) still hitting .306/.307/.447 for that stretch, though; he really does have an other-worldly hit tool
  19. sneakypower
    he has the 2nd-most XBH on the team, which is actually a little bit sad
  20. sneakypower
    saves is probably the only stat that influences a manager's decisions, but holds tells you almost absolutely nothing i voted holds
  21. sneakypower
    Cashner reached 102 in the Mather AB
  22. sneakypower
    fwiw, Marco Hernandez before his demotion (17 G): .328/.349/.466 (.383 babip), 3:11 bb/k
  23. sneakypower
    man, i really miss Tyler Colvin's .204 OBP
  24. sneakypower
    ...well, unless they're the only data point to refute a team's class ranking as top-10 but they're actually aware of the existence of Zak Irvin, so that gives them the edge over Scout in my book
  25. sneakypower
    you're still committing to spend that money can we really pair that with any meaningful signings on the offensive side?
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