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you don't sound like you understand what you're talking about If Gomez were to play a full season at last year's rate, he'd be a 5 win player, while being terrible at the plate and a below average baserunner. You have no problem with that evaluation? i don't know, because that probably wouldn't ever happen just treat Gomez's '11 defense like a three week stretch where a player hits .400; you're not going to expect him to keep it up, but he obviously helped the team immensely with his glove and quit saying he was a below average base runner, as that definitely wasn't the case: success on steals lifted his wOBA 16 pts

what argument? i didn't invent the stat, i just cited average CF output to shed light on how low the threshold is

yes, i'm aware of how subtraction works ...were you going somewhere with that thought?

sticking Boston with either of those stiffs would be a great long con

you don't sound like you understand what you're talking about

the average CF only hit .261/.325/.409 last season, and Gomez is probably the best defensive CF in baseball

T-Plush and Gomez combined for 6 fWAR last season

this guy isn't getting enough love what stands out the most to me is how unprecedented his performance has been, specifically in his advanced ability to make good contact, all the time; it's near impossible to think of a suitable precedent for a player with a similarly low K rate and strong hitting skills (evidenced by babip, iso). he's been three years younger than the rest of his league and his hit tool still so far dwarfs that of everybody else's by leaps and bounds it's unbelievable here's how he compares so far to similar type extreme low-K hitters and players who've been cited by scouts as comps: Torreyes (milb 5.4% K, .153 ISO, .375 babip) Callaspo (milb 4.9% K, .119 ISO, .322 babip, 2 years older at each stop) Pierre (milb 5.2% K, .062 ISO, .348 babip, 3 years older) Keppinger (milb 5.7% K, .100 ISO, .332 babip, 4 years older) Pedroia (milb 6.3% K, .145 ISO, .313 babip, 2 years older) Polanco (milb 7.6% K, .066 ISO, .299 babip, 1 year older) Eckstein (milb 8.2% K, .097 ISO, .316 babip, 4 years older) Revere (milb 8.3% K, .077 ISO, .355 babip, 2 years older) Altuve (milb 10.6% K, .154 ISO, .353 babip, 2 years older) Kendrick (milb 12% K, .209 ISO, .387 babip, 2 years older) sticking with Polanco, with a career MLB .301/.346/.406 line, he's averaged 3.75 WAR per 650 PA for his career (though aided by consistent +10 fielding), with five 4 WAR seasons. Howie Kendrick's also averaged 3.75 WAR with a .292/.329/.434 line (+10 defense & baserunning). is that kind of career too far-fetched?

first of all it's a bit misleading to call 983 PA "three seasons", but all you're saying is he played poorly when he was too young and unready for AAA pitching how did he do in AA?

I'm having a hard time imagining a .388 SLG out of Cardenas. A very hard time. The BA/OBP sounds about right, though. he had a .780 ops in the minors while being young for his level most of the way; i think you're underselling his potential if he approaches his milb numbers, he'll be much more than a 'slightly above average hitter' for 2B

2Bs hit .260/.319/.388 last year; it's not hard at all to envision Cardenas being above average at the position, offensively

lol, look at gooney freaking the [expletive] out over a guy who'll probably end up at AAA

i'm not getting what the complaint is here

we were out-rebounded 37-15, lol

i'd be fine if Hardaway Jr. never again attempted a three

twitter: -With 8 points tonight, Sam Gagner also ties a Oilers franchise record, done once by Paul Coffey and twice by Wayne Gretzky. -Only two Raptors scored more points last night than Sam Gagner has tonight. -Sam Gagner officially has MORE points tonight than Scott Gomez has all season. -It's the 1st 8-pt game in the NHL since Mario Lemieux on Dec. 31, 1988. -TSN just named Sam Gagner the game's first, second, and third star. He's a f'ckin constellation.

8 points for Sam Gagner?!?!? i don't think i'll ever be able to believe this actually happened

pre-trades, Goldstein ranked Szczur 5th amongst our prospects safely assuming Rizzo's in our top 5 now, this has to mean he prefers Concepcion to Szczur, which is pretty wild

there's something...strange about this picture The Detroit News ran: http://detroitnews.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge_remote.asp?source=&remoteimageid=3899421

but twitter also was a little wishy-washy of who won the Darvish bid

finally, a free throw attempt!

i can't handle Raftery's random shouting far after the action has already stopped and Ohio's going to set a record for offensive boards today

2 early fouls on Sullinger, i do love that

Beilein looks like Duck Phillips

it's been two years, and one year.