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  1. sneakypower
    unfortunately, these are the players that are (relatively) really easy to find Scott Sizemore, and Andrew Miller, and Franklin Morales, and Cameron Maybin were all each just acquired for i don't know, a pack of Big League Chew, and here we are hoping all our minor leaguers develop to be these types of players [expletive] it, just go for broke and fill the system full of high potential guys; more Goldens and Burgesses and Lakes and Rundles, please, and just go reap the benefits of other teams' impatience to find your average starters or role players
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    it really doesn't get much worse than Iglesias; 4 XBH (all doubles) in 241 PA
  3. sneakypower
    quotes like this definitely support the notion of an organization that doesn't emphasize enough working the count
  4. sneakypower
    i still can't believe the one he hit off his shoetops
  5. sneakypower
    he likely won't; 20-25 HR is definitely on the high end of what he's probably capable of, power-wise with 15 HR, 175 ISO is about the max a hitter can reasonably reach; then even a .300/.380 line would max him out at .850 OPS
  6. sneakypower
    More like 2 years of Cesar Cedeno's career. If he did that for 8 years, it would be hard to call it a disappointment. he had a 9 year peak where he averaged 29 2B, 5 3B, 16 HR, 49 SB and a .293/.362/.467 line (but just 131 games) before injuries took hold
  7. sneakypower
    think about BJ Upton - since he was put in CF, he's averaged (a full season pace of) 20 HR, 40+ SB, .350 OBP, .425 SLG and GG-caliber defense, and when he comes up in trade rumors people talk about what a disappointment he is truth be told, the most likely career path for Trout right now might be something pretty similar to Upton's, which would still be a wild success (4-win seasons his first 5 years), but the assumption is because he hasn't sputtered yet anywhere he's a lock for greatness
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    what were the holes in Matt Wieters' game? i'm sure Trout will be a fine player, but it's annoying the insane tendency people have to project a hall of fame career for a guy before he's had to make the biggest jump in levels there is guess this is a good time to ask, is it still a slam dunk verdict that Castro pales in comparison to Heyward, as was the prevalent opinion last year?
  9. sneakypower
    like our SS? castro is not mike trout He's better. At the moment yes, but Trout's projections are considerably higher. Most are thinking that he'll hit something like .300+avg, .380+obp, 20-25 HR, 40+SB and excellent defense in CF during his prime. That would make him the elite of the elite. you just described Cesar Cedeno and everybody gets projected for absurd numbers; isn't Justin Upton supposed to have a few 40-40 seasons by now?
  10. sneakypower
    like our SS?
  11. sneakypower
    and why do they want 3 players that all present downgrades from what they've got?
  12. sneakypower
    i wouldn't trade Soto for Montero
  13. sneakypower
    granted i don't know what the scouting reports were like for Soriano, but has any scout ever suggested Vitters be capable of 40 2B - 40 HR seasons? it's not a rhetorical question either, i'm just not familiar with any; it's always been "most likely scenario: Michael Cuddyer", or "more physical Howie Kendrick" it probably sounds like my argument keeps changing, if so i guess i'm not explaining my hate well enough; it's a cumulation of everything that's made me lose all hope for him as a prospect
  14. sneakypower
    even Soriano somehow sported a 50% higher walk than Vitters in the minors, though he was more old for his levels
  15. sneakypower
    http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/anderga01.shtml yeah, i had thought about him, but what does it stay when your perfect world outcome wasn't even an above average hitter? you know what a 100 wRC+ first baseman is called? Garrett Jones, Brett Wallace, Lyle Overbay
  16. sneakypower
    he has a career 4.2% BB rate! and he hasn't even reached the leagues where guys throw strikes yet! how? i'd like for you to describe for me a potential scenario where this could happen, where a guy with such historically abysmal plate discipline and no defensive ability has went on to forge for himself a productive MLB career, or even just assert himself as a starting-caliber player for more than just a couple seasons if we allow ourselves to be the least bit objective about things, we all realize he's a lost cause, but i'm fine if people want to wait until it's undoubtedly official to declare it; probably the more tactful thing
  17. sneakypower
    *pun intended
  18. sneakypower
    not when they'll have the best 3rd line in hockey and maybe the deepest stable of defensemen, to go along with an elite goaltender and if memory serves, he played on Chicago's top line much of the year they won the cup
  19. sneakypower
    because he's never shown any true promise he can't field, is bound for first, is walks-averse, is slow, and has middling power despite a relatively full frame why are we all excited about a guy with the upside to be a latter-day Garrett Atkins??
  20. sneakypower
    all the defenses of Vitters sound like battered wife syndrome "...but he's young, he can still get better" "he'll start hitting the ball harder, i know it!"
  21. sneakypower
    i was thinking about Washington's offseason and to me they look like the President's Cup favorites, on paper Ovechkin-Backstrom-Knuble Brouwer-Johansson-Semin Ward-Laich-Fehr Green-Hamrlik Alzner-Carlson Wideman-Schultz Vokoun-Neuvirth wow.
  22. sneakypower
    Gallagher?
  23. sneakypower
    for 50 points of slugging and like 5 points of obp? not really. What is the equivalent value of SLG points and OBP points? I know they're weighted in the wOBA figures, but is it like 2:1? 5:1? Surely it's not 10:1. it's roughly 1.7:1 http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/why_does_17obpslg_make_sense/ at any rate, context-neutral, Aramis has been the best hitter amongst NL 3B, but factoring home ballpark, Headley's had the more valuable offensive season thus far we're talking about guys who've only made 100-130 plays defensively and not much variance in defensive statistics, so those should probably mostly serve as a tiebreaker or something
  24. sneakypower
    54 and 62 points on offensively challenged teams. 73 and 78 games played. give him a real top line center and i think he'll be explosive again. no one talks about minnesota either. even though they're in a huge hockey market, they're a terribly uninteresting team. hell, last year he played almost every shift with Kyle Brodziak or Matt Cullen as his C; it's really impressive the points he was able to put up, considering
  25. sneakypower
    man, i wish we could have gotten in on that action instead of giving Ericsson a pile of undeserved money
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