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  1. sneakypower
    Flyers going nuts right now Richards to L.A. for Schenn, Simmonds Carter to Columbus for Voracek, 1st, 3rd presumably all to fit in a 7-year deal to Bryzgalov @ $7M per doesn't look like a very good sequence of moves at all, from my vantage point
  2. sneakypower
    yeah, why didn't we ever pursue Peavy, anyway?
  3. sneakypower
    chasing a $100K bottle of champagne with 135 bud lights completely blows my mind
  4. sneakypower
    the Sedins shouldn't even qualify because they're at such a distinct advantage over the rest of the players in the league; what other team commits to leave two star players together for every single shift they ever take? was surprised to see The Perfect Human take the Norris with a minus rating, not that he didn't deserve it
  5. sneakypower
    he's a great penetrator, passer, can rebound well for a PG, but his jump shot needs work
  6. sneakypower
    since we're going to be a bad team for the immediate future anyway i'm more than fine leaving him at SS to see if he improves, but early returns are moderately troubling looking at RZR: for the past two seasons, amongst the 23 qualifying SS, he's the 3rd worst at making plays in his zone (more or less "routine" plays) but he's in the top third for % of his plays made out of zone, which would suggest he's got poor instincts and good athleticism. that's already the perception about him, but the fielding data also backs that up UZR considers him a -6 SS to this point, which is actually fairly promising, all things considered, but TotalZone paints the grimmest picture, labeling Castro a -17 fielder thus far if you believe the latter is the more reliable of the two metrics, then there's little chance he can stay at short long-term without being a considerable detriment
  7. sneakypower
    so, is Justin Bour the new Brandon Sing?
  8. sneakypower
    Cedeno had a nine-year prime of .293/.362/.467 where he averaged 29 2B, 16 HR, 49 SB (131 games) to go with 5 GGs in CF and 5 top-25 MVP finishes, before injuries marginalized him Trout's upside exceeds that only for duration, if he's actually able to sustain health over his career, which not many stud CFs are able to do he could just as easily flame out early like Erstad
  9. sneakypower
    what, no for upsides: Trout – Cesar Cedeno Harper – healthy Josh Hamilton
  10. sneakypower
    i'd love to see Sabathia to opt out of his contract and come here for something like 6 x $18M
  11. sneakypower
    Al Albuquerque is going to challenge Marmol's K/9 record, set last year he's at 15.49 and he needs 15.99 to tie the record
  12. sneakypower
    a Shea Hillenbrand career
  13. sneakypower
    but come on bro mike leach? robin leach?
  14. sneakypower
    can't have a much worse day than that on the farm, for the hitting side
  15. sneakypower
    you figure Hendry would probably be really stingy with Halloween candy, actually
  16. sneakypower
    5 R in 6 IP vs. 8 R in 5-1/3 IP well that settles it, we traded for the right pitcher
  17. sneakypower
    i'm having trouble thinking of (m)any players who fared noticeably better defensively, relative to their peers, in switching from 3B to OF Miggy Cabrera, Chipper Jones, Kevin Mitchell and Bonilla's defensive statistics all suffered significantly from the switch, and Braun and Sheffield slightly improved to just 'really bad' in the OF from 'historically awful' fielders at 3B, and Pujols and Bautista stayed virtually the same i guess Teahen improved by a reasonable amount, but he likely possessed better athleticism than all the aforementioned guys
  18. sneakypower
    i bet Rick Peterson could fix him in five minutes
  19. sneakypower
    LOL
  20. sneakypower
    Chara really saved his ass with that save
  21. sneakypower
    ok, i should have stated "by all accounts, struggles to play capable defense" he needs a HUGE completely unforeseen growth spurt in terms of offensive production to deserve that comparison, offensively; Aramis consistently had .100 isoD seasons in the minors, not .040, to go along with an OPS a full 160 pts higher than Vitters
  22. sneakypower
    even Vitters' ceiling isn't very valuable we already know for sure he'll never walk, and can't play plus defense at 3B, and doesn't have huge power so, even imagining he can post .300/.365/.480 lines and play -5 defense, we're still just talking a 2.5-3 win player at best more likely, imo, he's a -10 fielder at 3B and hits something like .280/.320/.440, struggling to average 1 win a year; if he shifts to 1B, he's a bench player for us
  23. sneakypower
    You know feline AIDS is the number one killer of domestic cats. hahaha
  24. sneakypower
    i have admiration for the way their FO does business, but they got so unbelievably lucky with Youkilis and especially Ortiz, namely in the way they somehow happened upon prolific power strokes Ortiz was signed to be [expletive] Jeremy Giambi's backup, so you'll excuse me if i only award them partial credit for that one; still, i'll concede you can't strike gold like that when you play it safe with the Reed Johnsons of the world all the time
  25. sneakypower
    We've already put Wilken to good use, so there's that Toronto connection. Can't say I know much about Alex Anthopoulos and how he runs the team, aside from shedding Vernon Wells' contract and getting reasonably good returns on some trades. *Shrug* the Bautista extension looks like an incredible steal at this point, and they do the Tampa thing of smartly exploiting RPs for a year or two and letting them walk for firsts which is what i would argue the Red Sox biggest problem has been, under Theo's administration
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