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  1. sneakypower
    yeah i know, it seems like, whenever that happens, the player has a 46 HR season
  2. sneakypower
    Derrek Lee Lee litterally fell into Hendry's lap. Who knows what Choi's career would hve looked like had Baltimore been able to work out an extension. Plus, even if the Cubs didn't have Choi they would have gotten Lee. was our system rife with highly touted mlb-ready 1B prospects Baltim-er, Florida could have plugged in right away to replace Lee? (no)
  3. sneakypower
    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/2325920887_b206236832.jpg
  4. sneakypower
    i was referring to Chipper Jones the MVP moving to LF (and threatening his HOF status) for Vinny Castilla (oh, please, please try to argue this one as a defensive necessity) there probably wasn't a precedent for that exact set of criteria, either
  5. sneakypower
    It's quite different. He was in his 30s and really bad fielding the position. He also spent most of his time not playing SS before then. Castro is much younger has almost exclusively played SS and presumably will be quite good at it at the time of a move possibly happening. They are not similar situations. Young had to move, and it was convenient they had a guy to fill the spot. Castro should not have to move. i love this narrative. like the Rangers approached Young and said "you're really terrible at fielding, guy" and he's all like "i had no idea, tell me what i must do!"
  6. sneakypower
    why does it have to be SS, that's dumb what's going to make Castro more recalcitrant to move than established stars like Chipper Jones, Cabrera, Young, Soriano were?
  7. sneakypower
    http://scratchbomb.com/images/bobby%2Bvalentine.jpg
  8. sneakypower
    Derrek Lee
  9. sneakypower
    i wasn't really suggesting that the two situations would be analogous down to every solitary last element
  10. sneakypower
    oh i had. it's still not very often that a player ever has a season like he had last year and then goes on to be useful in the majors.
  11. sneakypower
    even an .800 would be a welcome surprise
  12. sneakypower
    uh...he probably just forgot he was playing for a contract, i'm thinking
  13. sneakypower
    the Rangers made Michael Young switch positions twice to make room for unproven young guys and he was sort of the face of the franchise it wasn't a real big deal, and shouldn't be a big deal for Castro to move to 2nd if need be
  14. sneakypower
    i was sort of interested in Beltre given the year he's having, until i realized/noticed he's hit .334/.382/.598 his two contract years and .266/.317/.442 the rest of his career this is very good news
  15. sneakypower
    looking back at the preseason projections, pecota was the most optimistic at 273/.323/.383 (.316 wOBA) and they've fallen quite short of his actual .328 wOBA thus far it's really hard to find any fault with the way he's played to this point
  16. sneakypower
    UH-OH.
  17. sneakypower
    somebody made a pretty good gif of the Ballard-Vokoun thing http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/beheading1.gif
  18. sneakypower
    why wait?
  19. sneakypower
    that's asinine and oblivious at any rate, his hit chart really shows how miserable his luck's been http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_player_hitting_chart.jsp?c_id=bal&playerID=455976&statType=1
  20. sneakypower
    Gagne: "I was willing to waive my no-trade clause only for Tampa Bay, not for other teams" that's why they got (ugh) "owned"
  21. sneakypower
    and he's still the youngest player in the pros *swoon*
  22. sneakypower
    my firesale wish list Lilly for Bossman Jr. Colvin for Alex Gordon Fukudome for Bowden Lee for Engel Beltre Theriot for Wilkin Ramirez Silva for Thole Nady for Kehrer (LAA)
  23. sneakypower
    that'd be completely insane weren't he, Lars Andersen and Jordan Walden the guys everybody wanted to overslot with our late picks and we ended up with Huseby and Rundle or am i confusing years a bit?
  24. sneakypower
    buying low/selling high at its finest
  25. sneakypower
    my guess would be that they have always realized what a huge hindrance his salary will continue to be when they Seabrook, Brouwer, etc. start getting raises too, but that now he could probably be somewhat adequately replaced in-house by a very similar player in Vishnevskiy
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