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  1. sneakypower
    my mind is blown
  2. sneakypower
    whatever happened to him? last i looked in the paper he was on the DL with "dermatitis-like symptoms" i think
  3. sneakypower
    they didn't take him 4th overall to waste him it's impossible to tell how the next coach will utilize him, but he's talented enough that i'd personally like to have him as a keeper; the only concern is the presence Michael Bush, who is also a quality back but still hard for a team to ignore a player who rushes for 164 in his 2nd week as a pro
  4. sneakypower
    you should advise that guy to just stick to the deep fryer from now on
  5. sneakypower
    he'll be replaced with Theriot *plzFurcalplzFurcalplzFurcal*
  6. sneakypower
    there have been a rash of people absolutely embarrassing themselves re:Soriano lately
  7. sneakypower
    For an offensive 2B, a .234/.342/.398 line with a 93 OPS+ isn't exactly enticing. He hasn't lived up to his hype yet. which is exactly why he might conceivably be available i take it back, lets just keep spouting insanity like trading ronny cedeno and some fringe 40 man roster filler for proven established sluggers like is being done in damn near every other Transaction thread
  8. sneakypower
    if 56 XBHs in 109 games is garbage then i'd quite like an entire roster full of garbage I mean the little things. Like not being lazy, swing at a strike, that kind of stuff. welllll i wonder what gives you the impression he is lazy?
  9. sneakypower
    blaming Lee's GIDPs on Theriot being on first base is kinda like blaming rape victims for looking too good
  10. sneakypower
    WEEKS yesyesyes
  11. sneakypower
    even if you view that as a trendline, it'd take over 5 years for him to drop to the .860 level 14 years from now he'll have withered away to an 800 OPS at this pace! of course i'm being absurdist, but i have absolutely no clue how you came up with an arbitrary figure like .860-.870
  12. sneakypower
    so is the inference here that a player can simply focus more and thusly be able to just spray line drives all over the park at will when the playoffs roll around? that seems incredibly insane
  13. sneakypower
    if 56 XBHs in 109 games is garbage then i'd quite like an entire roster full of garbage
  14. sneakypower
    or maybe it's that he breaks his bat every time he strikes out and punches catchers
  15. sneakypower
    i'm up for it if the draft happens soon
  16. sneakypower
    i think Billy Miller knows what its like to get hit by a train now
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  18. sneakypower
    i love Rapuano's delayed reaction like 4 seconds after the ball is past him
  19. sneakypower
    yet another good example, so i think we agree he's probably a pitcher who will put up some great seasons for a decent stretch and then crap out a few years earlier than is usual, brought about by excessive workloads due in large part to high BB totals
  20. sneakypower
    Daisuke - Japan: 1405 IP 2.95 ERA 3.50 FIP outperformed it every year
  21. sneakypower
    your "aren't worth much" comment. but i give up- value isn't what market dictates, it's just what's in your personal preferences. you know more about marketing than advertising executives. a likely top 3 cy young finisher didn't just have a good season. life is just a mirage. A top 3 finisher in the Cy? What does that prove? I explained my point about Matsuzaka clearly enough. He won't get top 3 anyway, he doesn't have anywhere close to the innings. I seriously thought we all knew better on here than to ignore WHIP to ERA correlation, or FIP. You're ignoring FIP. This is like having to explain to people why Russ Ortiz isn't as great as you think back in the day with Atlanta. Aaron Rowand as a prospect doesn't strike me as similar to Pie as a prospect. Ortiz outperformed his FIP every year before he broke down from overuse, Washburn much the same, and our own Zambrano outperforms his FIP every year. all are pitchers consistently able to keep BAAs low, which FIP doesn't even factor. it's useful but obviously not perfect. Matsuzaka's been able to keep his BAA low, and he could very well continue to outperform his FIP if he shows skill at avoiding XBHs.
  22. sneakypower
    your "aren't worth much" comment. but i give up- value isn't what market dictates, it's just what's in your personal preferences. you know more about marketing than advertising executives. a likely top 3 cy young finisher didn't just have a good season. life is just a mirage.
  23. sneakypower
    would that be $16m/year man Torii Hunter or $12m/year man Aaron Rowand, or someone else?
  24. sneakypower
    The branding opportunities, opening the Asian rim further, reaching the baseball-crazy Japanese population, broadcast, print, endorsements is hard to exaggerate. We'll likely be prohibitive favorites in the division again next year, and we can afford to see if he adjusts better in his second season. There are already adequate replacements on the roster if he embarrasses himself again for a long stretch, and what he's done for the ownership financially probably proves his contract won't ever be a liability. He outperformed every hitter you mentioned but Hideki Matsui, by the way. http://umpbump.com/press/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/japanese-player-stats.jpg close, he has 5 pitches he throws with regularity plus the split he'll put out there a couple times a game. and he's not that good? heh. thats really a colossal reach.
  25. sneakypower
    because... you don't think the Red Sox thought Matsuzaka's pitching alone was worth $100m do you?
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