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  1. 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?
  2. sneakypower
    blaming Lee's GIDPs on Theriot being on first base is kinda like blaming rape victims for looking too good
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    WEEKS yesyesyes
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    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
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    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
  6. sneakypower
    if 56 XBHs in 109 games is garbage then i'd quite like an entire roster full of garbage
  7. sneakypower
    or maybe it's that he breaks his bat every time he strikes out and punches catchers
  8. sneakypower
    i'm up for it if the draft happens soon
  9. sneakypower
    i think Billy Miller knows what its like to get hit by a train now
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    i love Rapuano's delayed reaction like 4 seconds after the ball is past him
  12. 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
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    Daisuke - Japan: 1405 IP 2.95 ERA 3.50 FIP outperformed it every year
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    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.
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    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.
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    would that be $16m/year man Torii Hunter or $12m/year man Aaron Rowand, or someone else?
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    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.
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    because... you don't think the Red Sox thought Matsuzaka's pitching alone was worth $100m do you?
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    Gaudin
  20. sneakypower
    by adding $13m to the roster and replacing most of the expiring contracts with minimum salary players? i'm not sure that checks out.
  21. sneakypower
    i can't really get on board with this, not after scoring 6 runs in the series. and I think you're advocating benching the guy who drove in 4 of them and also had a great reg season? Hudson will be a mistake for whatever team gets him and finds him declining on defense. if the budget is tight, i'm more than content with Furcal as the main offseason acquisition and giving the CF job to a minimum salary prospect from within the system who displays terrific defensive prowess and possesses good offensive talent - do we have any of those? let Dempster walk if he wants 4 years. i'm OK with committing to Marshall in the rotation.
  22. sneakypower
    you're assuming the players listen to Marinelli's nonsense anymore which they don't really do
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    Is it worse than being a SF Giants fan. It has to be terrible. Getting to watch Tim Lincecum every 5 days has to better than the Lions. Plus they're starting to build a good farm system. Conor Gillaspie and Buster Posey will be really good hitters. They also have terrific pitching prospects. Bumgarner is such an awesome name. Umm, wow. Ok, scrap the Giants idea. How about Baltimore Orioles. Replace "Conor Gillaspie and Buster Posey" with "Nick Markakis and Matt Wieters" and you pretty much have the same story. The Lions have good players too.................... name em Calvin Johnson, Roy Williams and Ernie Sims basically sums it up. The team leads the NFL in drops, largely due to Roy & Calvin's focus lapses Ernie Sims is good but they still have nothing even remotely resembling a pro bowler
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    Is it worse than being a SF Giants fan. It has to be terrible. Getting to watch Tim Lincecum every 5 days has to better than the Lions. Plus they're starting to build a good farm system. Conor Gillaspie and Buster Posey will be really good hitters. They also have terrific pitching prospects. Bumgarner is such an awesome name. Umm, wow. Ok, scrap the Giants idea. How about Baltimore Orioles. Replace "Conor Gillaspie and Buster Posey" with "Nick Markakis and Matt Wieters" and you pretty much have the same story. The Lions have good players too.................... name em
  25. sneakypower
    hey finally a passing TD for the Lions!
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