on a semi-related note, i wonder about the future availability of Tyler Chatwood, he of the 2.37 road ERA since 2013 this of course presumes he comes at a much more affordable cost, as he's basically the righty version of Brett Anderson, both for high-GB propensity and shaky health
and it's a real hoot we're not even slightly perturbed we frivolously gave away a top-5 prospect but i don't think we'll be top-5 farm anytime soon; there's not a ton of depth there which actually should be how we (big-market club) prefer it: quality over quantity
sure more Ks would be nice, but a GB specialist is money in the bank with the IF defense assembled for the parent team like, watch Brett Anderson work a 2.80 ERA in the 100 innings we can coax out of him
so i guess Mo Wagner & DJ Wilson declared for the draft http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/4237107/frick-everything-o.gif neither hired an agent so i'll hold out faint hope they withdraw & next season is still relevant
Oh, I know there's a bunch of advanced metrics/analysis that makes you vote for Harden/James/ etc over Westbrook. I'm not going to dispute that at all. It's just we're talking about a historic season that has been done only 1 other time in history. Basically it's the equivalent to a .400 season in baseball (even though that's been done more than once). It's worth noting that Harden's numbers are also historic. No one's put them up (including Russ this year obviously) since Robertson in 1965. Triple doubles are cool and Westbrook is having an incredible season, but this feels like Trout vs. Triple Crown Cabrera to me. and to think, Trout and Cabrera used to be on the same team...and neither were even the star
Bryant's relative speed artificially beefs up his hitting stats so if we're judging who will be the best purely within the batter's box, it's probably Rizzo with an outside chance of Schwarber i know that's not exactly the question, but a worthwhile distinction to make nonetheless