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  1. sneakypower
    unrelated fyi, links within "Show list with all like actions" feature are broken
  2. sneakypower
    fwiw it looks like Cade Foster hasn't updated his lineup since week 1, and has had 2 zeros in DL'd OFs for a while
  3. sneakypower
    unsuccessful http://cbssports1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/05/28/a7ae74b9-ce2d-48f9-a1d9-184db130aafa/thumbnail/500x496/6b05e23023a248f1e9e0b042261e0bd4/julio-urias-dodgers.jpg
  4. sneakypower
    it's pretty standard, if you're ever in other leagues
  5. sneakypower
    you're never going to get that kind of attention; even 3-4 seems pretty sufficient
  6. sneakypower
    then add vote vetoing, i don't know what the hold-up is
  7. sneakypower
    oh, there were other people right here also expressing that these tilted trades are a bit of a problem...might you possibly have them on ignore or something?
  8. sneakypower
    that was Dempster...
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  10. sneakypower
    FG has him at 2.7, 4th in MLB
  11. sneakypower
    amazingly Brandon Guyer is at 3.5 WAR for his last 159 G plus he donged Jose Fernandez today, so i'm officially proclaiming we lost the Garza trade (that's bad) but it might have ultimately brought us Kris Bryant (that's good!)
  12. sneakypower
    well those are your top 2 hitters, and Felix of course always stands out, but i won't deny the Arrieta miracle has also played a big part; this is why i say main foundation and not 'every mathematical point produced'
  13. sneakypower
    but "nice Marwin Gonzalez type" doesn't move the needle as much as Andrew Miller or whatever we'd want to get back for him, is my only real point
  14. sneakypower
    it pleases me to know that Kyle Hendricks has a better K rate than does Cole
  15. sneakypower
    i do think we'd love to get a worthwhile return for Jorge or Javy, neither of whom really are (what i believe to be) Theo-preferred players
  16. sneakypower
    but Blair and Jorge Lopez (or was it Carlos Mencia?) for 3-exemptions SS who had either the highest or 2nd-highest projection was always an incredible heist, and i even did bite my tongue on it to avoid the dumb accusations i'm some kind of a flailing obstructionist i pointed out the most immediately egregiously tilted trades you and tim made that ultimately served as the main foundation of an undefeated roster...that adds up pretty well one would think
  17. sneakypower
    ok, so maybe now, 4 years into his tenure while we have the top staff ERA in baseball by a decent margin, will be the time that they fully sell out in trades for pitching, and perhaps even create a positional hole or two in the process
  18. sneakypower
    so you agree though that my statements are all basically true, which is the thing that matters here
  19. sneakypower
    i mean there's a Theo quote somewhere where he made a remark directly to the effect of "those who think we'll be trading our impact hitters for pitching haven't been paying attention"
  20. sneakypower
    which is precisely why it's not liable to happen
  21. sneakypower
    but there actually isn't bitching about every trade, a ton of trades go through that aren't even commented on and then trades like this happen and it's hard to stay quiet about it because that's very, very nearly the entire basis of a guy having an unassailable roster Tim: draft pick for Pederson - crickets like six draft-day trades - crickets Hoffman, Fulmer for Kimbrel, Almora - crickets Reed for McCullers - crickets but this one there's going to be a deserved uproar about because there's just no justification for it, so try to be a big boy for a second and realize there's a clear nuance
  22. sneakypower
    since moving up to AA (includes AFL) 107 G, .282/.373/.474, .307 BABIP, .388 wOBA, 140 wRC+ and best of all, 12.4% BB / 14.2% K last year, Max Kepler was the only 22 & under player in all of AA to beat 140 wRC+ threshold another point on the bullish KATOH placement- compare JC's AA line (.265/.365/.430) with top-50 prospect Jesse Winker's (.271/.380/.421) and try to discern much of a difference; understandably, Winker is a full year younger but he's also got a corner OF profile instead of third base here
  23. sneakypower
    as for him being top-50, i don't have much of a problem with the idea, but that's more looking through and thinking of guys placed there whose profiles i mostly dislike (Nick Williams, Sean Newcomb, Aaron Judge) 75-100 is probably a bit more reasonable given lack of extreme upside
  24. sneakypower
    Fangraphs doesn't have the last two games in the game logs but for 5/1-5/23 he was hitting .263/.352/.425, which is good for .364 wOBA and 126 wRC+. As I was looking that up, I also came across KATOH's opinion of him from the offseason. He came in at number 43, one spot ahead of Torres, 23 spots behind Contreras, 35 spots behind Almora. I don't know enough to endorse the whole thing (Buxton behind everyone listed above so guessing it's not great with working in defense/speed?), but most opinions had Almora a good bit lower and I think most had Contreras behind Torres by a bit. So far KATOH is winning on those guys. So hopefully it's right and Jeimer is an elite prospect too. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/katohs-top-100-prospect-list-for-2016/ Also, since we're talking about interesting pitchers, Clifton. Just figured he had to be thrown in with the Hudson and Cease as the other guy I'm most excited about right now. last 30: .273/.391/.491 on just a .310 babip (21 BB: 21 K)...15! doubles there if his glove plays at 3B, i love this guy
  25. sneakypower
    and holy horsefeathers, Matt Kemp's OBP
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