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  1. sneakypower
    i actually wouldn't be shocked to see Haren PH now if we ever go extras or have short SP outing
  2. sneakypower
    makes me happy to see you that high on bryant (and baez, really) kinda depressing where we're at with georgie, though. we actually have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Soler, Russell, Bryant: i can see Soler being Castro-esque where he's seen to have never fulfilled his potential and being viewed as a disappointment but sustaining cheap, average production for a little while
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    if i had to handicap chances of having three-plus 3-WAR seasons in their pre-FA period: Baez: 25% Soler: 33% Schwarber: 66% Russell: 85% Bryant: 90%
  4. sneakypower
    Theo added over $250m in salary obligations over the offseason just an fyi
  5. sneakypower
    http://i.imgur.com/5eHRFwj.png (just 7 G in April, 2 G in August) you do like to see FBs go up, IFFB go down and soft contact go down
  6. sneakypower
    i really think we get Utley
  7. sneakypower
    why not? i think the idea is for Baez to usurp Castro's starting spot 4.82 cERA (2.74 for Ross, 3.37 for Montero), but i don't put much stock into this yet
  8. sneakypower
    these threads are a good litmus test for if a poster has any credibility expressing the general sentiment "i think 2012 was in play" renders the poster a total obvious fool / intellectually dishonest troll and should thereby be roundly dismissed in all arguments henceforth
  9. sneakypower
    oh god kyle's f5 button is going to be broke after this thread
  10. sneakypower
    omg i hate everything about Motte
  11. sneakypower
    not Len's best call "did he get enough of it?" and Ryan Braun had completely given up on like five seconds prior
  12. sneakypower
    not sure if this was mentioned yet, but Haren leads baseball in lowest BABIP for the calendar year: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2015&month=10&season1=2015&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=12,a top-10 for WHIP, also - the best part of this stat, is that Jon Lester now ranks worst during that timeframe amongst our starters WHIP ranking: #6: Jake Arrieta (1.00) #9: Jason Hammel (1.03) #10: Dan Haren (1.04) #26: Kyle Hendricks (1.13) #27: Jon Lester (1.13)
  13. sneakypower
    #5 starter lol
  14. sneakypower
    Taking that into a tangent, how sure are we that we're seeing what we'd need to see from such an organization? We've hit on 2 of 3 top-10 picks, we've traded MLB assets for some good prospects, and we paid a lot of money for Soler. But is the grassroots organizational waves and waves thing really happening? The 2012 draft, for example, feels awfully meh in retrospect. my assumption's been that player development is probably lagging behind scouting compare to the Astros who aren't really making the correct decisions in the 1st round but still had a crazy deep system from guys picked after the first, whereas we're pretty relatively thin
  15. sneakypower
    people aren't insanely optimistic because we've got a .500 pythag i guess you can sort of point to the '06 Cardinals, but they had Mark Mulder's half-season of 7+ ERA and Marquis's full season of 6+ ERA they could happly ignore in the postseason and 3 HOF players in the prime of their careers (all with DL stints, i believe?) meanwhile our 2nd-best player/hitter is a guy who strikes out 30% of the time and is sub-.800 OPS
  16. sneakypower
    on a totally unrelated note, Joc Pederson is down to a .225 AVG on the season and is hitting .181 in his last 48 games with just 4 HR
  17. sneakypower
    we didn't get SSR-approved players? oh i think this qualifies as a http://pngimg.com/upload/tank_PNG1317.png
  18. sneakypower
    good night sweet prince :(
  19. sneakypower
    I wouldn't be shattered if the Cubs waited until the waiver period when they get additional leverage. That said, I have no qualms with a slight overpay for a legitimate asset. I'm going for the heroin if Clayton Richard starts one more game for the Cubs. i'd guess Wada/Wood would be more likely
  20. sneakypower
    i think we do (not that i think it's right) also, there's a huge gap between values of McKinney & Zagunis
  21. sneakypower
    I'm willing to pay the moon for Arrieta 2.0. but we'd also inherit his mistake of a contract
  22. sneakypower
    I don't understand how this keeps being said. The Cubs are already 2/3 of the way through a race for the playoffs and very much in contention. i don't think he realizes that being "equipped for a playoff run" means having a playoff berth. No I get it. I don't think we are going to make the playoffs and even if we do, I don't feel this team would be successful in the playoffs. -Royals fan July 31, 2014 what do you think the deadline deal was that put them over the top?
  23. sneakypower
    this is where Fred tells us he had to read smoke signals
  24. sneakypower
    His peripherals match his performance, and both are slightly down from peak Kimbrel. He still has a 2.75/2.49/2.46 ERA/FIP/xFIP He is also inexplicably suffering from his highest HR/FB this season. He's only given up 3 home runs, but it's good for 11.1%, highest in his career thus far. Also suffering from a .310 BABIP, which is the highest it's been since 2011 when it was .315. The previous 3 years it was .235, .263, and .250. I mentioned it in the Kennedy/Shields post I made in one of the other vague threads about their funky HR numbers despite peripherals being more or less similar to career norms, and Kimbrel is experiencing a similar situation, albeit to a lesser degree than the others. well they do have Matt Kemp trying to play defense and had Wil Myers experimenting with CF for a while, amongst other unfavorable defensive alignments
  25. sneakypower
    Phillips looks pretty good. The rest of the package isn't particularly inspiring though. my best approximation for what that might translate to for our system - McKinney - Alcantara / Olt? - Edwards Jr - something thoroughly worthless like Zastryzny i don't really like Fiers too much, but i'd still have been pretty happy with that deal (but i can also see a team scouting Phillips's tools much more favorably than McKinney's and preferring his upside)
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