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Yeah. Brain tumors IIRC

I almost caught an Edgar Gonzalez home run ball once.

He hit .303 .411 .630 1.041 in 250 PA as a 25 year old in AAA one time 4 years ago, and he can play EVERY position! He's legit. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/5311201163_61898e8f34.jpg

Did not feel this deserve it's own thread. JOEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYY BBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSSSSSSSSSSSS

Who is that this week? I've heard Boston fans argue a different guy all the time. It's always whichever one is currently injured.

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congrats Currently winning 108.88 - 106.92. I need Jimmy Graham to die.

I guess I've learned to just ignore the CT-type talk, I pretty much missed those contributions. You are correct. sure...

No Kidding Around may not be intentionally trolling, but he's clearly a Cards Talk level idiot.

I wonder what magdal thinks about all this.

[expletive] Packers had 2 INT and 2 FF and netted me 6 [expletive] points. 8 point lead with Sproles vs Graham/Kasay to go.

Heat up 35 in the 3rd. Too good.

Beltran will be 35 in April and Furcal is 34. So? Beltran is coming off of a .910 OPS and they don't even need him to play everyday. They'll still have Jay and Craig in the outfield if Beltran is on the bench. Both were productive players hitting over .300 last year. Both Beltran and Furcal are on 2 year contracts so the Cards aren't planning a huge future for either. 28 with an extensive injury history, one season's worth of MLB PA spread out over 3 and 116 OPS+ (boosted by an absurd BABIP). He's a nice player, but if his BABIP drops you're looking at a league average hitter who can't stay healthy. And the NLCS/WS MVP doesn't mean [expletive]. I expect him to drop off to a 90-100 OPS+ guy this season if teams realize that he can't pull the ball with much power and pound him inside. Yep. He injured an ankle and required extensive surgery. He played all of last year on that ankle without a problem. He was out for seven weeks when his hand was broken by an inside pitch. He still managed to hit close to .300 as he's done all his professional career. If you don't think he has any power inside, you're in for a rude awakening. One of the nice problems the Cards have is Matt Carpenter and his .400 OBP in Memphis is looking for an opening. Zach Cox in AA is waiting behind him. Holliday is awesome. Wainwright is a bit of an unknown after TJS and only under contract for 2 more years. Molina is a catcher about to 30 which is 65 in MLB years and only under contract for 1 year. Craig has a half season's worth of MLB PA and is coming off of knee surgery. Garcia is good and signed to nice contract. I think Craig is legit, but would classify Jay and Freese as roleplayers. TJ surgery is about as guaranteed an outcome as they get in baseball. Pitchers often return with a livelier fastball because the tendon is stronger than the ligament it replaces. You really aren't counting on Wainwright to struggle are you? Molina just came off his best hitting year ever. He could slow down in his fielding every year for the next four and still be an above average catcher. Young Cruz coming up behind him had a nice ML debut last year and may eventually take some playing time from him. I agree that Jay may never be more than a roleplayer but all he's done is hit .300 since he's been in the majors. I think you're dead wrong about Freese. Carpenter? He's a work horse like Halladay. His physical conditioning left him stronger not weaker as the year wore on. You can will him wearing down all you want but he's been just like the energizer bunny. When he does wear out they'll just bring Miller up. That's not necessarily going to be a good thing for the NL Central. Cleto? I'll take that bet. He was floundering in the Seattle system but worked his way thru A, AA and AAA to a walk on in the majors last year. His stuff was high 90's in the 7th inning last year. He's got nasty movement and 3 solid pitches. His control was significantly better last year and if he makes even a modicum improvement from last year you'll eat your words on that prediction. They don't need him but there's enough pixie dust... Actually the position player situation isn't that bad. Ryan Jackson is an excellent fielding SS who'll play in Memphis this year. His bat has been solid the last 2 years with a solid OPS+ (34 doubles in Springfield). He hit .342 in AFL. Taveras and Wong are obvious, but Cox is a solid hitter who worked hard on his fielding last year. This year will tell a lot on what his future looks like. Matt Carpenter is a very good fielding 3rd baseman. Not only the .400 OBP but sprays the ball to all fields with an .880 OPS last year. There aren't any Pujols sitting around in their farm but the arms are scary good and you can figure they'll make some trades if they need bolstering. You're embarrassing.

You predicted a NFL running back had a 5 year window of being elite? [expletive] Nostradamus up in this [expletive]!

I'm somehow winning 92.18-90.72. I have the Packers defense and Sproles yet to play. He has Jimmy Graham and John Kasay. Pretty damn tight matchup. Would be nice to win it this year after finishing 2nd last having gone 13-1.

Really? As if that's supposed to help sway anyone's opinion? DOES HE LOOK LIKE HE'S KIDDING AROUND???

Beltran will be 35 in April and Furcal is 34. 28 with an extensive injury history, one season's worth of MLB PA spread out over 3 and 116 OPS+ (boosted by an absurd BABIP). He's a nice player, but if his BABIP drops you're looking at a league average hitter who can't stay healthy. And the NLCS/WS MVP doesn't mean [expletive]. I expect him to drop off to a 90-100 OPS+ guy this season if teams realize that he can't pull the ball with much power and pound him inside. Holliday is awesome. Wainwright is a bit of an unknown after TJS and only under contract for 2 more years. Molina is a catcher about to 30 which is 65 in MLB years and only under contract for 1 year. Craig has a half season's worth of MLB PA and is coming off of knee surgery. Garcia is good and signed to nice contract. I think Craig is legit, but would classify Jay and Freese as roleplayers. Carpenter is pretty much the opposite of "likely" to last well. Turns 37 is April, has had numerous arm injuries and threw 270 innings last year. NEVER include Cleto as any type of prospect. He throws hard, has no offspeed stuff and no clue where the ball is going. He'll have been outrighted off the 40 man this time next year. It's a boom or bust team for the next 2 years, but a ton of payroll coming off the books. Farm really needs some position players though. Outside of Taveras and Wong (who hasn't even played half a season) there's not much. It's all pitching. If there's any saving grace it's that the architect of this farm revival, Luhnow, just got hired as the GM of the 'Stros.

That's tough. I think I'd go with Romo since Samuel is out. Bush. He should be a lock to get over 20 touches. KC run defense is pretty bad, Minnesota's pass defense is awful and Helu is hurt.

Now I pretty much have to start Green Bay even though they suck, right? McCown starting, Barber and Knox out and Hester is questionable. So here's my waiver wire all star team since everybody I had got [expletive] hurt. T Tebow @ BUF D Sproles v ATL M Tolbert @ DET P Harvin @ WAS M Floyd @ DET AJ Green v ARI V Davis @ SEA B Wells @ CIN R Bironas v JAC Green Bay v CHI Lots of good matchups. Only thing I don't like is Harvin and Wells. Opponent has M Vick L McCoy R Matthews C Johnson H Nicks M Austin J Graham M Bush J Kasay SF defense I should lose by no less than 75.

I'm not very high on Cox, but .306 .363 .434 .797 isn't too bad for a first year of pro ball with most of it spent at AA. Been rumors of him being moved to 2b since he was drafted. If he could do that respectably, he'd have some good value.

Pretty much. Martinez, Jenkins and Taveras exploded. Matt Adams didn't slow down. Wong and Cox will be top 100. Lots of pitching depth and big time upside in the system.

Lists aren't out yet, but I'd just about guarantee a top 10 this year. Good chance they have 5 guys in BA's top 100 in Miller, Martinez, Wong, Taveras and Cox.

Why is that? Because he has missed 20 games or more two of the last four seasons? Seems kind of absurd to roundaboutly label a guy injury prone because of a pulled hamstring 4 years ago. Stretching it with the 4 years thing.

Nope. Fielding was his worst of his last 5 years and his baserunning was right in the middle of his last 5 years. He had a .393 wOBA. He's sneaky great.

They have a top 10 farm system and no contracts that look to be albatrosses. 55 mil in guaranteed money in 2013, 25 in 2014 and 26 in 2015. A good system and a lot of money is pretty much exactly how you'd want to be set up for the long term, isn't it?