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  1. goonys evil twin
    He's slightly better than Neifi. You're slightly on drugs. If I was, I'd be completely, but I'm not, and Jack isn't good.
  2. goonys evil twin
    I was noticing a lot of Ryu shots. Made me wonder what the Cubs had planned for him. I haven't heard him pimped in the media at all. It's about time he do something impactful, no?
  3. goonys evil twin
    It's all relative. I don't think $10-12 for Lee's 850-900 OPS is too terribly obscene when people like AJ Burnett and Rafael Furcal are getting the same amount or more. The fact that he brings a good glove with him helps, but I would not consider him more than slightly overpaid. Lee at his average is similar to Furcal at his average, and both would be significantly overpaid.
  4. goonys evil twin
    Neither have I.
  5. goonys evil twin
    It might be a little more realistic to make the judgement on the 2004 draft. 2005 was too recent to get a solid understanding of the winners and losers.
  6. goonys evil twin
    I agree he's their best bet, and they pretty much have to resign him. But that's what makes it a not so good situation for the Cubs. They pretty much have to extend a guy at exactly the worst time for the team and best time for the player.
  7. goonys evil twin
    There is no time when any of these guys would be at full speed, let alone the rosters at full and proper capacity.
  8. goonys evil twin
    That is an extremely poor way of judging a prospect and his chances. Not to pronounce their careers over, but it worked pretty well for Hee Seop Choi, Bobby Hill, and Jason Dubois, none of whom did anything worth writing home about in their big league auditions and all of whom are now gone and not having much impact on their new teams. I don't know what else to say other than that ignoring a much larger sample in lieu of a small amount of playing time under wildly varying circumstances is very foolish. It may be a small sample size, but it's also the only true indicator of performance against that level of competition. AAA is very different from MLB. There are tons of AAAA players out there, who, just by looking at minor league numbers, you'd think are going to do very well in the bigs. Jeter's first exposure to the big leagues, .250 .294 .375 Arod's first year .204 .241 .204 Arod's second year .232 .264 .408 Mariano Rivera's first year 67 IP, 5.51 ERA Jason Giambi, .256 .364 .398 (looked a lot like Choi) It's foolish guys, really foolish. Otherwise you might have thought Cruz was going to be better than Maddux, or that Jerome Walton would have a better career than Jim Edmonds. Minor league numbers matter.
  9. goonys evil twin
    He's slightly better than Neifi.
  10. goonys evil twin
    A down year for Lee would still be far better than an average Beltre season. If he reverts to his career norms, and he's only slightly overpaid. If Lee gets a deal that averages $12m, or even just $10m, and he reverts to his career norms, he will be more than slightly overpaid. Lee's career norm is way down the ladder for first baseman. Best case scenario is he gets that $12m but performs like the $15-17m player he was last year. I doubt we'll be that lucky though.
  11. goonys evil twin
    I don't think he would really be of value in that regard. It's not an expensive gamble, although it doesn't really have any upside regardless. Yeah, plus if he continues to get shelled in AAA, I can't see why any of our young pitchers would put any stock in anything he has to say regarding pitching, nor would I want them too. If this was like Mussina in a few years or something like that, I would agree with you, but not this guy. Becuase, for better or worse, he's had success at the majors. He was there, he did what he had to do to get there. It's not all about talent. You have to do the work also. A 36 year old guy who's getting himself ready to pitch daily, who knows what it takes to get there, is a good example, regardless of how he pitches. Nobody is going to be better for having been on the same team as this guy.
  12. goonys evil twin
    These guys aren't ready yet. It's not hindering anything, because from 65-100 pitches, these guys will be less effective right now. It's best the teams involved, the players, and their pro teams that pitch counts are used.
  13. goonys evil twin
    So you'd rather the games best pitchers throw 105-120 pitches in March? It would be stupid to not have pitch counts.
  14. goonys evil twin
    His general lack of goodness.
  15. goonys evil twin
    If the deal keeps Jack Wilson on their team it will be a bad deal.
  16. goonys evil twin
    Nice link. Seems there is a difference in a torn and frayed labrum. Reading parts of that reminded me of my shoulder seperation, and I felt similar to how I feel when I see a bad knee injury in a game.
  17. goonys evil twin
    What about the simple fact that he would have gone 9-10 months between meaningful starts? Even if he is physically 100%, including stamina, the ability to harness the art of starting pitching might take a while to get back. I know what you're saying, but I think he'll be fine. His effectiveness should be right about where it's always been. He may have some hiccups coming out of the gate, but the good news is he'll already be on a strict pitch count. With our improved bullpen and having either Williams or Rusch to do some long relief when needed, I'm not extremely worried. I think I'm going to reserve the right to remain cautious. I am going to assume he won't start a big league game until May, and he won't be all that good the first 4-5 times out. But I can live with it as long as he gets 25 starts and have a sub 4.00 ERA the rest of the way.
  18. goonys evil twin
    Because this is the 2nd time I've been jumped on for not meeting the high standards of some of the "better" posters. There's no excuse for treating someone like that. Oh, but I guess since these are only words on a computer screen, that gives people a right to use sarcasm, and yes, belittle others. Where was the belittling? He corrected your error.
  19. goonys evil twin
    Belittling? Why so sensitive?
  20. goonys evil twin
    get ready for the biggest mockery of baseball you've ever seen ... and i thought pitch counts were bad Why would you think pitch counts are bad?
  21. goonys evil twin
    News? I didn't see any news. What I read appears to be an inaccurate desciption of what Kerry had done. And the follow-up reply corrected it. I don't see the sarcastic comment.
  22. goonys evil twin
    What about the simple fact that he would have gone 9-10 months between meaningful starts? Even if he is physically 100%, including stamina, the ability to harness the art of starting pitching might take a while to get back.
  23. goonys evil twin
    But he did have labrum sugery. Stop being so arrogant! Ken How is that arrogant? You insinuated Wood had a torn labrum and was therefore in the same group of people who had a 3% chance of being ... who was it again? Anyway, there is a difference here, and as far as I can tell, it's an important difference. So, when people write about the procedure Kerry had, they should take the responsibility of reporting it accurately.
  24. goonys evil twin
    So then Wood did have labrum surgery? Ken Labrum surgery, yes, but not from a torn labrum. At least that's what I am getting out of this.
  25. goonys evil twin
    I guess the next question is, what is a realistic expectation for 100% Kerry in 2006? Shouldn't we assume some sort of hangover effect this season? While he may be able to go 100% by May, I am assuming his effectiveness will not be at 100%.
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