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kind of an interesting stat, after that inning Hamels and Lilly both have a 3.58 ERA on the year.
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Lou would probably sit him the next game because he's tired from jogging around the bases so much.
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Scott Linebrink Traded to the Brewers
Ender replied to reds44's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
What distinguishes him as Type A versus type B? I believe it is something along the lines of top 20% in certain statisical categories. Is there a definitive answer to this and as of right now would Linebrink fall into that category? Elias Sports decides it. Its a non-public formula so no one can say for sure. Its also based on more than just this season, he is the holds leader in baseball over the past 3 years so he would have to completely fall apart the rest of the season to not stay a type A most likely. -
Scott Linebrink Traded to the Brewers
Ender replied to reds44's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I dont' really like the deal but Inman is an overrated prospect as well. He has already hit a wall at AA and given his stuff and size most scouts think he'll hit another wall in AAA. There is no reason the picks the Brewers get when Linebrink walks as a type A free agent can't end up worth as much or more than what they traded away. -
I'd say the Cubs and Brewers have about equal chance to make the playoffs. They are pretty even teams to begin with and 2 games is not enough to really worry about at this point.
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Scott Linebrink Traded to the Brewers
Ender replied to reds44's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Linebrink had a 2.55 ERA two weeks ago so all the talk about his ERA seems a bit wierd to me. Inman is the real key to the deal, scouts seem to think he is a #4 or #5 starter, his stats say he is more than that. Whatever ends up being true decides how this deal ends up. The other 2 prospects are fringe players at best with the chance of being AAAA players. -
And let me guess your brewers go 19-1? They probably go 9-11 or 10-10. Was my prediction somehow way off base just from being a Brewer fan? Seems right in line with what everyone else thinks will happen.
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1/3 vs STL 2/3 vs Cin 1/4 vs Phi 1/3 vs NYM 3/3 vs Hou 3/4 vs Col I'm predicting that hangover week that so many teams go through after a big winning streak followed by a strong turnaround at the end of the 20 games. 11-9 overall.
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Unless they actually come out with public proof that he used steroids there is no way Bonds doesn't make it. McGwire is going to take most of the heat as the first big name to be voted on. Sosa might fall short because he has the whole corked bat thing going against him too, but I bet he makes it. Steve Phillips is terrible though, he also contradicts himself all the time and generally just babbles complete nonsense.
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Barrett was ejected for arguing balls and strikes and got his manager tossed as well.
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Hart misplayed the ball, should have been an out but he had to dive for it and then it bounced away from him. Then his throw to home wasn't very strong.
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Hunter Pence left the Astros game with a wrist injury, not sure how serious it is as I just noticed it on gameday.
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My guess would be that its not easy to tell which bats are corked so they just threw them all out to be safe.
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That could be, but it just seems like all the hot guys suddenly go cold again and thats when the team starts to lose, sort of a big winning streak hangover. I believe that's known as "wishful thinking" on your behalf. :D Yep I'm a half full guy when we are talking about the Cubs. heh, i think that was meant for me since I'm a Brewer fan :). I was being serious though, just seems like every time a team gets smoking hot they follow it up with a steaming pile of crap week, would be an interesting thing to run a study on. In this specific case though projecting what is going to happen during a cold or hot streak is going to always give you odd results, whether it be a team that is hot or an individual player.
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That could be, but it just seems like all the hot guys suddenly go cold again and thats when the team starts to lose, sort of a big winning streak hangover.
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I think it's coming pretty close to time you can remove the question mark from doable for 90 wins. I think you're right. Two weeks after every ball stops bouncing the cubs way is when you remove the question mark. Most teams that go on a month long hot streak follow it up with a week or two of blech, the Mets did, the Brewers did, the Braves did, the Red Sox did. After that week or two you get the real picture of the teams W/L record.
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I think a case can certainly be made either way for 3B and 1B. If I were just playing for this year I'd personally put my money on the vets usually and give that advantage to the Cubs. However it won't shock me if Fielder and Braun are as productive as Aramis and Lee the rest of the year either albeit with weaker defense.
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Cubs were #1, Brewers #2 for easiest. Its probably swapped after this weekend since the Brewers came out with Colorado and Arizona and the Cubs came out with Houston and San Fran. Regardless they both have a joke of a schedule in the 2nd half so one of them will probably reach 90 wins.
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Mark Reynolds HR, 3-2 Brewers.
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I don't think you get much scrappier than two time world series champion Craig Counsell.
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Was looking at the giants in gameday and man this Giants lineup is horrible. Sad thing is only one regular against lefties is sitting out. Check out those OPS's. .648 .548 .746 .725 .704 .647 .673 .255 If I were Bonds I think I'd be cranky too having to bat in that lineup.
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If Barrett had gone to the AL or to a bad team it would be addition by subtraction. In this case it sure seems like subtraction alone since he went to a playoff calibre team who might be taking the wild card out of the picture.
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If you look at Suppan, Capuano and Vargas you'll pretty similar results over the past month+ for the Brewers. I think its pretty normal for mediocre starters to have bad stretches like that so I wouldn't be too worried about it unless you were worried about that pitcher to start the year like say Vargas and Marquis types. I imagine Hill will work things out and be fine.
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Its a hard thing to read, the Cubs bullpen has been much better lately which has a lot to do with the better record in close games. Of course the Cubs bullpen was underperforming in general early in the year so it was expected that they improve.
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I think pythagorean records are pretty flawed in general. I mean you get some teams 6th best starter, you knock him out early then pound on their MR's and out score them 16-3 and that is supposed to somehow offset 6 close losses later in the year? Early in the year the Cubs lost just about every close game and it was pretty obvious that it was a fluke so you should have expected them to turn things around some. Now it seems like they are winning every single close game so its evening out. I look at the Cubs and Brewers and see two teams that are good enough to be over .500 but not good enough to win the NL West or NL east divisions. They are both second tier teams and one of them is going to eek out a division championship largely because of how weak the division is where they most likely would be a 2nd or 3rd place team in the other divisions. I do think this is a two horse race though, I don't think the Cardinals will make a run and the Astros just look bad lately. The Reds and Pirates were never in it in the first place.