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  1. imb
    I havent been on twitter much this weekend, but that has to be a joke, right? And I'm not even that big of a fan of Love. I know they want to move out of two, but damn.
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    What OPS would Vitters have to maintain as a major league player to make him a success? Feel free to answer by position if that makes it easier. Depends on if this new deadball era stuff continues, I guess. Something like a .750 OPS is probably like fifth-highest for qualifying LFs and 3Bs this year. To play it safe, if he's a third baseman or LF, he's probably going to need to be at .800, minimum. .290/.330/.470 doesn't sound too outlandish, but it also doesn't really get my heart racing. If he's a first baseman, he's going to have to top that, and since he's likely never going to walk much, he either needs to show a lot more power or hit about .330, neither of which seems likely. It's like, do you consider Tyler Colvin a success? It's a real question, because you could say "hey, most first rounders never make the majors!" or "most first rounders never hit 20 home runs." So, yeah, he's a success. But at the same time, I'd like to shoot a little higher than that.
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    I remember reading that it was because he was from NJ and scouts were worried about the competition level, I think. Wasn't there some NJ-area flameout a year or two before? maybe billy rowell? orioles drafted him early in 2006 and he has been awful. off the top of my head, he's the only really high south jersey draft pick in the last 6 years besides trout. Yep, it was Rowell. I remember seeing video of him taking BP and his power looked ungodly.
  4. imb
    I remember reading that it was because he was from NJ and scouts were worried about the competition level, I think. Wasn't there some NJ-area flameout a year or two before?
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    I love this analogy, but you left out one thing. He's taking those ACTs as a sophomore. Yeah, I try not to be too negative about his chances because of that very fact. But at a certain point, you have to hit, right? Doogie Howser wouldn't have gotten credit for being a child doctor if he was killing patients left and right. I guess maybe Vitters could theoretically cool off from this hot streak and still play out the rest of the year in between low-.700 OPS boreathon and 1.100 OPS monster. If that happens I'll be a little more excited. It's just that every time I think he's turned a corner or whatever, I look at his BR page and realize he still hasn't learned the play the field, take a walk or hit for much power.
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    I think the constant process of improving seems to be topping out at a below-average hitter He goes to daytona as a 19-year old and ends up with a .604 OPS. He goes back as a 20-year old and ends up with a .795 OPS. Yeah, that's a big improvement, but it's still a .795 OPS. He goes to Tennessee as a 20-year old and ends up with a .676 OPS. Now he's back there as a 21-year old, and he's riding a huge hot streak all the way to a ... .787 OPS. It's like re-taking the ACT and going from a 12 to a 17. Congrats, but you still aren't getting into a good school.
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    No, nothing technical about it. Just part of of the process. But if the process ends up with a .780 opsing leftfielder, who cares? I have as big a prospect boner as anyone (how's that for a visual?), but if Vitters wasn't a cub, and someone tried to sell me on him as a legitimate prospect, I would immediately dismiss them.
  8. imb
    It's a process, not an event... What he's always had going for him is the age factor- always very young for his league, how he improves at every stop & just how good he's at making contact. What he needs to do is improve is OBP/walk rate & defense. He knows this & the Cubs know this- they're working on it. With his skill set & his constant track record of improving, I see no reason to seriously doubt he'll make these improvements. It's hard for me to get too stoked about his adjustments when they grant him a .780 OPS. I mean, technically that's an improvement over .676, but it's still kind of useless.
  9. imb
    Joe Buck you [expletive] [expletive]
  10. imb
    Ya that was pretty poor; McCarver laughing like he's watching Pryor in '78. "ONE TAKE! INCREDIBLE!!!!"
  11. imb
    a Shea Hillenbrand career if only we could have traded juan cruz for shea hillenbrand, the world series would have been ours
  12. imb
    his harry caray impersonation gets worse every time
  13. imb
    It's a shame we don't really deserve this series. That Clemens game back in the day is one of my favorites. Wish this meant something.
  14. imb
    Should Dempster really still be out there?
  15. imb
    By the end of next season, he'll be over 1800 runs, over 300 steals, about 50 or so hits shy of 3,000, and over 650 home runs. Just mind-boggling. The last time he had a season of less than 30 HR/100 RBI was 1997.
  16. imb
    try to get through two paragraphs in samuel l jackson's voice without laughing out loud
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    In a weird way, that makes me feel older than the fact that the big No. 30 is coming up.
  18. imb
    http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/91/917564.jpg I might be crazy. But from the pictures, it certainly looks like del Valle is certainly the guy on the left, as the caption suggests. Either those other guys are really short and dinky, or else it looks to me like del Valle seems both taller and heavier than any of them. Not sure he looks like 165 pounds in that picture.... http://images3.listindiario.com/image/article/263/460x390/0/581FD689-C0C1-4926-A487-97431E9532DB.jpeg http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/91/917564.jpg Definitely him in the bottom left, and if he's 165 then im about 115
  19. imb
    Well, yeah, it's hope. But hope for what? A .780 OPS 1B/LF? He's improving but to what end?
  20. imb
    ughhghg f you
  21. imb
    Teheran tossed like 150 innings as a 19-year old, that seems like a lot to me.
  22. imb
    Shelby Miller is so ungodly good, it makes me sick. He was born in 1990 and is currently sporting a 1.35 ERA in AA.
  23. imb
    also, we really should have a thread for other team's prospects. It's all I have to think about until September.
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    11.9 K/9 ... the lowest number of his career.
  25. imb
    I feel like my dream of posting in the movie thread again is almost within reach. First, we free da bum, then, i'm back in social.
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