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  1. Elrhino
    Better than zero chance that Salty turns out to be the worst player in that Braves package that they sent to the Rangers. He hasn't been impressive at all for the Rangers. Andrus and Perez look like future stars. Matt Harrison is already in their rotation. Also, I don't think the Angels got Tiex all that cheaply. Kotchman put up a 119 OPS+ last year at 24 years of age (Tiexeira is current 139). Marek could be a potential closer. A pretty hefty price for a 2 month rental. He and Boras have made no bones that they're going to market and signing with the highest bidder in the offseason. Probably the Yankees since they finally get Giambi's contract off the books.
  2. Elrhino
    I see it as the exact opposite of a "C-Pat" thing, because C-Pat was a scout and BA Top 100 darling on Day 1. People were anticipating C-Pat's big league debut since he was in Single A. Shark has been more of an unexpected surprise, ala Soto. Comparing him to K-Rod is extreme, but I'm fully willing to ride this out as far as it will go. It's like getting a free deadline trade for a reliever who throws 99 mph. That said, I'm amazed that someone with such electric stuff was ignored by so many prospect lists. Yes, I know his stats weren't all that terrific, but given his background and his raw stuff you would have thought he would have gotten some benefit of the doubt and gotten a few mentions. Was he even on Rotoworld's Top 150 prospect list that came up a few weeks ago? It's like people purposely held a grudge against him.
  3. Elrhino
    From Bruce's article today, it sounds like Lou has a full blown man-crush on the Shark. I wouldn't be surprised if he takes on the closer role until Kerry comes back. Looks like Howry will be exiled to the wasteland of Wuertz-ville when Kerry comes back.
  4. Elrhino
    Exactly. Even giving up the run, seeing those constant 97s, 98s, and 99s on the gun were goosebump-inducing!! It's funny how the game situation distorts everything. If it's a 9-3 game and he gives up the run we're talking about how great his stuff looks. 2-1 game and he gives up a run, he sucks, he's overpaid and he was a horrible draft pick.
  5. Elrhino
    You're right. Cubs management just need to start avoiding these guys with terrific stuff from now on!!!!
  6. Elrhino
    Good move for the Yankees if they're just using him as a right handed platoon for prorated minimum. He's hitting 1.046 OPS against lefties.
  7. Elrhino
    I also love how enjoying Josh Hamilton's unique story and appreciating Grady Sizemore are somehow mutually exclusive. How utterly ridiculous. His family and friends probably don't deserve any credit either. Hamilton deserves the credit for it. If turning himself over to be a humble servant of his personal God, or if finding a bigger and better purpose in the world than getting high can be attributed to his new found religion, more power to him. I find the humbleness of Hamilton's religious attitude more refreshing than the "Hey everybody, look at how great I am" attitude by professional athletes who just happened to have won the genetic lottery.
  8. Elrhino
    I wish we didn't have to use Woody last night and pitch him back to back days.
  9. Elrhino
    ARam declogs the basepaths swinging on the first pitch. Dusty would be proud.
  10. Elrhino
    Theriot and Fonty in play .. you know Lou is going to overmanage this sitaution.
  11. Elrhino
    He really seems to. Yeah, Gallagher has a bright future, but Murton never had a chance on the Cubs, and Patterson is 25 and didnt earn many brownie points in his last few games on the big league club. I dont know much about Donaldson, but with Soto, and Castillo behind him, I dont know what his future looked like. I would have been happy with what we gave up just for Harden, but to get Gauden .. who is just 25 years old, has several years on a dirt cheap and has electric stuff when he can find the strike zone ... we may have upgraded two pitching spots in the rotation, and if healthy Harden might immediately become a top 5 pitcher in the NL with Z, Johan, Webb and CC. For a handfull of midlevel prospects? In the infamous words of The Wire's Senator Clay Davis ...Shheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
  12. Elrhino
    There was no way Rotoworld could bring themselves to admit Hendry got the better of Beane.
  13. Elrhino
    One skill Hendry has over other GM's is I think he can drink everyone under the table. I think that explains a lot of his trade success.
  14. Elrhino
    As far as I'm concerned, we upgraded two spots in the rotation with this trade because Gauden is better than Marquis. If Hill can come back this rotation is spectacular and deep.
  15. Elrhino
    If Lilly and Marquis regressed in 2008, it's only because they overperformed in 2007. And if he's to blame for Rich Hill's demise, does that mean he also gets all the credit for Dempster's inexplicable season? If you want to give the pitching coach all of this omnipotent power over pitching performances, then you have to give it out equally for the upside as well as the downside. Not just selectively cherry picking to suit your bias.
  16. Elrhino
    Sounds like I've been suffering through chronic Blass Disease with my golf swing for the better part of 18 years.
  17. Elrhino
    Yet, Hendry has been openly dangling Murt ever since he signed Fukudome and no one seems to be beating down our door for him.
  18. Elrhino
    If true, then I'm afraid this kind of catastrophic inconsistency is what we should come expect from Hill even if he does get himself straightened out this time.
  19. Elrhino
    99% of pitchers come into spring training trying to work or improve on something ... whether it's a new pitch, a new grip on an old pitch, quicker approach to the plate, etc. etc. I could buy the mechanics excuse more if he were barely missing off the plate, but when you're hitting batters and throwing to the backstop, I think it's more mental. If you carefully analyzed and broke down film of every pitcher, what are the odds that they keep the same exact arm slot with just a finite variation. Especially if you compare the film from multiple seasons? I'm not sure Greg Maddux ever throws from the same arm slot in a single inning, much less over multiple seasons. I think this is just grasping at straws trying to explain the unexplainable.
  20. Elrhino
    He likes defense because he believes it's undervalued and he can get it cheaply on the market. That doesn't mean he doesn't realize the importance of OBP, it's just hard to find cheap OBP production currently. Murton just happens to provide cheap OBP production.
  21. Elrhino
    I still think it's a mental block. I'm thinking the mechanics issues or "arm slot" are part of the symptoms, not the disease. He's just looked like he felt awkward and uncomfortable on the mound all year long. That said, no way the Cubs should trade him or run him off. The light switch could switch back on just as randomly and unexpectedly as it switched off. The upside he still brings to the table is way more than the Cubs could ever get in a trade.
  22. Elrhino
    I don't think Beane has a magic crystal ball on Harden's longterm health outlook, any more than anyone else. When you have a tight payroll to work with you are forced to be more skeptical and pessimistic on these matters. I would imagine Murt would have a lot more value with Beane than he would with most clubs.
  23. Elrhino
    The Blue Jays aren't trading him until the deadline, if at all. Doing a salary dump (and selling low on top of that) in mid June when the team is just 1 game under .500 and 6 games out of the Wild Card would be one sure fire way to make sure fans don't attend anymore games for the rest of the year, or probably the year after that.
  24. Elrhino
    Is there any overlap with Gary Hughes and JH's tenure with the Marlins and AJ?
  25. Elrhino
    And it's not exactly a zero tolerance franchise with Vicente Padilla and Milton Bradley in the lockerroom.
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