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They'll look at and disregard. You honestly think an arbitration award has ever taken FIP into account? Why wouldn't an arbiter consider advanced metrics? Because the people hearing the cases aren't advanced baseball minds? Incorrect. There is anecdotal evidence of the contrary with Ross Ohlendorf and the Pirates last year. Just in any case, evidence can be used to convince arbitrators of a players value. They may not be advanced baseball minds, but that doesn't mean they are stupid/stubborn. http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/09/ross-ohlendorf-beats-pirates-in-arbitration/

I read the same thing on Twitter.

Paul Hoynes says that the Indians gave up two prospects; 1 upper level, and 1 lower level. He also says that it is 1 pitcher and 1 position player.

Man, looking at Angelos last seven drafts, it's amazing how few offensive linemen he's taken. In 2002, he took Columbo in the 1st and Metcalf in the 3d round. In 2003, he took Bryan Anderson in the 7th round. In 2004 and 2005, he took no offensive linemen. In 2006, he took Tyler Reed in the 6th. In 2007, he took Beekman in the 4th and Grant in the 7th. In 2008, he took Chris Williams in the 1st, and a couple of no names in the 7th. Over 7 years, that's a grand total of 9 offensive lineman. That's two first rounders, two guys between rounds 3 and 5, and the rest are 6th and 7th rounders. Both of his first rounders started their careers with injury problems. The other two he took in the middle of the draft (3d through 5th rounds) haven't been super starts but have been more than justified their picks. In the 6th or 7th rounds, he hasn't done well on offense or defense (but then again, what GM is good at landing picks in those rounds?), with the lone notable pick being Chris Harris in the 6th in 2005. I still think that there's on reason to be concerned about 2010 and beyond for the line...there's plenty of time to fix it, and like it was mentioned earlier, this is a great year to draft offensive linemen. Very few offensive lineman. I remember reading somewhere that since JA took over we have drafted the fewest amount of OL of any team.

http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/milton-bradley-what-have-i-done-now/?ref=sports He was very proud of making the all star team as evident by this article he wrote. Will you care if next spring training he wears a 2009 All Star shirt? I doubt it. I can see being disappointed in MB for being a bit of an ass about signing an autograph, but for wearing a 2008 all star shirt - come on now thats just silly.

Oh very nice, I didn't think Berrian was going to give them a 3rd I figured he would net a 4th this is very good news - Lets hope we can pick up a contributor with this pick.

You must not watch much football then.

Yes, John St. Clair. To be fair, he won't put up the kind of performance that Tait would give but hes probably what we are going to have to settle with.

Because we got burned on the Peavy deal and traded DeRosa to free up money before that was set in stone. I have no hope that this is true, but what if we were interested in Hudson to play SS and move Theriot to platoon with Fontenot? That would make me very happy. And I don't dislike Theriot that much. How's Hudson's defense at SS? He's never played there. However, his range at 2B is phenomenal, and his arm can't be worse than Theriot's. It'd be a big risk for Lou to take - and I don't think he will - but I think that'd be a solid upgrade. That'd leave us with literally no power on the bench, however. We already have no power on the bench. Very true. We do have an open spot on the bench, however. As of now, we could fill that spot with a power hitter (Rich Aurilia, Nomar). If we sign Hudson, though, that open spot goes away and leaves us with no power whatsoever. Rich Aurilia just signed a minor league deal with the Giants. At least I think thats what I saw on ESPN about an hour ago.

I really like the improvements I am seeing from Tyrus Thomas finally. Good stretch of games the last few weeks. The Bulls are a mess right now from the front office to the roster, but its good to see them playing well again. This 7 game road trip could have been the end of the season. We all know they are playing for 2010, but its nice to see them not pack it in when things really got tough a week ago.

Only if Isiah Thomas was running the Blazers, sadly. Do Vinny and Pax even make it through the season?

Man that outfield really lacks power, though. They may end up with less than 30 HR's total between the 3. How many dingers did the Rays' OF hit last year? They were considered a fairly successful OF right? Sure, they could be successful. Still doesn't take away from the fact that they really lack power.

Man that outfield really lacks power, though. They may end up with less than 30 HR's total between the 3.

Agreed. He's the best WR in the league, and finally getting the attention he deserves.

They made a few movies about the undone dead, you might wanna check those out. They sound up your alley. Who are you, IMB in disguise? It's well documented that I can't spell, and I type fast, so I am prone to misspelling words...Geez... You should give Firefox a try. It has a built in spell checker !! :wink: Last I checked, dead was spelled right. :wink: