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Everything posted by fromthestretch
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If he didn't feel like he was cheating, why did he wait until other names from the 2003 testing period were released? Especially on the same day that another high-profile player was caught named from the same report. Others too. If taking andro was perfectly acceptable, why did McGwire clam up when talking to congress? Why would the testing process be needed at all if that is the case? We're not arguing the morality of taking steroids are we? Sure, they weren't against the rules of baseball at the time I'll give you that but taking andro and amphetamines to gain a competitive advantage is a pretty clear violation to me. We shouldn't be applauding the guy for admitting it when (in my opinion) he knows his name could be released at any time like ARod, Manny, Ortiz, Segui, etc All the other players are doing are denying it, hiring lawyers, throwing out the old "no comment", etc. He's not hiding behind anything. He took it and admitted it. While we don't need to give him a standing ovation, it's kind of nice to see a player fess up. Yes, I'm sure a big part of the reason he did it was to have more control over the situation, which is fine by me, especially if it takes some of the wind out of the sails of those assclowns that are leaking the names.
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Left-handed Mark DeRosa. Teahen's ability to play 2B adequately is in question though. However, he would be a much better insurance policy offensively at 3B than Fontenot, Miles, and Baker and better defensively than Fox. -
Really? Yeah, he started against the Orioles the other night. I think Rich Hill was on the mound for Baltimore in that one. There's a matchup I would have paid money to see. Living in Baltimore's broadcast area, I had the misfortune of being able to watch it. I watched a couple innings, just because I like to watch Rich Hill's curveball when it's on. Unfortunately, it wasn't on.
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This board was almost unanimous in it's support for the Harden deal. Yeah, considering the return, I don't recall anyone going berserk about giving up Gallagher in that deal.
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I wouldn't label Jackson as untouchable, but you don't waste him in a trade for a couple of mediocre left-handers. Given that Gorzelanny has had major-league success before and has had a much better year at AAA than Jackson has in AA, I think he has similar value to Jackson. I think that would hold true if Gorzo hadn't followed his success with an absolute disaster of a season last year. To me, that lowers his stock a little. That said, his (Gorzo's) minor league numbers would lead one to believe he could have more success at the major league level.
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Really? Yeah, he started against the Orioles the other night. I think Rich Hill was on the mound for Baltimore in that one.
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I wouldn't label Jackson as untouchable, but you don't waste him in a trade for a couple of mediocre left-handers.
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Maybe we are trading Gorzo and Grabow to the Royals. :lol: I doubt they'd spin Grabow to the Royals, but I could see Kansas City having at least a little interest in Gorzelanny. Freaking Bruce Chen is in their rotation right now.
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They arent awful. Gorzelanny has been good in 2007 and 2009, just horrible in 2008. Grabow has pretty good three year splits against LHB and is going to be Type A Him being Type A is a BAD thing. Type B would be better. Grabow will be eligible for $2.3 million in arbitration. He would take that. Him being Type A would be a bad thing because many teams probably wouldn't be willing to part with a high draft pick in an effort to sign him.
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Jason Grimsley was a member of the Yankees bullpen in 1999 and 2000, two years in which they won the World Series, and the feds were all over him for steroid use. I find it funny how they want to imply that steroids helped the Red Sox win the series. If that's the case, why didn't steroids help the Yankees win the series when they had both Giambi and A-Rod on the roster together for a few years?
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-hill0729,0,6883585.story While he's normally better vs. right-handers in his career, he's not completely useless against lefties. In fact, he has an OPS of .979 in just under 100 plate appearances against lefties this season.
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Putting the likelihood of Wells also contracting Rick Ankiel disease aside... Hill 2006: 26 years old, 99.1 IP, 4.17 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 90 K, 39 BB Hill 2007: 27 years old, 195 IP, 3.92 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 183 K, 63 BB Wells 2009: 26 years old, 95 IP, 2.84 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 60 K, 21 BB At the same point in their careers, Hill never pitched as well for as extended a period of time. Are you kidding me? O.K. In which 15 start stretch did Hill post a 2.84 ERA? I suppose if you sandwich his last 6 or 7 starts in '06 with his first 5 or 6 starts in '07, ignore the playoff start and the six months in between, you could argue Hill outperformed Wells over a similar number of starts. From 8/1/2006 - 5/5/2007, Hill pitched in 18 games, 17 of them starts. In those games, he posted the following stats: 10-4 record, 118.33 IP, 2.28 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 8.4 K/9, 2.5 BB/9, 6.1 H/9 As others have mentioned, there was no poor playoff start in between.
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pretty true, no one would want him I do....he's better than Fontenot....which isn't sayin much He's not even close to being better than Fontenot. It's impossible to be much worse, so how are you so certain Miles is worse? a couple bad months? It could be due to his .683 career OPS. As bad as Fontenot has been this year, he's at .671, and that's with a .267 BABIP. No arguing that Fontenot has been bad this season, but Miles isn't an upgrade at all.
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That trade makes no sense from the Nats' perspective. They'd be dumping one more year of Dunn's salary for two years of Fukudome's.
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There's a similar quote from Grosse Pointe Blank, but you're missing some words. Thats not the movie Im talking about. Hint...Its a football movie Yeah, someone got it last page. Didn't even think of that one.
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There's a similar quote from Grosse Pointe Blank, but you're missing some words.
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He hasn't struck out anybody yet today. As an unheralded midseason callup, he needs win totals and/or fantastic ERA/K totals. Yea he has no K's today, but with a 9-0 lead, Id expect him to mainly pitch to contact. You are right he needs the win totals or ERA/K totals, but his ERA is under 3.00 thats pretty impressive for a Rook I was just pointing out the lack of K's today to emphasize that he pitches to a lot of contact. ROY starting pitchers generally rack of huge K totals, not to mention wins or at least very impressive records. If he maintains his pace through August and September though, he will have a lot more wins and definitely be in the discussion. He could easily throw 8 innings today, and with the bullpen in the condition it's in, that would be huge. Agreed, I knew what you were saying. Happ and Wells have to be the 2 leading starting pitchers for ROY, with Sandoval and Rasmus the top 2 position players off the top of my head. Randy Wells has really been a God send. Its hard telling where we would be without him, or what Hendry may have given up in a trade, had he not pitched like this. Does Sandoval even qualify? He had over 150 plate appearances last season.
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He hasn't struck out anybody yet today. As an unheralded midseason callup, he needs win totals and/or fantastic ERA/K totals. Pitching in a blowout game isn't going to help pad his strikeout totals either. With a huge early lead, he's going to be more apt to go right after hitters rather than try to strike guys out.
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You know, if the Cubs are looking for a middle infielder, it might be worth seeing what the Jays want for Scutaro. I know he's not left-handed or anything, but he's having a very good season and could play short, moving Theriot to second base. He's also capable of playing second or third, in case anyone gets hurt. Plus, he's a free agent after the season, so the Cubs wouldn't be on the hook for anything next season.
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He only posted an OPS over .700 once in his final five years, and that was a whopping .713. He pretty much had no extra-base power during those seasons, and his OBP was only acceptable in two of those seasons. For a guy who had a career .807 OPS going into the 1982 season, he did kind of go out like a chump. I can understand him playing in 1982. He just came off a season in which he hit .325, so he probably felt like he still had something in the tank. And I guess if teams are going to continue to throw money at you to play, then keep playing. However, he has the most hits because he played five unproductive years at the end of his career to reach that milestone, not because he was hitting at a exceptional rate.
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You're right. Betting didn't help him get to over 4000 hits. Playing five years longer than he should have did. The last five years of his career were pretty much a joke offensively, and he collected 559 of his hits during that time. He was also playing primarily first base and corner outfield during that time, positions where you'd actually expect to get some offense. Yes, Pete Rose has the all-time hits record. He also has more games played, plate appearances and at-bats than anyone in the history of the game, which certainly didn't hurt him in his quest for most hits. I agree he probably stuck around longer than he should have. However, lots of the greats have had terrible seasons at the end of their careers: Ruth, Mays, Aaron, and many others stuck around a little too long. However, there isn't a Hall of Fame exception for artificially extending one's career. HOF voters look at the stats first. He had more hits than anyone who ever played. He should be in. OPS+ for the last three years of their respective careers: Ruth: 176, 161, 118 Aaron: 128, 95, 102 Mays: 158, 131, 81 Rose: 99, 99, 61 On top of that, Rose posted an OPS+ of 90 and 69 the two years leading up to that. He didn't stick around a little too long. He stuck around WAY too long.
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You're right. Betting didn't help him get to over 4000 hits. Playing five years longer than he should have did. The last five years of his career were pretty much a joke offensively, and he collected 559 of his hits during that time. He was also playing primarily first base and corner outfield during that time, positions where you'd actually expect to get some offense. Yes, Pete Rose has the all-time hits record. He also has more games played, plate appearances and at-bats than anyone in the history of the game, which certainly didn't hurt him in his quest for most hits.
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7/24 DBR (Harang) @ Cubs (Wells) 1:20 CSN
fromthestretch replied to David's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
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7/24 DBR (Harang) @ Cubs (Wells) 1:20 CSN
fromthestretch replied to David's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Gotta love the analysis. Pat: Looked like it might have been a breaking ball. Ron: It was something that was hit hard.
