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He turns 29 next summer. He is who he is and I really don't see much hope for a rebound. -
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Young? Garza is younger and more talented.
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Who cares about Wells' stuff? What do you see in his makeup that suggests that he will start giving up walks or allowing HRs? His K's aren't impressive, but they could go down (i. e. decreases FB velocity) and he'd still be effective. Garza apparently has really good stuff but doesn't locate it well. Location is probably Wells' best asset and one doesn't lose it with age. What does his makeup have to do with it? Wells got worse this season. His numbers aren't impressive and neither is his stuff. He also has a fairly minimal track record.
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Wells is more than a year older with a lesser resume.
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I still don't understand how people are claiming that was a horrible call. -
That is a big chunk, but not a big time frame.
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A lot of people keep saying this, but I'm not sure that it's an accurate statement. While he may see a slight improvement in his overall numbers, it's not like he's going to turn into Roy Halladay. Garza would probably be better off in the NL West, where the ballparks tend to be more favorable to fly-ball pitchers. It's also not like people are pretending he is going to turn into Roy Halladay. See my last post. Expecting improvement is one thing. Expecting him to "excel" is another, unless you consider a slight improvement from his current performance as "excelling". Excel is kind of vague, but maybe it's aggressive. Most people are talking about improvement. Opponents hit .248/.308/.420 off Garza last year for an OPS against of 728. The Yankees and Red Sox hit .314/.363/.629 and .286/.360/.511, respectively off of him for OPS of 991 and 871. That represented 30% of his games.
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A lot of people keep saying this, but I'm not sure that it's an accurate statement. While he may see a slight improvement in his overall numbers, it's not like he's going to turn into Roy Halladay. Garza would probably be better off in the NL West, where the ballparks tend to be more favorable to fly-ball pitchers. It's also not like people are pretending he is going to turn into Roy Halladay.
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Wish the Cardinals signed him.
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Average is a lot less than just not everything.
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I don't see why they wouldn't be interested in a non-arb pitcher who should be decent this year. He's a cheaper replacement. If what they want is a haul of prospects then screw that.
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He definitely did. He was also 23. Randy Wells was 27/28 this year and he was rocked for 5 or more runs on 9 occasions this season. Garza did it 7 times this year with three straight bad ones against Boston and the Yankees in September.
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I wouldn't go past Wells alone. And it's not like I'd jump to do it either.
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I might just switch to full onboard 100% happy with this deal just because of statements like this.
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Garza is more than a year younger with more impressive career numbers to me.
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Not if payroll keeps going up. Payroll only goes up because we keep spending more on an annual basis on players, not because of backloading contracts. The only issue comes up if a player doesn't want balloon payments. Payroll goes up when a team is willing to spend more on players. That should act as a benefit to a team when opposition isn't able to increase at the same rate, but when the increased payroll is offset by the fact that you are just paying for what a guy gave you a year or more earlier, it is negated. When payroll declines you are screwed.
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Not if payroll keeps going up.
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what is significant about IR in NHL? Does he have to miss more time? Why wasn't he already on IR?
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Somehow what I was writing disappeared. Anyway, price difference should easily be $5m+ this season with Garza being arbitration eligible coming off a 15 win sub 4 ERA season. Also, ERA should not be only way you judge him, and I believe his ERA might not be as good as advertised.
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Because I don't want to trade anything more than that. I think Garza is a little better, but he is more expensive, so the difference in ability is offset by price. It seems to me this team is intent on adding second tier starting pitching. I don't see the need. One thing I wonder is if the Cubs are trying to prioritize starting pitchers who don't have as much problem with racking up high pitch counts and can go a little deeper into games. Hence the interest in moving Gorzelanny and the interest in Garza. In theory (and depending upon the cost in talent and dollars), it's a good idea and a good way to indirectly improve the bullpen. Of course, they'd be a lot better off if they'd look for a big upgrade at second base. That was pretty much what they did in 2007.
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That could be something like having video of his 17 year old girlfriend stripping or something, right?
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Because I don't want to trade anything more than that. I think Garza is a little better, but he is more expensive, so the difference in ability is offset by price. It seems to me this team is intent on adding second tier starting pitching. I don't see the need.
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Wells and not much else.
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That stuff never happens in Iowa. It just doesn't. Man, I was just saying the other day I'd love to smoke with Marvin McNutt. Hehehehe, bowl games, hehehehe.
