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  1. abuck1220
    i thought the reds were building a team entirely out of backup catchers and relievers...
  2. abuck1220
    outstanding!
  3. abuck1220
    man, schmidt + marshall/guzman would be so much cheaper AND better than lilly + marquis/meche.
  4. abuck1220
    A platoon is not a weakness. A platoon is a necessity to counteract the weakness of individual players. A platoon is how you make the most of a less than ideal situation. This is like saying "studying hard is a weakness" if a student doesn't just immediately absord everything he is taught. It is a wekness becuase a team is paying two guy to play one positon. no you're not. you're paying one guy to start and one guy to be one of a handful of bench players. and then those guys switch roles on some days.
  5. abuck1220
    yeah, i'd much rather pay gil meche 4/$40 to put up a 4.50 era than pay marshall $300k to put up a 4.70 era.
  6. abuck1220
    Haven't seen that offer. Gallagher and Guz is definitely too steep. Heck, I think I'd rather trade Rich Hill for Jennings than give up Gallagher AND Guz. so you'd rather have gooz and gallagher in the system than hill? no way. hill's been nothing but durable his entire career, and he's had a long(ish) period of big league success. if you take hill out of the '07 rotation and insert guzman, you're asking for a rotation with tons of potential holes and injuries.
  7. abuck1220
    every thread on the board has to include at least one shot at prior's manliness.
  8. abuck1220
    they also list jennings for willy taveras as a possibility. there's no way taveras has the same value as those two cub pitchers. taveras is terrible, and i would never, ever, ever trade gooz and gallagher for him, let alone one of them.
  9. abuck1220
    No thanks -- I'd rather have both Gooz an Gallagher or at least use them to get a more impactful addition to the roster than Jennings. yeah, it's not that i love either of those guys that much, but i'd rather use them to get something better than a 1 year rental.
  10. abuck1220
    keep dreaming, danny boy.
  11. abuck1220
    one problem is that players do not always produce at their split levels when platooned. That's true, but I think that there's enough guys who have been in mostly platoon situations(e.g. getting Dellucci and Craig Wilson for a RF tandem) so that problem can be minimized. Dellucci and Wilson for a platoon has the be the worst idea I have heard in a long time. at least you've provided a lot of support for your position.
  12. abuck1220
    i agree...let's only sign nice guys who are good in the clubhouse. that's what the cubs have done over the past couple seasons, and it's worked out great.
  13. abuck1220
    Thank God. Unless you've had a chance to see the destructive influence the Bonds circus has had on the Giants organization, you can't realize how bad an idea this is. He's a cancer, and one on his last legs at that. Steer well clear. you've had a chance to see the destructive influence the bonds circus has had on the giants organization?
  14. abuck1220
    and which pitcher would you like to spend it on? a half season of barry bonds is worth much, much more than 30 gil meche starts, that's for sure.
  15. abuck1220
    If a team has two guys for one postion it is ineficient based on a 25 man roster. I suppose, if the guy on the short end could play other positons that would be ok. However, he is still only valuable N -2/3 of the time becuase of his poor splits. If the palyer is inexpensive the differnce is less. Last year Nixon made $7.5 JJ makes $6 million Last year Craig Wilson made $3.3 million you're making it sound like the guy not starting that day doesn't get to dress for the game. He might as well not dress if he isn't valuable. There are many games when I wish Neifi didn't dress. Suppose you have the guy on the bench who cannot hit righties. The other team puts in a lefty pitcher. The guy gets up and they take out the lefty. yeah, that happens all the time regardless of who the bench player is. i don't get your point.
  16. abuck1220
    If a team has two guys for one postion it is ineficient based on a 25 man roster. I suppose, if the guy on the short end could play other positons that would be ok. However, he is still only valuable N -2/3 of the time becuase of his poor splits. If the palyer is inexpensive the differnce is less. Last year Nixon made $7.5 JJ makes $6 million Last year Craig Wilson made $3.3 million you're making it sound like the guy not starting that day doesn't get to dress for the game.
  17. abuck1220
    More livable, but then you have to get rid of Izturis somehow. i really don't think that would be that hard. you may have to pay some of his $, but someone would take him. heck, he can be the cubs' backup ss if he wants. he'll probably be hurt half the season anyway.
  18. abuck1220
    instead of downgrading from jones to lugo, how about we upgrade from izturis to lugo? soriano lugo lee ramirez jones barrett murton derosa ...isn't too bad.
  19. abuck1220
    good stuff.
  20. abuck1220
    Mark Prior doesn't do the towel drill because he got hurt, he's done it since at least USC, if not longer, to keep his arm loose and to keep his form, if I'm not mistaken.. But funny, original joke anyways. The towel drill is just a checkpoint to make sure everything is correct to be able to smack the glove from max stride plus 5 feet. It does nothing as far as improving mechanics or endurance, it just tells you that if you're not hitting the glove, something is wrong. If you miss to the left or right it is a balance issue and if you're short, you're rotating too soon. Of course, you're always better off having someone there who knows what they're doing and can breakdown your delivery at each important stage. I've never understood this odd fascination with the towel drill. Someone needs to get over excited about pitchers doing long toss, at least that improves arm strength. thanks for taking the fun out of that hillllllllllllarious joke.
  21. abuck1220
    you're right. the 'good' stats have all been in the paper. that stats you listed, however, don't qualify as 'good' stats. my goodness.
  22. abuck1220
    what has pierre done to trick so many people into thinking he's good? he's the most overrated player in baseball, by far. i swear these people slept through 2006.
  23. abuck1220
    It's Bruce Miles, and all the other sites got their information from the San Fransisco Chronicle. They probably got their info from Schmidt's agent, which Bruce said was probably a false rumor that the agent thought up. I doubt that SI.com and ESPN would have it as such big news if there was only a blurb about it in the San Francisco Chronicle. Rotoworld, yes, but not SI or ESPN. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/11/28/schmidt.cubs/index.html Thats from the main baseball page from a reporter over at SI.com Yea I wasn't aware Bruce Miles' word was absolute truth these days. i wasn't aware john heyman's word was the absolute truth these days.
  24. abuck1220
    But why is he in the big leagues still? The reason is because he plays great defense, calls a game pretty well, handles a pitching staff well, great tutor to the young players, and he throws out base runners better than most catchers in the league. His defense is why he is still in the big leagues. he drives in runs with his shinguards.
  25. abuck1220
    Oh yeah, give me 1 example of a team that didn't work for. No statistics, please. Last years Cubs. Spending a bunch of money on relievers is stupid if you completely neglect the starting rotation and offense, as the Cubs did last year. If you address all three areas, then sure, go get yourself some reliable relief help. that's the problem. relievers fluctuate so much year in and year out, that it's foolish to throw 3-4 year deals at them. i can't think of any big contract middle relievers that have lived up to their contract.
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