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  1. Derwood
    Trachsel has made a lot of money throwing a baseball. :wink: Correct me if I'm wrong Dal but hasn't Mitre had a lot of success pitchng at the AAA level? If he was getting lit up there I'd agree with you in a second but he has something to offer and I'm curious if it just isn't a mental thing for him. A lot of success? 2005: 70 2/3 IP, 5-6, 4.33 ERA, 72 H, 22 BB, 55 K's, 1.33 WHIP Was that what he did at Iowa? As I said, correct me if I'm wrong and those numbers are not great by any means....average yes but not good. He has to get those walks down to be effective. How was his Homerun rate? Yes, sorry, Iowa. Extended stats were hard to come by. minorleaguebaseball.com seems to remove player stats lines from the site when they are promoted (or at least removes the link). mlb.com no longer has minor league stats in the player bios (and the minor league stats link back to MiLB's site.
  2. Derwood
    Booing Dusty and Co. in the middle of winter? Save your energy and enjoy the convention... Let him boo. Why not express your displeasure for the team's choices in a forum when you're boos can be heard? The convention isn't just about blowing sunshine up each other's rears for 3 days.
  3. Derwood
    Trachsel has made a lot of money throwing a baseball. :wink: Correct me if I'm wrong Dal but hasn't Mitre had a lot of success pitchng at the AAA level? If he was getting lit up there I'd agree with you in a second but he has something to offer and I'm curious if it just isn't a mental thing for him. A lot of success? 2005: 70 2/3 IP, 5-6, 4.33 ERA, 72 H, 22 BB, 55 K's, 1.33 WHIP
  4. Derwood
    Turns out it didnt' matter that I missed the deadline, as I would've been one of the STL vs. SF casualties in Week 1
  5. Derwood
    Last night's debacle has put the final nail in Mitre's coffin for me. I'm sick and tired of hearing people champion him for the 5th starter spot, or putting him in as a key piece to any trade proposal. MITRE IS TERRIBLE He is a lukewarm body taking up valuable 40-man roster space, and, were I running the team, would be the first cut this off season to help ease the Rule V headache that's rapidly approaching. In 117 2/3 IP at the Major league level, he has allowed 147 Hits, 82 earned runs, 18 HR, 44 BB's, just 74 K's, a 4-10 record, 6.33 ERA (this year's 5.75 is his best year to date), a .307 OBA and a .854 OpOPS. I don't give a fig what his numbers at AAA were. It's a smoke screen. Fools Gold. Smoke and mirrors. Whatever cliche you want to give it, it all adds up to the fact that Mitre's utter lack of ability is far beyond acceptable for a "playoff contending" team. So please, Jim Hendry, cut him, shoot him, deport him, sell him into slavery, whatever you need to do to get him off the team (he has no trade value, so sorry about your luck there). And let him take Macias with him. /rant?
  6. Derwood
    You have the numbers to back that up? Because I would argue that Mitre sucks in every capacity involving a baseball, glove and uniform
  7. Derwood
    Harang is a better pitcher. He literally pitches the ball better. That's not the issue at hand. You're a major league manager, your season has just ended. Would you rather have: The Cy Young winner (he clearly deserved the award because he had the best era, whip, etc stats he can control, but only 10 wins, out of his control. he had no run support) and just miss the playoffs or A pitcher with an ERA over 4.00 with 15 wins and make the playoffs In the end, who was more important to your team? Clearly you would like to make the playoffs regardless of who pitches and how well. This is sort of a silly question. That's like saying "would you rather have a team full of guys with a .380 OBP but miss the playoffs or a team full of 150 K hitters and win the World Series." Naturally the goal is the championship and not the individual performances, but usually one begets the other.
  8. Derwood
    Right, Dusty...."Um, yeah, the dude was gonna play every game from here on out, man! Now he's hurt, that's just society...it's like hooking a bass with a wiggler on 30 lb. test but the loons scare him off."
  9. Derwood
    And no mention of Macias getting thrown out stealing ahead of Murton's homer, right? Or is that just "a veteran being aggressive, trying to help the team out?" Had it been the other way around, we would have heard a different story I'm sure
  10. Derwood
    Don't forget Enrique Wilson, Lenny Harris and Delino DeShields
  11. Derwood
    Okay, that's it. If FLA wins (did they already?) we're 6 back (just as I predicted in the "we're not really out of the wildcard" thread) I need to go to sleep...have to be up at 2am EDT for work
  12. Derwood
    Hank has clutch power man!
  13. Derwood
    It's 2hr30min into the game, and I have to say, I'm still amazed by this lineup. I saw the defense with Perez, Macias, Blanco and Murton, and just knew that Macias would be hitting 6th! And Walker 5th! For the love of God, why not just send out the waterboy and Dick Pole? Possibly the worst lineup of the year.
  14. Derwood
    Ah christ, the Gremlin got an RBI. Pencil him in the starting lineup for the next 3 games. "Dude has saved us!"
  15. Derwood
    That's a magic slider Harang is throwing out there. Wow. Why would Dusty sit the #3 and #4 RBI guys on the team in the same night again? Anyone?
  16. Derwood
    I bet the Cubs score 3 runs and lose by 1
  17. Derwood
    And yet he's included in every trade proposal made on this board as if he's a blue chip prospect. Sergio Mitre = Jeremi Gonzalez Lite
  18. Derwood
    G'night folks! 3 run shot by Pena. I HATE YOU SERGIO FRIGGING MITRE!
  19. Derwood
    Why does everyone like Mitre again? Is it the fact that he's sucked every time he has had a chance in the majors?
  20. Derwood
    RIIIGGGHHHTT. "We gotta see what Macias can do in RF so we know what we've got for 2006"
  21. Derwood
    2 on, 2 out, Mitre in, Ohman out.
  22. Derwood
    I'm late to the thread, but why, exactly, did Dusty take most of his power guys out of the lineup on a night with the wind blowing out? WHY? WWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
  23. Derwood
    Except that Harang isn't a bad pitcher. His numbers were mostly better than Maddux going into tonight.
  24. Derwood
    I'm pretty sure I read on the Reds website that Randy Keisler will take Luke Hudson's place in the rotation. Even better, right?
  25. Derwood
    Not that I think it will happen, but we can break this down one series at a time. Starting today, we have the Cubs vs. Cincy for 3, Florida at Houston for 4, Atlanta at Philly for 4. Starting tomorrow, we have Washington at the Mets for 3 and Milwaukee at Arizona for 3. Thursday sees the Cubs start 4 vs. St. Louis. Friday starts 3 game series with ATL at NYM, PHI at FLA, WSH at SD and MIL at HOU. Monday: Maddux vs. Harang (Derwood's Prediction: CIN) Willis vs. Backe (FLA) Hudson vs. Brito (ATL) Result: 6.0 back Tuesday: Milton vs. Zambrano (CHC) Thomson vs. Floyd (ATL) Patterson vs. Glavine (WSH) Beckett vs. Rodriguez (FLA) Capuano vs. Vazquez (MIL) Result: Still 5.5 back Wednesday: Hudson vs. J. Williams (CHC) Ramirez vs. Lidle (ATL) Loaiza vs. Benson (WSH) Burnett vs. Clemens (HOU) Davis vs. Webb (MIL) Result: 5.0 back Thursday: Suppan vs. Prior (CHC) Hernandez vs. Seo (NYM) Ohka vs. Estes (MIL) Vargas vs. Pettitte (HOU) Result: 4.5 back Granted, these are all "on paper" type predictions based on starting pitchers.
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