Clem Fandango
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Everything posted by Clem Fandango
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Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. Please cut Koyie Hill and make Ramirez the backup. Most likely. Showed a lot of offensive promise in the minors a couple years ago, getting a little older now though. He's a great buy low candidate for a backup to Soto. Unfamiliar with his defensive reputation though, but if he fills in for Soto he has upside to not be an offensive black hole -
I believe the Z to the Yankees rumor was already floated this offseason and Cashman shot it down completely
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BTW, is there still no word on who the minor league pitcher we're getting back is?
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That's not embarrassing at all!
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No, but he's got a great sense of humor. Somehow I feel like I'm trying to talk up an ugly woman to one of my friends
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So you do not believe Garza has more potential than Randy Wells? Can we not start the Wells/Garza comparisons again and just refer to the first 20 pages instead?
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ESPN did a really nice write up on Murton. It's one of their MLB front page items... http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5996561
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:banghead: I just barfed a fart.
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And then he returned to the pitcher he was the next year. Because he didn't give a [expletive] and more or less reduced the amount of breaking pitches he threw the 2nd half of the season to save his arm
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Zack Greinke pitched in the majors for 5 years and had a pedestrian 4.28 career ERA to show for it, but he had a lot of potential. He won the Cy Young the following year. I'm not comparing Greinke to Garza, but to say a pitcher can't change after 5 years of not showing signs of improvement is a little silly. FWIW, Cliff Lee had a 4.64 ERA over his first 6 years before he won the Cy Young at the age of 29. His ERA the year before was 6.29 over 97IP. IIRC, all he did was develop a cutter into his repertoire and it changed everything for him. It can be as simple as developing a new pitch, a change of scenery, or having something just click. There's nothing to suggest Garza is destined to remain the pitcher he's been this far into his career. Anything can happen
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I don't think Beltre will ever hit 40 homers again, but I don't think 30 is out of the question playing in that ballpark. Unless he just completely falls off a cliff production wise or gets injured, Beltre might actually be worth that gamble. Big "maybe", though
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I would've rather floated that trade proposal to the Twins to see if they'd give up Liriano for it
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I was furious at first... but after a looking it over for a few minutes and reading everyone's take on it, I'm kind of okay with it. Still not pleased, but it's not nearly as bad as I initially thought it was upon first glance
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Man... Hermida, Bruce, and Stubbs in their outfield? Their team chemistry is gonna be off the charts
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IIRC, he could throw in the upper 90's, or at least he did when I saw him in AA a couple years ago
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Sure, if you're keeping payroll roughly constant then 2-3 wins is probably the right ballpark, and probably a little high actually. Just as a simple exercise: Add Pujols ($25M) Subtract Aramis Ramirez ($14M) Add a replacement 3B for $1M Subtract Ryan Dempster ($13M) Add a replacement SP for $1M What's the impact of those moves taken together? The money's even -- $27M out and $27M in. You think the Cubs would improve by a lot more than 2-3 wins in this scenario? I don't. Do you really think, in that highly unlikely situation, the Cubs would replace Dempster and Ramirez with $1M replacements, though?
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I used to have high hopes for Ian Snell. He had such solid minor league numbers before getting called up. Guess he just didn't have it
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Webb's deal worth a base of $3M with a couple more in incentives. Not a terribly large amount of money to commit.
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Because he doesn't look like an ace. Aces don't have male pattern baldness, red goatees, or a sense of humor. #4's do
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I wonder if it's the Brewers making a push now that they have Greinke
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Wilmer Flores, please?
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Not to mention Tampa execs have said that they're not planning on trading him and fully anticipate him being in the starting rotation for them in 2011
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And now reports are saying he's NOT making a decision today. It's [expletive] Brett Favre all over again
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I've wondered that myself and I can only imagine it has to deal with his health. He may not be fully recovered yet.
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Math was used for baseball related purposes? This changes everything
