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Hawpe out in Colorado
Clem Fandango replied to dew1679666265's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Brad Hawpe's home/away splits aren't too drastically different to be concerned over a move away from Coors. If he were playing 1B on the cheap he'd be a good stopgap for next season if we wanted to hold out for Gonzalez or Fielder. Career home: .286/.378/.513/.891 385H 91-2B 17-3B 60HR 203BB 355K Career road: .274/.369/.471/.840 364H 75-2B 6-3B 58HR 197BB 356K He's a pretty consistent hitter everywhere he plays. Coors obviously helps his extra base power (double and triples), but his home run power seems to be typically the same everywhere he goes. All his other numbers are virtually identical. I think sneakypower is right in that we let a good opportunity go. Would've been a cheap option that might've been an adequate enough solution to our 1B hole next year. He wouldn't put up Adam Dunn numbers, but they would've been nice to have on the cheap (compared to what it would cost for Dunn), if we wanted to hold out for one of the FA's after next season. But judging from the news, it seemed like he had a choice on where he would've liked to go, and I doubt he would've chosen the Cubs over the Rays, Red Sox, or Rangers at this point -
Nothing earth shattering, but worth mentioning I suppose...
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Literally... http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=28650
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Is Strasburg Washington's Mark Prior?
Clem Fandango replied to TheVolCub08's topic in General Baseball Talk
I'm not gonna lie, this really bums me out as a baseball fan. Sad news. The crazy part is the Nationals did nothing to cause this. They were more protective of him than the secret service is of the President. Guess it was just one of those things you couldn't avoid -
I would've liked to see him have to throw a runner out at the plate.
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Way more bad ass? Better, but not much. Bad phrasing. I wasn't suggesting Hamilton has been a hack and Cabrera has been superman. Miguel Cabrera this year would be a front runner if Jose Bautista didn't realize he was good at hitting home runs. I wish Cabrera would just start mashing... to see two potential Triple Crown winners in the same year? Wouldn't that be something special, wouldn't that be a wonderful thing?
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You need to trade for Randy Wells. Pedro Alvarez should seal the deal on that one
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I'm not following Chicks don't like first basemen
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Your numbers tend to go up when your best hitters stop being your worst hitters and start being, you know, your best hitters. Aside form Lee and Ramirez, the offense was actually pretty good, but they are the #3 and #4 hitters and the two guys who anchor your lineup. It's catastrophic when they don't perform. Soriano, Byrd, Castro, Colvin, Soto, have all performed very well this year on offense, but when your two best hitters wind up hitting among the likes of Juan Pierre and Aaron Miles the first couple of months it kinda hurts
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I know Hamilton is on a playoff team and all, but Miguel Cabrera has been way more bad ass than Hamilton
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I'd let him go in a heartbeat if someone claimed him. He usually looks like he's barely trying. Think he's gone full Roger Dorn. Gives every tough ground ball that ole' bs. Good god, I would pay a lot of money if people could no longer use Bull Durham or Major League as the basis for their inane complaints. I think Aramis' defense entered the cornfield
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New Manager
Clem Fandango replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I hope so. That means Sandberg won't be the coach next year -
I don't want to see Soriano anywhere near the infield. why? a 1B has to Catch the ball. Soriano can't catch the ball. Problem Plus he's got that stupid hop, his foot would never be on the bag
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All my Braves fan friends are rubbing it in my face as if I just got rejected by the hot girl in school that they're all trying to bang
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It's Hoffpauir...
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All my Braves fan friends are thrilled. I keep trying to inform them how uninspiring Lee has been this year, but they're convinced he'll go on one of his patented "Late season tears" and that Glaus is a train wreck of a player, even though they've been virtually identical this year offensively
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More pitchers, huh? Whoopie
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It's no mystery that Lee's been battling a back injury, if the Braves are expecting a clean bill of health then they're a bunch of idiots
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If we're lucky maybe we'll get Omar Infante. Actually, that sounds like a Hendry type of move. [expletive]
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Probably Julio Teheran, Freddie Freeman, and Craig Kimbrel. I think that's a fair trade
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P.S. Adam Laroche just cleared waivers, FWIW
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So what they're saying is we need to acquire David Ortiz
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A-Ram to the Braves?
Clem Fandango replied to d_money's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
So we had deals that would've send Aramis and Lee packing but they both put the kibosh them? I'm kinda pissed that no details of these proposed trades have leaked, such as who we would be getting in return. Everyone knows the Angels were gonna get Lee and everyone knows the Braves were gonna get Aramis... who the [expletive] were we gonna get?
