SouthSideRyan
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I don't think the chancellor of Iowa St would subscribe to his own network.
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I can't understand the hate for any of those people. Jealousy
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When he's 38? Yes
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I'd bet money that Soriano will make more than 1.6M/year in his next contract
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seems to me he's bounced back since last year and thus not trending in the wrong direction. Let's wait until this year is over before we make that distinction. According to WAR, Soriano was exactly replacement level last year. He's already at 1.7 this year. What's your projection for him the rest of the season? 130/200/175 with 84 errors?
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Kevin Durant
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They wouldn't want to pay anything. The question is would they take him period if they had to pay only the league minimum? I'm sure some teams would, but only one that (a) an American league team and (b) had zero better options now or for the forseable future. Every team in baseball would take free Soriano for 4 years. And the Cubs would be the laughingstock of baseball (har har) for making such a stupid trade.
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B/c he's less than replacement level value right now or close to it. Last year he was replacement level at a 0.0 WAR but this year he's already been worth 1.7 WAR, so quite a bit above replacement level. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=847&position=2B/OF#value I'm betting by the end of this year he'll be in negative territory. Based on what? You think his performance the rest of this season is going to be far worse than his performance on 1 leg last year?
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Hilarious
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Bingo. If you can't hit at catcher or shortstop, you're a defensive whiz. And the worse you hit the better you defend.
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I can't believe that TV deal for the Big 12. Is Fox that desperate?
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So would my high school.
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way down in academic prestige, way way down Mississippi St. isn't even accredited.
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On the way out??
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Atkins up/Russell down
SouthSideRyan replied to jb10194's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I'm not completely against calling up a lesser prospect since the team isn't going anywhere and you can save someone from starting their MLB clock. Cashner's already on the major league team. And starting Thomas Diamond's clock is not a concern to me. -
Atkins up/Russell down
SouthSideRyan replied to jb10194's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Yep, moving about the 11th best option in the organization to the major league rotation would be about right for this season. -
meatheads are jocks with no necks. meatballs are guys that want ditka to "coach the cubs". what you're talking about are meatballs. All meatheads are meatballs, but not all meatballs are meatheads.
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This calls for a photoshop
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Sign me up
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Why exactly is the ACC a better fit?
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I heard Dan Bernstein on the radio the other day trying to educate fans on advanced baseball statistics, and was using FIP like it was the king of all pitching statistics. Whoever was with him (not Boers) was noticing that Jimenez wasnt among the top 10 pitchers in FIP and calling the stat out based on that. Dan's response was to defend that damn stat to the death and kept talking about how its more important than anything else you can look at because it's independant of fielding. I was just shaking my head. These stats are great, but people have to understand that there is not one single stat that determines the value or worth of an individual player. Old farts like Boers have to understand that if a new stat doesn't fit your preconceived notions of who's the best, it doesn't mean they're not good. What's the point of judging a new stat solely based on whether it lines up with old school stats? It was not Boers it was Laurence Holmes and he's not old Ok, Holmes is just stupid then.
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Cause pinch hitting for Koyie Hill would be madness that's why
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Steve Stone can't rip a coach because he doesn't know what he's talking about.
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I heard Dan Bernstein on the radio the other day trying to educate fans on advanced baseball statistics, and was using FIP like it was the king of all pitching statistics. Whoever was with him (not Boers) was noticing that Jimenez wasnt among the top 10 pitchers in FIP and calling the stat out based on that. Dan's response was to defend that damn stat to the death and kept talking about how its more important than anything else you can look at because it's independant of fielding. I was just shaking my head. These stats are great, but people have to understand that there is not one single stat that determines the value or worth of an individual player. Old farts like Boers have to understand that if a new stat doesn't fit your preconceived notions of who's the best, it doesn't mean they're not good. What's the point of judging a new stat solely based on whether it lines up with old school stats?
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I'm guessing that smug [expletive] won't shut the [expletive] up in the booth now
