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  1. UMFan83
    Based on their wacky evaluations, maybe. But Ramirez did have like a .740 OPS last year, so I can understand him not making the cut.
  2. UMFan83
    Michael Young instead of CJ Wilson and the rest is right. 5. Hamilton 51. Beltre 47. Feliz 63. Kinsler 67. Cruz 90. Young 95. Andrus
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    Giants had Lincecum and maybe Cain and they won it last year. Nobody really on the cusp. Who did the Padres have last year? Heath Bell, and nobody on the cusp. I don't think it's a requirement to have multiple guys in the top 100. Buster Posey could definitely be on the cusp for the Giants. And the Padres had a pretty good 1st baseman The thing that discredits this mlb network list is that they have Buster Posey not on the crusp, but actually 16th in their rankings. Padres also had AGonz last year and you could probably put Latos on the crusp.
  4. UMFan83
    Here, I broke down the MLB network list by team. Yankees: 9 Red Sox: 8 Phillies: 7 Rangers: 7 Cardinals: 5 Tigers: 5 Reds: 5 Braves: 5 Giants: 4 Brewers: 4 Mets: 4 Angels: 4 Orioles: 4 Marlins: 3 Rockies: 3 Indians: 3 Dodgers: 3 Twins: 2 Mariners: 2 Rays: 2 Nationals: 2 Athletics: 2 White Sox: 2 Royals: 1 Blue Jays: 1 Pirates: 1 Padres: 1 Diamondbacks: 1 Cubs: 1 Astros: 0 Cubs were the 26th team listed in terms of when their first top 100 player was listed.
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    2008 players who were or had an argument to be in the top 100: Alfonso Soriano, Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Kerry Wood, Carlos Zambrano, and Rich Harden. Plus, guys like DeRosa, Theriot, Soto, Edmonds, Dempster, Fontenot, and Marmol had amazing seasons. 2011 players who may have an argument for top 100. Marmol, Soto, and Ramirez. Pena, Soriano, Zambrano Dempster and Wood have had good enough seasons in the last 3 years that if they can repeat them can get in the conversation, but it's a stretch that they will. Not people who had an argument, people who were in the top 100. In 2008 I'm guessing the only people who would have been in the top 100 were Lee, Ramirez and Z. Those other guys had amazing seasons, and that is why we won 97 games, but we did it without a lot of top end talent. That was the one thing, we were a fantastic team and had a great season but we didn't really have that hitter that pitchers were petrified to face. We had a lot great hitters, 6 of our 8 starters had an .823+ OPS, but only 1 was over .900. Pitching wise, again we had a lot of very good pitchers, but none of the starters were really ace quality. They all were good but had one flaw, whether it was Dempsters control, Zambrano's inconsistency, Harden's high pitch counts that limited his IPs, Lilly's 32 HR allowed, Marquis's lack of ability.
  6. UMFan83
    Lack of "elite talent" has been evident on this team for awhile. How many top 100 players would you say we had in 2008 even?
  7. UMFan83
    Defense doesn't peak IMO. Sure there are bad matchups and off nights, but in general Thibs defensive system is proven to work. Look at how he took a group of mediocre to poor defenders (along with a couple of good ones) and turned them into the best defensive team in the league. If we can stop an opponent from scoring, we should see a pretty successful playoff run. Maybe not a championship, but that's certainly not out of the question.
  8. UMFan83
    Bulls offense is mediocre no doubt and I want to accept that as an argument, but how bad would the Bulls offense be without Rose? The Bulls have very little in the way of playmakers on the team outside of Rose. This makes him valuable. Also, he is using one metric for evaluating defense and ignoring several other ones that show Rose has improved to at least a mediocre defender. That said, I am not going to blindly dismiss his arguments because I'm a homer. Its not insane to make a convincing argument for a player like Dirk. All I care about is that it's acknowledged that Rose is a contender for MVP, and Hollinger doesn't seem to want to admit that. He also said in that chat that Bryant, Wade, James, Nowitzki and Howard are his easy call for All-NBA first team and that they are clearly the 5 best players in the NBA this year. Meh, no matter what opinion I make about Rose, I can't prove that my bias towards Rose isn't affecting it.
  9. UMFan83
    Kelsey Barlow suspended for the rest of the season for Purdue. Also Kyrie Irving back for Duke
  10. UMFan83
    Dammit Noah, why did you go out partying the night before a game. We still probably beat Washington without Noah and Boozer, but the margin for error is lessened.
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    http://piczasso.com/i/imwkr.bmp
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    Well he was telling the truth with Aaron Rodgers though.
  13. UMFan83
    I have the Blackhawks text alerts that they send me after games, and for some reason whenever the Hawks win, I get the text telling me they won within minutes. When they lose, it sometimes comes 20-30 minutes later hah.
  14. UMFan83
    This is what happens whenever one good team manages to embarrass another good team. The 2nd game always seems to be a different story. (Miami-San Antonio)
  15. UMFan83
    ho hum, just another 5 goal period. Man we need these 2 points. No let downs!
  16. UMFan83
    We are scoring with such frequency that I keep checking to see if Luongo is in net for the Sharks.
  17. UMFan83
    Well there you go then!
  18. UMFan83
    Dammit...way too many odd man rushes for SJ. I'm not going to be able to relax and enjoy this am i?
  19. UMFan83
    This feels like the playoffs again!! I think whatever lecture the Hawks got between the 1st and 2nd periods in St. Louis they got again in the first intermission tonight. Night and day
  20. UMFan83
    It's the same in every language - "Huet"
  21. UMFan83
    NIEMI SAYS BYE
  22. UMFan83
    This is fun!! 3 goals in 8 minutes!
  23. UMFan83
    NIEMI SAYS....sure why not...right this way.
  24. UMFan83
    lol we have a 2 on 1 charging towards the net and we dont even get a shot on net. At least we drew a penalty
  25. UMFan83
    Well they just released a single on the glass that wasn't coming up for me earlier. Sweet $431 fits perfectly into my $50 budget. Its good to know I should keep checking though. I owe you a PM BTW, sorry about that I just realized it. edit: Theres now a SRO ticket available on there for $33
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