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  1. UMFan83
    Wow....FO has the Pats offense as number 1 in the league by a significant margin. The 2nd place team (Houston) has a DVOA of 29.6%. The Pats DVOA is 48.2%. The Bears BTW, remain 30th at -13.8%. Makes sense why the Patriots are #1 overall despite having the #26th defense.
  2. UMFan83
    Man I HATE going to the World Series and competing favorably each year in a division with 2 teams that have $150 million more in payroll than the Rays. So glad I'm not a Rays fan.
  3. UMFan83
    So odd that players keep coming back way earlier than originally thought. I don't know if Q is rushing them back or whatnot, but its nice to see them hopefully come back soon.
  4. UMFan83
    Wow Fisher should be fired for how he handled the clock on that last drive. 32 seconds left, no timeouts, down 9 on the 20 yard line, he throws short of the end zone twice. One gets out of bounds, 1 is 2 yards short of the end zone in the middle of the field. By the time Collins spiked the ball there was only 4 seconds left on the clock. I don't know why they don't kick the FG in those situations. Yes the TD is harder, and yes the FG might miss, but you need to put yourself in a position where you have the ball and need 1 score to tie/win. Meaning, kick the FG, make it a one possession game and try your onside kick. If he kicks a FG and recovers an onside he has probably 24 seconds left to make something happen.
  5. UMFan83
    And a fourth quarter comeback over that 2-10 team is I guess what won them over.
  6. UMFan83
    My guess is that considering that Fukudome will be a 34 year old FA after this upcoming year, his future as it pertains to the Cubs is pretty much next year only. Meanwhile, Tyco is younger, cheaper and has a long term potential with the Cubs. Trading fukudome would be all about creating space for Colvin to play every day.
  7. UMFan83
    Maybe they realize the year to year volitility of middle relievers and are trying to maximize his value.
  8. UMFan83
    And yes, Quade has been in this organization long enough to know that you have split up your righties in the middle of the order. Pena will hit 4th.
  9. UMFan83
    Who is Perez? 8-) OH NO NEIFI'S BACK!!!!
  10. UMFan83
    So as of now their lineup is something like LF - Carl Crawford 2B - Dustin Pedroia 1B - Adrian Gonzalez 3B - Kevin Youkilis DH - David Ortiz RF - JD Drew CF - Jacoby Ellsbury C - Jarred Saltalamacchia SS - Marco Scutaro The bottom of that lineup is still not great. They basically replaced Victor Martinez and Adrian Beltre with Saltalamacchia and Gonzalez and then added Crawford.
  11. UMFan83
    You guys act like Illinois is Kansas. With all due respect to the program but it's definitely a step below. As an outsider, I feel like Webber has done a great job. Even considering firing him would be a horrilbe idea.
  12. UMFan83
    Where's Wells? Put Silva in the bullpen as a long man/spot starter or try to trade him and put Wells in the rotation. That's a damn good rotation. We might actually not be horrible. I thought they were talking about Wells going in the Garza deal.
  13. UMFan83
    In 2002, the Red Sox dared to call the Yankees the "Evil Empire" because of how they unfairly were able to afford a $200 mil payroll and sign basically anyone they wanted. Now the Red Sox might be worse than the Yankees. I hate everything about the Red Sox, especially how I cheered for them to win a World Series in 2004. Anyways, awful contract.
  14. UMFan83
    I wonder if it's Garza OR Webb or Garza and Webb. Webb Garza Zambrano Dempster Silva? I could live with that rotation
  15. UMFan83
    I would just keep Gorz before that. Yeah I think that's been discussed in the Gorz thread.
  16. UMFan83
    IF Prisco's predictions for this weeks games are true, it would be a disasterous weekend. Bears lose to Pats 28-21 Packers beat Lions 33-20 Giants beat Vikings 27-23 Bucs over Redskins 26-17 Saints over Rams 27-21 Eagles over Cowboys 30-28 The sad thing is, that's what would happen if all the favorites beat the underdogs. Hopefully it doesn't goto like that, as the race would really bunch up on the Bears.
  17. UMFan83
    Exactly, his last 4 healthy years he produced WARs higher than Zambrano's highest career WAR (4.9) His WARs 06 and 07 were better than both Cy Young winners this year. Definitely a risk. The injuries are a significant concern, we might sign him and then in 2 years feel like the money is completely wasted. But the reward is worth it, and it's not completely illogical for a 30 year old pitcher to rise above injuries and have a few more peak or near peak years left in him.
  18. UMFan83
    And for a guy who might not be better than other players on the roster. But has a realistic upside that is much better than every other pitcher on the roster. You have to take some risks.
  19. UMFan83
    that's what annoys me about people who want to write off next year and "save" all this money to spend big in 2012 or 2013. first of all, you're going to lose money if you suck next year. second of all, if you suck it's going to make you less attractive to FA's. and finally, who the hell do you think they're going to spend all this "saved" money on? Pujols 7/200 10/300
  20. UMFan83
    Yeah but you aren't signing him for pitching depth to fit in as a 3 or 4 starter. You are signing him to be an ace. We don't have an ace quality pitcher on the staff (Z sometimes), and we don't really have a top of the line hitter either. We have a lot of good players. This is an opportunity to buy low on a great pitcher (with risk). Normally he'd probably get 12+ mil if healthy on the open market. In this case we might be able to get him for half of that and for only a 1 or 2 year deal instead of 6/80. I can see your point of view too, I understand the opportunity cost of using a chunk of our very limited budget on the side of the roster we are stronger in.
  21. UMFan83
    Dumb. It's not dumb. I could see a great marketing opportunity with Galaragga and Milt Pappas. Maybe on one of Galaragga's off nights him and Pappas can sit in the stands behind home plate and heckle the home plate ump all night.
  22. UMFan83
    I doubt it too. I also doubt they didn't hit their career norm for 70% of the year and hits anemically bad the other 30%.
  23. UMFan83
    I don't get why we do this... it's an entire season and months are just arbitrary intervals of time. Because it's good to see that he didn't just hit .198 with a .732 OPS all of last year or rather he showed flashes of the +.850 OPS hitter he has been in the past. That's also a potential that his heel was bothering him for the month of September and he tried to play through it with his team in the playoff race and it greatly effected his numbers. The numbers are worthwhile if you know how to use them.
  24. UMFan83
    Looking at his monthly splits last year, it looks like his numbers suffer from 2 completely anemic months, May and September. OPS by month: April: .859 (95 PA) May: .483 (116 PA) June: .920 (107 PA) July: .871 (104 PA) August: .839 (63 PA) September: .489 (97 PA)
  25. UMFan83
    Pena is ok. I like the 1 year thing. I like it better than Laroche or Davis. I like the lefty thing. I like moving from the AL East to the NL. I am not a big fan of his last 3 years though .224/.353/.479/.832. It should improve going to the NL, but his BA has declined each of the last 3 years from his career year in 2007 when he hit .282. I know BA is not everything, and I hardly look at it unless I see something like .198 in 600 PA. Anyways, I don't know what his BABIP was like last year, but hopefully its much lower than his career norm.
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