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What's with your team chasing UT assistants? First the Cowboys have interest in Baggett and now LSU has interest in Chaney. I want some stability with this football team.
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Polar opposite of the McDaniels hire, not sure if this will be more successful, though. Should be interesting to see if he goes with Tebow or Orton. I'd be surprised if Bowlen is open to leaving his first round pick on the bench for another season.
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Unless Cashner's arm falls off in spring training Russell had better not be given that spot in the rotation. Even if Cashner's arm does fall off, Diamond/Silva/Gorz/JJax should probably be considered before Russell anyway.
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Polar opposite of the McDaniels hire, not sure if this will be more successful, though.
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This is pretty much how I feel.
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It depends on improvement and declines for Castro, Pena and Renteria. Pena has been a 3-4 WAR guy before last year and Fielder has been anywhere from a 3 WAR guy to a 7 WAR guy. If Pena can get back to his 2008/2009 levels, he'll probably be within 1-2 WAR of Fielder, if not even with him. Castro was a 2.0 WAR guy last year and if he can improve on the rookie season (questionable, I understand), then he probably becomes 2+ WAR better than Renteria (1.3 WAR last year at 35). They could also be similar in WAR if Castro holds where he was last year and Renteria doesn't drop, though. Depends on how playing OF defense and age affect Berkman's numbers. Definitely possible, but I'd probably bet on the Fuku/Colvin platoon being better. I agree on Garza, both Dempster and Z are better right now than him. He has the most potential going forward due to age, though. I tend to agree on Greinke over Carpenter because of age and injury concerns. If you're looking at who's produced more in the past, Carpenter no doubt. But Carpenter's age and history of injury makes me prefer Greinke going forward. That said, if you want to put Carpenter ahead of Greinke, I'd hardly argue.
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Who does he go ahead of? Arroyo I could see, but the rest are right around as good as Marcum (Cueto, Z, Garza) or better (everybody else). Other than moving him ahead of Arroyo, I have no problem with where he is. Dempster and Garza should be flipped, though, and I'd put Z ahead of him as well (if for no other reason than Zs bat). I'd go: 1. Wainwright 2. Gallardo 3. Greinke 4. Carpenter – gap – 5. Dempster 6. Zambrano 7. Garza 8. Cueto 9. Marcum 10. Garcia Top 4 are pretty interchangeable.
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Yeah, we've had kids commit or not commit because of who our position coaches are. I tend to keep up with every assistant Tennessee hires because all of them play a significant role on the team. I just assumed everybody did that (other than casual fans, that is).
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O-Line coaches on college teams? I don't see that as very strange. I know all of Tennessee's coaches (and grad assistants) quite well. I figured that was the norm.
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Why do you assume his struggles in very limited PAs would have continued? He's a much better hitter than he showed in those PAs and his "August hot streak" actually began in July in last year when he OPS'd nearly 1.000. You could just as easily argue that Kosuke struggled in June and July because he didn't get enough PAs to work through his slump. He's proven to be a very streaky player so far, nearly to the degree of Soriano. I could take 40-50 some odd PA stretch from Soriano's career and show pretty terrible numbers, but then more times than not he follows that up with a torrid hot streak that recovers his numbers. Kosuke is very similar in that way. By saying his overall numbers would have been worse than they were is to assume those hot streaks would not have come, which is arguing against his (admittedly limited) history.
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dew1679666265 replied to rocket's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I think goony was looking at it from a masses perspective. The casual baseball fan isn't going to get really excited by Carlos Pena (he hit .190 last year, which casual fans will find important) and Matt Garza, who most of them probably haven't heard of (pitched in Tampa, after all). Both are good players, but neither is a "big" name. -
Did Quade's usage of Soto/Hill match Lou's? I didn't pay enough attention late in the year to know, but I haven't heard similar comments from Quade on Soto's D compared to Hill's as I did from Lou.
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He's taught some really, really good WRs over the years. Randy Moss, Plaxico, Holt, Bruce, Cris Carter, Chris Chambers, Muhsin Muhammad, Derrick Mason all learned from Baggett either in college or the NFL. Guys like Justin Hunter and DeAnthony Arnett have talked highly of Baggett as well. Outside of Jim Chaney, he's the assistant I'd most hate for Tennessee to lose.
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I agree that we should give opportunities to cheap, homegrown talent, but Colvin isn't really the type of player we need to be focusing on developing. He doesn't have many on-base skills and relies heavily on power numbers (which have fluctuated even throughout the minors) to support his offense. That would cause his production to fluctuate quite a bit depending on BABIP and other factors.
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I think it's more that Hendry and Wilken just really like him. They took him because of his tools originally and moved him up the minors relatively quickly considering his injuries. Last season may have solidified Hendry's love for Colvin, but I think the scout in him has led him to love Colvin much longer than that. I agree with this. We shouldn't deal him for just anything because he can be very valuable in the right role, but if there's a really good offer out there (which I don't know if there is) then Hendry definitely should make Colvin available in it.
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True, and I wouldn't advocate for Kosuke to be the starting right fielder if he didn't provide very good defense in right. I'd like to see his overall offensive production rise, but he still brings more to the table than Colvin does. Also keep in mind, Colvin's home run rate was very likely completely unsustainable this year. If that lowers, his SLG lowers and that OPS drops below .800 with only decent defense. His OPS and wOBA have both gotten better each of the three years he's been in America. His PAs went up from year one to year two and then down from year two to year three. The biggest positive increase in his numbers came when his PAs increased from year one to year two. And the decreased PAs from 2009 to 2010 were mostly against righties, as he had 67 PAs against lefties in 2009 and 50 in 2010. So most of the decreased PAs were against the side he traditionally hits better. There's really nothing to support your speculation that I can see.
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Ramirez has a career minor league OPS 100 points higher than Chirinos'.
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For a right fielder, an .820 OPS isn't real good for a starter. That's fine for a 4th OF and that's how I'm in favor of using him, but with us likely getting a low .800s OPS from Soriano for the next 4 years and probably breaking in a rookie CF in Jackson as early as 2012, it's not a good idea to settle for an .820 OPS, even if he's cheap, as your starting RF. After the season he just had, it's entirely possible that Colvin might have better trade value than just a 4th OF would normally have. If true, then the Cubs should be open to trading him. If not, then the best idea is to keep him as the primary backup in right and keep Fuku as the starter.
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Big fan of this move. They'll probably give Hill through spring training, but with Castillo and now Ramirez available, I have to imagine it'd be difficult to keep Hill.
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Unless Garza really takes a big step forward immediately, I don't see him being that big an upgrade. Especially if this bumps Wells or Cashner from the rotation instead of Gorzo or Silva. Or if it pushes Fuku out the door.
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Trusting his scouting eye makes me feel a little better about the trade and Garza's potential for us, it doesn't make me agree with it. There are still the stats that make me wary about him and the potential (and cheap production) Archer brings to the table. That Hendry feels that strongly about Garza makes me feel a little better, but it doesn't convince me to like the trade. Does that make sense?
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Why would the Titans take Julio Jones when we already have Justin Gage, Kenny Britt, Jared Cook and Nate Washington and nobody to throw to them? Especially when the Fisher-led Titans have been very hesitant to take receivers early in the past few drafts? If one of Locker or Gabbert are on the board, I'd be pretty stunned if the Titans don't take them. Mallett as well, most likely.
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The great thing about DeRosa and Barrett is we didn't spend much to see if they could take that next step. Clement was in the Dontrelle trade, but the key pieces were Dontrelle and Alf and Clement was kind of a throw-in. I do generally trust Hendry's scouting eye, so hopefully this works out. I still think we gave up too much, though.
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Thanks for the info and that's good to hear. I figured Hendry must have seen something that he really loved in Garza and was hoping he wasn't just looking at a good ERA/WHIP and assuming he'd continue to be good. Maybe he also hits well with runners in scoring position. Career RISP: .167 OPS
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Thanks for the info and that's good to hear. I figured Hendry must have seen something that he really loved in Garza and was hoping he wasn't just looking at a good ERA/WHIP and assuming he'd continue to be good.