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  1. dew1679666265
    I said nothing about anyone being any more or less informed than anyone else. I said different front offices value different stats/methods of evaluation. Those who value OBP and defense, even for a right fielder, will value Kosuke more highly than others who value BA, SLG, RBI, whatever. There tend to be more front offices that don't value OBP and defense in right field as highly as other stats and that hurts Kosuke's value.
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    Salty has really dropped off since going to Texas. His top OPS in the majors since the trade is .716 and he's currently OPSing .753 in 211 PAs in AAA as a 25-year-old.
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    This isn't a bad deal for either team. The Rangers overpaid a bit probably - considering they almost certainly won't re-sign Lee - but they got a terrific pitcher who gives the fan base a real reason for excitement (more ticket sales). On the other hand, the Mariners got a player who has the ability to man first base for 8-10 years at a very productive level. Seattle got the better end of the deal, but I don't think it was all that bad for Texas either.
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    That might actually be a good idea. Fontenot probably has much more value than Theriot right now and is far from a must-keep commodity for the Cubs. If there's more interest in Fontenot than Theriot, I'd definitely pursue the Fontenot interest and put Theriot on the backburner. With his struggles this year, Theriot probably won't be seen as a "fix" for a team with a hole. Because of that, I'd guess we'd probably do better shopping him hard again in the offseason.
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    I'm beginning to question more what we could get for Kosuke after originally thinking we should get a solid deal. The reason isn't because he's not a valuable player (he's very valuable), the problem is that he's just not highly valued by many teams. The number of teams that would value Kosuke are pretty low, which decreases his market value. Most teams will look at his lower average and less than stellar slugging as a corner OF and determine he's overpaid and not valuable. Teams like the Red Sox and Rays would look at his OBP and defense mixed with enough slugging and see him for the valuable player he is. I'd probably be more in favor of keeping him until at least the offseason, if not next year's trade deadline, and see if more teams will show interest with less money/years on his contract.
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    I wouldn't put only Fontenot at second either. He's best in a platoon, though the platoon partner should be Baker to get optimal output.
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    The city's biggest sports icons will now be umm Grady Sizemore and Joshua Cribbs? Mike Holmgren? Pretty sure at least a couple of the offensive linemen are bigger than him..... :hello: Ok, fine. How about the Mangenius then?
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    His .717 OPS would be 5th overall among AL SS. It's amazing how bad they've been.
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    Colt McCoy. Yep, they took him in, I believe, the third round of the draft.
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    Right, which is why I'd have had no problem with him remaining there. However, his current ML numbers this year shouldn't really affect the evaluation of him much. Whereas DLee's should.
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    The city's biggest sports icons will now be umm Grady Sizemore and Joshua Cribbs? Mike Holmgren?
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    With this line – .376/.421/.569/.990 – in AA this year, he was too advanced for that level. I could see wanting him at AAA, but I also don't see a problem with letting him get ML at bats this year either to see how he adjusts. His numbers this season aren't all that important given his age, either. He was doing really well, but I don't see how he was "too advanced" for AA. The numbers make it look like he was ready for a more challenging level maybe.
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    With this line – .376/.421/.569/.990 – in AA this year, he was too advanced for that level. I could see wanting him at AAA, but I also don't see a problem with letting him get ML at bats this year either to see how he adjusts. His numbers this season aren't all that important given his age, either.
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    Lane Kiffin and USC officials offered to set up a game between USC and Tennessee for the 2011 season. Mike Hamilton turned it down – and for good reason. With that game, this would be our schedule to start the year: USC (neutral site) Cincinnati @ Florida @ North Carolina Georgia LSU @ Alabama
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    Castro is 20 and can still provide value with a SLG% that low. Derrek Lee is 34 and cannot. If Lee was still able to post an OBP in the .360-.400 area like he has the past three years, he could still have some value with a low SLG (though not enough). But his OBP has dropped quite a bit as well.
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    Good news on the Chris Johnson front: I didn't figure the Titans would let CJ hold out into training camp, but it's good to see some movement in the direction of getting him extended.
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    It's a legitimate point you're making, but I think BacktoBanks is right as well. Holding onto players too long is not a good attribute, however, we don't know which instances to criticize Hendry and which ones not to because we don't have all the information. If, after the 2007 season, Hendry decided to shop Rich Hill and the best offer he got was the As offering up Daric Barton and a AA pitcher not in their top 30 prospects, then Hendry made the right decision holding onto Hill and seeing if he could repeat his success. However, if he offered up Hill and got an offer from Cleveland for Carlos Santana and Fausto Carmona, he should have taken it. (Names are off the top of my head, there may be some inaccuracies). Without all the information, I just don't know how legitimate a criticism it is. My issue is trading guys at their lowest value. Guys like Pie, Hill, Jacque Jones, etc., could have raised their value at some point, but Hendry preferred to get some form of value over being more patient with them. I would have preferred he show more patience there.
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    Much as I love Kerry Wood, check out these stats: 2009 Wood: 4.11 xFIP, 63:28 K:BB, 10.31 K/9, 1.15 HR/9 2009 Gregg: 4.16 xFIP, 71:30 K:BB, 9.31 K/9, 1.70 HR/9 Gregg was not ideal but, outside of HR/9, the two were pretty similar. However, I do agree that we should only trade Marmol if a really good deal comes along. It is hard to find consistently dominant late inning relievers, but they just don't pitch enough to turn down a lucrative deal for them. Heisey could become a pretty good player, but he's not a lucrative deal.
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    You make a good point, the problem is we don't know - and won't know - what deals he's had on the table and nixed. We can only evaluate with the information in front of us and we simply don't have much info on what deals he nixed. It's true that he's held on to some players too long, but with many that's viewing in hindsight. As in your example, what reason did anyone have to believe that after posting a 3.92 ERA (4.13 xFIP), 1.19 WHIP, 8.45 K/9 and a 3:1 K:BB ratio, he'd simply forget how to throw strikes? Selling high is great when either the peripherals or the scouting (when it's good) tells you that the success won't last. There was nothing in Hill's numbers, that I've seen, telling us he'd forget how to throw strikes one year after his best season. Like I said, Hendry has held onto some guys too long, but there's no real way to know what offers he had for those players. And for others (Hill, Prior) there was no way to predict the collapse. One thing I'd have liked to see him do for guys like Hill and Pie is to not trade them at all, but to hold onto them and see if they could come around a bit.
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    I heard he was in the running to be a starter this year, but wasn't sure how accurate that was. Sounds like he could be a pretty good player by the 2011 season.
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    I don't think consistently is the right word there. I would accept intermittently. Intermittenly to the former, consistently for the latter. He's rarely given up good players, but off and on has gotten good return. How about that? That has nothing to do with this thread, unless your overall conclusion is that he deserves another chance based on the results of his deals. I know it has nothing to do with the thread title. It was an offshoot discussion.
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    You're still talking as if I'm offering my opinion on his tenure as a whole. I'm not. Hendry has consistently gotten good return for very little cost in trades throughout his tenure (with exceptions, obviously). That statement, however, does not imply, state, or even refer to his job as a whole or whether or not I feel he should keep said job. That's it. I'm not making a statement on the greater picture of Hendry's job as Cubs GM nor am I trying to make him look better in any way. I'm simply discussing good and bad trades he's orchestrated.
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    If were here doing a post-mortem on Hendry's tenure, nock yourself out, but If the discussion is "Should Hendry get another chance?" Who gives a [expletive]? The answer is no and no amount of dissection is going to change that. I realize this is a thread about whether Hendry should be re-hired, but the discussion between me and O_O that gooney had a problem with had veered from the title of the thread. It had nothing to do with whether or not Hendry should be kept on.
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    USC sanctions have helped Tennessee. Spongeworthy or another USC fan, any idea of how good Jackson is? Rivals had him as a 4-star out of HS, I believe.
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    I heard he did. It would have been better not to (like Brandon Knight at UK), but I've heard he did.
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