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  1. dew1679666265
    Ah, ok. I understand now. Yeah, I'm fine with starting Shark. It's either him or Atkins realistically (Marshall isn't stretched out enough) so he's far and away the best option.
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    I think Philly as a team has done much better vs LHP. They are better off hoping or the best from Samardzija and having Marshall and Grabow each take a turn through Utley-Howard-Ibanez. Doesn't really matter though, Cliff Lee starts that one for Philly. Philly offense v RHP: .263/.339/.442/.782 Philly offense v LHP: .249/.334/.453/.787
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    double post
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    Yeah. They got him in (I think) the Holliday trade. Good job Gregg!
  5. dew1679666265
    Yeah. They got him in (I think) the Holliday trade. Good job Gregg!
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    In his defense he is proabably worried about the bullpen after last night. but i look at it like this marshall is probably a starter now with Z out samardzija pitched 4, he's out, he sucks, whatever heilman went 1 grabow went 1 stevens just got recalled marmol, angel and gregg are fine really shark is the only one who should be unavailable The MLB Network guys said before the game that Shark and Marshall were both unavailable tonight.
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    A K/BB of 3.67. Bob Howry had pretty good numbers last year also: 59:13 (4.54) and a 7.5 K/9. Sounds like he's just throwing a lot of strikes, still has decent enough stuff to get some K's but because he throws so many strikes and his stuff isn't nearly what it used to be, he leaves a decent number of meatballs over the plate and they're getting hit hard. Yeah, I don't know what he's got left, but was just pointing out a good K:BB. The rest of the numbers are ugly, though.
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    If we DFA him, we still have to pay his full contract. If someone claims him off waivers or we trade him, the acquiring team pays his contract (assuming we don't agree to pay him in a hypothetical trade, of course).
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    Randy Johnson is better than Jason Hammel, but otherwise you're right. isn't randy johnson done for the season? I knew he was hurt, but didn't think he was done for the year. He may well be and I just didn't know, though.
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    Would you really be furious we didn't give a guy with zero velocity a chance? There are plenty of guys out there who are effective than throw 88mph. Not to mention how bad our bullpen is. I think the guy has enough upside that he at least deserves a chance to suck. Our pen isn't that bad. It's pretty decent.
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    i thought he had to go through the AL first and then the NL That could be...I'm just not sure how that part works between leagues. I'm almost certain he goes all the way through his own league before going through the other league. So the Rays got the first crack, I think.
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    I haven't seen him pitch, but the K:BB ratio looks nice - 33:9 with a 7.4 k/9.
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    Agreed. I think that's the best case scenario, not the worst. I didn't realize he was 39, he still looks like he is 18. He'll actually only be 38, but yeah I didn't realize he was that old either. I was thinking 34-35 at most. He was really good through last year, though. At 36 he posted a 2.30 ERA with an 0.894 WHIP and a 52:10 K:BB ratio in 47 IP. I don't think the best we could expect would be a decent reliever, but much more may be a bit of a stretch.
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    Randy Johnson is better than Jason Hammel, but otherwise you're right.
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    I agree with the Giants being at the top. The Rockies' staff has a better team ERA, ERA+ and WHIP than the Phillies. The Phillies have more strikeouts, though. If Hamels gets dominant again, I might go Phillies over Rockies, but otherwise I think the Colorado staff is better. I put the Phillies over the Rockies strictly due to the acquisition of Cliff Lee, who significantly upgrades the overall rotation, and should lower the numbers quite a bit in the second half. Good point, I forgot about Lee somehow.
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    I agree with the Giants being at the top. The Rockies' staff has a better team ERA, ERA+ and WHIP than the Phillies. The Phillies have more strikeouts, though. If Hamels gets dominant again, I might go Phillies over Rockies, but otherwise I think the Colorado staff is better. Generally I'd agree with that, though an argument could be made that the Rockies should be third on that list. They have superior R/G, OBP, SLG, OPS and OPS+ than the Cubs or Cardinals. The Cubs and Cardinals have had very similar offensive numbers to this point in the year as well.
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    Based purely on stats, the Cubs are superior to every one of those staffs except the Dodgers. LA and the Giants are the only two staffs that have better overall numbers than the Cubs. The Cardinals have a better team WHIP than the Cubs, though. I'd probably rank them: Dodgers Cubs Cards Rockies Phillies
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    I'm all for it next season, at worst we get an upgrade over Heilman and he won't command a big contract coming off the arm troubles. Exactly. If he'd sign for a couple million tops we'd at worst have a decent reliever and at best have a cheap, really good closer.
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    If Wagner's going to be healthy for next season, I'd be interested in him in the offseason. He might be a decent buy low option with a high upside.
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    Assuming Tennessee can get past Western Kentucky, I'm very interested to see how they handle UCLA. Two programs who had rough years last season but are on the rise. I'm also interested to see how Jonathan Crompton does in a more simplified offense.
  21. dew1679666265
    My lineup preference isn't much different than most of them. vs righties Fukudome Bradley Lee Aramis Soriano Soto Theriot Fontenot P vs lefties Theriot Bradley Lee Aramis Soriano Soto Reed Baker P I wouldn't have any problem flipping Theriot and Reed against lefties since both have raked against southpaws this year.
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    I was going to make the argument for Reed leading off against lefties, but then I saw Theriot's line against lefties this year: .350/.411/.550/.961. Small sample size and all, but wow.
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    Why Lee fifth and the Baker/Fontenot platoon ahead of Theriot?
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    As soccer10k said, the Super Bowl thing is irrelevant when evaluating an individual's performance. Super Bowl appearances are a team accomplishment, there's only so much an individual can do in that regard. As for McNabb's stats, he's rarely had a strong receiving corps to throw to. When he has (2004 with TO), he's put up impressive numbers: 64 comp %, 31:8 TD:INT, 12.9 y/c, 104.7 QB rating. Opinions on McNabb vary wildly and each person' opinion generally depends on how much credit they give him for throwing to sub-par receivers most of his career.
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    Rivers career: 62.3 comp %; 78:36 TD:INT; 12.0 y/c; 92.9 QB rating Cutler career: 62.5 comp %; 54:37 TD:INT; 11.8 y/c; 87.1 QB rating Rivers has been better, but he's also 2 years older than Cutler is. If Cutler has a good to great season for the Bears, he at 26 years old will definitely get as large or larger a contract than Rivers at 28 years old. Rivers played on a team with a lot better defense too. Rivers wasn't playing catchup as often as Cutler, and therefore didn't have nearly the number of endgame INT's as Cutler. Though admittedly, I doubt that kind of detail will go into evaluation for a contract. The defense relative to the players could play a small part, I think. Cutler's TD:INT ratio will be offset by the fact that he's two years younger than Rivers.
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