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I like this pick. Grizzlies needed somebody who could score some points and Young will do that. I wanted one of Blair or Young here, so I'm happy.
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And then laugh when #36 has a better career than #2. Haha, may be true. I'm not thrilled with the Thabeet pick, but he should be able to play good defense inside and grab some rebounds.
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Would taking Thabeet and Blair in the same draft be ridiculous? I don't think it would and I think I'd like Memphis to take Blair here.
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What are "core players" for the Royals? Probably the rotation, Soria, and Gordon? My guess would be: Callaspo Gordon Butler Greinke Hochevar Soria Butler and Hochevar may not be core players, but both are young and very talented.
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The problem isnt so much that it could have been avoided, its that it could be rectified sooner than later, but Hendry is being an idiot about it. Could it have been rectified sooner? What if Hendry inquired about DeRosa and found out the Indians wouldn't take less than, say, Jay Jackson and Randy Wells for him? That's likely an exaggeration, but it's entirely possible Hendry would be open to bringing back DeRosa but is unable to right now (either due to lack of funds, not meeting Cleveland's demands, etc.).
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7 HR and 22 RBI in 131 at bats is crappy? Its not spectacular but it's better than most other Cubs. Crappy is the wrong word, most definitely, but he's posted a .314 OBP this season and has a 30:9 K:BB ratio. The power has been pretty good so far, though (.465 SLG, 7 HR), and he's been a pretty decent power bat off the bench.
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I was focusing primarily on his closing career and that may have been a mistake. Even still, he's on pace to decimate even the 10 HR and 8 HR seasons. Maybe they're just blowing out of Wrigley at a higher pace, I'm not sure. Maybe he's just an inconsistent second rate reliever? He had more career IP pre-closing days (oh and by the way he was relieved of that duty last year due to ineffectiveness) so I have no idea why you would only concentrate on his "closing career". He's a relief pitcher. The ineffectiveness was due to injury. He asked to be sat down because he was hurt. Also, before his closing days he made a few starts in each season. He wasn't particularly good in those starts and that hurt his overall numbers. I haven't looked at the home runs surrendered in those starts, but most of his other numbers get much better when you take out a couple of horrible starts and look at his relief appearances.
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I was focusing primarily on his closing career and that may have been a mistake. Even still, he's on pace to decimate even the 10 HR and 8 HR seasons. Maybe they're just blowing out of Wrigley at a higher pace, I'm not sure.
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This is a very good point and definitely Gregg's weaknesses - walking guys and allowing home runs. The home runs are really the biggest issue I have with him, because nearly all his save opportunities will come with the bases empty. It's not ideal, but it's also less critical if he walks a guy or two with the bases empty. The problem, though, is the home run ball. He's served up far too many this season, but that's not been his MO throughout his closing career. He gave up just three last year and seven two years ago (still too many, but on the pace he's going now he'll obliterate that number). I have no idea why he's allowing more homers this season, but if he could cut back on them, he'd be much more effective.
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It doesn't make him good, but nobody's arguing that - I don't think. He's a pretty average closer, no more, no less. Exactly, but it's not like when you're watching a close game, knowing that Gregg is coming in, that you feel good about that. What's going on in my head is, "Great, here comes Gregg. Let's see what happens." And you sure don't feel good about it when he's got a one-run cushion. Yeah, I certainly don't feel like we've won as Gregg strides to the mound. But, the only pitchers in the league I feel that way about are guys we couldn't obtain anyway (K-Rod, etc). Considering Gregg has only had 14 save opportunities in almost 70 games, it would seem to be a better investment of prospects to go after offensive help than bullpen - assuming we can only make one move.
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kosuke ks on a highly questionable pitch. ballgame. Tigers win 5-3.
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fox flies out to deep center. runners hold. two down.
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bradley ks. one down, runners hold.
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hoff singles to left-center. dlee to second, two on, none out. bradley up.
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dlee walks. one on, none out.
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marmol ks thames. inning over. dlee, hoff, bradley due up in the 9th.
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cabrera walks in a run. 5-3 tigers.
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polanco walks. bases loaded for cabrera.
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granderson ks. two down, runners hold. marshall out, marmol in.
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everett singles to left. laird holds at second. ascanio out, marshall in.
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ordonez singles to left. anderson, running for him, is thrown out at third on an infield single by laird. runner on first, one out.
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ascanio in to pitch for the Cubs.
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theriot ks. inning over.
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soriano singles to center. one on, two out. theriot up.
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In all honesty, bad teams don't put as many guys on base as we do. We just gotta breakthrough and get them in. The fact that we don't makes it all the more frustrating, but as long as we keep getting guys on base every inning, we will win more games than we lose. I completely agree. The base runners are a good sign that we're slowly improving. It's just a matter of driving them in now. We were doing it just fine at home. Now, we have to basically learn to do it on the road. And I just hate playing in unfamiliar parks. Generally not the best place to get going offensively. Very true. This is also a better pitching staff than we faced with the Indians.