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  1. XZero771679666304
    Of course, we likely would've drafted both of them if they were available... Aiken, for sure. Not convinced about Appel. But drafting Aiken isn't how Houston is screwing up, it's by dicking him around. Why are you so obsessed with making sure the front office gets credit? I'm obsessed? Okay. I'd say you're far more obsessed with making sure that they are assigned ample amounts of blame (they deserve their share) for everything and virtually no credit for anything, and that anyone who disagrees at all is exposed as being an ass kissing apologist. I was just pointing out that drafting in the top five isn't idiot proof, as some here have said. Jeff Luhnow is no idiot, and if they're not careful, the Astros will have essentially nothing to show for two 100-loss seasons and two #1 overall picks. We have no way of being certain that the FO wouldn't have done the same, though everything I have heard leads me to believe they would have taken Bryant and Aiken/Rodon with the same picks.
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    Of course, we likely would've drafted both of them if they were available... Aiken, for sure. Not convinced about Appel. But drafting Aiken isn't how Houston is screwing up, it's by dicking him around.
  3. XZero771679666304
    I don't think you remember that. i vividly remember seeing those arguments at GRB Yes, and you weren't hallucinating.
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    Yeah, for those who don't want to give the FO any credit for drafting well because screwing up when picking in the top 5 is "impossible", see the Houston Astros. If they can't sign Aiken and Appel is truly as big a disaster as the early results indicate, it's really going to make the sting from those 100+ loss seasons linger.
  5. XZero771679666304
    A 16% K rate is pretty 'low-K', especially when talking about someone who's supposed to hit for power. Also, since when does Bryant "sell out" for power? Every time I watch one his homeruns, his swing is so controlled that it looks like he just hit a shallow fly. And then it goes 420 feet. He himself implied strongly that he sacrifices contact for power (I believe the exact quote was "I try to put damage on the ball, and strikeouts are something that comes with that", or something close to that), and it's reflected in his K rate. Saying he "sells out" may be a touch too strong (a player with 70-80 power doesn't have to), but he's not getting cheated at the plate, either.
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    i don't where this idea comes from. his line in daytona last year was .281/.343/.467/.810. it's fine for a 21 year old in a pitcher's league, but he hit 8 home runs in 55 games. it's not like he's been annihilating each level like bryant has done. I don't know about rape, but what sets Soler apart is the peripherals (as many have said). He has massive power yet doesn't strike out all that much and he walks at a good clip. The main thing is the contact ability combined with the power, though. He doesn't strike out as much as Bryant or Baez, but he's not what you'd call a low strikeout guy, either. What he has going for him is that he has a fairly disciplined approach, and the fact that he's such a physical specimen allows him to generate power without selling out for it (like Baez and even Bryant, to a degree). And given his contract status, I find it highly unlikely he'll be given quite the same treatment as the other guys. If he stays healthy and performs at a relatively high level, he's going to move, imo.
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    Why the hell would you want to stop him from taking his own life? That would solve our problem. Use that saved $13m on a condolence card to his family, badda bing badda boom. I feel bad for the guy. So do I. It really is just the most frustrating thing; he has great stuff and puts it together just long enough to tease at how good he should be. If he just had nothing, that'd be easier to stomach. Of course he wouldn't have been signed if that were the case.
  8. XZero771679666304
    Totally. Lee's 2005 is the case I always refer to when explaining to people why RBI is a worthless stat.
  9. XZero771679666304
    North 1 CubinNY 0 That's [expletive]. North didn't say anything everyone else was also saying about Junior's real problem, making contact. Your [expletive] hero was going on about his fly ball average and whatnot about his power. Junior Lake's struggles are the same ones he always had and everyone knew about, North's verbal masturbation included. I'll bet you were sweating as you typed this. I was sweating trying to read it
  10. XZero771679666304
    They may not be worse, but there is really zero point in playing Ryan freaking Kalish at the ML level. Unless you enjoy watching guys flail helplessly away, there's not much point in keeping Lake in Chicago, either. If he's going to become anything, he's going to need a lot of help, and PA he's not going to get at the big league level.
  11. XZero771679666304
    Nailed it Meh. I hated Dusty, but I'm over it. He won 6 playoff games with the Cubs--more than the rest of the managers since 1945 COMBINED. And, let's be honest, Wood and Prior probably get hurt with or without his pushing, especially Wood who was hurt before and hurt after. Besides facing Mike Lowell over Lenny Harris, not visiting Prior on the mound, and forcing LaTroy Hawkins to close (which was a Hendry failure as much as Dusty), he really wasn't that bad. You've forgotten so much
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    Mendy in CF. I'm assuming that, I'm just thinking about the use of Lake's roster spot.
  13. XZero771679666304
    He's been flat out awful for over a month now. I'm not sure what other options there are (Kalish?), but none of them could be worse at this point.
  14. XZero771679666304
    Those green counties on the Northern NM border are all me (well, the western one, anyway). Lots of Rox fans here. I voted a ridiculous number of times. Probably not Vance ridiculous, but way too many.
  15. XZero771679666304
    Pirates? I honestly have nothing against them at all. Pirates fans are Steelers fans so F them. Agreed. But depending on the moment, I hate the Cards, Reds and Brewers with equal intensity, and Pirates fall well short of that.
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    I promise you, for your board's sake, you do not want to say stuff like that. You are tempting some serious fate. There are like four people on earth who aren't so dumb about baseball that I can stand listening to them. I found none on MR and you guys don't need an opposing fan telling you that all day, and I've still got too many Cubs fans to call dumb. You see this vainglorious, self-deluded nonsense we have to put up with, Letsgomets? Do you really want to call that down on your board? Though after reading some the posting over there, you guys deserve a pretty good browbeating. Not that you'd grasp even a fraction of it.
  17. XZero771679666304
    Baseball players can't fight. Don't tell Carlos Zambrano.
  18. XZero771679666304
    Nah, I just don't wanna get into it. It's the same reason Kyle got scared off MR and didn't finish his argument. You can write 2 page long winded arguments, but you're not going to change another fan base's opinion. Especially a fan as dumb as you seem to me. It's pointless. I'll leave on this note though. You guys seem to like Hammel here, so even if you think Niese is as good. I am pretty sure you would want Hammel if he was 27 years old, a lefty, and was under team control for the next 5 years for extremely cheap (8 mil a year...compared to guys like Arroyo and Nolasco who are making 10-13 mil). Sounds pretty appealing to me. I'm not sure of many things, but I am certain that Kyle didn't get "scared off" by anyone. People have been trying to do that here for years.
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    I find PSD to be top heavy; there is a small handful of really smart people and a sea of people who are...not so much. Other than those few, it's often unreadable.
  20. XZero771679666304
    Because everyone who isn't frothing mad at the FO is an Pollyanna-ish apologist, right? Felix Leiter's post was pretty gross, though. Chad Fox?
  21. XZero771679666304
    who needs pornhub when you got this? The camera guy couldn't find the ball on the Bryant HR, but it had to have left the stadium. There was one guy in the bleachers near where it would have bounced back and he was just standing there looking up. That is such an easy swing to generate that much power. Baez hit one completely out of the stadium to the same spot on Friday, and the cameraman couldn't find that one, either. These guys need to adjust to our hitters.
  22. XZero771679666304
    not really. you just type in your email and birthdate and click vote And I'm not sure what the vote limit is, but I haven't hit it yet. I'm beginning to think there isn't one. I'm almost certain there isn't for the final vote. I believe we had this discussion in 2008 and Vance got involved. Well, I've put my old data entry skills to use and voted over 400 times in the last hour plus, so I'm pretty sure that's correct.
  23. XZero771679666304
    not really. you just type in your email and birthdate and click vote And I'm not sure what the vote limit is, but I haven't hit it yet. I'm beginning to think there isn't one.
  24. XZero771679666304
    It's pretty incredible. My DBacks fan friends are just beyond exasperated at this point.
  25. XZero771679666304
    Between that and fans of other teams thinking the Cubs have to trade some of their SS away, there's some comedy gold to be found on a lot of forums. Some Yankees fans were going on about how they should be able to get Russell or Baez straight up for Gary Sanchez, "easily".
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