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Luis Vizcaino? :twisted: He's not on the White Sox anymore. They dumped his useless rear end and got Vazquez as their number five starter. :x Well, considering he's already thrown money at two other set-up men, then yeah, he would have been hung. I meant if he would have made it period. Not counting Eyre or Howry. 13.5 million for Looper is laughable.

Done yesterday, today, tomorrow, and the day after that. After that, maybe use Murton and Williams to get a first rate starter, or just Murton and Walker/Cedeno to upgrade 2B/SS. Even if it were OFFERED, I doubt Hendry would have the cajones to pull it off. If for name recognition sake only.

Mets fans are ecstatic that he's gone, so maybe Jocketty will end up not being God. Then again his suckiness will probably metamorphesize into 2005 Neil Cotts like Numbers. One such funny thread title from Mets fans was: "Braden Loopers Dad should have pulled out" :lol: :lol: :lol:

Lee for Connor, Quentin, and Tracy?

Man if hendry would have made this signing, he would have been hung already. That's all I'm gonna say.

First of all, you can throw out his Iowa numbers. 34 ABs isn't going to tell you anything. In '04, Murton hit .292/.370/.428 in the FSL. That's a solid line in a pitcher's league, although he was a year old for it. In West Tennessee and Chicago in '05, his numbers are very much BABIP driven. In his larger sample at AA, he didn't improve his power or his patience(patience went down actually), but performed better because he hit .342. Murton's not going to hit anywhere near .342 at the major league level. He'll be lucky to hit .300, at which his numbers would be .300/.360/.440. That's an .800 OPS, which is okay for a corner OF, as the high end of what to expect from Murton. His BABIP issues continued in Chicago. He did hit for more power, which was a promising sign. However, he did so in about a third of the PA's as he had at AA. More worrisome was that a much larger than expected number of his hits came on infield singles and the like. We can't expect those to continue, unless he's mastered the art of hitting an infield single, which I doubt. So, one can probably expect a line much closer to .280/.340/.420 from Murton next year than his line from last year, which is decidedly subpar from a LF. Wow, great post. I really respect how you back up your opinions with interesting stats. Yes but you know what they say about statistics: You can always find something to back up your point of view. Numbers can be easily twisted, different statistics can be looked at to prove a point. (Not saying Cpatt20 doesn't make credible posts, just that it's possible to find statistics that say just about anything you want them to, in general*). *Unless a guy sucks as much as Neifi or Macias.

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:( I'm gonna miss Nomar.

because the only people who love Baker are shi**y veterans who won't get playing time anywhere else, and are guaranteed to start regardless what they do?

How did you expect Hendry to get Bradley? Arm wrestle with the Dodger's GM? The Dodgers got a better return than anything the Cubs had to offer. If we didn't overpay for Pierre we could have used either Pinto or Nolasco in a deal for Bradley - If they wouldn't do it then, then it's just Coletti not liking to help Baker in any way.

Yep, I don't blame Hendry for not signing him, but I know he's gonna hit .315/.370/.500/.870 next year with 20 HR and 85 RBI. Just write it in stone right now. I love Nomar, and I'm pissed off he won't be back. What a classy guy.

Seriously, I admire your efforts, but with this offseason, Dusty, Neifi, trading Walker for crap, and whoever they throw out in RF, It's gonna be an awfully tough time patrolling these boards. At least MAcias and Hawkins are gone though.

how dare you compliment Hendry on these boards!

murton = red steel

You're making me feel fuzzy inside. I want to hug CubbieRich now.

Hendry also traded for Macias, you may recall. That name is officially dead to me. :D Ma-who?

I've never seen such positivity at NSBB.com since I've joined. Just pure elation and it's not like we signed a stud. We got rid of a scrub. :lol: :lol: I did a little jig for real, right in front of the computer. No more Macias off the bench. WOW does that feel good to say.

So he WILL throw before opening day. Where did the not throwing until opening day rumor get started? I swear I want Dusty's head on a platter for pitching him in games when they didn't mean anything.

Keep it up. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: This coming from a man who continues to judge pitching prowess based on wins, when pretty much every sabrematrician, baseball guru, statistical expert, baseball expert indicates that wins are the worst method of judging a pitcher. Thanks.

Man I thought this title was a play on words, and Dusty had taken an opportunity to Manage in the Japanese league. :cry:

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Someone please make my day better and tell me that we haven't offered Macias arbitration.

I want to break my head open when anyone compares Neifi's contract to just about anyone elses.

If they give him a contract extension, you might see me on TV getting hauled away for burning down MacPhail and Hendry's offices. With a Baker doll being hung in effigy.

WOAH WOAH WOAH. He won't be able to THROW until opening day? Who the hell said this?