Transmogrified Tiger
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WHAT?!? Williams is at least as valuable as Lidge? Please, let's hear this argument... Williams(or other SP) is going to pitch 3 times as many innings as Lidge will in a given season. Therefore, even though his performance isn't as dominant as Lidge's, he's worth more to the team because the quantity outweighs the marginal difference in quality. I undertsand your point but I think, if given the opportunity, the Phillies would like to replace Wagner before acquiring a middle of the rotation guy. Closers are much harder to acquire. They just gave Gordon 3/18, so it's a strong possibility that they see that hole filled. -
Unless you consider the Phillies really need a closer. No more than they need a quality arm in their rotation. The difference between Madson and Lidge isn't so great as to sacrifice getting more value in the form of a good SP. EDIT: Forgot that they signed Gordon to a big deal to close, so they aren't hurting for a "closer".
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WHAT?!? Williams is at least as valuable as Lidge? Please, let's hear this argument... Williams(or other SP) is going to pitch 3 times as many innings as Lidge will in a given season. Therefore, even though his performance isn't as dominant as Lidge's, he's worth more to the team because the quantity outweighs the marginal difference in quality.
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It's not a difficult argument to make that Williams(or any starting pitcher of a certain ability) is at least as valuable as Lidge, if not more.
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nice deal for the rangers. I think it's the opposite. You can argue that Young is better than Eaton(as well as a year younger), and Sledge+Gonzalez is worth well more than Otsuka and a prospect. Towers fleeced them here.
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I remember that too, and remember advocating him a bit for CF at the end of the year without checking to see how he finished the year. Whoops.
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From what I've gathered on Prior's contract, I'm going to respectfully disagree with Mr. Miles and (who cares if it's respectfully) Mr. Sullivan. The language about his contract that's been available for several years indicates that Prior's only chance to opt out was if he qualified for super-two status. There's no indication that the option rolled over. That said, they are in a position to know more than I, so maybe the option can roll over. But given that this is the first we've heard of it, and other signs like the Vineline as JeffH pointed out, I think Sullivan's off the mark here.
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"The Book on the Book" by Bill Felber
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Mizzou's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I remember you writing something about it, how you haven't been as disappointed since Neyer's lineup book, or something to that extent. -
Am I the only one that noticed Patterson has a higher projected OPS than Pierre(.716 to .710)? That 52/74 SB ratio isn't very exciting either. Of course, I don't put a whole lot of stock into these projections, but it's interesting to point out.
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41 hours
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HE NEEDED SURGERY. How can any outings, nevermind however many there actually were, be trivial? That outing set the surgery back what a few days?? The doctor's said he wouldn't hurt the arm any further. Apparently, all those years of Medical School paid off. He pitched in relief for all of August. I'd like that month back now that the prognosis of "he'll definitely be ready by opening day" has changed to "he definitely won't be ready by opening day". Well, that's a different point now. My "trivial comment" was in regard to the appearance on 9/29 after Lawton had been dealt. Yes, nealry a whole month isn't trivial, and I'd like those 24 days back too, but I didn't want to concede w/ 53 games to go. Wood had some awesome appearances out of the pen. Not letting your big contract pitcher who needs surgery pitch in the bullpen, which he hasn't done in his career, isn't conceding the season. Even then, we didn't have much of a shot at all. Wood wasn't going to push us over the top from the pen throwing 10-25 innings out of the pen.
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HE NEEDED SURGERY. How can any outings, nevermind however many there actually were, be trivial? That outing set the surgery back what a few days?? The doctor's said he wouldn't hurt the arm any further. Apparently, all those years of Medical School paid off. He pitched in relief for all of August. I'd like that month back now that the prognosis of "he'll definitely be ready by opening day" has changed to "he definitely won't be ready by opening day".
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HE NEEDED SURGERY. How can any outings, nevermind however many there actually were, be trivial?
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I recall plenty of people calling it idiotic during the fact.
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Don't worry, you'll find out when the Chase Connection rips through the Fighting Zooks next fall. :wink:
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Hahaha, Arkansas State. Mizzou beat them 44-17, I'm fairly certain USC would score 100 points.
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its not "on" until January 5. http://www.spartantailgate.com/forums/images/smilies/king.gif However, as a Mizzou student, it's "on" in about 45 hours.
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Murton's success a dangerous assumption
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Derwood's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Don't worry....Dusty will take of that problem for you in regards to Murton. Mabry will be playing LF for the majority of the games until he hits below 200 and then he'll just platoon with Murton. You are a sick, sick man. Me or Dusty? There is no doubt in my mind if Mabry hits 270 or above he will be the starting LF for the Cubs in 06 and get at least 450 AB's. If Mabry is hitting above .270, he could be a decent player.[/i] No better than Murton's likely to be. If Mabry's hitting .270, then he's probably going to be around a .270/.335/.425 line, give or take. We can get that from Murton with the chance that he could be better. -
They become free agents. If we do tender them, they are guaranteed contracts. If the team can't work out a deal by a certain date, an arbitrator decides between 2 figures(one submitted by the team, one by the player) for a one year deal.
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Great? He pitched a total 28 innings in the Cubs system, posting a 3.86 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP. We all have our own definition of great, but I'm sure most would agree that that isn't "great." 28 innings doesn't sound right to me. Are you sure? Not entirely. That's just what baseball cube shows, I don't know of any other sites that list minor league stats. This doesn't have as many players as TBC, but still: http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/player_list.asp
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Great? He pitched a total 28 innings in the Cubs system, posting a 3.86 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP. We all have our own definition of great, but I'm sure most would agree that that isn't "great." 28 innings doesn't sound right to me. Are you sure? That's what the Baseball Cube says, but it's missing his 2001, where he pitched 93 innings for Boise, with a WHIP of almost exactly 1.00 and a 2.98 ERA. Wasn't 2001 the year the Baseball Cube was missing for Nic Jackson too?
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Wasn't Willis something like the 4th best starter in the Lansing/Boise rotation before he was traded? I can't blame him for trading Willis, although what he used Willis to acquire can be debated.
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Boxing is not a sport because the outcome is determined by a judge? Okay then. :shock: Correct. It's also why figure skating and most of the Winter Olympics are not sports.
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You're exaggerating to say the least. How can two prospects that haven't been able to pitch well outside of AA be worth more than Juan Pierre? I realize that "worth" is subjective to a degree but let's look at this objectively; Juan Pierre is a more than servicable Major Leaguer who has helped to contribute to a WS victory. One can argue that there are more effective CF's but that isn't the point, he isn't the worst CF either. Plus, the Cubs weren't the only team looking to trade for him (which can point to his worth). That's certainly one way to describe Pinto and Nolasco. Another would be "two prospects with good stuff who dominated AA at age appropriate levels".
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Only to people who sorely devalue Pierre. You say sorely devalue, I say realistic assessment.
