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Pick 95- Donte Stallworth, Wide Receiver, New Orleans

I think it's 15.

Me too. And it's one of the few spots on the web that actually makes me laugh out loud. Sometimes to the point of crying. Kid Tremendous is my hero. It's Ken Tremendous. And yes, he's hilarious.

It is.

I am not concerned with the lack of power. I'd just like to see some decent production. If he's a .285/.375/.450 hitter, he would be a great value. He doesn't need to knock 40 HR to help the team. Yeah, certainly you'd prefer bigger numbers out of your corner OF. But there's no such thing as an ideal lineup. You have to mix and match. Assuming you can get some production out of the other 2 OF spots, you could easily live with less power in LF (if he's getting on base). A .165 IsoP would be quite a jump considering that he hasn't topped .157 at any minor league level. He'll need to hit .300+ and walk more than he has this year to put up a .800+ OPS. Yeah, I knew I was pushing it by putting up those random stats. I can't find his 2005 numbers since BA inexplicably removes a guy completely after a call-up. Regardless, you don't necessarily need a 800+ OPS, depending on what you get from others spots. Hendry's biggest failure this year was not "settling" on Dubois/Hollandsworth in LF, it was settling on those guys in LF when all he had in RF was Burnitz. I would be fine with Murton putting up .285/.365/.430 in LF if most of the rest of the lineup was solid. That's the point in going with some of these young guys, so you can afford to go big elsewhere. There's no point in paying a veteran millions to put up mediocre numbers. I agree with what you're saying, but with the team as it's currently constructed, it's going to be very difficult to come up with a lineup that is as solid as you and I would like it to be for Murton to be able to play LF.

I am not concerned with the lack of power. I'd just like to see some decent production. If he's a .285/.375/.450 hitter, he would be a great value. He doesn't need to knock 40 HR to help the team. Yeah, certainly you'd prefer bigger numbers out of your corner OF. But there's no such thing as an ideal lineup. You have to mix and match. Assuming you can get some production out of the other 2 OF spots, you could easily live with less power in LF (if he's getting on base). A .165 IsoP would be quite a jump considering that he hasn't topped .157 at any minor league level. He'll need to hit .300+ and walk more than he has this year to put up a .800+ OPS.

Line Drive % When used in conjunction with BABIP(Batting Average on Balls In Play), it serves as a means to help determine how lucky a hitter has been. When BABIP is well over 100-110 points better than LD%, then a player probably has been lucky, and isn't likely to repeat those BABIP numbers again. EDIT: You can find LD% and BABIP info at The Hardball Times

Interestingly, his BABIP was .299 last year as well, except with a 15.3 LD%.

I was responding to the guy who implied that we have no leadoff hitter yet considered Furcal a legit leadoff hitter. It's true that Furcal gives you the SB option, but Walker is more likely than Furcal to reach first base, and more likely to hit a double, triple, or HR, making the SB unnecessary.

ok. :roll: whos going to leadoff for the Cubs next season? A bonafied leadoff hitter in Furcal, is what the Cubs NEED. Todd Walker is a better leadoff hitter than Furcal. That's debatable. Walker's been a better hitter by nearly every metric. He gets on base more, he hits for more power. Even stats that incorporate SBs that Furcal has still favor Walker over him.

ok. :roll: whos going to leadoff for the Cubs next season? A bonafied leadoff hitter in Furcal, is what the Cubs NEED. Todd Walker is a better leadoff hitter than Furcal.

Speaking of bang for the buck, I don't think there's any way you get Burnett for 8 mil, although you may not have been implying that. Millwood will give you similar numbers for a lower price if you want a SP.

Sure, it's possible to present such a stat. What are the batting averages of the players that hit behind him when he's on base versus when he isn't. If he's such a huge distraction to the pitcher that he impacts the game that much, those batters should hit, what, 100 points higher when Furcal's on base? (btw - without looking it up, I'd put money on the fact that they don't) A little while back I did a similar case study with Juan Pierre and Luis Castillo, since they spend the vast majority of their time hitting 1-2 over the last few years. IIRC, Castillo every year had worse numbers with runners on than without, and when Pierre's numbers went up from year to year, Castillo's went down, and vice versa. It was almost a perfect ratio with their OPS.

Giles won't be 36 until early 2007, and he also dwarfs Furcal's offensive production. EDIT: Heck, Walker's a better leadoff option than Furcal. Higher OBP, higher SLG, his EQA has been 10 points better than Furcal each of the last 2 years. He's got Furcal beat in RC this year too.

That's not entirely accurate either.... his good month was really from mid July through mid August..... Blanco AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/01 - 07/10 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 07/14 - 08/14 31 4 14 3 0 2 23 7 4 4 0.452 0.514 0.742 1.256 08/15 - 08/28 13 1 2 1 0 0 3 4 2 3 0.154 0.250 0.231 0.481 Yeah, I figured that it wasn't exactly that, just pointing out that it wasn't even the whole time since the ASB. Thanks for the correct breakdown.

It is what it is. 04/04 - 08/28 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Barrett 350 40 101 27 3 12 170 53 33 48 0.289 0.354 0.486 0.840 Blanco 120 10 28 5 0 4 45 17 8 17 0.233 0.277 0.375 0.652 I'm as happy about Blanco's hot streak over the last 6 weeks as you are, but do you really think those 44 AB's have a better predictive value than the numbers shown above ?? Also, looking at it by month, it just appears he had a good July, and is back to his sub-700 OPS self.

Blasko is the one who went to Purdue I believe.

Also worth noting is that the WHIPs are very very close. what could cause that? giving up a higher slugging %? letting baserunners advance with shoddy fundamentals? Why the ERA fluctuates while the WHIP stays the same? A higher SLG, defensive differences in the years, and luck/misfortune would all play a part.

We should probably get Preston Wilson and Chan Ho Park too.

Who? Dawson?

Also worth noting is that the WHIPs are very very close.

If it were me, there'd be like 15-20 people between Patterson and Barrett on that list. BTW, I'm not advocating keeping the same team, but Barrett is one of the bright spots.

If I could get Jones reasonably for 1-2 years, I think he would be a serviceable bridge to Pie in CF.

Turk Wendell really respected the game, what with all his odd superstitions and such. We should retire his number.