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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    I agree with this assessment. No more power is needed. Power is not the problem. It would be a mistake to trade top-of-the-order OBP for middle-of-the-order power. Lee and Ramirez with 35-40 HR and 40 doubles a piece, supplemented by Burnitz, Barret, and Walker adding respectable power in addition to the big boys, is enough for this lineup IMO. With a fully healthy staff, 4 runs a game should win most every game. This ignores the fact that Nixon is a better OBP guy than Hairston, in addition to having more power. This seems to be brought up a lot when power hitting targets(Dunn for example) are brought up. Some people say "We don't need any more power, we need a OBP/lead off guy. The truth is that in both Dunn and Nixon's case they provide a OBP and SLG boost, which makes them more valuable an acquisition than a singles hitting OBP guy.
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    The Bo Sox just dealt 2 minor leaguers for Tony Graffanino, so they may consider their 2B problem temporarily fixed.
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    That doesn't sound like too bad of a deal on either end. What are you hearing in general Hoops?
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    Neifi is bad at his job.
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    I'd wear a prom dress to work if Dusty does that. I'll strip down to a g-string if Cedeno starts along with them. Not that any of you want to see that. Literally, I don't want to see that. :wink:
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    You can't compare the two. Ramirez's value is MUCH higher now than it was when we traded for him. Dunn's value now is much higher than Ramirez's was in '03. When we traded for him, Ramirez was closer to what Kearns is than Dunn. He had one big season, then followed that up with a very poor one, and was off to an average start in '03. Kearns had one very big season, an average to above-average year in '03. Since then, he has had injury problems, not gotten a ton of playing time and struggled when he has played. I still would really like Kearns. I think he could have an Aramis-like rebound in new place when given regular playing time. He would also come much cheaper than Dunn. Kearns' big year was a fluke. He had a ridiculously high BABIP that is completely unsustainable. He had a great minor league career, but his major league struggles since then make me wary of acquiring him.
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    What would you accept for a player of Aramis Ramirez's value? That's pretty close to what Dunn is. Please don't compare Dunn with his .240 BA, horrible defense, and 8 trillion strikeouts with Ramirez. With all of these outrageous proposals (and demands from the other side), I'd rather try to get Kearns. As Kaspar & Brenley said, with Dunn it's either a HR, K, or a walk. Dunn and Ramirez were basically equal in production last year, and Dunn is outproducing Ramirez this year. He's also younger than Ramirez.
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    What would you accept for a player of Aramis Ramirez's value? That's pretty close to what Dunn is.
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    Because of 2 ABs? He should start because he's better against RH than Holla and Hairston.
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    Welcome to the Forum!
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    Last year Pierre hit 40 points better than his expected BABIP. This year he's 30 points under.
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    That game was pretty memorable though for how bad one particular player played, and he admitted as such after. I got 9/10 but made educated guess on like half of them. The one I got wrong was the Lee homer thing. What did you guess?
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    Welcome to the Forum! Weird fact. A Giant has one the last 5 NL MVP's(Bonds x4 and Kent). To answer your question, A-Rod in 2003 for Texas.
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    I dig the modern uniforms. I don't like the retro craze.
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    I saw "Sammy has a selfish swing", and I was done reading the article.
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    Any suggestions?
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    We did dicuss it, and i think the general feeling is that the club doesn't think much of Grieve. Gerut and Grieve are very similar, though. BTW, any news on a 25 man move to clear room for Gerut?? One of the papers said either Mitre or Grieve. But I see no reason to keep Grieve around so it'll probably be him. Conversely, what reason is there to keep Mitre around? I'd really like to see the pen go down to 6. Because there's no reason to keep Grieve with Holly and Gerut on the roster? Or they could send Mitre AND Grieve down and bring up a RH bat. I see what you're saying, but I'd rather have the right number of bench players before worrying about what to do with the extra spot. What RH bat did you have in mind?
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    I'm interested in Pierre, but only at a certain cost, that said however...... PLEASE don't try to use 31 at bats over 3 years to imply anything even remotely resembling statistical significance. I don't mean this as any personal attack, but it drives me nuts to see stats tossed around like each and every number has 100% relevance. If there's anything I've learned about using statistics in my work place, it's that you can make almost any statistic look good or bad depending on how it's "twisted" and presented. If we were able to get Pierre somehow without giving up anything significantly affecting the current team or the future I say go for it - Hendry has worked some magic in the past, I have no reason to think he can't do it again. Oh, and someone mentioned in an earlier post that long grass in Wrigley will hamper Pierre's ability to bunt for hits - I'm not sure I understand that theory - in fact I always thought it would work the other way around. What am I missing? I thought the argument wasn't that it would hurt his ability to bunt, but that his ability to slap ground balls(which is how he gets many of his hits) would be hindered by the long grass.
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    We did dicuss it, and i think the general feeling is that the club doesn't think much of Grieve. Gerut and Grieve are very similar, though. BTW, any news on a 25 man move to clear room for Gerut?? One of the papers said either Mitre or Grieve. But I see no reason to keep Grieve around so it'll probably be him. Conversely, what reason is there to keep Mitre around? I'd really like to see the pen go down to 6.
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    8/10
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    Regression to the mean. It's almost impossible to stay 10 games over .500 when you're getting outscored on the whole.
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    Welcome! I know the thought of more reading sounds daunting, but there have been a boatload of posts addressing the exact concerns you bring up. If you can't find them a simple search for Dunn and strikeout will find that argument made and countered many times over. In short, Dunn has a lower average, but has a great OBP and outstanding power. He's one of the most productive players in the league, and he's still only 25 years old. If he's available as rumored, the Cubs would be foolish not to jump at the chance to acquire him.
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    Gerut is likely just another late inning defensive replacement -- this time likely for Hairston, who has shown that he lacks the instincts of a natural outfielder (not his fault of course -- he's a second basemen being asked to play center field). It probably means that when the Cubs face lefty starters, Murton and Hairston will start and be replaced by Holly and Gerut in the late innings. I highly doubt this deal is tied to a Dunn deal -- I'd like to be wrong though! :D 25 year old? Gerut turns 28 in September.
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    Did you include HBP in your OBP calculations? Hairston's been hit a bunch this year, I think around 10 times.
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    Doo-Bwah
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