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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
[tweet]https://twitter.com/chicken__puppet/status/876996731048648704[/tweet] -
ah, that's why (also baseball has always and will always be the best)
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gotta wonder what the odds are that Rondon finishes the season on the 25 man roster, at this point
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watching the Cubs hit into a double play every inning while that 17 hopper finds a hole is enough to wonder why I follow this sport
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why in the world are they running on Contreras with the pitcher at the plate, even with 2 strikes
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probably not, but impossible to say
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this one run deficit has all the frustration of a 5 run deficit, how terribly efficient
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thank you whichever infielder couldn't come within 10 feet of the base with a relay throw
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If neither Russell or Heyward are available then you only have a 2 man bench(Montero & TLS), and both are lefties with at least 2 more plate appearances left. I would've been alright with Arrieta hitting though.
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And now Griffin is fired.
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Baez's UZR as an infielder was below zero entering tonight.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-19-17
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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is Jose Pirela just the San Diegan way to say Jett Bandy or something
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I would prefer to trade Eloy to Schwarber. Even if it was Schwarber, I probably wouldn't target an OF though, you're still looking at 3 spots to fill and Zobrist, Baez, Happ, Almora, and Jay to fill them. If you're going for SP+ from the Rays, you might as well go for broke and try to get Colome. I wonder if there's any indicator at how trade costs scale with increasing value. Like if you keep asking for more stuff, is there a natural discount that you end up with because it's too hard to properly counter that much value? Or maybe more succinctly stated, is trading for Archer and Colome much cheaper than separate trades for Archer and Colome? If it were much cheaper, why would Tampa even do it? A two player deal is probably a bad example of the concept. What I'm driving at is that despite everyone's best efforts, trades aren't a matter of swapping two dimes and a nickel to get a quarter, since no one values the coins exactly the same way. Given that truth, the more value you add to a trade, the higher the chance of inequity since there are more potential mismatches in valuation.
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I would prefer to trade Eloy to Schwarber. Even if it was Schwarber, I probably wouldn't target an OF though, you're still looking at 3 spots to fill and Zobrist, Baez, Happ, Almora, and Jay to fill them. If you're going for SP+ from the Rays, you might as well go for broke and try to get Colome. I wonder if there's any indicator at how trade costs scale with increasing value. Like if you keep asking for more stuff, is there a natural discount that you end up with because it's too hard to properly counter that much value? Or maybe more succinctly stated, is trading for Archer and Colome much cheaper than separate trades for Archer and Colome?
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Russell's ankle must still be bugging him to not be in the lineup against a LHP at Jay's expense
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Think about a right handed swing. head first into home plate I still don't quite understand how that happens.
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He tore the ligament on a slide? How in the world did he manage that?
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It's more of a surprise if any team goes more than a season or two without being in serious playoff contention, so it was overdue for even a not great franchise, but yes, the Fire are in good shape. It'd take a pretty impressive tank for them to end up missing the playoffs at this point.
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I don't consider Passan a super connected rumormonger, but it's interesting as a thought exercise at least: [tweet] [/tweet] What SP, if any, would you trade Eloy to get? Is Archer one of them?
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-18-17
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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every time this umpire calls a strike I have a split second where I think I'm playing Twisted Metal and Grasshopper is after me
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Listen if you can't predict when I inexplicably cannot go two sentences without saying something wrong, things are gonna be tough for you.
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heh, I didn't even notice. Weis is online, give him a minute.
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Joe's gonna try and get his message about going the opposite way across by benching as many power hitters as he can
