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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    I won't be making the trek to St. Louis, but I'm still excited for the Arch Rivalry. Should be a real interesting game. If Mizzou can run on U of I like they did last year it'll take a lot of heat off Gabbert, and Mizzou can put up points. I'm curious to see how the U of I offense plays the full 48 because for most of the last two years they've been trying to make up a large deficit in the 2nd half, which obviously impacts the play calling. I'm full of training camp optimism right now so I'll say Mizzou gets out with another win, although I'll be happy as long is the game is competitive and Mizzou doesn't shoot itself in the foot a bunch of times.
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    And of course he would fly out just minutes later. Peoria's offense is like something from a video game, 6-0 after 3. Jackson is 1 for 3 with a K, Burke has 2 walks, and LeMahieu is 2 for 2.
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    Brett Jackson is 5 for his last 11 with 6 K's. That's a nifty 1.000 BABIP.
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    I've seen this picture plenty of times and every time, I count three guys wide open. Nice throw, jackass. It looks to me like the other guys are open and the corner is closing because the ball is well out of his hand.
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    Lee has 3 walks for Boise tonight. Even more impressive considering they're the only walks given up by the opposing starter.
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    Jackson was victimized by 3 errors(Vitters had one and Samson had 2), but still comes out with a line of 5 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 7/0 K/BB, 1 HR. Vitters went 0 for 4 to drop his Daytona OPS to an even .600. David Cales finally got another shot at AA, and pitched an inning with 1 H and 2 Ks. Coleman started and went 5 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 4/2 K/BB, 1 HR. Everyone contributing to Peoria's cause tonight. Jackson has a single, LeMahieu a double, Flaherty a triple, and Burke a HR through 5.
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    Because Wagner could potentially help next year.
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    Don't we expect/hope that Vitters will be ready to take over 3B in 2 years? There are no guarantees. Plus, Gordon was a high pick just like Vitters who stormed through the minor leagues, and already has some mild Major League success.
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    It's ridiculous to think so based off that quote from Lou. You're the one always talking about how Lou doesn't stick to what he says and plans with his quotes, and this isn't nearly as concrete as the many things he's reneged on.
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    You really dont see the writing on the wall? Last year he rambled on about needing to get more left handed, and now with the team 6 games out of 1st hes rambling on about needing more speed and athleticism. The GM and manager of this team have a history of having ridiculous "offseason philosophies" and hes already setting the stage for it. Speed and athleticism have very little to do with why the Cubs have struggled this year. No, he's saying when you don't hit in big ballparks then you suck unless you do other things like run well or play really good defense. He explicitly said they needed to hit. Please don't take a throwaway line in one of his postgame ramblings in August as an indicator of what the whole offseason theme is going to be, it's ridiculous.
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    There's like one line in there that's not exactly what Lou should say, and it looks like one of his normal post game ramblings. Not really a big deal.
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    I wonder if Gordon could even play a mediocre 2B for 2 years and succeed Ramirez at 3B. Getting Hardy would help because you'd have him and Theriot around for a late inning defensive infield. Or if Gordon really blows up offensively and can't do 2B you could move him(or Ramirez) to 1B and go forward with trading Lee.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    I'm not sure why Callis is using ABs as a denominator for K rate. Jackson hasn't been difficult to strike out, but his K rate is right about 20% as a pro, which is fine with his outstanding walk rate and decent to good power so far.
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    Most of the difference between Rob's "actual line" and "expected line" is luck. For instance, Soto and Fontenot have been extremely unlucky this season. Meaning they've hit the ball hard, but it's gone right at defenders. Players in those situations are good bets to improve either later in the season or the next year. Likewise, players who don't hit the ball particularly hard but have it fall in nonetheless are getting lucky and, thus, are not good bets to continue that production for an extended period of time. Luck doesn't always even out over the course of a season, but sometimes it does. How lucky was Soto last year? 21% LD%, .332 BABIP A little lucky, especially for his speed. But on the other hand he didn't hit a ton of groundballs or infield flies, so there's not much about his 2008 that was flukish.
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    Quite often, it does not. Examples of good luck would be guys like Jason Bartlett or Matt Kemp. Even with abnormally high LD%, they're still exceeding their expected BABIP by quite a bit.
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    yeah i looked up their roster; apparently he's making the tour of the indy leagues now. last year he played for camden (about a one minute walk from my parents' place). great numbers there, actually: .333/.401/.549/.950. this year in the northern league he's at .327/.402/.542. there are probably a lot worse players on AAA rosters. Arent those indy leagues filled with old big leaguers who nobody wants anymore? Vets like Jacque Jones and Carl Everett and failed prospects like Bobby Hill? IM assuming it would be bettwe than your average AAA roster. Kind of like an entire league filled with Pirates and Padres type teams. No, those leagues typically have guys who aren't quite good enough to make Low-A teams.
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    I wonder how much of the offensive advantage Fuld would get back on defense in a platoon situation. Might be worth looking into if you can get a nice return for Fukudome. Pretty much no chance of Hendry exploring that though.
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    That's not exactly a good thing. At best we could hope to pick up one game during that series. A sweep is unlikely. Then you're 3 games out in the loss column with no games against STL. No, the best we can hope for is that we sweep them and have like 40 or 50 games or however many it is to make up 1 game. That series isn't tomorrow, but the concept is the same.
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    The Cubs are 4 games out in the loss column and still have 3 games left with the Cardinals.
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    Hopefully Caridad. Z, Dempster, Lilly, and Harden have had injury troubles this year, Gorzelanny is at 100 IP after only 57 last year, and Wells has already surpassed last year's IP by 20. There's barely any off days, so they could all use the rest, especially since there's not a whole lot distinguishing one from another.
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    Are you including the DP in which 2 outs were made in this game? Yes. He's tripled, walked, and GIDP in 20 PA's.
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    Since returning from the DL, Miles has made 19 outs in 20 Plate Appearances.
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    You're talking about doing something a player like Bonds or Soriano never does, bunt, every couple hundred at bats or so. And the maximum payoff is that they make it to first base. I'm okay with a manager ignoring that completely.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    Burke had an outfield assist at 1B. I'm going to assume he threw out a slow guy on a one hopper to him so it's more amusing to me. Carpenter finishes with 5 IP, 2 1B, 1 ER, 4/3 K/BB, 8-3 GO-FO.
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    But how many of our picks actually turn into something? How many of the top picks? At the very least, any 1st/2nd round pick should hold trade value in the first couple years of their professional career. Even if they never become big leaguers, they can be assets. The key is not offering them no-trade clauses. How many of our recent 1st/2nd rounders have we given no-trade clauses to? I know Samardzija, but outside of him, I don't know. None. And while it doesn't matter for the sake of this argument, Samardzija was a 5th rounder.
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