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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    Then what is it? And why is it so awful?
  2. Transmogrified Tiger
    Can you even explain what UZR's methodology is?
  3. Transmogrified Tiger
    I don't know about soft and scared of contact, but I had read that he's a great athlete without a real football position. He could be anything from a running back to a wideout to any defensive back to even a linebacker or tight end, but he may not be any good at any of those positions.
  4. Transmogrified Tiger
    I love EDSBS.
  5. Transmogrified Tiger
    I'm going to take credit for Freeman signing since we made a point to chant his name to him across the student section at the basketball game during his visit. And Richardson is a Tiger, score.
  6. Transmogrified Tiger
    They recently extended the amount of A and B guys you can sign this offseason because the market is flooded. As of last week or so, the Yankees(or anyone else) are pretty much uninhibited by the limit.
  7. Transmogrified Tiger
    I just want Sheldon Richardson to sign on the dotted line for Mizzou. I don't think that's too much to ask.
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    So, in reality, the only reason that BA was significantly worse than MB was because Texas DH'd MB. I'd take Abreu over MB because there's almost no risk associated with him. Ditto for Adam Dunn. I don't like a lot of risk in production positions. For the third time, Bradley is at least an average defender, and probably above average. Even if last year was a defensive aberration(age, injury, reputation, and past performance aren't really on his side), he's still been regressing for SIX straight years on the whole. Bradley equaled 2007 Abreu with the A's in 96 games. Even with injury he's a 2-3 win player(plus whatever we get out of his injury replacement), and Abreu's a question mark to be worth even 2 wins going forward.
  9. Transmogrified Tiger
    Even if you consider Miles a SS, you're better off with Wigginton + whatever SS you want to recycle(I'm sure we could've gotten somebody's good glove-no-hit SS in AAA for Rich Hill) than Miles + whoever we're getting for this last bench bat. Justin Sellers? I was thinking of someone who had actually gotten to play in AAA, and maybe done better than a .255/.333/.367/.700 line in the Texas League.
  10. Transmogrified Tiger
    Even if you consider Miles a SS, you're better off with Wigginton + whatever SS you want to recycle(I'm sure we could've gotten somebody's good glove-no-hit SS in AAA for Rich Hill) than Miles + whoever we're getting for this last bench bat.
  11. Transmogrified Tiger
    I've told you, throughout his career Bradley has rated at least average defensively, sometimes substantially above average. And like I've said, even if Bradley only plays half a season cause his legs can't take it out there, he still provides more value than Abreu does because Abreu gives back all his value with horrendous defense. If you really think that Bradley would go from good/very good defensively to Abreu-esque awful over a full season, I don't know what to tell you.
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    Abreu gives away most of his value defensively, and Bradley is an average defender at least. Abreu was worth 12.8 runs last year, offense + defense. He played 156 games, and his value has trended downard since at least 2002. Bradley was worth 43.2 runs last year, although he didn't have much opportunity to create or lose value defensively(career numbers have him very good in RF). His worst season in the last 6 years was 2005, where he was worth 20 runs for the Dodgers. He played only 75 games.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    Abreu is not good. Bradley is just as valuable as Abreu even if Milton only plays 80 games.
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    From what I can gather, he seems like another Wuertz in terms of stuff.
  15. Transmogrified Tiger
    They said Samardzija was going to Iowa to start long before they got Heilman.
  16. Transmogrified Tiger
    Josh Kroeger was a former 4th rounder who did nothing but hit as a Cub. He left as a free agent because the Cubs never needed him badly enough(at least in their estimation to roster him, with LH bench bats like Hoffpauir, Fuld and Pie already being on the 40 man. Speaking of, Robnett looks pretty redundant with Fuld on the roster. The Cubs organization seems to value the little energy guy too much, from the draft(using worthwhile picks on Campana, Harrison, Leon Johnson, to a lesser extent Darwin Barney) to trading for guys like Robnett to signing guys like Gathright. It makes their reluctance to go to Fuld for a bench spot even more puzzling.
  17. Transmogrified Tiger
    Looper left for Free Agency, and Garcia is missing all of '09 with TJS. Walters was pretty subpar in AAA last year. Todd is a good prospect, but they may not rush him and would likely choose someone like Thompson or a FA retread they think Duncan can fix over him. Still, the point was mainly that their ace would be someone who's probably not going to be on the mound, and their 2-3-4 is Lohse, Wellemeyer, and Piniero, not good. They're using the '06 Cubs model of "I really hope everything goes right" for the rotation.
  18. Transmogrified Tiger
    The Cardinals' is easy. Pujols' elbow gives out. Otherwise, they have a ton of depth, especially position players. They might be better off if a few guys get hurt and give some prospects a chance. If Wainwright gets hurt(he had arm troubles in the minors and missed 10 starts last year with a finger problem), their rotation is Carpenter(< 25 IP the last 2 years combined), Lohse, Wellemeyer, Piniero, and I don't know, Brad Thompson? They have Wallace and his 200 professional at bats I guess, and Skip Schumaker is a decent 4th OF I guess, but they aren't going to be better off with injuries or even closer to that.
  19. Transmogrified Tiger
    Welcome Maclowery! Good to see you here.
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    Because he's got the tools that impress scouts but not the production that impresses numbers people? BP has him as a 5-Star Prospect.
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    I think you've got to keep Guzman. Odds are they'll be similar performance-wise, and if you don't have either(Guzman hurt, Wuertz traded), it's not difficult to find someone like Ascanio or Stevens to put up similar numbers. Plus Guzman gives you the best likelihood to be significantly better than projected. Maybe if we're deciding between them for the 8th or 9th inning role, but for the 3rd/4th righty in the pen, it's worth that small gamble.
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    That was most definitely a worst case scenario. All things told, the Cubs took a half step back this offseason. Partially due to crummy decisions, and partially due to circumstance(Wood being a no-win situation, payroll restrictions). The thing is, the rest of the division(that we won by 8 games last year, 11 in Pythagorean) either treaded water or got worse. The Cubs are still in great position to win the division and the NL. It's fine to be upset with how the offseason has gone, it wasn't a very good one, but to extrapolate that to think the Cubs have significantly damaged their playoff chances because of it is not looking at things in perspective.
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    I won't believe it until I see Ramgod with an LSU hat on.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    We already did that by depending on a injury prone pitchers like rich harden, Carlos Zambrano and Ted Lilly and trading for Kevin Gregg and Aaron Heilman. Meanwhile the Cards traded for the greatest SS ever. You don't know how close to true you are. Things could go very bad very quickly for the Cubs Harden pulls a Prior Z is a shell of himself after all the Dusty innings pile up Dempster becomes Dempster Lilly stays the same Kevin Gregg couldn't throw strikes last year and Lou hates relief pitchers who cannot throw strikes Marmol had a terrible winter in the Caribbean If Bradley goes down Fukudome moves back to RF and we have The Car Hopper and Facial Hair manning CF It's a worst case but it's not that far outside of the realm of possiblility Now do that for other teams too.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    Holy karma.
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