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In '06 Lee had a .690 Spring OPS. He then had a 1.062 OPS to start the year before his injury.

Range Factor is an awful defensive metric. Roberts isn't super defensively, but he's better than DeRosa.

The thing I can't believe is that they gave UCLA the ball after they hacked Anderson in the corner. I mean, you might be able to think that he wasn't fouled, but there's simply no way in the world he touched the ball last. Amazing shot by Shipp though.

The part about the author at the end(and the fact that he's a "guest columnist") makes me pretty sure it's satire. Art Garfamudis is a writer and secretary-treasurer of the baseball chapter of the SLWEA -- the Society for Leaving Well Enough Alone.

Bummer for Petrick. Maybe that means they like what they see out of Ascanio. Speaking of which, who knows where Ascanio stands with options?

Young is also not a shortstop, we'd be better off just playing DeRosa there.

It bears repeating, Marmol is only a reliever if you use him as one.

Who is Crane Kenney?

Fontenot: Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip sOPS+ tOPS+ Split +-+------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------------+ May 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 .500 291 298 May June 20 19 83 78 16 31 7 3 3 15 4 0 10 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 .397 .422 .679 1.101 .424 186 194 June July 23 17 79 71 7 15 0 0 0 6 6 0 16 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 .211 .269 .211 .480 .268 30 32 July August 23 12 62 53 4 11 3 1 0 7 9 0 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 .208 .323 .302 .624 .268 65 71 August Sept./Oct. 18 5 34 30 4 7 1 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .233 .294 .267 .561 .269 47 54 Sept./Oct.

I'm with you, except with the roles reversed. I'd like to see Ascanio put together a good spring and get the last bullpen slot.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings/spring?type=loc&year=2007 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings/spring?type=loc&year=2006 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings/spring?type=loc&year=2005

<3 LBJ

Prince needs a refresher course as to how this works. You get to be an indentured servant, then you make a little more, and then you can command more than your weight(that's right, a fat joke) in free agency. Shut up Prince, you're probably just irritable from meat withdrawal(two fat jokes in one post, ahaha).

The original chit chat thread was well over 1000 pages, it's a record that will never be broken most likely.

haha Mizzou, way to get outscored by about 50 points in the last 12 minutes you idiots

It's possible to still get value out of his career. The key is to keep him around for his peak years, limit the financial commitment, and be prepared to cut ties when he becomes expensive. Jacque Jones level production, at minimum wage, and as the 5th or 6th best bat on the team, isn't bad. That's especially true if he's a CF. You'd then have to commit financially to having greater production elsewhere. Ideally you'd trade him as he approaches 30 and before he hits his last year of arbitration. Maybe you can sucker some team into getting quality. But even if you just let him walk, by and large that would have to be considered a successful investment. the problem is, what if felix pie turns out to be a good everyday player. i mean, i guess that's not a problem, but colvin will in no way be good enough to man one of the corner spots. i suppose he could be a 4th outfielder, but I'd just rather trade him now before everyone realizes that he isn't that good. Fukudome and Soriano aren't going to allow him to play a role in the corner. If Felix turns out to be good, you trade Colvin. But that is a long way away, and by no means anything close to a certainty. As you pointed it, it's not really a problem. I look at it this way. I think Colvin is a low risk low reward guy right now. I think he's a safe bet to do something at the major league level. So, you try and strike gold with Pie for now, and keep letting Colvin develop - this also allows you to delay his arbitration clock, and makes it easier to keep him during what should be his peak years. Well considering we took him with our only pick out of the first 148 in the draft, I wouldn't exactly call it a low risk move. That's a bit of a different point, I mean we didn't have Soriano or Kosuke when we drafted Colvin.

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1824/benderdoomedlv3.jpg DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED! Now, now, perfectly symmetrical violence never solved anything.

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/02/29/michigan-womens-hoops-coach-kevin-borseth-flips-out-after-loss/

Thanks a bunch for doing that, it's great to hear the highlights for those who couldn't listen.

Even without Gallagher, the team has Zambrano, Lilly, Hill, Marquis, Dempster, Marshall, Hart, possibly Marmol, and anyone who might break out this year(Samardzija, Veal, Atkins, Holliman) as available starters. I agree with opposing this deal, but the one thing we certainly have is starting pitching depth(even if Gallagher is dealt) to make sure Les Walrond doesn't see Wrigley Field again without a ticket.

Anyone know how Ross is defensively in CF? This would be a great idea in many ways.

Kendall's a guy who's said in the past he intentionally doesn't try to hit for power, so I doubt it helps him in that area much. For getting on base, I think his declining bat speed has more to do with his suckitude than pitch recognition.

Hahaha. I'm glad that I wasn't logged in so I was able to see this gem. I don't see what's so crazy about that. His OBP was .377 last year. He's stating with certainty that Roberts will reach an OBP that he has only reached once. That's about 35 points above his career average, and Roberts has been over .350 only twice in his career. It's similar to saying Soriano is a shoo-in for a .360 OBP.

It's not that he's biased for a particular team, but he picks "something to watch for", and he OBSESSES over it the entire game, to the detriment of the broadcast. When Gamble was at OSU he did everything but update the viewer to what flavor Gatorade Gamble was drinking. Another example was his bizarre infatuation with Steve Breaston.

Musberger doesn't take sides? I'm pretty sure he's still trying to get the latest scoop on where Chris Gamble will be lining up every time he does an OSU game. He's awful.