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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    Outstandingly worded.
  2. Transmogrified Tiger
    No one has LD% by split. And I have no idea why you'd want that anyway. To prove that once he starts to get hit, he gets lit up. I thought numbers told the whole story? That's a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's like asking for a team's record when they score fewer runs than the other team. No it isn't. I was asked to show numerically why I thought he struggled when others hit him hard and that's simply what I'm asking for. Yes it is. If Prior started to get hit and then was able to stop the bleeding, it wouldn't show up there, because he wouldn't have given up 4+ runs.
  3. Transmogrified Tiger
    No one has LD% by split. And I have no idea why you'd want that anyway. To prove that once he starts to get hit, he gets lit up. I thought numbers told the whole story? That's a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's like asking for a team's record when they score fewer runs than the other team.
  4. Transmogrified Tiger
    No one has LD% by split. And I have no idea why you'd want that anyway.
  5. Transmogrified Tiger
    What's even more staggering is that I'm pretty sure the vast majority of pitchers have worse numbers with men on base just because of the nature of the situation. Throwing from the stretch, good hitters coming after one another, etc.
  6. Transmogrified Tiger
    Darren Holmes, wow that name takes me back to the video games of my youth.
  7. Transmogrified Tiger
    You are mistaken. EVERYTHING included, Prior made 15.725 million as a Cub from 2002-2007.
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    Too bad Sabean's a moron and signed Rowand, Pie + Marshall might've gotten us in a conversation about Cain or Lincecum. I still like the idea of using Marshall + Pie to get a pitcher though.
  9. Transmogrified Tiger
    It's been said already, but still... ahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaaha
  10. Transmogrified Tiger
    No kidding. Easily above average at all 3 OF spots, the best defender in the game at SS, an elite defensive 1B, and above average D at 3B and C.
  11. Transmogrified Tiger
    How do you figure? Bedard struck out almost 40 more batters in 13 fewer innings last year, against much tougher hitters. How so? AL hitters- .270/.338/.423 NL hitters- .266/.334/.422 He made two starts against Boston, two against Cleveland, three against the Yankees. That's a decent chunk of his innings. Hill pitched in the worst division in baseball. Hill made 4 starts against Milwaukee, 2 against Philadelphia, and another against the Mets.
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    Hill(2007) and Bedard(2006) at age 27: 3.76 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 7.84 K/9, 2.48 K/BB, 121 ERA+ v. 3.92 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 8.45 K/9, 2.90 K/BB, 119 ERA+ If the upper line is Hill's, and the lower is Bedard's, then you've actually proved my point. And Bedard did that facing MUCH better hitters. The only advantage that Hill enjoys is an ERA advantage, and that is to be expected from a pitcher in the worst division in baseball versus one in the best. The upper line is Bedard, the lower line is Hill. Either way, they're remarkably similar at the same age. Considering Hill's contract and injury history relative to Bedard's, it'd make sense that he's the more valuable commodity.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    I'm in there with you. Rich Hill and Erik Bedard are the same guy stat-wise (w/Hill actually a bit better) through age 27. Hill probably won't match Bedard's age 28 season, but then he may pitch after August as well. Hill is a year younger, has a healthier history with no past abuse, has two more seasons under the Cubs' control, and may end up just as good or better the next 3-4 years. I'd be all for getting Bedard, but using Hill to do it would be a step backward. Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but it looks like Bedard trumps Hill in every category last year, and Bedard is pitching in the harder league. I don't get why dealing Hill for Bedard would be a step backward? The answer, my friend is bolded. We have a pretty significant history of grossly overvaluing our own prospects. Oh, yes, I've been there. Kelton, Choi, Bobby Hill, Brendan Harris, Todd Wellemeyer, CPatt, Jackson Melian, Matt Bruback... they were all, at one time or another, the next big thing. Truth is, Hill is a solid prospect. But, is trading him for a guy who had better numbers in the much tougher league really a step backward? I don't quite think so. Of course, I am pretty nearly always in the minority here. Hill(2007) and Bedard(2006) at age 27: 3.76 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 7.84 K/9, 2.48 K/BB, 121 ERA+ v. 3.92 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 8.45 K/9, 2.90 K/BB, 119 ERA+
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    http://www.pantagraph.com/content/articles/2007/07/19/sportsextra/doc469fe5ac6b57f677190848.jpg Everett is actually a good defender though, unlike Mr. RGI who ran on reputation for years before he became a Cub.
  15. Transmogrified Tiger
    Sabean looks like he's going to race Colletti to the bottom of the NL West. He has a head start from when Colletti started, but to be fair he did that himself.
  16. Transmogrified Tiger
    Wow does it suck to be O_O. 3rd overall in points, and he somehow is the odd man out in the 3-way tie for the last two playoff spots. Anyways, I take on Wolf and IMB takes on Tobias. Let the trash talk begin.
  17. Transmogrified Tiger
    What a remarkably inefficient thing to do.
  18. Transmogrified Tiger
    That list of Guzman, Petrick, Harben doesn't really sound equivalent to Marshall to me. Zambrano, Lilly, Hill, Marquis, Marshall, Dempster, Marmol, and Hart(with Veal, Atkins, Samardzija, and Holliman as options if they break out) is enough depth for me.
  19. Transmogrified Tiger
    Possible. The Jays might want to get out of that deal enough to accept less than normal. But they take back Marquis and DeRosa, so they don't really get much salary relief. I guess they get out of all of his '09 salary, but I really doubt that suggested package would make it worth it.
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    Well, trusting you guys for advice served me well last week(I still lost, thanks Minnesota defense), now I find myself in a similar situation. I'm another <5 point performance away from hiring a hit on Palmer(@ SF), and I have a decent option behind him in Anderson(v. Buffalo). I have Houshmandzadeh and Braylon Edwards, so I have a connection with either QB. Who do you start?
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    Michael Young is not a SS defensively, and his offense is a product of Arlington.
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    YAY
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    No deal if we're not allowed to play with a SS anymore.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    I have a hard time believing we have the chips necessary to pull out that "dream" scenario of Fukudome, Figgins, Roberts, and Blanton. In terms of money and players given up it doesn't make much sense. Pie would have to headline one deal, Marshall another, and Murton+Gallagher a third. So for example, Pie+Cedeno+lower tier minor leaguer gets us Roberts, Murton+Gallagher+lower tier minor leaguer gets us Figgins, and Marshall+Prior gets us Blanton. It drains us of pretty much all our tradable assets, and even those packages might not be enough.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    I loathe the word fundamentals.
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