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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    Could've gone to pretty much any RH hitter and left Griffey in the OF next inning.
  2. Transmogrified Tiger
    Good news is that Braun's home run will only tie the game
  3. Transmogrified Tiger
    --From the Star Ledger Maybe they just want him to get exposure to the major league environment. He's already on the 40-man roster and the option clock has already started, so there's nothing to lose by bringing him up when rosters expand. In fact, he's the only player currently on the 40-man who has not yet appeared in the majors. Nitpick; Coats, Mateo, Novoa(though he's been hurt all year) I think he means ever, not just 2007, hence the option clock reference.
  4. Transmogrified Tiger
    If you take Game Thread chatter seriously, well, that's a problem.
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    --From the Star Ledger Maybe they just want him to get exposure to the major league environment. He's already on the 40-man roster and the option clock has already started, so there's nothing to lose by bringing him up when rosters expand. In fact, he's the only player currently on the 40-man who has not yet appeared in the majors. You know, except for those pesky ballgames we gotta play. I hope we don't bring Samardzija up, lets let him continue to gain confidence in his game in AA instead of getting roughed up in the majors. The minor league seasons are over when the rosters expand. There's not much harm in letting him be with the big league team for the last month, with the bullpen depth we'll have in quality and in sheer numbers b/c of the call-ups, he won't be needed for anything crucial unless he shows he can handle it.
  6. Transmogrified Tiger
    Yeah, it's free live scoring according to the site. Roast actually used it last year, he may be able to better say how useful it is.
  7. Transmogrified Tiger
    Reading the "f you Pierre" thread is almost therapeutic. http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8099/dumbasspierrekz8.jpg
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    If Mizzou scores only 7 points against Illinois and Daniel isn't in the hospital, then I give up college football.
  9. Transmogrified Tiger
    Yep, Vance is right.
  10. Transmogrified Tiger
    Cut For Cap Space QB - Carson Palmer QB - Alex Smith RB - Joseph Addai RB - Maurice Jones-Drew RB - Cadillac Williams RB - DeAngelo Williams WR - Reggie Wayne WR - TJ Houshmandzadeh WR - Braylon Edwards WR - Jerricho Cotchery TE - Ben Watson
  11. Transmogrified Tiger
    DeAngelo Williams - RB - Carolina
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    Carlos Silva? Why would we want to give him a long term deal? He's not an awful pitcher, but no K's, a lot of HR, and decidedly sub-par numbers away from the turf. And who are the others? That's kinda the point. I agree it'd be better to allocate resources that way, but that type of pitcher just isn't really available. If Silva's the type of guy we're paying 4 years, 30-45 million too, I'll take my chances with Z's health.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    Who are the two 45 million dollar pitchers? Even with the ability to use Marshall + prospects that can be dealt because of depth created by the picks Z got us, I don't see it.
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    I think a much better comparison would be to the same age bracket as Z, rather than guys who signed similar contracts later in their careers. Extra credit to examples who threw a bunch of innings early in their careers like Z.
  15. Transmogrified Tiger
    Maximum efficiency in handling Carlos' situation became impossible quite a while ago. There's a threshold where the shorter length of his time before free agency works against him in two ways. One, that teams aren't as willing to give up as much for him, and second, that any extension he gets will go farther than a team should be comfortable extending a pitcher. With that in mind, the choice is between: Draft picks + 12 million in this year's FA class Z at this contract, with the very real risk he'll break down and be unproductive and expensive by the end of the deal The lesser return you could get for Z in trade + 12 million in this year's FA class There isn't a no-brainer option there. Dealing him would seem to be the least realistic proposition, especially with how tightly GM's were hoarding prospects this deadline. Choosing between signing Z and letting him leave, I think they made the right call. Considering the FA class, our current rotation situation and who is in house to perform in the rotation, as well as Z himself(age, injury history, repertoire, etc), I think it's much more likely that we'd be unable to replace Z in the short term than his contract becoming a force that keeps a large market team like ours from making necessary moves.
  16. Transmogrified Tiger
    Eddie Lewis could be joining him in Derby from Leeds.
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    He doesn't.
  18. Transmogrified Tiger
    Please tell me they're saving Marmol for Pujols in the 9th.
  19. Transmogrified Tiger
    The same way Comedy Central did.
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    Why is Hill hitting for himself at 107 pitches?
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    Seriously?
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    R/L DeRosa will probably go to RF, Fontenot to 2B
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    If you were going to take Marquis out at the first baserunner, you probably should've PH for him last inning.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    An IsoP of .162 would rank T-95th of 175 qualified hitters. It would be T-37th of 62 qualified OF. It would be 12th of 22 qualified CF. Not above average, and on the lower end of "average" depending on how semantical you want to be.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    Actually the whole system treads mighty close to collusion, IMO. Competitors are not allowed to work together to suppress or inflate prices, and obstruct market forces. The only free market in baseball is free agency.
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