Transmogrified Tiger
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This is the difference/problem. I can't think of any other park that has a portion of seating that attracts/caters to that type of fan. I like the proposed idea for fining people heavily who are caught throwing stuff. It really needs to stop, especially since it only takes one or a couple people for it to snowball out there.
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I don't know, but I'm angry enough at him overperforming that I'm going to believe it whether it's true or not. -
I feel bad that nobody knows cheapseats well enough to know whether he's kidding or not, he's a good enough poster that people should realize he's gone all opposite day in this thread.
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Yeah, because trading a crappy catcher and a minor league relief pitcher for a guy who has been solid in 11 out of his 12 MLB years is always a bad idea. what is your definition of "solid"? He's been a below average hitter in 5 of his last 7 seasons, including an awful year this year. By all accounts he's not very good defensively. Based on what, the almighty OPS+? If you look at his average and his OBP, he hasn't been anywhere near below average. He's not a power hitter... most baseball players aren't. yeah, OPS+ sucks...batting average is clearly where it's at. If you want to look at one stat to determine how good a player is, go for it. OPS+ says that Jason Kendall has been barely, just barely, above average during his career. If you really believe that... well, I don't know what to tell you. Thing is, you have to consider the fact that kendall is at a position chock full of guys way below league average. That is not factored into OPS+. No dude, OPS+ is all that matters. Nothing else is important. NOTHING. Kendall was 2nd to last among qualified catchers in OPS last year, and was last in 2005.
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No, Rich and Koyie Hill for Kendall and Barton.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-16-2007
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Has it been 10 days yet? It's time for Pie to come back. -
Bowen. One of Soto or Hill will probably get demoted/DFA'ed for Kendall.
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I'd rather have a guy who might hit .280-.300 with a .350-.380 OBP (just potential not that he will or I expect him to) and every single hit is a single than watch the crap that has been going out there evry day lately. I can't imagine the catcher position has been much better than .200/.250/.300 since Barrett got traded. Guess who's been worse than a .550 OPS this year? Kendall.
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Finally got it to work. Kendall was dead last of all qualified hitters in IsoP each of the last 2 years, and is 3rd from last this year.
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Why in the world is Bonds not hitting?
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Well, he accumulated those numbers when he was good and on the Pirates Yeah. But are you really ready to just conclude that he's done based off of one bad year out of twelve? Seriously, Kendall has been a good player for 11 out of 12 years. I'm not going to deny his suckiness this year, but I'm also not going to assume that it will continue (especially when you look at his last month and a half). No, he's been bad for several years. He hasn't had an OPS+ of 100 or better since 2004. No he hasn't. Just because he doesn't hit for power doesn't make him bad. I don't think you understand how few extra bases Kendall hits. ESPN's not working with the sorting, but I'm relatively confident he's the worst in baseball in IsoP, at least bottom 5.
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sarcasm? if not, your evaluation of "total garbage" is quite interesting. Considering abuck's history of trashing Hill at every corner, I wouldn't be surprised.
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Well, he accumulated those numbers when he was good and on the Pirates Yeah. But are you really ready to just conclude that he's done based off of one bad year out of twelve? Seriously, Kendall has been a good player for 11 out of 12 years. I'm not going to deny his suckiness this year, but I'm also not going to assume that it will continue (especially when you look at his last month and a half). No, he's been bad for several years. He hasn't had an OPS+ of 100 or better since 2004.
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Kendall's IsoP hasn't been higher than .071 in 5 years. It's just unacceptable, Jose Macias hit for more extra bases.
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I traded for Correia in Baseball Mogul and he lost Game 7 of the World Series. You owe me one Kevin.
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Soto isn't a real prospect. He's had a hot hand, but it's not like he's been penciled in at C for the big league ever. Needless venom here. No. Soto was always a guy who was slated to be a MLB catcher in some capacity because of his defense and ability to take a walk. Now that he's repeating a level he's more age appropriate and he's raking the ball, meaning he's a possibility to be a future starter.
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Hill's gonna get pinch hit for when he potentially could throw a complete game. Nevermind, thanks Koyie, I guess.
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I don't think you get much scrappier than two time world series champion Craig Counsell. You can't spell Gruff without Graffanino and a U.
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In all seriousness, he TRIES to just hit singles. He's talked about it to the media. The bright spot would be that he's been ridiculously unlucky BABIP-wise, so maybe he can bring that up to the baseline of what Soto would've given us.
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He's had a decent to great OBP every year since 2001. He's been horrible this year which worries me, but otherwise what's to hate about him. Because his OPS is lower than ARam's SLG this year. He's publicly said he doesn't try to hit for power, so for several years he's been pretty much a guarantee of a sub .700 OPS. His body is broken down from catching all these years and previous injuries, and there's nothing to get excited about defensively. This is exactly like the Cesar Izturis trade, exactly. Except we're not giving up anything particularally significant. Not saying Kendall is good or anything, but we're not giving up Maddux. Okay, aside from the fact that Bowen/Blevins wouldn't have netted us soemthing better, it's exactly the same. I was talking about the mindset that led Hendry to go after these garbage players.
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He's had a decent to great OBP every year since 2001. He's been horrible this year which worries me, but otherwise what's to hate about him. Because his OPS is lower than ARam's SLG this year. He's publicly said he doesn't try to hit for power, so for several years he's been pretty much a guarantee of a sub .700 OPS. His body is broken down from catching all these years and previous injuries, and there's nothing to get excited about defensively. This is exactly like the Cesar Izturis trade, exactly.
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Very good relief numbers in AA this year. Probably will be a serviceable MLB reliever, not really worth getting irate over unless your team is getting Jason Kendall.
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Screw you Hendry. Honestly, Jason Kendall? JASON KENDALL.
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He'd lead MLB in OPS if he had enough PA's to qualify.
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It's starting to piss me off.
