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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    You should also compare stuff, which one has two outstanding above avg. pitches and which one has none. Obviously Wainwright has the hammer curve(I'm not sure I'd call any of his other pitches outstanding, especially as a starter), but the point I'm getting at is that Wainwright was far from a stud as a starting pitcher. Even with good stuff it's not an easy task to go from reliever to starter, and counting on him as the 2/3 in a rotation is a pretty shaky proposition.
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    Here's an interesting comparison. 2005, Age 24, AAA (PCL), second year in AAA 4.33 ERA 1.33 WHIP 7.00 K/9 2.83 BB/9 9.17 H/9 0.64 HR/9 2005, Age 24, AAA (PCL), second year in AAA 4.40 ERA 1.40 WHIP 7.27 K/9 2.52 BB/9 10.09 H/9 0.89 HR/9 Now, which one is Sergio Mitre, and which one is Adam Wainwright(the last year he was a SP), and more importantly, does it matter which one is which?
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    There's also the possibility the Bears don't score a touchdown...
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    Has MSU beaten Illinois in Champaign since the Lon Kruger era?
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    Who's the #3? Wainwright and Reyes are the 2 and the 3.
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    Quite a bit until DirecTV told me to F off. Oh, and we hijacked this thread. Guesstimate, just for argument's sake. Aside from the Cubs, how many games per team? 30? 50? 100?
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    Then what do you base your opinon on, their astrological signs? I knew I'd get a smarmy remark in about 15 seconds. I apologize for not basing my entire baseball opinion on numbers. So does every manager and coach in professional sports. BTW, when did I attack anyone in this thread previous to your reply? What DO you base your opinion off of then? State your case instead of just saying "Numbers, I don't like them". And tangentially, which is going to be more flawed, a defensive metric, or your recollection of all 30 teams defense/individual defensive reputation? I'm really (trust me) not trying to be a smart a** - but yea, I do base it off my personal observations more than what a stat sheet says. For defense, anyway. And honestly? I'd wager most managers agree with me on that. Do I know that for sure? No, but it's my opinion. And how much did you personally observe of all 30 teams last year?
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    Then what do you base your opinon on, their astrological signs? I knew I'd get a smarmy remark in about 15 seconds. I apologize for not basing my entire baseball opinion on numbers. So does every manager and coach in professional sports. BTW, when did I attack anyone in this thread previous to your reply? What DO you base your opinion off of then? State your case instead of just saying "Numbers, I don't like them". And tangentially, which is going to be more flawed, a defensive metric, or your recollection of all 30 teams defense/individual defensive reputation?
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    Yep. Oh, and yes - our defense is crappy. There's Lee...and...that's about it. Can't follow you there. We were 6th in defensive efficiency in '06, and 13th in '05 and '04.
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    Because Helton is very good at baseball.
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    I doubt this will make any difference whatsoever. Its not so much on when they choose their gameplan, but what they gameplan their plays to be. And we'll see their ability to execute on Sunday. I suppose. Wasn't there a player who never showed for the actual game last time the Super Bowl was in Miami? I'll always worry about that kind of stuff. Young guys, on top of the world---temptation can derail someone double quick. Barrett Robbins. He had a very serious mental illness.
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    Just quickly glancing at this, it seems like he looks at who has super-prospects close to the majors and judges entire systems based on that. Who does KC have besides Gordon and Butler? Who do the Yankees have besides Hughes? Both these systems, while strong at the top, are quite thin in terms of depth Luke Hochevar Chris Lubanski Zach Greinke Mitch Maier Justin Huber Tyler Lumsden Billy Buckner KC has a much better farm system than we do Hochevar hasn't pitched above A ball, Greinke's no longer a prospect, and Lumsden, Buckner, and Maier are all varying levels of meh. Lubanski looks like a solid prospect and Huber can rake(though I think he's been a hot prospect for about 31 years) though. Hochevar pitched in the AA playoffs. Was great one game and meh the other, that said we all think Jeff ND is a great prospect and in all reality he isn't anywhere near what Luke is. Agreed, I was speaking in the "near the major leagues" context of the previous posts when talking about Hochevar.
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    Just quickly glancing at this, it seems like he looks at who has super-prospects close to the majors and judges entire systems based on that. Who does KC have besides Gordon and Butler? Who do the Yankees have besides Hughes? Both these systems, while strong at the top, are quite thin in terms of depth Luke Hochevar Chris Lubanski Zach Greinke Mitch Maier Justin Huber Tyler Lumsden Billy Buckner KC has a much better farm system than we do Hochevar hasn't pitched above A ball, Greinke's no longer a prospect, and Lumsden, Buckner, and Maier are all varying levels of meh. Lubanski looks like a solid prospect and Huber can rake(though I think he's been a hot prospect for about 31 years) though.
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    Big game for Mizzou too. Pulling out a win in Manhattan and beating Nebraska at home gets us back to .500 and probably in the top half of the conference standings. If nothing else I hope the rematch has more flow, the near 60 foul, ~75 free throw fest was painful to watch.
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    How many dunks are UNC and Arizona going to get in the half court? That's at least 5 in the first 9 minutes, and I've been watching IU-Michigan mostly. Speaking of IU-UM, Indiana is blowing them out.
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    I thought the exact same thing. They just added a bit of bulk to some left over Jafar figurines.
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    Michigan's a paper tiger, that game won't be in doubt. MSU goes to Columbus today, hopefully they can make a game of it.
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    It's also mind numbingly boring to not compete against an opponent all year.
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    I hate hate hate hate hate hate this argument.
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    haha, wasted wolf still pulls out a Big Lebowski reference
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    Right on both accounts.
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    First of 3 consecutive sellouts at the Arena. Should be a fun atmosphere, hopefully Mizzou plays for a full 40 minutes at home.
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    Marquis
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    That might be mitigated by 55+ starts of Zambrano and Marquis though. zambrano's home runs are nice, but somewhat mitigated by the fact that he hit .151 and drew one walk last season. plus marquis hit 179/210/256 last year. i dont think they're mitigating much. Based on their careers, both of them should be significantly better at the plate next year than they were last year. career lines z=212/223/355 marquis marq= 223/241/316 I'm not saying that both of them are .700 OPS locks, but if I'm not mistaken even those lines are a good bit better than the average SP.
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    I'm not a statistics expert, but don't trend lines need to have the same amount of data points on either side of them? That would mean the trend line leads straight through the 79 win season, sloping upward.
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