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Mizzou down 3 early at Purdue. ESPN 360 sucks. The video looks terrible in the fullscreen, and it flickers out for a second every couple minutes.
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Vernon Wells No way that happens. Jones is no beast. Marshall and Mateo might bring a fourth OF type (ie Ryan Church). A mid-high range prospect? Pie? Wells is a rental they know they won't be able to keep. And personally, I wouldn't make that deal. The difference between Jones and Wells isn't Marshall+Mateo+mid level prospect -
yeah, this does not matter at all. Sure it does. I'm not trying to say Gordon's going to flame out Brooks Kieschnick style, but in the context of next season's offense he's far from a lock to put up great production. Look at Miguel Cabrera, his first full season of at bats(after putting up better numbers than Gordon in AA) was a little over an .800 OPS. Nothing terrible, but not that good for expected middle of the order production.
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Really? Berroa and LaRue are black holes, Grudz isn't any good, Sweeney's coming off a subpar half season, Brown's a platoon player, and Gordon doesn't have a single MLB at bat. It's not a lock to be terrible, but it's nothing admirable really. But you want Pie to start in CF for the Cubs. I cant say I agree with anything you said right there. Pay attention to the context of what's being said. I want Pie in CF at the bottom of the order to break him in, and deal with whatever highs and lows he puts up. Gordon is being counted on to be a middle of the order beast in order for the offense to be good. Care to explain why you disagree with anything else I said? Brown is essentially Jones from the other side of the plate, Berroa is terrible, LaRue has a career OPS+ of 90 and is coming off a 65 OPS+ as he turns 33(and catchers aren't known to age well), and Sweeney was just a statement of fact, he wasn't all that good and he didn't play very much. And to all, the point with Grudz is that he's not good enough to hit at the top of the order. He's not a drag on the lineup, but you want/need to keep him at the bottom of the lineup, and you've already got LaRue and Berroa sucking it up down there too.
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Really? Berroa and LaRue are black holes, Grudz isn't any good, Sweeney's coming off a subpar half season, Brown's a platoon player, and Gordon doesn't have a single MLB at bat. It's not a lock to be terrible, but it's nothing admirable really.
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I don't think he has, and I don't think he's a better option than Marquis.
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Okay then, so why would a guy, Depodesta for example, be a better choice? Do you think Depodesta recognizes the need for a balance of two worlds? Wasn't he instrumental in cutting a lot of Oakland's scouts? Seems to me that he may not recognize that balance either. I am in total agreement with you though. You need to look at both, and then try and make the best decision. I'm not the one who suggested DePo(or anyone for that matter). I will say that given that much of the stats/scouts thing is stats fighting for market share(for lack of an appropriate term) in terms of acceptance by front offices, that I would prefer that the head be a more stat-oriented person. That way since most of baseball's executive infrastructure is made up of scouts, "baseball men", etc., a check and balance situation can occur with someone who holds a differing POV being at the top.
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I don't doubt that Hughes is a fantastic scout. I'm sure that he has a near unparalleled eye for talent. But that's not what a GM does. I don't really care if people have qualms about statistical evaluations, it's not perfect, etc. etc. My problem is when people dismiss things out of hand without exploring their value. From both the quotes in the roundtable and that Bruce provided, I don't think there's any reason to expect that if Hughes were the GM he'd put very much stock into true statistical analysis(not just "hey this guy has an OBP higher than that guy, he must be better"). I guess you could say that since he's always been on the scouting end that he's never needed to explore that, but since as a GM you need a balance of the two and Hughes doesn't really show a respect for that balance, he'd be a very poor choice for GM.
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It's one sentence among an article about Bonds signing with SF. Link It's just repeating the previous rumors.
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The 2006-2007 Chicago Bulls Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
Iverson can't shoot. -
Iwamura
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Yep, that's the one.
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I don't disagree. been saying that since June. but I don't understand why now is the time. Because now it's becoming more clear how much Moore values guys that have the physical makeup to be great players, even if the performance aspect isn't there.
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I just threw up a little in my mouth. Why is that? Because his comments in the past have shown a startling lack of ability in how to be a good GM. It'd be comical if he wasn't already on our team.
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Time to put together a package of toolsy position players and pitchers with good stuff for DeJesus.
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Fun Fact: Baldelli is only a week older than Murton.
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His standup isn't that bad. I like it when he talks about getting beat up by his girlfriend and when his mom splashes him with holy water.
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What do you think it would take? I dunno. If they really are disillusioned with him and think of Young as their #1, maybe we don't need to sell the farm. I'd pull no punches trying to get him though. You want Hill? Sure. Pie? Veal? Murton? None of those guys are off limits.
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If Peavy is remotely available, go all out to get him.
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Yes.
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no, please keep that door closed I felt just like that about Suppan but some pointed out his numbers and he wasn't that bad. Post all-star last year he had a 2.5ish era. so because of that we're willing to overlook the other 10 years that he was just an average pitcher? He is what he is, don't go fooling yourself into thinking he's good. Did you not just say: "I guess I value a league-average pitcher who has made all his starts for five years in a row."? not for 4/$40M I don't But you do for 2/$22 + several trading chips?
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no, please keep that door closed I felt just like that about Suppan but some pointed out his numbers and he wasn't that bad. Post all-star last year he had a 2.5ish era. so because of that we're willing to overlook the other 10 years that he was just an average pitcher? He is what he is, don't go fooling yourself into thinking he's good. Did you not just say: "I guess I value a league-average pitcher who has made all his starts for five years in a row."?
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Kazumi Saito
Transmogrified Tiger replied to PrimeTime's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Didn't he already re-up in Japan? -
Honestly, how do they get away with this stuff? I saw Holy Cross called for a 5 second call when Paulus was 5 feet away from the guy, and I saw a basket get taken away for interference when a Duke guy tipped it. It's obscene.
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He pounded the ball in the second half, and his .060 IsoD is far from a disaster.
