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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    Oh no, let's not obsess about what hand Slaton is holding the ball with.
  2. Transmogrified Tiger
    BP's metrics have Sizemore as only average(100 rate, -1 FRAA). The Count the Rings blog had him well behind Hunter near the All-Star break.
  3. Transmogrified Tiger
    West Virginia is painfully one-dimensional. Seriously, it's like a high-school offense on steroids. Make him throw the ball.
  4. Transmogrified Tiger
    Nope, he's a FA after '07 Wells is a nice player, but I don't like him for our circumstances.
  5. Transmogrified Tiger
    3 fumbles inside the first 3 minutes of the second half, two by Slaton, the last which is taken to the house by Louisville.
  6. Transmogrified Tiger
    Greg Schiano is trying to drown me with coachspeak.
  7. Transmogrified Tiger
    NITPICK: Verlander is a RHP
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    Were there any reports of EPatt's declining defense during the season? I don't remember them aside from BA repeating their previous reports that he wasn't fantastic there. I don't think a bad 2 week spell in the AFL is grounds enough to move EPatt off 2B.
  9. Transmogrified Tiger
    Holy crap, Jeff Wolfert is a semi-finalist for the Groza award. Dude walked on this year after being a diver last year.
  10. Transmogrified Tiger
    Not particularly. Yeah, a bench full of DHs will do the trick. Clearly, the only alternatives are a bench full of DHs and bench full of guys who can suck at 7 positions.
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    Not particularly.
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    I was going to get registered to vote absentee, but I got sent the wrong paperwork too late.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    Protection isn't usually ever a factor. As far as having a metric to measure it's effect? My memory is that metrics tend to show that it doesn't matter how you construct a lineup in terms of the batting order and its productivity. Could be wrong, though. Actually, that was the perceived thought until 3 of the foremost sabermetric minds published The Book Batting order does matter. Having not read The Book, is it talking about lineup construction as it pertains to overall team production, or protection in the lineup leading to better performance for an individual hitter?
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    Yes, there's a tourney for the national title.
  15. Transmogrified Tiger
    Figgins isn't good.
  16. Transmogrified Tiger
    Cavs win, 1.22% of the way to 82-0
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    I guess the question would be what qualified for a genuine interest in signing him. Would offering Matsuzuka a 6/30 deal qualify as genuine? I don't know and I don't know if the commisioner would agree or not. Definitely, Daisuke has no room to complain about a 6/30 deal. That wouldn't be a bad deal for a team. Submit a 50 million posting fee and then offer Daisuke 6/30. At worst, you have him for a cost of 80 million which is like 13 million a season. That's cheaper than offering a 30 million posting fee and then paying him 10 million a season. He may turn it down, but then he's kept from signing elsewhere. The only damage may be that he won't negotiate with that team when he returns as a FA next season. That's not taking advantage of the system though. If a team won with a 30 million bid, they could (and should) offer him a deal like that. Look at Ichiro for an example of a posted player's initial contract.
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    I guess the question would be what qualified for a genuine interest in signing him. Would offering Matsuzuka a 6/30 deal qualify as genuine? I don't know and I don't know if the commisioner would agree or not. Definitely, Daisuke has no room to complain about a 6/30 deal.
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    From the highlights they showed on ESPN, I gather that Dwight Howard enjoys spinning.
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    Someone has brought that up in the past, probably even this thread. The commissioner's office would probably get involved if someone made a very large posting bid without genuine intent to sign Matsuzaka to a decent deal.
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    Right. I don't think his quote necessarily implied that it was his choice though.
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    seems that either he or I does not understand the posting process. Maybe he means "most appropriately evaluates my ability" = bids the most. Probably a translation/language thing.
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    There are worse gambles than Garcia. Financially he may be troublesome, because I wouldn't want to count on him as the best SP acquisition(meaning still go after Daisuke/Schmidt/Zito), but he's due 10 million this year.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    Neither is Aramis Ramirez, but we're hearing a lot about him. Not hearing too many Ramirez trade proposals, though.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    Pierre's a free agent.
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