Transmogrified Tiger
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When considering trading for a player it doesn't matter what he once was. It matters what you think he's going to do in the future. And to quote myself from before, Just off the top of my head, I'll take Pujols, Howard, Cabrera, Hafner, Wright over ARod any day of the week. I realize that you have to take a players position into account as well but you must take age into account as well. Where would you play Pronk? 1B. If Ryan Howard can play 1B, Pronk can too. I think if he were a viable option, Cleveland would've given him more of a shot considering their lack of first basemen. and dhed whom? There are some surprisingly bad DHs out there. He's played less than 5 games there in 2 years. And this year they had 6 different people play the position and Hafner was easily last on the list in PT(3+ games). -
When considering trading for a player it doesn't matter what he once was. It matters what you think he's going to do in the future. And to quote myself from before, Just off the top of my head, I'll take Pujols, Howard, Cabrera, Hafner, Wright over ARod any day of the week. I realize that you have to take a players position into account as well but you must take age into account as well. Where would you play Pronk? 1B. If Ryan Howard can play 1B, Pronk can too. I think if he were a viable option, Cleveland would've given him more of a shot considering their lack of first basemen.
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The two aren't mutually exclusive though. There's a difference between playing a bunch of close games, beating several good teams, and not losing at all; and playing a bunch of close games, not beating very many/any good teams, and getting whacked by the best team you played.
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OSU also beat some good teams that year. I suppose that would depend on your definition. They beat a decent Texas Tech team in the opening game, dominated Washington State in week 3 (easily their most impressive win as the Cougs went to the Rose Bowl that year) then didn't play anyone else worth a crap until October 19th when they edged Wisconsin by five (the Badgers went 8-6...then again, they lost to IU). (Along the way, they beat Cincinnati, who went .500, by four and Northwestern, who won three games, by 11.) They damn near lost to Penn State at home, who won 9 games but were far from world-beaters, should have lost to a 7-win Purdue team (that beat Western Michigan by four) in a game that was luckier than anything ND has had in the last two years, then had Illinois (5-7 that year) take them to OT, then needed one of the worst officiating calls of the last decade to win the national title. They beat Wazzou (10-3), Penn State (9-4), Michigan (10-3), and Miami (12-1). That's the difference between that OSU and Notre Dame. I could give a crap if teams almost win or barely win, it's about who you beat, and as of now that's 4 games in 1 season that are better wins than any of the 15* wins of the Charlie Weis era. *GT and PSU have a chance to make this standard, likely at the lower end.
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Thanks Serena. Can't say I agree with Pie being lower than Gomez and Martinez, and I think you could make a case for him being better than Fowler, Ellsbury, and to a lesser extent Rasmus. It's like they stopped paying attention to what happened to him at the All-Star break or something.
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OSU also beat some good teams that year.
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Would it be alright if someone posted the CF list? I'm curious to how Pie went from being a consensus Top-35 prospect in all of baseball to not making the top 10 for his position.
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Lou wants A-rod
Transmogrified Tiger replied to b_wiggy_66's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
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If we make a Prior+ for A-Rod deal and then the Yankees replace him with Mark DeRosa, I may not stop laughing until spring training.
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WS: Cardinals vs. Tigers
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UK1679666180's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
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Doesn't that quote imply that Daisuke will be posted pretty early in the offseason?
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Next week's Mizzou-Nebraska matchup is either at 11 AM or 7 PM. I think that means that if both teams win this week Gameday is heading to Lincoln. Either way though, not playing at 11 AM would be nice.
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Isn't a pitcher's prime a little later than a hitter's? I honestly don't remember, but if that is true then it lends more credence to Arroyo's big year being more a function of development than change in circumstances. And more to the point, getting a pitcher who in the past has been mediocre to bad in the past and hoping he'll improve is really not a smart route with the composition of this team. If you want to bank on a breakout season, then just stick Marshall or Marmol or Guzman or Mateo or Ryu there and save your money.
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On the other hand, I'm pretty sure Arroyo's stuff is significantly better than Lilly's, and the difference in age is a big deal. Arroyo came over after his age 28 season, Lilly(who is a FA btw) was 30 this year and is leaving his prime.
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Rivers threw a pick and lost a fumble this week.
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Releasing Prior to avoid paying his salary is the worst idea I have heard in quite some time.
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If Mizzou had beaten aTm there is no way Gameday would have passed you guys up. I'm still not understanding why they did. That's a significantly worse matchup, imo.
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I am not completely BCS literate so I was looking at the BCS poll and is Mchigan and USC tied for number 1 in the computer rankings? Basically, yes-they are not necessarily #1 in any individual poll, but they are completely tied right now overall in the computers. Actually, USC is #1 in 3 of the computer polls, Michigan is #1 in 2 of them, and OSU is #1 in the remaining one.
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Since you apparently want to tell us...what are you talking about?
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I am not completely BCS literate so I was looking at the BCS poll and is Mchigan and USC tied for number 1 in the computer rankings? There are 6 computer polls, they are tied for number 1 in the average of those(average 4, drop the best and worst rank). Here's how the computer averages rank: T-1. Michigan T-1. USC 3. Ohio State 4. Florida 5. Cal 6. Auburn 7. Rutgers 8. Notre Dame 9. Louisville 10. Arkansas 11. Tennessee 12. Boise State 13. Texas 14. West Virginia 15. Clemson T-16. Boston College T-16. Wisconsin 18. Washington State 19. Mizzou 20. LSU T-21. Oregon T-21. Texas A&M 26. Georgia Tech NR. Nebraska NR. Oklahoma
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Mizzou #20 in the new BCS. Take that pollsters.
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I'd guess he's going to get at least 50M. Let's face it...a team isn't going to pony up 25M-30M just for the rights to negotiate, and then lose him by playing hardball with the contract details. I think as a dominating 26 year old in this free agent market, he's going to get a great contract. They aren't going to lose him though. It's much more unlikely that Daisuke shows up his team and returns to Japan over a couple million. This year was Ichiro's 6th season and he's only made ~45 million.
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Johnson and Boldin don't get in the endzone and I'm gonna be 7-0. Not too many complaints about the first half of the season. Now if Roast and Uber would lose, that would be ideal. 2 games in front of everyone, 4 games in front of playoff hopefuls.
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Daisuke isn't going to get 60 mil contracturally, and if he does, then he'd be well worth the total investment because he'd be one of the best pitchers in the game.
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Too many people for not enough spots
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Transmogrified Tiger's topic in Fantasy Sports
I started Johnson by accident, awesome.
