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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    Only 60 votes? Plenty of people left to push Felix up to his rightful spot.
  2. Transmogrified Tiger
    Murton is a possible LF solution, whether that's full time or a platoon. Cedeno should be a backup middle infielder now that we are guaranteeing Izturis SS. Pagan is a good candidate for a backup OF spot, I wouldn't want to count on him to be part of a platoon. Marshall, Marmol, Hill: IMO 2 of these 3 should be in the rotation, the other probably should be dealt. Hill especially should be dealt if he gets left off. Guzman is insurance in the rotation, I've liked him for a bullpen role for some time. Mateo goes to AAA. O'Malley is hopefully never heard from again. Theriot could be in the mix for a backup IF spot. Can't have him and Cedeno on the same team though.
  3. Transmogrified Tiger
    Wow, that was Joe Morgan-esque.
  4. Transmogrified Tiger
    At this rate Felix might be at a .780 OPS by morning.
  5. Transmogrified Tiger
    Has been just about all year I believe, and he is tonight. Pie adds a walk in his second PA. EPatt is 0 for 1 with a walk.
  6. Transmogrified Tiger
    milb.com has 'em now too
  7. Transmogrified Tiger
    Is NSBB saying they'd rather have Veal or Gallagher? Considering age, production, position and tools Pie is the clear winner. It's more of a reward for the best season than a best prospect evaluation.
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    Again, Theriot has no power, but I see an OBP over .350 both of those years, compared to Cedeno's abysmal .270. And Theriot has been a better basestealer too, no? (Sorry, can't find his minor league SB stats) If you sent Cedeno down to AA I think you'd see him put up pretty good overall production. Even moreso if you started him at Peoria. But that's not the point. What I'm getting at is overall, Cedeno is the better asset, but Theriot fits our immediate needs better. Theriot in his minor league career was 115 for 154 in stolen bases, 74.6%. He seems to have alternated between real good and real bad in different seasons.
  9. Transmogrified Tiger
    About bloody time. Wonder what this does to minorleaguesplits.com. And for a positional player, Felix Pie
  10. Transmogrified Tiger
    When Theriot was as old as Cedeno is this year, he split the year between Lansing(.259/.353/.318/.671) and West Tennessee(.236/.351/.270/.621). Cedeno is(or should be viewed as) the more valuable commodity. However, for the purposes of being a middle infielder, Theriot being more advanced works to his advantage, so hopefully someone will see Cedeno's big helping of tools and potential and he can help bring in a more valuable player.
  11. Transmogrified Tiger
    2 IP 28 pitches
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    "On base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on base percentage.....the problem we have to address more than anything is the home run problem" If it weren't for my horse, if it weren't for my horse...
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    I'm setting a 90% probability that postgame discussion is dominated by Dusty leaving in Z too long, especially considering the game situation. wtg hitters though
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    Is he injured? ETA: I realize you meant his roster situation and that he's unlikely to get the roster nod, but I was wondering because I hadn't heard either way. I have to think something's wrong with him. He was out of the lineup for several days, and then EPatt got promoted.
  15. Transmogrified Tiger
    Poor Mike Fontenot
  16. Transmogrified Tiger
    Didn't need to be converted. Shh, I prefer to think my rants and raves are actually listened to.
  17. Transmogrified Tiger
    The obscene year not likely to repeat theory is the same with Soriano, no? Yep, although at least in that case you don't have to pay in players to get him. True, but if you go after Soriano, you have to give up prolly 2 draft picks, plus, IDK considering his agent, prolly have to give about $14-16 mill for five yrs. So, IMO, in the long run it is more expensive to go after Soriano then Wells, and their games isn't the far off. I'm not quite sure how the draft pick compensation would work. Remember that we would only be giving up one pick, because the extra sandwich pick isn't ours to begin with. And this year our first rounder is protected, lowering the value of that tradeoff.
  18. Transmogrified Tiger
    Well that's one convert to the Pie camp. You all should be ashamed of yourselves.
  19. Transmogrified Tiger
    Where'd you get the numbers? That's good stuff. Unfortunately, those percentages don't bode well for Harvey. In general, a player's BABIP should be roughly 110 points over their LD %(not an absolute by any sense, but a guideline. For example, speedy players often outperform their expected BABIP). Even in his hot months Harvey doesn't seem to be hitting all that many line drives(with an expected BABIP well under .300). On the plus side, his April-June LD% are so low it's scary, and hopefully flukish.
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    The obscene year not likely to repeat theory is the same with Soriano, no? Yep, although at least in that case you don't have to pay in players to get him.
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    Join. I'm weary of him too, but I'd still rather have Soriano than Lee. What about Vernon Wells? Vernon has made no secret that he is planning to leave Toronto after the 2007 season. I mean over the career, Soriano has posted a .280/.320/.500 season for his career, whereas Wells has posted .285/.330/..481. And Wells is regarded as one of the better defensive CFers in the game, whereas scouts/GMs acknowledge the fact that Soriano can play the position, just not as weel considering his athlethicism. Wells isn't that great in CF. He's a bit above average, but nothing special. Overall he's a good player, but acquiring him now means you're paying (players and dollars) for his obscene year that he's not likely to repeat (consistently at least). Not a very good allocation of resources IMO, especially considering Pie.
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    I dare you to make your pick IMB!
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    Join.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    This is exactly the point. If the peripherals don't show any change, then yes, it is the same as Neifi going through a hot streak. Maybe it means he's showing a little better ability to hit for average(too bad we don't have access to type of batted ball data, BK?), but as it pertains to Harvey, he'd need a lot more than that to compensate for his still poor plate discipline. Do you really think Harvey is going to become a .300 level hitter(or to word it without an arbitrary number, be significantly better at hitting for average) because of this adjustment? If you do, then we're just going to fundamentally disagree. Otherwise we're arguing a matter of degrees that he's going to improve without any changes in his BB's and K's.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    I don't think you're reading carefully if you think people are looking for negative all the time, especially when it comes to prospects and the posters who consistently post about them. You're putting words in my mouth. I never said anything was an absolute. The peripherals I'm talking about are his plate discipline, walks and K's. That's the stuff that needs improvement, with or without fluctuation in BABIP. Like I said, he's been better in August and he's also had the report of a shorter swing, so maybe he'll be able to build upon that. If he doesn't, then it's not going to matter that he has a shorter swing if he continues to avoid walks and K at that rate. Unless those peripherals improve, then Harvey needs to be a .300+ hitter at the major league level in order to be a worthwhile corner OF. That's where the BABIP comes in, because in all likelihood he's not going to be able to do that.
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