Transmogrified Tiger
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How are they anything alike other than getting big signing bonuses? Brownlie was coming off of injuries that he never really bounced back from. Big signing bonuses that won't be lived up to. I'm not that impressed with Samardzija, he doesn't have great velocity, and he didn't have very good numbers either of the last two years. I guess I don't see why he was even a projected top 20 pick. He's been in the 92-96 most of the season and has topped out at 99 multiple times this past season. He's projected as a top 20 pick because of his fastball velo and his ceiling, which he obviously came nowhere near since he spent so little time on baseball. Huh, I remembered wrong about the fastball, that's good news. Either way though, I'm not very optimistic about giving him 8 million dollars when he can't get out college hitters. -
The strikeout argument is about scale. On the big scale of evaluating a hitter's worth: Strikeouts are bad, but they do not negate actual production. They make it harder to sustain that production, which is why they are important for minor leaguers and players without MLB track records. On a small scale of situations: Strikeouts are more debated as a matter of approach. There are very few situations worse than a strikeout in the situations being described. However, if you adjust your approach to consciously avoid strikeouts(and therefore make more contact) you sacrifice the ability to hit for extra bases. This means the difference in overall production isn't going to be very different. You may score a little more consistently avoiding strikeouts, but since the season is too short to always bear that out, and this approach is the opposite of what you want your hitters to do in other situations, I'd say that dealing with the strikeouts(and the XBH's that come with them) would be the best choice.
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Giles still isn't hitting for a lot of power even away from Petco, only an .852 OPS.
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How are they anything alike other than getting big signing bonuses? Brownlie was coming off of injuries that he never really bounced back from. Big signing bonuses that won't be lived up to. I'm not that impressed with Samardzija, he doesn't have great velocity, and he didn't have very good numbers either of the last two years. I guess I don't see why he was even a projected top 20 pick.
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IMO, this is Brownlie part deux
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Steak grows on Dmitri! *Ducks* hahahahahahahahahha
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I noticed that the Astros' pitching coach wouldn't use the cell phone, he used the hard-wired phone every time. Did the Astros coach have a wireless phone? I didn't see today's game but I didn't notice the other team referenced in the article last night.
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.588 OPS for Pierre after his 2 hit day!!!!!
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Why is Ohman starting an inning against a lineup that doesn't have a left handed hitter?
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Who should Dusty Baker's successor be?
Transmogrified Tiger replied to cubbette14's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
calm down, it's the person's first post welcome cubbette! -
IMO, a lot of us wrongly group together Wood and Prior, and therefore attribute problems or attitudes towards one of them that are misguided.
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I don't know if it's a typo or you're looking at the wrong month, but May is the 5th month.
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Kidnap Church and bring him to Chicago.
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welcome!
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TT, are those for his career or for this season? I went through all of the boxscores for June and he's only 10/39 (.256 BA) this month. This season, although brewcrewball hasn't updated since the 6th, so the June numbers aren't very accurate. Forgot to check the update day when I first got them.
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The Official World Cup Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Transmogrified Tiger's topic in Other Sports
huh, I thought it said 385 minutes when they were coming out after halftime. -
It's mind boggling that Bynum is our only option if we don't want to play Jones against LHP.
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He's obviously doing it for shock value or something. No one is that dumb THAT'S IT. I'm killing Dusty. I don't care if I go to jail for life. He's dead. Anyone know where he is? Where he is, I know not.
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Bernie M.-St. Louis Columnist
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CubbieRich's topic in General Baseball Talk
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By month: April: .300/.370/.500/.870 May: .230/.304/.372/.676 June: .320/.346/.560/.906
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Which 06 FA would you want
Transmogrified Tiger replied to baseball7897's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
What other smart person picked Jason Schmidt, you smart, smart, smarty you. -
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Too bad those blowups happen though.... I don't get what you're trying to say. Are you saying too bad they HAPPENED to marshall. You think they will continue to happen to marshall. Too bad it happens to ALL pitchers? The point is that Marshall has pretty much been as good as his numbers indicate. He's had some pretty bad ones and some pretty good ones. Right now he's had more good than bad and his numbers reflect that pretty accurately.
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The Official World Cup Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Transmogrified Tiger's topic in Other Sports
I gotta say I liked watching the Swiss play today. I also enjoyed laughing at France's inability to score a World Cup goal in what, 430 minutes now? -
hill turned 26 in march. if you look at his stats in the minors the last 2 years i dont see how you cant put him in the "prime pitcher" catagory. age aside, he has been the most dominate lefty in the minors the last 2 seasons. he also has had great command in the minors this year as opposed to when he has pitched in the bigs (for whatever reason). I don't think that's quite true. He's a better than average lefty in the minors who's now (my bad on the age) 26 and still can't stick. Not prime. I'd be real curious to find out who's been better than Hill these last two years. He's not just succeeding in the minor leagues, he's absolutely shredding them, especially this year.
