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  1. David
    I'll assume you're talking about the extreme anomaly that is Adam Everett in that his fielding ability outweighs his worthlessness with a bat. His glove makes him an above average player despite his terrible bat. He just so happens to be so much better than everyone else at fielding his position that this is the case. That's extremely rare.
  2. David
    like adam everett? What?
  3. David
    pointing out the physical ability of a player and suggesting he has potential isnt stupid promoting him soley on that basis is That's not the stupid part. The stupid part is that the tools are dumb, seemingly chosen completely arbitrarily, and there's an incredible disparity among them in importance.
  4. David
    tell juan pierre that Juan Pierre sucks because he can't hit. The lack of a throwing arm is just icing on the big fat rotten cake that is his offensive game. but if he had an arm, he might have some value-which is what i was trying to get to No, he'd still suck. That's the point I'm getting to. Even if he had a gold glove on top of that arm, he'd still suck because he can't hit is way out of a paper bag. That's the whole point of what I'm saying about the five tools. A couple of them are so much more important than the rest that it's not even worth putting them together like that.
  5. David
    How is it not stupid?
  6. David
    When I said five tool, I wasn't giving weight to one tool or another. When someone is called a five tool prospect, that just means they possess above average talent in every physical skill, which is rare for a baseball player. It doesn't mean they'll be a good baseball player, it just means they're superior physically and can do more things on the field. Of course, they still have to be able to hit to be valuable I'm not really referring to or arguing against anything you said. Just ranting about how stupid the "five-tool player" notion is.
  7. David
    tell juan pierre that Juan Pierre sucks because he can't hit. The lack of a throwing arm is just icing on the big fat rotten cake that is his offensive game.
  8. David
    Latest Roberts update from Belkast... People are trying to figure out if it's a 3rd team as in another suitor or a 3-way deal.
  9. David
    Actually, throwing arm is just as out of place in there as speed is. It's just a dumb way to evaluate players. The hitting tools are so far beyond the others in importance that it's just ridiculous.
  10. David
    wait, I thought YOU were goony??? :-k
  11. David
    The notion of five tools is valid as long as you include patience/eye as one of the tools, you give considerably more weight to this tool and the power tool, you give fielding and throwing arm considerably less weight, and you give speed almost no value at all. Contact is somewhere behind patience and power and ahead of fielding and throwing arm. Really, what you have there are six tools. And one of them is almost completely worthless and extremely overrated within the context of the others. In other words, the "five tool" thing is a bunch of crap.
  12. David
    What?
  13. David
    Did our board ever go down during the Nomar hysteria?
  14. David
    Last time the O's board insiders said something like this, Tejada was traded a few hours later, FWIW.
  15. David
    I don't even think Rotoworld ever breaks anything themselves, do they? They just link to other major news outlets when they break the stories, as far as I know.
  16. David
    Count me as someone who doesn't buy into the whole "Soriano can't hit anywhere but leadoff" thing. He had a career year in 2006, and it just so happened he was hitting leadoff. That's a big part of why his numbers are so skewed. Keep in mind, also, that the fact that he was in such a terrible lineup in Washington is part of the reason his OBP numbers looked so good. Off the top of my head, I don't know how many IBB's he got, but it was a significant amount. Personally, I'm not all that worried about his production suddenly dropping off if/when he's moved in the lineup. There are signs that Lou might be considering a change, too. On top of the fact that they're going after Roberts, who is one of the best "traditional leadoff hitters" (God, I hate that term) in the game, there are rumors that Lou, at this point, has Pie penciled in at leadoff, if you believe what Lou supposedly told an Oriole fan at a memorabilia convention. I take that one with a grain of salt, but, at the same time, why would somebody just make a story like that up?
  17. David
    God, I'm so glad it's not us signing Geoff Jenkins.
  18. David
    Blanton? Burnett? Santana (not happening, just listing guys who are/might be available)...
  19. David
    Yea, I think MurtonFan has a valid point on this one.
  20. David
    I really doubt that Dempster will be in our starting rotation, despite what has been talked about. I suppose crazier things have happened, though.
  21. David
    And then when they trade for Roberts, it'll be like they never screwed up. Soriano just moves to LF and Roberts takes over 2B.
  22. David
    The fans, by and large, are morons, anyway. Is that a direct attack on posters? :P
  23. David
    Looks like your boy Silva is off the market.
  24. David
    I don't think so. The reason Jaque got booed was his attitude. I never got the sense that he had a bad attitude. He just sucked. You missed all the times he talked about the fans and their "lack of support" in the press? You mean when he told the truth to the media? Things like being honest about being upset when the home fans boo don't exactly scream "bad attitude" to me. I doubt any of his teammates thought of him as a bad guy. I've never been bothered by such nonsense, though.
  25. David
    I don't think so. The reason Jaque got booed was his attitude. I never got the sense that he had a bad attitude. He just sucked.
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