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  1. David
    I'd have to wonder if we wouldn't be better off with Bonds at 1B and Derrek Lee in LF. Seriously.
  2. David
    Heh. I feel far more confident in Murton's ability to be an impact major league bat than I do in Felix Pie, but to each his own.
  3. David
    Zero chance that that happens, IMO. Colvin and Gallagher just might, though. Although I, too, would of course be extremely happy if that fantasy of a trade came true.
  4. David
    Just for fun... lineup would be Soriano, Fukudome, Lee, Bonds, Aramis, DeRosa, Soto, Theriot Yea, I could live with that.
  5. David
    Soriano in CF and Fukudome in RF might be slightly less unrealistic, considering the fact that playing RF was a key factor in Fukudome's decision to come here and that Soriano played CF well enough last year.
  6. David
    Baseball isn't a video game. Yes I know..But its funny how the orginization is trying to keep a straight face about the situation..Everyone knows they want him out..He serves no purpose here..Im sure the O's would take him if they threw him in instead one of our prospects or we can just dump his salary and trade him for sum prospects to a team desperate for pitching Do you really think the O's would allow us to swap Marquis for Gallagher in the proposed deal? That's insane. We're not the only ones who know Marquis sucks. Even a team that is desperate for starters and sees some value in Marquis would prefer Gallagher, IMO. I think he meant a lower prospect. The O's have expressed interest in Marquis, so they may take him in a trade in addition to Gallgher/ Marshall and whoever else is included Eh, he said Colvin and Marquis in the earlier quote, so I figured that's what he meant.
  7. David
    Baseball isn't a video game. Yes I know..But its funny how the orginization is trying to keep a straight face about the situation..Everyone knows they want him out..He serves no purpose here..Im sure the O's would take him if they threw him in instead one of our prospects or we can just dump his salary and trade him for sum prospects to a team desperate for pitching Do you really think the O's would allow us to swap Marquis for Gallagher in the proposed deal? That's insane. We're not the only ones who know Marquis sucks. Even a team that is desperate for starters and sees some value in Marquis would prefer Gallagher, IMO.
  8. David
    Isn't that a pretty big loss for them, considering he put up a near .900 OPS in CF for them last year? The points about their injuries are valid, though.
  9. David
    Lieber's number is lame. Fuld's sucks too, but hopefully we won't see that much of him anyway.
  10. David
    I don't mind 18. Would've preferred single digits. Maybe 5 or 8. Much better than whatever astronomically high number he had last year.
  11. David
    Well, the idea is for it to find the optimal lineup. Not the optimal lineup within the constraints of pointless conventional baseball wisdom... The only reason it's not "realistic" is because it's hard to see any manager going outside of that box of old school thinking. 99% of managers are just going to automatically put the pitcher in the 9th spot because that's what (just about) everyone else has always done.
  12. David
    Eh, I should refresh pages before I post a reply.
  13. David
    Offensive numbers say that Rameriz isn't even the best 3rd baseman in the NL Central. But then again, many of us watch the games and see his shortcomings daily. I'll take David Wright over him any day. Who among Troy Glaus, Bill Hall, Ty Wigginton, Edwin Encarnacion, and Jose Bautista is better (and yes, I realize you meant Braun, who was so horrifically awful at fielding his position that has already been moved to LF and has only done it offensively one year)? You'll take Wright over him? Really? Wow, that's saying a lot. I mean who would ever take one of the top two 3B in baseball on their team? I don't get how pointing out that there are better third basemen in the game somehow takes anything away from Ramirez. After ARod and Wright, there's not many I would take ahead of Aramis. Maybe Chipper, but he's getting long in the tooth. Depends where Cabrera plays, too, I guess. Aramis is definitely in the top five.
  14. David
    Are you actually reporting something you heard/read or are you just being pessimistic or something? Hard to tell...
  15. David
    While I still cringe when Roberts is referred to as a marginal upgrade over DeRosa (maybe if DeRosa plays at the best we can expect while Roberts plays at about his average it's a wash), I doubt Pie will be part of the deal.
  16. David
    MLB.com reporting that the deal is being finalized (whatever that means) http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080130&content_id=2359970&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp
  17. David
    Fine, but what the hell does "looks healthy" even mean? Are they gonna judge his posture and the way he's walking around? Are they just gonna make sure he doesn't writhe in pain after every play he makes? I don't know. Whatever.
  18. David
    Maybe Theo? Shapiro is pretty damn good, though.
  19. David
    Beane? really? It might be arguable, but yes, really.
  20. David
    My rankings...wow, right now, I'm trying to do this, and I feel like a supreme homer because I can't definitively put any teams ahead of the Cubs aside from the Mets. MAYBE the Dodgers, I guess. Anyway, it's a jumbled mess of teams, but I'll give it a shot. I can understand why media guys can't win with the fans when they try to put this stuff together. 1. Mets 2. Cubs 3. Dodgers 4. Brewers 5. Diamondbacks 6. Phillies 7. Rockies 8. Padres 9. Braves ----------------------------------Realistic Contender Line---------------------------------- 10. Reds 11. Nationals 12. Astros 13. Cardinals 14. Marlins 15. Giants 16. Pirates
  21. David
    Guess I'll follow suit and repost what I posted in the other thread for the sake of discussion. The D'Backs sweeping us in the playoffs isn't changing my mind that their record last year was a fluke. They gave up more runs than they scored. It's going to catch up to them. And yes, I understand that they got great production out of their bullpen last year, which would help explain their situation with the pythag, somewhat. That's still something else that's hard to repeat or predict. Bullpen performance seems to be inherently pretty flukish. Haren is a really nice addition, though. As for Johnson, I don't really think he has much in the tank at age 44. He made what, 9 or 10 starts last year? I'm not saying they aren't a decent team, but I can't put them as top 2 in the NL. I'm not even sure that I'd put them ahead of the Cubs.
  22. David
    I am neither an insider or the "OG" as you call it. Mr. Miles is both of those and much, much more. I just happen to be someone, like many of you I'm sure, who knows different people in many different walks of life. You hear things. You called the Lee trade way before the Bruce signal ever went up here. In fact, this forum wasn't even a year old at the time. You get the OG status.
  23. David
    So odd that they would count on his spring training play. Why not just have team doctors evaluate his back rigorously? So say he goes out there for 2 weeks and hits .100. "Oh, his back must not be healthy, deal is off." Or he goes out and knocks the cover off the ball in a few games and the deal is on. Is half a season of Cactus League play going to tell the Giants what they need to know about his back? I don't see what stats OR scouts could possibly see in a few games of spring training action that would allow them to make that determination. Now, a medical exam? Sure. If this is really the case, it amazes me (OK, it really doesn't) what goes on in terms of decision making in professional sports, particularly baseball.
  24. David
    Hoops is the NSBB "insider." :lol: Well, he and Bruce. Hoops is the OG, though.
  25. David
    You mean Hoops (or his source, I guess) is completely making this up? Either way, I'm on board the Crisp bandwagon too, though I hadn't realized how much his numbers had suffered since going to the Red Sox. Yeah, maybe a change a scenery would help. He was going in a good direction after 04 and 05, but then crapped out in Boston. Thing is, his IsoD was his career best in 07, and 06 it was better than the year before (if I remember right from 5 min ago). His BA went down big time in Boston, though. Did he get unlucky in Boston BABIP wise? Was he getting lucky on Cleveland? Maybe some combination of the two?
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