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Let's beat Zito like a red-headed stepchild.

For real. Earlier in the season there was like 25 page game threads for the whole game. I just took a quick gander back around last August, and the game threads were ranging between 11 and 15 pages. Weren't there a couple of Saturday threads that were 3 or 4 pages in Premium?

Not surprising.

Because everyone in the media is dumb. Kendall has 292 ABs this year and is OPSing .542. His on-base is lower than Jacque Jones's. Did I mention he's on a $13M deal this year? Cubs will be paying less than $4M though. Pirates on the hook for $5.5M which leaves 7.5M. Less than half the year is left so the Cubs are up for around $3.5M.

Because the media looks at his career numbers and remember that he was good in 2000 whereas everybody here sees his sub 600 OPS this year and realizes that he's over the hill.

Posted this in the Flashchat but the Pirates are on the hook this year for $5.5M of Kendall's $13M salary this year.

Awful. Incorrect. Other than Messenger, they haven't been very good. They have the 6th best pen ERA in the NL. That's a couple spots above average which is surely not awful. Really, I stand corrected. From what my friend always says about the Giants pen, I just always got the impression that they sucked. I don't know how statistically inclined your friend is but their pen has a 7-16 record which is due to their horrendous offense not providing any support.

Oh god not Jason Kendall. The guy is useless.

Awful. Incorrect. Other than Messenger, they haven't been very good. They have the 6th best pen ERA in the NL. That's a couple spots above average which is surely not awful.

Awful. Incorrect.

Not bad. They improved a ton when they dumped Benitez on the Marlins. Their whole problem this year has been with their horrendous offense.

Lincecum is dominating us right now.

Ugh.

We've got another player you can DFA, Jimbo.

I hope he takes a hometown discount to stay. Not necessarily a huge one but just a couple mil a year.

KOYIE!!

That was Theriot.

Pat just quoted some numbers from a start of his not too long ago against AZ - 7IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 12K. Apparently he at least has the potential to be a stud. I know it's only five starts but look at his AAA stats this year 5 GS, 31 IP, 1 R, 0.29 ERA, 46 K, 11 BB

Another great play from ARam.

A. It's hard to tell if you're serious. B. Don't write in green. Green = sarcasm. It's a new thing some people are trying. I'm not in favor. When did this start and where?

If you ever get a chance to wastch the games called by Kuiper and Krukow, you would think he was the greatest ss of all time.....even at his age today. Absolutely horrible broadcasters. Kuiper isn't bad and Krukow sounds like he's drunk all the time. They aren't great by any means but they're not that bad and usually pretty funny.

Good start for Rich.

Wait, so you say that getting DeRosa "was a buy high move" then suggest Ray Durham. You know, the same Durham who had a career year in 2006. Oh, and Durham is three years older and was going to cost a few million more than DeRosa. So how was getting DeRosa buying high but Durham wouldn't be? because durham had already put together a solid career. derosa was a bench player before last year. it may have been buying high, but in all likelihood you were going to get a good player out of it. Giles was the only buy-low guy available last year, and he was non-tendered long after Derosa was signed. Plus, he was nearly a sure-fire thing to go to San Diego. That doesn't change the fact that Durham was still coming off a career year (way out of his career norms) and was 35 coming into the year. He was just as likely, if not more, to have a significant dropoff than DeRosa was. incorrect. buying "high" on Durham would have been 30 mil or so. He was truly underpaid for his services. Also, given the consistency of his numbers his 2006 may have been his best season, but it's not that much better than his career line. The OBP was for real, just a few more homers. You can't tell me it wouldn't have taken another year and another mil or two a year to get Durham away from the Giants had the Cubs wanted him. Yeah, Durham's OBP was for real, I'll give you that. But his SLG was .538 and his career average was .441. OPS+ of 127 and career average of 105. Durham has been much more consistent for a much longer time than DeRosa but that doesn't mean that signing him after his 06 season wouldn't have been buying high. And you can't discount the age factor either.

An emphatic no for Kendall.

He'll most likely pinch hit if the game is close. Otherwise he probably won't.