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  1. squally1313
    Couldn't see much of the swing, but nice to see it was a no-doubter.
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    Not watching the game, but @AwfulAnnouncing giving props to the Cubs for posting OPS+ numbers on the broadcast. Not sure whose idea it was, but definitely cool to see.
  3. squally1313
    Lindor was 11, Sano was 26, Hamilton was 27
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    Any insiders? The tease doesn't get me past #1. 1. Profar 2. Bundy 3. Machado 4. Myers 5. d'Arnaud 35. Baez 47. Almora 50. Soler
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    I cannot personally see a way we could afford both Parise and Suter without having to trade someone like Kane. And maybe that is their thought process. If they land either Parise or Suter or both, Kaner could be gone. Ugh. They are not going to trade Kane. Trades of guys mentioned below (Hammer, Frolik, etc.) are more likely. As would Sharp. Or an amnesty of Hossa. Yeah I'm in on the amnesty of Hossa idea (not sure if it's 100% going to be in the CBA, but I've heard a lot of people talking about it). Yes, it would take away a big piece of the current team. But anytime you can basically trade a 33 year old top line forward for a 27 year old top line forward, you're doing alright.
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    .275/.333/.500 for Soriano.
  7. squally1313
    Probably. But between Simmons still being unproven, Chipper being very injury prone, and them possibly someone to pair with Uggla at second/third when Chipper retires, he could have decent value to them. To echo what everyone else (and you, basically) are saying, he's more valued by us than he is to the rest of the league, and I'm only really in favor of trading him with others to sweeten a possible return. Pairing him with a pitcher to the Braves and all those young arms could be the way to do it (obviously, given the right return.) It had better really sweeten the return or else you just created another hole to fill on a team that has a ton of holes to fill now. If it gets us a pitcher that has a reasonable chance of slotting into the rotation over the next 3-5 years, I'm more than ok with putting some combination of Stewart/Vitters/Valbuena/Lake at third and second through next year to get a look at them (and by then we'll know plenty more about the future of guys like Baez, Marco Hernandez, and DeVoss).
  8. squally1313
    Probably. But between Simmons still being unproven, Chipper being very injury prone, and them possibly someone to pair with Uggla at second/third when Chipper retires, he could have decent value to them. To echo what everyone else (and you, basically) are saying, he's more valued by us than he is to the rest of the league, and I'm only really in favor of trading him with others to sweeten a possible return. Pairing him with a pitcher to the Braves and all those young arms could be the way to do it (obviously, given the right return.)
  9. squally1313
    http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-atlanta-braves-suddenly-need-a-starter/ Wasn't sure if this should go in the Dempster thread or this one, but if you start reading the comments, a lot of people (granted, their commentators, but people who read FG tend to be a little better than the norm) said they need depth that can play the utility role. There wouldn't be a starting spot for Barney (Uggla is having a great year, the new rookie SS is producing, and Chipper is back), but they have a real back up for any of those spots. Jack Wilson's put up a sub-.200 OBP backing up short, and Juan Francisco was a similar disaster at third. Basically, there's a lot of room to give someone like Barney ABs. Could we package Demp and Barney and get a couple guys from their highly regarded system? I know a couple of their pitchers have taken a step back (or my Braves fan friend isn't as high on them at least), but I think there could be a few options to choose from there.
  10. squally1313
    Keith Law on Waddle/Silvy in 2 minutes (10:15 Central) to talk about the Cubs/Sox draft. http://espn.go.com/espnradio/chicago/play
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    http://deadspin.com/5912116/eddie-vedder-chris-chelios-and-kerry-wood-hung-out-to-sing-karaoke-on-sunday The URL kinda says it all. Pretty cool.
  12. squally1313
    And here's the (much more logical) response piece: http://tinyurl.com/cez3kqp Tinyurl'd because of profanity in the URL. (It's from Deadspin)
  13. squally1313
    Over the last 10 years, there's been 2 or 3 teams with a better #3 than Ryan Dempster. Sure, I could see that I'm understating his talent some. Are both of them from this season (Hamels and Bumgarner)? Jesus. Pick an argument and stick with it. Let's not look at Dempster's last 5 years, and then quote Bucholz's 2010 WAR about 4 posts later. This season, pretty much no one has been better than Dempster. Definitely not anyone's number 3.
  14. squally1313
    Jesus this turned into a dumb thread. Look, if we lived in some hypothetical world where a pitcher would never ever miss the hitter's ass every time he wanted to go "old school" or whatever....then fine. Still a dumb move (hey, let's put a guy on base!), but you're right....there's little to no chance of injury, if you agree with whatever his rationale is...then sure. We wouldn't be having this argument. But in real life, pitchers miss their spots. And if there's still this mindset among pitchers that this is a normal thing to do to rookies, it's inevitable that some promising player is going to get hit in the wrist, or the knee, or god forbid the head. And the fact that pitchers are actually willing to take that risk is asinine in my opinion. I don't think anyone here really cares about the one singular act of Harper getting hit. What bothers people (or at least me) is that this practice actually exists.
  15. squally1313
    Demp seems to love it here, and I believe he has 10/5 rights. I wonder how much the market would change if it was understood that he was coming back here at the end of the 2012 season.
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    He also actually has the highest LD% on the team. Yeah...hasn't shown any power yet, but if can keep hitting line drives and taking walks like he has, his normalized stats should be pretty good, or at least good for his standards.
  17. squally1313
    While doing it on a pitch by pitch basis is a whole different thing, I don't understand why they can't have a system similar to the NHL where there's a main office that follows all the games and has access to immediate replay for all plays in the field. If they see a blown call, or even something they want to take a closer look at, just buzz the crew chief and stop play for a minute or two. There's usually about 30-45 seconds between the end of the play and the first pitch of a new at-bat anyways. I never understood why the NFL doesn't do it like that. The whole charade with the field ref having to go look at that screen on the field just seems like a huge waste of time. Have someone upstairs who's already seen the replay a dozen times by the time the coach challenges make the final decision.
  18. squally1313
    Bryan LaHair has a long way to go before he matches what Corey Patterson did in the majors before hurting his knee. Talk to me when he gets there. Or since hurting his knee. Seriously. Corey was really good in 2004. Like really good. 2003 is (I think) what you're referring to. That was the year he got hurt, but 298/329/511 in 83 games as a 23 year old is pretty impressive. 2004 he went 266/320/452, which is still pretty good.
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    lol It's really not out of the question that we could lose 97 games, I'm suprised you think this is funny. If we go up and down the roster, for every player underperforming, you could also find a player not likely to continue at this production rate. Do you really think LaHair is going lead all firstbasemen in OPS by September? Seriously, this is the kind of logic/argument I absolutely hate. You begin by saying that, at best, we can win 65 games, which would give us a record of 65-97. Then when someone dismisses this (granted, without any argument, but still), you come back with it not being out of the question that we could lose 97 games, which, about ten minutes earlier, you said was our best case scenario! Does this piss anyone else off as much as me? I didn't see it the first time around, if you know what I mean. Yeah, I mean, obviously there are worse offenses. I just think stuff like this makes it so much easier to throw out (usually incorrect) hyperbole without really having to defend it. Edit: Ohhhhhhhhhh.....
  20. squally1313
    lol It's really not out of the question that we could lose 97 games, I'm suprised you think this is funny. If we go up and down the roster, for every player underperforming, you could also find a player not likely to continue at this production rate. Do you really think LaHair is going lead all firstbasemen in OPS by September? Seriously, this is the kind of logic/argument I absolutely hate. You begin by saying that, at best, we can win 65 games, which would give us a record of 65-97. Then when someone dismisses this (granted, without any argument, but still), you come back with it not being out of the question that we could lose 97 games, which, about ten minutes earlier, you said was our best case scenario! Does this piss anyone else off as much as me? You should really re-consider your priorites in life if it pisses you off THAT much. Good argument. Like the rest of them.
  21. squally1313
    lol It's really not out of the question that we could lose 97 games, I'm suprised you think this is funny. If we go up and down the roster, for every player underperforming, you could also find a player not likely to continue at this production rate. Do you really think LaHair is going lead all firstbasemen in OPS by September? Seriously, this is the kind of logic/argument I absolutely hate. You begin by saying that, at best, we can win 65 games, which would give us a record of 65-97. Then when someone dismisses this (granted, without any argument, but still), you come back with it not being out of the question that we could lose 97 games, which, about ten minutes earlier, you said was our best case scenario! Does this piss anyone else off as much as me?
  22. squally1313
    The silver lining to come out of Toews' concussion is the fact that Sharp/Kruger/Stalberg has been playing like a legitimate second line for the past 6 weeks or so. If they can keep that up, that means we can throw Hossa/Toews/Kane on the top line, which I think has to be one of, if not the single best line in the NHL. It's hard to count out a team that can have those three on the ice at the same time for 18 minutes a game. I also am excited about seeing what Keith looks like after 10 days off.
  23. squally1313
    It's going to be interesting to watch these last ten games of the season. Barring a total collapse from one of Nashville, Detroit, or the Hawks, they should have the 4-6 seeds locked up, and I think it's very obvious that the 6th seed is a way better spot to be in than the 5th seed.
  24. squally1313
    Let's see. Knicks were OK before the trade with a decent amount of young talent. Got him, didn't win as many games. Melo got hurt, Lin took over, they won a lot of games this year. Melo came back they started losing. NYC hates him. So his value won't be much lower than it is right now. And look at the schedules during the winning streak (NJ, Utah, Washington, LAL, Minn, Toronto, Sac) versus the losing streak (Boston, Dallas, San Antonio, Milwaukee, Philly, Chicago). Can we at least agree that Carmelo would be a clear upgrade over Deng. And if so, why not even bring up the idea with New York in basically crisis mode?
  25. squally1313
    I saw a Boozer/Asik for Melo proposal get thrown out in the General NBA thread, but that doesn't really work for either team, for obvious Deng and Stoudemire reasons. But it does lead to the question... What do you guys think about something like Deng+Asik for Melo? With how Melo is perceived right now in NYC, I honestly don't know if that's enough, too much, close, or even a good trade for us in general. The salaries are close enough to make it work (throw in Mike James or something).
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