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90 games of a guy with an .827 career OPS is better than DeRosa and Wood by a "wide margin"? I don't know aobut that. Even if he OPSs like .900 next year in 90 games I still wouldn't say that. Well I think the best case scenario we can realistically hope for is that they match DeRosa's production, but that's not the only issue. Bradley is a lock to get hurt. With DeRosa, all that would have meant is more Fontenot in the lineup in place of Bradley (with DeRosa going to right). Now since we're using Fontenot, when Bradley goes down it's suddenly more at-bats for much crappier hitters. That's the main loss of trading away DeRosa and that's why I think the combo of trading DeRosa/signing Bradley was pretty dumb. I guess that's just a matter of how you look at it. I could just as easily argue that Wood doesn't have a great track record either when it comes to injuries or that DeRosa probably isn't going to repeat his numbers from last year or that Fontenot was actually better than DeRosa last season (granted in fewer at bats). I don't want to come off sounding like I blindly support every move, but I'm just failing to see how we are so much worse right now than we would be if we kept Wood, DeRosa, Marquis, and Pie. Even if DeRosa goes back to his .800ish OPS that he put up the previous 2 seasons, that could still end up being more valuable than Bradley. I just don't see how you can look at who left and who came in and say we aren't worse off. At best it's a wash, but I don't really see that. The only significant player we brought in was Bradley.

wait when did we sign taye diggs

mcgahee just wanted to kill the mood so the postgame celebration wasn't as much fun

huh? ther'es no such thing as helmet to helmet if the guy has the ball? wtf is he talking about?

and this could be a seriousd injury. it looked exactly like what happend with boldin. he froze up and started twitching

oh look another dirty ass hit from pittsburgh that didn't look good at all

Yeah Bruce said this earlier today in the comments section of his blog when somebody asked if this could lead to Peavy http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/1261

I was on the "Cincinnatti could be really dangerous" bandwagon up until last season, but I don't see how people can keep saying that, especially now that they have Dusty and they lost Dunn.

Brewers 85-90 wins Reds 82-88 wins Cubs 81-87 wins Cards 76-81 wins Astros 72- 77 wins Pirates 65-70 wins The Brewers are not in the 85-90 win range. Yeah, for all of the "Cubs are worse than last year" discussion, what are the Brewers after losing Sabathia and Sheets? They haven't technically lost Sheets yet. Cubs are around the 85-90 win range. Yea and putting the Reds as being better than the Cubs is just silly. Not having Yost will make up for the 1/2 of a season they got out of CC. Sheets is a wash as they are getting back Gallardo. They have a very potent offense. You know they signed Ken Macha, right? Also, how is their offense "very potent"? They scored 750 runs last season, which was in the middle of the pack in the NL. I'm pessimistic, but you're being ridiculous. The Cubs are 10-15 games worse, but the brewers have basically stayed the same? Right. I'm sure that replacing Yost with Macha makes up for dominance they got from C.C. That's reasonable. The Brewers look really mediocre. A slightly above average offense, a below average rotation, a below average bullpen, and another crappy maanager. I don't see where 85-90 wins is coming from if you're putting the Cubs at 82-87 since the Cubs look better in pretty much every area. I'd put the Cubs at like 87-90 wins and the Brewers at like 80-83

wow baltimore that was pathetic. this game is already over

90 games of a guy with an .827 career OPS is better than DeRosa and Wood by a "wide margin"? I don't know aobut that. Even if he OPSs like .900 next year in 90 games I still wouldn't say that. Well I think the best case scenario we can realistically hope for is that they match DeRosa's production, but that's not the only issue. Bradley is a lock to get hurt. With DeRosa, all that would have meant is more Fontenot in the lineup in place of Bradley (with DeRosa going to right). Now since we're using Fontenot, when Bradley goes down it's suddenly more at-bats for much crappier hitters. That's the main loss of trading away DeRosa and that's why I think the combo of trading DeRosa/signing Bradley was pretty dumb.

i cant believe the eagles choked in an nfc championship game where is truffle to brag about how andy reid going to 5 nfc championship games and losing 4 of them makes him a good coach?

why was assante samuel so happy

chunky soup doing what he does best

AND THE ARIZONA CARDINALS HAVE EARNED A CHANCE TO GET BEATEN DOWN BY THE AFC.... GO CRAZY ARIZONA

oh god please let this be decided by an akers field goal attempt as time expires

yeah andy reid....go yell at him. i'm sure he isn't aware he screwed up

lol wtf is rackers doing today

Yea. Jones in CF, Pie in LF, Huff at 1B, and Scott DHing. Their outfield defense will be amazing though

That doesn't make sense. You always needs prospects in your system for depth and for other trades later on. How can you say there is "no way" that this stuff wouldn't have happened if it weren't related to Peavy? The reasons are pretty obvious. DeRosa and Marquis were traded to free up payroll for Bradley and Pie was traded because he was out of options. Could this stuff be related to Peavy? Sure, but I don't see how you are acting like there is no way this stuff would have happened anyways. I really woudln't bet on Peavy. I think Hendry is about done. Teams who are expected to compete and win their division don't just trade their starters for prospects. They don't make a bunch of moves to have 30 pitchers on their team. With this trade we have no room for like 4 pitchers on our team. Guys like Guzman, Hart, Wuertz... Peavy is coming. Again, there were other reasons for those trades besides just getting prospects. DeRosa had to be traded to free up payroll. Pie HAD to be traded because he was out of options and you're not going to get major league proven talent for him. Olson was the best we were going to get, regardless of the fact that he's a prospect. Sure this could all be related to Peavy, but you need to stop acting like it's a sure thing and that there is no way Hendry would have done it without plans of him. The reasons are pretty obvious. I just explained them to you.

Everybody on orioleshangout is pumped up about the trade and raving about Pie. Kinda funny

Because he throws left handed?

That doesn't make sense. You always needs prospects in your system for depth and for other trades later on. How can you say there is "no way" that this stuff wouldn't have happened if it weren't related to Peavy? The reasons are pretty obvious. DeRosa and Marquis were traded to free up payroll for Bradley and Pie was traded because he was out of options. Could this stuff be related to Peavy? Sure, but I don't see how you are acting like there is no way this stuff would have happened anyways. I really woudln't bet on Peavy. I think Hendry is about done.

by the way, huet has allowed one or fewer goals in 8 of his last 10 starts.

eagles by at least 2 touchdowns