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The biggest critics of WAR seem to be the people who can't get their head around the notion that the 3rd or 4th best second baseman in the Majors is more valuable than the 18th or 20th best corner outfielder.
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The arbitrator reduced the suspension from 211 games to 162. Crazy thing is A Rod has three more years left on that contract after sitting out 2014.
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I don't think he'll be cheap, but I've been thinking Phil Hughes seems like a very Theo-esque signing.
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Ryan Braun suspended for rest of 2013
champaignchris replied to Tangled Up in Plaid's topic in General Baseball Talk
So Braun admitted to using PEDs and apologized yesterday. Way to get out in front of the issue there, dude. -
Didn't Lance Armstrong threaten to sue everyone left and right as well? Doesn't prove anything to threaten a lawsuit. Not only did Armstrong threaten to sue people, he actually did sue the Sunday Times, and got a chunk of money in an out-of-court settlement. The Times recently demanded their money back.
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On one hand, I'm trying to think of one instance in which someone has been publicly and specifically accused of taking PEDs where it hasn't ended up being true. On the other hand, Jack Clark is a pud. On the third hand, Jose Canseco is also a pud, and pretty much everything he's said about people using steroids has been true.
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Only 2 runs scored in two games with 22 hits. That doesn't seem possible.
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Cubs first 20 games: 6-14, 3.05 runs scored a game, 6 blown saves. Cubs last 72 games: 36-36, 4.4 runs per game, 12 blown saves.
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It's pretty crazy. The Cubs' run differential is 5 runs better than the Nationals, and yet they're 4 games behind them in the standings. The Cubs' run differential is 10 better than the Padres, and they're 1.5 games behind them. 13 runs better than the Dodgers and a half game behind, 17 runs better than the Brewers and tied, and 20 runs better than the Phillies and 1.5 games behind.
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In the NL, that team was 3rd in Runs, 4th in hits, and 3rd in home runs. Sosa, of course, had a season for the ages. Mark Grace and Henry Rodriguez both had very good years, and - as you mentioned - both Gaetti and Hill posted extraordinary OPS+'s of 154 after arriving mid-season - both arriving via the waiver wire instead of trades believe it or not. The team was also pretty decent defensively, especially in the infield. Still, they also got a bit lucky and outperformed their Pythagorean record by 5 games. (Compare to the agonizing 2004 Cubs that underperformed their Pythagorean by 5.)
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As a team, the Cubs have walked just 29 times in the first 13 games. 15 of those walks are from Rizzo and Valbuena. Yikes!
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The 2012 Offseason Thread
champaignchris replied to ctcf's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Had a back injury and only ever played one more full season the rest of his career. Ended up trading him to the Astros for Scott Servais and Luis Gonzalez. -
The 2012 Offseason Thread
champaignchris replied to ctcf's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
All things considered, it's pretty amazing that he never played for the Cardinals. -
The 2012 Offseason Thread
champaignchris replied to ctcf's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
In 2012, the Cardinals broke a streak of 13 consecutive seasons where they had a former Cubs middle infielder on their roster. Guess they figure it's time to get back up on that horse. -
If BR's Similarity Scores are to be believed... The two most similar players to Fred McGriff were Willie McCovey and Willie Stargell. The two most similar players to Curt Schilling were Kevin Brown and Bob Welch.
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I want to ask all the would be gatekeepers, "Where the Hell were you when Steve Wilstein was being criticized for doing his job as a reporter? Were you one of the ones doing the criticizing? Or were you one of the many who were silent on the subject?" If the players who played during the era are barred from the HoF, the reporters who failed to cover the story and/or actively engaged in whitewashing the issue should be banned from voting on it.
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If we're assuming Clemons' first year on the juice was 1997 and Bonds' was 2000, then I'm not sure i agree with his premise in Clemons' case. That would have been a pretty Albert Belle-like peak and flame out. But regardless, there's a major flaw in his reasoning - There's no proof whatsoever that Sosa was on roids from 1998 to 2001. There's also no proof whatsoever that Bonds wasn't on roids prior to 2000. It's all guess work.
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There's an early Simpsons where Bart's teacher is handing back tests and Bart upon seeing his F starts crying. The teacher says that she thought that Bart should be used to failing by now. Bart responded by saying, "But this time I actually tried!" That must be what Pirates fans feel like. Of course, being a Cubs fan, I know exactly what that feels like.
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The offense has been atrocious. The team's hitting a collective .170 during the losing streak and scoring 2.29 runs a game. Casto's 2 for 28 (.071) and Rizzo is 4 for 28 (.143). Ugh. How many more starts do you think they'll give Samardzija before shutting him down? 4? 5?
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Also, Will Ohman pitched for the White Sox this year.
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Not mentioned in this thread yet, but Xavier Nady actually has 109 PA for the Washington Nationals this year. He has to be the oldest 33-year-old on the planet.
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Career ERA+: Shark - 94 Wood - 91 Volstad - 86 Germano - 83 Raley - 3.74 ERA/1.428 WHIP Jose Guzman - 102 Kevin Tapani - 101 Steve Trachsel - 99 Greg Hibbard - 98 Mike Morgan - 97 The fact that when putting together a 5 man rotation from 5 seasons worth of Cubs teams, and that's the best you came up with speaks volumes about the Cubs teams of that era. The actions of the Cubs front office from 1987 to 1994 under Frey and Himes were outright criminal. Undid everything Dallas Green built.
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Sounds like a ton of sour grapes from the Dodgers. If you actually wanted Dempster, put up more than the the couple A-ball prospects that the Rangers did. If you didn't actually want Dempster, why do you care whether Dempster knew that fact? Comes down to the fact that they thought they could bend the Cubs over a barrel and it turned out they were wrong.
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Fun With Waivers
champaignchris replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I want someone to claim Soriano on waivers. Then I want Jed, Theo, and Ricketts to go on a thirty-million dollar bender of a weekend in Las Vegas followed by a drunken, unshaven press conference where they're still wearing the same suits they were wearing three days ago and telling war stories about the weekend and bragging about how they still have 10 million dollars left to devote to payroll. -
From June 10 through Aug 1, the Cubs are 24-20 (.545). It's not outrageous to think that if they extend Garza instead of trade him and pick up a decent free agent pitcher that they'll be about .500 next year.