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  1. MWV
    Because he's the all-time leader in Holds, dammit.
  2. MWV
    Samardzija earns a spot in the rotation, cuts his BB/9 in half and posts an ERA around 3.50.
  3. MWV
    Castro hits 20 HRs. Stewart posts an above .350 wOBA.
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    Link
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    Not as bad as he thought it would be is not the same as liking it. He's also basing the entire thing on the assumption that catching metrics are way off and Yadi is a 4 WAR player. Fair point. I meant only to convey my surprise that he would put as positive a spin on the deal as he does.
  6. MWV
    Fangraphs early take on the deal. Cameron seems to like it.
  7. MWV
    Not FA news, but certainly miscellaneous: The Astros are moving Brett Myers to closer.
  8. MWV
    I think this one is worse: Is he scratching his head? Weird.
  9. MWV
    As long as nothing is signed, I don't see how the Cubs can be found at fault. Talking with Barry Praver isn't a crime. This isn't at all like Baltimore's situation vis a vis Seong-Min Kim.
  10. MWV
    Below is a diagram of the football field layout at wrigley from the NU-Illinois game: Here is an overhead shot of Soldier Field: Superimpose (in your mind, I guess; I'm too lazy to do it) Soldier Field's playing surface over the football field in the first pic, and you get a sense of how short the distance down the line (or lines, depending upon orientation) would be. Even with Derwood's suggested "LA Coliseum fix", left field would be way too short (<200 feet). Using a Polo Grounds geometry (CF due north) would place the OF walls just over 100 feet down either line. I don't think there are any viable options (other than the cell) in the area that the team and the league would be happy with.
  11. MWV
    Using those numbers, the field would be way too small. <200 feet to the corners and ~385 feet to straight away center with really weird alleys (assuming a geometry in which CF points north). Alternatively, you could have one 400 foot corner and one 200 foot corner with about 290 feet to CF. Are any of the seats removable? If not, I don't think soldier field could possibly work. I'm calculating these numbers in my head, so I could be way off, but this would not appear to be a tenable solution.
  12. MWV
    I can see why the Marlins would be uninterested in Soler. By the time he is ML ready they will be transitioning between blowing up the present team and extorting money from south florida to pay for the next.
  13. MWV
    Per Rotoworld:
  14. MWV
    If my math is right, that would mean he cannot be called up any earlier than June 13 if the Cubs want to avoid burning a year of service time.
  15. MWV
    Yeah, Jed's already said that was the plan. That plan could easily change though. Outside of his agent and his immediate family, no one wants Lahair as the opening day starter if they have a better in house option. I'd rather watch Rizzo repeat (or improve upon) his success at the AAA level than burn a year of his ML service time with a team that is going nowhere in 2012.
  16. MWV
    As I understand it, 1 year of ML service time is 172 days in MLB (minus any minor league assignment of 20 days or more), so unless his '14 call-up was very early in the season and he stuck for the remainder of the season, he wouldn't accrue a full year of service time until the following year.
  17. MWV
    So it came to pass: http://www.fukudome1.com/diary/sub/images/080426/02.jpg I was wondering what would become of Kosuke. That gives the Sox De Aza, Lillibridge, Rios and Viciedo in the OF?
  18. MWV
    My understanding is that he projects as a corner OFer. I could be wrong.
  19. MWV
    HUZZAH.
  20. MWV
    I wonder how much the Cubs inability to move Soriano contributed to their flagging interest in Cespedes.
  21. MWV
    Piano skills are the new OBP.
  22. MWV
    Not even a 5% likelihood?
  23. MWV
    A minor league contract. At 49. I'm fully convinced that he hates his family.
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  25. MWV
    I don't mean to pick on you individually CR, but what do people really expect to see replayed on an in-stadium screen? MLB policy states: Certain plays may not be shown: The manner in which those that can be shown is limited: In-stadium video screens are not for instant replay. They are for adverts and lame admonitions to "Make NOISE".
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