Hairyducked Idiot
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I certainly know who Gleyber Torres is. I always get him and Eloy Jimenez mixed up.
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http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luh7e6aasq1qglqnuo1_500.gif But with Theo's face and prospects instead of lions.
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BABIP is a wierd stat. If a player can hit line drives instead of ground outs how much of that is due to the players ability? or is it always just luck? Is the abilty to drive the ball not a skill? Is beating the ball into the ground routinely not a failure of mechanics? I'm not saying I know but it seems like the player has some control over their BABIP Hitting line drives over a career involves skill. Hitting them over a season is mostly luck. See Junior Lake, 2013.
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He is the worst.
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Hairyducked Idiot replied to David's topic in North Side Baseball Issues & Suggestions
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I would much rather Soler take that pitch and risk the call than swing at it.
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I wonder if the Cubs own an MRI machine I can't remember which forum I read about it on, but someone explained one time why that wouldn't really be cost-feasible.
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Watkins' BABIP must be .600 by now.
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Baez is really starting to look better at the plate.
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This is why you don't have to see a fifth decent infielder on your projected roster and spaz out looking to trade them.
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Castro just tore his leg in half.
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If ball four to Braun is caught without turning the glove over, it's got a shot at being called a strike.
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No clue what utility guys are out there, but I feel rather confident one can be had. It's not like the 1-2 WAR from Valbuena has to be lost. I hope we get one *and* keep Valbuena, keeping Watkins and Olt in Iowa.
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This is where the stock-market metaphor falls apart and baseball players are actually players who help you win baseball games and not assets to be sold at top price.
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He's including spring training.
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If the Cubs win tonight, the Brewers have the worst record in the NL Central after their 20-7 start.
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Spoken like true Australian hipster with no kids. Or, a person with taste. No, he said Australian.
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Long-term answers aren't the only thing that matters. Short-term answers are important too.
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I don't know. AFAICT, you're advocating for a scenario in which a team wants to contend so they *must* have Luis Valbuena in a deal, but also they don't mind giving up a starting pitcher that is an upgrade over the Hendricks/Turner/Wood set. I don't think such a team exists.
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What team is making this deal that wouldn't prefer another prospect over Valbuena? 300-350 at-bats of him is worth 1-2 wins. We should be aiming for a season next year where 1-2 wins is very important.
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Until the renovations are complete, that's apparentely us. *We're* trying to contend.
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So we make the MLB team worse because we're scared to weaken the farm system. Lovely. The love affair some folks have with Valbuena is almost as silly as the mythology that's grown up around Bosio. He's a useful player and he's cheap - he's not a foundational piece. There's no reason to give him away, but there's also no reason to back away from a deal that can help the club get to the next level because you don't want to give up Luis Valbuena. Who cares if he doesn't qualify for some sort of made-up, arbitrary status of "Foundational Piece." I'm fine with trading Valbuena for a deal that "gets us to the next level," but that's literally true of every player in the organization. And I'm not fine with trading him for prospects, and I'm doubtful there's really a trade out there involving him that makes this team better.
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Where? What are we going to upgrade with him? We're full up on starting pitchers except for the ones that he won't net. He's too good, even as a backup infielder, to trade for a backup catcher or a lefty reliever. What trade do we make involving him that improves the 2015 team? And of course, he's only a backup infielder in a magical fantasy land Bryant plays 3b, Baez adjusts well, and nobody ever, ever gets hurt.
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So we make the MLB team worse because we're scared to weaken the farm system. Lovely.
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You're literally terrified Theo is going to build a completely home grown lineup. I'm moderately nervous that he'd rather do that than build the best lineup he can. But the fanbase is not the front office, so for the moment I'm merely nervous.