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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    Samardzija was bad today. If we're going to give him credit when he has good peripherals but hits just happen to fall, we should acknolwedge that he wasn't good today. He got hit hard, a lot. The Mets had a ton of line drives right at fielders.
  2. Hairyducked Idiot
    Well that splitter was pretty hittable. Sorry for the jinx, Jeff.
  3. Hairyducked Idiot
    Samardzija's splitter is my favorite pitch right now. Filthy. Works as an unhittable changeup.
  4. Hairyducked Idiot
    We prefer Ian Feelers.
  5. Hairyducked Idiot
    Hoyer lost this one. Given the Marshall and Rizzo trades, I'm willing to let it slide.
  6. Hairyducked Idiot
    The fact that his improvements in discipline came with a severe power drought isn't a good thing. (Sort of like somehow him missing key formative athletic years playing football has morphed into a positive for him). If he proves it in AA, I'll eat my words, but right now I'm betting a lot of those XBH are A-ball fast guy power, where poorly positioned outfielders let him take extra bases on hits that would be singles in the majors.
  7. Hairyducked Idiot
    The more I follow the minors the less I care about national pundits. BA obsesses over athleticism and ceiling, and the rest just regurgitate old news consensus. The minors are too big for these guys to be experts to the degree we would like. Vitters has plenty of ceiling and has clearly improved his approach. Law was an idiot for making the Pierre comp but I do worry that Szczur lacks power and it will keep him from progressing.
  8. Hairyducked Idiot
    Well, that's the philosophical difference I was trying to emphasize. Quantity almost never trumps quality in my book.
  9. Hairyducked Idiot
    Rehash No. 15 of this same idea, but paaaaasss. We liked Almora. We thought Almora was the best talent available. I don't want to be making suboptimal picks in the top 10 of the first round just so we can try to grab a few extra 4th-round talents in the 11th round and onward.
  10. Hairyducked Idiot
    If modern GMs can look past the ERA and see that the peripherals are still there, then that makes me feel a lot better about trading him.
  11. Hairyducked Idiot
    I know that modern statheadery tells me I'm not supposed to care about an increase in HR unless it comes with an increase in other peripherals or FB rates, but this still sucks. I feel like we missed a great sell high chance last offseason with Garza.
  12. Hairyducked Idiot
    You might want to get that checked out. ehhh, i bet some imodium would clear it right up It might also be stomach cancer. Better run some tests.
  13. Hairyducked Idiot
    Brett Jackson still has a .380 BABIP.
  14. Hairyducked Idiot
    A pitcher's velocity staying does not, in any way, mean that the pitcher isn't getting tired. The tired pitcher has to work harder to get the velocity to where it should be, which causes his mechanics to get out of whack, which causes a loss of control.
  15. Hairyducked Idiot
    Process >>>>>>>>> Outcome I understand the idea behind it, but I think this sort of mentality is a little overrated with regards to sports trades. Baseball players aren't weighted RNGs where unexpected results are entirely due to variance. It is a GM's job to predict what is going to happen and to do it better than his counterparts. The outcome is a data point that informs us on the quality of the process.
  16. Hairyducked Idiot
    The lack of pitching is a good one, and I was leaning toward that, but I'm kind of thinking "We waited too long to trade Garza and aren't going to get much for him" is a nice dark horse.
  17. Hairyducked Idiot
    "Hand-wringing" would be severely overstating it, but I'm certainly happy to see there was nothing to the worries. I'm still figuring out what I intend to worry about next, but I'll think of something.
  18. Hairyducked Idiot
    In 2017, we can trade Rizzo for the pitching we will probably still desperately need.
  19. Hairyducked Idiot
    Thread reinstated.
  20. Hairyducked Idiot
    Rizziculous.
  21. Hairyducked Idiot
    Yay, Shark is good again!
  22. Hairyducked Idiot
    Thanks Kyle, I strongly prefer the #1 pick but I do want to see our young talent play well so obviously I'm conflicted. I want to trade everyone possible! Dempster (love him) but gone if he agrees, Garza (not good enough for me to want to give him huge money and we're still a few years away), LaHair (has some value, great story but Rizzo is up and I don't like Brian in OF), Soriano (pay the whole damn contract I just can't see how we can't get a few interesting prospects), DeJesus (minimal value in a trade but has value to a contender) hell even Maholm. Get whatever you can for these guys if they aren't young and gonna be around for the rebuild why not try to maximize their value and get at least a lottery ticket. With the exception of maybe Garza we can easily replace all these guys in the free agency if we really had to find another temp place holder. We are in full rebuild mode so I want to see us go all out and restock the farm as much as possible. I'm in the same boat. I want somehow for the Cubs who are long-term assets to succeed, the Cubs who have trade value to improve it in the next month, and the rest of the roster-fill to just fall apart in horrific ways so we get that top pick. No more Paul Maholm shutouts, please.
  23. Hairyducked Idiot
    Historically, even if you take out a handful of generational talents, No. 1 overall picks still kick the ever-loving crap out of later picks. From 1975 to 2005, No. 4 overall picks have produced 9 players who have reached 10 bWAR in their careers. No. 1 overall picks had 21 reach that threshold. I think people are buying too much into the hype of this year's draft and are seriously underestimating the value of getting the best domestic amateur prospect each year, even in non-Harper years.
  24. Hairyducked Idiot
    Welcome aboard!
  25. Hairyducked Idiot
    Sickels on Vitters:
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