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Grissom signs with the Cubs.........
Bull replied to Bgbird68's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Yeah, and his last good year against lefties was 2004. The last time before that was 2003. The last time before that was 2002... and so on. His last good year was '96? . how was 96 good (.838 ops) and 2002 (.831) not good? I always thought an .831 ops for a CFer was pretty good (2002) .790 in 03 and .794 in 04. League average in 2004 was .752. Good enough for a fourth OFer in my book. Add in the facts that his splits against lefties are even better, I don't think its terrible that they signed him to a minor league contract. -
Exactly. The most credible people are the dorm room GMs with the most time and the most posts. Your fault for not realizing that. If by credible you mean recognizable and memorable, then, yeah, the people who post often are memorable for what they say (whether accurate or inaccurate) There was this guy over at cubs.com named Tom27... oh skip it.
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What about those who used half their last name?
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brionch you know you're my boy, but how .950 OPS right-fielders were available this offseason? There were only 3 .950+ OPS outfielders in all of baseball last year. Brian Giles wasn't one of them. Manny, Bay, Guererro. Unless your suggesting the Cubs trade Prior for Manny. (don't do it...I got eyerolled off the board for suggesting it would be better than Tejada for Prior---still not good, but better.) Tejada at .865 is nothing to sneeze at. You were (we all were) spoiled by good Sammy into thinking that 1.100 OPS should be expected from your RF. I still don't give up Prior for Tejada. No eyerolling here MrWood, you are right on. This is what we pay Dusy for. To control uncontrollable players. Everyone was on the Bradley bandWGN. Manny is MUCH MUCH MUCH better than Bradley. Again, just look at his numbers. They speak for themselves. Difference: Bradley wouldn't have cost you Prior. I'm not suggesting trade Prior for Manny, just that its better than Prior for Tejada.
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I was looking at it the other way. The study shows what a worthless (read: luck related/teammate dependant) stat ERA is. For relievers, at least. True. Much better for starters. They finish 90+% of their innings. And if they ARE pulled in the middle of an inning (especially in th e NL) its their own darn fault, and I hope their runners DO score!
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brionch you know you're my boy, but how .950 OPS right-fielders were available this offseason? There were only 3 .950+ OPS outfielders in all of baseball last year. Brian Giles wasn't one of them. Manny, Bay, Guererro. Unless your suggesting the Cubs trade Prior for Manny. (don't do it...I got eyerolled off the board for suggesting it would be better than Tejada for Prior---still not good, but better.) Tejada at .865 is nothing to sneeze at. You were (we all were) spoiled by good Sammy into thinking that 1.100 OPS should be expected from your RF. I still don't give up Prior for Tejada.
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I was looking at it the other way. The study shows what a worthless (read: luck related/teammate dependant) stat ERA is.
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No. I hope not, but i think so... sadly, yes.
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Oh noes. PRIOR IS NOT FREAKIN INJURY PRONE. He got hit in the arm by a freak line drive. NOT INJURY PRONE. Therefore the chance that his arm falls of is highly highly highly HIGHLY unlikely. Then again, Dusty could always trot Prior out there and set all kinds of pitch count records. Great mechanics or not, there is the Baker Factor to take into account. He could do that to every pitcher. does that mean we should have 25 position players on our team to stop that from happening? hmmm now there's an idea. We knew Hendry would find a way to Dusty-proof this team. That hendry; he's smart.
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There is no likelyhood that he will have to move positions. Why does age 31 equate to inability to play SS at the same level? Because history has shown us that middle infielders often have to switch, or risk turning into defensive question marks. He probably won't have to switch at 31, but by 32 or 33 the likelihood increases quite a bit. Ripken waited until he was 35, but wasn't any good in the field from 32-34. Banks moved at 31. Yount moved at 29/30. Larkin had a very tough time being an everyday SS in his 30s. Tony Fernandez went from an everyday SS in his 20s to a part time 3B, part time SS, part time 2B in his 30s. All time great middle infielders make their career in their 20's, and usually take a significant step back in their 30s. It's much easier for slugging first baseman and corner outfielders to age gracefully, the demand on the body isn't as great. No wonder there was no love for nomar this offseason. BTW this is the best argument against this trade that I have seen so far.
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I take what I can get these days! :D ....... :cry:
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Unfortunately that's probably a random stat with no predictive value. Such is the problem of signing middle relievers after their "breakout" season. I understand that, but the point is that Eyre's ERA was better than it looked last year. He was excellent at holding inherited runners on base, which is what you want relievers to do. Put another way, we need not worry when Dusty puts him in in the middle of an inning. So many discussions here (particularly about Remmy) noted that certain pitchers were only effective if they started an inning. This shows that Eyre is valuable with runners on. That's what you want from a LOOGY.
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The link is to NL pitchers here is all:
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You could be very well right. As a Trib shareholder, I was going more conservative. lol. so it's YOUR fault.
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Yeah. lets back up that Guzman train. But insert Rusch for Wood. Oooh two lefties!
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Is that an official "hoops radar reading"?
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Sure, Marshall contributed to Will Carroll's book "Saving the Pitcher". I've been meaning to read that. Is Will Carroll "blackballed" as much as Marshall is claimed to be? Not having either one hired, at the very least, as a consultant to a ML ballclub just seems shortsighted and somewhat arrogant. You'd think that trying to be proactive with a ballclubs players would actually cost a team less in the long-run due to medical expenses. As strong and revolutionary as their opinions are, I doubt they would work well as a "consultant" unless they were the types of consultants that have the power to come in and change everything top to bottom. Not gonna happen.
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Oh boy here we go again... I wish this would just end.
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yeah, and I got to say bequeathed
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No news there. THat's simply a functin of the higher WHIP. (1.03 before, 1.31 after - that's an extra 1/3 of a batter an inning) You give up more hits and walks you're going to use more pitches. Add to it the higher K rate and you've easily accounted for your extra 2.4 pitches per inning.
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Baseball prospectus has an interesting report out. It weighs who benefited most from having the runners he left on when he left the game (bequeathed) stranded by the teammate who relieved him. It sort of turns the concept of inherited runners scored backward and shows an adjusted run average. According to prospectus, Eyre had good teammates who helped keep his (bequeathed) runners from scoring, but he was flat out awesome at holding inherited runners. His ERA was 2.77, but should have been 1.01!! Ohman was bad and had help. Weurtz was good to his teammates and his teammates were good to him. Releivers expected runs
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Yea...can you believe we are breaking up the dynasty that has been the Chicago Cubs? Cant seem to recollect our record last year for the life of me. You make a valid point. But this is Prior. He is part of the solution not the problem. He's young, he's cheap, he's good, and he has significant potential to be the best pitcher in baseball. You keep him.
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Jones, Encarnacion, Rondell White or Reggie Sanders? Sanders>White>Jones>Encarnacion Where do you put Burnitz and P Wilson in that continuum?
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best. news. evar.
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And harder still to believe that no one bit.