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Post pics - always good to see the boys in action.

Why are they necessarily inherited runners? Those runners could have been given up by him. Maybe I'm confused - I was reading the split as appearances where he came in with runners on base and appearances where he came in with bases empty. If the split is based on the status of the bases at each at-bat, then I agree it's totally meaningless. I thought I might be missing something.

1 year does not a career make. so we are just going to have to disagree. Kyle has up years and then down years. A 4.48 lifetime ERA in 441 games tells me he is not a great pitcher. Kyle is a space cadet and cant handle pressure. He wont make it a week as Yankee closer if Rivera has to go to the DL. The Bronx is a Zoo and will eat him alive. Edit: Here are some split numbers. G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP BAA Bases Empty 419 0 0 0 0 0 0 292.2 290 89 81 43 136 317 2.49 1.46 .247 Runners On 361 0 0 0 0 0 0 280.0 245 223 202 38 130 268 6.49 1.34 .245 RISP 295 0 0 0 0 0 0 164.1 152 170 152 23 95 166 8.32 1.50 .250 RISP w/2 Outs 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 78.2 78 155 141 14 53 88 16.13 1.67 .250 Bases Loaded 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.1 20 18 16 2 4 16 8.82 1.47 .317 That is what tells me about pressure. While I understand the point you're trying to make, isn't it inherently more difficult to have high ERA when there is no one on base? I bet if you pulled a lot of pitchers stats, you would see something similar. Perhaps not as extreme as these numbers, but the same trend. I agree with you to a point, but the example you used may not be the best. Exactly. That was one of the absolute worst use of statistics, ever. Oh so you're saying he tends to give up more runs when the bases are loaded versus none on? Hmm. Whoda thunk it. :roll: How do inherited runners increase his ERA? I see that total runs are higher when there are runners on, but they wouldn't be Kyle's earned runs. Or am I missing something?

You can't assume a player cares or tries to get better? That should be the assumption at all times for all athletes unless it can be proved untrue. Why? Because we call them "professionals"? That's a label we brandish on all of these guys without regard for whether they earn it and/or display the qualities the term implies. We certainly don't assume that in other walks of life, why should we do it for athletes? If you work for me I'm going to assume you care about your job until you show me otherwise. That doesn't mean I will be oblivious to evidence showing the contrary, but if you aren't doing your job I will consider lots of other potential reasons before even considering that you just don't care.

Guess which team leads the Florida State League in IsoD? By a healthy margin? That's more of a function of the players than the organizational philosophy. The DCubs have a bunch of players at or above average age (which I believe is around 23). All but, Harvey, Spears and Rick are over 23 on the offensive side of the roster. That's a good point, but wouldn't that also mean they have been in the organization longer and had more time to be influenced by the Cubs' "philosophy"?

Guess which team leads the Florida State League in IsoD? By a healthy margin?

Hope you don't end up on the NSBB DL patting yourself on the back. :)

Thinking that way is like buying lottery tickets because, you know, you can't win if you don't play.

I saw 7 replies and thought there might be something to this. Now there's 8.

It looks like they're increasing their leverage dramatically. Put in simple terms, they think they are going to be able to earn more than what they're paying on their debt, with the residual going to the shareholders. The problem I see is that with a return on assets of less than 4% for the last 5 years, this doesn't look like a great bet. If they are able to sell their "non-core" assets at a price such that it reduces their assets more than it reduces their earnings from those assets that will help a little bit. So will reducing costs by $200 million. Leverage can work for you and against you. What this capital restructuring does is make both the debt and the equity returns more risky. If earnings improve they will look like geniuses - if they don't the stockholders will lose big time. What they really need to do is get a better return from their assets, not just reorganize the balance sheet.

I think there's an excellent chance the Cubs decline his option, and Wood might give the Cubs a small [wife's] hometown discount compared to what he can get on the open market. But if someone offers him a guaranteed $30 mil/3 year deal I doubt he signs a one year $5 mil plus incentives with the Cubs. If just one one of the 29 other teams out there has a much larger value on Wood at the end of this year than the Cubs do, it's likely he walks.

Jemel gets an RBI single in the 2nd - DCubs up 3-1

So if Clemens hits a batter it would be a $7400 beanball. Talk about MoneyBall!

My thinking is that he either needs to get some exposure at catcher or else he needs to be playing 1B or 3B at an appropriate level. I know that learning a new position takes time, just curious if anyone had any information on how the catcher experiment is progressing.

Now that Matt Craig has answered the question none of us were asking - after 2 years at AA can he hit at A+ (he currently leads the FSL in OPS and is 2nd in both OBP and SLG) - when will we start to get an answer to the question we thought he was working on when he was sent back to Daytona? Anyone got any information on his progress at adding catcher to his defensive repertoire?

DCubs shut out through 7, losing 4-0. Brevard County's Gallardo has given up 4 singles, 1 walk and got 10 K's.

A corked bat in the minors - maybe we ought to have random bat testing. Was it Iribarren? He's a prospect on the rise in the Brewers system and was ejected. According to the Wrap it was Iribarren:

A corked bat in the minors - maybe we ought to have random bat testing.

Daytona loses 10-9 in the bottom of the 12th, Jerry Blevins took the loss.

It was a bad idea to have Hairston hit 2nd in the first place, but since he was I have no problem with bunting him.

On the pre-game they said that the Cubs lead the majors with fewest runners left in scoring position - of couse they also lead the majors in fewest runners.

Easy to second guess the trade now Not second guessing the trade - just pointing out the fact. And wondering when the karma is going to change.

BTW - John Koronka put up his 6th quality start last night, going 7 with 2 ER against the A's.

Just a bump making this easier to find.

Me too, plus I'll probably take some things completely out of context. I think I'll just take another cold one - in or out of context I don't care as long as it's cold. :pint: