Thursday Rockpile: So you say you want a revolution? Well, you know...
by Rox Girl on Dec 22, 2011 8:30 AM MST
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PrintNow that the Rockies have pretty much completed another part of transforming their last year's team into their next year's team, we can take a step back and look at the work Dan O'Dowd has accomplished at the Pit of Wonders. Here's the breakdown of the players to play 3B for the Rockies in 2011, per FanGraphs, save their games at 3B totals, which came from Baseball Reference:
The four on that list, representing 140 starts at the position in 2011, are all gone. Sayonara! The Rockies are already halfway to the pennant. Replacing them are;
At about the exact moment that I realized that we should be taking Brandon Wood a lot more seriously for the Opening Day third base job, I also realized that this is actually still a remarkably similar spot to the one the Rockies found themselves in a year ago at this time. A different cast of characters maybe, but the same level of risk in youth that if things go wrong, they could go very very wrong at the position. Of course in 2011, they did precisely just that. The bright side then, as it is now, is that there's also a lot of opportunity for things to go right, but the Rockies are gambling a lot on the unproven quartet of hopefuls at the bottom of that list, as well as the shaky knees and back of the 38 year old at the top.
Wood's defense by the advanced stats differs from the picture that emerges from, well, pictures. All his AP photos like the one above seem to be of him either missing on a dive, bobbling a ball, or about to throw wide.
Howard Megdal doesn't mention the Rockies at all in his blog post about David Wright save the title, but in doing so, he perhaps unwittingly jabs another fork into the hearts of Rockies fans:
I doubt Megdal meant it this way, but with Larry Walker's solid HOF case still getting ignored by many Internet writers as well as the mainstream media, Rockies fans will probably see the same implicit "you can't be in the HOF if you're a Rockie" sentiment. So sorry Tulo, sorry Toddfather, sorry Walker, you guys are all screwed and just can't win when it comes to getting your keys to Cooperstown.
Former Rockies organizational coach Bob McClure may be the favorite for the Red Sox vacant pitching coach job. McClure has been with Kansas City since 2006, but was instrumental in developing Aaron Cook and Jeff Francis, among other Rockies pitchers.
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Yeah Rockies
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Is it "Rockies" or "Rockys"? ;-)
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Dec 22, 2011 8:58 AM MST up reply actions
Rockys is that guy
who sells cars.
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Oh I was going to say Rocky is the guy who punches meat
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Dec 22, 2011 9:00 AM MST up reply actions
I was going to say Rocky is the best mascot in the country
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
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The horror; The Horror!
Of haveing to relive those lines again!
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
I thought he was a squirrel
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JFK
I thought it was ice cream
with nuts and marshmallows.
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You always take that road don't you?
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Nuts or Marshmellows?
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
now now oldfoagie
we all know how Maria feels about nuts.
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Chestnuts roasting on an open fire; Ice cicle hanging off my nose...
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
JFK's Quote of the Day:
“I haven’t missed a game in two-and-a-half years. I go to the park as sick as a dog and, when I see my uniform hanging there, I get well right now. Then I see some of you guys (media) and I get sick again.” ~Pete Rose
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
I hate to do this
“I was, till about 30 seconds ago.” ~Todd Helton when asked if he enjoyed letting Troy Tulowtizki and Carlos Gonzalez have all the media attention while not having the media around him
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
LOL
Don/t get me wrong. If players are rude (most of) the media deserves it.
I agree
It was just too perfect an opportunity to not post that.
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JFK
I've never seen Todd be openly hostile with a reporter.
I have seen him wryly point out when a reporter asks a dumb or loaded question. The question above was pretty loaded.
Filling up your senses like a night in the forest since 1992.
by frightened inmate #2 on Dec 22, 2011 10:53 AM MST up reply actions
Nice. Todd is the Man.
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 10:49 AM MST up reply actions
One underrated thing about Walker:
Unlike a lot of players whose poor prime seasons have to be excused by injury, when he was injured he was still kick ass. If you look at 1996 (83 games, .393 wOBA), 2000 (87, .392), and 2004 (82, .432), he still put up all-star numbers.
So what if he didn’t play for 20 years? Neither did Ron Santo, Kirby Puckett, Pedro Martinez and countless others who are or will be HOFers. And he didn’t hang on to put up counting numbers once his defense negated his offensive contribution (Winfield, Dawson, etc.)
Plus, he’s Canadian so… he’s got that going.
Grrr. Put him in now!
He reminds me a lot of Cam Neely
another of my favorite players, great player but injuries hurt his total numbers, Cam got in eventually, I have faith Mr. Walker will as well.
2011 - not even light can escape
I can't find the Lewis and Floorwax Larry Walker MVP commercial, also awesome.
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
Floorwax taking the top off the MVP trophy on his backswing made me laugh
The Sakic and Foote Bacos commercial was easily the best of those
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
I don't really listen that often, I can remember a few funny line from when I have
but on the whole morning radio hosts are to commedians, as low leverage middle relievers are to starters.
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
When I had the long commute down to the Tech Center, I used to listen...
They were so obnoxious and inappropriate that I laughed even though I shouldn’t have.
Glad I never really have to listen to terrestrial radio much anymore.
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Your is not the correct contraction of you are. The word you're looking for is you're.
It's anyway, not anyways.
But if you only remember one thing...
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I stopped listening to them around the time I graduated from high school.
That’s about the level of their humor.
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
by DAWNMARIE01 on Dec 22, 2011 10:31 AM MST up reply actions
My sense of Humour never made it fully out of high school.
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A lot is two words. Allot can be one word but it has another meaning.
The only time you really want to use "myself" is when you are the recipient of your own action. Usually you're better off using "me."
Your is not the correct contraction of you are. The word you're looking for is you're.
It's anyway, not anyways.
But if you only remember one thing...
There are no apostrophes in plurals.
they distributed t-shirts with lewd caricatures of beavers
with “EATON BEAVERS” on the front. it was my first semester on the school paper, and we got to cover a mascot scandal
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 22, 2011 12:24 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
You were there for that?
I remember listening to that saga on their morning show.
I should add, not by choice. I commuted to high school a long way in a van-pool, and our driver listened to lewis and floorwax in the morning, whether we liked it or not.
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yep
I watched as the news crew picked out the least intelligent poor speakers in my class to interview. I never got a t-shirt
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 22, 2011 1:18 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
One line I remember was around the time of the Hayman Fire
a guy who’s house burnt down ended up on the cover of the Post with his cat. The picture may or may not have included a testicle poking out of his cutoffs, the Post issued a statement that is was merely a shadow. Floorwax asked if anyone had “ever seen a shadow with veins” not exactly Fawlty Towers but I laughed.
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
I think the former Rockies player whose potential HOF career was hurt most by injuries was Ellis Burks.
Seriously, he’s about equivalent to Bernie Williams in regular season player value with just 76 games separating the two. Of course Williams makes up some difference with his postseason exploits, but that just means that Burks is getting punished for not getting drafted by the Yankees.
to complete the original thought, Burks had 9 seasons between 24 and 36 that he failed to play in 140 games
and only two seasons in that span that he played more than 150 (in both he was on the MVP ballot,) had he been more healthy, particularly in his prime, I think it’s very likely that he’d be in the HOF conversation now.
I had never looked at his games played
but I always got the impression he was a bit undervalued for some reason. I never actually looked up his stats (although I have them on the backs of 30-40 baseball cards)
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JFK
I can see that; I also think slightly inflated by Fenway and Coors.
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
I think in the minds of voters, this is true, but his actual value according to park adjusted stats holds up.
A career 126 OPS+ is higher than Williams and Tim Raines, two other centerfielders that are strongly being considered. Burks’ defense was actually better than Williams’.
No question; I just don't see him having the same career batting line at say old cominsky or the mistake or chavez ravine
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Old Candlestick park was no joy, either and he hit very well there,
as he did at Jacobs Field in his 30’s.
Raines was really a LF although so much of his value wasn't captured by OPS+
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are you implying that raines should not be in the hall?
arenado: it's Rockie for future
Plus, Ellis signed my glove when I was a kid.
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I was lucky to get it
We happened to be eating at a restaurant that he was eating at when I was a kid (maybe 10?). The waitress said he didn’t want anyone to bother him, but being a nerdy kid I had brought in my glove AND all of my baseball cards, so she told me that he was there and where he was sitting. He signed my glove and a couple cards of him I had on hand. In retrospect, he was really awesome about it.
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Aww, that's so awesome!
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 1:45 PM MST up reply actions
you think bernie williams is a hall of famer?
arenado: it's Rockie for future
no. I don't think Burks is, either, but Burks has as strong a case now as Williams does
I’m saying that had Ellis not been injured so frequently, he would have been given more careful consideration. This would have been especially true if he had the same sort of career ten years earlier.
what do you think williams's chances are?
i don’t think he should be in the hall either, personally
arenado: it's Rockie for future
I think they're unfortunately high.
Either he’ll get in Jim Rice style 15 years from now thanks to nostalgic reporters who forget or mistrust their SABR roots as they get older, or that the Veteran’s committee will send him in because he’ll be seen as a bigger part of the 90’s Yankees dynasty than he actually was.
i agree
hall of very good and yankee legend, but not hall of famer
arenado: it's Rockie for future
Bernie Williams seems like a fringe HOF'er to me
His 1996-2002 seems HOF worthy to me.
Add to it that he’s a Yankee legend and I think that counts too, just like I think Helton being a Rockie legend should help push him further into the hall. To me, I think ones impact to the game is a factor when choosing a Hall of Famer; play comes first, but relevance to the game is a sub-category for me.
I wouldn’t give Burks a vote at any point for the HOF, personally.
I will add, for perspective sake, I grew up in the northeast so I definitely have more exposure to Bernie Williams than Ellis Burks, though my one and only gameball I ever got was from a Burks foul ball at when he was a Red Sox at Fenway.
Pit of wonders eh?
It still amazes me how much Pacheco’s line looks like a Magadan line. That’s a lot of contact in that small sample. Just like Magadan; and a similar LD rate. Yes you’ll say unsustainable Bapip. Just Think of that kind of contact coming off the bench. It’s why I’d want him to get a lot of starts against the division so he can establish his “book” against . I know the defense looks terrible in that sample; glove made of tin going clank. Does anybody really think UZR is viable at all in that small a sample?
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
I would say unsustainable LD rate first, and then unsustainable BABIP because of that.
Nobody in the majors hits LD’s at that rate, and Pacheco never came close to it in the minors.
UZR is not close to reliable at the sample size, but let’s just say that Pacheco’s not off to a good start. I don’t want to disregard him completely, both he and LeMahieu have some solid things going for them in their contact ability, if they just learn to contain it and force pitchers to give them good strikes to hit, they’d be very viable alternatives. Right now, though, knowing what we do, they really aren’t quite there yet.
actually though, the BABIP should stay about the same at lower LD rates.
He really should have had a much better line than he did given all the line drives he hit.
Oh I agree. I don't see Pacheco as a long term solution at first and third.
I see him as a Magadan or Lenny Harris.. That guy you bring in to chase the closer or specialist when you got to get somebody on board and some body moved.
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Seriously, I love that Pacheco line.
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How many games can you see Brandon Wood being on the ML Roster?
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The range is 0-162
Ok, probably more like 0-100.
I'd say you were closer to being right the first time.
Wood’s upside potential is everyday starter. There is a fairly high likelihood that he can be the sub we’re assuming Blake to be.
Won’t he have to play out of his mind in ST to get Blakes position? Or are you assuming Blake gets hurt?
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 9:37 AM MST up reply actions
Blake's contract is non-guaranteed.
If Wood shows he can be just as good at a lower salary, how benevolent with millions of dollars do you think the Rockies will be with Blake? Wood’s natural ability is high enough that he really won’t have to play out of his mind to put this into question, he just has to show that he’s taken a step forward at making contact at the plate.
Hmmm maybe we’ll be seeing more of Wood than I think… I like/liked his upside at one point, but I kinda figured that after 700 MLB AB’s and a career line of .186/.225/.289 im not too psyched. I am all about giving people time, but you gotta show SOMETHING. However, to his defense, he had his best season yet last year.
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 9:49 AM MST up reply actions
He is likely to be PCL Fodder(his favorite place to hit anyway)
but he has that Bautista upside hidden in there somewhere, that would be a hell of a nice surprise for the Rockies.
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I see him as the starter...
for your Colorado…Springs Sky Sox!
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most do, but I'd argue that his chances of being a value to the Rockies as the starting 3B at any point in the season
are as high as Arenado, Pacheco, LeMahieu or anybody else not named Casey Blake on our current list.
Yeah, no doubt we see him...
at least sometime during the long and (I predict, miserable) 2012 campaign.
There are no apostrophes in plurals.
A lot is two words. Allot can be one word but it has another meaning.
The only time you really want to use "myself" is when you are the recipient of your own action. Usually you're better off using "me."
Your is not the correct contraction of you are. The word you're looking for is you're.
It's anyway, not anyways.
But if you only remember one thing...
There are no apostrophes in plurals.
If Wood does win the job
I think the Rockies actually keep him around. Then when Wood goes o-fer one day Tracy will have someone to bench him for.
I guess if he can play 3B and SS and 1B=MatchupZzz
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 9:56 AM MST up reply actions
Yeah, probably
because the range is not making the big club at all to everyday starter.
I’ll take the under on that as well
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 9:35 AM MST up reply actions
I will take the Over
meet your new backup SS folks
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but scrappy doo has to be on the team, its part of CarGos contract
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 9:37 AM MST up reply actions
I'll take the over
but only because I think Blake will miss time and the club won’t be ready to bring up Nolan.
he can’t possibly have options left can he?
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 9:52 AM MST up reply actions
Nelson?
He does not
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 9:59 AM MST up reply actions
BWood that is
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 9:52 AM MST up reply actions
he is on a MiLB contract right?
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yes
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 9:57 AM MST up reply actions
I was hoping zero
If he earns playing time that would be great but he has been towing the line of absolutely terrible at every chance he’s received at the MLB level to date and I don’t see what has changed to suggest this year will be any different.
But, like I said, if he earns playing time good for him and he’s always been touted as a high potential guy so I’d love to see that light switch go on for him.
He did take a step forward in his move to Pittsburgh.
He had been a sub-replacement sinkhole with the Angels, and he became a replacement level player with the Pirates. His talent and minor league career has always suggested (similar to Ian Stewart, actually) that he’s capable of more than he’s shown in the MLB. He just needs one more step forward, and it’s something that’s still a possibility, I would think. Nobody wants what Wood has been playing 3B, but I don’t think any of us would mind if we got what Wood could be.
Maybe a baby step
I still think he was pretty terrible last year and its debatable if he is much of a replacement level player, imo. He’s got Spring Training to prove me wrong and I welcome that but I have serious doubts he becomes anything more 2012 Jose Lopez.
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 9:36 AM MST up reply actions
Sounds like a legally blond movie
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
I was thinking...
“Offseason update on gaping holes: 3B still a problem, so is 2B, so is rotation”
I mean I know these are among the toughest MLB positions to address, so expecting progress on all three was really not reasonable. But two of three? Maybe one of three?
O’Dowd specifically talked about aiming high on offseason acqusitions, and then proceeded to the Flea Market and a bunch of garage sales in Greater Commerce City. I generally like Cuddyer and Ramon Hernandez, but they just don’t plug the holes where this team in bleeding to death.
by Northsider1964 on Dec 22, 2011 10:28 AM MST up reply actions
we hope and pray that Arenado and Rutledge are the long term fixes at 3b/ 2b respectively.
Without a Prado or a Headley or a Murphy; 2b/3b wasn’t going to get fixed anyway.
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Yes I understand that
And I know the offseason certainly isn’t over. But at this point it looks way too much like a Josh McDaniels draft:
“You needed… what??? And you picked… who?”
by Northsider1964 on Dec 22, 2011 10:48 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah I'm there too.
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Blake's line
is remarkably similar to Ian’s 2010 (.256/.338/.443), minus the slugging. I know, LOLCOORZ and all that, but if Blake is adequate, wouldn’t that imply that Ian was too at some point.
There are some who do
of course less on this site than others.
the problem being that while he was adequate, he was expected to be more than that
#expectations
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 9:51 AM MST up reply actions
The bigger problem is that he was not only inadequate in 2011, but detrimental to the club.
If he remained merely adequate, he’d still be with Colorado. If he was inadequate, but not a massive sinkhole, the team might not have had the courage to trade him. Instead though, he was a disaster, and it made the decision to part ways for the FO fairly easy.
yes, i guess mine was more of the 2009/10 version, at that point they expected him to grow, and then yes he ended up with a disaster 2011
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 10:00 AM MST up reply actions
I know we discount clutch around here.
Blake has kinda had that going at times which I think he’s been put in the mix.
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Blake is also a great clubhouse guy...
It shouldn’t be overlooked. He provided a huge spark for LA when he first came from cleveland. Plus I think there was a little tension with Ian. I got the sense that Tulos comments last year about not everyone being fully in it and having minds in different places (ie contract status) was a not so veiled poke at Ian. Blake is a different character. I saw him several times at dodgers spring training and he was like their Giambi figure. This may be the sort of move DOD was talking about when he said he wanted “men not boys.”
by purplerowtroller on Dec 22, 2011 11:11 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Blake, Cuddyer, Giambi ..
A metric needs to be developed for team character & leadership. Maybe “TCL”.
2012 Rockies will top the league in TCL, but the key measure is TCL/W — team character per win.
Hmm...
But if you’re measuring TCL/W, wouldn’t a high number possibly suggest that there was a lot of team character, but few wins?
If we start off with a certain value of TCL, each increasing W will decrease the TCL/W.
So maybe we’re looking for W/TCL…which might also be flawed if we don’ know the value of TCL and if it’s high. But if we assume it’s high and stays the same, we’re definitely looking for W/TCL.
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 11:38 AM MST up reply actions
Well
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 11:55 AM MST up reply actions
Haha
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 12:05 PM MST up reply actions
Sounds like math.
The jury’s still out on that.
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
by DAWNMARIE01 on Dec 22, 2011 11:45 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
W/tcl + tHAR
To which Blake also contributes… Looks a lil like Brett favre
by purplerowtroller on Dec 22, 2011 11:49 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
looks better than Favre
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
by DAWNMARIE01 on Dec 22, 2011 11:51 AM MST up reply actions
He looks nothing like Brett Favre IMO
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He probably wears wranglers
by purplerowtroller on Dec 22, 2011 12:06 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
one thing is for sure
in baseball media circles, if you sign old white guys you are sure to get an abundance of “character” and “leadership” and a whole heaping load of “professionalism.” Add that to Todd and we’re going to explode.
We had the best damn clubhouse in all the land
A tremendous atmosphere that was practically bursting with leadership. Then we limped to 73 wins, and it was time to clean house and change the clubhouse atmosphere.
Sandy Koufax said it best: “Sure nice guys can win, if they’re nice guys with talent.”
by Northsider1964 on Dec 22, 2011 11:51 AM MST up reply actions
I'm fine with Blake, as long as he stays healthy
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His and Field's locker should be on the other side of the trainer's locker next to Todd's!
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
If we are going to use an old Dodger to replace our Old Codger
I’d prefer it be Loney.
Also, no way Fielder comes here. IMO
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Tommy Field is who he's referring to I think
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"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
I thought he was referring to the cookie lady.
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
by DAWNMARIE01 on Dec 22, 2011 10:12 AM MST up reply actions
That's Debbie...
and apparently the rumours that she and Famous Amos hooked up in the ‘80s weren’t true after all,
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Darn.
Can you imagine the cookie-goodness that would have come from that union?
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
by DAWNMARIE01 on Dec 22, 2011 10:32 AM MST up reply actions
What could have been...
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They could have named the kid "Chip"
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Dec 22, 2011 1:51 PM MST up reply actions
But Field doesn't play 1b
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And it's a little hard to take an adult who goes by 'Tommy' seriously...
with apologies to Mr. Hillfiger.
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agreed.
I’m just gonna keep calling him Thomas.
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by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 11:43 AM MST up reply actions
Thomas Samuel Field
can we call him Sam Field? Thomas Field works as well. Or maybe just Field
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JFK
The Legend of Sam Field? I'm in.
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That works.
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by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 12:19 PM MST up reply actions
Which one?
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"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
yes
arenado: it's Rockie for future
Umm yes, like papallity said.
I was thinking Field.
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by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 12:36 PM MST up reply actions
I'm not sure he picked Tommy instead of Thomas
I’ll try to find out through a distant family connection.
But in keeping with Rox Girl’s theme of the day, “Tommy” offers better rock opera musical references.
Then, also find out if he...
sure plays a mean pinball.
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Please take all discussion of deaf, dumb and blind ballplayers
Over to the Ty Wigginton player review thread.
Thank you.
by Northsider1964 on Dec 22, 2011 11:53 AM MST up reply actions 5 recs
You are on fire today!
Rapier wit on display
by Britbronco22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:12 PM MST up reply actions
Tommy Field sure wants to be a sensation
Your 2012 Colorado Rockies:freshly exorcised from Ty Wigginton
Only the Loney....? :-\
Refering to our fragile IF prospect.
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"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Fragile IF prospect
describes Hector Gomez or Chris Nelson a lot more than Field
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"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
I'm under the impression that all three get knicked and dinged a lot
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
We should sign loney... Not to play
Just so he cant hit against us. It would add at least two wins a year…
/rox killer
by purplerowtroller on Dec 22, 2011 11:15 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Seriously
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Next time loney comes to Denver....
I’m making him pee in a cup!
by purplerowtroller on Dec 22, 2011 11:35 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
....long enough for Arenado to take over
and I think he will.
He murders LHP
if he and Giambi are on the bench late in a game I feel pretty good.
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
...We all wanna change the world.
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 10:49 AM MST reply actions
I'll take winning the NL West as Change I Can Believe In.
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MERRY CHRlSTMAS, everyone. Hope you all have much JOY and LOVE these Hollydays..
see you next year !! :)
In all things, it is better to hope than despair.
And Happy Hannukah, Kwanzaa, and/or Festivus...
to the rest of us!
And for those of us with no real religious convictions at all, eh, at least it’s a day off, right?
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Festivus?
I’ll get my pole.
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
Luftfeuchtigkeitsregler über alles.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Dec 22, 2011 11:02 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Does that mean it's time for the airing of grievances?
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
by DAWNMARIE01 on Dec 22, 2011 11:04 AM MST up reply actions
Oooh...yes!
Pleasepleasepleaseplease
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 11:05 AM MST up reply actions
Where shall we start?
/looking at you Wiggy/Ian/Tracy
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
by DAWNMARIE01 on Dec 22, 2011 11:06 AM MST up reply actions
In chronological order.
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 11:06 AM MST up reply actions
See who's review is on the PR front page? It looks like it time.
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
Luftfeuchtigkeitsregler über alles.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Dec 22, 2011 11:06 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
And I'm donating $100 to the Human Fund in all y'alls names!
Money for Humans!
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 11:04 AM MST up reply actions
l see l may have offended...l wsh everyone Peace Joy and Love .......
In all things, it is better to hope than despair.
You offended nobody butterfly.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
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Not at all!
and a joyful Merry Christmas to you!
Hark, I Hear the Angels Sing…
Also hear they picked up a 1st baseman.
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And a pitcher too
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"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
and a Catcher
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Dec 22, 2011 1:53 PM MST up reply actions
lots of folks go both ways.
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Yeah, but they're just kidding themselves.
There really isn’t such a thing as a catcher/pitcher, just a bunch of catchers who think they could be pitchers.
Doesn't every catcher
deserve the opportunity to pitch every once in a while if that is what they want?
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Sure, on the practice fields in Spring Training, maybe,
but you better keep that junk out of the pro ranks.
poor catchers.
Never get a chance to pitch when it really matters.
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It's the nature of the biz.
It’s all a lot of fun when you’re not playing for anything, but when the games count, you better be prepared to bring it.
I guess that is true.
Looking back at all the times I got to pitch, not sure I could have handled the pressure of the big time moment…and lets just say I’m glad that I caught.
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Look Mothra. you couldn't offend anyone!
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Well, maybe Godzilla.
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
by DAWNMARIE01 on Dec 22, 2011 11:27 AM MST up reply actions
Well..true...and the Smog Monster
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Yankees are now on a budget?
Andrew Marchand of ESPNNewYork.com writes that the Yankees are unlikely to sign Hiroki Kuroda unless they can unload some payroll.
The Yankees already have $185-200 million tied up in payroll commitments for 2012, so while they like Kuroda, they are unlikely to give him the one-year, $12-13 million deal he reportedly desires. This could just be some posturing on the part of general manager Brian Cashman, but at the moment he appears satisfied with the idea of having CC Sabathia, Ivan Nova, Phil Hughes, A.J. Burnett and Freddy Garcia in the rotation next season.
Who would have thought the Yankees would ever be tight with their cash? They have been eerily silent this off season.
Seems so...
Their payroll has been declining in the last few years.
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So has their post-season performance
Imagine that.
by maris61 on Dec 22, 2011 11:38 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
They did OK in 2009...
with a smaller payroll than 2008. Though it is really hard to imagine fans in the Bronx are sitting still while the Yanks do.
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I think it has a lot to do with the Red Sox
If they’re not adding big contracts, the Yanks may think they don’t have to, either.
I hope the Rays whip both of them this year.
Huge part of it, yeah.
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made the postseason every year of this century except 1
won 1 world series, played in 3, lost 2 good ALCSes, and never got swept
arenado: it's Rockie for future
Won two this century...
2000 and 2009.
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the year 2000 is part of the 20th century
/nitpick
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It's not actually...
2000 is by definition, part of the 2000s.
#zero
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century
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Were you a year old at birth?
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no, but
2000 is in the 20th century because there is no year 0 in the gregorian calendar. 1 AD-100 AD is the first century. 101-200 AD is the second, and so on
arenado: it's Rockie for future
There shoulda been a year 0...made all our lives easier.
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 12:36 PM MST up reply actions
whoa, whoa...
let’s not be ridiculous here
arenado: it's Rockie for future
Acquire all the
Thracian armz!
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worked for spartacus
oh, wait…
arenado: it's Rockie for future
Everybody was all used to writing 1 on their checks
of course, it took a while to quit writing BC instead of AD, but still less confusing than having to write 0….
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Dec 22, 2011 1:55 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
No designated year zero, maybe...
but math (and I know that the jury’s still out on it) dictates that such a year has to exist. One of those Earth isn’t really flat, eclipses are not caused by dragons eating the sun type things. Say you and I were alive in the year 1 AD. I borrowed a couple pieces of silver from you last year…does that debt now not exist?
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Huh.
I was thinking we need a 0 for there to be a midpoint. We could just call it the In Between Year.
Because, yeah- if you borrowed money from me, it still exists, but it seems it occurred 1B.C.
Which is just weird.
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 12:46 PM MST up reply actions
it just goes 1BC to 1 AD, that's all
arenado: it's Rockie for future
Just because your man...
Dionysius Exigious didn’t know about the existence of zero in the 6th century doesn’t mean it wasn’t always there!
#Aryabhatta
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Who cares if it's 0 or 1
the world ends in 2012 anyway…although if it’s 0 it already ended……wait, what?
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The world ended for the Mayans...
long before 2012. Happly the end of the world for The Mayan was averted by Federico Pena.
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Not really
It’s been bouncing around between $201 million and $213 million.
Although baseball is full of teams suffering setbacks, it’s also full teams overcoming them. All I ask is for the Rockies to be defined by the latter category.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Dec 22, 2011 12:37 PM MST up reply actions
It seems like..
every since Steinbrenner passed away, the Yankess had been holding on to their purse strings a little bit tighter
Colorado Offense: Making bad pitchers look like CY Young Winners.
by Colsportsfan on Dec 22, 2011 12:26 PM MST up reply actions
cashman has said this offseason that there is no budget
all there needs to be is a reason to sign a player
arenado: it's Rockie for future
CC Sabathia, Ivan Nova, Phil Hughes, A.J. Burnett and Freddy Garcia in the rotation next season.
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That is a good reason
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JFK
reason enough to shell out another burnett-esque contract to CJ wilson?
or the erratic edwin jackson, or the trick back of roy oswalt? (though the latter may yet happen)
arenado: it's Rockie for future
For the Yankees? Absolutely.
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maybe
but after what happened with soriano, i think hank may be leaning toward trusting cashman and his people. and i’m sure they thought committing another $100 mil contract after extending sabathia might not be the best idea, even for the team with no budget, when they could just sign freddy garcia for pennies
arenado: it's Rockie for future
they're also very confident in betances
and to a lesser degree banuelos…. or maybe they’re just biding time until next offseason, when the real FA fun can start
arenado: it's Rockie for future
Yeah
The real story there is that there’s not anybody elite for them to sign at a position of need.
Although baseball is full of teams suffering setbacks, it’s also full teams overcoming them. All I ask is for the Rockies to be defined by the latter category.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Dec 22, 2011 12:36 PM MST up reply actions
Morosi just sent a tweet that Smith could be traded soon.
Prado. Prado. Prado. Prado. Prado. Prado. Prado.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Dec 22, 2011 11:02 AM MST via mobile reply actions
stove's heating up again
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JFK
Sounds like Seattle's the best fit
from that article. Although for Seth’s sake, of those teams, I’d most like to see him in Tampa Bay. Not sure what he’d bring back though.
Filling up your senses like a night in the forest since 1992.
by frightened inmate #2 on Dec 22, 2011 11:06 AM MST up reply actions
Tampa Bay has more pitching
than anyone.
Some teams could probably benefit from trading their Major League rotation for what the Rays will have in AAA.
What they don’t have is a DH, 1B or SS. For Smith to work for them, they’d have to find a RH complement or, gasp, let him bat against LHP’s.
sigh
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 11:06 AM MST up reply actions
I wonder why the Reds aren't included, because I know they've been interested and talked to the Rockies from local reports.
And they haven’t filled their OF need, either.
Gotta say that I like that there is competition for him.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Dec 22, 2011 11:14 AM MST up reply actions
How about this guy?
Oh, you said Figgins!
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I'll take that guy.
Looks like he could play 2b and pitch ever fifth day.
by purplerowtroller on Dec 22, 2011 11:23 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
What about The Lads?
We need them too!
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
by DAWNMARIE01 on Dec 22, 2011 11:27 AM MST up reply actions
I'd sign him to be MGR if he wasn't dead.
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A dead guy...
Still wouldn’t bat Alfonzo fourth.
by purplerowtroller on Dec 22, 2011 11:33 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
He's dead?
/has a sad
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
by DAWNMARIE01 on Dec 22, 2011 11:44 AM MST up reply actions
Sunrise...
Sunset.
Sic transit gloria.
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Not according to any of the major research sources
(Wikipedia, imdb, Facebook). He’s 79 and retired in Texas, but nothing seems to indicate that he’s dead.
Foagie may be confusing him with Robin Masters.
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by Junction Rox on Dec 22, 2011 2:11 PM MST up reply actions
Higgins and Masters...
turned to be the same guy.
And damned if you’re not right. I thought I read Hillerman had died, too. Well, that oughtta turn Dawn Marie’s frown upside down.
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Our HAR would go off the charts...
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by Junction Rox on Dec 22, 2011 2:12 PM MST up reply actions
Holy crap
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44 could play the field anywhere he wanted...
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by Junction Rox on Dec 22, 2011 3:17 PM MST up reply actions
which means she said it first :)
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I know.
She’s such a jerk.
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by CentralCaliRox on Dec 22, 2011 11:47 AM MST up reply actions
It's like no one..
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No mention of Cincinnati. Hm.
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by CentralCaliRox on Dec 22, 2011 11:45 AM MST up reply actions
Hmmmmm I want some Gio
I’ll trade me a Smith, Blackmon, White and Cabrera for a Gio. We’ll give them Nelson too to play third!
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I agree.
And a matzek. Whatever they want.
by purplerowtroller on Dec 22, 2011 11:51 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
hahaha
They would ask for Pomeranz and Arenado definitely. Gio’s a total pipe dream
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Yeah, if Houston can ask for them for Wandy...
we’d probably have to throw in Rosario and Bettis…
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Well, sure Houston can ask
We’re just going to laugh in their faces and offer them the ghost of Alan Johnson instead
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Can we offer up the ghost of someone...
who is still among the living? Does the new CBA cover that?
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Sure we'll just need a dementor or two
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I hear they're out of work lately
#jobs
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Can we trade them Jason Jennings again?
What happened to Jason Hirsch btw?
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We traded him to the Yanks for a PTBNL...
Who probably turned out to be a guy named Cash.
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And Hirsh never played for the Yanks...
Injuries ended his career, I guess.
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Too bad.
I liked him.
/kosher kid
by purplerowtroller on Dec 22, 2011 12:20 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
In 07
he always seemed to do awesome when I watched him pitch, either on TV or at the game. The crappy starts were the ones I didn’t see. So I always liked him.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Dec 22, 2011 12:21 PM MST up reply actions
Jeff Goldblum...
for you on line two…
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the man in black?
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I didn't know he played any ball?
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
by DAWNMARIE01 on Dec 22, 2011 12:22 PM MST up reply actions
He was the starting SS for the
Folsom Prison Blues
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He got a WS Ring of Fire.
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by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 12:24 PM MST up reply actions
He was really good at drawing walks.
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Ah, yes
Walk the First Base Line
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by prettyinpurple on Dec 22, 2011 12:26 PM MST up reply actions
I really hope we get a solid infeilder for him
2nd and 3rd base is still mainly be manned by scrubs for the most part
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by Colsportsfan on Dec 22, 2011 12:41 PM MST up reply actions
Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com reports that Seth Smith is drawing trade interest from the Mariners, Athletics, Braves, Mets, and Rays.
Not sure who is a fit from the Mariners. The players I want are well, well, well, outside the Seth Smith price range. I wouldn’t hate the Figgins gamble if his contract wasn’t so horrible. But it is.
Athletics seems like a similiar deal as Seattle.
Braves…Prado and Jurrjens are both decent targets but not could be too expensive.
Mets…surprised they would be more interested in Smith than a younger, cheaper type option like Blackmon or Wheeler. Smith does makes senses for them from a performance perspective though as he could platoon with Jason Bay and make a pretty nice duo. Murphy seems like a potential fit for us; Smith and EY2 for Murphy.
TB….I’ll take Niemann off their hands.
A couple weeks ago
I suggested raiding the Mariners’ very deep system for prospects at positions of need that are close to the majors in a trade for Smith — like Nick Franklin/Vinnie Catricala. Makes a lot more sense than going after another reclamation project like Figgins IMO.
Not knowing the Mariners farm system
I wouldn’t see a fit. But if they have the prospects that would fit our needs I’d certainly be open.
Franklin would be great
I’d start him at 2B now. he was the mvp of the AFL Rising Stars game. Homered of Gerrit Cole I believe. but he’s worth more than Smith
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 22, 2011 1:09 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
He's their Arenado, I think.
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but they also have Ackley
to play second, unless they want to put one of them in the OF
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Kind of
Though he had a really weird 2011. After OPSing .837 in the Midwest League, he actually dropped ~70 points in the much more hitter-friendly CAL league.
The trio of Walker/Hultzen/Paxton are the true jewels of that system IMO. That said, yeah, Seth Smith isn’t enough for Franklin.
then tore it up again in the Southern League
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Catricala would be my preferred target
He’s absolutely raked at every level of the minors, but his defense is really atrocious. He’s been playing mostly 3B in the minors, but it seems like scouts think he’d be better suited playing 1B.
I really have no idea how highly the Mariners think of him; I do know that scouts aren’t huge fans of his, believing that most of his offensive contributions will be canceled out by poor D.
Prepare to be disappointed
If we get something back for Smith straight up that really helps us this season, I’ll be very pleasantly surprised. More likely we get another end of the rotation type or a middling prospect.
Can we package him with...
Nick Schmidt, maybe?
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Scott Sizemore
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taijuan walker
arenado: it's Rockie for future
We should introduce this dude to Matzek's pitching coach,I see similarities
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Just got released too
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Playoffs!
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Quick Poll Would you rather pay Kevin Slowey 2.3Mil or Jason Marquis 3Mil?
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I'd spend mine on a Bugatti Veyron...
…and the rest on cocaine and hookers!
#winning!
However, if I were a baseball team, that would be such an either/or. Probably neither, if I had to pick: Marquis.
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I think these thoughts some times about how it is only 2.75 million
we are paying Slowey as if that wasn’t 2-3 times what my dad earned in his lifetime
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Yeah, reality for some people, eh?
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How so?
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Agreed to a non-guaranteed deal.
He has to make the team to get it.
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by Greg Stanwood on Dec 22, 2011 1:25 PM MST up reply actions
Does he get released if he doesn'tmake the rotation?
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I would assume so because otherwise it would have been a terrible deal for Slowey, but not necessarily.
I am guessing that he is allowed to leave the team if he doesn’t make the 25 man out of ST, but can’t confirm.
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by Greg Stanwood on Dec 22, 2011 1:29 PM MST up reply actions
So is he technically a non-roster invitee?
Or is he on the 40-man, but we can release him before the season starts without repercussions?
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The second if I'm not mistaken
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He is on the 40 Man.
When we acquired him, he was on the Twins 40 man. We would have had to outright him to make it otherwise. Similarly, Casey Blake is being signed to a MLB contract too. These deals basically protect both players from being stored in the minors (unlike minor league deals) while simultaneously allowing the team to let them go without financial burden.
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by Greg Stanwood on Dec 22, 2011 1:32 PM MST up reply actions
Ah, that makes sense
Thanks Greg.
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Well Slowey could be stored in the minors
but we probably have to pay 2.75 mill to do so. That being said, I like Slowey as depth but not as a favorite for a rotation spot.
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On a typical contract, yes.
But the mystery is whether or not the non-guaranteed part of the deal applies to the 25-man specifically, which I am assuming it does. If it doesn’t, Slowey’s service time and two option years would allow us to do that at the expense of the salary. If it does, the team is probably obligated to release him rather than option him.
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by Greg Stanwood on Dec 22, 2011 1:36 PM MST up reply actions
I don't know, I like bringing in Slowey in for competition, but not rotation spot or bust
I’d love for the rotation to break as Chacin, a trade/free agent acquisition, Hammel, Nicasio, and one of Millwood/Slowey or White, while being able to keep the two who lose out in the minors. I’d be much more inclined to guarantee Slowey a rotation spot if we managed to trade Smith for Prado. I think we add Millwood regardless except we’re not sure if he gets a major league deal or not.
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A pretty expensive ROOGY but who knows what they see in him
they have had interest in Slowey for so long I wonder if Dac sees something he can fix in his delivery
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If he doesn't make the 25 man roster
he does not get ML salary. Very similar to Blake
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Does he get the whole deal if we DFA him at some point?
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Not if it's before opening day.
After camp breaks, that may be different. We won’t know exactly how it works without reading the contract itself.
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by Greg Stanwood on Dec 22, 2011 1:28 PM MST up reply actions
isn't Slowey $2.75?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 22, 2011 1:19 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
Yep I had 2.3 in my head for some reason.
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marquis
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This one goes out to you, then...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO5OnlLJPI4&feature=related
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I dont want Cook to sign with them.
I dont want to have to face him.
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...if his 2012 breaks the same as his 2011
I’d love to face him
that would be ok.
Remember his last game though last year. Rough 1st inning and then lights out..
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Who is Jamie Hoffman? I am drawing a total blank right now
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The player the Rockies picked up off waivers from the Dodgers.
Solid RH outfield bat, could take over for Spilly next season.
oh yeah Dodgers dude off waivers?
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 2:11 PM MST up reply actions
a baseball player I think
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sounds like a C+ Actor to me
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 2:14 PM MST up reply actions
maybe an oscar nomination at some point in his day
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 2:15 PM MST up reply actions
Gio to the Nats
for Cole, Norris, Peacock, and Milone.
3 of their Top 10 prospects (Baseball America)
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IF GIO TRADE REPORT IS ACCURATE, IMPRESSIVE HAUL FOR WHICHEVER TEAM WILL ACQUIRE THESE PROSPECTS FROM OAKLAND IN FIVE YEARS.
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I love this guy
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 2:16 PM MST up reply actions
Hinges on whether or not Bud...
knows the way to San Jose.
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I laughed quite a lot at this one.
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of course loves this deals, because prospects are awesome
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by waterboy31321 on Dec 22, 2011 2:13 PM MST up reply actions
/whistles through teeth
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wow
how did they not snag rendon or storen in that?
arenado: it's Rockie for future
So Gio would've cost us who?
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way too much
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 22, 2011 2:32 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
and I don't think he would've been worth it.
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I don't think we had it.
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...
Based on what the Nationals gave up, probably:
Pomeranz, Rosario, White, Bettis
nobody as good as pom on that list
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If Cabrera was a bit more proven at AA and above, he'd probably be a suitable substitute.
Or Friedrich would be, if he hadn’t stalled. Maybe Anderson, but I think you’re right that Pom goes a little far.
No, but I'd argue Peacock isn't far behind
Big time power pitcher who broke out this past year. I think he’ll be really good in Oakland’s rotation.
He will be good in Oakland but there isn't a GM in MLB who would do a 1 for 1
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You mean Peacock for Pomeranz?
No, I agree that Pomeranz is the superior prospect, but it’s not a huge gap between the two. Besides, the Nats also gave up AJ Cole, who has far more upside than any of the pitchers that we’ve listed.
You think Cole has a better ceiling than Pom?
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yeah, not so sure about that...
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gerrit cole, maybe
but not AJ
arenado: it's Rockie for future
Right there with you
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
Well we already know what we've got with Pom, more or less
Good sinking fastball and great curve, but nothing truly overpowering. He probably ends up as a strong No.2.
All I can say for sure about Cole is that scouts love him…Sickels’ opinion, for one:
A.J. Cole, RHP, Grade B+. I really believe in his upside. Needs to build stamina and refine his changeup, but if it comes together he could be a Top 20 pitching prospect next year, perhaps more.
10.9 K/9 as a 19 yo in SAL is nothing to sneeze at either
Matzek was at 8.9 by comparison
And Jeff Francis had an 11.6 K/9 in Tulsa
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It's not as difficult as you'd make it sound, either.
Julio Rodriguez in 2010, Jordan Lyles in 2009, Hector Santiago in 2008, Jeremy Jeffress, Will Inman, etc..,
Some of these are decent, some not so much, but all had a K rate right around that (or better) at the same age. It’s not that great an indication of a player’s ceiling.
That's fair and I understand that
Just saying that scouts are very, very high on that size and lankiness.
Again, if you gave me a choice between Cole and Pom, I would obviously take the latter in a heartbeat, because of his proximity to the majors and high floor; it’s just those who have watched Cole are very excited for the pitcher he can become, that’s all.
I like Cole I like Peacock
but both are hanging out in Alex White territory, Pom is in the next tier
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
I'm just sharing what I've read from scouts
who believe that AJ Cole might well take the next step and join the ranks of the top prospects next year.
Pomeranz is highly regarded as a prospect because, barring injury, you more or less know what kind of big leaguer you’ll get as his delivery and pitches are already polished and fully developed. Doesn’t mean that a lesser prospect like Cole has less upside.
gotta like cole being 19 and 6'4"
pomeranz is left-handed and should sit at 94-95, though
arenado: it's Rockie for future
My understanding was that Pom worked at 88-92
throughout the minors
hmmm
seems “low 90s” from most scouting reports
arenado: it's Rockie for future
sickels says
“fastball operates 91-95” which would still put him squarely in the top tier of MLB lefties
arenado: it's Rockie for future
Interesting
maybe I’m reading the wrong stuff then…I do remember it being noted somewhere that he’ll take some velocity off his fastball in order to generate more sink and improve command, maybe that’s it.
norris is like a bizarro rosario
homers and walks, but not average
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So, Iannetta?
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kinda, yeah
though iannetta hit for much higher average while still in the minors, hitting well above .300 at several stops, while norris has never passed .286, and that was 2 years ago in A ball
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Assuming everyone stays healthy, that's an insane rotation
Strasburg/Gonzalez/J Zimmermann/Lannan/Wang
That's somewhat competitive with the Phillies and Marlins
And the Braves aren’t too bad, either. Wow it really sucks to be the Mets right now.
SC had been losing a few too many before that, though.
So I’m happy, but I wish at least one of the two OL decided to stay and protect him too.
Makes Mike Shanahan's choice easier...
RGIII.
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they shouldn't have had their sights on competing in 2012-13 anyway
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 22, 2011 2:59 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
I wonder how this effect the price on Niese
Also, I wonder if the Mets become more open to the idea of trading Wright now? Because right now it’s probably a battle between them, Houston, Pittsburgh for worst team in the NL and given their financial situation they really have much more reason to trade him than keep him around.
wright's not getting traded until the deadline
and probably not even then
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I still want Murphy
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Something about him says we need to grab him while we can.
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Given Wright’s contract situation, with the opt out clause, seems like the Mets should be able to get the most for him during the offseason (whether it be this year or next) when the team acquiring him gets him for a full season instead of just half.
A bigger issue with the Mets is their financial situation, which is in dire straits. You see their most recent attempt at raising money offering minority ownership, access to Mr. Met, the chance to play in owner baseball camp, and maybe some other ridiculous perks for a $20 million investment into the team?
I'll go out on a limb, here and say it drives it up.
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his minors stats are sick
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Yep
but the majors are a whole new animal.
by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Dec 22, 2011 10:10 PM MST up reply actions
That 2013 rotation of Anderson-Parker-Peacock-Milone-Moscoso
Is gonna be sick.
Your 2012 Colorado Rockies:freshly exorcised from Ty Wigginton
goddamn, when will GM's stop trying to buy high on an Oakland A?
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Trippin' Olney is killin' today
GONZALEZ/STRASBURG WILL BE A GREAT 1-2 PUNCH FOR THE 8 STARTS THAT STRASBURG IS HEALTHY.
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LOL
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TrippinOlney can kiss my Aztec brother's arse!
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Hey why be mad at TO. It's not his fault
they are going to break Strasburg
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he's already had tommy john
and was great in his rehab starts and at the end of the year…. i doubt that he’s really that much an injury concern going forward
arenado: it's Rockie for future
For tryin' to jinx him.
hate is irrational.
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THE PROSPECT HAUL OAKLAND GOT ISN’T EVEN THEIR BEST NEWS OF THE DAY – THEY SOLD THEIR THIRD SEASON TICKET PACKAGE OF THE YEAR THIS MORNING.
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Fun Fact: Gio Gonzalez 09-11 8.8 fWAR Jason Hammels 09-11 8.8 fWAR
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only if Hammel could find it again
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Nothing to say he can't
a 1.85 ERA 17/5 K/BB over his final 7 appearances
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(24 innings, .185 BABIP...SHHHHH)
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too talented not to
said the guy who would have bet the house on Stewie . . .
that's why you play the game
no sure thing out there
arenado: it's Rockie for future
hammel's 2011 was just a mess
his month by month splits are just plain weird
arenado: it's Rockie for future
that was until he became a dad.
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a little messy.
tends to get stuff all over his shirt.
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and his hands
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I know he was MUCH MUCH better afterwards the baby was born.
Maybe it dropped his testosterone level down like they say it happens with 1st time fathers.
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You'd think it would have been the other way around -
worse AFTER the baby due to lack of sleep.
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
Nope. Granted sleep is less.
It has been proven that first time dads actually have a lower testosterone level than guys that dont have kids. They say that moms are only hardwired for parenthood, but so are dads. When my kids were born, I felt like I no longer needed to show off and act tough and macho. I became relaxed. Granted, kids are stressful, but after a little while, that stress goes away and you just get into the routine and live it day by day. If I had a choice between kids and no kids. You can bet your butt I’m taking my kids with me. It was tough at forst to make ball games but I decided to take them once. They sat down, watched the game, didn’t bother me, and enjoyed it just like me. Me and my wife had 3 extra kids for the summer and we went to the BoSox-Rockies game. Us 2 and 5 kids. I can tell you this. I would do it again.
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Cool
no kid person am I but I’m grateful to my dad for taking me to Dodger Stadium in 1977 for my first game.
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by Since1993 on Dec 22, 2011 4:37 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
Oh in my eyes
there really isn’t anything better than taking my kids to a ballgame. My 8 year old loves walking into Coors Field and seeing all teh players down there warming up, walking down into the Pavillion during batting practice with the hopes of catching a flyball. Our last trip, he got to go out onto the field with (sorry guys) Dinger and play some kickball. Hey, at least he has got to go on the field when I have yet the chance to do it.:(( That same day, my then 3 year old got a baseball from a Giants pitcher while they were out in LF tossing the ball around. It was during batting practice, and Pablo Sandavol hit it out there, the guy picked it up and gave it to him. We didn’t get it signed but it is displayed in our house.
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I think it was more his demotion to the pen
that caused him to pick up his game toward the end of the year. Probably drove home how much it sucks to hear the phone ring in the 3rd inning 4 or 5 nights a week.
by Northsider1964 on Dec 22, 2011 5:11 PM MST up reply actions
Or maybe the bullpen stint
gave him a chance to regroup ?
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Could be
He certainly looked like a guy who was more serious about pitching deep into the game. Whether he got a rude awakening or just regrouped, something clicked.
by Northsider1964 on Dec 22, 2011 5:42 PM MST up reply actions
check the rWAR and get back to me
hammel is a good bet to be a high BABIP pitcher and therefore be overvalued by fWAR
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 22, 2011 3:19 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
True I just found that number amusing
I also think that if Jason Hammels had spent 09-10 in Seattle/Oakland he would have returned a bucketload of prospects
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The Wild Thing just proposed ...
Hanley Ramirez to SF for Madison Bumgarner.
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by Since1993 on Dec 22, 2011 4:32 PM MST via Android app reply actions
That makes sense for both teams...
I hope it happens, as it makes FL pitching more available and Hanley’s not the threat he used to be.
was intriguing
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by Since1993 on Dec 22, 2011 4:38 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
bumgarner should net hanley and stanton
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REALLY?
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bumgarner is really, really good
he has clutch postseason performances on his resume, and he’s only 21.
arenado: it's Rockie for future
Stanton is going to be a megastar
and Hanley already has been, although there is serious question if he can do it again.
I can honestly say there is not a player in baseball I would trade Stanton and Ramirez for in a 2-1 deal.
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by Junction Rox on Dec 22, 2011 9:07 PM MST up reply actions
there are serious enough questions about both ramirez and stanton
including hanley’s attitude and injuries, and stanton’s Ks/contact ability, while there are basically no questions about bumgarner going forward
arenado: it's Rockie for future
other than the whole he is a SF pitcher thing
and the standard hitter vs pitcher health issues
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
So you would rather take the 21 LHP coming off a 111 ERA+ season
than the 21 YO RF coming off a 141 OPS+ season, even if it meant throwing in a cost controlled SS with a 132 Career OPS+?
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
ERA+ and OPS+ are not measures of talent, they are a measure of league performance
ask your question like this "So you would rather take the 21 LHP coming off a 2.67 FIP/3.10 xFIP over 204 innings season with minimal career H/R splits and key performances as a 20 year old for a world series winning team
than the 21 YO RF coming off a .378 wOBA season with a 29.0 career K%, average to above average defense and significant reverse H/R splits (which have completely flipflopped over his first two seasons, btw, which is kinda weird), even if it meant throwing in a cost controlled SS coming off decline each year since 2009 in ISO, BABIP, K%, games played, and a .317 wOBA, and games played who is also a terrible to below average defender with a history of significant attitude problems" and it looks a little different
arenado: it's Rockie for future
Bumgarner pitched in SF.
You can’t really think Bumgarner is worth Stanton/Ramirez, right?
@DylanZable
by CentralCaliRox on Dec 22, 2011 10:14 PM MST up reply actions
3.17 FIP/3.51 xFIP on the road
identical H/R K/BB, and only a slight difference in HR/9, as well as superior away BABIP
arenado: it's Rockie for future
it really depends on what you think of hanley going forward
because bumgarner is definitely worth stanton
arenado: it's Rockie for future
Stanton is probably the most powerful hitter of the coming generation
he has 56 HR in 990 PA as a 21yo in crazy pitchers park. If I had to guess someone under the age of 25 would hit 500 HR it is him.
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if I figured up right.
Wouldn’t be like 110 homers a year? Or did I miss something?
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I meant that if I had to choose any player who is currently under the age of 25 to get to a
cumulative 500+ HR it would be Stanton.
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he has a legit 80 power tool
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he put up a
.293/.381/.611 with 39 HR in the Sally as an 18YO
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I've got a drill. That's a power tool.
I have no idea what the hell a 80 power tool is.
Does this mean he carries a bunch of power tools with him?
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Scouts rank
players based on different “tools”: Power, Hit for Average, Speed, Arm Strength, and I’m missing one.
The scale they use is 0-80 with 80 being the best you can be within the category. Stanton has 80 power
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and there might only be a half dozen in all of baseball with an 80 power tool
80 means “super elite.”
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 22, 2011 9:51 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
Who are the half dozen?
I’d think Stanton and Prince are two
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trumbo maybe
arenado: it's Rockie for future
bautista
arenado: it's Rockie for future
How did I forget him?
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
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20-80, BTW
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Not entirely sure I follow...
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Maybe his doorbell rang in the middle of the post.
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Boldog szulianapot!
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 22, 2011 5:39 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
AMart. I don't know if you read the end of yesterday's RP but
my 4 year old has Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. He has an under developed nerve in his right eye. We don’t know if he can see out of it or not. So, he had that MRI done to make sure his pituitary gland is the right size. It is, thank goodness, its just not producing the growth hormone. He is 4 and not even 3 feet tall yet. So, he is going to be taking shots of growth hormone for the foreseeable future. Maybe one night, he will go to bed short and the next morning I will have Paul Bunyun sitting on the couch.
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Make sure he doesn't play baesball
for a while, they test for that stuff. I wouldn’t want a 4yo with a 50 game ban yet.
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LOL.
The thing of it is. This is doctor prescribed and I’m not sure how they feel about that. I’m really hoping it kicks that gland into making the stuff so he won’t have to take the shots. I want him to play baseball. He already has a good arm. Shoes flying across the room are a pretty good indication. Oh by the way, he’s left handed. He needs to hurry up and get developed so he can pitch for the Rockies. And, yes, he will learn a cutter, curve, splitter, slider, change, 2 and 4 seam. I know how everyone loves a good cutter.
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What is this talk that I've been seeing about Logan Morrison maybe going to Seatlle?
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Hadn't heard anything
But did read that Morrison tweeted that Fielder was heading to Seattle.
Not that I trust that, only that I read that.
He actually tweeted that Prince was heading to Seattle, implying Fielder, but meaning the pop star
(who really is going to have a concert there) as a joke. A lot of people took him seriously and are a bit upset about it.
ok thanks.
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So Carlos Beltran signs with the Cardinals for 2 years $26 million with a full no trade clause.
Other teams looking for OF’s now have to look at Cody Ross or a trade for Seth Smith as the next best alternatives.
Steep(ish.)
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Beltran 2yr/$25M
Have to admit, I’m a little disappointed that Cuddyer was only $2M/yr cheaper…
$26 million according to the updated reports.
Not that it’s a huge difference, but it’s $2.5 million between him and Cuddyer.
Reasonable.
About what I’d expect him to get.
@DylanZable
by CentralCaliRox on Dec 22, 2011 6:24 PM MST up reply actions
Beltran to STL
According to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Cardinals have reached a two-year deal with free agent outfielder Carlos Beltran.
No word yet on the financial terms of the agreement. Beltran, 34, batted .300 with a .910 OPS and 22 home runs in 142 games this past season for the Mets and Giants, and should help replace some of the offense lost in the Albert Pujols departure. He’ll likely open the year in right field, but could move to center once Allen Craig recovers from his offseason knee surgery.
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Biscuit eater! We could’ve had him for that price. We should’ve jumped on that
58 today, 57 tomorrow is how many days remain until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training.
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We'd have had to beat that offer
Given the choice between the Cardinals and the Rockies I’d have to think he’d choose the Cardinals all things being equal. We’d have had to offer more in more or years to have nabbed him I’d imagine.
yea probably
58 today, 57 tomorrow is how many days remain until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
we also wouldn't be promising him time in center
the cards will probably regret leaving him there too long, methinks
arenado: it's Rockie for future
beltran 2/$25
sigh
arenado: it's Rockie for future
i actually z'd right past that
arenado: it's Rockie for future
still
$1m either way is pretty meaningless
arenado: it's Rockie for future
All these "meaningless" millions are adding up to several million, though, when compared to Cuddyer.
We originally were looking at Cuddyer at 3/$27 million, then the $1.5 million jump to his actual overpaid salary was “pretty meaningless” and now the $2 million/year jump to Beltran at $25 million from there… also meaningless, and the $1 million ($.5) from that to his actual salary of $26 million is now also meaningless. Do you see where I’m going here? By compartmentalizing a series of supposedly meaningless gaps, it seems that Rockies fans have turned a rather large $4 million/season difference between the payroll’s comfort level for signing a player into something easier to bridge. It would be like a teenage kid trying to argue a parent into buying a $13,000 sports car rather than the $9,000 dependable sedan the family could afford had already been negotiated into a $10,500 compromise.
Wish
I could say that in real life.
by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Dec 22, 2011 10:09 PM MST up reply actions
Question for you people who have knowledge/experience
Does Matzek reach his ceiling?
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Likely no, and this seems to be the consensus.
If there was a likely chance he would, he’d have been fairly high in the Rockies top 10 from BA. It’s still a high ceiling, but just not a likely one.
And then, of course what is his ceiling and who sets it?
His ceiling may have always been Really Good High School Pitcher and then, yes, he reached it.
There are no apostrophes in plurals.
A lot is two words. Allot can be one word but it has another meaning.
The only time you really want to use "myself" is when you are the recipient of your own action. Usually you're better off using "me."
Your is not the correct contraction of you are. The word you're looking for is you're.
It's anyway, not anyways.
But if you only remember one thing...
There are no apostrophes in plurals.
That velocity and movement, the size, the left handedness,
those are pretty universal traits for a TOR MLB ceiling among prospects. You can get philosophical if you like, but I think jlbroxfan was pretty clearly referring to that and not “Really Good High School Pitcher.”
I think it’s still possible, just that there’s easily a greater than 50% chance he doesn’t reach the majors at this point, and a much higher one that he doesn’t reach that projected potential we’ve been dreaming on. I’m hoping his 2012 changes that outlook.
Thanks
Was looking through our system and thought about how talented the rotation would be with Matzek, I sincerely hope that his 2012 is the opposite of 2011 (at least the beginning part)
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I'd like to field this one:
Uh…maybe?
Drafting a H s pitcher is never a can’t miss proposition. Matzek has looked both good and awful so far. Wew have to hope that his time with Mike Marshall helped him sort out his mechanics (as it seems to have done.) If Matzek can’t put it together than he won’t.
There are no apostrophes in plurals.
A lot is two words. Allot can be one word but it has another meaning.
The only time you really want to use "myself" is when you are the recipient of your own action. Usually you're better off using "me."
Your is not the correct contraction of you are. The word you're looking for is you're.
It's anyway, not anyways.
But if you only remember one thing...
There are no apostrophes in plurals.
probably not, no
but if he ever does, look out opposing hitters because it’ll be sandy koufax part 2
arenado: it's Rockie for future
by then it'll be kershaw part 2
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 22, 2011 9:52 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
then it'll be Pomz part 3
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3?
If he’s the next Pomz wouldn’t it be part 2? Or is there someone else after Pomz that will be part 2?
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