Friday Rockpile: What Has The Past Week Taught Us?
by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 7:53 AM MDT
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It's the last week of August (essentially), the Colorado Rockies are sitting at 63-68, a mere 9.0 games behind the 1st place Diamondbacks and 6.5 behind the Giants. Yet this week has been somewhat crazy, with rumors flying, suddenly competent baseball being played (well, for the most part), new players being brought in, it's just crazy.
So the first lesson we've learned is that this organization seems to think they're still in it. Bringing in any sort of new talent and putting in a waiver claim on another organization's best pitcher (and another's star-caliber 3B) are tell tale signs of an organization that hasn't yet given up on the season, especially after winning their past 5 games. In the most horribly optimistic way, I see what they're driving at. In their last 10, the Diamondbacks are 4-6, as are the Giants. The Diamondbacks are on a 3-game winning streak as well, but were 1-6 in the 7 games before that. The Giants just lost to the Astros as well. This division does not look locked up to me.
The next thing we learned is that Dan O'Dowd is still going to attempt to be the crafty, opportunistic acquirer of talent, even late in what seems to be a lost season. Just because a trade/waiver claim didn't go through, the Rockies still made an offer on Wandy Rodriguez. The Astros wanted Wilin Rosario or Drew Pomeranz, and that's just silly. The Rockies countered with either Jason Hammel, Christian Friedrich, or Casey Weathers, plus eating all of Rodriguez' salary. My first reaction to that is "why on earth would any team want Casey Weathers?" Is the "former first round pick" luster still there? Jason Hammel kind of makes sense, and there's still value to Christian Friedrich, despite his setback 2011.
If Colorado had somehow acquired Wandy Rodriguez for Casey Weathers, I'd have laughed quite out loud.
But the whole Wandy thing kind of leads us into the next thing we've learned: the team recognizes the need for pitching next season. Pitching depth right now is in a good place, but there's no telling what Drew Pomeranz will be capable of, if Juan Nicasio will return to the majors, when Jorge De La Rosa will be MLB ready, what will become of Aaron Cook/Kevin Millwood, and whether or not Jason Hammel will return to being a viable starter. That leaves Colorado with a Jhoulys Chacin - Alex White rotation. No, I don't see Rogers as a part of the rotation, but given the general lack of arms, he might be. Wandy would've made September REALLY interesting in the NL West, but more importantly, he would've answered at least one question for the 2011 season.
Finally, Kevin Kouzmanoff. Acquiring Kevin Kouzmanoff and cash for a PTBNL doesn't seem like much of a move, and really, it isn't. But given the season we've seen from 3B, what's the worst that could happen? From this move, we're essentially learning that: Ian Stewart is all but done in a Rockies uniform (and yes, I know he's injured, but the fact that he's on the AAA DL kind of reinforces the point), the organization doesn't see Chris Nelson as much of anything, and something ambiguous about Ty Wigginton not being a world-beater or a season-saver.
So we've learned a bunch of things, but I'll be honest, I don't think we KNOW any more than we did before this week. My money is still on a 3rd place finish. But who knows, maybe the infamous Aberle Guarantee will hold true. But as a certain poster among us said:
These sons of [guns] are going to suck us all back in again, aren't they?
'Duk from over at Big League Stew seems to think that the Rockies have the gumption to make this September absolutely riveting. Oh, and he also included a picture of Tulo skipping. At least that's what it looks like.
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Pitching is obviously going to be key for a run next year
look what is has done for the Brewers. But it will take more than feeble offers and hope that some other organization is going to let their star pitchers go for nothing (or Weathers, as the case may be).
by Cheeseheadroxfan on Aug 26, 2011 8:21 AM MDT reply actions
the rockies still obviously think a lot of Weathers' arm
Which is interesting. Maybe this is another “get healthy” year for him or something?
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by black_knight101 on Aug 26, 2011 8:39 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
very good arm, very good stuff
No control
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by CentralCaliRox on Aug 26, 2011 8:45 AM MDT via iPhone app up reply actions
It's possible that he's still building arm strength,
but he’s never really had any sort of idea where the ball is going, so maybe that’s something the organization can continue to work on. To be completely honest with you, I kind of hope he gets a cameo in the big leagues next month, maybe if nothing else to allow other teams to see what he has to offer.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 26, 2011 8:46 AM MDT up reply actions
yeah i was thinking this as well.
And who knows, pitchers can improve their control out of nowhere.
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by black_knight101 on Aug 26, 2011 8:48 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
black magick was disallowed by the commissioner's office in 2009
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
Nick Schnaitmann had better keep his head down in that case
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 10:34 AM MDT up reply actions
I don't think it's that obvious
They might just be trying to snakeoil the Mets
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 8:51 AM MDT up reply actions
maybe this is just part of an extermely complicated plan to fleece the Mets
and maybe Gustafson is just not very good at ranking prospects, but read this from last year.
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by black_knight101 on Aug 26, 2011 9:30 AM MDT up reply actions
well, remember that's last year
and that’s not taking into account the excellent amount of growth he’s shown at his age in Modesto
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 9:40 AM MDT up reply actions
maybe he'll just stop walking people or something
at least we have Rex Brothers
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by black_knight101 on Aug 26, 2011 9:44 AM MDT up reply actions
Ohhhh we're talking about Weathers
Why did I think we were talking about Arenado
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 9:49 AM MDT up reply actions
haha now i see why I was so confused by your post
the rankings of positional prospects are equally interesting. It was written almost a year ago, maybe he’s due to give Irv his rankings for this year again soon
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by black_knight101 on Aug 26, 2011 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions
yeah, Weathers took another giant step back this year
I have no idea what anyone still sees in him as far as being MLB viable. The stuff is outstanding, the walks are inexcusably high, esp for the Texas League
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 9:52 AM MDT up reply actions
maybe he can be converted back into an outfielder!
lolzzzz we took a reliever 8th overall with a protected pick
/sadface
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Can we send him to Matzek's guru?
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 10:50 AM MDT up reply actions
I don't think Weathers is a Marshall pitcher
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 10:51 AM MDT up reply actions
true
but in hindsight, it wasn’t the best idea to hook Weathers up with Nuke LaLoosh either…
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
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Oh, I'm sure he isn't
at this point it’s more of a “what the hell, why not?” kind of idea.
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 10:56 AM MDT up reply actions
so screw the old dog new tricks adage?
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Jose Bautista
euthanized that adage…
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
why not?
what do we have to lose at this point?
Also, not entirely serious…
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 11:14 AM MDT up reply actions
Some of the Rockies minor league guys
I talked to (AA and AAA) said he had the best fastball in the organization with pretty decent breaking stuff (they thought Brothers had the best slider). So there is that.
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JFK
Oh absolutely.
Mid-90s with good movement. I still have hope in him.
It’s just getting to the point where the Rockies need to bring him up in September and see if he can stick.
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by CentralCaliRox on Aug 26, 2011 7:05 PM MDT up reply actions
wow, casey weathers is the #20 PuRP?
that seem a little high to anyone else?
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I expect a correction in the next vote...
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 11:25 AM MDT up reply actions
Would be very surprised to see him on the list next time around
Time for some of this Rockies: "One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something." Nolan Ryan
without even accounting for the ubaldo trade
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I put him at #29 last time
with another draft class and the other new additions added in, there’s no way he makes me list next time, even when you figure in the guys who have moved on to the show…
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 11:51 AM MDT up reply actions
I think I had him around 23 (although I am a bit of an idiot)
Won’t be on my list even at 30 (I have that saved for my DSL crush Aquino)
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22 actually (and no, you're not...)
Yes, I actually bookmarked that thread….
I used 30 for my homeboy Kiel Rolling last time. I don’t think I’ll be able to do that again either…
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 12:17 PM MDT up reply actions
I should've book marked that thread just for the humility factor.
22 sigh…. at least its not as funny as the draft thread which was brought up recently.
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I still haven't figured out who to put at 30
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It's not even named after Delta Cleary anymore?
Poor Delta…. :-(
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 12:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Who?
yeah, I guess it’s still named after Delta Cleary
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Too much weight given to no. 1 pick memories
See also:
Matzek
Friedrich
2011 Rockies -- what the hell?
Matzek is a 20yo lefty hitting the mid high nineties with his fastball
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and at the same age, I'll bet Weathers and Frankie Mo could do the same
2011 Rockies -- what the hell?
As could Randy Johnson
Just because some hard throwers didn’t develop doesn’t mean he’s doomed to failure…
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 12:13 PM MDT up reply actions
You won't convince Maris that Matzek is a prospect
until he goes 12-1 in AA
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If only he were a corner infielder
with 8 HR power in low A ball. THEN he’d be a prospect….
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 12:35 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
That was my "Matzek protest" vote
an irony that seems to have been lost.
But FWIW, who had the better year?
2011 Rockies -- what the hell?
I actually like Tanos
Great OBP. But he’s also slugging .342 on the road. Eek.
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I never seriously considered him a Top 10 prospect
As explained at the time, I consider ranking a prospect based solely on draft-day hype to be a faulty ranking method. Same for picking someone based purely on batting avg. (or HR or any offensive stat). So I made a Top 10 pick that I considered equally ridiculous to ranking Matzek no. 1.
Go back a couple of years & Weathers/Friedrich had the same high rankings as Matzek. Their minor league performances have gradually brought reality to their rankings.
There is the off-chance that Matzek will be the next “Sandy Koufax Story” (wild lefty with great speed acquires control in late 20s & becomes an ace). It’s the only reason I’d keep him in the Top 30 at all.
2011 Rockies -- what the hell?
Go back a couple of years & Weathers/Friedrich had the same high rankings as Matzek. Their minor league performances have gradually brought reality to their rankings.
I think you mean injuries. If not for those injuries, you’re right that they wouldn’t be on the PuRPs list.
They would be on the MLB roster.
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Not so sure.
Weathers (like Matzek) never showed good control.
Friedrich wasn’t a speed demon to start with, so I’m not sure his injury history has made that much difference. Almost every pitcher has to overcome injuries in his career. I just think Frierich’s ceiling hasn’t grown since college, which is a disappointment.
2011 Rockies -- what the hell?
The last Sandy Koufax story was
Randy Johnson, so does that mean Matzek is the next “Randy Johnson Story?”
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JFK
how randy johnson (and schilling, for that matter)
pitched so well in arizona without a humidor for so many years is just astonishing, given our struggles with pitching
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They were just good
doesn’t matter how you put it. Johnson’s line against the Rockies:
29 games (19-8)
211.1 IP
827 PA
2.47 ERA
6 CG
.202 BA
251 K
43 BB
17 HR
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JFK
that's almost exactly his 162 game average
17-9
3.26 ERA
34 GS
6CG
2SO
230 IP
88BB
271K
23HR
i can’t wait to see how many votes he gets. and schilling damn well better get in, too
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I think we have a different definition of Purp...
Because I really don’t care who had a better year. A guy who can throw 97 MPH at 20 years old is a better bet to make the big leagues than a 1B who can’t hit 10 HR at low A. If we were voting on who is more valuable in producing MiLB wins in 2011, that’s a whole different concept. If we’re voting on who are the best prospects to become contributing MLB players, Matzek still has the tools to do that, and very successfully. A lot of guys having good MiLB years just don’t, and never will…
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 12:42 PM MDT up reply actions
he's 3-2 with a 3.51 ERA since returning to Asheville.
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But still walking batters like crazy
If I had to vote again today, I’d move him from from 30 to about 25 on my list based on the chance that his HS pitching coach fixed him.
2011 Rockies -- what the hell?
5.9 H/9, 10.76 K/9, 1 HR allowed…
He’s walked three or less batters in three of his last six starts. There is absolutely improvement happening here.
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Hope you're right.
But I doubt he’s going to make it. There SHOULD be improvement for any player with talent repeating Low A ball.
2011 Rockies -- what the hell?
We're not going to convince each other of anything here
You and I have completely different ways of evaluating minor leaguers, and that’s perfectly fine. We both get just one vote.
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Even if it's with shitty peripherals.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 26, 2011 1:04 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm personally lokking forward to next year....
That is if DOD gets off the dime and and really fills two of the offenses’ holes; institutes a longterm plan for Todd’s replacement. I further need to see inproved evidence of scouting and instruction at all levels
Yeah it’s fun to play with other peoples money. Money is not really the issue if you trade and scout wisely and your instruction includes constant upkeep on fundementals as well as constant polish skills. Professionaliam, patience and experience are PHLP’s watchwords for the org and I agree.
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I think we're far enough along in the season
to say we’re 9 and 6 games back in the loss column to the dbacks and giants. We’ll all play 162 games so there’s no reason to mention the halves.
Pom
If we continue to be in the dogfight in the next few weeks could we see a rehab start for Pom in Modesto playoffs? Thinking he’s not likely to be a September call up, but if you’re in it to end the season you have to try and get your ace card in there right?
Most sports appendix removal takes you out for 3-4 weeks. However is very subjective.
For all the SABRites there is an article about context on Fangraphs....
I’m no good at the linky thing; the article title is Context Rules All. It specificly mentions Cargo’s home / road splits.
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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
Now you need to learn how to grip it. :-)
"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
Can you throw a curve?
I hear the Rockies are looking for some arms.
by Cheeseheadroxfan on Aug 26, 2011 8:42 AM MDT up reply actions
Watch out Mariano
THE biondino is out for you!
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Are you also pounding the strike zone?
And in the best shape of your life? If so, you at least have the jargon down pat.
by Northsider1964 on Aug 26, 2011 8:46 AM MDT up reply actions
"Just want to make a contribution to the
team’s success"
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
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I've been feeling a little stiffness in my shoulder
But don’t worry, I shall pitch through it until June, going 1-8 with a 6.54 ERA, before my arm falls off in the second inning of a blowout loss against the Giants.
by biondino on Aug 26, 2011 8:48 AM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
He should start with both the two seam (sinker) and four seam (riser) fastballs and work from there.
Be like Maddux and control all four corners of the strike zone and learn how to change speeds. Then learn the fancy stuff. A cutter is easy to fall in love with. Just makes sure you throw the four seamer enough to not over develope one side of the wrist.
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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
Thanks for the advice, Foagie!
Though being able to throw the ball 60 feet and have it roughly approximate a strike zone is enough to be starting with. I have literally never thrown a baseball.
you're gonna bowl it, aren't you
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 9:09 AM MDT up reply actions
Hahahaha!
I will, and I’ll take a video of it :)
In the meantime, here’s my previous cricketing vid in case anyone missed it:
by biondino on Aug 26, 2011 9:14 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
GIVE THAT MAN THE 10000 DOLLARS!
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by hotdoglady on Aug 26, 2011 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
well the good news is, if you do bowl
that may help reduce the risk of an elbow injury since you know… you don’t bend your elbow when you throw…
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
The annoying thing is in the first image my form is perfect
Well, apart from the hole between the blade of the bat and my groin, obviously..
Anytime.
Read Lau and counterpoint with Williams and Carew for hitting therory. I’ll let a pitcher recommend pitching books.
"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
Wait, you bought that it in a sporting goods store
in London??? They allow those to be sold in the UK?! I figured the cricketeers would have them banned or something.
That said, YAY!!!
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I do have two cricket balls too
Neither have been used in anger. I have a baseball bat at home – I thinik it’s kid sized, which makes sense as I’ve had it or at least 25 years – “Sandlot” brand, if that means anything? Anyway, if I can get the gf to throw me BP – she has a 89-92mph 2-seamer and a wicked eephus – then I might actually hit a baseball with a baseball bat for the first time in my life!
Are you in the UK?
There are baseball leagues over there. I played in one when I lived there. If you are interested in playing, you should check it out.
I'm 37 and not very athletic - I don't think I'd be a boon to any team!
Though I did think seriously about it (well, softball) last summer, just never got round to it. Maybe next year.
I like how it matches your head.
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awww you even named the ball too!
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
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If he hits it somewhere he can't find it
will he cry out, “WILLLLLLSOOOOOONNN!”?
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Don't forget the eephus pitch...
it makes your baseball look like it’s going 105 mph. ;-)
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Sunday loosing streak is finished thanks to your 2011Rockies
by Roxman on Aug 26, 2011 10:25 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
*fastball
"It ain't over 'til it's over." Yogi Berra
"Boys, baseball is a game where you gotta have fun. You do that by winning."
Dave Bristol
~ Get well soon Juan, and come back better than ever! ~
Sunday loosing streak is finished thanks to your 2011Rockies
by Roxman on Aug 26, 2011 10:28 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Following our 17-game losing Sunday streak
I read the following post by St Dingleberry at MCC which tickled me:
The streak lives. 11 in a row and counting.
The first game of our last 11 series:
7/22 Milwaukee lost 4-2
7/26 @Philly lost 7-2
7/29 @Cincy lost 4-3
8/1 Arizona lost 5-2
8/4 Philly lost 3-0
8/8 Pittsburgh lost 5-0
8/12 @Florida lost 2-1
8/15 @Atlanta lost 5-4
8/19 @Houston lost 6-0
8/23 San Diego lost 7-5
8/26 Houston lost 3-1
keep it up, Giants
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by CentralCaliRox on Aug 26, 2011 8:45 AM MDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Wow The Rockies have now used 27 pitchers this year
by comparison the Giants have used 15
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shows how bad the pitching has been
The giants have been incredibly unlucky with injuries this year.
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But obviously, mostly with position players.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Aug 26, 2011 8:52 AM MDT reply actions
besides she was getting a bit old for Jetes
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At least someone is smart enough
Not to cling to Jeter for way too long.
Minka for GM!
by Northsider1964 on Aug 26, 2011 8:58 AM MDT up reply actions
Wait, I thought they got married already?
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That's a good thing
because Minka will be mine….
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 9:52 AM MDT up reply actions
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are you saying derek jeter's dating life is off topic?
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by frightened inmate #2 on Aug 26, 2011 9:02 AM MDT up reply actions
If ever there was a man whose career meant he could hit above his weight, romance-wise
It was Derek Jeter. Oh, alight, Hugh Hefner too. And Bernie Ecclestone.
At least he's not Max Mosly!
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Hah!
I prefer Mosely tbh. He’s a filthy old fascist but he’s more or less honest and has at least a passing interest in the sport rather than (purely) his pocket.
Oh I dunno about that.
Jeter is a good looking man.
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He doesn't hurt the HAR chart .
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He hurts my face
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What? I think he has nice eyes
Sheesh. I didn’t say I wanted to go out with him, just saying he’s good looking. I mean he’s no Huston Street but he’s not ugly.
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come on guys
OT this
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions
He's not sexy or hot. Just nice looking.
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what is that for?
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talking about things that aren't baseball
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 9:08 AM MDT up reply actions
never heard of it
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right?
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 9:21 AM MDT up reply actions
so what do you think about the crusades?
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Monumental waste of time and money...
Set back religion four a thousand years. Calling Russ! :-)
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...to the OT! :-)
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 9:26 AM MDT up reply actions
You know I never use the OT.
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well, that's where you talk about history and stuff that isn't baseball history
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 9:35 AM MDT up reply actions
I know; I could not Forgo throwing you the breaking pitch! :-)
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the what?
I only know things that are baseball. Not things that aren’t baseball.
If by Crusades you mean the David Wright Waiver Claim
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 9:25 AM MDT up reply actions
...
then I think it’s even more “testing the water” than the Wandy deal.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 9:26 AM MDT up reply actions
Yo, apparently,
David Wright cleared waivers
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I'm prone to trust Renck over Heyman, personally
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 10:03 AM MDT up reply actions
No claim was awarded though
meaning no one filed a claim. Right?
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or meaning they pulled him back
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 10:11 AM MDT up reply actions
Nope
we have conflicting stories, boys and girls
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
if he did in fact clear waivers
then it’s just as it was before Aug 1st and a trade can be worked out with any team.
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Kidding, Kidding Kidding!!!
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So, just like the Rockies..
The Astros have lost 17 of their last 18 Sunday games.
Lol.
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And includes a current 13-game losing streak on Sundays.
Whew. I thought the Rockies were the only weird, stupid team in MLB.
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by CentralCaliRox on Aug 26, 2011 9:07 AM MDT up reply actions
Just think how good the Astros would be without all those Sunday losses
… oh, wait. Nevermind.
With them being 40 or so games under it makes a lot more sense
we would be .500 if we were even decent on Sunday
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heck,
the rockies would be better off if they were just .500 in the games I’ve gone to.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Aug 26, 2011 9:26 AM MDT up reply actions
they're .667 in the games I've gone to this year!
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pics or it didn't happen
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even when Rogers is pitching?
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Somehow Paulino is going to dominate.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 9:26 AM MDT up reply actions
Of course
because Ubaldo still has Rockies 2011 hangover.
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I hope they both dominate
the better players look when they leave here the more we will get for them.
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That's a good way to look at it.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Aug 26, 2011 9:43 AM MDT up reply actions
in fairness coming off two consecutive years of being #2 in all MLB in pitcher WAR
with a rotation that looked to be 6-7 deep with a 1-2-3 that I would have felt comfortable with in any playoff series, with our recent success with Belisle they most likely saw Paulino as a potentially dominant bullpen piece.
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Yeah, but Houston had jerked him back and forth between the two,
and he’s been quite good as a starter and TERRIBLE as a reliever.
Considering I remember him dominating us at least two times as a starter, I find it odd that Tracy/O’Dowd showed absolutely NO patience with him.
Would have been nice to have instead of the Greg Reynolds/Alan Johnson/Aaron Cook/Kevin Millwood/Esmil Rogers parade. Oh well, hindsight and all that.
Not saying it was a good idea just defensible
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True, I can sort of understand that reasoning,
though I’m not sure I buy anyone beyond Rogers qualifying as “comfortable” depth.
he had a 94 inning stint in Tulsa with a 2.51FIP
and had a 3.44FIP in last years stint here. As a 5th starter he would be a pretty good option.
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Are those Rogers' statistics?
Yeah, I was saying he’s definitely quality depth, but I didn’t buy anyone past him (Reynolds/Mortensen/Johnson) as depth that would make the organization comfortable enough to convert Paulino.
Sorry, I didn’t word it very well.
yeah but now you are getting into 7th, 8th, and 9th starters
Make Paulino a starter and now you have to move either Hammels or Cook to the bullpen. Hammel was a 7+ WAR pitcher in 2009/2010 Cook is the all-time franchise wins leader and is making 10+ million a year. If Paulino had even one option left he would be our 5th starter right now
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dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
Both throw no hit shut outs thru nine and may the best bullpen win.
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Cleveland!
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 9:57 AM MDT up reply actions
You like Cleveland's bullpen more than KC?
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I do
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 10:37 AM MDT up reply actions
Holland, Crow, Wood, Coleman and Collins with Soria at the back end?
I like Pestano a lot, Smith, Perez are great pieces but Perez scares the crap out of me. plus that entire BP is do some serious xFIP/ERA regression
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There's also a 6 point ERA- drop from CLE to KC, 9 FIP-, and from what you said, unsurprisingly a 1 point drop from xFIP-
As for the regression, there’s a .40 ERA/FIP discrepancy for both bullpens.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 10:49 AM MDT up reply actions
Fair but that is colored by a couple players in the KC Bullpen like Soria
who had a really bad stretch. I like xFIP a lot more for relievers and both bullpens have a sub 3 xFIP pitcher(Pestano,Holland) and 4 other sub 4 xFIP guys both are pretty even to me so I would rather have a bullpen with Joaquin Soria at the back end than one with Chris Perez
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That's true, the Mexicutioner is pretty Boss
But one has to wonder about that bad stretch.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 11:09 AM MDT up reply actions
also dude
Mexicutioner is not the preferred nomenclature.
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north americutioner
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tell that to KC fans and the KC players
oh my, he changed it though to something else
Joakim Agustín Soria Ramos (born May 18, 1984) is a Mexican right-handed baseball relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. He has been nicknamed The Mexicutioner,1 although in February 2011, he stated that he no longer wanted to be associated with that nickname due to violence in his home country
And I learned something today
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 11:14 AM MDT up reply actions
drug cartels ruin it for everyone else!
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
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That BLS article reminded me just how incredible Tulo's been in the second half.
Since the All-Star break, Tulo has hit .387/.454/.673 with 10 homers and 32 RBIs
I mean, I knew he’d been really good, but holy moly.
Every time I bitch about him not being clutch or whatever I need to step back, look at that line, and remind myself how happy I am he’s on our team.
Agreed with that last sentence
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by CentralCaliRox on Aug 26, 2011 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions
Cargo has been excellent as well
posting these lines since May 1st
May wOBA .398 BABIP .278
June wOBA .406 BABIP .442
July wOBA .429 BABIP .286
August wOBA .436 BABIP .241
June is his only month this year with a BABIP over .300 his post all-star triple slash
is .278/.364/.629 with a .239 BABIP!!!!
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that's ridiculous
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suck it non-believers
that extension was a smart friggin’ move!!
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i just z'd right past it
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No kidding I really don't get the people
who are worried about paying him through his age 31 season. If he can make his road numbers slowly come up to his home numbers he might become a HOF player. Then again Wade Boggs had a
home .354/.443/.491 362 doubles
road .302/.387 .395 216 doubles and he made the first ballot
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wade boggs is an odd person to nitpick about their HOF worthiness
he’s about as solid as they come
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Solid yes but that doubles total screams home field advantage
also should tell you to draft Agon in leagues that count XBH. I think Boggs was HOF worthy I just think the 150 point OPS difference tells you he owes a lot of that worthiness to Fenway.
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true, and the difference between his fenway and yankee stadium numbers is shocking as well
but i think he’s the kind of guy who would have taken good advantage of whatever park was his home, as his BABIP splits demonstrate.
fun fact: oakland is an awful, awful place to hit: wade boggs put up a .248 BABIP there in almost 400 PAs
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Weird that Rickey did so much there
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weird that he had 4 seperate stints there
some serious stockholm syndrome
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It's a fair concern
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 11:32 AM MDT up reply actions
Well any extension of anyone is a fair concern
but a 24 who has 6.6 WAR is as good a bet to be worth the money as anyone is,
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I'm not even worried about the plate discipline, etc
it’s the fact that he’s such a blatant Coors hitter at this point.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 11:42 AM MDT up reply actions
so was everyone early in their career
it’s taken until now for tulo to even out
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every rockie, not everyone period
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Even Larry Walker or Jeff Cirillo had
big road drops their first year here.
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the org needs to devote resources to
develop some sort of catalytic process for this…
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perhaps some sort of person who could instruct the every day players in the finer points of hitting
coach them, if you will
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hah
but it’s not that simple.
Think about how fine-tuned the muscle-memory, the pitch-recognition, and the discipline has to be to hit a baseball squarely.
Then on the road, throw that off not only by a small amount, but consider that the pitches that batters are most likely to see are impacted off the most, and this is the result.
There should be some way to speed up the adjustments either in terms of a players career or in terms of roadtrips. If the org can work out a solution, I bet it costs less than a first-round signing bonus.
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I've been thinking this for years now.
But they haven’t done anything. Perhaps they could build a pressure chamber type batting cage somewhere so that the players could get used to thin air before heading out on a road trip.
I assume you mean thick air
and yea, it’s definitely an interesting question.
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Right, thick.
The other possibility I thought of was using lighter baseballs in the cages they have now. They’d have to be careful with that, though, because you know some Giants announcer would love to spread rumors that the Rockies were using juiced balls.
what would lighter baseball's accomplish?
wouldn’t just move faster and still not break as much in the thin air?
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No.
The ball moves less at altitude because the aerodynamic forces are smaller, due to less dense air. If you decrease the mass of the ball, the acceleration of the ball will increase (F = m*a). You would have to adjust the pitching machines so that the initial velocity was the same, but you should be able to adjust it to get the same amount of break that you would see at sea level.
But how do you create higher molecule air at mile high altitude?
What if you had a prospect or a retired veteran travel with the team that wasn’t on the roster that would pitch curve balls or sinkers during away batting practice to get the batters eye used to seeing the break?
Get well soon Juan.
Well, changing the balls wouldn't work for live BP
because then the person throwing the ball would indeed end up throwing it faster. It would only work with a machine pitching the ball, and I don’t know if the team even uses a system like that. The only way to change the air would be to have a special room that was pressurized.
But if you're refferring to having someone throw more like a game situation
when they’re on the road, I think that would be good too. They just have to do something to address the issue.
but fastballs
are impacted the most by the change in air density and pitchers throw fastballs anywhere between 50 and 60% of the time – so that’s where you’ll get your most bang for the buck
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What I mean is that if you use a pitching machine
then you can decrease the mass of the baseball, but also adjust the force that the pitching machine exerts on the baseball. This way, you can get any initial velocity you want, but because of the lower mass the ball will break like a ball at sea level.
In thinking about it more
I think I see where you’re coming from here.
Also my comment was just to address Thnikkaman’s comment since I think it would be fastballs that the hitters would benefit most from seeing from this hypothetical pitching machine.
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Tulo's splits were never as drastic as Gonzalez' have been
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 3:56 PM MDT up reply actions
We will see when the season ends what his numbers look like
but I think his road numbers will get up to league average
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I mean,
I’m all for hyping up CarGo as not some ‘no plate discipline’, ‘Coors hitter’ player.
But I’ve learned never to compare anyone to Saint Boggs. It’s not fair to both Boggs and the would-be hopeful…
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Let's remember the facts though
Cargo is like twice the offensive producer at Coors than he is on the road.
He’s Dante Bichette + fielding.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 11:42 AM MDT up reply actions
Except Cargo is awesome and left handed
Time for some of this Rockies: "One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something." Nolan Ryan
bichette never had our tacos right here
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no but
bichette happens.
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this is a key point
I concede the entire discussion ;-)
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 3:57 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm still thinking
some of that split is anomalous. He’s hitting better on the road this year but has like a .260 babip.
Going forward I feel like while he may have strong splits, they won’t be so extreme.
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I don't have the time to look
but xBABIP explorations would be someone interesting for Cargo’s H/R splits
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 3:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Line drive rates are 18.7% and 15.6%
at home and road, respectively. Using my highly complex method of estimation, that should leave his BABIPs at .291 and .278. The split should probably be a little higher than that. So .310/.260 seems about right.
The bigger issue is his home/road K rate.
uh oh
someone’s making a quick and dirty fanpost!
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oh haha
i read it as the first number was BABIP for some reason… my mind was like, WHAT??
i fixed it now, though
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The only downside
is that is walk rate is still a little meh once you factor out intentional walks – which puts it at something like 7.6% of PA’s.
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oh it definitely is
I just needed the reality check because I get too stoked when I see his bb rate over 9%
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Who was the "star caliber" 3b we made a claim on?
I missed that one.
wright
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Ok
Thanks. Didn’t realize we made a claim on him.
There seems to be some dispute about that
Posts above indicate he cleared waivers. That seems hard to believe … that in this year of weak overall 3B production, no one would claim Wright.
2011 Rockies -- what the hell?
yoo
maybe it’s the classic ‘no one asks the hottest girl in school to the dance’ phenomenon. Every team assumed they wouldn’t actually get the claim…
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
still costs you nothing to try
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uhhh
all the other GM’s laugh at you when the team withdraws before a deal is even considered dude. Then you get a swirly the next day.
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
Damn! Baseball is rough!
Do they still do the can of paint above the door at the Winter Meetings?
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every door
every year.
You say it costs nothing Muzia. I say you can’t put a price on that kind of emotional damage.
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
My therapist says the price is $180 per hour
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 1:07 PM MDT up reply actions
hour? you wish
45 minutes! 50 if you’re lucky!
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
My therapist is cheap
not very good, though…
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 1:30 PM MDT up reply actions
The NY Times has a feature article on Russell Wilson, former Rockies pick and current Wisconsin QB
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Rockies are featured heavily on page 3
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Giants top pitching prospect Eric Surkamp makes him MLB debut on Saturday.
Great AA numbers, but not more than a likely #3 or #4.
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One of the Giant's last pitching prospects
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 26, 2011 3:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Renck tweets about Seth Smith
I told Seth Smith Wednesday that Twitter needed advil when he didn’t start Wednesday. He laughed. He clearly wants to play.
He was unaware that there was a freeSethSmith movement. I told him just hack my email. It’s alive and well
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I highly reccomend Jeff Sullivans article today
Because poking fun at pitchers facial expressions never grows old. Funniest baseball article I’ve read in awhile
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/8/26/2385552/classifying-mlbs-closer-mentalities
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The NewNugs 2011 - Officially back on the Bandwagon
I <3 Johnson
I read that, so funny
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by CentralCaliRox on Aug 26, 2011 3:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Jeff Passan’s 25 Baseball Oddities from this season.
Todd Helton’s LD rate is featured at #14
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28.2%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Insane.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 26, 2011 3:54 PM MDT up reply actions
this drives me nuts
I want to rant and rave about Helton, and I will continue to do so.
When people gripe about other players not being more like Helton, going the other way, hitting line drives, etc, well, they’re valid gripes. I guess. It’s always leaving out the fact that Todd Helton is a superhuman talent whose own humanity is the only thing holding him back.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2011 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions 4 recs
After I get through my 50+ pages of quotes
I’m going to go through and post a comment every day from the back of a Todd Helton card (this could take 2-3 years by itself).
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JFK
Renck tweets
Street and Lindstrom activated. Romero and Roenicke out..
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Rob Neyer must be going to the Giants game tonight.
He tweeted a photo of himself on Caltrain. Which I ride every day and know like the back of my hand. If I worked late and caught a Giants train, I could stalk him. But there’s no way I’m doing that.
You make it seem like a bad thing
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Oh, I would totally do it if it didn't mean staying way later and dealing with post-game Giants fans.
Like, if I could have somehow figured out which train he was on coming and and could have been at the train station that soon, I would have done it.
Rox lineup per Alanna
Yeah needs more Iannetta
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And less Kouzmanoff
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
yeah well, it's him or Wiggy
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the more PAs people not named ty wigginton get for this team, the better
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2012: get ready for White Pomz!
He hit a line drive with RISP on Wednesday!
Sure, it was right at Barmes, but considering Wigginton’s results in the same game with runners on….give Kouz a shot.
OTish- baseball books
Hi everyone, I am in a history capstone finishing my college career and I need some help. My capstone I have to pick a historian and write a paper on him. I am looking for a good baseball historian/book. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
Is a presidential historian and baseball junkie.
by coffeeis4closersonly on Aug 26, 2011 5:30 PM MDT up reply actions
...and a plagiarist.
"Surgeons have determined that doing the wave will, yes, will cause tears to the suprapinatus muscle and the infraspinatus muscle from the throwing of an individual's arms rapidly into the air. In addition, any children doing the wave will be sold to the circus. Do NOT do the wave in the ballpark. Doing the wave is safe at pro football games and Miley Cyrus concerts.
-scoreboard announcement at Ranger Ballpark in Arlington via Baseball Nation.
Say what?
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She "failed to properly attribute" section of another's work in at least one of her books.
Wikipedia gives a high level overview.
The accusations originally came from The Weekly Standard (evil right-wing source), but were also backed by Timothy Noah at Slate (evil left-wing source).
"Surgeons have determined that doing the wave will, yes, will cause tears to the suprapinatus muscle and the infraspinatus muscle from the throwing of an individual's arms rapidly into the air. In addition, any children doing the wave will be sold to the circus. Do NOT do the wave in the ballpark. Doing the wave is safe at pro football games and Miley Cyrus concerts.
-scoreboard announcement at Ranger Ballpark in Arlington via Baseball Nation.
Not that any of this makes her a bad choice.
The book “Wait ’till Next Year” deals with her relationship to baseball.
Russ may want to chime in on the whole debate as well…
"Surgeons have determined that doing the wave will, yes, will cause tears to the suprapinatus muscle and the infraspinatus muscle from the throwing of an individual's arms rapidly into the air. In addition, any children doing the wave will be sold to the circus. Do NOT do the wave in the ballpark. Doing the wave is safe at pro football games and Miley Cyrus concerts.
-scoreboard announcement at Ranger Ballpark in Arlington via Baseball Nation.
Here is written version
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rox lineup….young lf…fowler cf…cargo rf…tulo ss….helton 1b….alfonzo c..kouz 3b….ellis 2b…rogers p
Still needs more Iannetta
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Can't believe no CDI.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 26, 2011 7:06 PM MDT up reply actions
You don't get what?
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/jimtracylogic
We’ve been dealing with it for years now, it shouldn’t surprise anyone right now.
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You know, it actually does continue to amaze me
I get fooled by him. He sucks me in with the occasional awesome lineup and then well. you know.
But I will still be surprised, annoyed and complain about it.
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Oh, yeah, me neither
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I have a feeling it has something to do with tomorrow being a day game.
Remember, Alfonzo played last Friday, as well, and then Iannetta on Saturday. Had we not had the 13 inning game, I think we would have had CDI on the Sunday game. I think it’s the same situation this weekend. Both Saturday and Sunday are day games. So play Alfonzo today, and CDI can do both tomorrow and Sunday.
Yeah, well.
I’m still gonna harumph
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I bet Alfonzo starts on Sunday
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This would not surprise me at all
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Aug 26, 2011 5:31 PM MDT up reply actions
since being called up, Alfonzo has started 40% of games.
let’s compare their Augusts:
Iannetta: 15 H (11 singles, 4 doubles) and 8 RBI in 15 games, for a .381 wOBA
Alfonzo: 8 H (7 singles, 1 double) and 2 RBI in 11 games, for a .242 wOBA.
Unreal. Indefensible.
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but alfonzo hit a grand slam in petco
what has that douche iannetta done, other than draw walks?
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It's really mystifyin g
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like i seriously think tracy has a personal issue with him
because he handles the catchers in just the most ridiculous way
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It is literally indefensible.
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I wonder if it has more to do with Alfonzo.
I don’t remember Morales getting as many starts (but it’s been awhile, so I could be wrong). So either he likes Alfonzo way more than he liked Morales or he changed his mind on something about Iannetta part way through the season.
But either way, the catcher issues on this team have beaten me down to the point that I just don’t care as much as maybe I should anymore.
Yeah, I was gonna mention.
Morales is the one catcher that Tracy has actually treated like a backup.
Everyone else gets to platoon with Iannetta, no matter how terrible.
Alfonzo is honestly making me miss Matt Pagnozzi; at least he could defend (and gave the gynocracy something to admire). Somehow I knew that when we called Alfonzo up for no real reason Tracy would play him a stupid amount of the time.
so like...Cat and I were saying things very similar about this last year..
It’s becoming more and more evident, unfortunately . ..
Exactly.
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I guess I just have a hard time ascribing lineup decisions
to personal conflicts unless we have some inkling of such (not including the lineup decisions themselves). It could be personal, it might not. I really don’t know. But I prefer to give the benefit of the doubt.
Jim Tracy's favorite quality in a starting catcher
is that they should have a certain “Not-being-Chris-Iannetta-ness” about them.
by Shoemaker on Aug 26, 2011 5:43 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
After awhile, you'd think Chris would start getting a complex
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start?
Torrealba, Olivo, Alfonzo…the cycle continues.
We just need a non-latin catcher…
/checks PuRPS list
/sees Rosario
Damn.
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Except that Rosario might be better than all those other latin catchers.
So people might actually want that pattern to continue with him.
but he still wont play everyday
Prediction----> Cargo and Tulo will both have over 30 homers this year
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.
No, I agree; I wasn't trying to argue that any one catcher should start every day.
Just sort of remarking about how much Avila is backstopping this year.
It’s impressive.
catchers shouldn't play every day
but they should still play more frequently than iannetta does
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It's for the stupidest reasons, too.
“Alfonzo has taken really quality at-bats while he’s been with us.”
Yeah, you know who never takes a quality at-bat? The guy with the highest walk rate on the team.
by Shoemaker on Aug 26, 2011 5:52 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Honest to God.
You said it.
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"Iannetta"
FFFFFFFFFFF.
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 26, 2011 5:58 PM MDT up reply actions
This makes sense, but....
Yesterday was on off day. He didn’t play on wednesday. So he’s coming in with two full days rest. I’m all for giving players rest (especially catchers), but given the circumstances I think he could manage a day game tomorrow.
After his, I’m assuming he plays the rest of the road trip until next saturday/sunday.
Iannetta won't
FFFFFFFFFFF.
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 26, 2011 5:47 PM MDT up reply actions
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
FFFFFFFFFFF.
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 26, 2011 6:02 PM MDT up reply actions
are we taking bets on who shows their junk on the postgame show?
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yup, i just saw that on facebook
good to see
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watching ubaldo....
I still have love for that guy. OK with the trade of course but watching him work for my team was so much fun.
The Big Purple Machine will make a believer outta you!
1-0 Royals in the 6th
Ubaldo vs Paulino.So weird.
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still only hitting 92-93 on the gun
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6IP, 7H, 1BB, 8K
the only run was on an eric hosmer homer. which is a weird two words to type out sequentially.
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...wait so Paulino is throwing a clean sheet and is line for the win over Ubaldo, who looked pretty sharp himself by the box score?
Officially in bizarro world territory.
89 IP of 3.45 FIP ball, good for 1.9 WAR
yeah, he’s been pretty good
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ubaldo up to 10 K through 7
105 pitches though, so he’s probably done… and still in line for the loss
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Holy crap Tyler Matzek
line so far tonight:
5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 9 K, 1 BB
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whoa
maybe we can find out again what it’s like to have a first-rounder with promise
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You been listening to it?
Trying to figure out how a single brought a guy from first all the way around to score?
Mills Rogers strikes out swinging.
Justino Cuevas strikes out swinging.
Michael Taylor walks.
Randolph Oduber singles on a fly ball to right fielder Corey Dickerson. Michael Taylor scores.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
I saw that too
Not listening to it tonight, unfortunately.
My guess is hit and run, combined with a fast runner and Dickerson in right field?
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garry style
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now at 11 K through 6 IP
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and still only 1 BB
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I'm liking him more and more
Maybe a promotion back to Modesto is order?
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i'd rather have him finish in asheville
building confidence by feasting on weaker hitters is probably the best thing for him right now
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Think he'll start next year in Modesto
I wouldn’t be suprised if he keeps this success in Modesto to see Tulsa mid-late year next year. Mainly the walks staying down.
13 K through 7 IP
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Wonder if that'll be it for Matzek.
7 IP 2 H 1 ER 2 BB 13 SO
bench him now
he walked another batter
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/klaw'd
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...pretty sure he's a bust.
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by Muzia on Aug 26, 2011 7:03 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm particularly pleased in my decision to keep him Top 3 in the Spring list
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Do you think he'll stay there with Pomeranz and White?
Assuming White doesn’t pitch enough innings over the next few months to disqualify him from rookie status next year.
My top 5 will be Pomeranz, White, Arenado, Rosario, and Matzek
in some undetermined order. Pomeranz is definitely first.
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I've actually started looking at one.
I’m not having too much trouble with the top 10, it’s ranking 20-30 where i feel out of my depth.
yeah, me too
i feel like they get a little too interchangeable outside the top 10
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DSL kids if you need to fill out bottom
Raimel Tapia
Joel Payamps
Johendi Jiminian
he faced 25 batters.
He struck out 13 of them.
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JFK's Quote of the Day:
“Life is precious and time is a key element. Let’s make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.” ~Harmon Killebrew
"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
matzek lowers his ERA to 4.89 with tonight
final line 7IP, 2H, 1ER, 2BB, 13K
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almost ready to call myself a believer
we’ll see how he ends up the year, but he’s probably my 4 or 5 PuRP
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