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Swarzak? Any relation to Beldar.
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You really think TB contends for this division? They got coinciding career years out of 4 or 5 relievers last year. Not so this year. This is between the Sox and Yanks, and right now this team looks deficient.
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They now have something in common with you, how nice.
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Wow, got him to chase.
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Yeah, kinda weird.
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6-1 in 3, 2, .... amirite?
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f*** it. At this point, they aren't getting their money out of him on a pitch count. Six years of 5 IP performances is no bargain at his salary + acquisition cost. Might as well let the f***er throw 150 pitches per start if he's got his Houdini act going.
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But I am participating. My contribution is sharing the opinion that I think your endless trade suggestions are tiresome and stale. Or is it only participating if you play by your rules?
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One of the things that sucks for the Sox (Yankees too) is that due to their national popularity, they rarely get getaway games during the day. Owners are looking to fill seats when big draws come into town, and during the week that happens at night.
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Same difference. They won, and Josh Beckett hitting a bloop single contributed. I'd be heartbroken if that happened to my team, but strangley, I'd probably find something inspiring about it too.
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Josh Beckett hitting a bloop single to win the game. Worse than anything, but inspiring too. End of discussion.
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You have a real hard-on for trade proposal mental diarrhea, don't you?
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I see no reason why he would be, not in this exercise. We are drafting players for their ability. I'm going to draft relievers for their ability to get outs, not record arbitrary meaningless stats (saves), and I'm of the opinion that someone who can record outs in the 6th-8th innings can do it in the 9th too.
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At least 18? You sure it isn't 17, or 19? At this point, I say, name 'em.
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Maybe a reach, but with the recent discussion on young 3B..... Mat Gamel
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That's what I meant when I said "not sure", as in he won't be dependable. I haven't seen him play consistently, but the stats don't paint a pretty picture.
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There are a whole truckload of stats that adjust for park effect. These will be the ones most will use in their justifications for their team and/or critique of yours, so prepare yourself for that. More importantly, despite being told that park impact is to be ignored, you keep bringing it up for most of your picks. If you want to continue to use it in your methodology, then fine. But it's pretty clear that any justification you offer involving the park is going to be ignored here, so it's a pointless endeavor that you might as well just quit. The more you bring it up, the more it looks like your favorite flavor is window.
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******** you aren't being biased. 4 baserunners in 4 innings isn't tap-dancing through anything. Yeah, he faced Mauer with a RISP, what was the result. Just admit what you were doing, it's what you do every day here. You are trying to piss in the punch bowl. You deny the merits, whether they be in talent or trade value, for any and every Sox player. You post daily rimjob reports on Yankee successes, and if they aren't at the MLB level, well then you make sure you find the daily Scrubby McNobody that had a good game in the minors. It's pathetic. Not that you like your team and want them to do well or ours to do bad, that's what's expected, but that you apparently only find satisfaction in being a pill.
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I didn't have time to find the link while at work. Here's a link to a blog post by a guy who reverse engineered the ranking system. Link The money quote.... I don't know what the adjustment is either. The system is proprietary and unpublished, but this is not the only place I've seen attempt analysis of the system and come to the same conclusion.
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So it's 2, but they do allow consideration for injury, which Penny was in '08. Either way, I think a type B is a sure thing. That's only the top 40%, and that's according to league. He needs to basically hit the top half of available AL pitchers this offseason. I think he can swing that.
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Jordan Zimmermann
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Or this one. Plus, I think the player ratings go back a few years and consider injuries. He'll easily be a type B, and has an outside shot at making type A status. The team getting him and letting him walk will get draft compensation, and I'd have to think the Sox would give that away to pick up either a bat for the current team or a prospect at a position of need.
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Doubront belongs in this group right now too. People forgot about him after his rough 2007, but he recovered in 2008. In 129.1 IP, he struck out 138, only walked 28, and gave up 10 homers, which is good for a FIP of 2.72. He reportedly showed up to camp this year with a couple of extra mph on his FB, and he's only 21 in AA. This year he's struck out 39, walked 15, and given up 3 homers in 37.2 IP, which is a FIP of 3.36.
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Sidekick? Please, I'm just as critical of the stupid s*** he posts as I am of yours. It's just that lately, you've outdone him in that department. Don't blame me that you put your foot in your mouth up to the knee. Well, yeah, I suppose there has been no evidence if you are going to continue to ignore the point I made about framing pitches and the impact of count on hitter performance. You brought up CERA, and many responded describing the utter worthlessness of that stat. You have yet to address the impact I brought up. This is you doing exactly what you are incorrectly faulting the board for. In other words, it's a typical Gom argument. Here's the outline, they are all the same. 1. Make a nonsensical point 2. Use a s***** stat to back it up, like CERA or Wins (for a pitcher) 3. Ignore rebuttals 4. Claim victory Wash, rinse, repeat. It gets old.