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How is that any different than the Yankees holding on to Kennedy and Jackson. Kennedy, according to all the scouts you love to tout in regards to Masterson's future as a reliever, will be nothing special. Jackson is just one year closer than Kalish right now, that's it. Same set of tools, just a year older.

Dorsey is who I'd take too. He's a foundation of a defense type player. They could also trade down for extra picks to a team like TB, who I think is a feature back away from being very good.

Not really. I could care less about Chris Carter. I think his blip on the Red Sox Historic Radar Screen will be measured in nano-seconds (if it occurs at all). I agree with JHB about the importance of range at the other 6 non-battery defensive positions, and I don't think it's totally unimportant at 1B either, but since the 1B handles the ball on such a large portion of the fielded outs, I think the hands are more important.

I'm saying that due to "good hands" being an industry requirement for 1B, we can't fairly make the opposite comp of Youk/Millar. Millar is a statue. His stone-handed alter ego doesn't exist. Thus, while that comp is a good one, it does nothing to refute my original point that hands take precedence over range as the desirable skillset for a 1B. No, I'm not saying that because all 1B have decent hands that Carter will. However, his comp in F% you mentioned was 3x worse than some of the bottom of the qualified AL list. So, he is seriously deficient in the one area where fielders tend to improve with time. Yet, it's unlikely he'll improve, according to you. Perhaps you are right, and he never will be able to field well enough to earn a starting role. That said, given his deficiency and trends in the progression/regression of skills associated with age, it's certainly not as black and white as you make it. EDIT: I think we are talking apples and oranges here. I've not said the differentiation point between MLB quality 1B is their ability to handle the ball. I've said that good hands take precedence over good range at that position. In order to validate that, we'd need to make those skills mutually exclusive, and then compare to someone who is good at both, like Youk. Millar fits one of the mutually exclusive skillset combinations (good hands, bad feet). The other, due to industry demand, does not exist in major league baseball. That industry demand in effect validates my point to some degree with the caveat that the industry still utilizes small ball inefficiently in some places. In other words, just because baseball agrees with me, it doesn't make me right.

Big snow storm potential for Sunday night's game. The Joes have lost when the golden goose layed a regular egg.

Irrelevant. If you tell me you cheat at something, and then tell me 3 weeks later that you have character because you don't "cheat", then I call BS.

The Youk vs Millar comparison is a very good one. For a valid equity analysis we'd need the other end of the spectrum, a player with very good range and utterly horrendous hands. Then we could see if the Youk/Millar comp outweighed the Youk/MysteryMan comp. That is where we find a problem and my original point shows up. First basemen with horrendous hands don't exist, not at this level.

I disagree. Boggs, while declining in range, which is more important for a 3B, did improve one fielding skill over time. His hands improved over time. His F% went from about .960 in the first half of his career to about .975 in the latter half. This regularly happens. Hands improve when range is fading. I haven't seen Carter field, so I don't know in what regards he is considered a deficient fielder. Usually, when a 1B is classified as a butcher, it's bad hands, and for good reason because they are the most important skill for a 1B, IMO. It's no stretch to suggest his hands will improve, and thus his ability at 1B will improve.

I'm no Parcells fan, but I think he hit the nail right on the head in he pregame. He's another Eric Metcalf or Kevin Faulk. Capable of the big play, but not able to pound it between the tackles 20-25 times a game.

Colston has some really good hands. He just snatched that ball out of the air over his head when Brees rifled one over the middle. Nice 7th round gold for the Saints. Too bad it has to make up for a wasted 2nd pick.

Didn't Gom applaud Cap'n Jete's tax shenanigans and claim to cheat on his when he can get away with it? Real character guy.

I'm not counting you out yet. You have Baltimore's D vs Miami. They could score 50 for you next week. Anderson in a game with playoff implications. Tough matchups for your RBs, but Jackson and MJD can go off on anyone. Your WRs are good enough to have a game against anyone. No guarantees in FFB.

I agree, for the most part. Although, I think the switch to field turf will diminish the impact of weather. In short, I think those adverse conditions will have to be either heavy winds or snow. EDIT: And, without that switch to field turf, I doubt we are looking at this version of the Patriots.

Nice try. You know a highly touted RP prospect has much less value than his SP counterpart. Oh wait, we are talking about Joba. What was I thinking, he's clearly equally valuable in every capacity. I hear he's a more valuable CF prospect than Ellsbury.

Just started watching the game this year, eh? Here's the relevance that you missed. Wind makes the game harder for a passing team, the Pats in this case. This plays up the Balt D's strength, run prevention, and the difficulty for the Pats to score in those conditions, also keeps their offensive strength, running the ball, in the game.

Pelfrey moonlights?

Wow, big game from YH's two last night. He got 56 pts from Indy's D and Addai. That secured him the #1. Well, that is unless Brees can clear 57 pts for me without throwing to Colston. Call me skeptical. So, I'm the #2. Week 15 #3 Avg Joes - vs - #6 Cape Crusaders #4 McLovin' - vs - #5 The Underachievers EDIT: Oh, and SR, I wouldn't change that name. It seems to have motivated your crew.

See Red wins a close one over Kilo, which sets up a rematch next week in the playoffs with Kilo the #4 seed, and See Red the #5. Cape wins, so Crespo is out. Cape will be the #6, with the #3 still very TBD.

Yeah, that piece they did about his family demonstrated he's not just talking the talk. Oh, and check out his GF. Praise Gawd! http://www.aolcdn.com/aolpolltool/tim-tebow-girl

What a recruiting tool for Urban Meyer, especially if he plays all four years of his eligibility. "So, stud WR where would you rather play, the offensively deficient FSU and Miami, or with the reigning Heisman QB in a wide open system?"

I'm new at setting these things up. I think it's 5362 (from the group page url).

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