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  1. jacksonianmarch
    he signed too late to play in MiLB.
  2. jacksonianmarch
    http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/mlb/article/0,2777,DRMN_23924_5312152,00.html Colorado wants one of the following: Ellsbury, Hansen, Bard, Buchholz and the sox refuse to part with them Talks are currently at a standstill.
  3. jacksonianmarch
    one of my friends created a Fenway replica in his backyard for whiffle ball. It is frickin awesome.
  4. jacksonianmarch
    and Lester walked 43 to Wang's 52 in a third the innings.
  5. jacksonianmarch
    He can hit 94 just like Wang can hit 99. One in a blue moon.
  6. jacksonianmarch
    just seeing if I could catch him in a lie! Just kidding.
  7. jacksonianmarch
    His 80 was vs the Royals. I could post an 80 against he royals. His best season was a 1.15WHIP in AA. That is true. But in 2003 he was in A ball and had a pretty poor 1.38. In 2004 his WHIP was in the 1.33 range between A and A+ ball In 2005, he had a career minor league yr in AA. 1.15WHIP, but his walk rate was only down 0.2/9IP. His H/9IP went down 1.2/9IP. This insinuates that even though his WHIP dropped, his control only minimally improved. In 2006, he had a 1.46WHIP in AAA, which is pathetic. This is mostly due to a 1.5BB/9IP increase. His H/9IP went up by 1 per 9 as well as could be expected with a jump of level. Then he went to the majors and put up the stinker of a 1.65WHIP. Therefore, you can see that his control was never strong and it ballooned worse when he was rushed.
  8. jacksonianmarch
    do you think you should be traded in the Helton deal?
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  10. jacksonianmarch
    My point was that they have a large gap between the talent pool. Which surprises me. Those deals last yr left the sox in the lurch. At the same time, there arent any can't miss prospects in the sox organization at this moment. I think that is what 700 is alluding to. You dont have the Papelbon's in the minors anymore. You have a bunch of kids who havent even tamed A+ ball yet and a guy who was bad in his debut then was struck with cancer. I think this is the point that .700 is trying to make. None of these kids have cant miss tattooed on their foreheads, so dealing one is a crapshoot as they all seem to have the same upside and same drawbacks. The only real prospect the sox have at this juncture is Ellsbury. After him, AA is barren and A+ ball will have 2 of the 3 B's. Other than that, the sox system, even with all those highly rated drafts, is devoid of big talent. The lower levels and the DSL could have something huge, but nothing highly followed or scripted. Time will tell.
  11. jacksonianmarch
    as for the ranking of their previous drafts, their 2005 draft class is now the class of their organization. Buchholz, Bowden, Hansen and Ellsbury were all from that class. The years before that have given MDC, Pedroia, Lester and Papelbon. Therefore, you have a large gap between the 2004 and before prospects and the 2005 draftees. Buchholz and Bowden's ETA is really 2009. Ellsbury is 2008 and Hansen is ruined to this point.
  12. jacksonianmarch
    I always liked to put pennies in between the bat and the duct tape and hit tennis balls with it.
  13. jacksonianmarch
    Helton is a lefty who hits lefties like a righty. I was looking at his splits and he MASHES everything righty. Fastballs, sliders, curves and surprisingly he hits over .400 on changeups. He hits lefty heat to the tune of .330 something, but as most lefties do, he hits lefty breaking balls very poorly (.200s range).
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    I am not knocking Helton in the least. I consider him a wash for Abreu aside from speed. I just think that downplaying his home field advantage and power drain is overlooking very important stats. He'll still post a .380+ OBP and hit you around .300.
  16. jacksonianmarch
    any retort other than just "wrong"? It is common knowledge that RF in Fenway is one of the toughest places to hit it out of.
  17. jacksonianmarch
    Rob, in his rankings, Pedroia and Hansen and Lester are included.
  18. jacksonianmarch
    Fenway is an A+ hitters park for righties and a terrible hitters park for lefties. Having a 384 foot fence in close to dead RF is death to power for lefties. It is just sheer common sense. Righties should own in Fenway. Short LF porch, huge fence which will lead to lots of cheap hits and a short LCF wall. But CF, RCF and almost all the way to the RF line is insanely deep. Helton is a lefty. Fenway is a negative for him.
  19. jacksonianmarch
    that was their company line last yr at the break. They'll trot that line out again at some point, but now it lacks merit.
  20. jacksonianmarch
    For those who want to know, here is a career breakdown of Helton Todd Helton career splits: Home 722 games 3124 PA .371 avg 176 HR 616 RBI 1.141 OPS Road 702 games 2952 PA .294 avg 110 HR 380 RBI .900 OPS Last season Home 275AB .335/.445/.531 for a .976OPS Away 271AB .266/.360/.421 for a .781OPS It looks like he was a solid hitter, but Coors made him amazing.
  21. jacksonianmarch
    Pettitte is quality.
  22. jacksonianmarch
    he didnt face Halladay every game.
  23. jacksonianmarch
    keep telling yourself that
  24. jacksonianmarch
    I think you mean a deep throated bullpen.
  25. jacksonianmarch
    700, our lineup is still better top to bottom and nobody soils themselves facing us. It will be tough, but not unbeatable.
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