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  1. Dojji
    Oh, interesting stat -- to me anyway -- Fenway is apparently one of the consistently hardest places for a generic hitter to HR in the big leagues. Sort of suggests that a guy who all he does productively is homer may not be a good fit.
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    http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor/_/year/2008 http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor/_/year/2007 It bounces between average stadium and major pitchers' park depending on the year. Last 3 seasons, it was 14th, 27th, and 20th in runs respectively. Which suggests a certain variability that would mean maybe park factors have some random factors involved and shouldn't be taken too seriously in most cases.
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    Yeah, because the contract was expiring at the end of the season, and Kotchman had a couple years left. It was a way to get something for nothing, only instead they got 2 more years of nothing for nothing. On the whole it was a stupid reason, since LaRoche wouldn't be THAT difficult to re-sign and they were apparently going to try to get rid of Lowell anyway.
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    Wow, Dipre it took you exactly two posts to employ your first and favorite logical falacy -- Argumentum ad homenim FTW! (that's "For The Weak" by the way)
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    that's simply not true. LaRoche has been a consistent .800-.850 OPS hitter. Beltre has been a consistent .750-.800 OPS hittter. LaRoche has been consistently, if slightly, superior to Beltre as a hitter every year the two have both been in the league. In fact, they were only tied one year, in 2007, and that was Beltre's best season since his breakout in 2004 -- and LaRoche's worst year since his rookie campaign. And going further back, LaRoche's WORST offensive season, his .775 OPS 2005 campaign, represented about an average year for Beltre. LaRoche has a career .834 OPS to Beltre's .770. And it aiin't exactly like the Pittsburgh Pirates have been spoiling him with vast protection in that lineup of theirs Yeah, Beltre's OPS is the same as Ellsbury's. Whatta sluggah! Beltre wins everything back in defense, and in his position along the defensive spectrum, but when it comes to offense alone, LaRoche is clearly the better hitter.
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    there's a question I've always wondered about -- if park dimensions create a ludicrous park factor, and NYS might be a candidate, does the league have any power to force a team to mitigate them?
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    They're still gathering the data on what NYS is, so I wouldn't presume they have the new park factors down to a science yet anyway. I'm still not exactly sure how much of that LHH stuff is real and how much of it is a chicken and egg question. Surely some of it is real, but the Yankees do have a lot of good lefthanded hitters.
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    San Diego isn't within 600 miles of the Bay.
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    Because the Cardinals aren't cheap as thirdhand $***
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    The best possible lineups given our roster and resources are achieved by trading for Hanley Ramirez.
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    Yeah, get Hanley, sign LaRoche for 1B, and Holliday or Bay for LF. Ellsbury, LF/CF Pedroia, 2B Holliday, LF Ramirez, SS Drew, RF Youkilis, 3B Ortiz, DH Martinez, C LaRoche, 1B 25 HR hitter batting in the 9 spot for lack of anywhere else to put him. Heck, forget LF, just get Hanley and LaRoche and run Cameron on the 9 hole. The potential for awesome is HUGE here.
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    I'd be very happy not to trade them Ellsbury.
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    Wow, that might push even the Orioles over .500
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    Not really. Some of them are going to be Fenway doubles too. And the height of the wall may take a couple away as well.
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    Who is Laptop? And how the heck did he get that nickname? And I thought Expo might get into this discussion at some point. He's a natural fit, since SD could use some catching and Expo's very "toolsy." If Buchholz is "Laptop" I definitely don't want him AND Ellsbury AND THEN OTHER prospects to be going anywhere for only one player. That's just way too freaking much talent. I'd want to see additional players coming back to Boston in that case.
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    Certainly less than slash stats, offensive WAR, RC/27 or OPS+
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    I'm not sure I believe that entirely, but RBI definitely does have a number of team-related confounding variables. It certainly shouldn't be looked at as a predictive indicator.
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    Twitter needs to die.
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    Westmoreland's speed is fine, but his health is not. 3 signicificant, major injuries in his first year with the team. If that settles out and becomes the exception, fine, if it's the rule, he's not even gonna make it. That said, we do still have Reddick, Kalish and Fuentes.
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    The only reason you put Ellsbury in the deal is if you think Ryan Kalish is very close indeed.
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    I suppose that even if we deal Buchholz, we do have Bowden, Tazawa and Kelly, as well as Doubront, to help settle the 5th rotation spot in the event of a Wakefield meltdown.
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    I think it already has.
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