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    Chris Carpenter was 26 the first year he made 30 starts. It takes three seconds to look at the link. The point of the comparison was that however unlikely it may be, there's always the possibility of a guy overcoming his problems and finding success. A lot of people thought Carpenter was a bust until he found the right pitching coach. In Miller's case, it isn't necessarily what he can learn that he hasn't learned so far, but rather cleaning up his mechanics, which is always extremely difficult to do. I understand and agree that he's probably a bust, but the possibility (however small it may be)exists that he could improve. That is indisputable.
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    It's a 10-year analysis, Maddux has been the Rangers pitching coach for exactly three years, and they've had minimal injury problems.
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    How about this guy? Similar situation, and injury-ridden at the beginning of his career, to boot. It's not wise to expect Miller to live up to his billing, but it's not wise to completely rule it out either. Baseball is a fickle sport, all that needs to happen is for something to click for a pitcher or hitter. Sometimes it just takes a lot longer for some to feel the click, and sometimes it never happens at all.
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    Bard with a 3.5 ERA (given his stuff) is a lot more believable than Doubront with a 3.7 though.
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    ERA under 4.00 for Doubront and 14 wins out of the five spot? You're setting yourself up for disappointment if you're expecting those numbers.
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    Fair enough, my friend. Besides, this is all moot until he can actually get back on the field. Hopefully, he's fully healthy and can go back to terrorizing opposing defenses on the basepaths.
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    A .310 OBP is awful. I'm sorry. And it's moving him down because the player who would be occupying his slot is better. That's sound logic if you ask me.
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    But if you have righty-lefty, your Loogy pitches to one guy and the other guy loses the pitcher. If Crawford is hitting behind Ellsbury, he IS an auto-out to the LOOGY. That success in the two-hole is inferior to the player currently occupying it, AKA Dustin Pedroia. Who btw, rakes against everybody, rendering your example invalid. We can agree to disagree here. You're a big fan of the guy, but i think i'm correct in saying that no matter how fast he is, an .800 OPS guy who can't hit lefties is not such a big deal. Time will tell where he hits.
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    The pitch values from Fangraphs are usually a pretty accurate description of where a pitch stands in matter of effectiveness for specific pitchers provided you have a significant sample size, like the one that exists for Kershaw and Lincecum. In short, Fred was absolutely dead wrong in his assessment.
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    You have three lefties hitting in a row, and the second-best hitter in the team (Youk) hitting 6th.
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    Going lefty-lefty at the top of the lineup when one of them can't him lefties is LOOGY heaven.
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    Actually, i mistakenly put Crawford in the 6th spot next to Ross because their position (LF) is interchangeable and Ross will likely be platooning (to a certain extent) with Sweeney. Let me put it this way: Before Crawford comes back: Ellsbury Pedroia Gonzales Youkilis Ortiz Ross Salty Sweeney Aviles After Crawford comes back: Ellsbury Pedroia Gonzales Youkilis Ortiz Ross Crawford Salty Aviles This assumes Ross is in the lineup most of the time in RF, but i don't think that's his best position, and Kalish will own the position eventually anyways.
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    Yeah, that's a piece of hyperbole that falls flat on its face.
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    Ellsbury Pedroia Gonzales Youkilis Ortiz Ross/Crawford (if he can begin the season) Salty Sweeney Aviles
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    Why do you continue to tout Nava as a legitimate MLB option? He's not good enough.
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    Brentz will get his cup of coffee next year. The problem is that it may not be with the Red Sox.
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    No they're not. You can be certain that the O's and Mariners aren't even contenders in their own minds.
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    In the most descriptive 39 AB's of MLB history, Lavarnway's BA was .231, and his OPS .738, but he's proved he can handle MLB pitching. Consistency plz.
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