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Everything posted by notin
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He gave up a single. If not for stupid Ghost Runner rules, you’d think nothing of it… -
The emergence of Abreu does have me thinking Duran is the best trade bait. But no rush to promote Anthony. If you deal away an OF, and promote Anthony, then who takes over for the next injury? Trayce Thompson?
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Brown deserved an Oscar nomination…
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So Seiya Suzuki was relegated by the Cubs to the DH role when the team acquired Kyle Tucker and was openly less than thrilled by it. This week, Ian Happ went down. Starting in LF tonight for the Cubs - Seiya Suzuki. You didn’t know this because he just shut up and went out there and played …
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I’d welcome an iguana in my house. And I’d name him Clancy, after the underappreciated Clancy Brown, whom I have now mentioned in multiple threads in a span of minutes…
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And the very underappreciated Clancy Brown. That guy sneaks into everything…
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I know, right. I will say, knocking 8-10 mph off a pitch can mess with a hitter’s timing. For Cleveland closet Doug Jones racked up like 300 career saves throwing changeup after changeup…
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Huh? In 1985, the lottery wasn’t weighted (which I just learned). That means ALL SEVEN TEAMS IN IT HAD A 14.29% CHANCE. Yet somehow you’re now trying to argue that the Knicks 14% chance was worse than that of Seattle or Golden State or the other four teams. This is not beating the odds; this is fourth grade math. This draft was the first lottery and therefore has its share of conspiracy theories. But they all just ignore that the Knicks chance was as good as anyone else’s. Also with four future Hall of Famers in the first round, the Knicks (and other teams, notably Utah) had a good chance and revitalizing their franchises…
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And, you know, The Shawshank Redemption…
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How dare you disparage legendary actor James Whitmore!!!
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Cora seems to ignore who he can trust. Bernardino, Weissert, Hendriks and Wilson have given him a combined 20 innings without an earned run in the last two weeks. So who is in facing the white hot Javy Baez with men on base?
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I think it’s more like we’re seeing why the Yankees left him unprotected. His arm is fragile, and multiple surgeries have extended his career, but apparently didn’t improve it…
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Houck went from 1.3 bWAR in his first full year as a starter to 3.5 bWAR in his second. Casas keeps getting hurt and really has only one full season under his belt. Can’t blame Cora for that. Hamilton absolutely showed massive steps forward last year. This year he’s rarely playing. Wing is never going to be an All Star, bet he is absolutely better than he was when they acquired him…
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Blatant lie!! On Saturdays you sleep until noon!
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Even if he gets one, at least they’re talking about it. It would be much more concerning if they weren’t…
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There you have it. Ironclad innuendo. And why was the Knicks lottery win - again third worst team, third best odds - suddenly magical? They had a good chance at winning. Unlike your arguments ;)
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I don’t think anyone said Devers would be a GOOD first baseman, just that he could move there. First all, he’d be replacing Casas, so the bar is pretty low. Second, getting Yoshida into the lineup and Toro -who’s also not a good 1b - out has to be a good thing…;
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I don’t think counting on 3 rookies to all live up to the hype simultaneously is a good plan. Anthony can step in and replace Rafaela, who, according to a few articles on MSN, is a source of frustration with Cora due to his lack of plate discipline. I think these articles do intentionally overstate the level of frustration. Either way, it’s not a bad move. Mayer can and should wait for Story’s inevitable injury. Outting Campbell at first over the inexperienced Toro strikes me as re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. In this case, Campbell might be better but also brings even less experience to the situation. Let him play second, and get comfortable there…
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I’m not a fan of this guy but I’ve mentioned him multiple times - Andrew Vaughn. Hes managed to play 1b all through college, the minors and MLB despite being 5’3”. His StatCast page is actually decent. His defense is lackluster but at least experienced. And Chicago is clearly going nowhere and already called up their AAA masher 1b in Tim Elko. They’d deal Vaughn today because the market in July will be dead for him. BTV gives him a surplus value of -$4.7mill. He’s no Freddie Freeman, but at least he’s no Abraham Toro. And the cost won’t be Anthony or Mayer…
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Getting LeBron to the Knicks or the Bulls would have been much better for the NBA…
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Well, moving Yoshida to DH does have some merit. He’s already here and already paid for. And it’s not like Yoshida a bad hitter. Sure, Devers is a better DH than Yoshida, but he’s also a better first baseman and by a wider margin than Abraham Toro and Rob Refsnyder
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And we’re talking about a guy whose ceiling was probably Michael A. Taylor, certainly a Major Leaguer but not a guy anyone gets excited about. Not someone you want counting towards your taxes at $12mill, especially in 2015. If DD liked Castillo, he’d have played in MLB. He never did, reportedly. That’s not a criticism of DD, just how it played out…
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Just because he was 32 doesn’t mean he retained his skills over the years. How many 32 year old players with minimal MLB experience get MLB contracts? Not counting Japanese/Korean league vets Just because I said he was good enough for MLB doesn’t mean I (or anyone else, like the author of the Fangraphs article) thought he was an above average starter, let alone a star. When you get to be 32 in MLB, you’re old.
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As a younger player, they might have. But not for that contract. Fangraphs used to do an annual series of articles on minor leaguers that deserve a shot in MLB, and one year they profiled Castillo. The article included a quote from a rivscout asking “why is this guy still here?”, referring to AAA. No one wanted his overpriced contract, and (,correct me if I’m wrong) including money to pay for him to play for an MLB team would have made that money count towards the Sox luxury tax. Idont think Castillo was ever destined to be a star, but I do think he was good enough for MLB. Doubtful he ever justified that contract…
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Even with owner approval, Breslow has the responsibility of making the team better. He doesn’t get to shirk that responsibility by saying “but you said I could!!”
