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  1. jjfanec
    If any of these mocks are remotely true, there is going to be massive disappointment over the Brewers first round pick this year. Castellanos: Wont have the power to be a third baseman. Harvey: Winds up in the bullpen or injured Wojciehowski: Bullpen guy as well Biddle: No reason in the world that this kid should be drafted in the 1st round. Decent college arms and big upside high school pitchers will probably be available when they pick, but I bet the Brewers will go with what they always have and take the one guy with the big huge one tool and hope for the best, ignoring completely that the more rounded player is a better bet. Guys like Workman and McGuire, Allie, Cole and Covey, and bats like Colon, Grandal and Cabrera all being over looked for the flavor of the week. I have no clue what you are complaining about in terms of Brewers first round picks2002 - Prince 2003 - Weeks 2004 - Rogers - even though it is taking a while he is in AAA for the time being. 2005 - Braun 2006 - Jeffress - Unless there were red-flags about the weed problem there is no 2007 - LaPorta - In the bigs and netted us CC. 2008 - Lawrie - One of the youngest guys in AA and still sporting a respectable OPS. At worst is a solid corner OF 2008 - Odorizzi - Been very, very good in A ball 2008 - Fredrickson - Looks to be a bust and the closest guy to fitting your stereotyping of Brewer picks as flavor of the week guys 2009 - Arnett - Has struggled but it is way too early to tell 2009 - K. Davis - Too early to tell 2009 - Heckathorn - Has looked good so far this year.
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    Wow, Wolf is dodging bullets today. 7 base runners in 3 innings and he has given up just one run. He will be very lucky to get 5 innings in considering he is at 79 or 80 pitches right now
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    In case people wanted to know, Roy Halladay has a nice game going through 8 tonight
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    So many of those questions really got answered through out the show if you pay close attention. The dharma food, Walt's appearing, Christian's appearing off the island, and why the psychic said Claire had to raise Walt were some of the ones that did not get answered. However I would say 50% of those got answered and another 25% easily fall into the "is that really important at all category." People seemed to nitpick questions with Lost a lot. Obviously some of those on that list were jokes, ie Expose, the polar bear in walt's comic, etc, but only a handful of those would fall in the genuine unanswered questions. The article in the last link was a good read as well.
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    I think Eloise thought Daniel would be going with the group and she did not want to lose him. Once she found out Daniel would not be going she back off.
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    Nashville rocked Inman tonight. Coming into the game Inman was really struggling with walks but had not given up many hits. Tonight was the opposite. No walks but 11 hits and 4 runs in 5 innings.
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    I would take Tony Parker and Russell Westbrook over Rose fairly easily. I like Parker but he has been hurt a lot recently, so it hard for me to take him over Rose. Rose has better shooting numbers than Westbrook, even though he is his teams only real option. He has higher fg and 3 pt %. Westbrook has one rebound more a game, and two more assists. TO are pretty similar although Rose has a little less. Considering Westbrook has Green and Durant it would make sense he would have a couple more assists a game, but his shots you would think he would get easier shots than Rose since Rose has to create for himself so much. I dont know why either Westbrook or Parker would be easy picks over Rose.
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    Arnett with a nice start so far. 3 IP, 4 K's, and 0 ER. He does have 2 BB though which has been the problem for all our minor league pitchers it seems like. 4 of 5 outs have been on the ground as well.
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    All year I kept telling people the Cavs gm had done a terrible job surrounding LeBron with talent. He is got overrated players like Mo Williams or over the hill player like Shaq and Jamison. Most of the guys were guys who put up decent numbers on terrible teams (Mo and Jamison) and were not prime time guys. I kept hearing in the playoffs how the Cavs tried so hard to surround LeBron with talent but in their trying they failed miserably. Add that to having a below average coach, I would want to get out of Cleveland too. If LeBron just wants to win and is not concerned about endorsements Chicago would be number 2 on the list, Miami would be number 1 if they have Wade, and I would actually have NJ up on the list with Lopez who is an emerging player, Devin Harris who is at least Mo Williams equal, and a high draft pick (potentially a John Wall type player). That team could have a huge turn around Gobias, comparing Bogut and LeBron is really misleading. Jennings and Salmons are better than anyone on the Cavs outside of LeBron. Also who are all the pg's better than Rose? Paul, Williams, Nash, Rondo, and Parker, but he is easily number 6 with the potential to slide to 3 or 4 over the next year. Mo is probably in the 10-15 range, especially if you factor in his horrendous defense.
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    The Cavs were terrible outside of LeBron. Rose is much better than Mo. Mo is a horrible, horrible defender and does outside of game 6 he stunk it up over the playoffs. Mo had a similar fg % getting wide open looks where Rose had to create for himself. Noah is a more talented player than AV. AV does the dirty work but Noah is a better rebounding and a has more offensive upside. Deng is much better than you give him credit for. He is better than Jamison in every regard. Better fg, 3 pt and FT percentage and a much better defender. Jamison got abused that Celtic series. Rose is much better than Williams in my mind, Noah is a little better than AV but has potential to be a good amount better, and Deng is better than Jamison. That is three guys who are better than the three guys he would be leaving, so it is safe to assume the Bulls would be a fair amount better than the Cavs with Lebron. All three of those guys are better than what the Cavs have. The Lebron does not have any help angle is completely legit. When LeBron is not on that team has no chance to beat good teams. The Bulls would have a chance to beat good teams without Lebron. Without Lebron the Cavs will be a lottery team for the future. They were overmatched at every position outside of Lebron against the Celtics.
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    I believe it's 6 years, $125 million. Something like that. The Cavs can give 6 years like 125 million and another team can give 5 years 101 million or something like that. The Cavs can give one more year and about 1 million more a year is what I heard on ESPN this morning so my numbers are probably off, but that is what they said.
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    I dont know why Weeks could not hit like a corner OF. His OPS would be 16th for NL outfielders. That seems good enough to me.
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    The light has some similarities to the tree of good and evil in the garden of eden. Eating the fruit unleashed evil as did entering the light. Goes with the two being called adam and eve too. I did like seeing that question get answered. My question is could the man in black really not leave or was his "mother" lying to him. Meaning she just did not want him to leave.
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    After his big first game Starlin has struggled some over his next 3 games, especially in the field. He made 3 errors last night (bringing him to 4 in 4 games) and could have gotten charged with a mental error. After his third error of the night on a ground ball he slowing went over toward the ball and Hanley Ramirez went all the way to second. Offensively he is 2 for 9 with 2 walks, so I guess he is not struggling with the bat. The kid still looks like he is going to be very good, but he is not going to be scaring Jason Heyward.
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    That is against NCAA rules. You cannot give academic scholarships to athletes. My buddy, who was the #3 quarterback recruit in the nation in 1991, got a half-academic, half-athletic scholarship to Arizona State.I should have rephrased this. They can get an academic scholarship but they still count as a scholarship athlete for that sport. It does not free up a scholarship spot for teams.
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    From everything I have read they cannot. Now that could be wrong but I have heard it from a lot of different people. Think of the way that teams like Kentucky would exploit that rule.
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    That is against NCAA rules. You cannot give academic scholarships to athletes.
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    I cannot stand over-recruiting. Hopefully, Marquette already knew a guy was not coming, but if they just did this to squeeze a guy from the current class that not right. This practice was referred to as house-Creaning when Tan Tommy was there. Marquette needs a big and they got one, so that is good.
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    Fair enough. How deep does he have to go to be a 1? He is averaging 6 innings right now. Would 7 be enough? His problem is simple. Walks. That is why on a potential level I think he is still potentially a 1. He strikes guys out, does not get hit that hard, but struggles with walks which keeps his inning down.
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    Rogers has number 1 potential in my mind. He is much more likely to be a 2/3 guy, but IF he gets his walks down he is dangerous. Odorizzi could be a Yo type pitcher. I am not sure if Yo is a 1 or a 2. Scarpetta has potential to be a 2/3 guy. It is also too early to have Heckathorn as a bullpen guy. They are treating him like a starting prospect and he is succeeding in that role. Other guys to keep an eye on are Maverick Lasker, Del Howell as they are guys who seem to have good stuff but blow-up every once in awhile. Damon Krestalude, Daniel Merklinger are solid pitchers who could become 4/5 guys. In the bullpen you have John Axford.
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    I am pretty sure Jin, Sun and Lapidus are all dead but we will still see all of them in the flash-sideways. I have no idea what that part of the plot will end but it is really intriguing. On the Widmore front, I think he is looking out for the interests of the island. He will do anything to not let the MIB leave. If that involves killing "innocent" people he will definitely do it.
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    The Twins asked him to move to the bullpen according to reports and he said he did not feel comfortable doing that. So, they did not expect him to be lights out according to what I have read
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    All along I felt there seems to be more to the story here, as in something wrong with the pregnancy. I really hope I am wrong. Salome seems like a hard worker who has had some bad breaks. Hopefully everything is okay.
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    I seem to remember reading an article where Melvin basically said this same thing. I am fairly certain. Melvin explained that he was blocked (Braun and Hart (Hart was decent at the time)) and that he did not have the glove to play center. There was also questions about him ever hitting enough to play the corners anyways. I am not sure what the fascination is about him. I agree with you two. I thought all along that the fascination with Brantley was weird, especially if he was unable to play CF. Yes he has a solid OBP but his lack of power makes him a odd prospect to fall in love with.
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    Salome's stock was never high with scouts or analysts to being with. He hit .360 as a C, led the Southern League in batting, all at an appropriate age and couldn't crack BA's top 100 prospects. This is nothing new, BA has never liked the guy, they wouldn't even include him in a hot sheet. I actually thinks analyst are slow to warm up to Lucroy as well. If these two catchers played in the Cubs, Yankees, or Red Sox system they would get much more love.
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