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  1. JoeHova
    Murton's never played first base.
  2. JoeHova
    Supposedly it's because baseball managers are the only ones who go on the field of play during a game. Obviously sometimes coaches in other sports run onto the court/field, but they aren't supposed to. Anyway, some excellent answers guys. I thought mothership's response was especially interesting, although I'm not sure how much it would apply to pro sports (I mean, how many people show up at little league and college baseball games compared to MLB? The noise level is much, much different).
  3. JoeHova
    The problem is that Gwynn's chances of hitting .360/.400 over an extended period in MLB are (imo) basically nil. He projects about as well as Jason Kendall, or in other words, terribly. The average CF had an OPS of about .750 last season. Gwynn projects at .650. No way does his defense (even if you believe he is as good as some people say) make up for that. edit: OTOH, John Dewan has Gwynn as one of his 24 potential breakout players based on spring stats vs. career numbers. Counsell and Cameron are on the list too.
  4. JoeHova
    I only mentioned his durability to point out that the Cubs don't necessarily have much use for Murton, who is pretty much limited to left defensively.
  5. JoeHova
    No offense, but you'd guess wrong. Arms aren't even really taken into account in most of the advanced defensive metrics. Soriano has tremendous range and top level speed. And how am I cherry-picking? Every defensive stat I've seen says Soriano is an excellent outfielder, which is also what I see when I watch him play. What does him being a bad 2nd baseman have to do with how he plays the outfield? The two are barely connected, if at all. You seem to be letting your dislike for the Cubs and/or Soriano get in the way of your analysis.
  6. JoeHova
    I don't get the joke. Soriano has played 145 or more games 6 of the past 7 years and every defensive rating system I've seen has him as one of the best defensive left fielders in baseball, if not the best. Unless he gets hurt, he's not being platooned or replaced in the late innings and the same goes for Fukudome.
  7. JoeHova
    Maybe, but there doesn't seem to be much market for average players this spring training and Hendry has supposedly been trying to trade him all winter with no success. Also, keeping him as a PH allows them to still have him in case Soriano or Fukudome go down. That's also the case if he's in the minors, but I think he could help the ML club even in just a PH role.
  8. JoeHova
    Interesting. Murton projects at about .360/.460, which is pretty good. His defense is weak, to be fair, but he seems like a useful piece. He may not be of much use to the Cubs considering he can't play center and they have two full-time type corner guys who play excellent defense, but you would think they could at least use him as a PH. He's a lot better than a lot of guys who have starting jobs wrapped up.
  9. JoeHova
    AL East: 1. New York Yankees 2. Boston Red Sox 3. Tampa Bay Rays 4. Toronto Blue Jays 5. Baltimore Orioles AL Central: 1. Detroit Tigers 2. Cleveland Indians 3. Minnesota Twins 4. Chicago White Sox 5. Kansas City Royals AL West: 1. Los Angeles Angels 2. Seattle Mariners 3. Oakland Athletics 4. Texas Rangers Wild Card: Cleveland AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera AL Cy: Scott Kazmir AL ROY: Evan Longoria NL East: 1. New York Mets 2. Atlanta Braves 3. Philadelphia Phillies 4. Washington Nationals 5. Florida Marlins NL Central: 1. Milwaukee Brewers 2. Chicago Cubs 3. St. Louis Cardinals 4. Cincinnati Reds 5. Houston Astros 6. Pittsburgh Pirates NL West: 1. Los Angeles Dodgers 2. Arizona Diamondbacks 3. San Diego Padres 4. Colorado Rockies 5. San Francisco Giants Wild Card: Chicago NL MVP: David Wright NL Cy: Johan Santana NL ROY: Kosuke Fukudome I don't know how confident I am in picking the Yankees, Dodgers and Brewers. I think they can all do it, but they probably all have more variability than their rivals.
  10. JoeHova
    I like the way this team looks this season. My only real concerns are that Yost will be playing Gwynn and Kapler way too much at the expense of Gross (and maybe Braun later in the year), and the fact that people (including Ned) seem to think Kendall catching 140 games is a good thing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Kendall have an option that vests if he gets that many appearances? I think there is about a .01% chance that Kendall coming back as the starter in 2009 would be good for the Brewers, so they should be trying to avoid having that option vest at pretty much all costs. I don't mind having Kendall for one year, but Angel Salome already projects to have the same OPS as Kendall (albeit, more SLG than OBP, so not as valuable), and Rottino projects even better. Both guys still need work on their defense but Kendall is eminently replacable and his 2009 money could be better used elsewhere (like trying to keep Sheets if he's healthy). Similarly, Gross projects to have an OPS 130 points higher than Gwynn this year. Sure Gwynn is probably a better defender, but Gross isn't bad.
  11. JoeHova
    maybe Rottino would be the callup, but then why wasn't he in the mix during the spring? I don't see why the org's opinion of him would change drastically over the next month or two (iow, before a vet like Munson would be able to request his release). Also, I don't get why people care so much about righty vs. lefty when it's not a platoon situation. Who cares if Munson bats lefty? He still hits like garbage, so what's the difference? I'm happy to see that the team looked beyond that. Munson has caught 120 games as a pro, 118 of them in the last 2 years. He's not really a catcher. Rivera is.
  12. JoeHova
    I have to think Munson will report to Nashville. He's still likely to be the first catcher up in case of injury. I'm not sure how many other team's would have him #3 on their depth chart, but it can't be many.
  13. JoeHova
    So, there's news today that Tiger Woods screeched and swore at some photographer who snapped a picture while he was in his back swing during the last tournament. I know this happens all the time where golfers get in a snit about someone coughing or taking a picture, but my question is- why is golf the only sport where spectators must maintain absolute silence at all times?
  14. JoeHova
    Nice. I'm really happy for Mike Rivera. He was out of baseball in 2005 until the Brewers picked him up to take over for (iirc) Julio Mosquera in Nashville. I think he'll do a fine job as the backup, and he has good pop. His OBP leaves something to be desired, but a .300/.400 type line from a backup catcher is more than acceptable (which is about what I think he'll do). He's not a complete liability with the bat like some backups are (cough* Chad Moeller *cough).
  15. JoeHova
    This is why hockey is stupid. Can you imagine the outrage if a basketball brawl like that happened? Or football? Or baseball? Remember when the whole Padres AAA team got suspended a couple years ago? But in hockey, every one is just "oh, that's cool, that guy pummeled some guy who didn't want to fight, ha ha." This is why hockey deserves it's plummeting popularity, despite the fact that there are some amazing athletes playing the sport. When a sports whole competitive culture is based around cheap shots, does it really deserve to be seen as a legitimate sport? This wasn't as egregious a cheap shot incident as the Ben Christensen baseball incident, but I hope that this younger Roy fails like Christensen did.
  16. JoeHova
    he's played a little CF in the majors. To be fair, I don't know that he's very good at it.
  17. JoeHova
    Yeah. Keep us updated on why he says he liked McClung over Vargas is long relief. Vargas seems to be more valuable just because he could have stepped in as a starter if needed.
  18. JoeHova
    I would keep the loser in the catching battle on the 40 man if possible. Kendall is likely to be terrible so it would be nice to not have to keep trotting him out there all year if he puts up an OPS in the .500s.
  19. JoeHova
    I hate to see the Cubs making a nice move. I like Johnson a lot better than Kapler or Gwynn as a 5th outfielder. The problem with Pie is that I don't know if his value is all that high. They have been rumored to be trading him for months. That kind of thing knocks down a players value (look at the Lastings Milledge situation).
  20. JoeHova
    Well, I would rather have Vargas than McClung as well, so I'm still not happy about this latest turn of events. The team's love affair with McClung is kinda inexplicable.
  21. JoeHova
    I thought episode 1 was pretty bad too. the 3rd one was ok, but not to the extent where I want to see it numerous times. I agree that the cartoon network shows were better than any of the recent movies so I'm hoping that is also true of these new cartoons.
  22. JoeHova
    I can't help, but I've always wondered this too. I'm interested to see the responses (although I don't think I'd do it. My wife would be upset).
  23. JoeHova
    Fine, he was tied for 22nd in Win Shares above bench. That's still including players of all ages. 40th most valuable is too much of a stretch and is not justifiable, in my opinion. Especially when he comments about Melky Cabrera that "at 23 figures to get significantly better." Well, why does one 23 year old figure to get significantly better while another will apparently eat himself out of the league in 2 years? There is bias there, we just don't know why.
  24. JoeHova
    Carlos Villanueva, age 24 168 major league innings. 3.86 ERA, 138 Ks 473.1 minor league innings. 3.25 ERA, 470 Ks Seth McClung, age 27 263 major league innings, 6.16 ERA, 187 Ks 584 minor league innings. 3.54 ERA, 555 Ks So, Villanueva is even superior at McClung's sole reason for being employed- strikeouts. Truthfully, I think keeping McClung is just a terrible move. Villanueva is probably their 3rd most valuable pitcher and he's going to be wasted in AAA for god knows how long so we can keep some scrub who has a 1% chance of becoming Derrick F. Turnbow. Also, who knows what this will do to Villanueva's psyche after turning in two seasons of sub 4 ERA pitching in the major leagues. I thought this was going to be the season when the Brewers tried to make the playoffs for the 3rd time in their abysmal 40 year history. I guess I was wrong. It seems keeping guys with the upside of being one of the most erratic relievers in MLB is more important.
  25. JoeHova
    Sure, he's taking everything into account, but according to Win Shares (which do that as well and which he helped develop, iirc), Prince was the 15th best player in MLB last year and the 3rd youngest player among the top 25. How that equals him being only the 40th most valuable piece over the next 5 years is hard to see. Actually, I think this list is idiotic. I generally like Neyer but Prince should easily be top 10 on this list. I wonder if he has some sort of personal antipathy towards either Prince or fat guys in general.
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