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  1. CheezWizHed
    Ah but he was. Elmore's played more games at SS in the big leagues than any other position. Elmore didn't play a game last year at SS - in the big leagues or the minors. The majority of his SS time in the majors was in 2012 and 2013. Less than 20% of his playing time in his career (majors and minors) has been at SS - and it's gotten less and less as he's gotten older and his weakness at the position exposed. He's a classic type of guy that can play the position in a pinch, but you don't want him there because he's a defensively liability.
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    Even with Espinosa, the Angels could still be a player for Scooter. Espinosa hit .226/.302/.388 in his career and .209/.306/.378 last year. Gennett hit .279/.318/.420 in his career and .263/.317/.412 last year. Espinosa was better on defense, but will be paid $5.3M next year also. His splits look like this: - vs RHB: .216 .294 .367 .660 - vs LHB: .257 .327 .454 .781 I don't know what the Angel's infield looks like, but if they need a 2B, I don't know that Espinosa is the complete answer (unless you are ok with a defense only 2B). But even if not, I guess that answers the question about the market for Scooter. Probably pretty close to Espinosa. edit- I had my splits backwards. he hits LHB better than RHB, so a platoon with Scooter would make sense.
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    I'm guessing people are talking about trading him because of value (and bigger returns) instead of wanting him gone. I think he will be one of the future faces of the franchise and won't be traded anytime soon.
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    To add to this, the surplus evaluation is neat, but a flawed perspective. It is assuming that the surplus value over signing the equivalent person in FA. So rather than signing the theoretical Ryan Braun twin in FA, you trade for Braun with a minor leaguer of equivalence to the surplus value between the two. Except that supply and demand often comes into play. There might be a couple players that are equivalent to Braun on the market. But once they are gone, scarcity CAN (not will) drive up the price. Thus the team is left to decide if they want Ryan Braun via trade or settle for lesser options. That is what normally drives bigger trades. I would postulate that this is why mid-season BP trades are so expensive in comparison to offseason. There isn't anyone in FA to sign and you already know if Player X on your team is having a bad year. So you have to reach out to the only market you can: trades. Scarcity drives prices up.
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    Its very possible that I may be operation on old rules. Once you get someone picked in Rule 5, aren't you able to pull another player off the list? That's how it used to work...
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    http://static.srcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/barbossa-sparrow-pirates-stranger-tides.jpg Aye, Jack! I be a Brewer now!
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    Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said in this case, he and Milwaukee general manager David Stearns were sure there would be no problems. So they just wrote down any old amount. This makes it sound like they were certain that it wouldn't be an issue with the Brewers getting a player. So, I can think of a couple possibilities: 1) Brewers had 2 players they liked equally in the Rule 5 draft, so they knew if one got picked the Red Sox could protect the other. 2) The player has nothing to do with the Rule 5 draft and is being delayed for other reasons. Could it be someone that was drafted last year and waiting to be traded?
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    Giannis is probably pretty close to equaling Big Dog or Ray alone, especially the Ray we had (he got better overall after he left). Parker is less than either Big Dog or Ray right now. But I think Giannis can be far better than either one. I saw someone estimate his peak at a cross between LeBron and Nowitzki. Lofty, yes, but plausible given that he is still so young and has made such huge strides lately. Big Dog to Parker is a decent comparison, but Big Dog was way smoother scoring and came in very near his peak. Parker is better at dunking. He could reach BD's peak with a small possibility of being better defensively.
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    If loving GA is wrong, I don't wanna be right! His shooting improvements from last year were impressive and really allowed him to expand on everything else (with defensing respecting his outside shot). If he makes much more improvement on his shot, he will be the best all-around player in the league.
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    Last weekend, I decided to make some chicken. This is normally a good indication that I'm burnt out of pork, beef, steak, burgers, and brats and doing chicken for something different. So I followed the instructions here for Simon and Garfunkel Chicken. I was interested because of some new techniques that I hadn't tried before (or not on chicken). Plus, I wanted to see if the S&G rub was as good as he mentioned. The chicken turned out excellent. My daughter took one bite and said, "this is REALLY good dad!" It was really juicy on the inside and nice and brown on the outside. It ended up tasting a lot like rotisserie chicken that I had in beer gardens in Germany (i.e. best chicken ever). The techniques that I was working on were: - dry brining chicken - reverse searing the meat (I've done this with steaks and burgers, but not chicken). - Finding a non-BBQ based chicken coating that interests me on the grill. He recommends that you cook it with the skin ON to get a nice crispy outside. I did half and half (legs with skin ON, thighs with skin OFF). I never did taste one of the legs (kids gobbled those up quickly), but the chicken thighs were excellent even without the skin if you want to save on some calories. I also washed the chicken after dry brining (as suggested), but then dried it off and sprayed it with olive oil prior to the S&G seasoning to help crisp the meat and skin a bit more. Yes, I will be making this again... (said by a guy for whom chicken on the grill is a low priority)
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    Nice. How about this one: My eyes! Oh my eyes! I can't believe you hid the C word in that!
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    TMI Did you mean "hear noises(i.e. rumors)"?
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    Copied this from the BF25 ranking. It stinks to lose Diaz, but we can't be too upset when we lose someone outside our top 20 prospects. Its going to happen over and over in the coming years with the depth that we have. Stearns is gaining more talent than losing. He took a gamble (with several players actually) and lost one. I'm not going to lose any sleep over this.
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    Why didn't the Cubs give him a QO to get a draft pick out of this? Was there some restriction on doing so due to the trade?
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    Maybe, but why compromise that rate? Why not look to 1st-round talents from 4-year colleges who slip? I would wager that there aren't many 1st round talents that are in college for 4 years. Due to the way the system works, not many guys want to wait and be drafted as a senior. It works against them for their signing bonus. However, the last two years, guys that the Brewers picked as college seniors have played pretty well so far (York and Allemand). I'm not sure if they will make the majors, but they have outplayed my expectations so far.
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    Honestly, I was underwhelmed by Arcia's performance at Colorado Springs. He had dropped to #14 on my mid-season ballot for 2016 compared to #2 on the preseason ballot. [sarcasm]But he was 3-4 off of Suter in batting practice![/sarcasm]
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    Mike Fiers was drafted in the 22nd round of 2009. Manny Parra (26th round, 2001), Lorenzo Cain (17th round, 2004) These guys come with an asterisk in that they were Draft and Follow candidates. Where we drafted them and they played a CC for another year before we signed them to a higher signing bonus (more in line with a #2-10 pick). Scooter Gennett (16th round, 2009) Similarly, he was signed to a bonus more commensurate to a higher pick. Not that it really matters, but it shows they scouted the talent in the #2-10 range, but other factors prevented them being drafted higher. And the Brewers used the system to their advantage to gain a #2-10 talent in a lower round. Pretty much like Chad McClanahan this year.
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    Impressive win last night against the Cavs. I think the one thing that I like most about the Greek Freak is that he shows up big in tough games. The Cavs seem to bring out the best in him.
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    Aoki is a good comparison. The trade for Villar reminds me of this a little also (mainly from the compliments/comments/complaints from the thread). Of course, both of those are people that worked out for the positive. Some of these lottery tickets will turn out bad, some good. The point is that now is the time to try them. Talent procurement by any means possible. If we are going for the WS next year, this probably isn't the best method to get a 1B. But we are trying to fill holes in the roster with guys that have some upside possibilities. And its no great loss if this is a miss.
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    I would imagine that something like this was offered in pre-arbitration discussions, but was rebuffed. So he will test the market and them be open to return if he can't find a buyer. He may be a one-trick pony, but there were only 10 first basemen that had an OPS over 800. Carter was 8th (821). That has value even if you value OBP over SLG (he was 15th on OBP). It would be interesting to find out if Santana can actually play 1B defensively. Some guys can't handle being that close to the batter. And he doesn't strike me as a "quick twitch" guy... But if he can do it defensively, that would probably be the best (and biggest) option. But I wouldn't be shocked if CC is resigned at a lower price, too. Either way, I'm not heartbroken. CC was fun, but not a long term piece.
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    That whole discussion about how he could be released if they found someone better...
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    A good chunk of last year's BP was made from waiver claims also. I'd say its worth the money at this point of the rebuild.
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    Him or Zack Weiss sound pretty similar. Weiss is coming off an elbow surgery, so they would probably kick the tires in ST and return him if not ready yet. But if ready, he could be a decent steal for a BP guy.
  24. CheezWizHed
    Sankey started scouting Gideon when he was a freshman at Texas A&M in 2014 and added him to a list of players for the organization to follow when he played in the Northwoods League in 2015 (where he hit eight home runs in 34 games for the La Crosse Loggers) before meeting him for the first time in 2016. Right in my own backyard and I still don't go see any games... I keep saying "this year"...
  25. CheezWizHed
    Gideon was amazing last year, but as a college guy at R+ ball, I'll wait to see how he does at A-ball before I get too excited. I'm about equally excited about Garcia and Gideon on my 1B depth chart. Less of a sleeper pick, but despite what the scouting reports stated, Burnes (4) and Brown (5) have legitimate chances to remain SPs at the MLB level. Burnes might have #2 potential. Trey York was a shocker pick for me. Very little scouting on the guy, signed as a senior with minimal signing bonus, I thought he was drafted to play the signing pool bonus game and become MiLB depth only. But he hit well at R+ and A+ (Brevard of all places!) Chad McClanahan is less of a sleeper given how he was drafted and signed and didn't wow anyone with stats. But has good potential. Probably another 1B however.
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