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  1. Oxy
    Did Alderson say there is no trade? Or did he say Gomez will not play for the Mets?
  2. Oxy
    Sounds like a 3 way trade to me. Which would suck if the Mets get more for Gomez than we got for him.
  3. Oxy
    This is my preferred method. Why would we go nuts on A prospects who could flame at several times the rate when you can get young controlled talent that is MLB ready or very close to it? It's a smart business move, especially with all the high upside draft picks we've been making recently. Makes no sense to me to do the former, although surely I will be trashed shortly. Commence trashing: Because you can normally get a greater quantity of prospects if they are a few years away, and if you are a few years away from competing anyway there is no reason to get MLB ready guys whose service time will be wasted before the team is ultimately competitive. That said, I'm fairly happy with this deal. Gomez isn't quite having the year he's had the last couple of years, and he was gone after next year regardless. We have a lot of guys who are cheap for the next 4-5 years, so hopefully the competition between them brings out the best and we get a few surprise All-Stars.
  4. Oxy
    Oh, I understand the theory, but we actually have numbers here. Throwing them equally leaves an "effectiveness" gap of .247, with the changeup being near unhittable. If he changes the ratio to 2:1 changeup:fastball, perhaps guys won't sit on the fastball and hit .300 against it. Although this is all dependent upon location, so it's kind of silly to surmise too much.
  5. Oxy
    I'm watching the Giants broadcast and they just showed a graphic on K-Rod: He throws the fastball 45% of the time and guys are hitting .300 off of it. He throws the changeup 43% of the time and guys are hitting .053 off of it. Why doesn't he throw more changeups? Is it purely because he can't control it as well?
  6. Oxy
    He has some interesting contract clauses though based on Baseball Prospectus info... I've seen it referenced several times regarding the fact that Tulo now has a full no-trade clause (so he can't be flipped by TOR unless he agrees to it), but this is the only reference I've seen to any mention that he can void his contract if traded. Could he elect free agency at the end of the year? There are 2 separate contracts described in that post. I think that was under the terms of his previous contract signed on 1/23/08.
  7. Oxy
    Not the first time I have seen that. Rarely do you get a call if you drop it like that. And while it is not in the rulebook, I would have no problem with the rule if it read that the catcher needed to actually catch the ball for a pitch to be called a strike.
  8. Oxy
    Here is Tony Phillips' baseball reference page: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillto02.shtml He holds the distinction of having the greatest number of plate appearances in baseball's all-star era without making an appearance at the midsummer classic.
  9. Oxy
    If we give Watson the Supercomputer the voice of Vin Scully, could he do ballgames for eternity?
  10. Oxy
    Is the truth overvalued?
  11. Oxy
    We should just go all Little League rules and eliminate defensive specialists altogether. There are 9 innings and 9 positions on the field. Everybody plays every position one inning. 5 tool players might actually gain some value then.
  12. Oxy
    Easy, bud.
  13. Oxy
    Yep. One can come up with all sorts of theories and psychologies and strategies and whatnot, but bullpens are always fickle for everybody. Usually bullpens are one of the defining pieces that turn a good team into a great team. Their capriciousness is part of what keeps things interesting, I guess. It seems to me that the best you can do is have a plethora of arms available and ride 'em when they are hot. Outside of Rivera and Hoffman, have there been any year-in-and year-out studly bullpen arms in the last 15 years? It seems like guys have at best a 2-3 year run of greatness then fall back to mediocre. I think the Brewers have enough arms available to make it work, and make it work well.
  14. Oxy
    I know that a defender has a right to make a play on a ball in the basepath, but does he have the right to kick it into the basepath and then make a play on it while rolling into the runner?
  15. Oxy
    Amazing win.
  16. Oxy
    Gameday actually had that as a strike. It was diving heavy. When it crossed the front of the plate I think it was a strike, although Lucroy caught it at his ankles.
  17. Oxy
    The Brewers have finally developed a pretty good group of young pitchers and are on the cusp of having a respectable farm system again...particularly if our young players continue to develop as they have so far this year. I understand where you're coming from as it's going to be very difficult to beat a team with pitchers like Kershaw and Greinke in the first two games, but I'd rather go with Lohse, Garza, Peralta and Gallardo than give up a big package for a rental, even one as good as Price. What if we brought up Nelson, then gave the Rays the rights to everybody else on the Nashville Sounds roster? Obviously, the Huntsville roster has outclassed AA, so they are all ready for a call-up. Bump everybody else up a notch and give the ARZ rookie league staff a year off. I think Josh Prince is still around in AA, so he can take the emergency spot that Elian Herrera and Irving Falu have played for us this year (he's done it before, he can do it again!)
  18. Oxy
    Didn't Eric Arnett throw 97 on draft day?
  19. Oxy
    Yep. Madeiros was supposed to be in the 20s/30s right?
  20. Oxy
    So, who are the players that have signability issues? Or is that all dependent upon who takes them I suppose?
  21. Oxy
    All this draft hype is simultaneously hilarious and entertaining. I know it's even worse for the NFL draft, but it seems like there is actually somewhat of a consensus about top players at each position in that crapshoot. The MLB crapshoot draft has so many more layers to it with High School/college/signability that it seems like nobody actually knows anything and/or there are so many smokescreens and misinformation that it's beyond ridiculous. That said, I'm looking forward to it!
  22. Oxy
    What I don't really understand is how when guys like Carpenter, Rosenthal, and Adams outperform their draft position in the minor leagues, they soon become top prospects who are expected to perform highly in the big leagues (and usually DO), while when guys like Khris Davis, Scooter Gennett and Mike Fiers outperform their draft expectations, they are expected to flame out quickly and fail.
  23. Oxy
    Scookie Geeks is far from terrible.
  24. Oxy
    That only plays into his point. He said "prematurely." The criticism was that we hold on to players TOO long--which we obviously didn't with Molitor.
  25. Oxy
    Oh my. This is golden, particularly for a minor league ballclub from Mississippi. It should be done.
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