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  1. 3and2Fastball
    Absolutely Pete Rose belongs in the Hall of Fame. Ban him from coaching or being affiliated with a team, but he should definitely be in the Hall. Especially since they already let in the alcoholics and amphetemine and cocaine users and are about to start letting in the Juicers.
  2. 3and2Fastball
    I like Dave Bush as a spot starter more than Manny Parra, I'll put it that way. But I like Estrada more than Bush, at least at this point in their careers. Bush's MLB WHIP has been over 1.469 each of the last 3 seasons and his ERA over 5 in those 3 years combined (a 5.79 ERA last season in 30 some innings)... The biggest problem with Bush is that he's not really effective out of the bullpen, if teams get to him they get to him early. He pitched pretty well in AAA last year before getting raked when the Phillies used him in MLB, so I'm not convinced his AAA numbers this season are an indication of him being ready for MLB this year It wouldn't shock me to see the Brewers bring him in if he's available June 1st. Despite what I said about Bush out of the bullpen, he's gotta be better than Dillard or Perez, right?
  3. 3and2Fastball
    Nolan Ryan is an extremely competitive individual. Sure, every GM in MLB is competitive, it is the nature of the beast, but Ryan (like Pete Rose, like Ty Cobb) is one of the most competitive humans in baseball history. And getting to the World Series and losing (especially the way they lost last season) is gnawing at Ryan. He will absolutelly pull the trigger on a short-term rental if it takes the Rangers over the top. The thing is, Greinke might not be the most attractive piece at the deadline. If the Phillies are out of it (which they likely will be, it is now looking like Howard might miss the entire year) they will be willing to deal Hamels. We can argue Greinke vs Hamels till the cows come home, but Hamels will likely be looked at as more proven in the postseason and more of a "sure thing" to perform under pressure. Last year's postseason might have devalued Greinke ever so slightly
  4. 3and2Fastball
    for what it is worth, I think Bonds deserves to be in the HOF. I'm saying that he'll likely be forced to wait a few extra years due to perceived integrity issues
  5. 3and2Fastball
    Wow. Consider me underwhelmed on a few different levels. First of all: I don't get why they think Izturis is better than Maysonet Secondly: Ransom is 36 years old with a .957 Fielding % at SS and a .310 career OBP. Not that I was expecting something special but this doesn't help the Brewers much, other than providing the Brewers with a decent backup defensively at 2B
  6. 3and2Fastball
    This is pretty much exactly what I would post almost word for word (so I suppose that means I think it is dead-on correct). The only thing I would add is that I think Profar might require more than just Greinke. It could be Greinke + K-Rod for Profar....
  7. 3and2Fastball
    We are 9 games under .500 (8 if we win today) and fielding a hodge podge team right now. I wouldn't push Thornburg. Let him continue to develop and be in the mix for the 2013 rotation. I'd bring up Peralta to start
  8. 3and2Fastball
    Integrity, Sportsmanship, Character. Yeah, Bonds isn't getting in for awhile
  9. 3and2Fastball
    I'm in Wisconson so I can't see the game. How is Braun looking in terms of his health? Running full speed?
  10. 3and2Fastball
    Good to see Hart playing 1B again. Hopefully he is there most of the rest of the season. A little surprised to see Braun starting. Day game after a night game when Braun has been struggling with injuries but not with his bat.... and I know it has gotta be real difficult to sit Braun vs a LHP All things considered, I think this is just about the best lineup we could come up with, although I'd prefer to see Maysonnet starting and hitting 8th instead of Izturis
  11. 3and2Fastball
    The Clemens vote will depend on how the current trial goes... Bonds & Sosa will get skipped. Bonds will likely make it in year 2 of eligibility while Sosa might have to wait awhile
  12. 3and2Fastball
    Yes I'd rather have a 1.000 OPS guy pinch-hitting late, too...or a guy like Tony Gwynn who might be the ultimate pinch hitter late in games.... But you'd still need a great backup infielder because as I mentioned, a lot of the all-time greats got hurt a lot (Barry Larkin, Joe Morgan, Rogers Hornsby, Wade Boggs etc), so you'd need a guy who could come in and start some games and play solid defense and not hurt you with the bat. High OBP is important in role players because the heart of your order is filled with the most incredible RBI producers of all-time. Tulowitzki is a great pick. I think the thing that hurts Loretta a lot in this supposed HOF League is his inability to steal bases. If he was a guy who could steal 40-50 bases a season or go from 1st to home easily on every double, he'd have significantly more value Having said that, a guy with the ability to play any position frees up a manager to have more specialized players on their bench. Guys like Edgar Martinez who were all-hit and no-field start to make more sense if you have every defensive position in the infield covered with one player. And conceivably Loretta could save your bullpen in blowouts by coming in and getting raked on in blowouts (that really should be half in Blue, there is actual value there...plus Mark Loretta pitching to Babe Ruth in a blowout game might have entertainment value!) Yes I was mainly using Fielding % to look at defensive stats and probably need to look deeper than that
  13. 3and2Fastball
    I'm not at all convinced that Loretta would be a utility guy on a team of all-time greats. But I think maybe he might be. That is why I was asking. Taking away the "every infield position" thing. Is there another SS/2B (who would not be a starter in an 8 team league --- i.e. not one of the Top 16 2B/SS of all-time) with that high of a OBP in a platoon split who would be as good or better defensively? (Asking honestly in that, I don't know)
  14. 3and2Fastball
    I don't think Don Money was anywhere close to as great as Mark Loretta (although I will concede that Money was better at hitting HR's and stealing bases). In terms of BA, OBP, and Fielding % at any and every position Loretta was significantly better than Money
  15. 3and2Fastball
    I suppose what I meant to say about Biggio is: I'm not convinced as to his value as a back-up catcher completely. In a league full of Ty Cobb, Rickey Henderson, Tim Raines, Maury Wills, Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Joe Morgan, Paul Molitor, Tris Speaker etc the ability to throw out runners would be at a premium... and Biggio threw out only 23% of regular MLB players. That ain't gonna cut it in a HOF league, teams would be running on Biggio all day long. Maybe Biggio would be a great emergency catcher, allowing a manager to pinch hit with a great hitting catcher like a Mike Piazza in the late innings, but I don't know if it would work having Biggio catch every 4th or 5th game
  16. 3and2Fastball
    Craig Biggio would indeed be one of the best Utility players on an All-Time team and he would arguably be more valuable than Mark Loretta, especially because Biggio would eliminate the need for a back-up catcher and could be a pinch-runner. I can't think of anyone else who could be a back-up catcher and a pinch runner, maybe I suppose Jason Kendall but Kendall wasn't as great of a baserunner as Biggio and never played any other infield position besides catcher and Kendall's outfield defensive stats are pretty horrible. Biggio's versatility is huge. I believe Biggio and Tris Speaker are still the only players in MLB history with 50 doubles and 50 stolen bases in a single season. I soured a little on Biggio when I discovered how poorly Biggio hit in the post-season (hitting just .234 with a .295 OBP in 185 plate appearances) and maybe I value post-season performance too much. That said Biggio would be a great choice for a bench player
  17. 3and2Fastball
    Yes, this is true but then it is mostly a flaw in the system of Baseballreference.com by not supplying Negro League stats as part of the comparison. We all know how much pitcher's stats decline after age 35, much less after 40. Paige's MLB stats, all accumulated after the age of 40, puts him in the rare air of pitchers like Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan & Hoyt Wilhelm who also dominated late in their careers. It is not an unreasonable assumption to say that Paige was probably better at age 30 than age 41. How much better might be somewhat more challenging to document, but he certainly deserves to be ranked much much higher. Same thing with Smokey Joe Williams and other Negro League stars. Oh well...
  18. 3and2Fastball
    That is a good point, a very good point. Well, Loretta would be only used as a pinch hitter vs LHP. I would rather have Loretta facing Billy Wagner with 2 outs and 2 men on in the bottom of the 9th than Jim Thome (Thome really struggled vs LHP in his career). Thome would likely be a platoon starter at 3B or 1B or OF anyways... Not to digress too much, but have you ever looked up Billy Wagner's stats in the postseason? He flat out was horrible, over and over again in the postseason. Very strange for a guy who was so dominant in the regular season.
  19. 3and2Fastball
    Pete Rose would probably be one of the ultimate Utility guys in a Hall of Fame League. I would never argue that Mark Loretta was better than Pete Rose. But there is only one Pete Rose, and Rose couldn't play SS and his D at 2B wasn't great either. One of the reasons that Loretta is so valuable is because he would eliminate having to carry a backup SS on the team when a pinch runner/backup OF like Tim Raines would be so much more valuable than, say, an Ozzie Smith. Would you rather have Mark Loretta & Tim Raines or Ozzie Smith and a backup 1b/3b/2B and have to use Ozzie as your pinch runner? It is the bottom of the 8th, your opponent has Johnny Bench or Yogi Berra behind the plate, you've got a man on 1st and you need to get him in scoring position. Tim Raines is very valuable
  20. 3and2Fastball
    monty, good point about Parra. I really don't know how stretched out Parra is right now and how many innings he could have gone last night. He certainly was pitching well, and if he could have kept going he'd have been a much much better option than Perez. I guess I was assuming that Roenicke took Parra out because Parra had reached his pitch count limit for that particular game
  21. 3and2Fastball
    Molitor would be a better utility guy than Loretta, I can see that. Molitor was a significantly better hitter than Loretta (although I'll point out that their career OBP vs LHP was exactly the same) but Molitor really was only great defensively at 1B & 2B. You could only put Molitor at SS in an emergency and he was below league average at 3B (at least in terms of Fielding %). Molitor would likely start at 2B in an 8 team league of HOF players anyways Yount I'd see as a likely starter at SS. And Yount never played 2B or 3B Sheffield never played 2B, and his defense at SS & 3B was below league average. He had a helluva bat though (.405 OBP vs LHP). Not sure if Sheffield would be banned from the League for Steroids or not though.... (would have to ask the Commissioner!)
  22. 3and2Fastball
    Thanks for your reply Raw Biz. I know the scenario/criteria I've set up is plenty fanciful and somewhat silly, but it is something that I think about sometimes The reason you'd need a versatile Utility player on a team of All-Time greats is because a lot of All-Time greats got hurt fairly often (Hornsby, Joe Morgan, Barry Larkin, Wade Boggs, Rod Carew etc). And because you be facing All-Time great pitching staffs, OBP and platoon splits would be at a premium. In my pretend world of All-Time Great Baseball, there is no Designated Hitter and you'd need a guy to pinch hit and double switch in, too
  23. 3and2Fastball
    This is a good point, but again I'd say that points more to Doug Melvin moreso than Roenicke. We really don't have a long relief guy right now. I agree that Loe shouldn't have been used like that in a blowout though
  24. 3and2Fastball
    In terms of Manny Parra/Perez and last night's game, I blame Doug Melvin more than Ron Roenicke for last night's game. Who exactly is our long relief guy in the bullpen right now? Who of them can go 4 innings? Perez is pretty much just a LOOGY and he's not all that great as a LOOGY, he's filling a spot that would be better used by Estrada if you went with Peralta as the 5th Starter, or Peralta if you made him the Long Relief guy... Our bullpen is not built to withstand extra innings. That is not Ron Roenicke's fault. Although I was looking forward to seeing Carlos Gomez pitch if it went into the 15th or 16th inning, I think the ending last night was inevitable once we got to Perez
  25. 3and2Fastball
    OK, I hear you, but maybe I should have added more context: Say you had an 8 team league of All-Time greats, 25 man rosters on each. Bench positions are like Gold in such a scenario. Can you name someone else who could play above average Defense at every Infield position and get On Base at a .392 clip vs LHP? Alan Trammel is a guy who comes to mind. Trammel never played 1B but I would imagine he could have. Trammel's Fielding % at 3B & 2B were pretty significantly below Loretta's. And Trammel hit .293/.366 vs LHP Jeff Cirillo is another player, but Cirillo only played 5 games at SS and his defense at 2B was just league average. And Cirillo's OBP vs LHP was .382 Again I'm thinking that in terms of defensive versatility and in a platoon split, Mark Loretta was pretty valuable Someone like Eddie Collins was much much better than Loretta and could play every defensive position, but Collins would be a starter in such a scenario
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