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  1. paul253
    In a sense, but it kinda depends on the situation. If you have guys on first and third with nobody out and the pitcher on deck, I'd rather see a double play than a strikeout because the run will score. If you strikeout now the pitcher bunts and you have to hope for a 2 out hit, or you have to rely on the pitcher to drive in the run.
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    The (mis)conception is that most non-strikeout outs are "productive They aren't necessarily productive all the time, but a strikeout is the least productive thing you can do. Its nothing more than skipping a batter and adding an out...nothing goood ever comes from a strikeout. At least something might happen if you put it in play. A runner might advance....the fielder might boot it, or misjudge it. Having a lineup full of guys that strikeout is a big waste, especially because when they arent striking out they have a hard time making one of those "productive outs". Your right toolive, a lot of it is perception, but when they really need to hit the ball to the right side, like in the 12th inning of game three against Chicago, they simply cant do it. And it costs them games.
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    I'd be fine with this deal, although I don't see the point in platooning Overbay and Gamel. Why not just let Gamel learn how to play first base in Nashville? It is a lot of money to Halladay, and he seems to miss a lot of starts, but without Sheets and Sabathia, we need someone. Plus, his contract expires the same time Suppan's does, so after the 2010 season that'd be a lot of money coming off the books and hopefully by then we'd actually have some decent pitching prospects to replace them. Jeffress should be ready by then and Gallardo and Parra will still be around. The only problem I see with this deal is that it doesnt leave a whole lot of money this offseason for bullpen help. It would also make it tough to pickup the option on Cameron, although I am fine with that assuming the find a suitable replacement.
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    008 -- Mike Cameron, runner on 3B & less than 2 outs: .316/.360/.526/.886 Are you able to find any stats that show what percentage of time he drives the run in? I guess my point was, i dont really care if he get a hit or grounds out to second, as long as the run scores (obviously a hit is better), but the pure numbers dont really differentiate between a strikeout and a ground out to second. If in a game he comes up in that situation 4 times and strikeouts twice, singles, and grounds out to short...he's hitting .250 with 1 RBI. If he grounds out to second twice, hits a flyball to center and grounds to short...hes 0-3 with 3 RBI and a sac fly. I'd much rather have option number 2. I just don't trust that when he is up we are going to score the run, because he won't shorten up his swing, but its not just him that does that, its almost everyone on the team. I think its just as much a fault of the hitting coach and manager, but a veteran like Cameron should know what he has to do. I'm not debating whether he's a good player or not....we can project what he'll bring to the table. I just don't think we need what he brings to the table because 4 other guys bring the same thing, offensively at least.
  5. paul253
    Im in the "move Hardy to 3rd base" camp. He has the offensive ability to handle it, for one. Also, the defense on the left side would go from average to good with him at 3rd and Escobar at short. I don't really care whether Hardy wants to move, because if he refuses he'd lose a lot support from a city that just saw their playoff dreams choked down the drain. I also don't see why he'd lose value moving to third. Assuming he eventually goes to free agency, he could now advertise himself to teams that need a thirdbasemen OR a shortstop. And I don't see that there are all that many more elite thirdbasemen than there are elite shortstops where all of a sudden he's a below average overall player at his position That being said, I would be really weary of just handing shortstop to Escobar next season. I'd like to see him handle AAA pitching first. If we are going to give anything to a AA player next year, i think it should be Brantley in centerfield.
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    Realistically it shouldnt......even if he misses the rest of the season, it will be, what 2 starts he misses? I believe his ERA is still under 3 with a few complete games and 12 wins. Its a shame win totals have been so low because he may appear to some on the face that he's just an average pitcher although we all know when he's healthy he's anything but.
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    Not to mention that $10 million will go a long way to resigning Sheets or getting a couple of bullpen arms. I'm just worried about giving a fulltime position to someone whose never been above AA, but Brantley's eye for the strikezone might help him a bit more. Its too bad Brantley Escobar and Gillespie arent a year more developed because they sure could fill some holes next season.
  8. paul253
    A balanced attack makes all the sense in the world in the NFL but almost none in baseball I don't buy this, and i think the evidence is a) the recent slide in which everyone was struggling. You have to have more than one kind of hitter on a team b) the Chicago Cubs....they dont hit as many HR's as Milwaukee, but their hitters are just plain better. Guys like Theriot and Derosa, while certianly no allstars, will advance the runner to third with 1 out, something not one player on our team can do on a consistant basis. Most of our hitters....Braun, Fielder, Hardy, Weeks, Hart, Cameron....all swing as hard as they can and try to pull everything. That doesnt work on a consistant basis. I'm scared as heck when Kendall, Counsell or Hardy come up with a guy on 1st and 1 out Similarly, I get just as scared when theres a guy on third with one out and Cameron comes up. Or when theres someone on second with nobody out and Hardy or Braun or Weeks comes up. The lack of small ball has killed this team in the last month. Paying $10 million for a guy that is the exact same hitter as 4 other guys just doesnt make sense to me. That money needs to be spent elsewhere. I would almost rather see Brantly in center next year than Cameron.
  9. paul253
    Sabathia is one of the best pitchers in the game and is the main reason they are still in the hunt for the playoffs. LaPorta was a hell of a prospect, but he was kind of a man without a position. We have plenty of outfielders throughout the system, so giving him up is something we can get past. As far as all the other guys go...they did have excellent seasons....in Double A. I certianly dont want to pin my playoff hopes on a bunch of guys getting their very first taste of major league ball. I wouldnt have been opposed to Escobar getting a start, maybe two, back when Hardy was struggling mightily, but not now....its too important now to bench your regulars.
  10. paul253
    If he's going to be that type of owner, we'll see this offseason. I think its become clear what this team needs to do in the offseason...we need at least one good starting pitcher, some more bullpen help, and we need a contact hitter that isnt prone to homerun or bust like everyone else. They can definitely afford Sheets, and i think they could afford Sabathia if they really pushed it, but if he doesnt make a really competitive offer to both I am going to be very disappointed. This team is not going anywhere next year with Parra as a number 2 pitcher.
  11. paul253
    Do we happen to know who our FA's that will bring compensation are? Obviously Sheets and Sabathia will be Type A, but is there anyone else (Mota maybe) that will bring any type of compensation?
  12. paul253
    I have two tix to each game i'd like to sell..... friday sec 426 row 16 saturday sec 421 row 17 sunday sec 419 row 17 I'm asking $30 for a pair for each game....send me a message if you're interested.
  13. paul253
    There is absolutely no way you give up those two AND another player for Cain. If you throw in, say, Madison Baumgartner then maybe, but you're trading at minimum 60 homeruns and about 150 RBI for a pitcher with a career losing record. One injury from Cain and you basically gave away a 50 homerun guy and a former all star who are both still young and relatively cheap for nothing. I get the sense that SF is severely overvaluing Cain. For how old that team is and how much good young pitching they have, I would think that'd be willing to trade one of them, but Fielder and Hardy is way too much.
  14. paul253
    I think we need to see how Lawrie handles catching. I don't think we do. Salome dominated AA pitchers and Lucroy the same for A+. I doubt Lawrie would be much of an upgrade defensively over Lucroy. I realize you never really put someone at a position because of need, but next season we will have 2 catchers in the upper levels and another one at A+ while we have no second base prospects at all, and a weak second basemen in the major leagues. We also wont have any real third base prospect if Green is gone because I havent seen one scout who thinks Gamel can stick there. I wouldnt have a problem with putting Lawrie at third and moving Green to second if he sticks around, but whatever the second-third combo is, I'd like to see it based as much on which is better defensively as it is which is better offensively, because our team has shown in the past few seasons what bad defense can do in a game.
  15. paul253
    The new dominant closer isnt going to have many oppurtunities with Parra, Bush, McClung and Suppan holding down 2-5. We have the money to sign him....so do it. Its the only shot we have of making the postseason next year because without good pitching our inconsistant offense, which will be much the same next year, is capable of losing 10 games in a row.
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    Yeah, I realize its a pretty unlikely scenario....but he'd be nice to have. He reminds me of what Michael Brantley will hopefully be.
  17. paul253
    I think that when talking about a player like Theriot looking at his OPS is misleading or irrelevant because he is not a power hitter and we wouldnt need him to be a power hitter. Over his career he strikes out about once every ten at bats, which would be greater than the vast majority of the hitters on our team. While we have Hardy, Hart, Braun and Fielder and maybe Cameron to hit homeruns next season, we dont have hardly anyone to work the count and consistantly hit to the opposite field and get on base for all those sluggers. Plus, even though hes going to be 29, he's only played in about 350 games, so its not a given that he wont improve anymore. The reason why I like him for our lineup is because he is the kind of hitter we dont have.....we dont need another homerun hitter who will strike out every 4 at bats and wont take a walk. This year he has more walks than strikeouts and last year he was about even.
  18. paul253
    I know theoretically the Cubs wouldnt trade him to us as a divison rival, but Ryan Theriot is exactly what this club needs. He plays shortstop, which we don't need, but I'm sure he can handle second base. What about Theriot for Weeks and a prospect? For all the cubs have on offense, they don't have a whole lot of speed, and maybe could use a guy like Weeks. Theriot hits to the opposite field, doesnt strike out a whole lot, and doesnt worry about getting homeruns, something you cant really say about anyone on our current team. Bat him second, and either next year or in '10, you have Brantley leading off and Theriot batting second, two guys who get on base and really set the table for the Braun, Hart Hardys.
  19. paul253
    makes the entire organization look like a laughingstock. what's the point with 12 games left I think the team's play in the last 2 weeks is whats making them look like a laughingstock. With the games left i think the point is that they still have a chance to make the playoffs, and maybe this will wake the team up. This didnt happen soon enough, in my opinion. He has been mismanaging this team for too long.
  20. paul253
    This season has become an absolute embarrassment. The fact that Ned Yost and whoever the hell the hitting coach is cant get this team to rebound during the most important part of the season to me tells me they don't deserve to be major league coaches. I was never high on Yost to begin with, but this seals the deal for me. The players are constantly swinging at bad pitches, they are all trying to do too much, and they are all failing miserably. For this to be going on 2 weeks now with no solution is a joke. This team has been doing this all year, swinging at bad pitches and relying on the homerun ball to score...and now its biting them and the coaching staff seems utterly powerless to do anything about it. This collapse, with the impending loss of Sheets and Sabathia and the fact we have no good pitching prospects coming up in the next two to three years, minus Jeffress, makes me think this team wont seriously compete for at least 3-4 years again unless a major overhaul is conducted. Trade Fielder....dump Weeks, get someone who can actually put the ball in play on a consistant bases and doesnt swing at every pitch at his eyes.
  21. paul253
    wow, if this is true and ticket prices are "dirt cheap" like the Angels-Indians games, it's going to be 95% Cubs fans, 4.5% Brewers fans booing, and 0.5% Astros fans. I dont know why, but this made me laugh...i think the idea of people going to MP just to boo at both the teams. Would it be wrong to root for injuries? I remember going to the first of the Cleveland-Anaheim games, and I got really good tickets....like 4th row just to the first base side of homeplate. My roommate spent like $60 on beer for himself that night, and he was just ripping into Gary Matthews.....it was so funny because you knew Matthews could hear him. He kept calling Matthews "Gary Math-juice"
  22. paul253
    If thats the case we'd have to either put Escobar at leadoff, which might be kind of risky, or we'd have to trade for a leadoff hitter. I'm not sure where we could add one, unless we dump Cameron and the leadoff hitter plays center. I wouldnt mind letting Cameron go. He had that hot month or so, but has really come back down to his career norms lately. He strikes out way too much in a lineup that already strikes out enough. We need someone who can put the ball in play and who can be a real leadoff hitter. Plus that $10 million could go a long way in shoring up the rotation.
  23. paul253
    when your offense is as pathetic as it has been, i ask myself why Ned doesnt bunt down by 2 with two on and nobody out. Then I realize two things....Ned is a horrible horrible manager, and it doesnt really matter if you bunt when everybody else strikes out.
  24. paul253
    If i remember correctly the Phillies have a really easy schedule remaining with like 9 games against Atlanta and Washington. If we dont at least split, we are in serious serious trouble. Dont look past Houston either, they are on some kind of hot streak and are only 4 back. ----- Continued here: viewtopic.php?f=63&t=30551
  25. paul253
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/n..._usa_energy_excrement_odd San Antonio is apparently turning human waste into natural gas, which can power furnaces and power plants. I don't know what San Antonio's problem is. Dont they have a large freshwater lake to dump it in like normal cities? I am not classified as an environmentalist, but I assume turning a renewable resource like human waste into gas can only be a good thing. Wouldnt it be nice if Milwaukee looked into this?
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