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This really has nothing to do with a Buchholz trade, but dude's really gotta lose that mock turtleneck.
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Breaking Down the NL Central - Baseball Tonight version
Oldcity replied to RyDogg66's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I don't see how it's the Brewers' division to lose. Cubs have to be the favorite at this point. They're only a few back. They have the best pitching by far, and will be getting Ramirez back. That could be offset by a team making a big trade, but as of now I definitely think the Cubs are the favorite. The NL appears to be bad in general this year, with the Dodgers looking like the only great team. -
Parra & Escobar for Cliff Lee & DeRosa?
Oldcity replied to GormanHarvey's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Yeah, with Peavy going down the Indians can get a ton for Lee if they want to trade him. -
Gallardo's fastball doesn't light up the radar gun, so maybe that's what Tbadder was referring to? He definitely has a great curve though.
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Trade chatter heating up (6/11)...
Oldcity replied to Brian the Automator's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Davis/Garland plus Lopez would be a lot of salary coming back and would prevent the Brewers from adding an actual top starter this year. They're going to have to ride this out for a couple weeks until more teams are willing to deal. -
I am really sick of watching McClung and his lack of control and hope he doesn't last the season. Thing is, there is no good option. This pitching staff overall isn't good after Gallardo.
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I tend to agree with Ennder. I'd call the guys he mentioned (Halladay, Sabathia, Hamels, Lincecum) HOF talents, but I don't see the point of saying there are only eight or so aces in baseball. I prefer "frontline starter," the term that's being thrown around in the trade rumors forum. It's all semantics anyway, so maybe the better question would be what are your favorite ways to evaluate a pitcher? Saying what he said--that guys who consistently keep their ERA under 4.00 and pitch 6-7 innings routinely--doesn't sound that impressive, but only 40 qualified starters had FIPs below 4.00 in 2008 (Haren was fourth incidentally), only 31 did in 2007, only 26 in 2006. In truth, that really does make you an elite starting pitcher.
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I recently have had some good discussion with some friends about what defines an ace pitcher. "Ace" is a term that gets thrown around quite a bit for something so tangible. I'm curious to see how people define an ace. Is it all about numbers? Is it about a pitcher's arsenal? People I've been debating with lean more towards the "stuff" side. The specific example we were debating was Dan Haren. He called Haren a "good number two starter," while I would definitely call him an ace. His reasoning was that Haren doesn't have great velocity on his fastball. He's of the belief that an ace should have three plus pitches, but I can hardly think of any pitchers in the majors who actually have three plus pitches. Some questions: Does a pitcher have to have "great stuff" to be an ace? How many aces are there in the game? After no brainer guys like Santana and Halladay, who do you consider aces? Who are some guys commonly considered aces who shouldn't be? If you're more about numbers, what are some "cut-off" numbers a pitcher must have to be considered an ace? A big one for me is a k/bb rate of at least 3 (k/bb rate is usually the first thing I look at when evaluating a pitcher), but that's obviously just my view. I know this will all just be everyone's opinion and there's really no right answer, but I'm wondering where most people stand on this topic.
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Saying the Angels are wiling to listen to offers for Gary Matthews is like saying the Brewers are willing to listen to offers for Suppan.
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For some reason I love Iceman.
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Eric Karros seriously had a Pennywise t-shirt? Is this 1993?
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Gosh how many balls did they swing at that inning? Ugh.
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Let's go Mat...
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Gah that Rivera ab really hurts...
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Wow Ennder, jinx.
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Rivera swung at ball four and five there.
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Wow heck of a 2-1 pitch there.
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Well he should really go to Cameron or Hardy here at least... AndThat makes a good point as well. This is probably the right way to go.
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Bah too bad. Nice hit.
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No lefties left so not much of an attractive choice. Come on Corey...
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Please walk him...
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Yeah I'd also have pinch hit for Kendall here. This is scary...
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Hmm, thanks for posting that. I guess I was mistaken. I guess that explains why I've never seen it called, heh.
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Wow great job there by Stetter. Coffey gets bailed out.
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I thought that call to Gamel was probably a strike. There have definitely been several calls a lot worse than that one.
