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  1. dadofandrew
    His offense has been very good since April, though his power is down...that could be a result of him being beat up though. I would say his durability may well be his biggest issue...he is short and muscular, but catchers get hit a lot.
  2. dadofandrew
    A top prospect like Clay will probably clear waivers, as teams know BOS will just pull him back. TB is being aggressive claiming young players, but they can't claim everyone.
  3. dadofandrew
    They're one bad run from being out of it. But, if they win 7 of 9 or something, yes, they are in it.
  4. dadofandrew
    McD's has the most popular fries in the world. I think this may be an issue of you simply having different tastes than most.
  5. dadofandrew
    Perhaps the biggest factor in this is how many times a guy had "easy" saves, tying run on deck, only need one out, or a 2-3 run lead with weak hitters coming up. In 57 games, that could be as high as 40-45, or as low as 25-30. No way it's going to be done without a vast majority of "easy" saves. Bloops, seeing-eye grounders, errors, and a single bad pitch will too often get you in a tough situation.
  6. dadofandrew
    Watch the games. All 5 HR challenges have been overturned. The last two nights, a runner called out at home has been safe if you look at the tag versus foot/hand on the plate. They never say the 2B dropped the ball, even when it's obvious like it was a week or so ago, which Tom H correctly pointed out. An obvious fair/foul miss earlier this year, which the umpire looked at on replay and said, "I think it hit the edge of the line", which was funny, because chalk is white, and the cloud of dust was not. We've had several games in which the home plate ump may have well have flipped a coin, and then ejected guys by going after them. Dave Weathers got ejected the other night for saying, "What are you staring at?" These clueless wonders get 4 weeks off in a 6 month season, and continually have excuses made for them because they're tired and worked so hard. Awful is awful. They should simply start over when the current contract is up, if they won't agree to be judged, you know they suck, and move on. There's no incentive for them to not suck, as they have a job for life. The effort is exactly what you'd expect, minimal, and often, none. Why should the guy at the DMV hurry, and end up helping 10 more people a shift? There's no profit in it, so they don't care. Why are people shocked the men in blue see no reason to hustle, care, or be courteous to players and managers? If a player sucks, they aren't in the majors anymore. If an ump sucks, he'll be back next year, until he decides to retire to a fully funded pension. Why bother?
  7. dadofandrew
    Farris might be a guy to watch, but a sub 700 OPS won't cut it. He's a utility guy at best until he can hit, and few 2B have the ability to play other spots, or else they would not be playing 2B in A ball.
  8. dadofandrew
    I know this is what they do, and it's lazy, inept and should be grounds for termination...if they could be terminated, which is the entire problem. The job they have is to make the proper call, not the easy one. As I point out often at Ramblings, they get almost every call right because the vast majority are routine, and easy. However, every close call is at best, just a guess, and most are wrong. The other night, when Counsell's hand beat the tag, I guessed he was safe solely because he was called out. It's usually that easy, as the umps are simply terrible. My goodness, they messed up a fair/foul call earlier this year. They've been so awful at HR's (because they don't even pretend to hustle, they just turn and guess), MLB had to change the century old way they call the game, as almost every night, ESPN would say, "look, another blown HR call". Earlier this year, they called a BOS HR foul, even though it landed 15-20 feet fair AND missed it on the replay. The guy who either caught the ball or had it bounce off of him just stood there as if to say, I'm in fair territory, how could it be foul? The announcers were speechless.
  9. dadofandrew
    Almost every player in MLB is put on waivers. Almost all pass through unclaimed, because teams know they'll just be pulled back. Teams can waive up to 7 a day, and often do so to "camouflage" who they want to sneak through. There also seems to be some confusion as to how claims work. A player is put on waivers, and all the teams can claim him then. When the waiver period expires, if more than one team claimed him, he's awarded to the team with the worst record. I thought they got rid of the "own league priority", but maybe not.
  10. dadofandrew
    On a close call, umps are wrong almost every time. All 5 HR reviews have been changed. The umps are, simply put, embarrassing. As for the coaching, it took 2 perfect throws to get him, fictionally. I have no problem with that.
  11. dadofandrew
    SF is not trading any relievers, they're right in the race.
  12. dadofandrew
    The team already claimed him, TOR can still let him go, even if he gets hurt. He's still their property, so they can use him however they wish. In fact, this might be TOR trying to get a player back.
  13. dadofandrew
    I would say unlikely, because by the time he clears waivers, Suppan and Bush may be back, or very close to it. Doug did ask about him last winter, so good call DH.
  14. dadofandrew
    Only one team claimed him. Could easily be from either league.
  15. dadofandrew
    That sounds desperate. Free? How 'bout offering tiks for $5 each, with no service charge? Or, do some promos, best seat available, $9.99!!
  16. dadofandrew
    Me too, I thought this might well be a waiver trade for the Crew. Gleeman says he had one bad outing that ruined his ERA. As of this second, he's better than Burns, that's all it takes for a minor upgrade.
  17. dadofandrew
    I would not put it past Doug, but the money alone may well have kept him from doing it, as some think TOR will just let him go if a trade cannot be worked out.
  18. dadofandrew
    Corporan seems like the obvious 4o choice, unless an injured guy can be moved to the 60 day DL.
  19. dadofandrew
    There's no correlation between bad offensive teams and high K teams. However, there is one between OBP (and OPS/OXS) and good offensive teams. As pointed out often, OXS is about 97.5% accurate in predicting runs scored. Things like making contact, baserunning, bunting, "playing the game the right way", and so on is not meaningless...it's about 1/40th of offense, while getting on base and hitting for power is 39/40th's of it. While some choose to worry about "the little things", Ken Macha, myself, and many others choose to concern ourselves with "the big things".
  20. dadofandrew
    Neither one fits your request, but Stolen Season and The Rookie would be my picks.
  21. dadofandrew
    Once a year is really all you need to update that type of list...anything else is either a smallish sample or just bookkeeping (someone got dealt). BA does one list a year, and it seems to work fine.
  22. dadofandrew
    Runs are random, but it seems to me the most consistent teams would be the high OBP teams...you are less likely to get held to 2 runs or less the more guys you have reach base safely, right?
  23. dadofandrew
    I'm not sure how swapping out Weeks for Hart and Escobar for Hardy is going to do anything but weaken the offense. The Brewers need more minor league talent, not less. Giving up all that for a young arm whose thrown tons of innings in his years of injury? I wouldn't dream of it.
  24. dadofandrew
    All defensive metrics seem to be far too high as well. 48 runs seems high unless you have a guy playing 3B who has to run it to a base. I think 3B only average a couple chances a game, so that number seems very unrealistic, as it's just under a third of a run per outing. Last night, Casey made several routine plays, and a very nice one late, so I promise you he was positive, meaning he's even more negative in others? The math just doesn't work.
  25. dadofandrew
    Morgan is pesky, but he's barely better than Gwynn. Guys that can hit .350/.400 aren't bad, but they aren't fellas you try and trade for either. He'll be 30 soon, so he's likely hit his "peak" anyway.
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