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  1. strawbossisevil
    How does his preference of where to spend his time after he gets pulled effect his pitching? I don't see anything there at all, sorry. If a pitcher needs peace and quiet to reflect on his start, he should have that. Reflecting on what worked and what didn't work is an important part of improving as a pitcher. I really think you are stretching for something that just isn't there. I honestly could care less whether he does this reflection in the dugout or in the clubhouse. I have a far bigger problem with Fielder and his attitude than I do with Parra.
  2. strawbossisevil
    He also had two absolutely dominant months, but don't let that get in the way of your irrational hatred. Also his 1 mph dip may have been a result of his injury. If he was a fireballer who threw in the mid 90s, I'd be much more nervous about him losing 1 mph of heat, than I am of a guy who throws in the mid 80s and relies more on location and his breaking ball. But "horrible" he was certainly not last year when you factor in that all that could realistically have been expected from him was an ERA in the mid to upper 4s to begin with. Unless you factor in his fat paycheck, although that isn't his fault. We signed him to that when the market was at it's peak. If there is anything that is "horrible" about Suppan, it is the contract we gave him.
  3. strawbossisevil
    He was predicted to have an ERA in the mid to upper 4s last season. So it isn't like he wasn't all that different than what was expected from him. And his rotation slot is meaningless, you know that as well as anyone. I think most would have put Suppan as our #4 to begin last season after Bush. Most thought Villy would likely be better as well (he wasn't). The point is, most people expected Suppan to be a bottom of rotation starter, and he posted numbers that were very average for a bottom of the rotation type pitcher. Once again, hardly "horrible" unless you let the money he's making enter the picture.
  4. strawbossisevil
    87-75. They will be in the playoff chase into late September, but fall a game short to the Phillies. I think we'll see good things from Weeks, Parra, and Gamel (second half of the season), with Braun, Fielder and Hart improving on last year's numbers.
  5. strawbossisevil
    Have we become spoiled that a bottom of the rotation pitcher who put up a sub 5 ERA is now considered "horrible". Perhaps when you factor in his salary, but come on End, I expect more from you than that. And we know for a fact that his July stats were adversely effected by his injury. That much seems to be a sure thing. The only question mark was whether his September numbers were a result of injury or not, and that much we can't be sure of. Take out his injury plagued July starts, and he's right at his career numbers ERA wise. If he can stay healthy this year, I don't see how he couldn't put up better numbers than last year.
  6. strawbossisevil
    Get a Gmail account, they are much nicer.
  7. strawbossisevil
    I know this is some people's passion, but all we are talking about is a little scribble of ink on felt, or horsehide, or wood. In the long run, what does it matter if that scribble includes your name or doesn't. I understand being upset if someone is looking to sell the object to turn a profit (those people sicken me), but if you are getting it as a fan, I think the personal message makes it that much more special. It is clear then that you got the autograph in person, that it isn't something you just bought at some memorabilia store. It is part of the story, about how you got to personally meet the famous person. If I were Ryan Braun, I would do the same thing. I would personalize every single signature I made.
  8. strawbossisevil
    We can argue all day whether it was fair that the government would ask them questions in the first place. But when the government does ask you a question, and you lie, and you face the fall out from that. I feel no sympathy. Who ever it is deserves nothing but what is coming to them in that situation.
  9. strawbossisevil
    You talk about park effects and than put Tulowitzki in front of Hardy? I think Hardy is a better all around SS than Tulo (who barely put up an OPS over 700 in Colorado last season despite the advantage of playing in Coors), Ramirez (who is probably the worst SS defensively in the league), Drew (although this one could be argued, they are pretty similar) and Tejada (who is not nearly the offensive threat he was and is not that great defensively anymore either, take a look at his stats to see what I mean).
  10. strawbossisevil
    I agree Ender, I think many on here underrate his defense. Escobar is likely better, but that is because Escobar is a freak of nature type player who will likely be one of the best, if not THE best, fielder at SS in the league. It is really unfair to compare Hardy to Escobar, but I think it is why many look down on Hardy's defense. However when we compare Hardy to his peers, he is almost always well above average defensively. I think brewerguy71s comment about him having a range of a slug just goes to show how perception is not equal to reality. The guy is a very smooth fielder with great instincts that doesn't need to be making crazy diving plays to get to balls others might have to dive for. But because of that, he is looked down on as a less mobile SS, when the reality is, he is not. There are faster people out there than him, but often those people have to use that speed to make up for their lack of instinct (at least lack there of in comparison to Hardy).
  11. strawbossisevil
    What about this. What if whatever team that picks up a type A free agent allows the other team a pick from their minor league system (with certain exceptions). It would work this way. Each team is allowed to protect 5 non 40 roster players. If they sign more than one type A free agent, the teams get to pick in order of best type A on downward. So, the Yankees, since they signed three type A players this offseason, would protect five prospects, and the rest of their non-40 roster would be up for grabs. The first pick would go to the Angels, the second to the Brewers, the third to the Blue Jays.
  12. strawbossisevil
    Right, my point was let's talk about the statistics that matter. OBP and OPS matter and show how capable an individual player is in regard to stats that are in his control. RBIs and runs scored however, are not, as they are team dependent. That was my only point, let's use the best stats if we are going to make comparisons, and not team based stats. I wasn't necessarily disagreeing with John on Abreu's value to our team. I was disagreeing with how he was going about it statistically.
  13. strawbossisevil
    A couple weeks ago I decided to order season tickets for the Torreón Vaqueros since I'll be living down here through the middle of August. Has anyone here been to any Mexican league games? I am curious about what to expect. Should be a fun summer! And for the record two season tickets cost me $100 for 52 games. You really can't beat that.
  14. strawbossisevil
    How is it more likely that he is Francoeur part deux? Unlike Francoeur, Hart has shown plate discipline throughout his career aside from this one season. Could he have lost his batters eye? I suppose, but looking over his entire career, it wouldn't be something I would call "likely". What is far more likely is that he reverts to career norms. I know you aren't interested in trading him for a pitcher at this point anymore. But if you honestly believe and admit that we would be trading low on him, why would you do it? The only situation where that would make sense is if you would be trading for someone who is also being traded low.
  15. strawbossisevil
    I thought you would know better than to judge a guy by his RBIs and Runs Scored. As has been pointed out over and over on this forum, those are team stats. And it is no surprise that he would do well on those, considering he played for the Yankees. Would I take Abreu on a $3 million dollar salary? Absolutely. The big question is though, do the Brewers have that money available to spend on him. That remains to be seen.
  16. strawbossisevil
    Gallardo´s ERA the last two seasons (small sample noted): 2007 - 3.67 2008 - 1.88 Career - 3.35 If Gallardo pitches at his 2007 level, he is probably one of the top 10 #1 starters in the league. If he pitches like he has over his career to this point, he is probably tops 6/7. He isn´t horrible, he isn´t the best ace in the league either. He is an average #1 starter (more or less). Parra as well. If he pitches like he has in the past, he´ll be slightly below average for a #2. But if he improves at all, he´ll likely to be an average #2 or better. Just because they are young pitchers who haven´t made a name for themselves yet, does not mean that they aren´t just as good at their position in the rotation as other "big name" pitchers.
  17. strawbossisevil
    Andersoc. The season was only 6 months long. In May he put up an ERA of 2.56, in August he put up an ERA of 3.00. He struggled in some months too. July, right before he went down with his injury he had an ERA over 9. And as many have pointed out, his last few starts in September didn´t go well. If you are talking about his last 6 starts, yeah, he had a rough go to finish the season. Although, I don´t think it is unheard of for any average type starter to have a run of bad starts, especially if he was struggling with that injury again. I don´t buy it, that he may have "lost it". Despite struggling with his injury in July (and possibly down the stretch run too), he still managed to put up an ERA under 5. I get the hate for Suppan based on his contract. I totally wish he wasn´t on our team because of that too. But I don´t think there is any evidence to the fact that he won´t be a solid 4/5 starter this next season. (It´s just too bad his contract pays him like a #2/3).
  18. strawbossisevil
    The point is though Darnell, is that Suppan is a guy who almost every year throws for 200 innings. He is probably better conditioned to starting than McClung is, and thus won't have as many short starts. McClung, as many of the stats people have posted, is clearly better coming out of relief. So even if Suppan would be slightly worse than McClung, which is a big "if". He is better served as an innings eating 5th starter. We have no idea how he'd do in the pen, he may be horrible for all we know. And as for catching players on "good streaks". It is easier said than done, because streaks are just natural in baseball to begin with and can happen with little to no fault of the player. A few balls bouncing the wrong way in a couple of games, and a guy is on a "bad streak". So determining when a good streak starts, or when a bad streak is ending is next to impossible. Now if it is injury related, that's different. Plus, starting pitching is all about getting into the pattern of pitching every 5 days. Pulling people in and out of that pattern doesn't always work well either. On top of that, it often leaves a team's bullpen a man short. Baring injury, I think Suppan should be the #5 in the rotation, and McClung the bullpen/injury replacement unless a clear upgrade over Suppan joins the team (perhaps if Capuano midseason if he comes back strong from his injury).
  19. strawbossisevil
    Just a question Darnell, who is clearly better than Suppan right now for the rotation? I really can't comprehend all this talk about sending a guy to the bullpen who will probably put up an ERA in the upper 4s over 200 (more or less innings). He's overpaid, but that doesn't mean he doesn't belong in the rotation.
  20. strawbossisevil
    McClung is making no where near what Vargas would have made that offseason. That comparison is ridiculous. McClung makes three times the minimum, hardly a "decent amount of cash". McClung is a solid bullpen arm, one who also is able to put up solid numbers as a fill in starter. There is no way that he isn't worth what we are paying him IMO. And I don't think any "savings" we'd get from cutting him, could go to a more valuable piece for our current team.
  21. strawbossisevil
    If it's for what Wolf got, or less. This is a great deal! It fills out our rotation and makes our bullpen stronger. Our rotation now is probably average if not slightly above average.
  22. strawbossisevil
    You MAY be on to something JJHardy7, although I'm not so sure. Trouble with that theory is no one with any inside knowledge of the club has ever said anything negative in regards to his lack of conditioning. People have been bouncing the idea around here on this site for a few years that his conditioning is bad, but if that were true, you'd think at least at some point, some insider would say something similar. I have yet to see that from anyone, which leads me to believe that it may not be the big issue some on this site want it to be. I could be wrong, but if it is such a huge deal, why isn't any MLB insider talking about it?
  23. strawbossisevil
    I don´t know if he´ll earn more if he waits until June, because then he´s only going to get paid for the months he pitches. Add to that fact, if he has further injury trouble, he won´t get anything. There is risk there, and he´s not likely to earn much more at all. Can we assume that he´ll make more for pitching 2/3 of a season than he would currently pitching a full season? I don´t think that is necessarily a safe bet.
  24. strawbossisevil
    As so many others have posted. Wright >>>>> Capuano (since he has an arm that isn´t ready to pitch) The other thing, if we want to talk about unproven. We have no idea how Capuano is going to pitch after this latest surgery. He may have next to no velocity or control left. In that case, all the success in the world at the major league level wouldn´t make him a better option. IF he is able to pitch just like he did in his previous trip to the majors, then yes, I want him in my starting rotation once his arm is ready to pitch. But that is a rather big "if" that remains to be seen.
  25. strawbossisevil
    Well, Paul, if we want to take that attitude about prospects. Matt Gamel hasn´t proven he can hit yet at the Major League level. Let´s never play the guy. We should have never gone with Gallardo last season, we should have signed some $10 Million dollar free agent who could put up numbers like Suppan, because we know for certain he can do it at the major league level. We didn´t know if Gallardo would be able to pitch at the major league level or not. Why even play prospects if they could end up disappointing us? My point is, you can´t judge a player until they´ve gotten a chance to put up some significant innings in the majors. Chase Wilson may be the next Ben Hendrickson, he may also be the next Doug Davis. But you can´t know whether a player can be a worthwhile starter in the MLB or not in 10 innings. You can´t go calling someone "Ben Hendrickson" until he is given sufficient enough innings to prove that is what he is. Truth of the matter is, you don´t know, neither do I. I´m not claiming he´ll be one or the other, all I am saying is that he put up very nice numbers at AAA, which is the only large sample we have to go on from last year. Many people who put up those type of numbers in AAA go on to be solid MLB players, some don´t. The jury is still out on Mr. Wilson.
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