The Cubs and Houston Astros clashed at Wrigley Field allowing us to finally get an answer to the age-old question: Who sucks more?
At least until tomorrow. Go Cubs go.
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The Cubs and Houston Astros clashed at Wrigley Field allowing us to finally get an answer to the age-old question: Who sucks more?
At least until tomorrow. Go Cubs go.
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Team they broke camp with gets the win. It just might work. (dying laughing)
melissaQuote Reply
It’s like they don’t even want the no. 1 draft pick.
ACTQuote Reply
Stinks tags! (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=14603
GWQuote Reply
Geez, I didn’t think this would be possible anymore but Aramis is going to hit 30+ HRs. We should definitely get a high upside spec for him.
jtsunamiQuote Reply
[quote name=jtsunami]Geez, I didn’t think this would be possible anymore but Aramis is going to hit 30+ HRs. We should definitely get a high upside spec for him.[/quote]
A .371 wOBA (his triple slash line beats out Pujols) and not a black hole on defense. A good year for Aramis. I like him a lot, I wish he’d approve a trade just so he could go win somewhere.
MishQuote Reply
All yesterday:
Golden snapping out of his mini-slump. 3 XBH in last 2 games.
I think Hoilman needs to move up so he is forced to slightly change his approach. His patience is fine. But it seems he has Michael Burgess syndrome where, when he does swing, it’s as hard as he can (hence the low number of singles, and high number of XBH and K). It’s working at Boise but I don’t think his numbers will hold up at the higher levels.
Austin Reed is a weird prospect. He is “projectable”, but so far in his career he is either good or very bad. Last 7 starts: terrible, terrible, good, good, terrible terrible, good. If this is some sort of pattern, I’m guessing his next start is good
Wang has been lights out. Look for him to get a promotion when Kirk FINALLY gets to Daytona.
Peralta with a terrible start. 9 ER in 2 IP. Peoria lost 13-0.
Watkins with a HR for Daytona yesterday.
Rhoderick with his first terrible outing as a reliever. For some reason he was kept in to face 8 batters, only one of which he got out. Shot his minuscule ERA up to 3.84.
Vitters 1-3 with a 3-run HR and walk yesterday.
Clevenger 2-4 with a 2b.
Ha 2-4 with a 2b.
Marwin 3-3 with a 2b, HR, and BB.
jtsunamiQuote Reply
[quote name=Mish]A .371 wOBA (his triple slash line beats out Pujols) and not a black hole on defense. A good year for Aramis. I like him a lot, I wish he’d approve a trade just so he could go win somewhere.[/quote]Eh, he clearly prefers staying where he is to playing on a contender. Personally, I enjoy watching him play and don’t think he’d get a whole lot in a trade, so I’m fine with his staying here. It’s also not as though we have any excellent third base prospects that he’s blocking.
ACTQuote Reply
http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/columns/story?columnist=greenberg_jon&id=6794275
This is unusually snarky.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
(dying laughing) Looks like I’m not the only one making too big of a deal about the situation.
melissaQuote Reply
If Hendry wants to do the whole contend in 2012 thing, might as well start here:
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/22/jeff-conine-id-probably-trade-hanley-ramirez
MishQuote Reply
[quote name=Mish]If Hendry wants to do the whole contend in 2012 thing, might as well start here:
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/22/jeff-conine-id-probably-trade-hanley-ramirez%5B/quote%5D
Hoping for bounceback? Hanley might get even more called out than Castro currently is.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=GW]http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=14603[/quote]
I hate quoting myself, but I offered no comment at first, and this is the best baseball article I’ve read in a long time.
GWQuote Reply
oh man, B Jaxx is nearing that magical 50 % K rate
dylanjQuote Reply
[quote name=GW]I hate quoting myself, but I offered no comment at first, and this is the best baseball article I’ve read in a long time.[/quote]I haven’t finished it yet, but liked what I read earlier.
mb21Quote Reply
When did Swartz leave Baseball Prospectus? He hadn’t been there that long, had he? Wasn’t he one of the people who started the MVN Stat Speak blog?
mb21Quote Reply
dear lord
jackson with 3 k’s in 3 ab’s
dylanjQuote Reply
16 k’s in 38 ab’s
dylanjQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]When did Swartz leave Baseball Prospectus? He hadn’t been there that long, had he? Wasn’t he one of the people who started the MVN Stat Speak blog?[/quote]
Just recently. siERA was his first article at fangraphs. I think he was at statspeak for a while, but he was second or third generation, after pizza cutter and colin and I can’t remember who else.
GWQuote Reply
I’m pretty sure he was one of the bpro idol contestants.
GWQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I haven’t finished it yet, but liked what I read earlier.[/quote]
I have always been sympathetic with colin’s anti-xFIP stance (and to a lesser extent, his larger point about batted ball data), but that article is the first I’ve read that really lays it out and hammers it home.
GWQuote Reply
oh yeah, brian cartwright was at statspeak, too.
GWQuote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]16 k’s in 38 ab’s[/quote]
Wonder if he has a mechanical flaw or something. It’s not like he’s facing much better pitching, right?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
http://praiseball.wordpress.com/tag/statspeak/
(dying laughing)
GWQuote Reply
[quote name=GW]I have always been sympathetic with colin’s anti-xFIP stance (and to a lesser extent, his larger point about batted ball data), but that article is the first I’ve read that really lays it out and hammers it home.[/quote]He’s written an awful lot about it on The Book Blog. I always love those threads.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Wonder if he has a mechanical flaw or something. It’s not like he’s facing much better pitching, right?[/quote]
He’s seen 17 pitches so far.
4 swinging strikes
1 called strike
4 fouls (2 foul bunts – he was trying to sac bunt)
8 balls
3 of his 4 swinging strikes have been strike 3. He’s had 2 full counts and one 2-2 count.
Chris DickersonQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]He’s written an awful lot about it on The Book Blog. I always love those threads.[/quote]
yeah, me too. the point about the spreads in the data is the one I’ve never seen him present like that before.
GWQuote Reply
hmmm…
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/22/b-j-upton-desmond-jennings-pulled-from-games/
GWQuote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/chicago-cubs/articles/2012-nl-central-champion-cubs-part-2.html
mb21Quote Reply