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I love the Hawk. However, he's about 130 years old and will retire someday. When that happens, I could dig the DJ/Black Jack combo. Good Lord, Black Jack looked old when they showed him!

Broadway's first AAA start: 6 IP, 5H, 2ER, 1BB, 6K, 10 Groundouts, 2 Flyouts Good start.

QUOTE(GOD @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 07:30 PM) We need that kind of heart on our team. We don't need him making the kind of play that broke his ankle. He had no reason to be breaking his ankle over Utley when the ball was already in Utley's glove. I don't know what he watching when he was running. It certainly wasn't Utley or the ball, as they were in the same place.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 05:41 PM) I think Ryan Sweeney has an upside to be a perennial All-Star. He won't K 100x a season (which I love), and has the potential to hit 300+, hit 30 homers (maybe more. His power is finally comming around), and drive in 90+. Plus, he has a canon arm and plays pretty darn good D himself. You just said that Sweeney is going to be Vlad Guerrero. That will not happen.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 06:04 PM) Green still is under contract for 07 correct? Just looked it up...yeah, just dropping the $$ will help the D-Backs a lot. Better site for contract info: http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/a...ndbacks_10.html

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 05:44 PM) Why are we not involved in this stuff? I'll take "Because we don't need an aging outfielder with pedestrian defense and offense that makes more money than the entire South American Continent" for 500, Alex.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 05:36 PM) um... He has the potential to steal about 20 bases a season. He is actually a pretty good base stealer, but he was never on base before to show it off. That is incorrect. He has never displayed that speed in the minors. He is a good base RUNNER, not base STEALER. No scouting report I've ever read drank enough BA kool-aid to call him a 25/20 Grady-Sizemore type.

Never mind. I finally found it.

Anderson is considered by just about every scout in baseball to be a guy that will hit .280-.290 with 20-30 homers, very few steals, and approx. gold-glove defense every year for many years. I have no problem with keeping the safer pick as far a center field goes. There aren't a whole lot of consistent .280/25hr centerfielders with out there with gold-glove caliber defense. Chris Young could be Mike Cameron. Is he a safe bet to be Mike Cameron? No. Not even Mike Cameron is a safe bet to be Mike Cameron from year to year. Once in a while, Cameron will hit .270 with 25 homers and steal 35 bases. Other years, he'll hit .230. Young's going to be the same way with his approach at the plate. What's Young's realistic ceiling for sustained production? .265/30/30 with very good (but not Anderson) defense, approximately. Screw rolling the dice and maybe getting that. Gimme Anderson. I agree with propellerheads on steals. They're overrated as hell. Most big-time base stealers are big-time causers of outs on the basepaths. He may be amazing for fantasy managers and get drafted each year in the third or fourth round, but he'll be less valuable to a real team.

QUOTE(maggliopipe @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 03:06 PM) I'd be interested in hearing whether he gets any sort of special welcome (boos or cheers or just indifference). He got cheered when he was carried off the field (injured).

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:58 PM) Better career BAA vs. RHB Yes. By .008 (.240 to .232), and none of that is this year.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:56 PM) Cotts has also given up hits to 11 of the last 17 lefties he's faced. That sample size is small enough that it's still just a fluke. That's much like saying "Joe Schmoe is the best pitcher in the league right now. He threw two perfect innings yesterday."

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:49 PM) I respect you as a poster...but will you please explain to me how it was a decent move? I'd really like to see a legitimate explanation. Pretty simple. Cotts IS significantly better vs lefties than righties this year, despite the misinformed drivel of many posters here. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7209/s...gvhVOM6YTuFCLcF

QUOTE(TLAK @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 06:41 AM) I'm surprised no one mentioned Jerry Owens. Ozzie named him as a possible September call up. I know he P'd offed Joey Cora over the winter and started off terrible at Charlotte but I see he's climbed to .264 AVG .330 OBP 37 SB. I think the present White sox starting lineup definitely needs more effective speed. I also haven't seen him in a box score for about a week. Can anyone who watches the Knights let us know how he's playing, beyond the numbers? Is this guy close to becoming a Major Leaguer? They're like...Identical. Except Pods is a tiny bit better. So, basically...Owens sucks.

I think we still have only a 19% chance of making last year's playoffs.