Kalapse

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 12, 2011 -> 07:05 PM) His wOBA of .266 is the 5th worst in all of baseball among batters with at least 150 plate appearances. That's pretty putrid. wOBA, as I'm sure you know, ignores defense and focuses only on what an offensive player can control, much like FIP for pitchers. So even when people say the defense is a fluke, he's not contributing in any other aspect. He's a waste of a roster spot. Seems like a solid guy. Hard worker. But he's not good as at baseball. And something has to be f***ing done about it. 3rd worst ISO in baseball last season (0.41) only ahead of Cesar Izturis and Elvis Andrus, I know he's a leadoff hitter and silly people think this stat doesn't matter for them but that's totally unacceptable. He's currently at 0.28 this season which is the worst in baseball and is on pace for 13 XBH which would tie Morrie Rath of the 1912 White Sox for the LEAST IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME in a single season with at least 700 PA (725 instances). Yeah, bad. his 22 last season were the 7th least ever, BTW. To widen the scope a bit: 5,902 times has a player recorded at least 600 PA in a season, only 5 times has someone managed less than 13 XBH and 3 of those were in the nineteen oughts.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 12, 2011 -> 06:58 PM) Who are they? My interest is piqued. Ibanez and Willingham.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 12, 2011 -> 12:43 PM) Last nights game he turned a double into a triple with his weak arm (I'm probably being overly harsh on that) and on the Torri Hunter fly that was a catchable ball that a good outfielder makes 8 out of 10 times. He turned that double into a triple not just with his weak arm but by playing the long carom off the wall rather than going to the corner and getting it, when you have no arm and maybe the fastest player in the bigs running the bases you can't wait for the ball to come to you 20+ feet down the left field wall, you need to go get it, that's just bad defense. The first hit off Peavy was also due to poor defense from Pierre, he got an awful jump on the ball allowing it to fall in front of him. The dropped flyball off the bat of Hunter was pretty brutal. Instead of trusting the track he slowed up to feel for the wall when he was still well out of range forcing himself to leave his feet on a ball that was not just behind him but a few feet to his left giving himself little chance of making the play. I believe it was game 2 that he jogged to a ball hit softly in front of him toward the line, a single for most outfielders he turned it into a double by underestimating Kendrick's aggressiveness and lacking an adequate throwing arm. Last year baserunners didn't take full advantage of Pierre's weak arm, the opposite is true this season, they're taking that extra base and the added pressure of having to get to the ball and get it in as quickly as possible is only going to lead to more miscues. It's super early so sample sizes are small but he's more than earned his -34.3 UZR/150 for the season (4th worst OF in baseball, ahead of a 39 year old, a converted catcher playing in one of the biggest outfields in baseball and Nate McLouth), -2.6 ARM (worst in baseball) and -1.1 WAR (worst in baseball).

Juan Pierre in 2010: 734 PA, 22 XBH Carlos Quentin in 2011: 146 PA, 23 XBH Carlos Quentin in 2008: 215 PA, 23 XBH

The drafting of a QB should surprise no one they've been saying all along that their plan was to take one late.

Phil Humber: 2-2 25.1 IP, 1 HR, 1.07 WHIP, 3.20 ERA

Duncan Keith is trending worldwide on Twitter.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 10:22 AM) I have to imagine someone out there taking a chance and claiming him, right? Someone will likely put in a claim, there's just seemingly too much talent there not to give him a shot at a change of scenery. Looking at some of the god awful players on rosters throughout baseball there's certainly room for him on a few teams.

Brandon Wood has been DFA'd. End of an era. A horrible, sad era. Of course that's assuming the former #3 prospect in all of baseball doesn't clear waivers which I wouldn't count on. I hope for his sake that he's claimed or traded, an outright release would be pretty brutal.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 10:57 PM) lol@ Kalapse pretending to know hoops. I'll give you baseball. Hoops? No. When have you ever actually seen me talk basketball? Never? Probably. For all you know I'm a basketball savant.

When saying Rose was 0-9 from 3 also keep in mind that he threw up 2 heaves at the end of quarters 1 and 2 and another desperation 3 just before the shot clock ran out. 0-6 is still bad but 0-9 is misleading.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 09:57 PM) I'm not sure how saying that Adam Dunn told Felix he is a f***ing joke is a personal attack but duly noted. I would suggest that you need to get out of your parents' basement and get laid every once in a while though. It might lighten you up. BANNED! f***ING BANNED! HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?

QUOTE (Felix @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 09:49 PM) Kind of sad when you threaten me to not personally attack anyone, then promptly ignore it when others do the same to me. There was 1 and I gave a warning a few posts up. Stick to your straw-man arguments, no need to go after people the way you are.

QUOTE (Felix @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 09:47 PM) I never said anything to the contrary. I simply pointed out a statistical fact that Dunn will be out more often than he will be safe, and then I was told I was wrong. That's simply not the case. Kind of sad when you have to use semantics and verbiage to win an argument.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 09:36 PM) I have never commented on dunn since he was acquired...you would know him better as the free swinging lumber jack that can't fight through a simple surgery. Put it this way, if you do not believe me, you can check it out yourself, mr smarty pants. So you conveniently skirted the issue? How sad.

QUOTE (Felix @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 09:30 PM) OPS? Why would anyone care about that? What's his batting average now? Yeah, right around his career norm. Once again, I pose the question to you: were you saying these same things when he was signed?

QUOTE (qwerty @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 09:26 PM) What is the first stat always shown from left to right? Now when i say this i mean since the beginning of history... can this be denied? Someone needs to bone up on their history. Since clearly average is by far the most important... all those other fancy stats can... and should... be thrown out the window. Um, his average is .010 points below his career number, where were you 2 months ago? Were you complaining about his lack of batting average? If not I think it's time to slink away, little man.

QUOTE (Felix @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 09:28 PM) So what, we've learned he can hit a batting practice pitch from a joke of a pitcher? What's the big deal? Hate to break it to you but his OPS is now .926. Big blow. And lets ALL quit it with the personal attacks, no need for this discussion to get nasty. I'm talking to you specifically, ws99.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 09:17 PM) Ever hear of mario mendoza? Dunn isn't even hitting at that level. Kinda pathetic if you think about it. What's his OPS? OBP? Pit/PA? Just curious, are those bordering on the production of Mario Mendoza?

Cut out the personal attacks, Felix. Otherwise action WILL be taken.

QUOTE (Felix @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 09:07 PM) You're rather preposterous. Your face is preposterous.

QUOTE (Felix @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 09:01 PM) One guy can't lead a team into the playoffs? What? Joey Votto did exactly that last year for the Reds. He was that team, and made everyone around him better. With Dunn on the team, that simply would not have happened. Well, that's rather preposterous.

As of right now Nathan's fastball is down about 2.5 MPH. He maxed out at 92 today with an average of 91.19. In the 4 IP he had coming into today his average fastball was 91.2 MPH so he's pretty consistent. In 2009 his average fastball was 93.6 MPH.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 14, 2011 -> 08:42 PM) Haha, Twins got 1 in the top of the 10th and Damon just walked it off with a 2-run blast in the bottom Awesome 4H, 1BB, 0K, 4ER and 2 BS in 1.1 IP for both Twins closers today.

I HAD been giving Pierre the benefit of the doubt because I had no choice, he did manage a .340 OBP last year (which is still s*** and he was hit by many pitches but still better than I expected) and his defense is god damn solid. Well, that mother f***er is dead to me. He's single-handedly f***ing up Matt Thornton's career.