chitownsportsfan

Cool, thanks. Thome has slowed considerably, although still having an excellent season.

LOL, this thread has taken a GREAT turn. I can't wait till Steff sees it.

All of those are silly except the Iguchi leadoff idea. He wouldn't be half bad there.

No.

Uh, Ozuna is NOT an outfielder. If KW thinks Ozuna is the full time answer in LF, then he should not be a GM. Ozuna in LF would be far and away the WORST starting LF in MLB. The only organization he could start for would be the Royals, and even then, I doubt it. He's a great guy to have around on the bench, not a starting LF.

There is no reason for Pods to be back next year as a starter. Let him walk, don't even bother with offering him Arbitration--if that is even an option. I believe the team has a "club option" on his contract for 2007. There is no reason to pick that option up. I'd like to see a blockbuster trade for Cabrera in the offseason, although with the Marlins surprising again, I doubt they will be shopping him. On an aside note, anyone who says the Marlins aren't a well run organization is kidding themselves. 2 titles from an expansion team, then a firesale, in which they LOADED themselves up with talent (that is producing ALREADY) and plenty of options going forward. Their owner migh be clueless as to how to market the team or get a stadium built, but he has good baseball people in place.

Yea, I just checked out Cameron's stats again, and the thing that stands out is that while he hit for a low average, he hit for power and got OB at a .340 clip for his career. He finished his career with an OPS+ of 106, which isn't too shabby for a great defensive CF. Cameron's "prime", from ages 26-30, was very solid, if BA can produce similiar numbers while playing a great CF, I will be very happy.

I don't think either team gives a flying f*** about the other at this point. Both teams are on pace to win over 100 games, and if that happens, nobody is going to catch either of them. Both teams have clearly been, by both wins and run differential, the best teams in the AL so far. With over 70 games over, neither team is likely to miss the playoffs. The Hard Ball Times has an excellent article up on the Yankees and Red Sox (and the AL East in general) that predicts the wild card will likely come from the AL Central. I don't see any reason why not.

BA has much more "natural" talent than Aron Rowand. He's a superb athlete, and has good baseball instincts as well. I almost feel like a good comp is Mike Cameron. In his prime, that guy was one of the best CF'ers in baseball. He hit for power, a decent average, and held down CF with amazing range and a solid arm. Please feel free to rip me, as I'm mostly talking out of my ass here.

My hope is that the rise in BABIB will be offset by more strikeouts. Pitcher BABIP is a pretty nuanced point if I remember correctly. A couple of Hard Ball Times articles dealt with the topic this summer, and I believe left the possibility open that there is more than just "luck" involved for certain pitchers.

This reminds me of when Dave at USSMariner pointed out that Contreras wasn't likely to maintain an ERA under 2.00 earlier this season. Thanks Mr. Obvious. I won't defend Perry as he's pompous and not half as smart as he thinks he is, but he really didn't say anything offensive or incorrect.

I'm not rejoicing, I'm cringing.

Jon G having a wonderful start.

stupid, stupid stup,d we've got this guy on the ropes with our hottest hitter up and this is called? Great work ozzie.

Yea, it's not exactly like he was putting Jim Thome into the lineup, it was freaking Rob Mackowiak.

Good post Cap'n. He outsmarted himself.

I'm glad Uribe is getting hot. His hot streaks have a way of making me forget his cold streaks, which is surely a great thing. Uribe is like a tempermental puppie, one day, he'll s*** on your carpet, the next, he's catching frisbees in his mouth and biting that annoying neighbor lady. You're just not sure you want him for 12 more years, but it might be worth it.

I believe Ozzie read the BP article from earlier this week, and in hatred of all things "new school", he put Mack in.

Wow, I thought I stumpled into the New York Knicks forum for a second here... Really, really inside joke for probably the 2 people here that also read the Realgm.com forums... I know Nitetrain is one.

Well, I now have confidence Count is going to mow them down as long as he stays out there...how many pitches for him?

Bud might go for it...

The Yankees have a sick offense, best in MLB arguably. They've had some injuries. They're a solid team, although in the playoffs, they migh be f***ed with their lack of SP.

I'd just like to see the DH gone from the game period.

Maglio doesn't count?

Are you saying that the NL team should have to bat its pitcher while the AL gets to insert the DH? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL