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Great AB by Conor 18% walk increase tonight

Nice work Petricka

Dunn with some emotion; I like it.

full count, should be intresting

Really want to see how Conor continues against LHP

Beckham..Get that trade value up!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 27, 2014 -> 08:15 PM) I was reading an article about Dave Duncan who is doing something for th DBacks these days. Supposedly he is totally into advanced metrics, but one thing he totally ignores is head to head match ups. He thinks the sample sizes are too small. I actually am kind of shocked by this considering he was a weak hitting catcher. I don't think it took him many ABs to realize he had no chance against certain guys. I'm sure Frank Thomas would love to tell him about Jeff Nelson; .161/.275/.194 line with 11 strikeouts in 40 ABs

Come on PK lean into that one its not like your hip isn't degenerative already...

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 27, 2014 -> 08:12 PM) I love Robin's thinking it's like "I'll do the opposite of what the numbers say!" Other times it's a strict adherence to a Lefty verse Righty matchup. Either go with your gut or not! Pick one dude! Agreed, that recent game with Downs to start the inning against two RHH and then Remove him against a LHH; genius.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 27, 2014 -> 08:07 PM) Is there a reason Robin put the 2 guys who have hit Masterson the worst back to back in the line up Robin "because f*** you thats why; I didn't even want to be the manger"

Nice catch by Brantley, thought it might get over his head for a double..

Matt Davidson - I didn't see this bad of a start coming Erik Johnson - Where did his stuff go? tonight in 4IP 8H 3BB and 8ER... Jacob May - I thought it A+ might be a little bit of a challenge for him but he is struggling, his K% & BB% remain the same and his BABIP is .75 down but wow, I hope he is able to turn int around

God I love Conor's swing....If he can develop into that 1.5-3WAR player that takes the edge off of Matt Davidson and gives Hahn even more options; might even begin to consider looking at a contract similar to was offered to matt dominguez

nice pic by Semien

is anyone elses mlb.tv stuttering nonstop today? also nice job Alexei

QUOTE (SCCWS @ May 24, 2014 -> 08:18 AM) Not necessarily skyrocketing. He is on base to hit 25 homers and drive in 70 runs. Hopefully he looks acceptable playing 1st that an NL team might be tempted as well. The brewers could certainly use him to separate themselves from the NLC seeing how they're 4-6 over their last 10 and they can hear STL's footsteps behind them.

f*** you Robin

Is Robin asleep at the wheel again? Scott Downs isn't good against RHB infact he's f***ing terrible .286/.419/.371 stop trying to use him as a MR hes a LOOGY oh and now you take him out against a LHB? wtf...

Alexei!

well s***

nice AB for tank

Eaton! nice single through the middle

QUOTE (fathom @ May 23, 2014 -> 04:43 PM) I'm a fan of Micah Johnson, but I've yet to see any prospect guru say he's a top 100 guy. I also think not having big time steal numbers this year will prevent him from getting more hype. Davidson's going to have to go on a big time hot streak to get his numbers to be worthy of a top 100 ranking as well. As for Hawkins, I just have a feeling that enough gurus think his hit tool is so awful that they won't rank him. Montas has a better shot of being ranked than Hawkins or Johnson. Give it a little bit more time, Micah's biggest knocks were the potential inability to stay at 2B and his struggles against LHP. He is now a stones throw away from the show and still at the keystone and from everything I've read it appears the organization is going to let him play it out until his glove forces their hand. As for LHP he has been respectable against them he just needs to drive the ball more (.267/.353/.267 - .620). I would agree that the fact he has pedestrian steals this year will go against him if he doesn't start to turn the corner but the organization might have told him to focus less on his steals and more on his defense and hitting. QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 23, 2014 -> 04:43 PM) You crazy!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 23, 2014 -> 01:55 PM) Unless the Sox start trading guys like Sale or Quintana, it seems impossible to me that they'd rise that high in the rankings. Adding someone like Kolek or Nola would only give them 2 likely top 100 prospects (I don't think Hawkins will be a top 100 guy, as too many "experts" seem to think he has too many holes). Doubt it, Sox will likely have 4 possibly 5 top 100 prospects. For this conversation lets say we draft Rodon or Aiken, they'll most likely slot around 14-18, Hawkins provided he doesn't fall off a cliff again should rank in a similar spot as last time (#68), Davidson provided he keeps up his hot streak should remain where he was last year around possibly a little further down #68, Micah should slot around 75-80ish based off where 2B prospects tend to land and the fact only Mookie and Odor are actually ahead of him and performing right now and Tim Anderson even with his rawness should be around 93-100. So thats potentially 5 top 100 prospects. Please tell me how I'm crazy.

QUOTE (Dunt @ May 23, 2014 -> 03:56 PM) 1.) Rodon 2.) Aiken 3.) Nola This would be ideal