JorgeFabregas

It's impossible for me not to like Bartolo Colon.

Not really an apology. No doubt he came to Chicago with the intent of writing a hit piece on Cutler and a puff piece on Rose.

Anyone who watches Cutler play knows he's tough. He doesn't slide. He hangs in there behind a poor line. This is just silly.

Assuming that Drabek isn't involved, it seems like a bad deal for the Angels unless the Jays are sending a lot of money back.

I don't think Kyle Drabek has been mentioned anywhere but Twitter.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Jan 16, 2011 -> 07:43 PM) but you also have to know that the bears are a great overall defense because of their rush defense (2nd ranked in the league) and their ability to force turnovers. the pass defense has been below average (20th in the league), and even Hasselback had a good game today. Lovie's defense is geared towards making solid tackles, not allowing big plays, blitzing, and forcing turnovers, they do not play to shut down the opposing receivers, and do not have the personnel to do so. IIRC opposing QBs are completing pass in a pretty high rate against the Bears pass defense. with the way Rodgers is playing right now, you gotta hope that Bears can somehow slow him down, and Cutler shows up to play next week. I think that total passing defense (passing yards per game) is a terrible way to measure defensive effectiveness. After all, teams that build early leads will get passed on more. If I'm reading the stats right, the Bears are number three in opponents' passer rating. Number one? Green Bay.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jan 15, 2011 -> 10:36 AM) It gives them flexibility to either pick up a starter if Jake can't go or allows them to take on at the trade deadline. Trade a starter so that they have the opportunity to pick up an inferior starter. Sounds great.

Have studies ever determined whether starters develop more injuries than relievers? I would think the strain of back-to-back days might be greater than the higher inning load/pitch count.

Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but I just read that the Jets had only 10 players on the field during the Hester TD.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 19, 2010 -> 09:38 AM) I was told in church today that "devious people" are releasing "private information" that is going to cause people to die. *face palm* I hope this wasn't part of the sermon.

Ok. Thanks for clearing that up. He gave up the go-ahead run three times seems like a nice way of putting it. Or he only held the other team scoreless twice.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Dec 18, 2010 -> 02:05 PM) he also entered 5 tied games and left with the lead only twice. How many tied games are closers supposed to leave with the lead with?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 17, 2010 -> 12:15 PM) I blame it more on TT getting minutes. When in doubt, blame the fail that is Tyrus. They have actually used him quite well this year. Last I looked he is top 20 in the league in PER and in FG%. He's also shooting 82% from the line.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 06:53 PM) 2005 I didn't count as it wasn't a full season. You could argue 2006, except he had 10 intentional walks in 2006, and only 1 in 2010. Take out the intentional walks and his rate drops to 2.7 per 9 IP. If you do the same to 2010 it comes in at 2.9. That also makes his 2010 WHIP higher. The other really interesting trend is his IP have gone down every season since his first full season. Well, I think it's just fine to compare a season (2005) where he pitched 39 innings with a season (2010) where he pitched 52. I didn't mention that his K/BB was the second or third highest of his career depending on whether you count the IBBs in 2006.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 05:39 PM) His BB/9, H/9, and WHIP were all career highs, as was his era. His K numbers were higher last year, but not nearly enough to offset the increases else where. Not true. He had a higher BB/9 in 2005 and 2006 and a higher WHIP in 2006. His BABIP accounted for much of the higher WHIP and the H/9. His increased line drive rate accounted for some of the increase BABIP, but there were also good signs like the lowest flyball percentage of his career. He had the second-lowest FIP of his career. And the lowest xFIP.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 04:07 PM) Jenks hasn't been on a pretty arc in his career. Really? His peripherals were quite good last year. He just didn't strand many runners.

A very efficient game for Mr. Rose.

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 10:10 PM) The outfield in AAA is too thin to deal Quentin. Dump Teahen's contract for a LOOGy. Buy a better reliever with the cash. I think you'd probably have to send money with Teahen in any deal, unless you were getting a bad contract in return.

Harrell would likely not be a serviceable major league starter. I am of the opinion that your best pitchers should be starters so that they can pitch more innings. I'm much more worried about a hole in the starting rotation than a hole in the bullpen. Sale also needs to start to build his arm up.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 8, 2010 -> 10:23 PM) but I'll never question his work. And I know these things first hand. I don't know that this means. Presumably we all know his work first-hand from reading it. The back story isn't that interesting.

He's all over every story. He reports that every possible outcome is likely or even inevitable. He's got all sides covered like a blanket.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 6, 2010 -> 09:55 AM) By that, of course, I mean Dallas McPherson. Somehow I missed this signing. I predicted it during an A's gamethread--I'm just glad that they don't have to seriously consider him as part of some DH committee. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...t&p=2266157

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 5, 2010 -> 11:26 PM) check out crede's stats last year. Which stats? 0 games played? I think Crede will be lucky to get a minor league deal--more likely he will get an ST invite somewhere.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 09:17 AM) He never takes pitches so .300 is kind of high don't you think? .270 maybe Well, the question was best-case scenario. I guess the best case would be that his BABIP would be unsustainably high for a full season. His inability to take a walk severely limits his value.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 09:58 PM) Viciedo (anybody wanna predict best case, full time stats for him?) .300 average, 25 homeruns, .300 OBP. Heh.