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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 10:09 PM) Well we don't have to worry about Carcillo for a while. Suspension+ knee injury= a long time off. Sounds like a blessing....

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 09:10 PM) Seems active and interesting. Oh, and if you're not following Brandon McCarthy do yourself a favor follow him now, not only was he a key member of the '05 team's championship run but he's the best athlete on twitter, IMO. Hahaha. BMcCarthy32 Brandon McCarthy I mean, I want to stop laughing everytime they say 'penetration' during a football game, but I just don't see it happening.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 02:00 AM) Bengals Steelers Falcons Saints Bengals Steelers Packers Niners Steelers Packers Packers That's how the playoffs are going to go, write that down. I picked it at the beginning of the season, and I'm sticking with it.... 49ers over Ravens for the Supabowl.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 12:34 AM) Giants gave us so many opportunities in that half, and yet we still couldn't come up with the goods. Spencer, Newman, James and Brooking will all be gone for sure. Need upgrades on the interior line, outside linebacker and BADLY in the secondary, especially at CB. Oh and Smith and Free need to swap positions. Really, you think Spencer will be gone? I actually like Spencer, I think he does a fine job, but yeah, the rest of them need to go. Especially Scandrick, I can't stand him.

Zach Stewart makes the most sense, at this point. I guess it depends if we trade Floyd or not.

QUOTE (pktmotion @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 01:40 AM) Agreed. My dream trade is Floyd+Thornton+$ for Joakim Soria+Alex Gordon. Ehhhh. Soria gets rather expensive by 2013, and we already have an internal option for closer in Addison Reed. I'd prefer we just continue to stockpile young talent we can control for 6+ years.

QUOTE (pktmotion @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 01:30 AM) I think he will. KW/Coop/Scouting has a great track record with these type of pickups. Castro, IMO, has tremendous potential even after this past season. Plus, Quentin had to get dealt. Getting anything near this value is great success. Don't know if this was posted somewhere here: http://projectprospect.com/article/2010/10...scouting-report but good read, even though this was prior to his 2011 season. My god, he looks just like a young Contreras in that picture.....

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 11:24 PM) But of course I just really enjoy watching KW pick up reclamation projects for Cooper... for me that interest started with Loiza back in what... '03? Can pitchers and catchers report already or do we really have to wait 7 more weeks Actually, I meant to say "I'd like to think we all are......minus Greg, who is almost certainly rooting against any move made by Kenny." But yeah, can't wait for ST, especially since I will be flying down to Florida for some games!

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 11:05 PM) I'm hoping Simon Castro pans out. I'd like to think we all are......

Giants fumble for the 3rd time.....Cowboys recover......but someone went offsides.....Giants retain the ball. Just kill me now.

Also, Giants have fumbled the ball away twice, only to see a Cowboys player have it, and then drop it, before the Giants ultimately end up recovering it. It's been incredible.

Cowboys have to be the most inconsistent team I've ever seen. They look great at times, and then can't get a drive going or hold a team another game. It's incredibly frustrating to watch. All I've been doing for the past 5 minutes is scoping out items in my house I can safely break or punch. I wish Collinsworth was in my house right now, I'd like to kick his teeth in right about now.

I know the Sox are projected and expected to take a pitcher with the #13 overall pick, but I can't help but think Kenny is licking his lips if this guy falls to #13..... http://bleacherreport.com/articles/924427-...andings/page/11 He just looks like someone we would typically draft.

QUOTE (pktmotion @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 07:44 PM) As much as I like Floyd, I think he's reached his ceiling with the Sox. If there's a team out there willing to overpay for him, I think you make that deal. That's the thing though, I don't want Kenny actively shopping Floyd in an effort to dump more salary. If a team comes calling and is overpaying to get him, then do it, but Floyd is not someone we NEED to trade, like Quentin was.

With all this money saved, I would actually like to see Floyd given an extension.

Why is anyone upset about this? Maybe it's just me, but I thought Frasor was pretty bad last year. I hated seeing him come in to a game. When we picked up his option, I am pretty sure most of us did not agree with it. Now we managed to correct the mistake (unless it was done for this purpose) by trading him away for 2 pitching prospects. We SHOULD have just let him walk and received nothing in return, but instead, we get 2 pitching 'spects. I don't see how that can be anything but a win.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 09:36 PM) Thought it had 7% at RT but I got it confused with Just Go With It. Just based of Adam Sandler credited movies, Chuck and Larry got a 14%, Grandma's Boy an 18%, and Mr. Deeds a 22%. If you are using RT for comedies, then you are doing it wrong.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 03:12 AM) Quentin is 1-19 career at PETCO Park. Pretty sure he means that region of California, not Petco park specifically.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 10:50 PM) So as of now, I'm guessing this is the 2012 lineup? 1. DeAza-LF 2. Ramirez-SS 3. Konerko-1B 4. Dunn-DH 5. Viciedo-RF 6. Rios-CF 7. AJP-C 8. Beckham-2B 9. Morel-3B Looks about right, although I could see Morel taking the #2 spot in an effort to put Alexei is a more run-producing spot like #7 after Rios. Morel showed pretty solid bat control at then end of the year.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 06:40 PM) Baseball Reference has their own version of WAR from fangraphs. I'd assume they weight different stats differently to come up with their numbers. In like 80% of the players they agree pretty well, but then occasionally there's a large divergence, and 2 WAR is a pretty big divergence in the case of Peavy. Interesting. I wonder if maybe fWAR relies more on peripherals (Peavy's were great in 2011, his best since 2005), and bWAR relies more on innings pitched (only 111)?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 06:37 PM) If it makes you feel better, in bWAR, he was only worth 1.2 bWAR last year and 1.4 bWAR the year before. I'm not very familiar with bWAR.

QUOTE (Baines3 @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 06:24 PM) If only we could trade KW. Red Sox did it.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 06:13 PM) The manager is not happy: Lol, could you imagine if that was real?

Doing some more number crunching, did anyone noticed Peavy put up a 2.9 WAR in only 18 starts? That's the same WAR that Danks put up. According to Fangraphs, market value for that 2.9 WAR is $13M. Peavy made $16M. I didn't realize how little Peavy actually hurt us last year. I was under the assumption he put up something like a 1.5 WAR in his half season. But really, his 2011 wasn't bad at all, and almost provided fair value. Extrapolate his numbers to a full 33-game season (yeah, yeah, I know, dangerous thinking), and that would have given him a 5.3 WAR, good for 12th best in baseball, right in front of Matt Cain.

I guess my signature finally came true. Rather bitter-sweetly.