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Bought a 20 inch monitor at Newegg yesterday for $90. Don't plan to buy much more.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Nov 25, 2010 -> 10:42 AM) Mike Miller... HE GIVES THEM THAT OUTSIDE PRESENCE! WHERE WOULD THE BULLS BE WITHOUT KYLE KORVER? BTW, anybody see Sam Smith rank Luol Deng the 8th best SF in the league ahead of Danny Granger and Brandon Roy? lmao

QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 25, 2010 -> 12:10 AM) I think we have found ourselves a new double facepalm pic.

Stewart and Seth Smith would be a better return IMO. They better know they can lock up Danks if they trade Gavin though.

QUOTE (Pale Sox @ Nov 24, 2010 -> 07:04 PM) That's true...but I can't see it being that high again. Probably not and he won't have a 4.4 ERA again, most likely. But his ERA is going to be floating around the high 3s for the rest of his career, I'd imagine. I think we can do better for less money (J.J. Putz).

QUOTE (Pale Sox @ Nov 24, 2010 -> 06:04 PM) I would look to resign him after he's non-tendered. Pretty much every one of his peripheral's point to bad luck. He was striking out a ton of guys, keeping his walks relatively low, getting more ground balls than ever in his career, etc. The .368 BABIP is bound to come down. His FIP was the second lowest of his career. His LD% was around 25% for most of the season. That .370 BABIP wasn't all bad luck, he induced a lot of it by throwing pitches right down the pipe.

Bye. Come back when you throw 99 again Bobby.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 24, 2010 -> 02:37 PM) Wheeler also wasn't offered, he may be another candidate to look at. Both are in the same age range. Uehara's a pretty good dark horse option IMO. His numbers are very good, although when I look at that 58% FB%, something tells me there's something fishy going on.

I saw that Koji Uehara wasn't offered arbitration. Maybe this is that bullpen arm we need. The guy struck out 11/9 last year and walked only 1/9 with a 2.86 ERA. He also closed out some games. I don't know what he plans on doing (maybe he'll go back to Japan?), but I think he's going to get interest from a good amount of teams.

I could see 2009 numbers again and then Keith Law voting for him on his Cy Young ballot.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Nov 24, 2010 -> 01:03 PM) Indeed. As does diving for balls and matching catches that someone with normal range could get to standing up. See Jermaine Dye. Except most of the balls Rowand dove for were out of the normal range of the average center fielder. Jermaine Dye was just straight up bad, Rowand was actually really good with the Sox.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Nov 24, 2010 -> 10:34 AM) Good god almighty. I read through the last half of this thread and I wanted to cut myself. This thread blows. Suicide is never the answer.

I see this as a very good move for Florida. I find it funny that Nolasco and Vazquez, the two guys who always have good FIPs but mediocre or bad ERAs will be on the same team. This will be a good experiment.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Nov 23, 2010 -> 04:40 PM) Sorry but I like Jeter and think he's great for baseball. I hope he takes the deal and retires a Yankee. I don't want to see him do a Frank Thomas and end up in some alien uniform to finish out his career. That offer does seem awfully generous. Wonder why he wants more years than that. I mean, when retired, do you think that man will sit more than a week before being hired as on-air talent by FOX or somebody? Like somebody said before, he has to do better than A-Rod, or something along those lines. Jeter's ego is too large not to be fed with a long and expensive contract.

QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 23, 2010 -> 04:25 PM) I know...I think Olivo is extremely overrated, as Colorado was the perfect place for him to hit due to his inability to hit offspeed pitching. He put up a terrible 211/276/322 on the road last season. He's still got pretty good power. He showed that in Kansas City. Despite getting OBPs around .300 the past two years, he's put up wOBAs of .327 and .334. Both above average for catchers. I'd take him for a good price.

I like that the Yankees aren't giving Jeter what he wants. Because he doesn't deserve more than a 2 year $15 million contract at this point.

QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 23, 2010 -> 04:22 PM) Bill Simmons chatted today about how Red Sox are going to go after Olivo. He doesn't fit them at all. They're looking for OBP guys or guys who can at least crack the .300 OBP mark. That's not really Olivo.

I'd take my chances with Miguel Olivo before giving A.J. arbitration. Olivo's like a younger, better version of A.J. right now. No patience, no walks, but hits for more power with a better arm.

Only the Yankees can afford to do this. I don't see Lee doing all too hot at the tail end of that contract...

QUOTE (bschmaranz @ Nov 23, 2010 -> 02:34 PM) I think he deserved it more then Bautista but not enough to get bent outta shape or anything. Bautista hit 54 home runs and was better offensively and defensively. Konerko deserved to finish 5th.

If Kenny really did offer V-Mart that much money and he meant it, then PK must not be coming back for good.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/p...raps-zach-duke/ Why Zach Duke isn't that bad...

This guy has no control. He threw 96 in 09, velocity dropped to 93 in 2010 and he got pounded. Maybe this is one of those Coop can fix 'em cases.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 21, 2010 -> 11:58 PM) Duke had an era of more than a run higher than Garcia last season and that was in the National League, so ya apparently he can be much worse than Freddy. The ERA was more or less a result of a horrible Pirates team with a horrible defense. His FIP was 4.95, only about .2 runs higher than Freddy's. Plus, you have to consider how unreliable Freddy might be in the future due to his injury issues. Hell, he broke down at the end of the season. I doubt we see that from Duke. For a 5th starter, Duke might be serviceable.

Neither as a starter...