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QUOTE (turnin' two @ Jun 22, 2017 -> 10:16 AM) Rafael Palmerio won it in a year where he played 1B 28-- yes 28 times-- and DH'd the rest. I know I would much rather have Jose Abreu than Brandon Belt. And I like Brandon Belt, he certainly adds a lot both offensively and defensively, but at first, I would rather have the intimidating power bat. I think you're underselling Belt's bat here. It's not his fault he plays in a home stadium that is death to left-handed power hitters.

QUOTE (harkness @ Jun 22, 2017 -> 08:24 AM) I agree with much of this post... but the defense Is that sarcasm about the defense? Hosmer won the gold glove at 1B 3 straight years... Jeter also won a bunch of gold gloves. Hosmer is very poor defensively. Absolutely no range at all.

I don't think I would do that if I were the Angels. If I'm trading Trout I want at least a proven All-Star caliber player in return, not a bunch of prospects. It's more likely than not that that group never becomes as valuable as Trout by himself, and even then 10 WAR from one position is >>>>>> than 10 WAR spread out over 4-5 positions. The only elite prospect of that bunch is Torres and he's having season ending surgery. Kaprielian is also currently damaged goods.

QUOTE (FT35 @ Jun 21, 2017 -> 10:21 AM) I don't hate the logic. In reality the stats don't always equal out. Many times a guy could come in with the bases loaded and 0 outs--throw a sac fly bringing in the runner from third--then strike out 2 to end the inning--and still gets tagged with the blown hold. To me those "hot potato" situations aren't the easiest to hang a negative stat on a reliever who came in and faced 3 batters and got 3 outs. Whereas many blown saves happen from starting the 9th inning fresh with no base runners. Also the 9th inning is a different animal in many ways--pinch hitters galore, the heart of the order more times than not, the crowd...etc... Maybe your logic would sit better if we were just talking clean-inning blown holds/saves--even though the 9th inning element is still looming. Wait why would the heart of the order come up in the 9th inning more often than not, that doesn't make sense.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Jun 20, 2017 -> 07:33 AM) lol. okay. It's a violation of the rule but it's not particularly dirty. He started sliding and bailed In what way was that not dirty? Halfway down the line he was running in foul territory and when he collided with Hedges he was on the other side of the foul line. He clearly went out of his way to bowl Hedges over even though there was a clear path to the plate. I also didn't like how he acted like he did nothing wrong afterwards. I definitely lost respect for the guy.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 20, 2017 -> 11:35 AM) Kahlne has no track record to speak of, I highly doubt we get a top 100 guy for him. If so it will be 80-100 range I disagree. I agree that the lack of track record means that we probably won't get a deal matching his performance, but I think GMs would definitely give up a top 100 guy for him, and I think the 50-75 range is in play. If not then two in the 80-100 range should be doable. There's been nothing flukey about his numbers so far. Of course he could go back to struggling with his command, but I think there's enough reason to believe he's legitimate that we'll get a pretty good offer.

QUOTE (Two-Gun Pete @ Jun 18, 2017 -> 10:39 AM) See, Avi's Rod Carew-esque Babip has lead to irrational exhuberance, such as calling him a "middle order bat." Or recalling KW's unadulterated BS of calling Avi's potential as "30-30." Now, drop his Babip to a league average Babip, or even slightly above average, and Avi's a below average player, at best. Re-signing him would be insanity, IMO. His BABIP will almost certainly fall but Avi's career BABIP is .333 so regressing it to the league average doesn't make sense. He can be a .340 BABIP guy, so going forward I think his numbers will still look decent if he can keep hitting for power.

Kahnle showing he can handle high leverage situations is huge.

All of Abreu's homeruns have come on the road this year, that's weird.

I feel like we've dominated the Blue Jays the last few years.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 16, 2017 -> 07:59 PM) Cabrera shaving off .1 or .15 from Q's ERA... That run would have been unearned anyway though.

I think Gray is the most worrisome to be honest, his velocity is up, he's getting a ton of grounders and he's now getting strikeouts, he's pitched much better than his numbers indicate. Cole is struggling and I think the Rangers will hang in there enough to not sell. Same with the Rays.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 16, 2017 -> 07:48 PM) Cueto looks terrible this season. Vargas is someone that will get dealt for quality prospects The Royals are back in the race, so Vargas might not go anywhere. Only a couple games back of Cleveland.

With Adams/Guerrero having bounceback years (feel like Guerrero should be in the top 20) and Adolfo showing life suddenly the 11-20 range in our system isn't looking too bad.

I'm worried the Yankees might go after Gray instead.

QUOTE (kwill @ Jun 15, 2017 -> 11:29 PM) That is correct. You will have the Astros, Yankees, and Dodgers all would want a guy in Kalhne. If there is one thing we learned from the past 2 playoffs it is that you want as many high leverage relievers as possible. Teams are learning in the playoffs having the best bullpen pieces can win you a series. See the KC Royals Run or the importance of Cleveland's pen last year. What I'm getting that is a starter is sometimes brought in for to get a team to the playoffs but relievers can be valuable to teams that don't even need the boost. All three of those teams already have very good bullpens right now though and Kahnle's price will be steep. They'd all probably prefer a SP to acquiring another reliever.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 16, 2017 -> 08:37 AM) That sounds like it is flawed, it seems like Leury throws to the wrong base a lot. I like him but his athleticism covers a lot of mental mistakes he makes He's leading all OF in assists though. Is he throwing to the wrong base enough to offset that?

From the few games I've watched Happ looks pretty terrible in the field as well. He just looks so awkward out there.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 15, 2017 -> 03:32 PM) STOP THE PRESSES, TIM ANDERSON JUST WALKED! On 4 pitches too. And yet Abreu still swings at two pitches way out of the zone the next AB after that just happened, pretty funny.

Season 3 of Fargo has been a clear step down from the first two, but the last two episodes have been quite strong, I'm really enjoying the Nikki/Mr. Wrench team-up.

Last two homers for Davidson off RHP, very nice.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jun 13, 2017 -> 10:34 PM) The thing that makes me uncomfortable about the BABIP % statistic is that it seems to equate all non-homer hit balls equally. So the guy who bashes it off the wall every at bat would have a "lucky" BABIP% while the guy who doinks it to the pitcher time and time again is "unlucky". Perhaps if it would distinguish between softly hit balls and hard-hit balls.... I realize Avi's under any measure is unsustainable...but he certainly does drive the ball a lot. And as they say, sometimes you make your own "luck." Mike Podhorzer of Rotographs has an xBABIP stat that takes into account batted ball profile, soft and hard hits, and shifts, and Avi's xBABIP came out to .329, which is pretty close to his career BABIP. http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/the-two-m...-overachievers/

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-making-of-tommy-kahnle/ New Fangraphs article on Kahnle.

QUOTE (NCsoxfan @ Jun 13, 2017 -> 07:21 AM) Man you guys are acting like Austin Beck was available and we passed on him for Burger. There was no easy answer at 11. Yeah Burger isn't the most exciting pick, but I would have said the same about JBB, Kendall and White as well, so I'm fine with it.

Petricka had a nice outing.