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  1. TheHurl
    Listened to a great Fantasy Baseball show on XM about exploiting the guys who chase the indicators (specifically K/BB ratio in this conversation). I know in many of our pools here it's a stat category but I realized I am that guy in my big cash pool. Trying to trade for CC (just before he went on the DL...luckily it has some terrible trading rules involving stall value and I couldn't make it work) and working on several deals to trade a $1 Tony Cigrani to the last place team.
  2. TheHurl
    Just want to state that I'm not comparing Pillar to any of these hitters I believe he's a 4th OF.
  3. TheHurl
    Pablo Sandoval or Carl Crawford without the big leg kick...Jason Giambi without the exaggerated follow through. They aren't pretty swings but they aren't the worst of the bad swing habits. Short and Loopy is much better than long and loopy or even long and straight in most cases. What I do say is that generally guys that drop their hands will be susceptible to the high fastball and in the majors he will be but that hasn't been Pillar's problems to date. It's chasing breaking pitches out of the zone...and right handed pitchers. As I said give him 70% of his AB's against lefties and he is going to be successful as a bench player. Jays won't do this (and hopefully he doesn't attempt to pull everything this time) but some team will see it some day.
  4. TheHurl
    You sure you are watching the same guy. He drops his hands a lot but mostly because he's looking to go the other way a lot. His swing became a little long in his big league stint as he started to look to pull the ball (wonder who put that in his head). He has a short-ish swing though and yes I like him as a pure platoon player 4th OF. I'd still take him over any Jays hitting prospect other than Nay (although Dwight Smith is a guy I've always liked and is getting some early results this year). I never get why people get down on the low upside bench pieces that can thrive in the right scenario like Pillar and Schimpf. They are currently the two best bench options we have and should have been up here from day 1.
  5. TheHurl
    Marlins really seem to target dealing for these guys who's K's don't match their stuff. Eovaldi, Alvarez, Turner, Nicolino
  6. TheHurl
    Still just last week Bowden was talking about how Nicolino would be a centre piece in an Utley deal for the Marlins. Even with the 3.82 K/9 he's still doing better than a 3 to 1 K to BB ratio. Sanchez has walked 5 or more 3 times this year....Nicolino has walked 5 in 37 innings.
  7. TheHurl
    Bauer is going to be the best pitcher in that deal though. Finally is the pitcher I remember in College. I still do the deal though.
  8. TheHurl
    if you didn't block my naked text messages you'd know differently. I honestly meant to take a pic of the group to send you when we went to the game but I had a beer in my hand.
  9. TheHurl
    shameful self twitter promotion but look at the Jays stats against lefties...sans Bautista
  10. TheHurl
    It's not the strongest defensively but nor is our team right now. I've been an advocate for a Gose/Pillar platoon for a while but it leaves very little wiggle room for injuries (and with Bautista and Melky it's a strong possibility). Would work if we had a solid IF bench piece who can play OF in a pinch.
  11. TheHurl
    And your reasoning is? The guy has a .925 OPS with a 10% K-rate against lefties in the minors. He's probably the Jays 4th best hitter against lefties right now. He should be in a platoon 100%, he's hitting righties okay right now but long run he's not going to do it. Yes in this scenario he has to face both but overall he should be on this team as a bench piece that starts against every single lefty.
  12. TheHurl
    Pillar's biggest issue is that he's got that great compact swing that he thinks he can hit a pitch anywhere and chases a lot of pitches out of the zone. If they can get him to be more patient he'll make great contact.
  13. TheHurl
    Not a plus defender but absolutely can. Great first step and shows good instincts.
  14. TheHurl
    I've said it for over a year now...Pillar will be successful in this league someday (hopefully as a platoon facing lefties and for the Jays)
  15. TheHurl
    hamstrings are highly contagious
  16. TheHurl
    51% of pitchers that throw more than 25% curveballs end up on the DL the next season (39% of all pitchers who threw 120 IP end up on the DL). Pitchf/x had Jose Fernandez throwing 33.6% curves last year.
  17. TheHurl
    I think Baseball is going to have to accept the celebrations eventually. It's where sports are going
  18. TheHurl
    Mainly about the catching at this point, obviously Buehrle is comfortable with him so keep up that battery. The Rogers Centre will probably inflate his numbers enough to make it look like he's an acceptable offensive catcher. He puts the ball in play which is nice (would be nicer if he could make it to first quicker). I don't think you are ever going to get a hugely passionate love or hate review from any fan.
  19. TheHurl
    Welcome aboard. I don't think anyone here started out knowing each other and now a bunch have met up at games. Sometimes we have inside jokes and references to things that happened on the other message board 4 or 5 years ago...but if you ask questions about ball you'll always get an answer from someone. Who was your club in Scotland (Football of course)?
  20. TheHurl
    He knows exactly how to deal with injuries. They are his number 1 excuse
  21. TheHurl
    Boxy and I can appreciate that story after having to stand between a White Trash Mom and a White Trash Grandmother while working a ball tournament. Happy Mother's Day to our board Mother Leaffie...and most of us probably treat Leaffie like we do our Moms.
  22. TheHurl
    mostly cause you were 14 beers in...
  23. TheHurl
    Just threw a little live bet on the Yankees with K-Rod coming in. I just think he's due to blow one
  24. TheHurl

    NFL Thread

    TheHurl replied to Dylan's topic in Other Sports

    NFL draft picks (even 4th rounders) have pretty high value. many 4th rounders start. this was one chart that I thought was great about value of the draft pick. It also has the traditional chart that GM's in the NFL actually use. http://harvardsportsanalysis.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/how-to-value-nfl-draft-picks/
  25. TheHurl
    Mother's Day weekend bitches
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