Laika

Can't wait to nuke featherD this week and send him spiraling out of the playoff picture!

Guillen notices Cabrera's weight June 19, 2007 Miguel Cabrera's recent weight gain hasn't escaped the notice of his countryman and mentor, Ozzie Guillen. The subject came up again during their late dinner Sunday evening after the Marlins flew into town for this three-game interleague series with the White Sox. Guillen was blunt as ever with reporters Monday when asked about their conversation. "I'm a little upset with him," said Guillen, the former Marlins third-base coach now in his fourth season managing the White Sox. "I said, 'You're still young. You're going to keep getting bigger.' He knows he's got a problem. We talked about it." Guillen challenged Cabrera, 24, to get in better shape last winter in Venezuela, and Cabrera reported to spring training looking noticeably slimmer. But the combination of a strained oblique in April and some slippage in his commitment to conditioning has led to a much snugger uniform and some criticism in the media. Even Guillen couldn't resist teasing his friend during a recent phone call, telling Cabrera he looked like he had a "lot of arepas" in his burgeoning belly. "When you're young and you're good, you can get away with a lot of stuff," Guillen said. "When you're getting older and you go down, they say you're fat. Right now it's, 'Oh, he's a little chubby. He likes to eat.' When you're not hitting .340 with 40 home runs, they're going to call you a fat boy from Venezuela. You'd better lose some weight." Part of the problem, Guillen said, is cultural. "When your mom is Venezuelan and your wife is Venezuelan, you're going to get fat because they like to cook," Guillen said. "When you sit there for lunch and you see all the food, you're going to eat it. The good thing is he knows about it." Guillen isn't asking Cabrera to go on any crash diets, just to watch what he eats a little more closely. "Miggy is not going to be a small kid; he never will," Guillen said. "I just told him, 'You have to take care of yourself because you have a chance to be one of the best players ever from our country.' Miggy is going to be a Hall of Famer. There's no doubt." As long as Cabrera gets his weight under control, Guillen sees no reason why he shouldn't be able to remain at third base for years to come. He raved about his natural athleticism and said he is a "way better player" than Andres Galarraga, the only Venezuelan to win a batting title in the majors. If Cabrera doesn't make a change soon, however, "He's going to play in the Mexican League," Guillen joked.

Compare to Miggy, who was a beefcake for most of his career but a very athletic beefcake relatively speaking: Prince -23 WAR from being fat in 6853 career PA Miggy -22 WAR from being fat in 10133 career PA There's no reason Vlad can't at least stem the WAR bleeding by being more fit

Prince Fielder is the obvious bad-case body comparison for Vladdy. -172.2 defensive runs and -56.4 baserunning runs in his career. That's almost 23 WAR down the drain. Cut that in half and his 27.4 WAR career becomes nearly 40, and he joins Votto as a HOF candidate hitter (at the point in his career when it ended). Also, have to assume that Fielder's weight contributed to the career ending injury and it's reasonable to say that it might have been the primary factor. I honestly think Vlad minus thirty pounds might be able to cut it in LF.

That doesn't really fix anything on the DEF (value) and UBR front.

lol Yahoo!

why

A lot of people throw out Kevin Pillar as a comparison for light-hitting CF prospects who have good defensive scouting reports. What few people recognize and acknowledge about Pillar is that, despite the atrocious approach at the plate and terrible eye, he has a legitimate 50 hit tool and average game power (or at the very least, fringe-average game power) thanks to a quick bat and some real athleticism. Most of the light-hitting, good defensive CF prospects that people hope can become Pillar just don't have his bat speed or his pop, which is the main reason they won't be big leaguers.

Nail biting race for 7th/8th FeatherD - 7th - 143.5 category wins z3r0s - 8th - 138 thehurl - 9th - 136.5 p2f - 10th - 136 jimcanuk - 11th -135 FeatherD - plays (18) and p2f (10) z3r0s - plays (16) and (1) thehurl - plays (14) and (16) p2f - plays (12) and featherD (7) jimcanuk - plays (1) and (15) Really big p2f vs FeatherD matchup in the last week p2f has the toughest road because boxy (12) isn't a cakewalk team z3r0s and jim both have to go through TCA which is tough thehurl is the only one of the five with two easy weeks although with featherD playing me and being up by a few categories his playoff odds are probably 96%+

Let's not lose sight of the crux of all of this: German Marquez is not a fantasy Ace because this is not an xFIP league and Vidal Brujan is an easy top 20 prospect in baseball who could very well be a consistent 20/40 MIF. Gio Urshela is just a really good dude and I'm happy for him this year

Only 83 IP so far this year. What would the plan be for 2020? Let him start until he hits like 130 or something then move him out of the rotation?

Big Nate promoted to AAA

20 game suspension for being accused of domestic violence

Gio Urshela belief-o-meter update?

Four home runs! Four seamer Four seamer Curveball Curveball hmmmmm lol maybe getting a guy with bad command to throw lots of mediocre four-seamers and rainbow curveballs isn't the perfect idea everyone thought it was

Nobody should have any hope for Sean Reid-Foley, sadly. I'm not even sure that he profiles as a decent RP anymore - seems like the fastball has taken a notable step backwards. Just an astoundingly disappointing season for the prospect, after his command seemed to take a step forward finally in 2018. Ten. Straight. Balls. (to the face)

I will give you this - your Grant77 impersonation is perfect.

So... yes? RIP TVA

What year is it?

Well that's a dumb assumption, fitting for an anus to make.

Yeah his 2017 in AAA was crazy and set some expectations

I don't know if that stuff is anywhere. On BP you can see some numbers by league, but they are pretty limited. https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/sortable/index.php?cid=3039025

"Only team I’ve seen in baseball where these moves seem to sneak up on them so regularly.#BlueJays" Said the man who has the following resume: TSN Toronto Sun Calgary Sun mom’s house on Elgin womb Pretty sure the Blue Jays are the only team in baseball you've ever been on the beat for, Scotty.

Coincidentally I don't believe in Jon Gray so maybe we line up once the trade embargo is over

and YASIEL PUIG FOR THE STRETCH RUN HOW WOULD YOU EVER FORGET ABOUT PUIG