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  1. John_Havok
    "In recent years, I have not voted for any first-timers, using my ballot as a form of protest, a way to distinguish players from the Steroid Era (however undefined it might be) from the greats of the past." Hate s*** like this... Just vote for who you think should be in, it's really a joke that writers like him feel the need to add their own ego to the voting
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    it's more the fault of the 10 vote limit rather than the criteria as he explains in his other article
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    Provides accompanying article explaining his thought processes
  4. John_Havok
    No chance AA lands Tanaka. AA clearly has no ability to function in the free agent pitching market and this is basically that. I'm sure he put in the 20 million posting fee, and throw out some wacky offer that is less than 5 years and low on money because that's what the Jays "value" on him will be, which will be nowhere even close to market value.
  5. John_Havok
    AA will probably send him through waivers right away anyways since this, once again puts the Jays at a full 40 man roster.
  6. John_Havok
    Yeah I know what you mean. But my point is, if you're okay with Ozzie being in the hall and he's a guy who's value was defense only (and legitimately the best ever defensively), then logically you value defense, and Jones was legitimately elite defensively while also providing big value with the bat and doing it for a decade before injuries derailed him. When you compare jones to McCutcheon, you see Cutch with a decent edge with the bat, but very inferior defensively.
  7. John_Havok
    Jones was never linked to steroids, so why does he get suspicion on him?
  8. John_Havok
    I think Jones is going to suffer from the fact that he played so long after his elite years at a far lower level due to injury. To me, there's no question he was a hall of fame talent in his peak years.
  9. John_Havok
    How do you feel about Ozzie Smith in the hall? Just curious as his HOF credentials are essentially all defense.
  10. John_Havok
    If AA wanted Neil Walker in return for Lind, his price for Bautista would probably start with Trout...
  11. John_Havok
    The definition of top prospect is subjective, each person has their own views and opinion. Heck, even all the big publications and people within them have different opinions. That's now Nay ends up #3 on one list and not even top 10 on another
  12. John_Havok
    This could be taken horribly wrong.
  13. John_Havok
    Wait till he tries to explain what an "uphill gardener" is...
  14. John_Havok
    Good. Start dropping the hammer.
  15. John_Havok
    This, unfortunately, became very obvious about the same time those "Pittsburgh called Toronto about Lind and Alex asked for Neil Walker - at which point Huntington fell over laughing, called AA a troll and hung up." That's not say that AA shouldn't be trying to get the maximum back for any player, when you value your own platoon DH as worth something equal to a 2.5-3 WAR 2b, you're going to be stuck with your "in-house" options every time.
  16. John_Havok
    Agreed. There was nothing of any entertainment value in that article at all
  17. John_Havok
    Where'd I get him the FC this year? Edit: just looked it up. Pick 62 in round 4
  18. John_Havok
    I don't think anyone is questioning that he looked good defensively last year in his small sample size of play. expecting a season full of that defense is ludicrous. Chances are he plays above average defense, but stinks so bad with the bat that he'll be a replacement level player.
  19. John_Havok
    Way too small sample size to draw any real conclusions, but in that small sample size, he was great defensively. If you extrapolate his small sample size defensive metrics to a full season he would equate to being the best defensive 2B of all time. I don't think it's egregious to say that we probably shouldn't expect that.
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  21. John_Havok

    NBA Thread

    John_Havok replied to admin's topic in Other Sports

    No kidding. Seems getting rid of Gay was addition by subtraction. Granted it's only been a few games, but given that the east is so s*****, they can't really help but win a few
  22. John_Havok
    This....many times over.
  23. John_Havok
    From Fangraphs, very good read. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/hitters-no-longer-peak-only-decline/ Since steroid era, players wOBA declining further and starting that decline sooner. Cano contract looking better and better!
  24. John_Havok
    We're still waiting for that I wonder how many of spanky's near 8000 posts contain the words "troglodyte" "bike" or "fartbox?"
  25. John_Havok

    NBA Thread

    John_Havok replied to admin's topic in Other Sports

    4 Hall of Fame players drafted in the first round of the 1984 draft, yeah I'd say it was a pretty deep draft
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