KingKat

I don't have much faith in biomechanics at all because it don't know where it's foundation lies. On the surface it just seems like a shared group of truisms. Is there any actual science to it at all?

Thanks. I hit refresh in my browser tob one more time and it finally did work. Not sure what that was all about.

Can you send me the link then? Whatever's in my browser history is definitely not loading.

Is the Google doc loading for everyone else?

He was not DFA. He still had an option.

You really think this would have an impact on ticket sales?

Making Jonn upset isn't a great accomplishment or anything but it's something.

That's probably how AA feels yes but his actions suggest that he made up his mind about Castro and Osuna being better options prematurely. I think a lot of GMs (and most armchair GMs) would have given the relievers every chance to make the team before contemplating converting the starting prospects. That certainly would have been the more "normal", "typical" approach (and no it's not that unusual for a starting prospect to be put in the bullpen but it is unusual to do it this early). I think AA is trying a little too hard to be clever here but I don't want to argue this much further. It's not a catastrophe by any stretch. The long term consequences (if any) are unknown at this point and Castro and Osuna ARE awesome and will be awesome to watch. Gusy like West, Guilmet, Delabar, Infante and Lopez provide practically an entire bullpen's worth of plan B's and the team looks good overall even with a few early injuries.

There's no problem with having them as depth obviously. It's just weird that the team didn't do it the other way around is all.

O.K. so the trick is to memorize what 1, 10, 100, 1000, etc. represent and then add up wichever ones are visually represented in the sequence?

I think Izturis should be cut once his rehab is done. He's not suited to a backup role and it woudn't make sense to take the starting gig away from Travis unless he plays himself out of it.

Because he thinks putting Sanchez in the pen last year was some sort of stroke of genius, I guess. I don't necessarily think there's a "good" reason but I don't believe for one second that West and Guilmet were given the same opportunity as Castro and Osuna. There's just no evidence of that. That's AA for you. He's only half-smart. Like he does some stuff that makes sense but he also does some dumb stuff like over-paying for middle relievers in trade (Lincoln, Rogers, Francisco) or bad rosters assignments (Sierra, Thames). AA's not the kind of guy you can just give a blanket benefit of the doubt too. You just have to take the good with the bad. This shoudn't hurt the team in the short term. These guys will be fun to watch but West and Guilmet would have probably been fun to watch too and with no long term cost. It's not a decision you can rationalize. The simplest explanation is often the correct one and the simple explanation here is that this was just AA's dumb prerogative. People in positions of power don't always do what's best for their organization. They go with their gut and do dumb stuff. You probably see stuff like this all the time in your own work environment. The people making the decisions aren't necessarily the smartet peoples, they're not necessarily the dumbest. They're just the people making the decisions.

That's a decent development. He's a better glove than Izturis or Tolleson and therefore probably better suited to the backup MI role behind Reyes and Travis.

My guess it that it wasn't really a competition at all. AA for whatever reason thought it would be brilliant if these young guys broke camp and the deck was stacked in their favour.

Still don't get it but I'm probably too old for this particular new trick.

Is there a short hand method or do you just have to start a 1 and work your way up until you're there?

So your theory is that West and Guilmet pitched themselves out of a job during workouts and such?

They've been where for a month? West and Guilmet were assigned to MiLB camp almost immediately.

The impact on run expectancy between an optimal lineup and whatever Gibbons throws out there is practically non-existent. It's a non-issue.

West 2.1 IP Guilmet 3 IP Lopez 5.1 IP Delabar 7 IP Castro 11 IP Osuna 11 IP West and Guilmet looked really good but they were cut off at the knees. They weren't given the opportunity that Castro and Osuna were. They definitely weren't beaten for the job.

190 on the left, 250 on the right. The extra 60 lbs makes a difference, there's definitely the aforementioned "gunting" effect as described ITT. Of course, you could find a taller, bustier woman who wouldn't look nearly so flabby at that weight but this is probably pretty close to what the average woman would like at that weight. http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xa_JInuHn6M/maxresdefault.jpg

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Tolleson is a good guy for such a short bench. He can cover everything. The solution would be to shorten the bullpen and replace him with two guys, a proper 4th OF (Gindl I guess) and a good defensive SS (Goins) or a left-handed one (Kawasaki). Burning options in order to go with an 8 man bullpen and a short bench is pretty surreal but in such a context Tolleson makes sense.

I don't know about taking on Papelbon in a fight but I guess it's better than the alternatives.

Forgot that the team was counting on Morrow at some point. So it wasn't exactly perfect health but excellent overall health and enough depth that the one guy who did go down had no impact.