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Practically an entire era of baseball was on greenies. -
A minor league contract means he won't have to be added to the 40 man at all even when the activation deadline comes along (in November I believe). This is much better than having him on the 40 and using the 60 day DL.
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And of course it's Burrito Boys that has him. It's ALWAYS Burrito Boyz.
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Should have held on to Nate Karns a bit longer. When he didn't make the initial 40 man roster expansion, I figured the hell with it, he won't make my 20 anyways. Now he's finally getting a chance. I have plenty of guys I could have dropped instead.
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If Happ, Stroman and Hutch win one more game each
KingKat replied to Dick_Pole's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Pretty crazy how the k rate goes up but the walk rate stays the same. You would think those would be co-related with both being tied to contact rates. Fascinating stuff even I really have no idea what to conclude from it. -
I'm in four yearly leagues and he's on my squadron in every single one. Definitely one of my favourite players.
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If Happ, Stroman and Hutch win one more game each
KingKat replied to Dick_Pole's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
That is quite interesting. I would assume that there was a concurrent increase in number of pitches taken with hitters desiring to be more selective. There's a bit of a chicken and egg thing going on with these trends. A decreased desire on the part of the pitcher to surrender contact gets combined with a desire to be more selective on the part of the hitter. -
If Happ, Stroman and Hutch win one more game each
KingKat replied to Dick_Pole's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
So for shits and giggles, I looked up the 1992 Blue Jays to compare them to 1993 since it's a team that I remember as a much better pitching team. Although it did have one starting pitcher have a K/BB over 2 (Juan Guzman with 2.29) and another that fell just short (Jimmy Key with 1.98), the overall results are still not very impressive by today's standards. Guzman was the only starter who got a lot of strikeouts. So what's the deal? Where these pitchers just not very good? was league babip much lower in those days making strikeouts less important? http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/1992.shtml -
It's a shame I couldn't flip Chris Young. The whole point of picking him up for a team like mine is to ride him for awhile and flip to a contender but no one wanted to bite. At least it worked with Wada.
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It's also winnable because Kazmir has gone balistic lately.
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If Happ, Stroman and Hutch win one more game each
KingKat replied to Dick_Pole's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Holly s***! Anyone else kind of floored by those pitching numbers? I remember the 1993 team being not nearly as consistent as the 1992 team pitching wise but this is worse than I remembered. Really shows how little concern people had for K/BB back then. The only people with ratios of 2 or better were in the bullpen. -
If you're reffering to the "Hitler finishing the job" quote, that was someone else entirely.
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Lol, well in that case maybe it's just as well that's it Coco.
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Kenny Lofton was so damn great. It's a shame he sabotaged his own legacy by being a jerk.
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You though that because it would have been even more awesome so you tricked yourself to see it. Can't blame you. I really wish it WAS Manny.
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Well once I fall down the rabbitt hole, I try to see it through.
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I've often accused you of beign disingenuous and you've made a pretty compelling argument in the past that I shouldn't assume that. It's not really a fair way of conducting an argument anyways. My apologies for doing it again. I should have taken your quote at face value and assumed that you did not recognize the typo for what it was and that you actually didn't understand what I said. You're good with language and you seem to struggle to mentally correct other people's mistakes. That can come off pretty dickish but maybe that's just the way your mind works. I'll just agree to give you the benefit of the doubt. I'm a terrible spell checker and ultimately that's on me not you.
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Wouldn't that make them all the more abusive?
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Do you honestly not recognize a typo when you see one or are you just putting me on? That's fair but it doesn't really help your position much. You're still saying they should flat out give up a controlled assett because of certain limitations. Among those limitations you list handedness and injuries. Both of those are reflected in his decreased playing time and accounted for in his WAR. The only thing missing would be the impact he has on overall roster flexibility. That's the part that would supposedly offset his otherwise positive dollar/WAR.
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Can't prove direct causation but it certainly looks careless in hindsight. It's a shame. Some pitcher have the MLB upside of cannon fodder but Wagner seemed like he could be a legit late inning guy. He deserved a better fate.
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Someone in another thread pointing out he was ridden very hard in a short period just before the injury. Can you suddenly blow out your arm like that or does there need to be a pre-existing condition and would such a condition make the TJS just a matter of time? It's a pretty murky area. I don't know if anyone really truly undersands what causes TJS even the doctors. Efforts to reduce pitcher injuries certainly don't seem to be yielding results.
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There's no such thing is logic. There is only Moogy's rethoric. This is always what it boils down to in the end.
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O.K. Here's my revised and corrected statement for you: You're putting a value on Lind's defensive limitations, injury history and handedness value and you're saying that the negative value of those limitations justifies paying money to dump him. That's your position.
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You're distinction is purely rhetorical. I'm giving you the logical implications of your position and you're refusing to add 2 + 2 together. You're putting a value on Lind's defensive limitations even if you don't state it quite like that and you're saying that the negative value of that limitation justifies paying money to dump him. That's your position.
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The underlying reason is that his lack of defensive value cancels out whatever positive value he brings. Is that not the logical implication of everything you've said?
