Rowand44

QUOTE (GermanSock @ Dec 11, 2017 -> 09:11 AM) there definitely is a reliever risk. last year in AA he walked 4.5 batters per 9, the year before that it was 5. he only walked 3 in AAA but it was just 15 innings so that is not really telling. most ace Starters are under 2.5. now he is still Young and can improve, other great Starters have been wild but there is a risk that never Comes around. This doesn't tell the story at all. He improved his walk rate a ridiculous amount as the season went on. He's still young as crap and the fact that he was able to make those improvements tells you what you need to know about him.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Dec 10, 2017 -> 03:43 PM) There the Bears go winning meaningless games again. They could have had a franchise-altering draft with a trade with someone coming up to get a QB, and they blew that now. Next week is an auto-win vs. Cleveland. Detroit is out of it and Minne may have nothing to play for week 17 so 6-10 or 7-9 is possible, and that would be a disaster. Translation: Mitch was great this week so I need to find something else to complain about.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 10, 2017 -> 01:28 AM) Refs update: in a game at the mgm grand, Illinois gets called for school record 36 fouls in 1 game resulting in 33 more free throws (r8 Total!!!) for UNLV Man, Illinois got screwed again?!?

That Yankees outfield would need more power.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 8, 2017 -> 04:11 PM) That's a win for the Cardinals ownership. Don't have to pay Stanton, but you can show the fanbase that you tried. Honestly, their fans are kind of over trying. They've been finishing 2nd in a lot of these things lately and people seem to be getting fed up. This one you obviously can't pin on them but ya.

Suck it Cards.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 7, 2017 -> 04:52 PM) I would be shocked if the front office isn't using some kind of comparison strategy as to how and when to extend older players. With all of the data sources there are out there they would be fools to not be looking at historical data to decide when to let a player walk away and when to extend them. Fine, then they're going to be very confused when they try to figure out if he's Encarnacion or Albert Pujols. I hope they judge him on him and data surrounding him and not on historical data of guys who have nothing to do with him.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 7, 2017 -> 04:36 PM) Well when you talk about trade or extend, this is exactly what the front office has to decide and other teams have to judge. It is absolutely the focal point of what to do with Abreu. My point is you're going to find people with Abreu's skill set who regress big time at the age you're talking about and you're going to find guys who don't regress at all, this isn't a skill set thing, it's an individual thing. There's going to be a lot that goes into an Abreu decision all together, the focal point isn't going to be well he's a lot like Edwin Encarnacion so lets extend him!

QUOTE (Tony @ Dec 7, 2017 -> 04:34 PM) Which is why with two years left, a decision on an extension doesn’t need to be decided today. I would agree. Like I said, I'm kind of fine going any route here. Get blown away by a trade offer then trade him, if he wants to accept a fair extension then extend him, if neither of those are the case then you can just wait.

I hate trying to guess one someone's skill set is going to go away. All these guys are different, who the hell knows when Abreu is going to start to regress.

We literally pulled Kahnle and Swarzak out of no where. If the rest of the team is ready to contend in 2019, they can pull a decent bullpen together. I'm not worried about that at all.

Wichita is a legit title contender once they get McDuffie back too. I do think Duke and MSU are your top tier though.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 6, 2017 -> 08:59 PM) Whoa Loyola beat Florida Go Valley! Just don't look at the SIU score from last night.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Dec 6, 2017 -> 12:06 PM) I do not see a failure in planning if he plays two years and leaves for nothing as there is veteran Hispanic/Cuban leadership there that can be an asset. I actually agree with this. I'm usually not big on the whole leadership thing but him and Moncada seem to have a legit bond and having him here while Yoan grows up a bit isn't the worst thing in the world. Don't get me wrong, if we can get a huge deal for him or if he we can extend him at a good rate then please do but I'm not going to flip out if he's here for the next 2 years and then bolts.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 2, 2016 -> 05:23 PM) It's 3 mill and he's not going to be blocking anyone so who the hell cares. That said, I'm tired of the dude and would rather watch almost any other person on earth play baseball than this bad baseball player but whatever. Nailed it!

I'm not expecting much.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 5, 2017 -> 02:25 PM) My 100% belief is this is purely part of the Bulls tank strategy. And that is 100% okay. I do look forward to watching levine play and despite Lauri's recent shooting slump, I'm feeling more optimistic then ever regarding the return we got for Butler. Of course Levine is a huge wildcard in the mix (particularly his health and post-injury play). I pretty much watch the Bulls for Dunn / Lauri at this point. Dunn's growth has been extremely encouraging, including how well he's shot the ball. his ability to drive and score is impressive...passing clearly needs some work (and I don't know that he'll ever be a great defender) but given how much his 3 ball has improved (still small sample size), I look forward to his continued development. A decent mid-range game and he's going to be pretty tough to defend (and we all know he can play defense). Hey a post I finally agree with you on in this thread!

Thought I was going to miss the playoffs in all 4 of my leagues but all of my teams have decided to make nice little runs these last 3 weeks. Got into the playoffs in 2 leagues and am in a win and I'm in situation in my main league this week. Fun stuff.

QUOTE (Quin @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 10:34 PM) Two Burdies, one Steve Stone Q...

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 08:47 PM) This cruiserweight fatal 4 way is fantastic Ya it was. There was a lot of good in ring stuff tonight. Happy to have the Broken one back as well, lets see if he can actually make Bray interesting.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Dec 3, 2017 -> 08:43 PM) NFL better suspend Gronkowski for that dirty ass hit he threw at White. Should be suspend for at least a couple games. I've always been a big fan of Gronk but that was some straight up bulls***.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Dec 3, 2017 -> 05:28 PM) Bama played FSU and Fresno St. If FSU wouldn't have had Francois injured for season in that game Bama's non-conference probably is stronger than OSU or USC. What the committee is really saying is don't lose by 30+ against a mediocre at best team and it's really clear the committee didn't have any respect for Pac 12 this year. All in on this, Bama tried. I honestly feel bad for Bama, prolly couldn't find teams that wanted to schedule them. Happy the committee understood that and got the little guy in.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Dec 3, 2017 -> 11:23 AM) It's not great but neither is OSU's. The Big 10 collectively beat no one this year. Not a single good non-conference win. You can easily make the case it's a bunch of paper tigers. Don’t disagree at all. This argument shouldn’t have just been these two.

Alabama’s resume is actually garbage.

Can’t be anything worse in the world than Bama and OSU fighting for the last spot.