Wednesday's Frosty Mug
by Kyle Lobner on Apr 16, 2008 8:47 AM CDT
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PrintMorning. Let's skip talking about last night's game and the standings and get right into the Mug.
Last night's Win Expectancy Graph
Baseball Reference Box Score
Baseball Digest Daily Recaps
ESPN Video Highlights
With the loss, BP's win projection for the Brewers dropped four tenths to 81.7, but their odds of winning the NL Central, interestingly enough, went up four tenths to 17.4%.
Gabe Kapler Gabe Kapler Gabe Kapler. Both ESPN Video and Sports Illustrated are talking about him, ironically enough on the same day he ran into the wall in BP and was scratched from the lineup. The ESPN interview might be the most awkward professional interview I've seen in quite some time.
Gaslamp Ball has opened up a debate, once again, on batting the pitcher 8th. Fungoes takes it in a new direction and asks "Why bat the pitcher at all?"
Ryan Braun was given the day off yesterday to "relax." I don't know about you, but watching my team lose while Joe Dillon hit in my spot in the lineup wouldn't be relaxing for me. Maybe he had a drink with an umbrella in it.
Brief Alphabetical Morning (BAM) Injury Reports:
Erik Bedard's hip will land him on the DL. The DL Informer thinks it could be serious.
Indians P Joe Borowski is headed to the DL with chronic ineffectiveness a strained tricep.
Twins SS Adam Everett will have his shoulder examined by team doctors today, and missed last night's game.
Nats C Paul Lo Duca missed last night's game after being hit in the hand with a pitch Sunday.
Kevin Millwood had to leave his most recent start with a bruised shin.
Braves P Peter Moylan is on the DL with an elbow strain severe enough to send him to Dr. James Andrews.
Alfonso Soriano strained his calf hopping to catch a fly ball last night, and is day-to-day.
Who knows if he can consistently catch anymore, but rumor has it the Reds are interested in signing Mike Piazza.
Maybe Dontrelle Willis' hyperextended knee will keep him from driving drunk.
Again, we've gone round and round on Eric Gagne's struggles, but one fact is inarguable: He's pitching much better than Jose Valverde.
The Dodgers are inviting bloggers to meet with club personnel. That's a nice touch. I don't mean to drop hints or anything, but I'd be open to meeting with the Brewers front office staff...y'know, more or less anytime.
And, for the second time this week, if you're looking for work, the Marlins may have your answer. I think it's always dangerous to include phrases like "limited supervision" in the first line of a job description. Maybe that's just me.
If you have something you'd like me to consider for inclusion in a future Mug, be sure to drop it in the comments.
That's all for today. Drink up.
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Why pull Riske?
This is what I don’t get – and I’d be so grateful if someone will educate me – why pull Riske last night? I know he wasn’t doing great. But when it’s Turnbow on the mound they always seem to let him keep trying (and keep giving away runs). Why not let Riske try to pull out of it?
On top of putting Braun on the bench and everything else, it seemed like so many bad decisions.
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That's nice of the Reds
Not content with insuring Yost isn’t the worst manager in the NL Central, they want to do the same for Kendall and caught stealings.
On an unrelated item, what is the trade value of Suppan? He’s expensive, but not outrageously so for a team that is in need of pitching and willing to spend some money. If they clear the salary of Suppan, can the team afford to re-sign Sheets?
by Getting Yosted on Apr 16, 2008 10:05 AM CDT reply actions
IIRC, the next two years are the most expensive portions of his contract (IIRC next year is around $15 million and the last year is $19 million), plus he has a no trade clause, so you’d need a team he agrees to and that is in love with the idea of an expensive innings eater who didn’t eat a ton of innings in his last outing.
Suppan's contract
From Cot’s, it’s $12.5M in ‘09 and $12.5 in ‘10, with a $2M buyout of his $12.75M team option in 2011. He’s got a full no-trade clause this year and then can block trades to eight clubs in 2009 and 2010.
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Do we know the 8 teams?
The process of creating a list of a handful of places you don’t want to be in 3 years would be really interesting. For example, 3 years ago the Royals and Rays were terrible teams with a limited future. Are they on the list? At the same time, the Giants were a successful, albeit aging, team. By the time the no-trade clause comes into effect, they could be awful too.
Someone call Suppan’s agent. I want to know how this works.
by Kyle Lobner on Apr 16, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Last Trade Deadline
I remember a discussion of this, and I think some players tend not to put the crappy teams on their list so much as the bigger market (and usually successful clubs), reasoning that if the club wants to trade them to one of these clubs they can pick up some extra money for waiving their no-trade clause.
Gagne had a no trade clause with Texas that included Boston but didn’t mention Milwaukee. (IIRC)
Also
From the wording at Cots, it sounds like Supp can pick the 8 teams each year. So he didn’t have to make the decision in January 07 for ‘09 and ‘10 no-trades.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 16, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Apropos of nothing
We had Devon White on our team in 2001? I’ve totally forgotten that.
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
Didn't he hit two grand slams?
That’s about all I remember about him.
by Kyle Lobner on Apr 16, 2008 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Didn't Kerry Wood cough another one up recently
Personally, I think Gagne has looked pretty good.
I did watch one of Valverde’s blown saves and the guy looked sad somehow. Maybe that’s the flip side of his exuberance.
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NL Central Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chicago
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Cincinnati
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Houston
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Milwaukee
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Pittsburgh
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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St. Louis
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
(updated 2.15.2012 at 1:03 PM CST)
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