Friday's Community Frosty Mug
by Kyle Lobner on Jan 9, 2009 8:00 AM CST
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PrintIn an effort to get there safely, I left early and as such, I don't have time to write the Mug this morning.
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Derek Carty over at the Hardball Times says that Hoffman’s off year was more the result of bad luck than a declining skillset.
I was a little surprised to see that his 9.2 K/9 and 1.8 BB/9 were both better than his previous two years. He got killed on home runs per fly ball last year at 15.4%. In fact the author points out that the HR/FB stat is the only stat that is way off.
Ken Rosenthal
Ken Rosenthal thinks that the best way for the Brewers to acquire a good young pitcher is to trade Prince Fielder for pitching and replace him with Adam Dunn.
He lists Matt Cain, Joe Saunders, and Ervin Santana as possibilities. Maybe that opens a future path for Matt Gamel as well.
MLBTR comment:
Which begs the question, why wouldn’t the team giving up this premium pitching just sign Dunn instead?
Kind of brings up a good point.
If everyone was smart, this is a great point
But…..when it comes to evaluating Adam Dunn, many many baseball people have their heads up their asses.
I wouldn’t be surprised in Dunn out-OPS’s Fielder (again) this year, but Dunn is viewed as a one-dimensional player who strikes out too much, while some people view Fielder as one of the most talented young players in baseball.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Jan 9, 2009 12:05 PM CST up reply actions
which brings up the reality
we’re not trying to trade Dunn here. Prince is the trade commodity. For me, it would take more than Cain to get Prince. Especially when Bill James rates him as the best player under 25.
I just sit back and root for the taser
neither did jeff kent.
neither did Honus Wagner.
"Nothing is working right now with a lot of the guys. We're trying to see pitches and see what we can do. ... I'm not going to sit there and walk, though. I'll eventually find it, and hopefully we'll still be in it." -Corey Hart
I think he was saying that tongue in cheek. Not sure what emoticon could represent that if he was. : – 0_
No idea on the emoticon
I was echoing the Blue Jays GM.
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Tom H, via Doug Melvin, noted that Hoffman’s ERA was slightly inflated last year because of 2 bad outings.
On April 2 against Houston he allowed four runs in two-thirds of an inning and on June 1 in San Francisco he surrendered three runs in one-third of an inning.
Beyond those blow-ups against the Astros and Giants, Hoffman compiled a 2.44 ERA in his other 46 assignments.
"my goodness"
Turnbow's ERA was inflated last year because of two bad outings
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by TheJay on Jan 9, 2009 4:07 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Otherwise, he was an all-star
"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!"
I have to give that a rec
one of my favorite running jokes on the site.
September 15: Not a bad little Monday
I try to avoid self-linking here, but I was reading all the stuff in the JS about the Hoffman signing and noticed the part where it mentioned that he talked with the Brewers’ head trainer about his conditioning program….
…well, I attended a Padres at Rockies game in August and he definitely has a routine going. (He was also doing a fair bit of running, mostly with Clay Hensley. It was v.v. hot and humid and most of the other pitchers looked like they wanted to curl up and die.
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I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jan 11, 2009 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
For those of you outside Milwaukee
He’s the 10 o’clock news anchor for Milwaukee’s NBC affiliate, WTMJ.
"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!"
As you can see from when he won this award, he's quite old.
"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!"
by roguejim on Jan 9, 2009 6:22 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I remember when there was a sailboat stuck on the breakwater or something
They had a breaking news report consisting of him calling in from his dwelling.
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Mike Jacobs: Sex Panther of the Year
"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!"
I didn't know they had Sex Panthers in 1885.
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jan 11, 2009 11:07 AM CST up reply actions
so?
They also have Billy Butler and Kila Kaaihue. We’ll take one of those two in the trade as well.
"Nothing is working right now with a lot of the guys. We're trying to see pitches and see what we can do. ... I'm not going to sit there and walk, though. I'll eventually find it, and hopefully we'll still be in it." -Corey Hart
I'm saying that's why they have no need for Fielder
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Juuuust a bit outside!!
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That's awful nice of us.
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jan 11, 2009 11:08 AM CST up reply actions
mentioned in TH's blog
Among players trying out in ST is Mark Bellhorn, currently a youth pastor in Florida.
is that like the minor league of religious ministry?
"Nothing is working right now with a lot of the guys. We're trying to see pitches and see what we can do. ... I'm not going to sit there and walk, though. I'll eventually find it, and hopefully we'll still be in it." -Corey Hart
yes.
they’re not making their house payments, either.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Jan 9, 2009 10:11 PM CST up reply actions
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