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johnsilver
The Chisox have been impressive the 3-4 games have watched them this year. They are still mostly hackers, but the entire team seems to have gelled together and Adam Eaton, whom I thought got robbed sending away Santiago fo is the perfect guy to hit leadoff for that team.
Ramirez seems to be interested in playing again, Dunn has looked like that hole (belt high) is covered early on. I just wonder if teams will stop throwing them strikes again?
pft2
Offensively, yes, but that bullpen……………………
dc21892
That bullpen isn’t that good. Boston should have won that game way before they ended up doing it. Chicago was handing the game to them.
dc21892
Eaton looks pretty good. Small sample size but he looks as if he might be the real deal.
TheRealRyan 2
If Luhnow is telling the truth about the projected struggle in keeping the upcoming prospects through their arb years, why did he promote Springer yesterday? With or without Springer, the Astros are not going to be contenders this season. Yet they just traded 2 cheap months of 24 yo Springer on a bad team for 1 expensive year of 30 yo Springer on what most expect to be a good team.
DarthMurph
I think the market is more determined by offense not so much because of the difficulty to gauge defensive metrics, but more because defensive driven players are easier to keep stockpiled in the minors. It’s easier to replace a player who can’t field the ball than one who can’t hit it, which means offensive players are inherently worth more.
If Sandy is having that much trouble reading defensive stats, maybe the Mets should replace him. Reading them requires a little more finesse than RBI’s or HR’s, but that’s not something they should really want their GM saying to the media. Surely someone in that FO watched that Hollywood film about baseball starring that guy from Troy.
J Robert Hanson
“Sam Fuld is expected to draw interest from several clubs…The Twins and Angels are among the teams”
I keep reading this but I find it difficult to believe the Angels would change their platoon system with Shuck and Cowgill for a someone who’s not hit any better the last few years. What am I missing? Maybe the fact that Calhoun has gone down for 5 to 6 weeks?