Manny Delcarmen traded to the Rockies for some dude
― mayor jingleberries, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
this dude
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Chris-Balcom-Miller.shtml
― mayor jingleberries, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Balcom-Miller, 21, has a 3.31 ERA, 9.7 K/9, and 1.6 BB/9 with three home runs allowed in 108.6 innings for the Rockies' Low A affiliate. Heading into the season Baseball America ranked him 16th among Rockies prospects, saying he "has the ceiling of a solid middle-of-the-rotation starter."
fine pickup for a reliever imo
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
The Rockies are really going for it now.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
A lot more Rockies fans are distraught at this deal than pleased. Manny could be a decent reclamation project for the pitching staff which has repeatedly proved itself with players like Jorge De La Rosa, Jason Hammel, Matt Belisle among others. However, CB-M was playing well and projected solidly, and only the relative depth of pitching prospects on our affiliates softens the blow. Personally, from what little I know, I think it's a shrewd pick-up by Boston and a good reading of the Rockies farm.
― Mark C, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 20:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I read that he only throws in the upper 80s/mid 90s. Hes also a little bit old for A-ball. If I were a Rockies fan I wouldnt get bent out of shape. Still feel like the WC is going to be either Phillies or SF.
― mayor jingleberries, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 22:59 (fourteen years ago) link
by mid 90s I mean low 90s.
― mayor jingleberries, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 23:00 (fourteen years ago) link
yay manny d. is off our hands!
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
MDC occasionally looked really dominant with that changeup, if someone can fix him to be like that all the time then you've probably got a good closer
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah he certainly wasn't the worst of the bullpen by a long shot.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 09:42 (fourteen years ago) link
no, but he's been getting worse for two years now. maybe he's a change of scenery guy but i don't think he was going to find himself in boston.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 11:43 (fourteen years ago) link
is it patriots or bruins time yet?
― chrisv2010, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe we'll finally get to see lars anderson now that he's a bust and they don't need to preserve his service time
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
IIRC, it usually comes down to:best leadoff man 1stbest overall hitter secondanother high OBP/low GIDP guy 3rdbest overall slugger 4thworst hitter bats eighth― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Monday, August 30, 2010 6:46 PM (2 days ago)
worst hitter bats eighth
― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Monday, August 30, 2010 6:46 PM (2 days ago)
there's a thread on this!
1st: speed (lefty or switch), high obp2nd: lefty, high obp3rd: best hitter (OPS/VORP) on team4th: best slugger on team
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
That's why Francoeur hit 4th for the Mets last night.
― Donovan Dagnabbit (WmC), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
actually the weirdest thing that comes out of the lineup analysis stuff is that the #3 spot in the lineup is actually the 5th most important spot after 2,4,1,5, and is best suited for low average sluggers e.g. david ortiz, jim thome, etc. the reason is that they come up with 2 outs and no men on base a bit more often than the other slots, so a home run slightly increases in value from that slot while a non-HR hit slightly decreases in value.
it's extremely marginal though and if you have your best hitter in the 3-hole you're probably losing no more than a run or 2 per season
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
a lot of teams still get the all-important 1&2 hitters all wrong which is a much bigger inefficiency than anything you'll get out of more detailed lineup optimization
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 16:12 (fourteen years ago) link
LOL at Papelbon opening the floodgates by watching Quentin take (an uncovered) second base on a bloop to shallow center.
― Andy K, Sunday, 5 September 2010 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Then the bottom fell out. Carlos Quentin doubled to no-man’s land in shallow center, where the infielders and rookie outfielder Ryan Kalish converged but nobody could get to the ball. Quentin raced into second where nobody was covering — and Rios scored. Papelbon should have been at second.“Yeah, I think he would have been safe regardless,’’ Papelbon said.
“Yeah, I think he would have been safe regardless,’’ Papelbon said.
Quentin took second because nobody was there, dipshit.
― Andy K, Monday, 6 September 2010 12:33 (fourteen years ago) link
lester killin it
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 11:42 (fourteen years ago) link
The door is open, Sox, the Stanks are swoonin'.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 September 2010 02:55 (fourteen years ago) link
6 games left vs the bombers o_O
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 17 September 2010 11:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Sox' raw playoff odds at 0.25%. I wonder what sweeping the Stanks wd raise it to?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
they'd have to take 5 or 6 of the 6 remaining
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 September 2010 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
i think the A's are more likely to make the playoffs than the red sox right now
i just had that open and through you were right -- you're not, it's 0.26% chance Sox and 0.15% chance Rangers. still.
― sanskrit, Friday, 24 September 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
0.15% A's, you get the idea. i'd love to see that surprise upset.. OR WOULD I.
― sanskrit, Friday, 24 September 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Sox odds up to 1.13%!
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 26 September 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
well its almost bruins time.
― chrisv2010, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 14:06 (thirteen years ago) link
thank god its over.
― chrisv2010, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
dont really mind, lots of fun teams to bandwagon for the postseason this year
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:15 (thirteen years ago) link