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howe_sam posted:He was terrible in the first half of the season. Got moved into the bullpen, and was decent for the last two months of the season. But trusting him to be anything is a fool's errand. At the price he fetched + assuming the contract that sure looks like it could have been a tasty Bosio project
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Buchholz is a great example of why you shouldn't trust pitchers who outperform their FIP. Also, so long as I'm dumping on Red Sox pitchers, 2016 Rick Porcello was a high watermark. 
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There are fly ball pitchers with specific skills that can outperform their fip year in year out.
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howe_sam posted:He was terrible in the first half of the season. Got moved into the bullpen, and was decent for the last two months of the season. But trusting him to be anything is a fool's errand. Yeah this is probably the most accurate way to put it. Buchholz is one of the most frustrating pitchers to watch, the guy dips between 'unhittable' and 'unmissable' at the drop of a hat and he'll probably never put up 200 innings in a season. I'll still miss him though. That no hitter in his second start was awesome and he definitely played a big role in the 2013 championship.
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Sydin posted:It surprises me nobody has thrown a wad of money at Romo yet. Although his FIP was terrible compared to 2015 (3.81 vs 1.91) he outperformed it significantly to the tune of a 2.61 ERA, and as far as I can tell in my quick research he was the only Giants reliever to not blow a save (as a side note, the Giants blew a LOT of saves). It's also worth pointing out Romo was on the DL for a large part of 2016, which is also probably why no team is snatching him up right now.
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Here's yet another entertaining although un-confirmable story about Derek Jeter (just the part down to the ***). I'm surprised I've never seen it posted here? https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/derek-jeter-short-story-thessaly-la-force-v23n9
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tadashi posted:Here's yet another entertaining although un-confirmable story about Derek Jeter (just the part down to the ***). I'm surprised I've never seen it posted here? 
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I said it was un-confirmable 
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NiceGuy posted:Yeah this is probably the most accurate way to put it. Buchholz is one of the most frustrating pitchers to watch, the guy dips between 'unhittable' and 'unmissable' at the drop of a hat and he'll probably never put up 200 innings in a season.
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FlamingLiberal posted:That sounds like Ricky Nolasco when he was with the Marlins. He was hit and miss and if he could get that curveball working he was almost unhittable I remember being pissed when we lost him in the Rule 5 draft.
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FlamingLiberal posted:That sounds like Ricky Nolasco when he was with the Marlins. He was hit and miss and if he could get that curveball working he was almost unhittable Ricky Nolasco has a career 3.85 FIP but 4.52 ERA which is kind of sad but totally makes sense if his breaking balls are poo poo most of the time. I always thought it was weird that his ERA was always so much higher than his FIP or whatever DIPs based stat you want to use. E: Padres sign Clayton Richard bringing their guaranteed contract players for next season to 2. 
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:is he still good or did he fall off a cliff he's a loving headcase who will implode at the drop of a hat. I think he lead the league in grand slams allowed before they took him out of the rotation
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The Phillies gave up Josh Tobias, a 24 year old who just finished a season in A+, for Buchholz. A couple of the Phils writers ranked him as roughly the 40th best prospect in the Phils system. e: The rotation looks something like Hellickson, Nola, Velasquez, Eickhoff, and Buchholz, with Eflin and Thompson likely first in line when Nola's elbow explodes and Buchholz blows. mentholmoose fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Dec 21, 2016 |
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That is hilarious. I realize that the RSox have no place in their rotation for all their guys, but that is a return of actually nothing other than him leaving Boston.
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 Please get EE, Bridich https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/status/811351915586064384 E: \/ so.....1995 again? Also gently caress the loving goddamn Braves forever from robbing the world of a World Series that had the 95 Rockies lineup versus the 95 Indians lineup will_colorado fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Dec 21, 2016 |
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I want the Rockies to create the "gently caress it, go deep" version of a baseball team
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ozymandius1024 posted:I miss Dave Dombrowski so much Me too. Sure the bullpens were a loving trainwreck that constantly killed any World Series chances but the starting rotation was always hilariously good.
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ChiTownEddie posted:That is hilarious. I realize that the RSox have no place in their rotation for all their guys, but that is a return of actually nothing other than him leaving Boston. Payroll space. Don't be shocked when Dombrowski swoops in on someone in January.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Payroll space. It's going to be Verlander isn't it?
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You have to scroll about half-way down the article to actually get to it, but here's a bit on Hammel. Long story short he's generated little to no interest because teams think there's more to the elbow injury that shut him down at the end of this season than he's letting on. Also the Blue Jays are apparently interested in signing Travis Wood.
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Wouldn't it be nice, if the blue jays acquired a man capable of playing baseball.
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Sydin posted:You have to scroll about half-way down the article to actually get to it, but here's a bit on Hammel. Long story short he's generated little to no interest because teams think there's more to the elbow injury that shut him down at the end of this season than he's letting on. Theo brilliant again Don't pick up the option, showing good will and making other players like the team, but leading other owners to think Jason is actually hurt and not pick him up Pick up Jason in February for his old contract or less and enjoy another year of Potato Chip High Heat
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Travis Wood strikes me as a guy who would legitimately refuse to play in Canada because "it's not America".
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Popete posted:Travis Wood strikes me as a guy who would legitimately refuse to play in Canada because "it's not America".
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I have a new hottake - if you have 19+ years in the majors - auto induction to HOF. Relief pitcher be damned. You pitch 1100 innings over 20 years (from 22-42 YOA in most cases) through the big hitter era? Auto HOF.
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Julio Franco's career really was something. It wasn't something all that great, but the man just lasted forever.
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lenny harris should also be celebrated for being good enough to pinch hit in the majors for 900 years but never good enough to actually start
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will_colorado posted:
Thanks again for having the common decency to fold and let the Braves claim at least the one WS to go with their otherwise unprecedented dominance.
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Suck it, Indians. Good pitching beats good hitting.
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Dingleberry Jones posted:Suck it, Indians. This too.
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Dingleberry Jones posted:Suck it, Indians. Good pitching beats good hitting. And the other way around 
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Sydin posted:Do the Blue Jays have an opening in their rotation? No, just a bunch of holes in their outfield and bullpen.
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Dingleberry Jones posted:Suck it, Indians. Good pitching beats good hitting. If there's anything the indians taught us, it's actually that insanely bad pitching beats good hitting.
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Carlosologist posted:I want the Rockies to create the "gently caress it, go deep" version of a baseball team They didn't have that already in the Galarraga/Bichette/Walker/Castilla days?
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Carlosologist posted:I want the Rockies to create the "gently caress it, go deep" version of a baseball team That's basically been their mantra always?
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my apologies all, my brain is fried due to finals! my point was that the Rockies should double down on offense like the old days and sign both EE and Trumbo for maximum dingers/minimal defense
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CubsWoo posted:Theo brilliant again On the other hand, why would Hammel ask the Cubs not to pick up the option if his elbow is hosed?
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Carlosologist posted:my apologies all, my brain is fried due to finals! my point was that the Rockies should double down on offense like the old days and sign both EE and Trumbo for maximum dingers/minimal defense Anybody who is against this is anti-fun.
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Niwrad posted:On the other hand, why would Hammel ask the Cubs not to pick up the option if his elbow is hosed? Doing the Gil Meche thing and just being a solid guy? I dunno.
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