Shutout for Ricky Romero: Jays Beat A's
by Tom Dakers on Aug 19, 2011 12:58 AM EDT
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A few days ago we had a rather useless argument about whether Ricky Romero was an ace or not. Well, he certainly looked like an ace tonight. Ricky has now won his last 5 starts. He has allowed 0, 1, 2, 1, and 0 runs in those starts. Tonight he did have some troubles in the 2nd and 3rd innings. He gave up a walk and a single to start the 2nd and he loaded the bases in the 3rd but he kept the A's off the board. In total: 3 hits, 2 walks and 6 strikeouts. He didn't allow a baserunner after a lead off single in the 5th inning.
We got a fair bit of offense too. Colby Rasmus was 3 for 4 with a double and a two run homer that hit off the facing of the second deck in RF. Brett Lawrie was 2 for 3 with a walk. He had a nice hit and run single with Colby on first. Every other starter had 1 hit except Yunel Escobar who was 0 for 5 with 3 strikeouts. As great as he's been, he can have the odd poor game. J.P. Arencibia drove in 2 with a single, Lawrie and Edwin Encarnacion had an RBI each.
Jays of the Day are Romero (.224 WPA), Rasmus (.165) and Lawrie (.129). No Suckage Jays, Yunel had the low mark at -.043.
We had some nice defense too. Yunel made a great diving catch on a line drive, which made up for an earlier error, on what would have been a tough play on a ground ball to his right. Adam Lind had a nice running catch on a popup that was a long way away from his position. In any other ball park it would have been in the seats but there is a massive amount of foul ground at the Oakland stadium. Lawrie had a nice play on a ball way to his left, and then making a throw to Hill for the force from his seat. He has a lot of range.
Tomorrow night Brett Cecil (4-5, 4.38), who is on a nice little roll of his own, with 9 starts in a row of at least 6 innings of work, gets the start. Victoria BC's Rich Harden (3-2, 4.50) starts for the A's.
We had another fun game thread tonight, thanks to all who joined in.
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Hopefully Harden doesn't kill us again tomorrow
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dang was hoping we missed him, hope his sinker/splitter command isnt good tmr
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hope he leaves his sinker up to Jose
Do you have a young, talented cost controlled player having a down year who's "attitude" has cased problems with an aging player or manager?
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This lineup
has nice balance top to bottom right now. I know they’re heating up and it probably wont be like this all the time but with the exception of Hill there’s a lot of danger here for opposing pitchers. And I really love the Rasmus-Lawrie tandem in th lineup. Lastly who the heck is this EE guy?
Excuse me, do these effectively hide my thunder?
Check the sig
Hill bashing gets you the internet stink eye
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It was a joke
But okay…
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Essentially I like Hill even though he's playing terrible.
Although I get why everyone wants him gone
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Should I make it population: 2?
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my gf wants to leave me for him
so make it 4!
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
i hear he makes good money too
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
ooo someone has a crush on lawrie
/points and laughs at float
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
oh add me add me
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 7:39 AM EDT up reply actions
had to play soccer tonight in the stupid calgary hail storm
looks like i missed a beaut
by HabsFanInCalgary! on Aug 19, 2011 1:12 AM EDT reply actions
Romero last 5: 40.1 innings, 14 hits, 4 ER
That has got to be one of the best five game stretches in Jays history
Also a ridiculous .103 BABIP
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by Minor Leaguer on Aug 19, 2011 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions
in small samples
it’s probably not all “luck;” Romero is probably pitching well enough to get a lot of soft grounders/easy fly balls. once batters adjust, though, there could be some regression
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I would only trade Ricky if we signed someone like Felix in the offseason
I think the rotation should have a true ace, and Ricky appears to be that guy right now. Take him away, and who is it? Maybe Morrow? I don’t know. Perhaps a rotation full of #2s and #3s would get the job done but I’d feel better having that #1.
With that said, knowing what AA can do with almost nothing, I wet my pants thinking what he would be able to get for someone like Romero.
but Ricky's value might never be higher (I know that's obviously a gamble)
he’s seriously outperforming his DIPS, and even a good GB rate can’t really account for that. his BABIP is super low (despite being a gorundballer) and his LOB% is ridonkulous. besides that he has a great contract. am I just being crazy?
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Don't think it's crazy...
Just my opinion that he seems to be ace material and I think the staff should have one. If Morrow was to continue his development and become that guy, then great.
I am also willing to bet if you’ve thought of it, AA has thought about it, and he would not be shy to do it. I was a little surprised when I heard we traded Marcum, but I’m sure that will prove to be an excellent trade for both teams. It’s already paying off for both teams and long term will probably be a steal for the Jays.
I don’t get into stats as much as you and many others here do, I just enjoy the general conversation… but this is only Romero’s 3rd full season and he has only shown consistent progress and improvement. Are his numbers this season overachieving? I have no idea. You are right that it could be a gamble to trade him, next year he could be the Cy Young winner.
I think it’s a bit crazy seeing as we actually need good starting pitching to contend for the next few years. We’re not the tampa bay rays who needs to trade all their good players in order to maintain a cheap payroll. Rogers has the cash necessary and sometimes even if romero is outperforming all his stats, as fuzzpuke said, he might be even better next year as this is his third year. Obviously his last 5 starts are godly and unsustainable but I feel with all the terrible starting pitching seen from jo-jo reyes and mills and even carlos v in the later stages, I’m all for getting some solid pitching. Just imagine if this is how we start next season. I think Buck and Alan were saying that Jays won 22 of their last 35. I’m assuming this is since all-star break. 22-13 is a pretty nice record to have and with this lineup and pitching, it’s definitely sustainable
I wouldn’t. Sure he is not as good as his ERA suggest but he’s still a good pitcher that eats up innings and he seems to be getting better every year. He’s on a cheap contract, he is young and he is become a leader on this staff. Jays could get A LOT of value for him though.
I would keep him, get a legit ace and you could have a potentially great rotation.
.
Sure he is not as good as his ERA suggest
What’s to say he isn’t very close though. Some pitchers always out preform their FIP. He just appears to have that mentality to shake it off when he walks a guy and get that ground ball. Not all of them are going to find fielders but if you consistently get it most will, and you erase that walk, which leads to an inflated FIP. It will be interesting to see if Ricky can lower his BB/9 in the further future, as it has continued to lower it this season, about as much as he did last season from his inaugural campaign.
Do you have a young, talented cost controlled player having a down year who's "attitude" has cased problems with an aging player or manager?
Don't worry, I Alex Anthopoulos will take him off your hands, I'll even give you some moderately useful veterans that will "help you make a playoff run".
I know he hasn;t, I just wonder if he will as he countiues his career
Something only time will tell.
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Don't worry, I Alex Anthopoulos will take him off your hands, I'll even give you some moderately useful veterans that will "help you make a playoff run".
I could see him being around 3.30 but there is room for growth and even at 3.50… why wouldn’t you want to keep him?
i never said i want to get rid of him
but if someone is willing to pay elite, like, ELITE, talent for him, you do it, is what i’m arguing.
I demand to be heard.
yeah
it’s not a matter of “wanting to get rid of him” – no one wanted to get rid of Marcum. it’s just a matter of what’s best for the team
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you're not crazy
but, unless we’re actually willing to sign sabathia in the offseason, losing a starter of his calibre would hurt us for the short term
I demand to be heard.
by Pikachu on Aug 19, 2011 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not just willing
But actually doing it.
While trading Romero would return a lot, the problem is that the Jays need good consistent starting pitching and Romero’s been the best and most consistent pitcher. The Jays would need replace him with two good and consistent pitchers to improve. I’m not convinced that the prospects are ready to do that yet.
I’d like the Jays to put in a good offer on CC just to scare the Yanks, but ultimately, the Yankees are going to open the vault for him and he will sign with them.
the question is
is romero really this good? He’s outperforming his peripherals by a lot.
I demand to be heard.
even if hes only good as last year
he’s still a guy you want
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
sure
but if other GM’s are willing to pay for what he looks to be right now (ERA-wise), which is a top 10 pitcher, then I think you have to make the trade
I demand to be heard.
only if you get an MLB proven player
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
No
Its time to win.
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
strasburg + harper
My god yes, that’s two potential superstars who should be ready next year, I’ll wait till 2013 if we make this trade. Though the Nats would never accept.
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yeah, I figured you'd say that
just wanted to gauge the reaction, really
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the real question
is would you trade for, like, Machado – top prospect who’s not that close to the Show yet
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personally, no
too much risk in that. has to be at least performing in AA or AAA
I demand to be heard.
Agreed^
Making trades like that is how mistakes are made
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trading good players for blue chip prospects?
yeah, that hasn't ever worked out for us
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Higher risk
Not saying its never worked
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you said it's how mistakes are made
it’s also how you get elite players
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Corrected:
“That’s how mistakes are made and also how you get good players.”
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well all I'm saying
is it wouldn’t be completely insane to trade him while his value is so super-high. the problem is you’d probably get prospects 2 years from contributing, while the team as it stands is probably one year from contributing
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WIth the risk of making a mistake so close to our contending years.
There, you’ve guided me to the point I was attempting to make.
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We can keep trading major league quality for prospects forever
And continue in youthful mediocrity forever
by GettinGiggy on Aug 19, 2011 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Romero's not that good
and if you wouldn’t trade him for a ridiculous haul like Strasburg and Harper, your GM isn’t doing his job
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hell
i’d even trade him for stras and a mediocre prospect. doesn’t even have to be both of them
I demand to be heard.
I was responding to the prospects line
Not the Strasburg line.
Also, he may not be “that good” but he’s the best we have right now by a long shot – and that’s what’s so scary. We are struggling for starting pitchers right now. Let’s not trade the one somewhat good one we have…. yet!
by GettinGiggy on Aug 19, 2011 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
but that's the thing
if you wait, his value might drop given how much he’s outperformed his peripherals
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Sir you are crazy
you can’t rebuild forever, you need to hold pieces. Romero is a piece that is worth holding.
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
strasburg is a piece thats worth getting
if you can get talent like strasburg for romero, you do it. this is all hypothetical of course, but still.
I demand to be heard.
I don't love the Strasburg example
just because he’s already Majors ready (or very close)
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ok seriously
you know strasburg/harper trade talk was a stretch, why is it still being talked about lol
It will never ever happen.
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
nope sorry
I’d rather win sooner then later. Its not EE or Lind or Thames we are talking about
its the ace of the staff who is a leader on the club. He’s a keeper to this team and will be a big part of future success
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Technically, he's not proven
so no. you can’t assume he would
my unicorn is telling me i’ve reached my quota on fantasy topics for the day
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Really?
I thought Drabek was…
Oh, sorry, wrong topic.
by GettinGiggy on Aug 19, 2011 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
i thought hellickson was…
i thought pineda was…
i thought kimbrel was…
works both ways.
I demand to be heard.
did he just compare Drabek
to Strasburg in terms of top-prospect-ness? lulz
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Don't worry
I’m not comparing Drabek to Strasburg, just reminding you that Drabek was an over-hyped prospect and we have enough of those to go around.
Strasburg was overhyped
and he exceeded the hype when he actually pitched in the MLB
I demand to be heard.
exactly?
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you implying Hellickson is good?
because his 4.56 xFIP isn’t very good evidence of that, unless you believe he can maintain a .234 babip
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I don't think he's a 4.56 xFIP going forward
he’s severly underperforming his abilities. and getting lucky too for sure.
I demand to be heard.
Would you trade Romero fro him straight-up?
I know I wouldn’t.
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I agree that they aren't comparable
which is why I pointed that out after you brought him up as an example of a guy who was hyped and obviously worth it.
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I'd say Romero has established himself
as basically a 4-win player with growth potential.
He’s locked up long-term so you aren’t worried about years. I don’t understand why you’d trade a 4-win player with growth potential who is already locked up cheap anyway for a prospect in the low minors whose ceiling is probably 5 or 6 wins, anyway.
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by jessef on Aug 19, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I wasn't talking about Strasburg
I was talking about guys in the low minors.
Strasburg’s ceiling is higher than 5-6 wins. However, as we so often discuss, these things do not happen in a vacuum. If I’m AA and I get a call about a Romero — Strasburg deal, I’d be very cautious about it.
The Nationals are monitoring his rehab a heck of a lot more closely than any of us are — if they’d be willing to trade him now, that suggests that it’s not going well.
"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"
sure
but these trade talks are happening in a vacuum.
which low minors guys are we talking about?
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But you can't be trading in a vacuum
If you’re trading for a player, you’re getting him from someone. With an injured player, I’d argue that the team’s reluctance to part with him is as important an assessment of his value as his previous prospect pedigree and limited MLB performance.
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I would say for a rebuilding team
it is a great idea (thinking Marcum last year as an example). But going into next year, we have a reasonable chance at competing, especially if a second wild card is added. RR is signed to a reasonably team friendly contract, and has shown that he can be a top of the rotation starting pitcher from April – September that just devours innings (and opposing hitters).
Of course, it would always depend on what you get back, but I have a hard time believing we get back a piece that helps us win next year more then RR can provide.
by Playoffs!!!!1 on Aug 19, 2011 7:51 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
nope. He is a controllable starter, a player we need. at some point we have to start keeping key pieces, and Romero is one of them, IMO. Hallady in his Cy year with TO had a 12 or 14 game stretch where he was unhittable. And he has actually gotten better. Romero can do it too.
by Gerry71 on Aug 19, 2011 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
lol Eric Thames is on twitter
@EricThames46
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LOL, his will be interesting..
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It's a faaaaaaaakkkkkkeeee!!!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qKcJF4fOPs
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by Minor Leaguer on Aug 19, 2011 1:58 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdMaZlWkK8o
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lol, i guess Wilner got faked out again
since i follow his tweet
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Haha yep, I just added him, and he replied to the question I asked him.
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RE: gamethreads - BBB is seriously growing
I don’t comment a lot but I often follow the game threads. I remember times early last year or 2009 where if the Jays were losing in a blow out or the game was just generally uninteresting the thread would pretty much just die.
Well those days are long gone now. Even in the crappiest of games there is always lots of lively discussion. This is awesome – it says to me that there is buzz around the team, the community here is great, and that the admins are doing a superb job.
Tom/hugo/whoever – do you have any stats on the growth of the site that you are able to share with us? I’m very curious.
There's a sitemeter icon
in the bottom-right corner of every SBN page.
lazy way: linkylink
WAR isn't for children / WAR is nothing's enough
Yeah the site is growing great
we’ve gone from getting maybe 5000 visits a month 3 years ago, to like 40,000 visits in August 2 years ago, had about 120,000 August last year. This year we should be about 250,000 visits and over half a million page views. Life is good. We are catching up to the popular baseball sites on SB.
Ya
It`s the first place I`m check in the morning, I`ll hang around for most of the day and the last place I check before I go to bed.
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Don't worry, I Alex Anthopoulos will take him off your hands, I'll even give you some moderately useful veterans that will "help you make a playoff run".
I click on the ads!!
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
You need to email Head and Shoulders and tell them you saw their ad on Bluebird Banter and say how much you love their product and how you would have never known about it if it not were for BBB.
@BBBMinorLeaguer
by Minor Leaguer on Aug 19, 2011 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
do you think they will send me a bottle?
i buy their expensive stuff… clinical strength
i could use some…
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
SB will like you.
Actually the ads are a way to show how much the site has grown, we used to get ‘lose 40 pounds in 7 days’ ads or tooth whitening. Now we get ads for non-scam things
it keeps you in business!
even if i click them by accident
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
In Vegas SB showed us the power point presentation they use for the big advertisers.
We are impressive. Advertisers like us because we get a good demographic. In the middle of it there was a slide that showed our site. I almost knocked the guy beside me out of his chair, ’that’s my site’.
It's really been fun.
The comments our the best part, we can ask a question in a post and enjoy seeing everyone’s opinions and watch it evolve into different topics.
you won't be saying that when we start pushing for playoffs
just think of the trolls
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
remember that fanpost from Pinstripe Alley a couple weeks ago
about Jeter fielding a bunt? shudder
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yup i keep checking it to see the reaction
gotta learn from the pros
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I credit reddit's Blue Jays fan page for redirecting me here
I love both sites, but the game threads here are amazing. Not to mention that the message system is the best on the net.
Can we start the Gose watch yet?
Just send out my first tweet...I never thought I'd see this day?
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lol i thought you said you will never join
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I thought I would too...
But I might as well give it a shot..
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he's a phony!
fight the social media monster!
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 7:40 AM EDT up reply actions
I wasn't too surprised by his response.
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lol how am i not surprise by your question
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Maybe because I've made my man crush for Adeiny public?
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its in his sig in the comments below
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Gee whilickers
Missed another good game. If RR isn’t careful, he’s gonna get himself some Cy Young votes.
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by craig in calgary on Aug 19, 2011 2:17 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Colby Rasmus: keeping it gangsta since 1986.
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Definitely some awesomeness in this game!
-Colby Homered
-Lawrie walked and hit some singles
-Thames walked (and singled)
-Romero was awesomeness
Was Lind still swinging at everything, though?
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Yahoo Sports:
“MLB announced Thursday that Jacobs would face a 50-game suspension for testing positive for HGH, so the Rockies decided to let him go. Jacobs hopes to hook on with a new team next season after completing his suspension, but his road back to the big leagues is now even longer.”
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Daniel Norris pulling a Thames with this facial hair..
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Off Topic Again: Heres a picture Jesse Litsch posted on Facebook...I guess they went on a tour of Alcatraz.
JesseLitsch
This is the hole the people escaped out of from alcatraz
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On twitter..not facebook, my bad.
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That's pretty crazy.
Out through a concrete hole… and now the easy part, a nice easy swim through Pacific cold water!
Can we start the Gose watch yet?
I remember hearing somewhere that the sharks in the Bay weren't man eating
But sharks are still sharks.
Eff that
Can we start the Gose watch yet?
so, how is Lawrie’s defence? Review said he had a lot of range (saw him make a strong throw from outfield grass to get a speedy runner the other day). Kid seems to get better by the day. When will people stop slagging his defence?
his throws are dangerous
have a feeling he might throw some into the stands now and then
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't say so...
It doesn’t look like he trys to whip it to the first basemen like Edwin did..it seems like most of Bretts throws right now are just soft tosses over to Lind around chest level, doesn’t seem to bad to me.
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what was the majority of his errors in the PCL
misplayed balls? or throwing errors? (no idea where to look it up)
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 8:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Many of them were throwing errors, the problem was with footwork, but I think he might’ve patched up those problems up with Butter.
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I'd agree
On the couple of throws I’ve seen, I’ve felt that he gets under the ball a little and the ball arcs a bit – unlike Jose’s straight laser beams. I think there’s a bit more chance for sailing one the way Brett throws, but he’s been good so far.
yup thats my thought
i really don’t like how he slings the ball. Time well tell.
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions
will tell ! works even better
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions
well, UZR and DRS likes him as of yet. 9.8 UZR/150 and +2 DRS. Of course, this means very little.
I demand to be heard.
He's looked pretty good to
rather have him there than anyone we’ve seen this year
by Tom Dakers on Aug 19, 2011 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
it means very little
as long as “very little” means “less than what scouts have been saying for months.”
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I think we should make Lawrie our closer ...
… and have McGowan play 2B.
by Defense Counts! on Aug 19, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
is anyone going to mention we're 4 games over .500 for the 1st time this season!
Woohoo. Like our tagline says: We could totally win other divisions.
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it was mentioned in the gdt!
third place here we come!
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Ah missed that. Thanks.
Yeah TB is going down! …. to 4th.
"I want to set the record straight: I thought the cop was a prostitute."
we get a trophy for that right?
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Aug 19, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
We'd better
"I want to set the record straight: I thought the cop was a prostitute."
Totally didn't realize that was the first time this season
Just goes to show what happens when you don’t play against the AL East for a bit.
Can we start the Gose watch yet?
also,
this is hilarious
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/8/19/2371487/jose-constanza-licking-delmon-young-bat-video
I demand to be heard.
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