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  1. LaBombo
    Yes, along with a higher K rate than Jep, a walk rate just over half of KJ's, and a 3.65 FIP/3.07 xFIP to match. So he not only cost less than the Jepster, he's also got some peripherals that suggest he's at least as likely as him to succeed over last two months of the season. As far as the "angst" regarding the deal is concerned, unless there are individual posts that specify otherwise, it seems safe to assume that it's all in the context of the overall lack of attention to the bullpen. For me personally, the price for two months of Jepsen seems higher than expected though hardly outlandish, but the strategy of giving up those prospects for a Jepsen this late in the season, but otherwise standing pat (barring waver surfing) with this pen while still in contention seems suspect at best and exasperating at worst.
  2. LaBombo
    Yes, but it really needs to be complemented by a three-catcher bench in order to maximize the futility. With any luck Gardenhire is already on the phone to Molitor to explain the hidden benefits of a bench with a single non-catcher.
  3. LaBombo
    Polanco boards the Chattanooga AA choochoo and Oye Como Va to Roch. according to radio heads.
  4. LaBombo
    "W-9, W-9, this is Ghost. Site lagging badly. I attempt to transmit inane remark about baseball again at 2200 hours. Over and out." http://www.wearepolitics.com/uploads/9/3/7/0/9370245/336152_orig.jpg
  5. LaBombo
    It's not like they're dying to get their trainwreck pen up. Rumor has it they asked the Twins about the availability of Boyer.
  6. LaBombo
    Alternate take: Walker makes Mauer look like a walker with that two-strike curveball: http://dawningcreates.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/twd_gp_311_0919_0288.jpg
  7. LaBombo
    Watching Boyer pitch is like watching a sloth play Operation with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch. All Jepsen has to do to be a step up from BB is skip the blowtorch.
  8. LaBombo
    Ok, now I'm on board. There are no known quantity qualifiers for that one. More = better.
  9. LaBombo
    It depends on whether you're eating breakfast, cleaning stained brickwork, or both. Delicious, yes, but Magically Delicious ? That should be left to the eye and the palate of the beholder.
  10. LaBombo
    It's one of those matter/anti-matter paradoxes, like Mrs. Bombo's attempt at troubleshooting a bad land line phone connection: "I can't hear you. Can you hear me?" Hmm. Let me think about how to relay that information to you while I attempt to extract the telephone handset from where I recently embedded it in my forehead...
  11. LaBombo
    Me too. Not Steve Carlton (90 career MLB balks) bad, but for sure Jim Deshaies (35) bad.
  12. LaBombo
    That's like having too much Tabasco on your lobster: impossible.
  13. LaBombo
    It's a pretty good sign of power in a swing when what looks like a one-hop double off the wall as it comes off the bat ends up clearing the wall by several feet..
  14. LaBombo
    Panic in the Red Wings' locker room earlier tonight, when it turned out that, in a colossal mixup, Chih-Wei Hu is the only person in the Red Wings organization informed of his trade to the Rays: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oFXszIFkiAQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Where'd Huuuu go?!?"
  15. LaBombo
    That reminds me, tomorrow is Saturday! Who's going down to Prior Lake? You remember, Uncle Joe?
  16. LaBombo
    And I'm not attacking the Twins' drafts. So that's a win for everybody! As for the rest, it's fine that you believe that my post suggests a false equivalency, but you didn't attempt to explain why. As I tried to make clear with the phrase "solely by that equation", my comparison had nothing to do with Jose Berrios (or Crunch Berries, for that matter), or other teams' drafts, or anything else you mentioned. You approximately equated the value of Kohl Stewart to that of Hu. The Twins equated the value of Hu to Jepsen (or less than Jepsen if you allow that Tapia has any value) when they traded for him. WAR equates the value of Jepsen to a replacement player. Stewart ≈ Hu ≤ Jeppesen = 0.0 WAR = replacement player. ===> Stewart ≤ replacement player. So assuming that you stand by your valuation of Hu as comparable to Stewart (and I can't see why you shouldn't), then it seems that your quarrel with "absurd false equivalency" lies either with Terry Ryan or the WAR formulation of player value, not with me.
  17. LaBombo
    And Gleeman went out of his way to specifically refute the idea that Hu's success was due primarily to a deceptive delivery.
  18. LaBombo
    If you allow that Hu's value approximates that of Stewart's, and assign a value of zero to Tapia, then the Twins used the 4th overall pick of the 2013 amateur draft to select a pitcher whose value two years later is equal to that of a 31 year old replacement-level (2015 WAR 0.0) right-handed reliever. So solely by that equation, either the Twins kind of suck at trading, or kind of suck at drafting.
  19. LaBombo
    You're welcome to some extra four-letters that I was saving for the trade deadline...
  20. LaBombo
    It's in there somewhere... just let me have another look. http://i.imgur.com/LieF0Ae.png
  21. LaBombo
    Perkins... the cure for your friend who's ailing from too much late night Twins bullpen...
  22. LaBombo
    He's probably O'lounging
  23. LaBombo
    QFP... Quoted For Profanity. Kaaaaaaaaaang!!!! http://images.amcnetworks.com/amc.com/wp-content/uploads/mt-legacy/movie-blog/star-trek-ii-wrath-of-khan-325-3.jpg
  24. LaBombo
    The importance of teamwork, demonstrated once again...
  25. LaBombo
    11 lead changes, 3 bullpen-induced TD poster cardiac events, and a just barely sub-lightspeed Sano pop foul that vaporized a massive asteroid just outside the earth's atmosphere. Other than that, not really.
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