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  1. TheLeviathan
    I think when Escobar gets at-bats that is one way it will happen. Santana's stronger side was left-handed. I wouldn't do it every game but I'd do something like that.
  2. TheLeviathan
    Against Righties: Santana-Dozier-Mauer-Hunter-Vargas-Arcia-Plouffe-Suzuki-Schaefer Against Lefties: Dozier-Mauer-Hunter-Vargas-Plouffe-Arcia-Suzuki-Escobar-Hicks (Blech...I guess)
  3. TheLeviathan
    It also depends on if Danny Santana is a SS or a CF.
  4. TheLeviathan
    I know that's what we've been told will be the case, but I'm wondering if that changes at all as things play out. It could just be my passionate belief that we have a mess out there talking too.
  5. TheLeviathan
    I think how the outfield shakes out is one of the biggest stories of the next month. That and the rotation are 1A and 1B for me.
  6. TheLeviathan
    If there is a 70% chance it's Milone or May I can get behind that. I'm really ok with either of them getting the shot out of the gate. But I'm still sharpening my pitchfork daily in the event of Pelfrey.
  7. TheLeviathan
    It's not jsut trading prospects. They turned that awful Fielder contract into Kinsler. They signed JD Martinez and now Cespedas as relative bargains with good bouncebak potential. They turned Granderson, a guy with a skill set that wouldn't age well, into Scherzer and Austin Jackson. Say what you want about their age (they are old) and their farm (it's not good), but the Tigers have proven to be remarkably effective with what resources they have available to them.
  8. TheLeviathan
    I'm sorry, but I've been hearing about the demise of the Detroit Tigers thanks to a bad farm system for about 5 years now. And every year someone thinks THIS is the year it bites them. It hasn't bit them for a long, long time. It will eventually, but they've proven remarkably resourceful time and time again. I wouldn't bet against them just because your perception of their farm is weak.
  9. TheLeviathan
    I've been hearing people say this for the better part of a decade. Hell, if you had asked me if they had the goods to land a top tier ace again last year I would've said "no" and yet they did it. I'll put that tendency in the past tense when it's actually true. They've been bucking the wisdom in your post for a LONG time now.
  10. TheLeviathan
    For a lot of people outstate this package makes sense too. You can't make a 7pm game from Mankato if you work until 5 and the standard ticket packages are really inflexible.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Nickelback?
  12. TheLeviathan
    SockNet, you don't think micro-managing from the bench and bullpen use have radically changed in the last 20 or so years? I'd also suggest Nomar ushered in a whole new era of nerotic batter tendencies between pitches.
  13. TheLeviathan
    Exactly, it's also about your extended fan base. I live about an hour and a half away from the stadium and there have been times that 4 hour, obnoxiously played games have turned the trip into a marathon. Baseball has seen a flattening attendance and risks that trend going south if the game experience continues to go downhill. It's also already struggling to attract talent to the game and it isn't helped when kids watch baseball on TV and watch a dude adjust his gloves for 6 minutes only to take ball 2 and repeat his glove adjusting and sign-taking. You don't have to have ADD to think some of this stuff can be cut out. I love 4 hours of good baseball, I don't like 2.5 hours of good baseball and an 1.5 of coaches kicking dirt, adjusting batting gloves, 17 pitcher changes, 460 throw overs to first, and The Pelfrey Effect. Getting rid of that stuff will only enhance the actual baseball.
  14. TheLeviathan
    His, of course, being extra mixy thanks to our "how many DHs can we put in the field" strategy of defense.
  15. TheLeviathan
    I endorse this thread as an attempt to hex Pelfrey's chances at the rotation. Let's reverse psychology the hell out of this thing and see if it works!
  16. TheLeviathan
    This would be a more relevant place to discuss the issues with WAR that seem to be derailing things. One thought I have is that Laroche is said to do very well cleaning up poor throws by his infielders. I could be wrong, but I'm not sure UZR captures that skill very well. The unfortunate reality of defense is that we don't yet have an unbias metric, but I do hope the tracking system installed at Target Field and a few other places last year is a step in the right direction. Until that becomes a bit more reliable I'm a pretty hardened skeptic.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Nick's point was only to demonstrate he wasn't "done". Mine was only to demonstrate he's not garbage. He's a pretty good player and precisely the kind of defender at 1B that the metrics are terrible at crediting for what he does well. He's a good addition for that lineup at a pretty reasonable price. He'll help them.
  18. TheLeviathan
    It doesn't need to be rehashed, go back and look at where you entered the Laroche discussion. It was after Nick pointed out that players that are "done" generally don't average 25+ HRs and an OPS over .800 for the last three years.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Chief, I think the plan is for Laroche to handle the bulk of the 1B duties so Abreu can go to DH. I stand corrected, Ventura says he wants to start him twice a week at 1B and the rest at DH. In any case, I've always heard the reputation on Laroche is average to above average.
  20. TheLeviathan
    Apparently a lot since you originally defended the idea from another poster that he was "done". Looks to me like a pretty good player that should help them.
  21. TheLeviathan
    He's a good player, not a great one. He's also a good fit for the White Sox and likely to see his power numbers improve in Chicago. I'm not hyping him, just trying to sober how much you're downplaying him. And rejecting using WAR to knock a player for his defense, of course. But I've been vocal about how overplayed that is in other places - suffice to say I'm not a fan.
  22. TheLeviathan
    You have a bizarre definition of "role player" if 146 XBHs, 254 RBI, and an OPS north of .800 over the last three years fits that.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Defense absolutely has value. WAR is just a poor tool for measuring it.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I would argue that is more indicative of the problems with WAR for the purposes you are employing it.
  25. TheLeviathan
    In the past I think he could get through the zone faster and was able to spray some hits around when he was behind in the count. But I really thought his bat speed looked slow last year and that was seriously hurting his ability to get around on pitches. So when you couple that with constantly working from behind in the count, I think you're talking about a recipe for disaster.
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