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Originally posted by King of Queens: quote:Originally posted by Crazy Like a Fox: I like Cueto alot this year amongst other young pitchers but they seriously are the biggest rollercoaster ride that you'll go through. Up and down, up and down, just give me 2 good months in a row out of Cueto and I'll...

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II: quote:Originally posted by Crazy Like a Fox: I left out stolen base comparison for obvious reason. crazy - the more you talk, the more i'm back tracking on you "knowing your suff". i won't go into detail about you post other than: 1. if vmart is healthy, he shou...

Originally posted by rkulaski: I don't get the proof in the pudding thing... AVG- they are both proven .300 hitters. Vmart has done it 3 of the last 5 yrs (60%), Mccann 2 of the last 3 (66%). Vmart has no edge here. Has he ever hit .333? I can make arguements for McCann. His peripherals are slighltl...

Originally posted by rkulaski: quote:Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II: quote:Originally posted by Crazy Like a Fox: I agree, Mark does not follow the masses. My point is that when I mentioned V-mart as being a better choice than McCann (before the season) he scoffed at it. Then when I call him o...

Originally posted by Less than Dave: Crazy - to be fair, Mark is NOT one of those people who follows the masses in his rankings and picks... now, sometimes it works out for him (Adam Jones, Chad Billingsley), sometimes it doesn't (Alexei, Jose Lopez).. and it's not even that McCann isn't as GOOD as ...

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II: quote:Originally posted by Crazy Like a Fox: For McCann, I think people wrote down .300 for projections but didn't take the .270 he hit just 2 years ago into consideration. crazy - while you have some good ideas about players, you also have some really bad ones ...

Originally posted by Less than Dave: While I agree with your point for the most part, as someone who waited on closers this year and got caught at the end of a run, let me play devil's advocate a bit... According to ADPs, the mid-range closers (Bell, Qualls, Lindstrom, Wilson, Francisco, etc) were g...

Originally posted by Quahogs:





No more Jobe and Andrews for this guy. Manny, Moe and Jack got next. Dusty Baker has never met an arm he couldn't ruin, even a bionic arm.

We need to get a little away from this arbitrary Friday switchout day. How about one move per week for any offensive player (regardless if DL'ed or not) regardless of the day, and you can even keep your little Friday DL rule for pitchers. Seems like this plan rewards teams who focus everyday (what a...

Originally posted by ToddZ: I stated elsewhere I would prefer to do away with the DL rule and that is how I voted. However, it is interesting to note if choices were posed a little differently, and in complete fairness, this is a SURVEY and not a VOTE, but if the choices were A. NO DL B. STATUS QUO ...

Originally posted by KJ Duke: quote:Originally posted by Dyv: Well, if the goal is to truly 'manage' a team then being able to set the lineup on Monday and Friday seems very adequate and takes care of any and all DL or not really DL or kinda really but not sure DL effect. If there truly are owners o...

Originally posted by Dyv: Well, if the goal is to truly 'manage' a team then being able to set the lineup on Monday and Friday seems very adequate and takes care of any and all DL or not really DL or kinda really but not sure DL effect. If there truly are owners out there who are cool with setting l...

Originally posted by KJ Duke: quote:Originally posted by King of Queens: Pitchers are rarely day-to-day with their injuries. They may get a start pushed back, but teams seem to err on the side of caution. Hitters, on the other hand, are almost ALWAYS day-to-day before hitting the DL. Broken bones an...

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS: quote:Originally posted by King of Queens: This should be one of the options: (1) Pitchers: Friday DL-Rule applies (2) Hitters: unlimited active/reserve for Friday I believe that streaming pitchers is the biggest obstacle to twice per week moves. Eliminate that, and i...

Originally posted by sportsbettingman: 1) No Friday Moves; Just set your lineup on Monday and be done with it. (This doesn't help any teams hit by major injury) 2) Keep the current Friday DL rule (This only helps teams hit by major injury and DL'd by time cutoff) 3) Allow one move per week for any p...

Here's the problem that I see. There is no way to have a DL rule that is perfect that will make everybody happy. The reason being, it brings luck into the equation whether your player even gets put on the DL right away or is day to day, or gets hurt at the start of the week as opposed to the end. Th...

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II: quote:Originally posted by King of Queens: quote:Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II: * The closer merry-go-round is in full effect. I wonder how many draft day closers have lost their jobs or are out with injury?1. Joakim Soria (injured?) 2. Jose Valverde (DL)...

Originally posted by Ryan Carey: Laporta just jacked one - welcome to the bigs kid - glad I started you this week. I was going to throw him out there this week in for struggling Randy Winn but got cute and stuck in Podsednik (just picked up). Need steals but missing the power too. Podsednik's first ...

Albert Pujols has as many stolen bases as Jimmy Rollins and Hanley Ramirez COMBINED. Carlos Pena has as many homeruns combined (11) as David Ortiz, Hanley Ramirez, David Wright, Josh Hamilton, Carlos Beltran, Bob Abreu and Ryan Howard. Mark Teixeira hit .200 in April, slow starter yes, but this is h...

6 steals.



I'm lucky to get that out of my whole team.....in a week.

Originally posted by rucrew2: quote:Originally posted by Crazy Like a Fox: Why are they handling LaPorta with kid gloves? Either they think he can be a solid contributor or not. If not, give him full time at-bats in the minors. [/QB][/QUOTE]That sounds like kid gloves. "he has to play". "Hey kid, Yo...

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS: First, the manager isn't an idiot. He didn't call up LaPorta. He has three solid defensive outfielders. He's not thinking like a fantasy player, he is managing to win games. Second, he would platoon LaPorta because he has proven nothing at this level and wants to give...

Originally posted by rkulaski: The problem is when Hafner comes back, does LaPorta get sent back down even if he's hitting? Francisco has actually had a decent week and is solid defensively. The manager is an idiot. Why would you platoon a guy like LaPorta? I don't get it. He's a young player who ne...

Originally posted by Ryan Carey: Real surprised as the noise out of Cleveland was it wasn't happening - will be interesting how Wedge uses him this week. If LaPorta comes out hitting right away hopefully they give him the DH job until Hafner comes back. If he doesn't stop hitting they'll find at-bat...

LaPorta has been officially brought up.