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Mex17 wrote: "A-Rod at SS, move Reyes to 2B" is still an option. that would be perhaps the worst of all arod-to-the-mets options...

braun had 22 win shares (20.4 hitting, 1.5 fielding), tulo 25 (14.4 hitting, 10.9 fielding) tulowitzki's warp3 is 10.6, good for 15th best all time rookie season per baseball prospectus. 36 batting runs above replacement, 16 above average, 62 fielding runs above replacement, 30 above average. (adjusted for all time) braun's warp3 is 4.8. 56 batting runs above replacement, 42 above average, 12 fielding runs BELOW replacement, 27 below average. (adjusted for all time) 12 runs below replacement is fucking awful glovework. braun also had 96 equivalent runs to tulo's 92 (adjusted for all time)

he says the same things we're saying...

rollins over ramirez!? everything esle im pretty good with. maybe brandon phillips at 2nd, but prolly not.

1. Armando Benitez (FLA) RP CHC 2. Kris Benson (BAL) SP WAS 3. Barry Bonds (SFG) LF TEX 4. Milton Bradley (SDP) LF BAL 5. Mike Cameron (SDP) CF MIN 6. Luis Castillo (NYM) 2B NYM 7. Ramon Castro (NYM) C COL 8. Roger Clemens (NYY) SP RET 9. Bartolo Colon (LAA) SP SDP 10. Francisco Cordero (MIL) RP HOU 11. David Eckstein (STL) SS TBR 12. Pedro Feliz (SFG) 3B NYY 13. Cliff Floyd (CHC) RF TBR 14. Josh Fogg (COL) SP PHI 15. Eric Gagne (BOS) RP SFG 16. Freddy Garcia (PHI) SP ARI 17. Tom Glavine (NYM) SP ATL 18. Livan Hernandez (ARI) SP LAA 19. Torii Hunter (MIN) CF SFG 20. Geoff Jenkins (MIL) LF ATL 21. Jason Jennings (HOU) SP COL 22. Andruw Jones (ATL) CF LAA 23. Paul Lo Duca (NYM C NYM 24. Kenny Lofton (CLE) CF LAD 25. Kyle Lohse (PHI) SP SEA 26. Kazuo Matsui (COL) 2B CHW 27. Andy Pettitte (NYY) SP LAD 28. Odaliz Perez (KCR) SP PHI 29. Mike Piazza (OAK) DH OAK 30. Jorge Posada (NYY) C NYY 31. Mariano Rivera (NYY) RP NYY 32. JC Romero (PHI) RP MIL 33. Alex Rodriguez (NYY) 3B NYM 34. Aaron Rowand (PHI) CF ATL 35. Carlos Silva (MIN) SP STL 36. Sammy Sosa (TEX) DH RET 37. Yorvit Torrealba (COL) C NYM 38. Steve Trachsel (BAL) SP PIT 39. Luis Vizcaino (NYY) RP SFG 40. Kerry Wood (CHC) RP NYM

i would offer to all of them...

i like it, though i suspect that aaron heilman would disagree, and sharply.

yeah, i've got feliz as both the best 3b glove and the best 3b arm in the nl (among the 15 guys with the most playing time). my determinings were based on (plays on balls in zone + plays on balls out of zone - fielding errors) / (plays on balls in zone + plays on balls out of zone) for glovework and assists / (asists + throwing errors) for armwork. i'm fairly pleased with how glovework should work, but armwork really is a measure of arm accuracy, and cannot gauge arm strength. maybe assists / plays on balls in and out of zone would work for that... odd... the average third baseman has more assists than plays on balls both in and out of his zone... where the heck are all those extra assists coming from? wright made 215 plays on 312 balls hit into his "zone", and made 88 plays on balls outside his "zone". wright has 107 putouts to his credit and 324 assists, and only one double play turned. assuming that plays + ooz should equal all the batted balls he put his glove on, what gives?

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winner metsmarathon metirish frayed knot nymr83 sharpie valadius johnny dickshot # correct NL MVP holliday rollins rollins holliday rollins rollins holliday AL MVP rodriguez ordonez rodriguez rodriguez rodriguez rodriguez rodriguez NL Cy Young peavy peavy peavy peavy peavy peavy peavy AL Cy Young beckett beckett sabathia sabathia sabathia sabathia beckett NL ROY tulowitzki tulowitzki braun tulowitzki braun braun tulowitzki AL ROY pedroia -- pedroia pedroia pedroia pedroia pedroia NL MOY melvin melvin piniella melvin melvin melvin hurdle AL MOY wedge -- wedge wedge wedge wedge torre NL Gold Gloves: 1b lee helton pujols gonzalez helton pujols helton gonzalez 0 2b hudson utley hudson hudson hudson hudson phillips hudson 5 3b wright jones zimmerman zimmerman jones wright zimmerman wright 2 SS rollins vizquel vizquel cabrera vizquel tulowitzki tulowitzki reyes 0 OF rowand francoeur beltran byrnes jones beltran soriano beltran 2 OF jones jones jones cameron beltran rowand rowand rowand 5 OF beltran holliday rowand francoeur soriano jones francoeur jones 4 OF4 francoeur -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 C martin martin ausmus martin martin martin martin martin 6 P maddux maddux maddux maddux maddux maddux hudson maddux 6 AL Gold Gloves: 1b youkilis youkilis -- pena casey youkilis youkilis -- 3 2b polanco polanco -- -- pedroia grudzielanek polanco -- 2 3b beltre lowell -- inge lowell chavez iwamura -- 0 SS cabrera cabrera -- mcdonald jeter jeter mcdonald -- 1 OF hunter wells -- crawford suzuki hunter suzuki -- 3 OF sizemore suzuki -- granderson hunter wells crisp -- 4 OF suzuki hunter -- rios sizemore suzuki markakis -- 1 C rodriguez johjima -- mauer varitek varitek johjima -- 0 P santana mussina -- -- matsuzaka rogers westbrook -- 0 where mets rank: David Wright, MVP: 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 Carlos Beltran, MVP: 15 10 14 10 17 11 7 Jose Reyes, MVP: 25 8 24 20 22 13 10 John Maine, Cy Young: 9 5 nv 15 12 12 12 Oliver Perez, Cy Young: 10 7 nv nv 13 10 9 total 9 4 4 8 10 6 7

rollins? with 11 fielding errors and no throwing errors, i'd give him a gold arm award before i handed him a gold glove. tulo shoulda won it. i wonder if i agree with any of these? lee over a helton/pujols pickem? nope. hudson over brandon phillips? nope. rollins over tulo? nope. wright over feliz? nope. martin? 14 errors? over brad ausmus? nope. in the outfield, i'd give a nod to byrnes, jones, and kearns. beltran gets in as my 4th, since i'm inclined to award to each OF position. elsewise, i'm going with 1) jones 2) beltran 3) kearns 4) francoeur or byrnes. and no aaron rowand whose numbers point to a lack of range relative to his peers. pitchers? who cares. and of course, fielding win shares disagree with me.

the best i could say in that regard is that wright does have a knack for turning in a spectacular, flashy play, and gets to more balls outside his "zone" than any other thirdbaseman, 88 to zimmerman's 71. however, i cannot construct a numerical argument whereby he is more deserving of hte award than pedro feliz.

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i think its about time to get this thing started. it seems curt schilling has already taken himself out of the competition, while andy pettitte has insterted himself in. so lets get cracking! name the next team to sign each of the following 40 free agents, including if you feel that none of them will be signed come the opening of spring training. 1. Armando Benitez (FLA) RP 2. Kris Benson (BAL) SP 3. Barry Bonds (SFG) LF 4. Milton Bradley (SDP) LF 5. Mike Cameron (SDP) CF 6. Luis Castillo (NYM) 2B 7. Ramon Castro (NYM) C 8. Roger Clemens (NYY) SP 9. Bartolo Colon (LAA) SP 10. Francisco Cordero (MIL) RP 11. David Eckstein (STL) SS 12. Pedro Feliz (SFG) 3B 13. Cliff Floyd (CHC) RF 14. Josh Fogg (COL) SP 15. Eric Gagne (BOS) RP 16. Freddy Garcia (PHI) SP 17. Tom Glavine (NYM) SP 18. Livan Hernandez (ARI) SP 19. Torii Hunter (MIN) CF 20. Geoff Jenkins (MIL) LF 21. Jason Jennings (HOU) SP 22. Andruw Jones (ATL) CF 23. Paul Lo Duca (NYM C 24. Kenny Lofton (CLE) CF 25. Kyle Lohse (PHI) SP 26. Kazuo Matsui (COL) 2B 27. Andy Pettitte (NYY) SP 28. Odaliz Perez (KCR) SP 29. Mike Piazza (OAK) DH 30. Jorge Posada (NYY) C 31. Mariano Rivera (NYY) RP 32. JC Romero (PHI) RP 33. Alex Rodriguez (NYY) 3B 34. Aaron Rowand (PHI) CF 35. Carlos Silva (MIN) SP 36. Sammy Sosa (TEX) DH 37. Yorvit Torrealba (COL) C 38. Steve Trachsel (BAL) SP 39. Luis Vizcaino (NYY) RP 40. Kerry Wood (CHC) RP i'll try to keep track of this like i did last year. get your picks in by nov 13th. if anybody signs before the 13th, then we strike their name from the list.

i believe that would be in violation of the rules. (if they reject your brick, i assume you get your money back, no?)

"11. Red Sox � They�ll be great with or without him, and odds went way down after Boras� F.U. to the Red Sox on Sunday." what did i miss here?

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yeah, that's just dumb. also dumb is the notion that, though they could afford to do so, the mets might not want to have a very high payroll. now, just having a high payroll in and of itself is no guarantee of success. but if you do it right, and make the wise decisions in building the team with that high payroll, it can certainly be an enabler or success. you should have a payroll commensurate with your ability to afford it, but also commensurate with the team's ability to perform. that is to say that if you can afford to pay the right players, you do. and just because you can afford to pay the wrong players does not mean that you do. arod is more of a right player than a wrong player, given that i think he could be a good first baseman, will produce like the dickens, and has a healthy-looking body that does not seem overly prone to breaking down (though that can always change at the drop of a hat). with him at first, we can afford to find a defensive second baseman, and grow a few corner outfielders. it also, dare i say, alleviates some of the pressure on the pitching staff. which is not to say that we don't need pitching desperately this offseason, only that a good offense is a pitchers good friend.

anyone setting up the free agent pick'em this year?

every one of them is wearing the uniform of the team which employed them at the time the picture was taken.

Baseball investigator George Mitchell wrote: Neither I nor any member of my investigative staff had anything whatsoever to do with the publication of the allegations about Mr. Byrd... We had no prior knowledge of those allegations, and we first learned of them, along with the rest of the public, through news accounts. this doesn't inspire confidence in that they have done a thorough job in their invesitgation, does it.

well, unless its too kinky. then, perhaps, you both may lose.

also a common injury with runners and people who choose their footwear poorly. but, yeah, i associate it with the elderly.