Hey, scouting, nice job.Originally Posted by lollipopcurve
Hey, scouting, nice job.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
I haven't gotten the same sense.
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
So said the man holding the rubber chicken behind his back.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
This thread has been an entertaining read, that's for sure.
Since I know my intentions unequivocally, I can state unequivocally that I neither own a rubber chicken nor did I intend to whack someone with one either intellectually or otherwise.
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
Now hold still while I flog you with an intellectual chicken!
Pullus ergo sum!
Sorry, you put an irresistible image in my head.
Last edited by M2; 12-12-2008 at 12:03 PM.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Everyone should have a rubber chicken.
It all depends. I think the lack of catching depth was more urgent than the lack of OF depth. I agree, we are very thin on the OF and that needs to be addressed.
Frankly, I was writing off Freel due to his injury last season anyway.
I really don't care about the two marginal prospects we gave up at all.
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
So is the argument that the Reds didn't get better at catcher while spending less a season than they would have for Freel?
I'd love to know the number of those kinds of deals currently practicable in MLB. I'd wager maybe none.
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
Yes, but Hernandez's contract is pretty bad -- the kind of contract most of us would ***** about, the kind most teams just look to dump.
I'm an A's fan??? Ohhhh-kayyyyy...
Considering the crap the Reds have had at GM for quite some time and the percentage of moves they made that were simply awful, I can see how you'd get that impression. That being said, do you actually think I dislike the acquisition or Ramon Hernandez or do you think that I like it, with reservations? It's a gray world, rather than black and white after all.No, Steel's bias is not non-Reds. He's a great Reds fan. It's a non-Reds GM bias. No Reds GM can make a move of which he will approve.
"The problem with strikeouts isn't that they hurt your team, it's that they hurt your feelings..." --Rob Neyer
"The single most important thing for a hitter is to get a good pitch to hit. A good hitter can hit a pitch that’s over the plate three times better than a great hitter with a ball in a tough spot.”
--Ted Williams
It's OK. Really.I'm an A's fan??? Ohhhh-kayyyyy...
That's MY line.It's a gray world, rather than black and white after all.
Yes. But I don't think the reservations amount to anything, given the upgrade.do you think that I like it, with reservations?
Assuming 3 million came back from Baltimore, that means Hernandez is costing the Reds $5 million next season. Not a problematic contract at all.
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
No, but could the Reds have gotten the same production from Hanigan anyway? I don't know, but the projections seem to indicate so.
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I'm just gonna pretend I didn't say it.So what happened with this? ...are you taking gambling lessons from FCB?
"Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?" ~ Jim Bouton
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