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Post by Lunatic Fringe on Jan 17, 2009 12:49:59 GMT -5
With Junkies pick he now owns the only two major league players with the first name Orlando. Anyone else think his team should be co-named Orlando, Junkies and Dawn? What's great is that neither of these guys actually plays on a team right now. Baseball is colluding against Orlandos........ |
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Post by Bobby Ayala - Matt on Jan 17, 2009 13:29:38 GMT -5
Not after Capps went in the first round. Not a chance. Capps is the man, and more importantly he's guaranteed saves. Devine and Gonzalez will have to win the job. |
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Post by Rusty Trombones - Jackson on Jan 17, 2009 13:56:20 GMT -5
Not after Capps went in the first round. Not a chance. Capps is the man, and more importantly he's guaranteed saves. Devine and Gonzalez will have to win the job (and neither were geting the saves last year.) Capps is guaranteed saves for the first week of the season. |
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Post by Nellie's Holler on Jan 17, 2009 15:43:48 GMT -5
Capps is the man, and more importantly he's guaranteed saves. Devine and Gonzalez will have to win the job (and neither were geting the saves last year.) Capps is guaranteed saves for the first week of the season. Fill in the blank: _____ will steal the closer role from Capps after the 1st week of the year. Capps numbers don't look awe-inspiring. A 3.02 ERA, .97 WHIP (pretty damn good), 39 K's in 54 IP, and 21 saves. People don't seem to remember that he was out for aboug 45 days with a right shoulder injury, then came in Sept. for 10 IP with 7 K's, 0.87 ERA, 0.48 WHIP & .139 BAA with 4 saves. Means he came back & showed that he is still effective after the injury, has 30 save potential even with that bad team, and still has awesome control. He also throws 95mph, no matter what Buckner says. His ADP this year is the 13th round (somewhere between pick 156 - 168), and I took him as the 176th pick in this league. Fantasy baseball sites I have read have said he's very nice value in the 13th round as well. So poke fun all you want, but I went in last year with 2 closers, and I'm doing the same this year. How did last year turn out? |
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Post by drkaraoke on Jan 17, 2009 15:50:25 GMT -5
UGH so many players I am looking at that are not on the list... so i go to espn and noteveryone picks up thier players!!! PLEASE pick up your players
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Post by Nellie's Holler on Jan 17, 2009 15:51:12 GMT -5
99 ks in 176 innings isnt bad for someone who"doesnt strike out anyone. Dude Jamie Moyer thinks 99 K's is for pussies. LOL, there are RP's that can record 90 K's for you without stealing a single start. How is 99 K's from a SP value? That's more like negative value, since you would then need to have good RP's to make up the difference per start between him & the average SP in the K cat. |
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Post by Bobby Ayala - Matt on Jan 17, 2009 16:05:09 GMT -5
UGH so many players I am looking at that are not on the list... so i go to espn and noteveryone picks up thier players!!! PLEASE pick up your players Agreed, come on guys, pick up your players. Be kind to your commissioner and save Mack the work of having to do it later. |
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Post by Rusty Trombones - Jackson on Jan 17, 2009 16:26:45 GMT -5
Capps is guaranteed saves for the first week of the season. Fill in the blank: _____ will steal the closer role from Capps after the 1st week of the year. Capps numbers don't look awe-inspiring. A 3.02 ERA, .97 WHIP (pretty damn good), 39 K's in 54 IP, and 21 saves. People don't seem to remember that he was out for aboug 45 days with a right shoulder injury, then came in Sept. for 10 IP with 7 K's, 0.87 ERA, 0.48 WHIP & .139 BAA with 4 saves. Means he came back & showed that he is still effective after the injury, has 30 save potential even with that bad team, and still has awesome control. He also throws 95mph, no matter what Buckner says. His ADP this year is the 13th round (somewhere between pick 156 - 168), and I took him as the 176th pick in this league. Fantasy baseball sites I have read have said he's very nice value in the 13th round as well. So poke fun all you want, but I went in last year with 2 closers, and I'm doing the same this year. How did last year turn out? I like Capps, so I'm not hating on him or the pick at all, but you know he could have 45 saves or 6 this year. It's that way with almost every closer in baseball. To answer your fill in the blank.....anyone on the Pirates roster. All you can try to get are guys that start with the job. |
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Post by Nellie's Holler on Jan 17, 2009 16:32:56 GMT -5
Sorry then, I took that the wrong way. Just seemed like several people have made comments about the Capps pick thus far.
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Post by Rusty Trombones - Jackson on Jan 17, 2009 16:51:51 GMT -5
Sorry then, I took that the wrong way. Just seemed like several people have made comments about the Capps pick thus far. My comment was for Bobby saying he's guaranteed saves, not the pick at all. No closers are guaranteed anything at the beginning of the year except the first shot to close games. |
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Post by Bobby Ayala - Matt on Jan 17, 2009 17:30:31 GMT -5
Sorry then, I took that the wrong way. Just seemed like several people have made comments about the Capps pick thus far. My comment was for Bobby saying he's guaranteed saves, not the pick at all. No closers are guaranteed anything at the beginning of the year except the first shot to close games. Semantics! Alright, come on, of course he's not guaranteed anything, in the same sense Pujols isn't guaranteed to hit 20 HR because he might get injured or he might decide to bunt every other AB. None of us are guaranteed anything in this life, it's our job to make each opportunity count, and blah blah, do the best you can, etc etc. Capps is a proven gamer and will have a longer leash than 75% of the other "closers" in baseball. The fact that he plays for a non-contender means there won't be any pressure even if he hits some rough patches. He was a great, great pick in the 1st round, the best closer left, arguably a better pick than Mariano or Fuentes. |
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Post by Nellie's Holler on Jan 17, 2009 17:30:38 GMT -5
Sooooo, you were just arguing semantics then? Doesn't that apply to just about any player at any position. Obviously, a little more extreme for closers, but leeway is given as far as the track record of the player as well as who the other options may be. Huston Street better watch his back, while Mariano Rivera has a long leash. The same goes for players such as any rookie that comes up with the Angels. After a very solid '07, Rich Hill was given 5 starts before he was kicked to the curb last year.
Point being..WTF was your point? Everyone knows that a closer that's garaunteed saves won't be garaunteed for the entire year. Lay off the mary jane, or smoke some more if you're in such need of a deeper meaning to everything, even statements about closers.
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Post by Bobby Ayala - Matt on Jan 17, 2009 17:38:54 GMT -5
that was creepy
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Post by Nellie's Holler on Jan 17, 2009 17:40:09 GMT -5
jinx
now you can't talk again until someone says your name.
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Post by Rusty Trombones - Jackson on Jan 17, 2009 17:50:50 GMT -5
Matt Capps always goes into the 10 items or less isle with a cart full of stuff, and never returns videos re-wound to the beginning. Fuck him.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2009 20:50:12 GMT -5
Capps will dominate and I predict a career year. Go Capps
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2009 23:30:05 GMT -5
2 days per round 16 more rounds then a MiLB draft.
My last pick was 4 days ago. fucking unbelievable.
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Post by Rusty Trombones - Jackson on Jan 18, 2009 10:12:34 GMT -5
2 days per round 16 more rounds then a MiLB draft. My last pick was 4 days ago. fucking unbelievable. That's why we voted to shorten the time. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2009 10:19:16 GMT -5
who do you like winning today Jackson? football
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Post by leezrok on Jan 18, 2009 10:19:23 GMT -5
i dont even know how i got that pick, hahha
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Post by Lunatic Fringe on Jan 18, 2009 12:04:44 GMT -5
i dont even know how i got that pick, hahha You got it in a trade. I don't feel like going to look up which one right now, but you got it from Jimi Hendry |
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Post by leezrok on Jan 18, 2009 12:19:12 GMT -5
i dont even know how i got that pick, hahha You got it in a trade. I don't feel like going to look up which one right now, but you got it from Jimi Hendry oph i believe u, i just dun remember |
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Post by Rusty Trombones - Jackson on Jan 18, 2009 13:22:34 GMT -5
who do you like winning today Jackson? football Cards 27, Eagles 24 Steelers 19, Ravens 10 Rooting for Eagles Ravens but I don't think so...gimme Warner over McNabb in an important game, and gimme Roethlisberger over the rookie at home. |
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Post by Nuke LaLoosh Express on Jan 18, 2009 13:40:57 GMT -5
I'll take
Eagles 24, Cards 20
Steelers 17, Ravens 13
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2009 13:48:47 GMT -5
My money goes to
Cards +3 1/2
Steelers -6
Cards 28 Eagles 21
Steelers 20 Ravens 10
I have Cards & Steelers players in the playoff challenge thingee
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Post by Bobby Ayala - Matt on Jan 18, 2009 14:02:37 GMT -5
Eagles 30
Cardinals 20
Steelers 16
Ravens 10
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Post by Nellie's Holler on Jan 18, 2009 15:50:08 GMT -5
2 days per round 16 more rounds then a MiLB draft. My last pick was 4 days ago. fucking unbelievable. 5 days for me. Hopefully the quicker pick times will help this some. |
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Post by Bobby Ayala - Matt on Jan 18, 2009 15:51:39 GMT -5
jesus eagles, at least try to cover Fitzgerald...
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Post by Rusty Trombones - Jackson on Jan 18, 2009 15:54:07 GMT -5
jesus eagles, at least try to cover Fitzgerald... Gimme Kurt Warner over McNabb in a must win game, and gimme Fitzgerald over any WR the Eagles have, ever had, or ever will have. |
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Post by Nuke LaLoosh Express on Jan 18, 2009 15:56:37 GMT -5
Is it just me or does Kevin Curtis look like a 70's porn star with that GROSS red stache?
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