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04-29-2008, 10:33 PM | #2 | |
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04-29-2008, 10:35 PM | #3 |
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Did Dayton Moore get him or is he one of Allard Baird's acquisitions?
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04-29-2008, 10:38 PM | #4 |
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I believe he was Dayton's. Last year was his rookie year and he had to stay on the roster as a rule 5 pickup.
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04-29-2008, 10:43 PM | #5 |
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It's no fluke either; Joakim is simply filthy. His breaking stuff is unreal.
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04-29-2008, 10:52 PM | #6 |
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I am beginning to believe Soria could actually be the best closer in baseball, or at least top-3. This is not hyperbole or blind homerism, he's got Rivera-in-his-prime stuff and gets a crazy-high number of strikeouts. Its still early to crown him as a bullpen God, but if he has 1 or 2 more full seasons like this, then it would be time to have a serious talk about whether we can sign him long-term when he uses up half his required service with the Royals.
Its just unreal that this kid just falls out of the sky into our laps like this.
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04-29-2008, 10:59 PM | #7 |
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That just show how big of a waste he is as a closer. Our best pitcher has only thrown 10 innings? That's crazy. He should start getting stretched out to multiple innings, with the long term goal of getting him in the rotation.
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04-29-2008, 11:08 PM | #8 | |
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If we eventually try it out and he cant hack it as a starter, then this would be a really nice consolation prize for him to fall back on.
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04-29-2008, 11:14 PM | #9 | |
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He's only valuable if he's pitching in valuable innings. Right now, he's not. |
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04-29-2008, 11:16 PM | #10 |
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he's damn good, definately the best addition to my fantasy baseball league.
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04-29-2008, 11:26 PM | #11 | |
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Its easier to be a great relief pitcher. They dont have to pace themselves at all, they give everything they have for 3 outs, and they dont have to worry about a lineup seeing their stuff for the third or fourth time while they are running out of gas. The batter has no chance to figure out the closer, its final exam on day 1 and see you later. Frankly, I believe the odds of him succeeding as a starter are maybe 50/50 at best, probably closer to 25/75. The upside is high enough to try it when we have nothing to lose. However, we know he can help us close games now, and if we try him as a starter while we still have a faint unlikely hope at competing and it doesnt work, the season is over. We have other pitchers in the rotation and waiting to come up who have been trained to be starters, and it'll be up to them until we fall out of the race. I'd rather experiment when the games do not count. Right now they still do count, so he's our closer until further notice.
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04-29-2008, 11:36 PM | #12 | |
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And he was a starter before the Royals picked him up. In fact, he threw a perfect game in Mexico a day after the Royals selected him, which is like throwing a perfect game in Denver. If that game had been a few days earlier, the Royals wouldn't have him right now. |
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04-29-2008, 11:59 PM | #13 |
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sign him long term deal?
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04-30-2008, 03:32 AM | #14 | |
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Also, I'd like to nominate Nunez as the man to replace him as closer. Last edited by beavis; 04-30-2008 at 06:55 AM.. |
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Keep him where he is. He's very valuable, and I'd rather have a nails closer rather than some washed up bullpen vet that is likely to give up a game winner when we're up by one run in the 8th or 9th innings.
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