Here is another couple of "superstars" that I told Jim,  shoe shine et.  al. was not gonna make it ......... and did suck.

Again, .just like CJ.......and Ed-it's Gon.....  I was chastised by Jim's snakepit,  the DPPB, website and shoe shine on these two as well.

Nippert:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7653/career;_ylt=A0wNdcfXtBlMrAEBAZ6FCLcF

Hairston

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7046/career;_ylt=A0wNdcRxuhlMkDkA6GWFCLcF

I guess that the spreadsheet beats watching the players?

It has been a long time since I logged onto this site and feel that Jim should be fair enough to allow this post to stand........ Anyway... let us review a couple of issues that may have been forgotten. Ed-is-Gon. yup... that pitcher that was maybe... kinda...sorta... held in such high regard is now working at the car wash?  And what has been up with that superstud Conor Jackson?  Well...of course he is tearing up MLB pitching and playing solid defense.

see the links below for some his..tor..e..

bye for now...and....before I forget...ask shoe shine, or whatever his name is, to chime in. thanks.

Ed-it's-Gon:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7149/career;_ylt=A0wNdbudaxBMv0UBGwyFCLcF

http://www.azsnakepit.com/2008/6/14/552004/edgar-vs-max-et-al

CJ:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7486/career;_ylt=A2KIRyLjexBM9qAAbQKFCLcF

http://www.azsnakepit.com/2008/5/4/472693/double-plays-started-by-1b

Go D-backs!!!

And if so why? What is the true goal of this site?  Free discussion of the D-Backs, the opera, movies, other??  agree with the boss?  And if you don't you get the boot?  Really   I'm  asking what the goal of this site is.  Is it to discuss the D-backs? Please help.

Thank you

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Currently, we only have 33 names on the 40 man roster. There may be a few that are added shortly but 7 open spots seems a little high.

Maybe we will be looking to pick up a player or two in the upcoming Rule 5 draft?

http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/team/roster_40man.jsp?c_id=ari

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  (or so)...that "MLB" made on the sale of the Expos?

http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/washington-nationals_01.html

A group led by Ted Lerner bought the Nationals for $450M in May, 2006.
Major League Baseball had purchased the franchise formerly known as the Expos for $120M in 2002.

 

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If JB is such great a GM then why do we have a team that is so heavy on the RHB side??

If we lose O-Dawg we will probably get even more right handed.  Trade CJ for what ever we can get for some LHB.He's a poor defensive 1b and ...at best...an average defensive lf that can't hit more than 12-15 bombs.

Approx. 75% of our PAs will be against RHPs. 

We neeed LHB's

Great roster contruction...JB.

All RHBs.  give me a freaking break!!!

Max was sent to Tucson yesterday to make room for Buckner. We needed a fresh arm due to the work load that our 'pen has encountered lately.

Taking into account EdGon's performance and the lack of flexibility that we have due to him being out of options, how much value does he really bring to our club?

We have  Buckner, Scherzer, Petit, Peguero among others, that have options and can be rotated between Tucson and the big club. Their YTD performance is at least equal to if not better than EdGon's and the flexibility they allow enables us to keep fresh arms in the 'pen on a regular basis.

If the FO could get anything of value for Edgar, I would advocate trading him. I really don't feel that he'll ever be a highly effective pitcher especially at the BOB.

Geez, let's hope so. We sure have had more than our share of defensive miscues so far this year. And many of ours have been very damaging. I wouldn't be surprised if we lead the league in unearned runs. From the article

Only four teams in the National League have a higher error total than the D-backs' 37.

The D-backs have tried a number of things to improve the defense, including having coaches bring different positions onto the field for work before batting practice, going so far as having a coach flip a pitch to the one hitting rather than just hitting fungoes.

I'm always a supporter of practice but it sure looks like we could use more.

Also an interesting subject regarding the fan base...

According to Nielsen Media Research, from March 31 - May 22, FSN Arizona was the top-rated television network in Phoenix on the nights it televised a D-backs game, outdistancing all four broadcast stations in the market (7 - 11 p.m., Monday - Sunday). An average of 90,310 households in the Valley were watching FSN Arizona on nights it has a D-backs game during primetime hours. ...

From today's game thread...

There are exponentially more variables to baseball then there are to coin tosses.

Baseball stats are not the law of gravity, true probability theory ( ie. a coin toss, a dice roll, etc) or physics.

To compare baseball stats to true science is, IMO, a very far stretch.

PHOENIX (AP)—The Arizona Diamondbacks have placed left fielder Eric Byrnes on the 15-day disabled because of sore hamstrings.

The injury has bothered the Arizona outfielder since spring training, manager Bob Melvin said when the move was announced Tuesday, and the decision was made that rest was required. Byrnes had struggled at the plate, hitting just .219 with six home runs and 23 RBIs. Alex Romero was recalled from Triple-A Tucson to take Byrnes’ spot on the roster.

Link

With the return of Tracy and the addition of Romero, we sure got a lot more left handed the last two days.

Ground rules in baseball are always important to understand. I'm somewhat new to this forum and would like to understand the ground rules at "this park." At times, it seems that snark directed specifically toward other posters is not only allowed but encouraged. Is that the case?

What are the "ground rules?"

Thanks

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We have given up a lot of unearned runs and not all miscues show up that way. So, let's take a look at our D. I'm going to list our starters based upon a scale from 1-10  according to what I feel is expected from a NL starter at their position. I'm going to use things such as: range, glove work, footwork, arm strength, arm accuracy (are they throwing to the most beneficial spot on the field), how many hits, extra bases, runs do they save/cost us. I'm going to use starters for now but feel free to use bench guys as well. My scale is based upon what I see them do on the field.

C Snydes  8.5

1b CJ 2.5

2b O-Dawg 9.5

3b Reynolds 4.5

ss Wolf 4.5

LF Bam Bam 9.0

CF CY 8.0

RF J-Up 3.5

I'm interested in everyone's opinion so please chime in. Again, I'm using what I see to determine my ratings. Let's try to use visuals as best we can.

Thanks

During today's game thread, we were trying to find the number of double plays started by 1bs.

This link  shows that, for '07, the top 10 in the NL were:

CJ had 1 (about 1 every 870 innings) and Tony Clark had 4 (about 1 every 100 innings).

OK gang, Bam Bam gets a lot of flack on this board so I thought that it would be appropriate to start a Bam Bam fanpost and possibly reduce some of the Byrnes controversy.

Here's my take...When we signed him, when you combine D, base running and hitting, he  was arguably one of the best LFs in the NL. Q's shoulder was cooked and he didn't even have the surgery yet. Who knows if Q is even going to be able to play, not only at all but at a ML level, at that point.  We had Scooter hanging around as a guy that hasn't proved jack as a major leaguer and is , what? about 28 years old? So, it was pretty much looking like either Bam Bam or Scooter at that point.

We had a good shot at being a competitive team but also had very young and, up to that point, unproven players at 1b, 3b, ss,CF and RF. Bam Bam got a three year deal at  10 per which was more favorable to the org then the Gary Mathews deal at 5/50.

This is far from an Ortiz type deal. IMO, if you pay quality players big money then that's OK but if you pay sucky players (Ortiz) big money then that sucks.

Bam Bam is a very solid LF.

Fire away.

LMAO. I was watching the Padres' game tonight and Scooter Hairston looked so silly on two different plays out in LF. And, BTW, he continues to  impress with a ba of .205.  Wow! what a solid ML LF!

Free Scooter!!!

;-)

He's still a bomb!

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There's been no movement between the Diamondbacks and Orlando Hudson on a contract for the 2009 season, and even the usually ebullient All-Star second baseman has nothing to say about it.

"I would love to stay here. I would definitely love to stay here," said Hudson, who was obtained by the D-backs after the 2005 season in the four-player trade that sent Troy Glaus to Toronto. "You can write that in big bold letters: I would love to stay here. Yeah. I love the community. I love the team. I love all of it."

Hudson is making $6.5 million this season, and he was recently angered when a local report was floated saying that he wanted $15 million a year to stay. Hudson said that report was false. He and Eric Byrnes are the veteran cogs on a young team.

I hope that they can come to an agreement. I would really like to see O-Dawg around for another 3 years.

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kishi posted this link in the gameday thread and SongBird broke the news. I thought that it deserved it's own fan post.

The two thoughts from Nick's article that I agree with are posted below.

Maybe they’re going to move him into the rotation and bump Edgar Gonzalez back to that swing role in the bullpen? That, to me, would seem like the most likely move.

 

But I think it’s important that he continues to develop as a starter. They might need him in the rotation next year or maybe even later this year. Having him throw inconsistent innings out of the pen isn’t going to allow him to further develop his change-up and slider. It’s not going to get his innings total up to the point where he could throw 180 innings if he’s in the rotation next year.

http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/NickPiecoro/22454

Miggy was called up and Romero optioned to Tucson today. I like that we have three catchers on the roster as we can now use Miggy as a PH and not have to worry about using our last catcher.

Thoughts?
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So far he has given up runs in three of his 6 appearances and now he has a ERA of 11.37.

In today's game he blew his second save of the year. Here's how it happened.

...at ESPN regarding the history behind Tony Gwynn Jr. vs. Trevor Hoffman at the tail end of the '07 season. A loss that could have cost the Padres a shot at the playoffs.

Credit goes to Nick at his AZ Central blog.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3243227

That didn't take long.

Yahoo says that he'll be out 2-4 weeks. I'm hoping that we'll get to see the lead glover Hairston playing CF during the Padres visit to the BOB April 18-20. I think it would be interesing watching him play CF with the overhang and spacious outfield.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AiAYMaX2fVq5f6JD3B3xwECFCLcF?slug=ap-padres-edmonds&prov=a p&type=lgns

Below is a link to a pretty cool article that breaks down the roster from a scout's viewpoint.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/articles/0329bbpredbcapsules0330.html

Do you see the same thing that the scouts do?

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It looks like the AL will be suckling runs from Nipple in Texas.

It sounds like we didn't get much ...other than maybe a roster spot...out of this deal.

I can't say that I'm very disappointed to see him go. My guess is that Medders gets his spot on the 25 man.

The Diamondbacks shipped the struggling right-hander to the Texas Rangers in exchange for minor leaguer Jose Marte, a pitching prospect who will turn 25 next month but hasn't pitched above Class A.

In three minor league seasons, the reliever has a 4.29 ERA in 153 innings and appears to have control issues, walking 92 batters compared to 174 strikeouts.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/articles/0328nippert-ON.html

Today, St. Louis added 4 SPs and now they have a total of 7 players on the DL.

Josh Kinney RP  
Chris Carpenter SP
Joel Piñeiro SP/RP  
Matt Clement SP  
Juan Encarnación RF
Mark Mulder SP  
Tyler Johnson RP

Wow!

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