SB Nation User Blog: lailaihei

Individual Stats up at kenpom

lailaihei — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:33:04 -0000

Individual Stats up at kenpom

Don't be worried about it too much yet, I'd wait until we have the first Arizona State game under our belt to start really caring, but there's some interesting stuff here.
1. Pondexter and Thomas are 410th and 411th in the country in % of minutes played, both with 76.3%. They're also right next to each other in % Possessions at 175 and 176 with 27.2% each. If that isn't a dual threat, I don't know what is.
2. Gant, Suggs, and Turner are our least impactful players thus far, I can believe that.
3. Overton assists a lot more than I thought, I guess he deserves the minutes he's getting.
4. Thomas and Pondexter know how to draw fouls, both cracking the top 50 in FD/40.
5. Breshers is 2 months of hard training away from being a huge impact player, his rate stats are solid all around.

Sounders Playoffs Gamethread

lailaihei — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:10:48 -0000

CONTEXT

The Seattle Sounders FC and the Houston Dynamo will face each other in the 2009 MLS playoffs, which begins tonight in Seattle.

KEY PLAYERS

Seattle:

Roster

Houston:

Roster

Both the Sounders and Dynamo are filled to the brim with possible difference-makers.

KEY QUESTIONS

Can the Seattle Sounders outscore the Houston Dynamo?

They can.

Can the Houston Dynamo outscore the Seattle Sounders?

They can.

Will one of the Seattle Sounders and Houston Dynamo outscore the other?

Most certainly likely!

X FACTOR

Jaqua

CONCLUSION

GO SOUNDERS!!

h/t Jeff for the template

Ricciardi Canned

lailaihei — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:30:19 -0000

Ricciardi Canned

This is what happens when you don't move Halladay when his value is at his highest... I'd rather have Ricciardi than a lot of current GMs, but tough luck for him. He should be able to find another job, though.

Mariners' turn for the Community Prospect List on Minor League Ball

lailaihei — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:58:27 -0000

Mariners' turn for the Community Prospect List on Minor League Ball

Add your vote if you know anything about the Mariners minor league system!

Request: Yu Darvish

lailaihei — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:37:23 -0000

Interesting pitcher, some think he would immidiately step into an "ace" role in the MLB. He's got a great body type for pitching but his style is a little bit different than what we're used to staying in the States. We should get some good video of him from the WBC, too. There's a good chance he jumps the ocean at some point and whatever team signs him will definitely pay a premium, so it would be nice to see an evaluation of his mechanics.

Thanks.