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10-17-06 09:19 PM #76
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Re: The 2006 AFL Thread
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10-18-06 10:30 AM #77
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Originally Posted by BennyTheJetRodriguez
[SIZE=5][SIZE=3][SIZE=1]RIP Cory Lidle. Forever a Yankee.[/SIZE]
I [B]still[/B] believe.
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10-18-06 01:41 PM #78
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I know everyone here is psyched about Gardner, but at 23, the highest full season OPS he posted in the minor leagues was .764. This is NOT the kind of hitter you want getting the most plate appearances if you're a contending American League team. Ideally, he's suited to be a 9th batter in the AL. Getting on base a ton with speed for the top of the order, and playing high caliber defense in CF. I would imagine that to be his ceiling and personally, if things go well the next few seasons, his profile would project to 4th OF.
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10-18-06 01:48 PM #79
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Originally Posted by BennyTheJetRodriguez
.338 .462 .452. They started at the same age. The Braves then decided to be aggressive with him, and sent him to AAA and then the majors his 24 year old season.
Nothing in Gardner's line seems to indicate Brett Butler, even at his ceiling, which could be a problem. Again we're a large market AL team, I don't think this is the kind of hitter we want getting the most at-bats on our team. 9th batter fine, but I think if Brett Gardner is leading off for us for long periods of time, we're either in a serious managerial crisis or we're giving away a lot of runs.
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10-18-06 02:54 PM #80
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Re: The 2006 AFL Thread
Originally Posted by MTYankee23
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10-18-06 03:29 PM #81
Re: The 2006 AFL Thread
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10-18-06 03:39 PM #82
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Originally Posted by genius-24
I honestly can't tell if this is a complement or a knock on Gardner. Either way, it still cries out 9th hitter in the AL.
And even that isn't entirely true, since Eckstein is a middle infielder, making his lack of power more valuable, and had a career minor league OPS in the .800's.
Not to mention, Eckstein's playoff OPS is a dreadful .668, so that style of play, that everyone thinks would be so successful for us come the postseason, isn't necessarily the case.
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10-18-06 06:04 PM #83
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Stats from today´s game (October 18th):
Brett Gardner: 0-3 with a BB and one run scored.
Eric Duncan: 2-4 with 2 RBI´s and one run scored.
T.J. Beam got the save, 1.1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 3 K
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10-18-06 09:11 PM #84
Re: The 2006 AFL Thread
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10-18-06 10:27 PM #85
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10-18-06 11:01 PM #86
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10-18-06 11:41 PM #87
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10-19-06 06:07 AM #88
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Originally Posted by MTYankee23
So he is doing fine. No power, but tons of speed, excellent ball-hawking abilities, solid above average arm, and he gets on base. Sounds like a leadoff hitter to me.
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10-19-06 06:10 AM #89
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Re: The 2006 AFL Thread
Originally Posted by mbn007
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10-19-06 06:13 AM #90
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10-19-06 08:23 AM #91
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Re: The 2006 AFL Thread
Originally Posted by genius-24
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10-19-06 08:33 AM #92
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Originally Posted by mbn007
As far as age goes, it certainly does matter. Think this way, Melky Cabrera is an entire year YOUNGER than Brett Gardner, and he's had basically a full season in the major leagues. Players that are drafted out of college are expected to be more advanced if anything. Again, using Butler as a barometer, they were in the exact same position upon being drafted (22 years old) and Butler's numbers were superior. Even at that, I probably wouldn't want Brett Butler leading off for an AL contender either.
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10-19-06 10:55 AM #93
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Brett can tremendously help the yankee bench. His flexibility, defence, speed, OBP and avrg are just amazing. In my opinion he can be a perfect fit.
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10-19-06 01:04 PM #94
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Re: The 2006 AFL Thread
Originally Posted by genius-24
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10-19-06 02:19 PM #95
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10-19-06 11:13 PM #96
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Good night so far for yankees.
Rasner got the start.
Code:Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Rasner 4.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 9.00
Code:Henn 2.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 3.60
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10-19-06 11:16 PM #97
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I really, really like Rasner.
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10-19-06 11:29 PM #98
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& to think, the Nats gave up on him. One man's garbage can be another man's treasure.
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10-20-06 01:33 AM #99
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The problem with Rasner, is that he no little margin for error.
But I like him also."Owning the Yankees," Steinbrenner once said, "is like owning the Mona Lisa."
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10-20-06 01:50 AM #100
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wow, henn is turning it around.
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