Will Bailey, McCuthen, Porcello, Happ, Rasmus, Banks, Beckman, Hanson etc slump this year?
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Will Bailey, McCuthen, Porcello, Happ, Rasmus, Banks, Beckman, Hanson etc slump this year?
Chris Coghlan will.
Andrew Bailey won't.
McCutchen will improve.
Who is Baily?
JA Happ will.
Colby Rasmus will improve.
Wow I actually agree with Metsguy on all counts....Quote:
Originally Posted by metsguy234
i updated the original post and added ppl
Porcello - improve
BeckHaM - improve
Hanson - same level over more innings
Banks - who?
Coghlan/Happ/Randy Wells
Whats a Sopmore?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...lankky01.shtmlQuote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Although, that was more of a cup of coffee.
Ah, bLanks
Jeffy, are you drunk? You're butchering these names.
"Beckman"= Gordon Beckham?
If so, improve.
Porcello- decline
Hanson- no change
Ricky Romero- no change
Blanks- improve
And the title, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Although Daniel Murphy wasn't quite a rookie last year, I think we should still consider him.
I say he'll improve.
Why do you think Porcello will decline?
I felt he was playing above his head last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Based on what? He performed similar to Ricky Romero (well, better) and is much younger and has a much better pedigree and prospect status.Quote:
Originally Posted by metsguy234
my ****ing laptop.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Back on desktop now.
Somewhat of a gut feeling I have.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Oh...like that gut feeling that Daniel Murphy was gonna hit 30 home runs last year? :3
I think he'll hit 25 this year.
Hell no- Metsguy you're crazyQuote:
Originally Posted by metsguy234
Let's put big money on it.
you have to have big money to put on it, to offer up big money.Quote:
Originally Posted by metsguy234
I called this last year and got the crap made fun of me but 2 guys who are going to improve and impress are Porcello and Hughes.
Who made fun of you for thinking Porcello and Hughes would be good?Quote:
Originally Posted by grasshopper
bc big brother HGM is gonna beat em up!
Once again my boy Casey McGhee gets no respect. And no he won't have a sophmore slump either.
I'd put money that he will. There's no evidence to suggest that he's suddenly become a much better player than he was in the minors.Quote:
Originally Posted by MichelleWie
Your on. How about a loser leaves town match? The evidence is in his performance last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
116 games of performance wildly out of line with anything he's ever done previously is not evidence.Quote:
Originally Posted by MichelleWie
HGM lost it all getting owned at PokerQuote:
Originally Posted by metsguy234
I did once, going from $96 to $2 in a week or so. Made it all back though.Quote:
Originally Posted by FloydtheBarber
If he can do it for 116 why can't he do it for 162?? He's a prime time performer. Saves his best for the bg stage of MLB. Plus he will be healthy(Had knee surgery to fix ligaments that bothered him all year) and hopefully play only 1 position. (3B I hope)Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Because those 116 games were very likely a fluke. He was never a top prospect and his career high minor league OPS is .774. Chances are, he didn't suddenly sprout into a .859 OPS hitter in the bigs.Quote:
Originally Posted by MichelleWie
I don't know why he would "save his best for the big stage of MLB." If this is truly his actual talent level, why hasn't he shown it before in order to get to the big leagues quicker? Why did he wait until he was 26?
Because he's clutch.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Are you just trolling or what? :rolleyes:
*sigh* Here we go again, anybody who disagrees with Houston is a troll:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
No. "Because he's clutch" has absolutely nothing to do with what I said, unless "clutch" means "would rather wallow in the minors until he's 26 than make it to the majors." It seems like you have nothing to fall back on to support your opinion (which is fine) so instead bring up silly buzzwords.Quote:
Originally Posted by MichelleWie
Why is everything a big argument with you? I always laugh at how MG baits you in silly arguments. Even though you know he's just messing with you, you just can't walk away. It's like an addiction you have or something. You can't predict the future anymore than me. Minor leagues stats mean nothing to me. McGhee is a beast. One of the most underrated players in MLB. I think it's funny how everyone writes him off because he was never a big prospect.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
I enjoy discussing baseball. I'm not trying to have a big argument here, just a baseball discussion. Everyone "writes him off" because minor league stats, while they may mean nothing you, absolutely do mean something when it comes to proper player evaluation. I will, on average, wind up predicting the future better than you if you ignore huge amounts of data while I take all the data into account.Quote:
Originally Posted by MichelleWie