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Kipnis was a good guess - he scores a 77. Rizzo scores a 69
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Combining PECOTA's "Breakout" with "Improve" scores, Harper scores a 98, the highest of any player with MLB experience. There are two other players with MLB experience that score > 90...
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Ruggiano and Dirks.
Eckfords ⚾ on
February 23, 2013 7:53 AM
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No winners yet. Both players are under $10 each, and under $15 combined. One AL player, one NL player...
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Rizzo and Kipnis
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Ruggiano and Dirks.
Eckfords ⚾ on
February 23, 2013 12:41 AM
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Cespedes and Trumbo?
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Not a surprise: PECOTA has Bryce Harper as the MLB hitter with the highest chance of a true breakout in 2013. Does anyone want to guess the 2nd and 3rd most likely hitters? Both are rostered for a total under $15...
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This: http://goo.gl/0RQnA
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Paid -- Crying, thanks Nate
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I can't, technically.
Eckfords ⚾ on
February 22, 2013 9:38 PM
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"Real" boxscores today did not help T. Cingrani: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER 1 BB, 1 SO. It's early, but you should probably drop him now, Jed.
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Another ESPN Insider Access deal (1 year, $5): http://goo.gl/1cAKy
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Is there any other time zone?
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Yes, draft is 8:30 PM EST on March 3. Just around the corner...
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Hey Draft Question -- that 830pm time is Eastern I assume?
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Enrico Palazzo's trading block has been updated!
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that is awesome
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AAA All-Star game in Durham next year. Sweet.
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When he gives up 6 runs in the first inning, might as well let him go on...
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I find it hard to believe that he would be worse than Bronson Arroyo in that rotation, but he would probably have an IP limit that Arroyo could exceed. Arroyo is an innings-eater...oddly, because he's terrible.
Eckfords ⚾ on
February 21, 2013 7:40 AM
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Uh oh, Jed: http://pulse.me/s/iIuj0
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perhaps, but as an asset as we have used the term he will have significantly less value at 2B, even less in LF
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He would have more value to me if he ends up at 2B
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Jim Callis: He had similar issues at Clemson as well. I question whether Miller can stay at shortstop
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He made 36 errors in A ball as a 22 year old in 97 games. What weight are we giving to likelihood he isn't a SS?
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Any everyday mlb ss who can muster even a 370 obp will have real value.
Eckfords ⚾ on
February 20, 2013 5:33 PM
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The thing working in miller's favor is that he actually walks. MLB shortstops generally do not walk, which is why Erick aybar and alcides escobar are like top 10 guys.
Eckfords ⚾ on
February 20, 2013 5:32 PM
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At some point I've got to take notice of actual minor league performance, and Miller has some strong numbers. I've seen plenty of reports that his bat is better than Nick Franklin, so opportunity really is the key element here.
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I'm betting B. Miller will be better than replacement. May be foolish, but I believe there are plenty of non-100 prospects that can have solid value in this format.
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That's fine. But I don't get why rostering replacement level guys is a good idea now versus doing it later
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There are certainly exceptions, but even plugging roster holes with crappy players that just get you a few points daily can make a difference when injuries strike. Had to sell, trade, drop a lot of talent last year to win.
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Really not trying to disparage Buxton's talent, your player, etc. all I'm stating is that, in my experience, it is difficult to hold onto prospects years away when you're in the midst of a title run. Lots of pressure to adapt on almost daily basis.
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I have roster flexibility. If you are correct and there is no market for Buxton at $8 if I were trying to open space, I could merely cut him. (PS, I won't be).
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Sano is the best example: elite talent and priced right because Durham got out font two seasons ago and signed him for $2. He may still be two seasons away from MLB. That's a long road for an $8 Buxton
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It's the salary attached to Buxton that's the issue, not the talent. He could be amazing, but he's already paid more than Wil Myers and is four years behind him.
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That would be true but my guess is you can use $8 in the draft to find better-than-replacement players
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Having roster flexibility (the ability to buy even replacement level players to plug holes) is a big deal in my mind as the season goes along
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if my roster is one replacement level player away from a title, I can acquire that player in June. Why on earth would I roster him now then?
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You won't be able to buy a 600 point waiver SS when you're roster spots are full of $8 prospects. That's my point. Even replacement level players have value when you're in the title hunt.
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But it's $3 on a non-competitive team. What else can I really do with $3? I'd rather hold a MI prospect I like than sign R. Furcal
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but that's not the argument you're making when you say he's valuable as a replacement MI
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if he's unlikely to be traded, doesn't that imply that he isn't much of an asset? (ie, there's no market for him)? Or perhaps you are the owner that believes he will be a significant bargain at some point in the future. If that's the case, that's fine,
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a 130 wRC+ with only 5 HRs in nearly 200 PAs and 22% k rate isnt
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the point is its easy to find 500-600 point guys, so in the future if I need one, I can just buy him then, and I didn't waste cash waiting to see if Miller turns into that guy that I could just buy anyway
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B. Miller is one of those guys that is unlikely to be traded. He has value to me as a MI I think will hit at exactly the time I'm competitive again. Few other teams will need/want him this season.
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you keep saying that if Miller tanks you cut him and lose nothing. You're cooking the books. Of course you lose something, you lose what you would have done with that money if not wasting it on Miller
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It doesn't take much at all to have value at MI, especially if you're a competitive team and need help after injuries, etc.
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Buxton's posting .370 wOBA as an 18 year old . . . that's awfully darn impressive
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At $3 he doesn't need to be Jose Reyes. I think Miller will be better than MI waiver fodder. That's the only reason I kept him. Could be wrong but little risk. People were clamor isn't for Rutledge last season and this off season.
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