by J-Pav » Sun May 04, 2008 12:54 am
[quote:6956395a58="joethejet"]Well, let's see.
Posada is very good of course
Loney can hit, but he's an e17. Not bad however
Ojeda is brutal v LHP But has good OB v RHP
[color=blue:6956395a58] The Riot is the everyday 2B vs. LHP. Currently HAL is just working around the long Guzman injury thing.[/color:6956395a58]
Guzman has a horrible glove and is injury prone. Good bat.
[color=blue:6956395a58]I like the value here. Just one man's opinion though.[/color:6956395a58]
Prado/Spiezio - Outside of being weak gloves and no power these guys are decent, but nothing to write home about.
[color=blue:6956395a58] Agreed. But again, low dollar value is part of the equation. Spiezio is my Carlos Ruiz.[/color:6956395a58]
Crawford - Backward LH with a great glove. Weak OB and no power, but he can only get hurt for a short time and has lots of hits.
[color=blue:6956395a58] 39 obp-58 tb vs. LHP, 36 obp-46 tb vs. RHP is weak w/ no power? I can live w/ that, I guess.[/color:6956395a58]
Rowand - Very solid outside of the lousy clutch.
Kemp - Very good v LHP, decent v RHP. Injury risk, but solid otherwise
Granderson/Butler - Solid platoon.
[color=blue:6956395a58]Granderson is only now starting to hit, after a horrendous cup o' hate from HAL to start the season. One dinger and one stolen base after 200+ at bats???[/color:6956395a58]
Summary - you're injury prone and have a short bench. Balanced attack against both rh and lh. Good ob, average and clutch. Not much power.
[color=blue:6956395a58]Power=Dingers, no, but Power=Total Bases, yes.[/color:6956395a58]
You'll have to stay away from injuries to keep up the pace you're on.
SPs
Zambrano is hard and not very good v LHB. If you're facing lots of RH lineups he'll do great. OTW, decent.
Gabbard - decent, cheap bw LHP.
Snell - Another hard RHP
Marquis - See Snell and gives up 3 bphr v rhb
Wright - See Snell
Summary - if you're facing rh lineups, your pitching will be GREAT. otw it should suck. [color=blue:6956395a58]Yeah, but except for the [i:6956395a58]Pale Hose[/i:6956395a58] and the [i:6956395a58]Bucks[/i:6956395a58] they ARE mostly RH line-ups. Have the ratings accounted for this??[/color:6956395a58]
RPs
Soria - is very good, but a 1 IP guy
Turnbow - Very good except for the walks. Will have to stay off of the hitters card after walking the bases full. 1 IP guy
Romero - Anotehr guy who walks a ton of hitters.
Beimel - Good hard LHP for the price.
Billingsley - See Marquis, but much better v LHB and fewer hits v RHB. Got 4 bphrs v rHB however.
Shearn - Has lucked into facing almost all LHB so far. I'll be surprised if he can do that all season. Very backward rhp. If you can keep him facing only LHB he'll do well, otherwise...
[color=blue:6956395a58]Lucked? You're kidding here, right?[/color:6956395a58]
Summary - Billingsley and Shearn are going to have to be spotted well with all those 1 IP guys. So far they have. Maybe that's great managing by Hal, and maybe that's luck. I don't know which.
[color=blue:6956395a58]This is an intangible that I don't think your ratings have taken into account. Do you think I have a guy who's 36 obp-56 tb vs. RHB w/ 8 clean + 8 BP homers out there by accident?[/color:6956395a58]
You're in Petco which is obviously helping all the HR pitchers you have and keeping their numbers down. However, you have two citizen's parks in your division. Will you be as lucky going through those parks next time?
[color=blue:6956395a58]Maybe not. But was it only [i:6956395a58]luck[/i:6956395a58] the first time though??[/color:6956395a58]
Your rating is somewhat skewed by the number of IP Shearn has gotten. As you might imagine, his rating isn't very good and he's posted a 2.60 ERA for you! :shock: Take away those IP and your rating jumps 100 points. Billingsley has also pitched very well, better than his rating would indicate and lots of IP.
[color=blue:6956395a58]Better than the rating because, in my opinion, the "rating" undervalues him.[/color:6956395a58]
Your bench hasn't been pressed into use much yet. Despite playing in Petco, you have one of the better averages in the league. Will be interesting to see if that will continue.
Despite having stonemitt Guzman out there your D is middle of the pack. Having 1's in LF and CF will help that.
In short, it would appear to me that either your pitching or hitting has been better than expected. Right now your park is helping your pitching and not hurting your hitting. I wonder if that will continue. It usually doesn't, but maybe I'm missing something??
OK, tell me where our lenses are different colored here!
[color=blue:6956395a58]Obviously, I think the ratings are missing something. My team should rate as high as yours or Jeep's. That it doesn't, just plain puzzles me. But it's okay, because if I'm missing something then I hope to learn from it! [/color:6956395a58]
Jet[/quote:6956395a58]