Same ole, same ole, attorney at law/fantasy baseball in beantown.

I’ll have to check in here more often, my squad is rather questionable all around. Yes, I’m talking about you Alexei Ramirez and Clay Bucholz.

I’d play a longterm game here and drop Downs for Reed.

May bad if I posted this in the wrong spot.

Most of my reasoning for Mujica getting the first shot is in Guillen’s usage and the different interpretations we have. I think it’s odd that Guillen would be saving his best reliever for an instance that might not exist. Rather I think he prefers Mujica and got him into a tight game knowing his pitching would matter.

I’m also not sold that Mujica is a gopher slut (which is an awesome turn of phrase). And, even if he is, Marlins stadium should mask that pretty well. Mujica has had fairly reasonable FB rates and league average-ish HR/FB rates for the Marlins. In reality, his only true bad gopher year was when he had a ridiculously untenable 17% HR/FB rate. I also project similar K/9 rates for both relievers (although Cishek’s will be better).

True Mujica’s saves came for the Padres, but he was also acquired in the Maybin trade as a back of the bullpen type. Meanwhile Cishek was a fifth round pick in 2007 and hasn’t closed much in the minors, 19 saves in 175 games. So, organizationally, it appears in my mind that Mujica was acquired more as a closer and Cishek as an arm.

Also, I never said that Mujica had closer stuff, just that he would get the first opportunity. I actually projected worse numbers and less K’s for Mujica than Cishek. In addition, I wrote that Mujica would not get 10+ saves. All I really said was that Mujica would get first crack, but that Cishek was better.

If only it were possible to read minds. Maybe I’m giving Guillen too much or too little credit. I just think it’s weird that he would wait for Bell to get in trouble (knowing it could cost them the game), while his hypothetical best reliever (Cishek) is waiting in the pen. of course, I’m applying my own rational thought to Ozzie Guillen. In fairness, I’m a huge Ozzie fan and believe he knows what he’s doing, while simultaneously looking like a nut.

Really my main point was made in my last response. What about Mujica BEYOND his 8th inning role leads you to believe he has as good if not better chance than Cishek? He’s a gopher slut (huge HR rate) and his K rate is not ideal for the closing role. His 2 lifetime saves came a few years ago I believe, for a different team. Cishek saved games for the Marlins last year.

On to Guillen’s philosophy: you think Guillen is going to use his most trusted arm rather than keep him warm should Bell falter. I disagree. Reading Guillen’s recent quotes he fully expects Bell “to fail again”. Ozzie IMO knows he needs a closer for his closer, that’s the way he is playing it. But, this is opinion, and we are ipso facto at a deadlock. I do think you need to recognize that you maybe didn’t dig deep enough into comparable peripherals … K and HR rate make it very very clear that Cishek has the “closer stuff” while Mujica doesn’t.

At any rate, great column.

Hanley: .272 22 HRs, 80 runs, 90 RBIs, 25 SBs.
AROD: .270 with 23 HRs, 72 runs, 85 RBIs.

If you need 20+ steals, go for it, if not, i’d just stick it out.

As for my comment, it was a direct response to his insult first. I’ll come at anyone who wants to start a conversation that way. It’s far easier to just be cordial but if someone doesnt want to be, I’m not going to either. I didnt set up the exchange on the wrong foot….he did.

Also, I wasnt whining on twitter about the Razzball community. i was complaiing about one person. As you’ll note in the many comments I’ve made here, I’m greatly appreciative of the Razzball community. I enjoy the back and forth and the give and take. It doesnt need to devolve into insults though.

If one or two people want to post comments insulting me and making false claims about my work I’m going to defend myself. I take anyone calling into question my work ethic pretty seriously. This isnt a game to me.

So, wynams, what are my options here? Ignore the comment? I’m compelled to respond and a response will have to be defensive or it’d jsut be a lame. thanks for your comment, we disagree.

thanks for returning, wynams, you’ve offered a ton of valid info…

I don’t come here anymore, but when I saw Albert and one of my follows on twitter discussing this thread … geebus.

Can’t police commenters, but could we get writers who did not feel compelled to be this effing defensive?

As far as insults, is “you sound like a yahoo commenter” not setting that exchange up on the wrong foot?

As far as whining on twitter that the razzball community assumes you just read the box scores, did you not say in this thread that you “cannot stay up to watch lame west coast games”?

FFS, this place has gone to hell!

I feel pain as a baseball fan. It’s just not the way it was supposed to happen, which is life, but man, life is fickle.

pure devastation.

I think Kipnis, Trout, Bauer and you can find someone. Just dont think there’s long term success in LaHair.

Trout $1
Bauer $1
Boesch $2
Aviles $8
Kipnis $9

We use a $250 cap. 16 team league.

that said, subtracting Alonso and adding two solid performers makes it close. it certainly isnt a panicky sell low situation.

Rodney, Francisco, Santos (if you have a DL), Jansen, Walden (Santos if no DL).

RP – Rafael Betancourt (COL)
RP – Fernando Rodney (TB)
RP – Frank Francisco (NYM)
RP – Sean Marshall (CIN)
RP – Kenley Janseon (LAD)
RP – Jordan Walden (LAA)
RP – Sergio Santos (TOR)

THANK YOU.

Maybe try to go after a top tier 1b instead? Fielder?

It’s a bad day for baseball, this is how one of the all time greats is supposed to go out.