Comments on: Hoo-Reyes Or Betray Us?

By: Elijah

Elijah — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:34:41 +0000

Grey never gives up on his mancrushes…well except Rios.

By: microwave donut

microwave donut — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:51:30 +0000

You shouldn’t grab me, Johnny. My mother grabbed me once… ONCE!

By: big o

big o — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 06:01:35 +0000

@Steve:

here’s YOUR chance to “live the dream” .
new zealand’s 1st raftee !
stardom awaits you .
http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp

as an informative piece of inspiration , you might want to read up :
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/07/cuban_baseball200807

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:43:04 +0000

@big o: @Grey: Hopefully.you guys have just reversed him into some keeper goodness.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:31:46 +0000

@big o: I'm not a fan of Crawford either way, so I'm not going to push you towards him.

By: big o

big o — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:28:53 +0000

@Grey:

for some reason , i have it in my head that if playing for the angels ,
runs will be harder to come by , green lights will be given less often ,
etc . different opposing pitchers , etc etc .

in short , perhaps a precipitous drop-off , not only from past seasons but
from what might be expected of him .

regression ?
maybe /maybe not

bounce back candidate for 2012 ?
quite possibly .

unless he goes to the yankees , i’ll probably pass on this guy for 2011 .

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 03:26:21 +0000

@Steve: Ha! @big o: Since he derives so much of his value from speed, I don't think he loses that much elsewhere. NL's not great for less offense, but talking marginal wherever he goes. Not like there's that many stronger offenses though. So Yanks, Sawx, Rockies... The usual good hitting teams.

By: big o

big o — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:50:30 +0000

@Grey: to which teams could carl crawford go , that would increase his fantasy value over what it would be if he remained with the rays ? prolly the yankees , for sure . but , the angels ?? are there any others ?

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:28:14 +0000

@Grey: 'Ale and 'earty?

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:26:11 +0000

@Steve: You are ale.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:23:57 +0000

@Grey: Nah. You know me, I can never resist an opening for a lame joke.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:21:58 +0000

@Steve: You getting lit up there on a Monday?

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:56:48 +0000

@Grey: Couldn't agree more. What? Oh. Thought you were talking about beer. Sorry - carry on.

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:31:37 +0000

@simply fred: Yeah, it's pretty fluid.

By: simply fred

simply fred — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:32:13 +0000

@Steve: I remembered. Tougher to do each day. Sponge Bob seems to be taking over. Monster Trucks for the big guy.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:27:34 +0000

@simply fred: Yes, yes I am. Love that show.

By: simply fred

simply fred — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:20:43 +0000

@Steve: You speaka' my language.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:00:07 +0000

@simply fred: I'm going to dominate every fantasy league in the Tri-State area!"

By: simply fred

simply fred — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:58:27 +0000

@Steve: Sounds Phineas to me. I'm more Agent P.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:52:12 +0000

@simply fred: Eh – I think you need to take a more free-form approach. Go commando, as it were.

Play H2H without any preparation or analysis.

I dare you

By: simply fred

simply fred — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:01:14 +0000

@Grey: THANKS for the reminder! Understand this stuff is fluid. The "flags" help me to watch those kinds of changes and adjust accordingly. Yeah, teams can go from worst at giving up SB to the best with one add/drop.

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:20:29 +0000

@simply fred: There will be a new catcher in Toronto and possibly in NY.

By: simply fred

simply fred — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:58:32 +0000

RE: SB. Don’t expect Hanley to return to the days of 50+ steals. 30-ish likely tops. In 2010 he faced the stingiest teams in SB-allowed.

By: simply fred

simply fred — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:51:00 +0000

Will be interesting to see where Crawford ends up. Amassed 17 of his 41 steals in 35 games against BOS and NYY., who were ranked #1 and #4 (of the 30 MLB) respectively in SB allowed. Against BAL and TOR, ranked #21 and #28, he got 2 in 32 games.

By: simply fred

simply fred — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:43:41 +0000

@Stephen: Sounds like the second coming of the Freak. (not referencing the control issues)

By: simply fred

simply fred — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:38:50 +0000

@big o: “Mastering” the game”Nice!”, but, for me, the “action/interplay” even more important. If it were ALL about the winning, I wouldn’t share my (all-knowing ) inner secrets.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:38:19 +0000

@big o: He has marijuana issues, if he gets caught again, I believe he's kicked out. He has something like a career 10.5 K/9 but with 5.5 BB/9 with his control improving just this past year when he became a reliever.

By: simply fred

simply fred — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:32:06 +0000

@big o: Point taken. Yes, do see the frailties of the game beyond one’s control. Must have been frustrating in the one league where the guy dropped his team early season (made not one add/drop) and still finished fifth. Would feel like quite a slam to stay up nights all season to finish below fifth.

Really comes down to the time. At this point, only willing to commit the myriads of hours to prepare for one team. Might have to be more accepting of “grasshopper” status. Not willing to concede that quite yet.

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:17:57 +0000

@big o: Would've liked to have seen Jeffress...

By: big o

big o — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:03:09 +0000

@simply fred: seems as if you could speed up your quest to "master" the roto venue , by participating in more than one league per year . injuries ("luck" factor) could derail your efforts , setting you back a full year through no fault of your own .