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The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol celebrates its 15th anniversary this year; it was established to develop and promote the use of best practices for accounting and reporting GHG emissions. Stephen Russell reflects on the project's history and impact, and discusses next steps for an evolving GHG accounting landscape.
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Gareth Hopkins retires from cricket
Apr 11, 2014: Gareth Hopkins, the former New Zealand wicketkeeper, has retired from cricket. The 37-year-old, played four Tests, 25 ODIs and 10 Twenty20 internationals
Ford Trophy 2012-13
Wellington just short in huge chase
Mar 9, 2013: After Jamie How struck 222 on Wednesday, the Ford Trophy was treated to another high-scoring match when Auckland, after posting 383 in Eden Park, beat Wellington by 18 runs
Ford Trophy 2012-13
Auckland win high-scoring thriller against Wellington
Mar 3, 2013: A round-up of the Ford Trophy matches on March 3
Plunket Shield 2012-13
Wellington cling on to a thrilling draw
Feb 9, 2013: A round-up of the Plunket Shield match played between February 7 and 10
Auckland v Canterbury, HRV Cup 2012-13
Canterbury fall short after fighting chase
Dec 21, 2012: After a strong chase of 198 by the top order of Canterbury, an effective last over from Andre Adams sealed an eight-run victory for Auckland
Plunket Shield 2012-13
Mills leads Auckland to victory
Dec 19, 2012: An all-round performance by Kyle Mills gave Auckland seven-wicket victory against Canterbury
Plunket Shield 2012-13
Otago survive through Broom ton
Nov 7, 2012: An effective final-innings bowling performance wasn't enough to prevent Auckland's four-wicket defeat against Central Districts in Napier
Auckland v Perth, CLT20, Group A, Centurion
Hopkins 'bitterly disappointed' at not making semis
Oct 23, 2012: Auckland's regret was not falling over the final hurdle but leaving it for the last to jump over it. Gareth Hopkins pinned their bowing out before the knockouts on the match against Titans in Durban
New Zealand news
Guptill takes top honours at New Zealand awards
Oct 18, 2012: Opening batsman Martin Guptill has claimed the top honour at the New Zealand Cricket Awards in Auckland, winning the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for 2011-12
Auckland Aces v Titans, CLT20, Group A, Durban
Auckland batsmen succumb to first real challenge
Oct 17, 2012: After three successful chases of relatively small targets in the CLT20, Auckland Aces' batting unraveled against Titans
Champions League T20 2012
Threat of quick-fire exit looms for qualifiers
Oct 7, 2012: For some teams the Champions League T20 will be a case of blink-and-you-miss-it but, as expected, those sides needing to qualifying were not about to start moaning
Champions League T20 2012
Auckland pin hopes on preparation
Oct 7, 2012: Auckland were hurt when they failed to move out of CLt20 qualifiers last year and this time around have made sure they a better prepared
Plunket Shield 2011-12, 8th round
McClenaghan, Bhupinder destroy Otago
Mar 12, 2012: A round-up of the eighth round of Plunket Shield games
New Zealand news
Franklin loses New Zealand contract
Jul 1, 2011: The allrounder James Franklin is the surprise omission from New Zealand's list of contracted players for the next year
Plunket Shield, 7th round
Close wins for Canterbury and Auckland
Mar 17, 2011: A round-up of the seventh round of matches from the 2010-11 Plunket Shield
New Zealand Cricket one-day competition, 8th round
ND make semi-finals despite defeat
Feb 2, 2011: A round-up of the final round of league matches in the NZC one-day competition
New Zealand Cricket one-day competition, 2nd round
Worker anchors Northern Districts' win
Jan 12, 2011: Northern Districts held their nerve to clinch a thrilling one-wicket win over Central Districts at Fitzherbert Park to move to the top of the points table after the second round of the New Zealand Cricket one-day competition
Pakistan in New Zealand 2010-11
Reece Young says move to Canterbury led to national call-up
Dec 22, 2010: Reece Young, the New Zealand wicketkeeper, has pointed to his move from Auckland to Canterbury in July as the key to his call-up to the national squad.
Pakistan in New Zealand 2010-11
Reece Young replaces Gareth Hopkins for Pakistan Tests
Dec 22, 2010: Wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins, who had a poor tour of India, has been replaced by the Canterbury's uncapped Reece Young in New Zealand's 13-member squad for the two-Test home series against Pakistan that begins on January 7
HRV Cup 2010-11
Auckland close in on finals spot
Dec 21, 2010: Auckland go six points clear at the top while Wellington easily beat Northern Districts
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The cricket world reacts to the incidents of bottle-throwing during the second India-South Africa T20 in Cuttack that caused two interruptions in play
We need Pakistan as much as it needs us
The country produces captivating cricketers, and the global game cannot afford to rest until Pakistan is fully restored to the fold
What you need to know about the Cairns perjury trial
Background to the Chris Cairns perjury case and what to expect over the coming weeks
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Sehwag's debut in controversial game
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The country produces captivating cricketers, and the global game cannot afford to rest until Pakistan is fully restored to the fold
Steyn v Anderson in Asia (107)
Who is the better bowler in challenging conditions?
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It looks like he has lost his main weapon in an attempt to get his bowling speeds up
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The cricket world reacts to the incidents of bottle-throwing during the second India-South Africa T20 in Cuttack that caused two interruptions in play
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Moment suspect was arrested for shooting 32-year-old dead in street attack
- Man, named locally as Kevin McKinley, dies after being shot in street
- 24 year old woman and 25 year old man arrested on suspicion of murder
- Both individuals were known to the victim, Kent Police said
A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 32-year-old man was shot dead in a street attack.
Officers were called to Overy Street, in Dartford, Kent, at about 8pm yesterday after the man was found with a gunshot wound, police have said.
The man, who has been named locally as Kevin McKinley, was taken to Darent Valley Hospital but later died of his injuries. His family have been informed.
Shooting: The victim of the attack in Dartford, Kent, has been named locally as Kevin McKinley, pictured
Shock: A woman identified as Donna, Kevin McKinley's wife, holding a bouquet of flowers at the scene of the fatal shooting in Kent
Investigation: Police arrest a man in Temple Hill Square, Dartford, in connection with the shooting
A 24-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man, both from Dartford, were arrested in the early hours of this morning.
Superintendent Neil Jerome said: 'I'd like to reassure the people of
Dartford that we are not treating this as a random incident, and those
we have arrested were known to the victim.
'The two people remain in custody for questioning, but I would still ask anyone who has any information to contact us on 101 to help further our enquiries.'
Response: Police make an arrest in Dartford in connection with the shooting of a man, who died later in hospital
Police: Police received reports of a man with a gunshot wound in Dartford yesterday evening
Armed: A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the incident
'True soldier': The scene in Kent where the man, identified as Kevin McKinley, was shot
Tributes: Flowers and balloons were laid at the spot where the victim, named as Kevin McKinley from Stone, near Dartford, was shot. A woman believed to be Mr McKinley's wife is pictured at the scene, left and right
Friends of the murdered man, named locally as Kevin McKinley from the village of Stone, near Dartford, paid tribute to him today.
A woman understood to be Mr McKinley's wife, Donna, was among the mourners seen laying flowers at the scene of the fatal shooting.
The victim's uncle, Charles McKinley, wept at the scene of the
shooting as he told Kent Online he had received a phone call from Kevin's mother last
night, who told him he had been shot.
He said: 'I thought she meant with a BB gun, but then I found out he'd actually been shot with a real gun.
Grief: The woman understood to be Kevin McKinley's wife was seen laying flowers at the scene of the tragedy in Kent today
Comfort: Two men console one another after laying flowers at the scene in Overy Street
Mourners: People arrive at the scene to lay flowers after the 32-year-old man was shot dead in Dartford
Messages: Two notes were left at the scene, with one saying 'RIP my baby boy' and another 'Kev, true soldier'
Sadness: The man, who has been named locally as Kevin McKinley, was taken to Darent Valley Hospital
Forensics: The police set up a cordon on Merryweather Close in Dartford today to aid their investigations
Tributes: Flowers laid at the scene in Overy Street in Dartford, Kent, after a 32-year-old man was shot dead
Murder: Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a fatal shooting in Dartford last night
Shooting: Police were called to the street (pictured) at about 8pm yesterday
'I want to lay flowers at the site where he died but the police aren't telling me anything.'
One friend, named James, posted an internet message saying : 'RIP Kev. God bless you.
'I'd like to reassure the people of
Dartford that we are not treating this as a random incident, and those
we have arrested were known to the victim'
- Chf Supt Neil Jerome
Another town resident wrote: 'My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the victim at this time.'
Resident Nicola Daniels, 38, said: 'I heard something really loud go off, like a bang, and the dog started barking.
'My neighbour knocked on the door and said there had been a shooting over the road.
'There was an ambulance down there and I saw someone being put into the back.
'The police cordoned off the area. It started getting a bit scary really. One of the officers had a gun and was shouting "Put it down. Put it down."
'They've got police dogs out there at the moment and there's some police out there with riot shields.'
Residents also reported seeing a police helicopter hovering over the murder scene.
Aftermath: Forensic tents were in place at the scene today, along with bouquets of flowers left by relatives and friends of the victim
Evidence: A man and a woman, both of whom are from Dartford, are being held on suspicion of murder, police said
Sadness: One of the numerous messages of condolence left at the scene in Kent today
Shock waves: Residents described seeing a police helicopter hovering above the scene of the fatal shooting in Dartford
Scene: The man was taken to Darent Valley Hospital, where he later died of his injuries
Investigation: Officers have said they are not treating the shooting as a 'random incident'
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Running a Yellow Light
Will Carroll, BP's staff writer focusing on team health had this very interesting recent quote, from his "Cubs Team Health Report":
Age is a poor predictor of injuries. Younger players get hurt more, but they heal more quickly. Older players get hurt less, a variant of the survivor effect, but heal more slowly.
The media that follows baseball does it's best to understand and decipher sports injuries. It's a tough job for them and much gets lost in translation of medical terminology. Injured athletes often don't understand what they are being told about an injury or they are just afraid to fess up that their ache might be a significant problem until it goes on for weeks or longer. Trainers and medical staff are often reluctant to discuss information on the grounds of patient-physician confidentiality and some teams are just less open to giving what information they have to the media. The information is important to us fans, since key players dealing with even minor injuries and not performing to their best ability can drastically affect how a team plays. In 2009, Alphonso Soriano apparently had a knee injury that he tried to work through until it was so obvious that he couldn't run, leading to his arthroscopic knee surgery in September. An injury that flies under the radar screen of the medical staff, as in Soriano's case was costly and not in a way you can put the usual "days lost" analysis to.
It's one thing for a player to communicate his symptoms and another for the teams medical staff to recommend diagnostic workup and treatment. No matter how you "slice" it (c'mon...it's an "Under the Knife" pun), it's still a stretch to predict the impact of injury, past and present, on the future performance of a team.
Baseball Prospectus' staff writer Will Carroll has taken on the mantle of analysis of baseball players health and attemps to put projections to the impact of a player's medical status. His regular "Under the Knife" column discusses weekly injury updates and for the last 8 years he has written spring training evaluations and projections for each club, "Team Health Reports".
The team health reports are broken down into three categories, Red (high injury risk), Yellow (moderate) and Green (low injury risk).
He also figures the injury days lost, which is a variant on what companies use to analyze their employees regarding sick days taken.
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Days Lost: 687
Dollars Lost: $19,627,956.52
Injury Cost: $15,614,027.78
Although Carroll's club by club team analysis will contnue through the spring, so far one other club that made the playoffs in 2009 had worse numbers. The Angels had 873 days lost and the injury cost reported was $21.9M. On the low end for NL competitors against the Cubs, the Phillies (who's medical staff was given Carroll's "Best Medical Staff Award" last November) had 546 days lost at $8.9M cost and the Cardinals also did well, having 530 days lost at $12.2M. The Mets were clearly 2009's most injured team with 1451 days lost at a cost of $51.8M.
Carroll also presents his annual "Dick Martin" Award, given to the Best Medical staff. 2009's season award went to the Phillies. This recognition was started by Carroll in 2003 and is named after the long time Twins trainer that "helped set the standards that today's athletic trainers and doctors aspire to."
Carroll has provided a spreadsheet (downloadable link at bottom of his article), that gives in full color his red, yellow and green analysis of each team. He's only looking at the starting 8 position players (9 in the AL), 5 starters, 1 closer and 1 "key reliever".
For the Cubs the red lights are ARam, Soriano, Lilly, Guzman and Marmol. The first four are obvious inclusions on this list. Aramis' shoulder dislocaton, Soriano's knee surgery, Lilly's shoulder surgery and Guzman's perennial shoulder problems plus his Jaunary knee scope clearly warrant Red Light status. Marmol's Red is most likely based on mechanics as he doesn't have an injury history and if he sticks as closer he will probably have fewer two inning outings.
The yellow lights seem to be given because of DL time last season with the expectations that their injury problems have resolved. This group includes: Soto, Zambrano, DLee and Dempster. He mumbles something about pitchers who were converted catchers breaking down regarding Randy Wells, so this might be a part of his giving Marmol a red light too. Marlon Byrd gets a yellow for being old and not handling a starters load well in the past.
...by the way, Kerry Wood is now a Yellow light! Woo. Carlos Silva (not rated), if he was rated would get a red light. I read a comment on TCR that said if Silva ever needed surgery, he would bleed gravy.
The green lights go to Fontenot, Theriot, Fukudome and Gorzellany. Heaven help them.
Carroll's summary on the Cubs future health and a comment on why the Cubs medical staff has been hard to analyze:
The Cubs took on players with known problems or extended players that were already risky. That makes it nearly impossible to tell how good the medical staff might be. If nothing else, they've stabilized things since the problems of the last decade and kept things nearer average than I'd have expected over the last three years. The next three years will be a bigger challenge.
Looking at the NL, the "healthiest" projected teams are the Brewers (1 red- Rickie Weeks) and the Phillies (1 red-Jamie Moyer). Carroll still tags the Mets health as the most in question with 7 Red Lights (Hank White, Luis Castillo, Reyes, Beltran, Maine, Niese and K-Rod). Next in line are the Dodgers and Reds with 6 Red Light players.
On the Green side, the Angels lead the majors with 11 and the Phillies and Brewers lead the NL with 8. The team with the fewest Greens, the Astros with 3.
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C Muskat tweets:
Angel Guzman threw 25-30 pitches from 45 feet to test his right shoulder and said he felt good. He'll throw again Monday
Blinking red light?
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Nice article, Doc. Thanks!
WSox and Peavy want A. Gonzalez
"That's really what we need, a big left-handed hitter," one Sox person said. "They're saying Kenny would give anything to get him(Gonzalez), maybe even [Gordon] Beckham."
I'm sure Williams is thrilled that Peavy is throwing names out there.
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AGonz would probably hit 30 HRs in 81 games a year at the Cell, but how could they trade Beckham for a guy who's about to break the bank?
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Did Chad Fox have a red light?
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and why hasn't he been signed yet?
it's like the cubs aren't even trying anymore.
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You would come here in the late 80's and people would be talking about Andy McGaffigan's change-up and sh–. Some dude actually wondered aloud if ERA was a poor gauge of a pitcher's value. Who gives a f*&@, dude. I'm trying to mack on some chick, and you're talkin' math? This isn't school, bro. Shut up.
That one produced an honest-to-God chuckle.
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Vegas for work tomorrow, then to Az for spring training on Thursday.
I'll hopefully have something to report next Sunday.
See ya!
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It's March, bitches!
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Speaking of spring in AZ, I've got a couple extra tickets to Sunday's home game (the 7th) that I'll sell at cost (face+handling) to a TCR reader if anyone needs some. Send a message to my TCR email.
Howard for Vitters
If DLee walks, would you trade Vitters and others for one year of Ryan Howard after the 2010 season?
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Just give Hoffpauir a chance, play Colvin or Soriano at 1B, or pick up someone lower profile.
Right, because Hoffpauir and Colvin are almost as good as Howard. Let's just say I respectfully disagree.
Anyways, to answer JBeasley, if all it took was Vitters and some other minor league scrub to rake Howard, hell yea. He's not my first choice but I certainly wouldn't mind 35+ homers every year.
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They could re-sign Ramirez and move him to first to keep him healthy and let Vitters get a shot at 3rd.
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Let me clarify then--I didn't mean to imply that any of them could approximate the on-field value of Howard:
IF the Cubs have a particularly competitive pitching rotation going into 2011.
IF the Cubs can still pass Soriano off as an outfielder.
IF Aramis is still with the team and is still playing 3B
IF Soto returns to form.
Then, yes, I trade Vitters and some other prospects for Howard. He might be a difference maker in that situation.
However, if those things are not true, I don't see him as a big enough positive impact to save a struggling club that already needs to jettison/suffer through some bad contracts (Soriano, Silva, Fukudome, Byrd). If the Cubs don't think that Howard would push them over the top for 2011, they should take on a bargain player and keep their prospects.
You all may still disagree with that, but it's not the same as saying any of those guys are just as good.
Playing Colvin at 1B would probably be a worst-case scenario if the Cubs look really awful in 2011. It would just be a way to save money and get a young guy playing time.
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Colvin at 1B is one of the worst ideas I've ever heard. There are legitimate questions as to whether he can hit enough to play CF.
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Not for Ryan Howard, but I would make Vitters available for a potential trade. I disagree with Charlie that the Cubs should just give Hoffpauir a chance. High payroll, consistent playoff teams don't do that. They don't fill starting spots and give at-bats to mediocre players (my apologies if I missed the sarcasm).
With a $140 million payroll, the Cubs should have several perennial all-stars in their line-up. How many do they have now? The Cubs need to change the way they build their roster if they want to be a true year-in and year-out contender.
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Well....that's a good point Lou. But...I've been a Cub fan for 30 years....and I've been saying that for the last 17...since I was old enough to know any better. Why start now?
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It has become an established tradition with the Cubs, but I think it's time to break that tradition.
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Agreed. At least it looks like they've stopped drafting by picking the guy who looks best in a uniform.
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Luckily we should be able to be perennial contenders with better management. 140 million dollar payrolls should always keep us right in the thick of it.
More player development and less NY Mets Jr. going forward.
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140 million dollar payrolls should always keep us right in the thick of it.
What makes you think the Rickett's are going to maintain those payroll levels??? They went on record in the last few days saying they're not going to spend money on free agents anymore.
Face it, the Ricketts= the Wrigleys
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Ricketts said he wanted to spend less on free agents. Since when is payroll solely about free agency?
It could also be pointed out that we've signed free agents since they took over.
A productive farm system is the key to being competitivie without having a $250 million payroll, and they've said that they're going to invest into that.
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Explain to everyone how the Cubs payroll will maintain at $140 mil if they stop signing free agents and rely on the farm system instead.
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Ryan Theriot's $40MM extension, of course. : )
But seriously, let's not freak out until they actually, I don't know, lower payroll.
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Navigator, Jeter has never been a free agent and makes like $20 million per year.
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Navigator, you are right about the Ricketts. It's a shame Cuban got sunk. I expect a whole lotta mediocrity from here on out. dang
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I'm not so sure, guys. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic, but I still hold out hope that Ricketts can change the entire culture of the Cubs. So far, it doesn't look really good, but it's still very early. Once he replaces Hendry, then I think we can better judge what Ricketts has in mind.
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As tWittenmyer reported this weekend,
"Our commitment -- and what Tom Ricketts I think is extremely comfortable with -- is: 'Let's spend more money on scouting and player development and get out of the free-agent business for the most part," (asst. GM) Bush said.
Spend more money on scouting and player development....what a joke. It's like he hasn't heard that Wilken and Fleita have been working together with a fat wallet (see Samardzija) for four years already.
Ricketts has only two years left of prime time from the core of this team as assembled. He should be spending the bank to fill in the remaining holes in an effort to win now.
But that's just one long-suffering, humble, and probably pathetic Cubs fan's opinion.
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thanks for the quote...
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"Ricketts has only two years left of prime time from the core of this team as assembled."
What core?
Everybody in the starting lineup is easily replaceable except Lee and Ramirez. Lee can play first base, an easy position, four or five more years. Ramirez is thirty-one and a half. If his days at third are numbered, I'm sure he could play left as well as Carlos Lee, Ryan Braun and the current Cub LF.
Ryan Dempster is 32 (nearing 33). Lilly is getting up into his mid-thirties. Like Lee and Soriano, he will be league-age 35 in 2011.
Lee and Lilly--that's not much of a core. A bad contract is not the same problem as a core player getting old, so I assume you're not talking about Soriano and Fukudome.
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I think what was meant, is that if you look at the Cubs team at the end of this season:
1B- DLee 35 yrs old
2B- Fontenot 30 yrs old
SS- Theriot 31 yrs old(december, but still)
3B-ARam 32 yrs old
LF-Soriano 34 years old
CF-Byrd 33 yrs old
RF-Fukudome 33 years old
C- Soto 27 yrs old
This is not a team with a bunch of players entering thir prime. Replacing a player or 2 is one thing, but Lee, Soriano, Fukudome, Byrd, ARam, are all entering the late stages of their careers. Dempster will be 33, Lilly is 34..it's not like these are guys hitting their stride.
As for Lee playing 4 or 5 more years? Without HGH or steroids, really? How many 1B are playing well at age 36-39? Not too many..
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Not too many, Dusty, but here are a few that I came up with.
Lee is league-age 34 this year, so four years takes him through league-age 38.
Delgado had a big year at 37. Since then, two hip surgeries.
Chipper Jones still going strong at 37 last year. Mark Grace had his last solid year at 37.
McGriff had a big year for the Cubs at 38. Thome had decent numbers last year at 38.
Galarraga had 28 HR, 100 RBI for Atlanta at 39.
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Thome is a DH.
Jones was hurt last season, hit 18 HR and 71 RBI.
It can happen, but it doesn't mean I'd bank on it.
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Lee's Pecota forecast has him at:
'11 17 & 68
'12 19 & 65
'13 12 & 41
'14 6 & 24
Top comps are Jack Fournier, George Scott and Carlos Delgado.
Re: Payroll
what was the quote about not spending on free agents exactly?
they also said they wanted to model the Red Sox, so I'm sure they'll spend if necessary.
if they run the company as a family rather than a corporation, they should be able to take any savings from one year and pump it into another season, which is fine by me. It's not hard to tell when you a good FA class is coming up or when a hole in the team or system is going to be approaching. The Trib saves anything on payroll one season and it had to go to their stockholders.
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I have serious doubts that the Ricketts would come in here and undermine their investment by going "Cheap".
The lack of movement this offseason were likely more of Sailor Hendry's past corner painting spending, and less an effort to pinch penny's.
Even if payroll drops to 120ish, as long as we spend an extra 10 on Minor league development/draft/latin signings. Then I will consider them an upgrade from Tribco.
Hell, Tribco was notoriously cheap until all the empty seats in August/September of 2006.
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Hell, Tribco was notoriously cheap until all the empty seats in August/September of 2006.
one of the beat writers recently claimed that Hendry was under a mandate to spend after 2006 fwiw. Can't remember the link or author though. I want to say Levine, but could be wrong.
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if DLee walks, you can find a decent 1b on the FA market if needed or just move Ramirez or Soriano...
I could get behind this too.
I am perhaps being overly pessimistic about the hypothetical 2011 Cubs. A good season from Samardzija and more progress from Jay Jackson could easily have me being unreasonably optimistic again.
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This link is in the linked articled above. Pretty funny, even if you're not a Phillies fan. I'm a Werth fan, as he was on my fantasy team last year
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that beard still don't hide the hardcore asshole. keep growing it, dude...
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Why is he an asshole? I really don't know anything about him as a person, just a stat-producing monkey for my 3rd place team (or was it 2nd place?)
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he's got a reputation as being a bit of a pompous dick...
the article is kind of dumb, but comments 33 and 38 are pretty dickish moves by Werth and I've seen other things on the web
maybe crunch has his own actual story or encounter to relate to us...
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what rob said...and he's got one of those stereotypical 80s movie jerk-jock reputations that goes beyond sportswriters.
he's not hurting anyone unless words hurt you, though. no one's getting pushed into a mud puddle that i know of.
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Take the five worst things you've ever done, and write them down. Don't dress it up or explain anything, just write them down.
Who's the asshole now?
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jason werth.
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So I guess Pinella is now calling Fukudome "The Fook"?
As in, what The Fook is wrong with him?
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Soriano to bat 6th
as expected, unless he does "exceedingly" well in camp
Wells, Marshall, Mathes, Parisi and Caridad to pitch Thursday
Marshall vs. Gorzelanny for one rotation spot
Samardzija, Silva and Parisi for the other rotation spot...
No 2b platoon
at least for now, Lou says it's an open competition in spring with maybe a slight favor to Fontenot for being left-handed.
Ellsbury and his defense
Finally, this is a big point – Jacoby Ellsbury played 1,302 innings in center field last year, basically one full season's worth. As has been noted many times, one season's worth of any defensive metric is not a very large sample size. Due to the amount of marginal plays that a player is judged on over the course of a single season, a few bad breaks here or there can make a pretty significant impact on a player's overall rating. We have always suggested that you want more than one year of data before you start making judgments about a player's true worth defensively. No one should look at Ellsbury's 2009 UZR and state definitively that he is a poor defensive center fielder.
There is a school of thought that these swings suggest an underlying flaw with UZR, but I'd suggest that it may be evidence that the perception of perfectly consistent defensive value is a myth. We know that hitters and pitchers often see wild swings in their performance, but no one thinks its proof that home runs are bunk when David Wright gets out-homered by Ichiro Suzuki. Wright obviously has more power, but over one season, he didn't show it. It is certainly reasonable to believe that a player that Epstein believes to be "a good defensive center fielder" could simply have a bad year.
pretty good article w/ a lot more passages worth highlighting imo
I think the level variation is what is in dispute, not the chance that players have good or bad seasons.
If UZR is perfect, or as close to perfect as they like to imply, then why do teams hire people to make their own defensive stats?
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If UZR is perfect, or as close to perfect as they like to imply, then why do teams hire people to make their own defensive stats?
well I certainly don't think it's perfect or close to it, let's make that clear before we go any further.
Cardinals did hire Lichtman for awhile and I think they did well defensively during those times (probably a coincidence) and defensive stats are new enough that I'm sure teams think they can do better or improve upon it.
but put UZR, maybe +/-, and BP's stats together with a some scouting reports and I think you have a good idea of a player...and you should definitely look at least at 3 years worth though if trying to assess their talent.
if somebody tries to tell me Bobby Abreu or Dye can play right field passably, I'll laugh at them, but a guy with one bad year of UZR scores (or whatever your preferred defensive metric), I'll hold off final judgement.
No doubt that UZR has been accepted a little too freely for what it can actually do.
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I'm pretty much in agreement with you there. UZR definetly gets a pass because the math and logic are so convoluted you'd think it 'must be right'.
I like the +/- in that it can't really be "gamed" like UZR can, but as we've talked about before, it seems to have a lot of objectivity in it, for whatever reason.
I've been thinking about trying to quantify how Lee's throw catching ability improves his teams overall defense, but when I look at FRAA rates, I didn't really see much correlation between, say 2005 and 2007 versus 2006.
I think we can all see that Theriot makes a lot of throws that he shouldn't, because he knows Lee will catch them, but teasing that out of readily available fielding data is going to be a bit hard.
Fantasy angle on Soto
Theriot looks fat
allegedly he put on a bunch of muscle this offseason
The real story is that Theriot and Solo appeared on this TV show during the off-season.
Hey Rob, now look. Lou did tell him to pull the ball once last year. And we all know that range doesn't matter at SS. And speed doesn't matter if you're hitting at the top of the order.
Plus, his lady likes biceps and Marlon Byrd is moving into the neighborhood.
Cactus league rotation
to add to comment #30
#cubs Cactus League rotation will be Wells Thursday, followed by Big Z on Fri, Silva on Sat, Samardzija/Gorzelanny on Sun, Dempster on Mon
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Bruce Miles has a brief rundown of the last four #1 picks in camp.
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Colvin went on the Sammy Sosa offseason diet plan...
The guy getting the most double-takes in the Fitch Park clubhouses is Colvin, who added 25 pounds of muscle to his 6-foot-3 frame.
I'm all for keeping him now :)
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You and Chad both.
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he's still pretty young, so I guess guys can fill out, but 25 lbs of muscle (if that's true) isn't an easy or particularly natural thing to do.
Anyone check his cap size?
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Colvin is trying his best to be Ryan Harvey. Cubs sure love shot-putters in baseball uniforms.
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I'd bet that 25 pounds is an exaggeration. But even 20 is a lot of weight to put on in a few months. 15 would be impressive. I'm not sure how much hitting power really comes from doing tons of weight training, though. Experts?
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That's an awful lot of weight to put on. For years and years the conventional wisdom was that putting on weight like that would ruin your hitting stroke, first Lance Parrish and later guys like Canseco, Bonds and Sosa put that theory to rest, but still it's hard to think you won't sacrifice a little athletic ability by throwing that much weight on. Colvin's frame is one that always looked like it could easily support an extra 15 to 20 lbs, I thought.
BP Pecota Player Cards for Hitters
They're out and it's great news for Starlin Castro fans. His #1 comparable player: Cesar Izturis.
There is some better news, though, with JJ. Hardy being his #2 comp (and trending upwards) along with Elvis Andrus checking in at #5.
The news is less cheerful for other tops cubs hitting prospects.
Brett Jackson: Tracey Ealy
Tyler Colvin: Adam Johnson
HJ Lee: Tito Navarro
Andre Blanco: Casey Candaele
and Sam Fuld: Raul Gonzalez
Just for kicks, Jake Fox: Jeff Liefer with other guys like Bob Hamelin, Brant Brown, J.T. Snow and Andy Tracy in there.
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where are you finding them? I still get 2009 forecasts and no Castro when I do a search.
Recent comments
BLOCK: Of course any advantage is an advantage. An MLB, NBA, or NHL team getting the extra game at home in a seven game series is an advantage, I just don't think it is enough of an advantage for winning a division and/or having the best record in a conference or league over the course of an 82-game season (NBA and NHL) or 162 game series (MLB).
TEX takes the opening game from TOR (@TOR) 5-3.
TOR lost bautista + donaldson in-game due to injuries...TEX lost beltre...dunno if any will be lingering issues leading to missed games.
Ride the Kid Magic! Schwarber hadn't homered in a long time before last night.
Greg Maddux was 8-18 in his rookie season. Kyle has the 8 wins down pat.
Think Baby Maddux.
Prof. Harold Hill's THINK system at work.
Kyle is on the far left.
I support this. Hendricks has not only looked better lately but seems to start struggling after a few innings which is better than the 1st in the playoffs.
Just tweeted via Jesse Rogers: Hendricks starting Game 2. Wow. Just wow.
That was good!
Well said. On one hand, I thought the HBP was a bad baseball play -- down 4 runs, put a runner on for a red-hot Fowler. On the other hand, they needed to do something -- I hadn't thought about the warning/pitching inside point. Is Hurdle that smart? He does not strike me that way. By the way -- not clear which fan base you are referring to in your "first" 3rd point.
My unsolicited opinions on topics covered in this thread:
1. I hate the fact that after 162 games, a team could be out after 1 game. However, I think the system is pretty close to perfect right now. 2 of 3 isn't feasible unless they shorten the regular season, and it ices the division winners for way too long. This creates excitement, and rewards the division winners.
Personally, I think the game could have had a very different look had the Pirates held onto the ball and tagged Fowler out on the steal in the first. Cole was clearly frazzled, but if they took that runner off the base, it could have relaxed him a lot.
Football games are played once a week. There are 16 games a year. I'm not even remotely following at all how you can compare the two leagues and playoff systems. It is physically impossible to play a home and away series. The idea of not having any road games in baseball playoffs is certainly a head scratcher.
How is not having the first and last game at home a benefit for the division winners and team with the best record? How is it not an incentive to win the division when a WC team has to blow their top pitcher?
Call me lost.
Two 97+ win teams in a do-or-die, great bullpens, overpowering starters, plenty of pop--hard to believe that game wouldn't be tense. A 4-0 lead is not a blowout, especially in that situation and with the Cubs' young bullpen. Not only would a defensive play here or there make a difference, but you get the win there also on the home plate umps strike zone (generous strike calls for Arrieta, including a couple Ks), and on Schwarber sitting on the right pitch at the right time.
Unbeleivable Dodgers:
I just noticed the Dodger's payroll today. It is just absurd. $300,000,000+!!
Here is where just some of their money is for 2015:
Some "Highlights"
Carl Crawford $20MM
Brandon McCarthy $17MM
Bronson Arroyo $3.5MM
Darwin B $2.2MM
Dan Haren $10MM
Matt Kemp $18MM
Brian Wilson $10MM
Ryan Webb $2.2MM
Dee Gordon $2.5MM
So I think tomorrow will be the most important test of how far we can go. We can win it all with two pitchers since Arietta has shown he can carry over his success to the post season. If Lester can be dominant also then I think we can go far no matter how Hendricks or Hammel do.
And in terms of pitching just went through to see how we could maximize Lester and Arietta and came up with this (Lester would be going on 4 days rest three times and Arietta twice):
i still can't believe that crawford contract (7/142). all that loot and years for a LF'r who's entire hitting game revolves around his legs and line-drive power. those triples that raised his value are deceptive as hell to his true power, but it helped him get paid.
there's also pause about a guy who's ob% is almost totally driven by hits rather than walks. BOS got lucky unloading that crap deal.
I think the Cubs take Berry and Soler off playoff roster and add Hammel & Ramirez. Believe Maddon will find Denorfia & Jackson defense too hard to lose.