405z06

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it always tough to be versusing a team that has your number, difficult to set the tone

I don't think Scioscia will opt out and here's why: First of all, no team is gonna come close to paying him $6M/yr. The only person in the world who thinks that highly of him is Arte. Secondly, he will have nowhere near the hammer anywhere else that he has w/ the Angels. Those days are over except in Anaheim, and a hiring GM for another club is not gonna give Mike that authority. If Mike wants to go do a 5 year rebuild in Philly, then maybe that is an option. He ain't going to the Dodgers. The Dodgers front office might be the most SABR-oriented in the game. Anyone think Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi have any interest in bringing in a "Old-school" dinosaur to manage their $270M payroll? LOL The Angels are stuck with Scioscia for better or worse.

They tried to give him the starting CF job out of spring training last year, and he completely and utterly choked. Everyone notices the athleticism and natural gifts, but this is ain't a track meet, and the nuances of what make a good baseball player, well, I don't think Peter has it. It probably wouldn't take much to get him off the roster in a trade, I would bet. He will be arb eligible after this year, I think, so he could be a non-tender target this offseason if he isn't traded before. The player that everyone in STL loves is Grichuk. I personally don't get that one either, as I see him a pretty darn good 4th OF, but not an everyday player. But many disagree, and if Heyward keeps sucking, Grichuk is going to see plenty of playing time this summer, particularly vs lefties, so we may find out. In terms of Waino, I think the Cards will cruise to the division or a WC this year even w/o him, but it's in the playoffs where you really miss an Ace/Horse like that.

I watch a lot of Cardinal games, and I have just come to the conclusion that Peter just isn't a good baseball player. He alright with the glove and has great speed (that doesn't translate to steals, btw), but is just clueless at the plate. He'll be the 5th OF/ late inning defensive sub once again when Grichuk gets back. Whatever problem the Angels may be having right now, having Bourjos back wouldn't solve any of them.

Adult autograph groupies are among the creepiest people on the planet

Not only will Arte almost be assuredly be paying a huge chunk of Hamilton's contract to make him go away, but this will be - in effect - a huge pay raise for Josh, playing in Texas instead of Cali re: zero state income taxes in TX. What is the highest bracket in CA? 13% 13% of $85M is > than $11M lol

Will Myers wasn't called up by the Rays until June 18th in 2013, only played in 88 games, and still won the ROY walking away. Ryan Howard won it in 2005 with 88 games played

there is no such rule, is there? There are limits that if you exceed x IP and x AB's then you are no longer considered a rookie, but there is no rule saying that a player must play in enough game to win ROY award.

Last I checked, Angels fans weren't supposed to pay attention to Cameron, as he is a huge M's homer who hates the Angels like Sterling hates the colored folk. Maybe Chuck has had a beer with Cameron and can fill us in.

While Angels fans are waxing nostalgic over the awesomeness of Bourjesus, he is on the verge of losing his starting to gig to a hot-hitting Jon Jay. Cards fans haven't seen a hitter this consistently over-matched since, well, Pete Kozma. But the point is that he looks really, really bad.

Try March/April 2006 346 .509 .914 1.423 14 HR 32 RBI 27 R all in 25 games

So aside from getting on base and hitting for power, Young was just as good as Berkman? lol

This is all horse crap. Winning draws fans. I may be mistaken, but didn't attendance and ratings both go down in Pujols' 1st year here? He was pretty much considered the best player in the game, AND Trout came up and played like GOD as a rookie, but the ratings and attendance didn't move much. Because they didn't win. Arte needs to stop worrying about "star power" and other nonsense and get out way and let baseball people make baseball decisions. Maybe Tanaka will be all that y'all think he will. Or maybe he will be like Tomokazu Ohka or Shigetoshi Hasegawa. Do you really think there is an "Iwakuma effect" in Seattle? I doubt it. And he is one of the best pitchers in the league.