Weekly Recap 3/15 - 3/21
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 21, 2010 7:00 PM EDT
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With the season so close that we can taste it's salty, acrid breath hot against our throats I thought now would be a good time to introduce a new weekly series that I hope the readership will find to be a good resource. I'm sure you have noticed that with all the quality writing that comes out on a daily basis that great topics end up getting pushed off the page in only a day or two.
This is a good problem to have (think Sean Rodriguez, Matt Joyce, Reid Brignac type of problem) and hopefully these weekly recaps will keep some of your favorite topics front-of-mind a little bit longer. The aim is to stir up dialogue after everyone has had a few days to let the ideas marinate and to take into account new information that may have come through. Use the comments to rehash thoughts on each topic (please put the title of the article in the subject line). Who loves you and who do you love? Without further adieu it's time to start recapping!
The Tampa Bay Rays Quest for the 1,000 Inning Rotation
Tommy took a look at what is becoming an increasingly rare phenomenon, a 5-man staff compiling une mille innings.
I calculated and compiled the Rays positional players projected WAR using an average of the common projection numbers.
Jeff Niemann = Andy Sonnanstine?
Erik made an interesting comparison between 2009's surprise starter with 2008's biggest surprise
The Rays and the AL East: 2010 Projected Standings
Steve fed us a dose of reality when it comes to the various projection systems based on their use of the 50th percentile.
3/16/10 GDT: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays
Various things made out with each other until Reich Raccoon made an appearance, Rays shut out Boston 7-0 behind Wade Davis and Andy Sonnanstine's dueling solid 4-inning stints.
Dan Wheeler is the Rays Right-Hand Man
Tommy reminded us that Mountain Man Dan Wheeler is really, really good against righties, not as good against lefties.
3/17/10 GDT: Minnesota Twins @ Tampa Bay Rays
St. Paddy's Day, Rays wore green hats, won 5-2, made green hats and beer a new tradition. Also, a Sori sighting.
Erik dropped knowledge, what else is new.
Three Year Aggregate Spring Training Numbers
FreeZo did some serious compiling and we found out that The March Hammer has been even better than we thought.
Is Sonnanstine-Davis Really an Open Competition?
FreeZo reminded us that these two are probably closer than we think and that it might not all come down to who's better now.
3/18/10 GDT: Tampa Bay Rays @ New York Yankees
Pena got his first hit (DINGER!) and we were reminded how Jeff Bennett has no business being on a ML field.
Will the Hit By Pitch Keep Declining
Spurred by the silly Cliff Lee suspension, RZ took a look at historical HBP/game rates and noticed a recent downward trend.
Bullpen Chaining: How Valuable is Rafael Soriano to the Rays?
Steve used Sky's new toy to give us a new idea of what exactly Sori means to this team. Fitting that news that Peezy will miss the first month is announced shortly after.
3/19/10 GDT: New York Yakees @ Tampa Bay Rays
Part two of a pivotal home-and-home with the enemy. Rays won 6-2 over a NYY ss. Niemann looked real strong.
J.P. Howell Could Start Season Season on DL
Tommy delivers some devastating news, much conjecture ensued.
Andrew Friedman: Trade Master Extraordinaire
Steve took a look at some of our trades and how others are finally starting to pick up on this.
3/20/10 GDT: Minnesota Twins @ Tampa Bay Rays
Sternfan made a funny, Navi got hurt on a collision, Rays lost, Price was not impressive, blah
Dioner Navarro Carted Off Field With Left Leg Injury
E-Dawg gave us an update on Navi's injury including an update from Friedmanster
Steve looked at some things that are interesting, to say the least
I hope everyone takes a couple of minutes to comment on your favorite posts or at least to review some of the interesting conclusions that we were able to come to as an intelligent community.
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Ok DRB members go ahead and and call me out
I’ve been overly enthusiastic and optimistic, but the events on and off the field this weekend have given me a genuine feel of concern
Price, Davis, JP
And of course my favorite player Grant Balfour, have me down a bit
The JP has me concerned
Price and Davis, it’s bad games in ST so whatever.
Grant just needs to go work out in Strongville
Davis' command hasn't been there but one game
Price seems too hitable
Almost a pitch to contact type
Balfour is done i’m afraid
No life on his fb
Not worried about any of them at all. Davis said he's at that dead arm part of spring. I'm sure alot of guys are.
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by Tommy Rancel on Mar 21, 2010 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
If Davis can put up a Scott Baker season, I'd take that.
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by Tommy Rancel on Mar 21, 2010 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
No, i listened to Davis' last two outings and Price's game v Twins
i realize ST stats are meaningless, but Price and Davis were rocked
Are you impressed?
Neither impressed nor worried
Meaningless works both ways. Both are young and most likely working on things. I’d prefer to see better results, but we have seen larger samples of meaningful games from both pitchers.
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by FreeZorilla on Mar 22, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Is Sonnanstine-Davis Really an Open Competition?
The more I think about it, the more I think Sonnanstine will be the fifth starter. I’m pretty sure spring stats won’t influence the final decision, but Davis getting rocked would help ease any PR blow of being cheap. Over the six weeks or so, the difference would not be that much especially if Sonnanstine regresses toward 08.
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w/o the JP situation. it's a done deal
now they may want Sonny in the pen
Yep. The Howell's injury changes the dynamic. I could see Sonny taking that spot in the pen
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by Tommy Rancel on Mar 21, 2010 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions
If they were to make the move, they would no it with/without the PR crutch
But it certainly would make it less frustrating. The JP injury is really costly. Regardless of pitchers development being non-linear, having an extra team-controlled season improves any return down the road in a trade. Its a ways out still, but a month of sacrifice isn’t much for a season’s gain.
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BTW, this recap was a great idea
When you stretch the week into a post, its an impressive amount of quality content if I do say so myself.
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"BTW, this recap was a great idea"
To each their own. It’s a meh idea. Just don’t do it every week or it gets boring IMO
The spacing of your titilating blog posts keeps the masses hungry
Perhaps you can offer the year in review for your blog in this thread?
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I didn't say I had a problem with it
just if it becomes a weekly thing it can be repetitive/boring. Just my opinion.
That's because you read the site everyday multiple times.
Not everyone reads every post or even every day. This post is clearly not for your type, but for those less obsessed readers.
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 21, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
It was a lot less needed than this weekly recap which serves a purposes.
Your comments were haughty so I fired back fittingly. “Mod” has nothing to do with this. Especially since the only Modding I ever do is banning that same spamming agent 10 times this week.
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Is my blog on this site? Nope.
Like I said I just don’t do it every week or it gets “meh” IMO. Just my opinion.
Touche, turns out it was PBrady who brought it up
Nonetheless, Oct 25-Nov 16 2009. It was a helluva ride.
Over/Under on # posts for the month of December once the novelty wears off?
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by FreeZorilla on Oct 29, 2009 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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Sorta prescient, no?
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I might have agreed with you posted that? If not on site in my mind I definetly did.
Also no one wants to have a daily update on my life, especially this last week.
Thanks for the backup fellas, but I notice that
there is only one voice of dissension, so I will take that as a compliment on these here internets. I didn’t mean for this to boil down to the merits of the post itself, I just thought a recap could help a lot of people out. If others think it’s a bad idea then I won’t do these.
"It's good to have a little cushion. But it's not going to be easy."
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 21, 2010 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I tend to agree with RJ here.
You guys produce a lot of content and if you miss a day, most people aren’t going to go back and read through 2 different articles and their comments. The recap gives those readers a chance to scan what was written this week and if something catches their eye, they’ll read it.
Maybe it’s not something that needs to be done every week, but it’s worth giving a shot. Spring training is the time to experiment.
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Nice intro
With the season so close that we can taste it’s salty, acrid breath hot against our throats
That shit should win a Pulitzer or a Webby or whatever.
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