April 18, 200422 yr but now they have Juan Cruz Jr :thumbup *Jose He's killing the ball too. We could use him. (Not really, just pretending I'm on topic)
April 18, 200422 yr hmmm funny how the same people who were touting the hell out of this team a week ago now have nothing but criticism my prediction is at the end of this week all those people who are now criticising will be back on the other end of the spectrum
April 18, 200422 yr Castro + Redmond > Pudge As much as I didnt agree on getting pudge last year, and blah blah ... and getting rid of him for being expensive and blah blah there is NO WAY in this earth that Redmond + Castro are better than Pudge ... not in one aspect of the game ohh yeah maybe money wise ... besidest that, theres nothing. ( Redmond + castro ) X 4 = Pudge yeah Castro might equal the offensive production of Pudge number wise ... but hes not gonna have a .375 avg with MISP... and none of those two have the defensive qualities that Pudge had (even though, the man had a sub-par defensive year) Money is not an issue in my statement Defense is not an issue in my statement Castro and Redmond = Pudge offensively For all the hitting Pudge did with RISP, he did plenty of GIDP. People with short memories tend to forget this fact. Ramon had a clutch bomb today, didn't he? Despite his horrendous base running, Red came up with some knocks to set things up. They won't have huge RBI totals because that isn't there role, but Pudge hit in the 3 slot most of the year and had pretty bad RBI totals for that spot. Mark it down. Ramon will catch fire, and everyone will forget Pudge. Oh btw, all of one person has managed to steal bases off our tandem this year, Furcal. And that was with the weaker armed of the two catchers in there. would you have rather had Pudge hitting in that situation ... or (ill even give you the choice of picking between the two) Ramon & Redmond?
April 18, 200422 yr and Juanky trust me i do remember all the GIDP ... but he still hit .375 you cant take that away from him ... sorry
April 18, 200422 yr Which situation today when Castro hit the homerun actually any situation ... i dont think that even matters
April 18, 200422 yr I would rather have Ramon Castro That might be just me I guess, but I would have prefered Ramon up there
April 18, 200422 yr I would rather have Ramon Castro That might be just me I guess, but I would have prefered Ramon up there really? .... woah... ok ... to each his own can you give me a reason why? ... just for kicks
April 18, 200422 yr I prefer the power that Ramon has, and he seems to do well when the pressure is on. Plus, he has a tendency to put the ball in air, therefore if he does create an out it is in the air, limiting the chance for the defense to get out of the situation through use of the double play. Granted limited sample size to this point and in his career, but I'm all for giving him more shots in the role.
April 18, 200422 yr hmmm funny how the same people who were touting the hell out of this team a week ago now have nothing but criticism my prediction is at the end of this week all those people who are now criticising will be back on the other end of the spectrum its call a fan You rank on the team when its not doing good, and you love them when they are doing great ... but in the end you love them no matter what :thumbup
April 18, 200422 yr Castro + Redmond > Pudge As much as I didnt agree on getting pudge last year, and blah blah ... and getting rid of him for being expensive and blah blah there is NO WAY in this earth that Redmond + Castro are better than Pudge ... not in one aspect of the game ohh yeah maybe money wise ... besidest that, theres nothing. ( Redmond + castro ) X 4 = Pudge yeah Castro might equal the offensive production of Pudge number wise ... but hes not gonna have a .375 avg with MISP... and none of those two have the defensive qualities that Pudge had (even though, the man had a sub-par defensive year) Money is not an issue in my statement Defense is not an issue in my statement Castro and Redmond = Pudge offensively For all the hitting Pudge did with RISP, he did plenty of GIDP. People with short memories tend to forget this fact. Ramon had a clutch bomb today, didn't he? Despite his horrendous base running, Red came up with some knocks to set things up. They won't have huge RBI totals because that isn't there role, but Pudge hit in the 3 slot most of the year and had pretty bad RBI totals for that spot. Mark it down. Ramon will catch fire, and everyone will forget Pudge. Oh btw, all of one person has managed to steal bases off our tandem this year, Furcal. And that was with the weaker armed of the two catchers in there. Pudge was the third best offensive catcher in baseball last year behind 2 guys who had career years. Do you truly believe that Redmond + Castro = the 3rd best offensive year for a catcher in baseball?
April 18, 200422 yr In time, yes. How many games have been played? How many are left? we have played 12 and we have 150 to go :whistle
April 18, 200422 yr Castro + Redmond > Pudge As much as I didnt agree on getting pudge last year, and blah blah ... and getting rid of him for being expensive and blah blah there is NO WAY in this earth that Redmond + Castro are better than Pudge ... not in one aspect of the game ohh yeah maybe money wise ... besidest that, theres nothing. ( Redmond + castro ) X 4 = Pudge yeah Castro might equal the offensive production of Pudge number wise ... but hes not gonna have a .375 avg with MISP... and none of those two have the defensive qualities that Pudge had (even though, the man had a sub-par defensive year) Money is not an issue in my statement Defense is not an issue in my statement Castro and Redmond = Pudge offensively For all the hitting Pudge did with RISP, he did plenty of GIDP. People with short memories tend to forget this fact. Ramon had a clutch bomb today, didn't he? Despite his horrendous base running, Red came up with some knocks to set things up. They won't have huge RBI totals because that isn't there role, but Pudge hit in the 3 slot most of the year and had pretty bad RBI totals for that spot. Mark it down. Ramon will catch fire, and everyone will forget Pudge. Oh btw, all of one person has managed to steal bases off our tandem this year, Furcal. And that was with the weaker armed of the two catchers in there. Pudge was the third best offensive catcher in baseball last year behind 2 guys who had career years. Do you truly believe that Redman + Castro = the 3rd best offensive year for a catcher in baseball? Too bad Pudge last year sucked offensively on his own standards. If he did well on his own standards, the Marlins might've resigned him.
April 18, 200422 yr Too bad Pudge last year sucked offensively on his own standards. If he did well on his own standards, the Marlins might've resigned him. Actually his OPS+ was right around where he has been for his career, except for his biggest season in 2000. I don't understand the statements that he was bad offensively. Every catcher's numbers are going to be worse than other players numbers just because of the grind of the position. I still don't see how he sucked - his batting average was .297, he had the 2nd highest OBP of his career at .369 and his SLG% was right around his career numbers. Yes, he hit fewer HR than in previous years. That's probably a product of the park switch. Texas' Park has ballpark factors of 120+ for HRs and Pro Player had a ballpark factor of 76 last year for righthanded power, the worst in the NL (24% less HR hit at your stadium by righthanded hitters than in a neutral park). Pudge did have more doubles than any other catcher in the majors and some of those doubles will probably turn back into homers outside of Pro Player. He's always been more of a doubles hitter anyway.
April 18, 200422 yr This lineup is better than last years..... You know what? I agree. This offense IS better than last year's. We have one full year of Cabs, we've been seeing what he has been doing and he has alot more left in him. We have a full year of Mr. Conine, who seems to be bringing himself out of his slump. We have an Alex Gonzalez who has decided he wants to have patience now, which can only bring good things. The pitcher's spot can be counted on for about a hit a game now, how many other teams can say that? Choi is a huge improvement over Lee right now, he has incredible power and he has a sick OBP. You saw Castro's power today and there is way more to come. In a nutshell: Juanpy = Juanpy Luiy = Luiy Miguel > 432JUAN Mikey = Mikey Conine > Hollandsworth Choi > Lee Castro + Redmond > Pudge Gonzalez = Gonzalez (in a little while he might be better than last year's) Productive Pitchers > Nonproductive Pitchers I agree with most of that except Castro + Redmon > Pudge. This team will never be able to replace Pudge's stellar batting average with runners on scoring position. Sorry. Some of you (and im not necesarily talking about you juanky) hate Pudge so much that you ignore the fact that he is a great ball player. While, Castro & Redmond are not bad replacements, I don't think they can step up and match his stats. Sorry. But, I hope they prove me wrong!
April 18, 200422 yr Too bad Pudge last year sucked offensively on his own standards. If he did well on his own standards, the Marlins might've resigned him. Actually his OPS+ was right around where he has been for his career, except for his biggest season in 2000. I don't understand the statements that he was bad offensively. Every catcher's numbers are going to be worse than other players numbers just because of the grind of the position. I still don't see how he sucked - his batting average was .297, he had the 2nd highest OBP of his career at .369 and his SLG% was right around his career numbers. Yes, he hit fewer HR than in previous years. That's probably a product of the park switch. Texas' Park has ballpark factors of 120+ for HRs and Pro Player had a ballpark factor of 76 last year for righthanded power, the worst in the NL (24% less HR hit at your stadium by righthanded hitters than in a neutral park). Pudge did have more doubles than any other catcher in the majors and some of those doubles will probably turn back into homers outside of Pro Player. He's always been more of a doubles hitter anyway. And he wasn't spectacular on offense. Sure he didn't match his 2000 season (No one expected that) but the park isn't horrible for homerun hitters. Lowell has hit 30+ and 20+ many times. Hell, Gary Sheffield hit 42 in the park. Don't give me that argument that his homer dropoff was because of the park. BTW: He had a crappy offensive season for the whole year till September and October. Obviously thats when you saw him last year in a Marlins uni.
April 18, 200422 yr September was his worst month last year. He had an OPS of over 1.000 in June, July and over .900 in October. He carried your offense during those months. As for the homers, your park is a bad park for hitting homers in. All the statistics show it. You can't deny part of it was the park, part of it was probably wearing down over the year, as most catchers do, as most of his homers were in the first half of the season. Maybe you are right and he just can't hit as many homers as he used to. He still hit a lot of homers for a catcher, and I must have missed the memo that the amount of home runs you hit determines how valuable of a player you are on offense. Juan Encarnacion had more homers than Pudge last year, but that doesn't mean he was a better offensive player (he was a 23% worse offensive player than Pudge last season, which is huge considering the position differences).
April 18, 200422 yr Ignoring the fact that Pudge's HR numbers might have dropped because of playing in PPS is simply naive. Stop being such a homer, beinfest4prez. Tigersfan1, I'm wondering where I could see Pudge's stats by month from last year. Do you have a link?
April 18, 200422 yr Too bad Pudge last year sucked offensively on his own standards. If he did well on his own standards, the Marlins might've resigned him. Actually his OPS+ was right around where he has been for his career, except for his biggest season in 2000. I don't understand the statements that he was bad offensively. Every catcher's numbers are going to be worse than other players numbers just because of the grind of the position. I still don't see how he sucked - his batting average was .297, he had the 2nd highest OBP of his career at .369 and his SLG% was right around his career numbers. Yes, he hit fewer HR than in previous years. That's probably a product of the park switch. Texas' Park has ballpark factors of 120+ for HRs and Pro Player had a ballpark factor of 76 last year for righthanded power, the worst in the NL (24% less HR hit at your stadium by righthanded hitters than in a neutral park). Pudge did have more doubles than any other catcher in the majors and some of those doubles will probably turn back into homers outside of Pro Player. He's always been more of a doubles hitter anyway. Dood, only like 5 people on this entire board even know what OPS+ means. Not to mention they believe in clutch hitting as an ability.
April 18, 200422 yr Ignoring the fact that Pudge's HR numbers might have dropped because of playing in PPS is simply naive. Stop being such a homer, beinfest4prez. Tigersfan1, I'm wondering where I could see Pudge's stats by month from last year. Do you have a link? I am not. Sorry if it came out that way. I was just pointing out that Pudge wasn't spectacular until Sept-Oct. Sheesh. :thumbdown
April 19, 200422 yr Too bad Pudge last year sucked offensively on his own standards. If he did well on his own standards, the Marlins might've resigned him. Actually his OPS+ was right around where he has been for his career, except for his biggest season in 2000. I don't understand the statements that he was bad offensively. Every catcher's numbers are going to be worse than other players numbers just because of the grind of the position. I still don't see how he sucked - his batting average was .297, he had the 2nd highest OBP of his career at .369 and his SLG% was right around his career numbers. Yes, he hit fewer HR than in previous years. That's probably a product of the park switch. Texas' Park has ballpark factors of 120+ for HRs and Pro Player had a ballpark factor of 76 last year for righthanded power, the worst in the NL (24% less HR hit at your stadium by righthanded hitters than in a neutral park). Pudge did have more doubles than any other catcher in the majors and some of those doubles will probably turn back into homers outside of Pro Player. He's always been more of a doubles hitter anyway. Dood, only like 5 people on this entire board even know what OPS+ means. Not to mention they believe in clutch hitting as an ability. Hey Hey I know what it means Out plus strikes. Everyone knows that......
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