April 20, 201115 yr How about some love for the bullpen? I was surprised to learn they lead the ENTIRE league in ERA and by a pretty good margin. They have really won some games for us due to some pretty bad starting pitching (besides JJ of course). What a great turnaround considering how awful our bullpen was last year. http://espn.go.com/m...ching/split/128
April 20, 201115 yr Im very happy with how good the 'pen has been this year... especially after how bad its been the past few years...
April 20, 201115 yr http://forums.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/92834-this-is-the-worst-bullpen-in-marlins-history/
April 20, 201115 yr I said it in the game thread, but Mike Dunn was worth the Uggla trade alone. I like Dunn, but this is absolutely not true, over the course of a full season.
April 20, 201115 yr Only 1 guy with a WHIP above 1.24, and that's only because they left Choate in vs. some righties in mop-up duty. And Mike Dunn is friekin awesome, although he'd make me nervous as heck with a couple of men on base.
April 20, 201115 yr I said it in the game thread, but Mike Dunn was worth the Uggla trade alone. I like Dunn, but this is absolutely not true, over the course of a full season. Maybe, maybe not. But I'm loving what I'm seeing so far. I know Infante will come around too.
April 20, 201115 yr RK TEAM Inning Pitched per Game 1 Colorado 3.84 2 Kansas City 3.78 3 NY Yankees 3.76 4 NY Mets 3.60 5 Toronto 3.53 6 San Diego 3.48 7 San Francisco 3.44 8 Pittsburgh 3.43 9 Florida 3.40 10 LA Angels 3.40 11 Cincinnati 3.40 12 Arizona 3.36 13 Baltimore 3.33 14 Philadelphia 3.28 15 Washington 3.24 16 Milwaukee 3.11 17 Boston 3.07 18 St. Louis 3.04 19 LA Dodgers 3.02 20 Chicago Cubs 2.94 21 Chicago Sox 2.92 22 Houston 2.92 23 Seattle 2.91 24 Detroit 2.81 25 Minnesota 2.79 26 Oakland 2.78 27 Atlanta 2.76 28 Cleveland 2.73 29 Tampa Bay 2.50 30 Texas 2.35
April 20, 201115 yr I said it in the game thread, but Mike Dunn was worth the Uggla trade alone. I like Dunn, but this is absolutely not true, over the course of a full season. Maybe, maybe not. But I'm loving what I'm seeing so far. I know Infante will come around too. I mean, Mike Dunn is not putting up 3-4 WARs anytime soon, so yeah. But he's sick.
April 20, 201115 yr I think gizmo's point was more that our bullpen was awful last year, and our offense will be just fine even without Uggla. So, the trade off of the offense that Uggla gave us was well worth getting the improved bullpen Dunn is giving us in return. /makingashortexplanationlong
April 20, 201115 yr I said it in the game thread, but Mike Dunn was worth the Uggla trade alone. I like Dunn, but this is absolutely not true, over the course of a full season. Maybe, maybe not. But I'm loving what I'm seeing so far. I know Infante will come around too. Nothing against Dunn, it's just that it's almost impossible for a 50-65 inning (70, tops) reliever to be as valuable as Uggla's consistent production over the years. However, a very good Mike Dunn + a better hitting Infante / the difference in defense at 2B between Uggla and Infante can certainly make the deal seem fair, in terms of overall value. Either way, as I and a couple of others said at the time of the trade, Dunn was the most significant piece of the deal. I, personally, wanted someone with more upside than Infante, who might just be a nice one year rental, when it's all said and done.
April 20, 201115 yr RK TEAM Inning Pitched per Game 1 Colorado 3.84 2 Kansas City 3.78 3 NY Yankees 3.76 4 NY Mets 3.60 5 Toronto 3.53 6 San Diego 3.48 7 San Francisco 3.44 8 Pittsburgh 3.43 9 Florida 3.40 10 LA Angels 3.40 11 Cincinnati 3.40 12 Arizona 3.36 13 Baltimore 3.33 14 Philadelphia 3.28 15 Washington 3.24 16 Milwaukee 3.11 17 Boston 3.07 18 St. Louis 3.04 19 LA Dodgers 3.02 20 Chicago Cubs 2.94 21 Chicago Sox 2.92 22 Houston 2.92 23 Seattle 2.91 24 Detroit 2.81 25 Minnesota 2.79 26 Oakland 2.78 27 Atlanta 2.76 28 Cleveland 2.73 29 Tampa Bay 2.50 30 Texas 2.35 Thank God for Josh Johnson because we'd easily be tops on this list, were it not for his early excellence.
April 20, 201115 yr RK TEAM Inning Pitched per Game 1 Colorado 3.84 2 Kansas City 3.78 3 NY Yankees 3.76 4 NY Mets 3.60 5 Toronto 3.53 6 San Diego 3.48 7 San Francisco 3.44 8 Pittsburgh 3.43 9 Florida 3.40 10 LA Angels 3.40 11 Cincinnati 3.40 12 Arizona 3.36 13 Baltimore 3.33 14 Philadelphia 3.28 15 Washington 3.24 16 Milwaukee 3.11 17 Boston 3.07 18 St. Louis 3.04 19 LA Dodgers 3.02 20 Chicago Cubs 2.94 21 Chicago Sox 2.92 22 Houston 2.92 23 Seattle 2.91 24 Detroit 2.81 25 Minnesota 2.79 26 Oakland 2.78 27 Atlanta 2.76 28 Cleveland 2.73 29 Tampa Bay 2.50 30 Texas 2.35 What's funny is that the #1 and #30 teams on that list each have one of the 3 best records in baseball (at least until they both lose tonight). And Philly is smack in the middle. And the 3 "worst teams" would all make the playoffs if the season ended today.
April 20, 201115 yr I think gizmo's point was more that our bullpen was awful last year, and our offense will be just fine even without Uggla. So, the trade off of the offense that Uggla gave us was well worth getting the improved bullpen Dunn is giving us in return. /makingashortexplanationlong Yeah this too.
April 20, 201115 yr I said it in the game thread, but Mike Dunn was worth the Uggla trade alone. I like Dunn, but this is absolutely not true, over the course of a full season. Maybe, maybe not. But I'm loving what I'm seeing so far. I know Infante will come around too. Nothing against Dunn, it's just that it's almost impossible for a 50-65 inning (70, tops) reliever to be as valuable as Uggla's consistent production over the years. However, a very good Mike Dunn + a better hitting Infante / the difference in defense at 2B between Uggla and Infante can certainly make the deal seem fair, in terms of overall value. Either way, as I and a couple of others said at the time of the trade, Dunn was the most significant piece of the deal. I, personally, wanted someone with more upside than Infante, who might just be a nice one year rental, when it's all said and done. TITCR. But, no semicolons; should I be worried?
April 20, 201115 yr Can we just get a chat room? Or a hotel room? But mainly a chat room, yeah, a chat room. #AOLlulz
April 20, 201115 yr I said it in the game thread, but Mike Dunn was worth the Uggla trade alone. I like Dunn, but this is absolutely not true, over the course of a full season. Maybe, maybe not. But I'm loving what I'm seeing so far. I know Infante will come around too. Nothing against Dunn, it's just that it's almost impossible for a 50-65 inning (70, tops) reliever to be as valuable as Uggla's consistent production over the years. However, a very good Mike Dunn + a better hitting Infante / the difference in defense at 2B between Uggla and Infante can certainly make the deal seem fair, in terms of overall value. Either way, as I and a couple of others said at the time of the trade, Dunn was the most significant piece of the deal. I, personally, wanted someone with more upside than Infante, who might just be a nice one year rental, when it's all said and done. TITCR. But, no semicolons; should I be worried? Always.
April 20, 201115 yr Can we just get a chat room? Or a hotel room? But mainly a chat room, yeah, a chat room. #AOLlulz A/S/L?
April 20, 201115 yr Can we just get a chat room? Or a hotel room? But mainly a chat room, yeah, a chat room. #AOLlulz A/S/L? 8.5/34DD/pre Am I doing it right?
April 20, 201115 yr What's really nice to see is that our BP has 4 wins, top in the league too. Now, I know W-L is usually insignificant for a relief pitcher, but as a BP it says that they're holding on to games well when our offense rallies.
April 20, 201115 yr Can we just get a chat room? Or a hotel room? But mainly a chat room, yeah, a chat room. #AOLlulz A/S/L? 8.5/34DD/pre Am I doing it right?
April 20, 201115 yr Can we just get a chat room? Or a hotel room? But mainly a chat room, yeah, a chat room. #AOLlulz A/S/L? 8.5/34DD/pre Am I doing it right? I only got the "s" (and...very nice )
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