2013 Hot Stove & Capella's Fabulous Cornhole Thread (1 Viewer)

[the moops]

Well this is ridiculously cool.

http://baseballsavant.com/pitchfx_search.php

 

[Eephus]

IF Elliot Johnson signed a minor league deal with Cleveland. Potential fantasy interest as a deep league SB guy if he makes the team and Kipnis or Cabrera go on the DL.

 

[The Ref]

IF Elliot Johnson signed a minor league deal with Cleveland. Potential fantasy interest as a deep league SB guy if he makes the team and Kipnis or Cabrera go on the DL.

Bump for more bench round SB's.

 

[Grahamburn]

Well this is ridiculously cool.

http://baseballsavant.com/pitchfx_search.php

 

[RnR]

Chipper Jones is starring as a super hero down in Atlanta. Saving Freddie Freeman from snowstorms and what not...

http://deadspin.com/chipper-jones-rescued-freddie-freeman-in-the-snowstorm-1511430389

 

[Eephus]

Free agent infielder Yuniesky Betancourt has reached agreement on a one-year contract with the Orix Buffaloes of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.

Last year, spending most of his time at first and third for the Brewers, Betancourt checked in with a .212/.240/.355 line and 13 home runs in 409 plate appearances. Betancourt has played nine MLB seasons, registering a cumulative .261/.285/.388 slash line in 4,278 plate appearances. He has not maintained an OPS of over .700 since the 2007 season, and both Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference credit Betancourt with a cumulative sub-replacement level contribution over his career to date.

In exchange, Japan will send us radioactive water from Fukushima

 

[Good Posting Judge]

You'd think the Japanese would be good at sabermetrics...

 

[Eephus]

Lance Berkman is more important than the Fantasy Baseball Players Championship

 

[Don Quixote]

Bruce Chen re-signed with the Royals.

(I don't really care, just posting to bump above FBPC.)

 

[Bogart]

I don't trust Patrick the Pirate. Member for over a year (Oct 2012) and his first post is today about FBPC. Strange things are afoot at the Circle K...

 

[RnR]

When can we get an NFBC thread pinned?

 

[Eephus]

Bruce Chen re-signed with the Royals.

(I don't really care, just posting to bump above FBPC.)

He was very effective in a swing man role for the Royals last year and has generally been decent throughout the KC phase of his career . 1/$4.25M is pretty good value provided he doesn't fall off the cliff at age 37.

Chen has perservered through a lot and has managed to put together a 15 year MLB career. It's good to see guys like him stick around long enough to get paid.

 

[Anarchy99]

Bruce Chen re-signed with the Royals.

(I don't really care, just posting to bump above FBPC.)

He was very effective in a swing man role for the Royals last year and has generally been decent throughout the KC phase of his career . 1/$4.25M is pretty good value provided he doesn't fall off the cliff at age 37.

Chen has perservered through a lot and has managed to put together a 15 year MLB career. It's good to see guys like him stick around long enough to get paid.

Not many guys can say they played on 10 MLB teams.

 

[Eephus]

Bruce Chen re-signed with the Royals.

(I don't really care, just posting to bump above FBPC.)

He was very effective in a swing man role for the Royals last year and has generally been decent throughout the KC phase of his career . 1/$4.25M is pretty good value provided he doesn't fall off the cliff at age 37.

Chen has perservered through a lot and has managed to put together a 15 year MLB career. It's good to see guys like him stick around long enough to get paid.

Not many guys can say they played on 10 MLB teams.

38 guys

13 - Octavio Dotel

12 - Mike Morgan

12 - Matt Stairs

12 - Ron Villone

11 - Gus Weyhing

11 - Joe Gerhardt

11 - Deacon McGuire

11 - Paul Bako

11 - Miguel Batista

11 - Henry Blanco

11 - Royce Clayton

11 - Kenny Lofton

11 - Terry Mulholland

11 - Dennys Reyes

11 - Julian Tavarez

11 - Rick White

11 - Todd Zeile

10 - George Bradley

10 - Orator Shafer

10 - Dan Brouthers

10 - Jack Doyle

10 - Paul Hines

10 - Russell Branyan

10 - Ken Brett

10 - Bruce Chen

10 - Tommy Davis

10 - Alan Embree

10 - Davy Force

10 - Jose Guillen

10 - LaTroy Hawkins

10 - Roberto Hernandez

10 - Kevin Jarvis

10 - Dan Miceli

10 - Bob Miller

10 - Pop Smith

10 - Russ Springer

10 - Brett Tomko

10 - Jamey Wright

 

[Anarchy99]

38 players out of roughly 17,000 total players in MLB history = 0.2%

 

[Patrick the Pirate]

I don't trust Patrick the Pirate. Member for over a year (Oct 2012) and his first post is today about FBPC. Strange things are afoot at the Circle K...

What don't you trust about me? I just never posted. And now I am looking for baseball contests. Actually forgot my login and was too lazy to retrieve it.

 

[Bogart]

I don't trust Patrick the Pirate. Member for over a year (Oct 2012) and his first post is today about FBPC. Strange things are afoot at the Circle K...

What don't you trust about me? I just never posted. And now I am looking for baseball contests. Actually forgot my login and was too lazy to retrieve it.

I'm going to need to see a picture of a penny next to your forgotten login.

 

[Brady Marino]

Bruce Chen re-signed with the Royals.

(I don't really care, just posting to bump above FBPC.)

He was very effective in a swing man role for the Royals last year and has generally been decent throughout the KC phase of his career . 1/$4.25M is pretty good value provided he doesn't fall off the cliff at age 37.

Chen has perservered through a lot and has managed to put together a 15 year MLB career. It's good to see guys like him stick around long enough to get paid.

Not many guys can say they played on 10 MLB teams.

38 guys

13 - Octavio Dotel

12 - Mike Morgan

12 - Matt Stairs

12 - Ron Villone

11 - Gus Weyhing

11 - Joe Gerhardt

11 - Deacon McGuire

11 - Paul Bako

11 - Miguel Batista

11 - Henry Blanco

11 - Royce Clayton

11 - Kenny Lofton

11 - Terry Mulholland

11 - Dennys Reyes

11 - Julian Tavarez

11 - Rick White

11 - Todd Zeile

10 - George Bradley

10 - Orator Shafer

10 - Dan Brouthers

10 - Jack Doyle

10 - Paul Hines

10 - Russell Branyan

10 - Ken Brett

10 - Bruce Chen

10 - Tommy Davis

10 - Alan Embree

10 - Davy Force

10 - Jose Guillen

10 - LaTroy Hawkins

10 - Roberto Hernandez

10 - Kevin Jarvis

10 - Dan Miceli

10 - Bob Miller

10 - Pop Smith

10 - Russ Springer

10 - Brett Tomko

10 - Jamey Wright

Only 1 Hall of Famer in that group. (Brouthers)

 

[Patrick the Pirate]

Well you're not going to get that. I am not going to waste my time proving to you that I am real. Here's how it'll be: You continue to not trust me and believe that I am a created alias. I will continue to live my life not worrying about you not trusting me. If I post in the future, you will likely post that I am not real and I will probably shoot a response back that I am real and in the end life will go on.

 

[RnR]

Bruce Chen re-signed with the Royals.

(I don't really care, just posting to bump above FBPC.)

He was very effective in a swing man role for the Royals last year and has generally been decent throughout the KC phase of his career . 1/$4.25M is pretty good value provided he doesn't fall off the cliff at age 37.

Chen has perservered through a lot and has managed to put together a 15 year MLB career. It's good to see guys like him stick around long enough to get paid.

Not many guys can say they played on 10 MLB teams.

38 guys

13 - Octavio Dotel

12 - Mike Morgan

12 - Matt Stairs

12 - Ron Villone

11 - Gus Weyhing

11 - Joe Gerhardt

11 - Deacon McGuire

11 - Paul Bako

11 - Miguel Batista

11 - Henry Blanco

11 - Royce Clayton

11 - Kenny Lofton

11 - Terry Mulholland

11 - Dennys Reyes

11 - Julian Tavarez

11 - Rick White

11 - Todd Zeile

10 - George Bradley

10 - Orator Shafer

10 - Dan Brouthers

10 - Jack Doyle

10 - Paul Hines

10 - Russell Branyan

10 - Ken Brett

10 - Bruce Chen

10 - Tommy Davis

10 - Alan Embree

10 - Davy Force

10 - Jose Guillen

10 - LaTroy Hawkins

10 - Roberto Hernandez

10 - Kevin Jarvis

10 - Dan Miceli

10 - Bob Miller

10 - Pop Smith

10 - Russ Springer

10 - Brett Tomko

10 - Jamey Wright

Only 1 Hall of Famer in that group. (Brouthers)

Well, him and Todd Zeile.

 

[Bogart]

Bruce Chen re-signed with the Royals.

(I don't really care, just posting to bump above FBPC.)

He was very effective in a swing man role for the Royals last year and has generally been decent throughout the KC phase of his career . 1/$4.25M is pretty good value provided he doesn't fall off the cliff at age 37.

Chen has perservered through a lot and has managed to put together a 15 year MLB career. It's good to see guys like him stick around long enough to get paid.

Not many guys can say they played on 10 MLB teams.

38 guys

13 - Octavio Dotel

12 - Mike Morgan

12 - Matt Stairs

12 - Ron Villone

11 - Gus Weyhing

11 - Joe Gerhardt

11 - Deacon McGuire

11 - Paul Bako

11 - Miguel Batista

11 - Henry Blanco

11 - Royce Clayton

11 - Kenny Lofton

11 - Terry Mulholland

11 - Dennys Reyes

11 - Julian Tavarez

11 - Rick White

11 - Todd Zeile

10 - George Bradley

10 - Orator Shafer

10 - Dan Brouthers

10 - Jack Doyle

10 - Paul Hines

10 - Russell Branyan

10 - Ken Brett

10 - Bruce Chen

10 - Tommy Davis

10 - Alan Embree

10 - Davy Force

10 - Jose Guillen

10 - LaTroy Hawkins

10 - Roberto Hernandez

10 - Kevin Jarvis

10 - Dan Miceli

10 - Bob Miller

10 - Pop Smith

10 - Russ Springer

10 - Brett Tomko

10 - Jamey Wright

I called in to the random Rangers post-game show back in 1999, and answered their trivia question about why Mike Morgan's hat was going into the HoF after his first appearance with Texas. I won nothing.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Well you're not going to get that. I am not going to waste my time proving to you that I am real. Here's how it'll be: You continue to not trust me and believe that I am a created alias. I will continue to live my life not worrying about you not trusting me. If I post in the future, you will likely post that I am not real and I will probably shoot a response back that I am real and in the end life will go on.

RAWR

 

[RnR]

Well you're not going to get that. I am not going to waste my time proving to you that I am real. Here's how it'll be: You continue to not trust me and believe that I am a created alias. I will continue to live my life not worrying about you not trusting me. If I post in the future, you will likely post that I am not real and I will probably shoot a response back that I am real and in the end life will go on.

RAWR

To be fair, you know how hard it can be to get along with a rigid, no-nonsense guy like Bogart...

 

[Limp Ditka]

Bump Charlie Finley

 

[Eephus]

Fausto Carmona is pushing Team Roberto Hernandez into a tie for the lead this season.

Until Octavio Dotel signs with somebody else.

 

[Eephus]

Right fielder George "Orator" Shafer earned his nickname by engaging in long soliloquys on the nature of the game (and other topics of interest) betwixt innings. If a contest fell to doldrums, Shafer would even halt play during an at-bat to recite impromptu poetry on the connection between the ball's stitches, which held the leather hide on, and the ball itself, which held together the fabric of communities. He invented the seventh-inning stretch's precursor, regularly reading prepared pages after the fifth inning's conclusion.Crowds enjoyed the recitations, and the roughshod partisans honored Orator's orations by hurling coins at him and, later, by insisting he run for mayor of Philadelphia under the Discourse Party ticket1. Orator also invented the phrase "Lecture Circuit" as a means of describing the 1880s National League.

He was universally loved and accepted and lived the rest of his life in glory...

...which is all patently false, excepting his name. In fact, he picked up the nickname from being a particularly chatty player2. Players of the era were almost universally suspicious of talkative players, so Shafer was apparently not very popular. In 13 professional seasons, he played with 9 different clubs.

He not only talked to umpires, teammates and opponents, but also he apparently talked to himself. Most teammates preferred these one-person, two-sided conversations. They preferred it so much that Shafer, a top-notch third baseman, was relegated to right field because he annoyed the living hell out of them. Orator occasionally found conversational partners, who soon wearied of Shafer's braggadocio.

 

[RnR]

Bump Bernard Gilkey.

You'll have to excuse me, I'm trying to needle the FBPC guy with as many NFBC (his major competitor) plugs as possible. If some of you guys want to jump in there and start supporting the NFBC or other contests, we may be able to get this thing unpinned once and for all.

 

[Eephus]

Wilson Betemit signed a minor league deal with the Rays. He probably won't be picked in the FBPC.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Well you're not going to get that. I am not going to waste my time proving to you that I am real. Here's how it'll be: You continue to not trust me and believe that I am a created alias. I will continue to live my life not worrying about you not trusting me. If I post in the future, you will likely post that I am not real and I will probably shoot a response back that I am real and in the end life will go on.

RAWR

To be fair, you know how hard it can be to get along with a rigid, no-nonsense guy like Bogart...

Bogart is meaner than Dr. Detroit when he spots a guy wearing his ballcap during the anthem.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Well you're not going to get that. I am not going to waste my time proving to you that I am real. Here's how it'll be: You continue to not trust me and believe that I am a created alias. I will continue to live my life not worrying about you not trusting me. If I post in the future, you will likely post that I am not real and I will probably shoot a response back that I am real and in the end life will go on.

Steffi Graf alias?

 

[Eephus]

Jason Hammel to the Cubs 1/$6M. Good below market signing but the Cubs' pitching staff is still pretty shabby.

 

[guru_007]

6M for a 31 year old, 0.0 WAR, high WHIP, low k, below league average ERA guy?

wtf is the market for that kind of guy these days?

Seems to me he's a quadrouple a player.

 

[Eephus]

6M for a 31 year old, 0.0 WAR, high WHIP, low k, below league average ERA guy?

wtf is the market for that kind of guy these days?

Seems to me he's a quadrouple a player.

He's an upgrade over Justin Grimm or Chris Rusin

 

[Annyong]

6M for a 31 year old, 0.0 WAR, high WHIP, low k, below league average ERA guy?

wtf is the market for that kind of guy these days?

Seems to me he's a quadrouple a player.

Because he was good in 2012 I'm guessing. Worth a flier IMO. If he bounces back he will be decent bait.

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

Bruce Chen re-signed with the Royals.

(I don't really care, just posting to bump above FBPC.)

He was very effective in a swing man role for the Royals last year and has generally been decent throughout the KC phase of his career . 1/$4.25M is pretty good value provided he doesn't fall off the cliff at age 37.

Chen has perservered through a lot and has managed to put together a 15 year MLB career. It's good to see guys like him stick around long enough to get paid.

Not many guys can say they played on 10 MLB teams.

38 guys

13 - Octavio Dotel

12 - Mike Morgan

12 - Matt Stairs

12 - Ron Villone

11 - Gus Weyhing

11 - Joe Gerhardt

11 - Deacon McGuire

11 - Paul Bako

11 - Miguel Batista

11 - Henry Blanco

11 - Royce Clayton

11 - Kenny Lofton

11 - Terry Mulholland

11 - Dennys Reyes

11 - Julian Tavarez

11 - Rick White

11 - Todd Zeile

10 - George Bradley

10 - Orator Shafer

10 - Dan Brouthers

10 - Jack Doyle

10 - Paul Hines

10 - Russell Branyan

10 - Ken Brett

10 - Bruce Chen

10 - Tommy Davis

10 - Alan Embree

10 - Davy Force

10 - Jose Guillen

10 - LaTroy Hawkins

10 - Roberto Hernandez

10 - Kevin Jarvis

10 - Dan Miceli

10 - Bob Miller

10 - Pop Smith

10 - Russ Springer

10 - Brett Tomko

10 - Jamey Wright

Only 1 2 Hall of Famers in that group. (Brouthers)

FIxed.

 

[Wrigley]

6M for a 31 year old, 0.0 WAR, high WHIP, low k, below league average ERA guy?

wtf is the market for that kind of guy these days?

Seems to me he's a quadrouple a player.

Because he was good in 2012 I'm guessing. Worth a flier IMO. If he bounces back he will be decent bait.

Had a WAR of 3.0 in 2012

Moving to the weak NL Central can't be a bad thing either.

 

[Annyong]

Weak NL Central? Pirates/Cards/Reds are all pretty damn good. Hell even the Brewers have a pretty decent lineup.

 

[Wrigley]

Weak NL Central? Pirates/Cards/Reds are all pretty damn good. Hell even the Brewers have a pretty decent lineup.

Weak sauce.

 

[Eephus]

Hammel has been cromulent in the past, which is more than you can say for the Cubs' other SP4/5 options.

It's really a no lose proposition for the Cubs. $6M is pocket change for a club that charges $40 for bleacher seats. If he's good, the Cubs got a decent rotation filler or someone they can flip for a prospect at the deadline. If he's mediocre, he's still no worse than a guy like Justin Grimm would have been. If he sucks, then the fans in those $40 bleacher seats get lots of HR balls to throw back, and they still go home happy.

 

[shuke]

You'll have to excuse me, I'm trying to needle the FBPC guy with as many NFBC (his major competitor) plugs as possible. If some of you guys want to jump in there and start supporting the NFBC or other contests, we may be able to get this thing unpinned once and for all.

Why exactly?

 

[RnR]

You'll have to excuse me, I'm trying to needle the FBPC guy with as many NFBC (his major competitor) plugs as possible. If some of you guys want to jump in there and start supporting the NFBC or other contests, we may be able to get this thing unpinned once and for all.

Why exactly?

Why what?

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

6M for a 31 year old, 0.0 WAR, high WHIP, low k, below league average ERA guy?

wtf is the market for that kind of guy these days?

Seems to me he's a quadrouple a player.

He's an upgrade over Justin Grimm or Chris Rusin

Are Tommy Hanson's medical issues really so bad that no one will take a chance? I would rather roll the dice with him and his upside than a retread like Hammel.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Cubs also signed James McDonald. to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training.

 

[shadyridr]

Mcdonald only got a minor league deal? Wow

 

[boubucarow]

6M for a 31 year old, 0.0 WAR, high WHIP, low k, below league average ERA guy?

wtf is the market for that kind of guy these days?

Seems to me he's a quadrouple a player.

By FIP and xFIP he has been a top 40 or better pitcher 3 of the last 5 years (with WARs between 2.6 and 3.8) The 2 other years were 2011 which was bad and last season in what appears to be pitching through an injury all season.

That isn't even close to a AAAA player unless the injury issues remain. If he does struggle to that level again the Cubs will give Hendricks or Grimm some MLB starts. The signing gives their rotation the depth to allow the fringe young starters to start in AAA.

 

[Eephus]

Emilio Bonifacio DFAed by the Royals to clear a roster spot for Chen.

 

[shuke]

You'll have to excuse me, I'm trying to needle the FBPC guy with as many NFBC (his major competitor) plugs as possible. If some of you guys want to jump in there and start supporting the NFBC or other contests, we may be able to get this thing unpinned once and for all.

Why exactly?

Why what?

Why are you trying to be a #### to the guy?

 

[RnR]

You'll have to excuse me, I'm trying to needle the FBPC guy with as many NFBC (his major competitor) plugs as possible. If some of you guys want to jump in there and start supporting the NFBC or other contests, we may be able to get this thing unpinned once and for all.

Why exactly?

Why what?

Why are you trying to be a #### to the guy?

Mostly because we're being blatantly solicited on our castaway island portion of FBG. The pinned thread that really gets in the way of important business like this thread. I'm sure he's a swell guy, and everything I've heard about the contest is that it's a decent one.

 

[Eephus]

You'll have to excuse me, I'm trying to needle the FBPC guy with as many NFBC (his major competitor) plugs as possible. If some of you guys want to jump in there and start supporting the NFBC or other contests, we may be able to get this thing unpinned once and for all.

Why exactly?

Why what?

Why are you trying to be a #### to the guy?

Mostly because we're being blatantly solicited on our castaway island portion of FBG. The pinned thread that really gets in the way of important business like this thread. I'm sure he's a swell guy, and everything I've heard about the contest is that it's a decent one.

Being blatantly solicited is more American than baseball

 

[RnR]

I'm a ####. So there's that too.