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Wow what a difference a year makes......
Important off season for the Tribe as they attempt to "fill" certain holes. No doubt that talent still exist for the mistake by the lake but I think the point remains that the Central is very much a winnable division and even if trimming payroll is part of the plan, KW has to feel pretty decent.

Man I just wish we had gotten more for Swisher or not given up on him yet.

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They aren't missing that many position players from what I see

They’re short a 2B, 1B and DH unless Hafner figures himself out. Those aren’t the worst holes to have to fill. ZiPS doesn’t do the best job of turning its projections into runs and wins, particularly with defense. Between Sizemore, Gutz and Choo, that could be two wins in the outfield, while Cabrera is at least average I’d guess at short.

Pitching is the issue.

nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team

by colintj on Nov 29, 2008 12:38 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

this reminds me I didn't check the transaction oracle on the swisher trade

2009 ZiPS Projection – Nickforth Swisher (CF)
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              AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS+
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2009 498 85 126 26 1 24 86 83 137 1 .253 .366 .454 115
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Top Comps: Don Lock, Chili Davis
 
 
2009 ZiPS Projection – Wilson Betemit (3B)
—————————————————————————————————————-
              AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS+
—————————————————————————————————————-
2009 278 38 69 16 0 14 47 28 83 1 .248 .318 .457 99
—————————————————————————————————————-
Top Comps: John Hattig, Greg Norton
 
 
2009 ZiPS Projection – Jeff Marquez
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            W L G GS IP H ER HR BB SO ERA ERA+
————————————————————————————————-
2009 6 13 21 21 114 143 80 21 47 43 6.32 73
————————————————————————————————-
Top Comps: Beltran Perez, Josh Rupe

http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/oracle/discussion/yankees_acquired_swisher/

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Nov 29, 2008 2:50 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

does the TO have its own feed?

the rest of the stuff they post is almost always stuff i’ve seen linked elsewhere. but i do like bbtf…

nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team

by colintj on Nov 29, 2008 9:18 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

yes

TO:
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/oracle/rss_2.0/

NEWS:
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/rss_2.0/

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Nov 29, 2008 9:49 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

dialed in

http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/dialed_in/rss_2.0/

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Nov 29, 2008 9:53 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

seems the 'dialed in' feed isn't updated

as you can see from here

http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/dialed_in/

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Nov 29, 2008 10:07 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

ty wiz

nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team

by colintj on Nov 29, 2008 11:11 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

no ZiPS?? on the TO feed?

nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team

by colintj on Nov 29, 2008 11:12 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

yes, the TO feed seems a couple days late...

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Nov 30, 2008 12:45 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

make that a week

wtf?

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Nov 30, 2008 1:05 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

yeah i dn

nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team

by colintj on Nov 30, 2008 11:28 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I emailed Dan

TO’s RSS feed is up-to-date now!

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Dec 2, 2008 12:25 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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