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MLB's Top 100 players, according to Posnanski

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by JackReacher, Jul 22, 2009.

  1. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Agree on A Rod - also think TEX is top 10 - On the Yankees right now I would rate tex higher than a rod.

    I got a chuckle out of the tab that reads "React" - SI must think we are all trained seals or something
     
  2. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    Maybe. maybe not.
     
  3. kingcreole

    kingcreole Active Member

    Teammates?
     
  4. kingcreole

    kingcreole Active Member

    2004: 8-11, 3.97 ERA, 100 Ks, 26 walks, 1.16 WHIP for a 100-loss team. Didn't pitch with the Royals until late-May callup.
    2005: very, very bad year.
    2007: As a starter and reliever - 7-7, 3.69 ERA, 106 Ks, 36 walks, 1.29 WHIP for a team that celebrated not losing 100 games.
    2008: 13-10, 3.47 ERA, 183 Ks, 56 walks, 1.27 WHIP, one of baseball's best pitchers after AS Break.

    For a franchise as awful as Kansas City is, those are pretty good numbers. Of course, with a little more run support, his record would look a lot better.
     
  5. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    Nice how you just throw out 2005 because he was horrible...5-17, ERA close to 6, I believe
     
  6. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

  7. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    5-17 according to B-R
     
  8. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    You're right. Saw an 8 somewhere near the list. My bad.
     
  9. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    Nice to see some love for Buehrle and Dye, two of the really good guys.
     
  10. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    Either way, creole obviously buried the bad numbers to bolster his arguement.

    And I'm not putting Greinke down. This is his breakout year (after 2008 breakout 1/2 year?). I need to see more before I put him with established aces like Halladay and Santana...hell, maybe even Sabathia.
     
  11. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    If we're talking "big-game pitcher," what about Cole Hamels? Might not have the supreme numbers like the ones we mentioned, but he was 4-0 in the playoffs last year with a 2.35 ERA, 30 K's and 9 BB.

    Is Greinke better than Hamels? Is Hamels better than Lincecum? Is Halladay better than all of 'em with his 142-69 career record but zero playoff appearances? What about Santana, even if he is 1-3 in the playoffs?
     
  12. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    I didn't notice where Dye is, but Buehrle is too high.
     
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