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Spring training thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Feb 23, 2012.

  1. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Despite Manky's consistent absurdity (including, I think, his projected numbers), it is interesting to speculate what Jeter will do this year. A guy who hit .334 three years ago, was awful for a good chunk of last season, but turned it around and was as hot as anyone during the second half last year. His 2011 season really gives either side a legit case to argue he's going to be horrendous, awesome or anywhere in between.

    I'm going to throw it out there that he'll bat .302 with a .373 OBP, about 12 HR, 65 RBI and 100 R.

    Of course it's all silly guesswork, but I guess I'm just saying I think he'll have a slightly better year than last year, but nothing close to 2009, which I think was his last stand as a great player.
     
  2. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member


    .285, 11 HRs, 60 RBI, 10 steals.
     
  3. Versatile

    Versatile Active Member

    God, I fucking love grammar.
     
  4. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I don't get it. Are you referring to my use of present tense "is" in the sentence?
     
  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Baseball Prospectus on Jeter:

    .290/.358/.398, 10 HR, 60 RBI, 16 SB, 73 R, 23 2B

    Rotoworld on Jeter:

    .282/.353/.373, 8 HR, 57 RBI, 14 SB, 91 R, 24 2B

    Interesting because BP is usually the one out of the two that is more conservative in his projections.
     
  6. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    BP is closer to what I think he'll do than Roto, though I think if he's getting on base at about a .360 clip he'll score more runs than that. Probably between 85-100.
     
  7. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    From the "completely expected news" dept., Grady Sizemore will not be ready for Opening Day (due to a back injury):

    http://eye-on-baseball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22297882/34978290
     
  8. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    LOL thanks for pointing that out!

    Dick, you should stop being so hard on yourself. Nobody here thinks you're a backwoods goober.
     
  9. Versatile

    Versatile Active Member

    Oh, LTL, it was so much more fun when he didn't get it.
     
  10. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    It's still fun because I still don't get it!
     
  11. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

  12. Uncle.Ruckus

    Uncle.Ruckus Guest

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    SHUT UP, MEATBALL!
     
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