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CPAMAN -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (1/23/2014 9:36:08 AM)
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Looks like Baker won't go back to CHI, but he could wind up back in the AL Central.
After losing out on Masahiro Tanaka, the Cubs remain interested in adding rotation depth, likely in the form of a relatively minor signing, reports Jesse Rogers of ESPNChicago.com. Chicago will not be in the market for one of the top remaining free agent starter, such as former Cubbie Matt Garza, unless a golden opportunity arises.
Neither is the club interested in bringing back Scott Baker, Rogers adds. According to Chris Cotillo of MLBDailyDish.com (via Twitter), the Mariners and Indians are more likely landing spots for the 32-year-old righty. The Cubs signed Baker to a one-year, $5.5MM deal last year, but Baker was only able to make three starts after a long Tommy John rehab.
How long did it take Baker to recover from surgery? He basically missed two seasons. What the heck was he doing? He probably had a clean bill of health, but was feeling things that weren't there. I imagine the Cubs couldn't get him out of there fast enough. The guy is a grade A wimp. Years of coddling will do that to you.
Baker needs 3 weeks on the DL to recover from a bad case of dandruff. I'm surprised he is already conscious 2 years after TJ surgery.
But he is the 3rd best Twins starting pitcher over the past 20 years.
Funny how the best players are the most highly criticized.
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The 3 best Twins starting pitchers in the last 20 years are:
1) Santana
2) Radke
3) Baker
The players cannot be debated and neither can the order.
Here's what I'm thinking Dave did. He read my post about Baker being the 3rd best, and he's thinking "that can't be right....can it??" So he thinks and thinks. Gee...maybe he is right. No, I won't let him be right. He finally comes up with a name. Liriano. "That's what I'll go with." Then, to try to trick us, he lists him 2nd after Santana.
And you fell for it, Sweeny.
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Even if he were the 3rd best pitcher of the last 20 years on the Twins, which he isn't, you're calling him the 3rd best starter of the worst collection of starting pitchers in the last 20 years. I assume you are only counting starts with the Twins because Garza and Lohse blow Baker out of the water. Eric Milton was better only counting his Twins starts.
No, Matt what triggers my laughter is that you there is anything significant to being the 3rd best starter on the Twins in the last 20 years.
Yeah, it is akin to being Russian comrade brought in by train from the Ural Mountains or Siberia to fight a hopeless battle in Stalingrad vs. the Nazis in October of 1942. Statistics and facts suggested that a new Russian soldier was issued one rifle with a five-round clip per every two comrades. If the first died, you picked up his rifle and continued the charge into a spray of machine gun fire, tank and mortar rounds from the Germans. If you chose to hide or retreat, you were gunned down by the Russian machine-gun nest. Statistically, a new soldier had a 24-hour life-span over an eight-week period in October/November 1942. Baker was a guy who lasted about 36 hours.
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