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its encouraging. contract year could be huge for him.
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Hopefully signs to come..
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I got a chance to see him pitch a few days ago. He looked really good. Good location, velocity and movement. I'm very impressed with the team so far.
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Hoping that he has at least a mediocre year. I'm not expecting him to be a Cy Young pitcher again, but if he can do what Danks did last year while Danks does what Buehrle did, that would be ideal.
The pitching staff could be better than expected if this all adds together nicely.
The pitching staff could be better than expected if this all adds together nicely.
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Wait weren't you the one who says spring training numbers are useless and you shouldn't read into them
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Wait weren't you the one who says spring training numbers are useless and you shouldn't read into them
Spring training numbers should be taken with a huge grain of salt, but good stats are good stats and don't hurt.
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I agree they are useless but it's just ironic he bitches at Cubs fans for praising Fonso for having a good spring but praising Peavy is fine.
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*shrug* To each their own :lol:
I'm not really buying Soriano's spring either. Wait till they throw him more breaking balls. Everyone knows he can punish fastballs already, I doubt a lot of pitchers have mixed in too many breaking balls at this point.
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Wait weren't you the one who says spring training numbers are useless and you shouldn't read into them
did I say he would win cy young? keyword I used is encouraging. Not as much as hitless 5, but that his velocity was fine and location was good. plus add the fact he is on a walk year.
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where is my post on this? I dont recall drilling soriano. I may have said something after his first homerun but I rarely post in the cubs forum
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im still waiting on bleacherbum for a response
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This was your quote that I think bleacherbum was referring to:
Not exactly drilling, but I think it is fair to point out the difference in your response to two ultimately meaningless exhibition games.
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i understand, but again its not really about no hitting, its about his location and velocity. Peavy being the Peavy we know as sox fans usually see him struggle even in meaningless games. To see his velocity up and location good plus the fact he is on a walk year makes things a little bit different. Not saying ever that he would win 20 games, just stating its encouraging to see since we never see anything like this with him.
my soriano shit is based on fans thinking he is going to rake based on ST numbers. Its encouraging, but nothing to get crazy excited about.
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I think we all agree on that.