Which, Tom and Steve, doesn't mean that I won't be seriously bidding on him...ahh..err...yeah. I won't be bluffing or just driving the price up.
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]>wrote: > Well, that's fine, but it's ridiculous to expect another 5.78 season -- > really from anyone, but let alone someone who has been as good as Beckett > has for as long as he has. > > His WHIP and ERA+ from those years (ERA plus is adjusted for league/park. > 100 is average). > > 2006 -- 1.29, 95 > 2007 -- 1.14, 145 > 2008 -- 1.18, 115 > 2009 -- 1.19, 122 > 2010 -- 1.53, 75 > > Yeah, he wasn't great his first year adjusting to the AL (though he still > went 16-10), but only one year in five sticks out like a sore thumb. Unless > he's still hurt, is there any reason, other than dislike and a bad spring > training inning, to expect it again? He's only 31, and he still throws hard > and has good stuff -- 2006 was the only year in his career in which he > struck out fewer than 8.2 batters per nine innings. > > If I have the chance to get him in my fantasy league, I'm grabbing him. > Should at least be one of the top 20 starters in the AL. > > Steve O > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Because he has had multiple craptastic seasons: >> >> ERA >> >> 2006 : 5.01 >> 2007 : 3.27 >> 2008 : 4.03 >> 2009 : 3.86 >> 2010 : 5.78 >> >> I'm expecting another 5ish season. I'm just not a fan. >> >> Ray >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Because he had one craptastic season like he (nor hardly anyone) has ever >>> had before? >>> >>> Steve O >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Beckett's new career norm is what we saw last season. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Steve Ouellette < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't think it's unreasonable to expect Beckett and Lackey to pitch >>>>> to their career norms (who knows with Dice-K), and the bullpen should be >>>>> enormously better. That's not improvement? >>>>> >>>>> STEVE >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm just hoping to beat other teams into submission. I didn't see any >>>>>> improvement in pitching this year. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Beckett is going to pitch like Beckett again this year. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That's what I'm expecting. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>>>> *From:* Tom Salemi <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>>>>>> *Sent:* Tue, March 15, 2011 3:59:13 PM >>>>>>>> *Subject:* Ahem >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Beckett is going to suck again, isn't he? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>> 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