Comments on: Dave and I do an M’s preview at Ducksnorts

By: Mike G.

Mike G. — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:00:38 +0000

Ooooh, I know who I want to play at my wedding!

By: DMZ

DMZ — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:20:54 +0000

We do that all the time – email us, we do do requests.

By: SequimRealEstate

SequimRealEstate — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:08:43 +0000

I second Mike G’s idea and also that you ran with a couple of topics based on readers statments. Thanks, USSM.

By: Mike G.

Mike G. — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:35:53 +0000

I had a feeling it was headed for deletion. I really enjoyed the interview. I don't know if there's any interest on the USSM side of doing something similar but it could be interesting. I do like the communication between team based blogs. It was a crossover reminiscent of the fabulous Magnum PI/Murder She wrote crossover. Encore good sirs, encore.

By: joser

joser — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:00:00 +0000

[I thought it was mildly amusing but it's not worth this thread turning into a gripefest about it]

By: red_devil20

red_devil20 — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:49:16 +0000

[I thought it was mildly amusing but it's not worth this thread turning into a gripefest about it]

By: Mike G.

Mike G. — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:42:03 +0000

[I thought it was mildly amusing but it's not worth this thread turning into a gripefest about it]

By: Mike Snow

Mike Snow — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:31:17 +0000

Everybody, that’s enough. Why is a discussion of random non-Mariner young pitchers, or a rehashing of the 2006 draft, on-topic for this thread? Oh, wait, it’s not.

By: okobojicat

okobojicat — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:16:02 +0000

metz123

I read through that link you supplied, and really, Dave and Derek didn’t say what you are saying. They said that Lincecum has epically good stuff

No – Lincecum has crazy, lights out stuff. His fastball is 95-98, and he maintains his velocity late in games. His curveball has some serious drop, and he throws it with power.

But that the risks associated with him outweigh that. Their point is that if you have an early pick, and you are going to spend a ton of money, take it on someone who has a lot fewer risks associated with them.

The Ranking system that Dave Posted:

1. Miller
2. Lincoln
3. Morrow
4. Scherzer
5. Snider
6. Hochevar
7. Longoria
8. Bard
9. Kershaw
10. Lincecum

was clearly stating that the best return on the money was to get a great pitcher while reducing the risk of getting no returns (i.e. Lincecum’s risk of injury). Dave and DMZ are never

pretty adamant that both Morrow and Miller would be better MLB pitchers than Lincecum

as you claim.

You are inferring more and not dissecting their qualifications that came along with those rankings.

At this point, we have to realize that the risks of injury to Lincecum are still piling up. The kid has only 200 major league innings pitched. Wood didn’t get hurt until after 300 innings. Prior, even later. Evaluating this draft, this early, is sort of ridiculous.

Speaking of which, when is Kershaw getting his shot…that curveball is Zito-esque……

By: jro

jro — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:14:19 +0000

metz123 said:

And you shouldn’t bring up the L name in this blog. The authors were all pretty adamant that both Morrow and Miller would be better MLB pitchers than Lincecum.

Dave said:

Hey, I have an idea – why don’t you not misrepresent what we said? Thanks.

and metz123 said:

Let me know where in the comments of this post you rate Lincecum higher than either Morrow or Miller and I will.

metz, it sounds like you’re questioning Dave/DMZ’s credibility *NOW* based on a pre-draft prediction from two years ago. It sounds vindictive.