Comments on: Angels Sign Pineiro

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:00:22 +0000

I disagree.

WHAT SAY YOU???

By: CircleChange11

CircleChange11 — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:45:56 +0000

You’re a major tool, DickAlmighty

I can;t be the only one that thinks it’s hilarious that someone just called ‘DickAlmighty’ a “major tool”.

By: Baseball

Baseball — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:17:16 +0000

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/is-pinerios-newfound-groundball-success-sustainable

As for the rest of your post, it’s not worth responding to. Good day ~

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:52:45 +0000

The difference between the teams will be rotation depth – the Halos rotation will give them a legitimate chance to win on most days, and they’ll score their share of runs.

As frightening as the Ms one/two punch is, they will still struggle to score enough runs to cover spots 3-5 in their rotation.

By: vivaelpujols

vivaelpujols — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:00:49 +0000

The +1′s shouldn’t be about whether you agree with the comment or not. They should be whether the comment is worth reading. “Hey Dummy’s” comment is absolutely not worth reading nor does it add anything to the discussion.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:54:24 +0000

A downward trend is one thing, a 50% decrease from one year to another is a completely different animal. I don’t think it’s remotely possible that Pineiro keeps his BB% that insanely low. Doesn’t he pitch in the same league as the walk meisters, A’s & Mariners play? Then you also ignore is plummeting K%. It’s been 5 years since it’s been over 7 per 9IP. This is a horrible contract IMO.

And to Dummy below, wake me up when Pineiro posts a GB% 25 percent over his career rates again. That screams outlier to me. Finally, his career low 6.5 HR/FB rate is due for a major correction too.

By: Joel C.

Joel C. — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:29:47 +0000

4.8 ERA for Piniero is perfectly reasonable as a projection. To suggest that he couldn’t regress to that level as Hey Dummy suggests is a mistake in my opinion.

By: pounded clown

pounded clown — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:02:29 +0000

Good….the less sinkerballers the Phillies have to face the better.

By: William

William — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:41:05 +0000

When I finish last in my fantasy baseball league, I can at least be glad I thought of something that came true … and I still think their poor outfield is a good reason for him to be there, from a team perspective (from “Angels in the Outfield” comment thread):

“January 2, 2010 at 1:42 pm
I agree with your analysis of their outfield, and reading it reminded me of a thought I had a while back about the Angles, their loss of Lackey, and their contrasting outfield/infield defense: When I was looking at Pineiro a while back, I hit on the Angels as a great home for him. For him to repeat his 09 season, he needs to prove that 2-seamer was legit and not just a cover up for a flukey great season, and, if it is for real, then he would do quite well to leave a team with a subpar infield and arive at a team with a plus one. And, even without Figgins, the Angels look perfect … not only because of their infield D, but also due to their lack of outfield D. If you have a guy who keeps the ball in capable hands AND out of incapable ones, that seems pretty smart to me.”

By: DickAlmighty

DickAlmighty — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:18:54 +0000

Phillip –
Valid opinion. You’re entitled to it. Not going to stop “embarrassing myself.” Stop telling people you don’t know what do to.