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07-07-2010 , 12:20 AM

#1401

MitchL

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Originally Posted by Borgland

And the lineup is better than non-Atlanta fans give it. When Heyward gets back they will start scoring like the were in May/early June.

Yeah, cant imagine what we will do with a healthy Heyward.

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07-07-2010 , 10:39 AM

#1402

shipontilt

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Even when Heyward was at his best early on, he was still only hitting .280

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07-07-2010 , 10:45 AM

#1403

jtown1010

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Carlos Beltran is only a .280 hitter for his entire career, Heyward still has time to improve.

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07-07-2010 , 11:12 AM

#1404

shipontilt

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People itt making him sound like Albert Pujols like he's going to dramatically change the offense from mediocre to the 27 Yankees.

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07-07-2010 , 11:18 AM

#1405

SMIGLET

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if heyward was on the mets, you would be slurping his nuts 10 times harder than them

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07-07-2010 , 11:31 AM

#1406

jetman4109

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he was on pace to hit like 25hr and drive in 100+ runs before he got hurt. that's not going to improve the offense?

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07-07-2010 , 11:36 AM

#1407

shipontilt

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he could have just been regressing back to his mean

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07-07-2010 , 11:39 AM

#1408

jtown1010

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I don't think we have a significant enough sample size to accurately project his mean.

Until then it's fun to dream imo.

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07-07-2010 , 11:42 AM

#1409

jtown1010

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.280 hitters that walk a lot and have power are well above average.

If Heyward's career turned out similar to Beltran's I'd be happy.

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07-07-2010 , 11:50 AM

#1410

hard2tel

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Originally Posted by shipontilt

Even when Heyward was at his best early on, he was still only hitting .280

Actually when he hurt his thumb (May 14th) he was hitting .299/.425/.608/.1033...and in his last 8 games before the injury he was 10-18 with 1 K and 7 BB. So basically he was just getting used to the league and then he got injured.

Hell even with the injury that month he hit .337/.453/.628/.1081..but then the pain just got to him in June...a little problem of only being able to grab the bat with one hand..

So you know what? It isn't out of the realm of possibility to actually get Albert Pujols type numbers when he's healthy.

And lol at the offense being 'mediocre'..it's average at worst.

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07-07-2010 , 11:55 AM

#1411

mjcace

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Originally Posted by shipontilt

Even when Heyward was at his best early on, he was still only hitting .280

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Originally Posted by shipontilt

People itt making him sound like Albert Pujols like he's going to dramatically change the offense from mediocre to the 27 Yankees.

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Originally Posted by shipontilt

he could have just been regressing back to his mean

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07-07-2010 , 12:02 PM

#1412

jtown1010

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There's no doubt in any rational person's mind that Heyward is a special talent.

20 year old hitters with power usually aren't as polished as he is, the guy has been criticized for being too patient at the plate.

He has a ton of potential, comparing him to any of the greats isn't that big of a stretch right now.

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07-07-2010 , 12:06 PM

#1413

Borgland

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Guys, don't feed the troll. It's obvious he has no clue what he's talking about and is just spewing mindless garbage.

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07-07-2010 , 12:45 PM

#1414

SoulPower

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Can we please, for once, make Moyer look like an old man instead of 1994 Maddux?

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07-07-2010 , 12:47 PM

#1415

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Success always brings out the haters Borgland.

If we were sub-.500 right now SOT would be ****ing with the Phillies.

I don't mind throwing a bone to the less fortunate every now and again, they are Mets fans .

Where's your compassion?

100% on board with you SoulPower, that crafty bastard gives us fits every time, we're due to get to him.

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07-07-2010 , 01:23 PM

#1416

shipontilt

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FWIW, in the MLB regular season thread I did pick the Braves to win the division before the season started and the Mets to win the wild card ldo. I don't even troll that hard, you all are way too sensitive and are complete life nits like you need to get off the rag or something (with a few exceptions Jtown, hard2tell being apart of those exceptions) Trolling rival fans is apart of baseball and it's not like I come in here and say 'LOL SUCK IT GUYS, YOUR TEAM IS DOG****'

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07-07-2010 , 01:32 PM

#1417

jtown1010

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We have a good-natured group of Braves fans ITT, nobody is on the rag, I just don't think they come here to argue.

The black line guy made a great suggestion in the Phillies thread imo, we should have an NL East thread to troll each other.

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07-07-2010 , 01:33 PM

#1418

Borgland

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Yeah, but the stuff you say makes you look stupid. Try coming with something factual.

And good thing you picked the Braves, at least you can save face after your Mets have their annual collapse. Will be fun watching y'all try to explain that away.

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07-07-2010 , 01:34 PM

#1419

Borgland

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Originally Posted by jtown1010

The black line guy made a great suggestion in the Phillies thread imo, we should have an NL East thread to troll each other.

+1. This is a great idea.

Team threads should be for fans only.

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07-07-2010 , 01:43 PM

#1420

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Originally Posted by shipontilt

FWIW, in the MLB regular season thread I did pick the Braves to win the division before the season started and the Mets to win the wild card ldo. I don't even troll that hard, you all are way too sensitive and are complete life nits like you need to get off the rag or something (with a few exceptions Jtown, hard2tell being apart of those exceptions) Trolling rival fans is apart of baseball and it's not like I come in here and say 'LOL SUCK IT GUYS, YOUR TEAM IS DOG****'

Don't shoot the messenger, I'm only banning you because Needle77 told me to.

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07-07-2010 , 02:10 PM

#1421

shipontilt

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Originally Posted by jtown1010

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Originally Posted by Borgland

+1. This is a great idea.

Team threads should be for fans only.

This is very reasonable and sounds like a ton of fun.

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07-07-2010 , 02:42 PM

#1422

Borgland

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http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7053

Cody Ross could be a possible upgrade for center. He's had 22 and 24 HRs the last 2 years, and 9 so far this season. Probably a long shot as Florida might be reluctant to deal him within the division. But I didn't think Atlanta would have ever trade Francouer to the Mets.

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07-07-2010 , 02:51 PM

#1423

hard2tel

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He's a solid player. Our defense though is already below average with a good/great CF..it would be bad with Ross in CF.

But his added production would surely make up for it i'm sure. Let's hope FLA struggles the next couple weeks so they become definite sellers.