John Mayberry & the Phillies
by 6th street on Mar 19, 2009 10:26 AM CDT
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There was an article posted on the SportingNews.com over the weekend about JMJ's outstanding spring training with the Phillies and his chances of making the opening day roster. see link below
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=527006
I briefly caught the Hardline discussing the article yesterday evening. Their discussion focused heavily on whether this would be a significant black mark on JD if JMJ makes the Phillies roster and has a productive year for them.
I found this to be silly for a number of reasons. But thought it was interesting nonetheless.
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along with the Sporting News
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
and The New York Post
When I see a solar eclipse I think "oh no, is the moon eating the sun"
by Pocket Ninja on Mar 19, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
doesnt the lady who used to work in DFW
write for the post?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 19, 2009 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions
wrote a big story about LA and bonuses recently?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 19, 2009 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Times I think
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
Kat O'Brien works for Newsday.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.
by thedirkatron on Mar 19, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Correct you are sir
She was a good writer here.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
gracias
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 19, 2009 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
It's spring
and Mayberry isn’t that good. The phils already have Victorino, Werth, and Ibanez with Geoff Jenkins and Matt Stairs likely to be in the mix. I don’t see Mayberry getting playing time in philly, they’ll probably option him to AAA and maybe give him a shot.
Another one bites the dust! And another one, and another one, and another one bites the dust!
sounds like
a bunch of lefty’s and older guys, I would probably look at JMJ before Stairs with the already lefty heavy lineup
by blueballlefty on Mar 19, 2009 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions
meh if he has a ludwick or hafner-esque renaissance in his production/value
there will always be some naysayers who will want to blame daniels. i think some media types/fans have had it in for him for a long time and will see any moves he makes through their own personal bias against him. but objectively i think most have agreed it was a good move. there really wasnt going to be a spot for JMJ on this team, and we still dont know that he can do anything in the major leagues. at least golson provides a little bit of a different specialty that could potentially be of value to us, as well as a slightly higher ceiling, if he can manage to overcome the strikeout issues.
by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Mar 19, 2009 10:50 AM CDT reply actions
With the reports we've received on Golson so far this spring it already looks like a win for us
No matter if Mayberry makes the ML team or not. He sure wouldn’t have made our ML team with the glut of COF we have already.
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
Mayberry
has hit for power this spring, but then, so have Jason Lane and Brett Gardner. The numbers more indicative of his approach remain the same. .275 BA, .315 OBP, 16:2 K:BB.
He is who he is.
Fuck Brett Gardner
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
that's just awesome
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 20, 2009 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Fuck Brett Gardner.
Lol, boomer beat me to it!
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Look at the things he is praised for
Mayberry entered the day hitting .290 in 10 games. No Phillies player has played in as many games or has racked up as many at-bats.
Wow, the manager has written Mayberry’s name on the lineup card more often than anyone else. Mayberry’s a stud.
While Howard leads all big leaguers with four home runs this spring, Mayberry is right on his heels with three
Its amazing that he is able to hit one less HR than Howard in 15 less ABs during ST. As of the moment, Mayberry is now 3 HRs behind the ST leader and his 3 HRs are matched by 30 other guys.
Mayberry is hitting .275/.315/.549 in ST. That’s nice, but nothing spectacular. Golson is hitting .348/.360/.609.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
they are actually pretty similar
in that neither will supplement their averages with many walks, both will hit for power and strike out often. Both are tremendous athletes and both will get more than a cup of coffee in the big leagues, with an upper projection of solid starter and a more likely projection as a 4th OF or platoon guy. The difference is that Golson can play CF. And that is enough of a tie breaker for me.
Golson's ceiling is higher than just a solid starter
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
+1
golsons ceiling >>> JMJs ceiling
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 19, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Is Mayberry really a tremendous athlete?
I’d never thought of him that way
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 20, 2009 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Mayberry has big power potential
But Golson is the tremendous athlete, by all accounts.
Now blogging again (temporarily) at "Hello Win Column".
one of the top 10 athletes in the game i thought someone said
or maybe it was the minor leagues
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 20, 2009 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions
This is a bunch of nothing
These are spring training at bats, and meaningless. Even if Mayberry does alright over there, the trade was not a bad idea, I could not care less about this guy.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
and
isn’t Mayberry a guy who starts off hot and fades rather quickly after a promotion anyway?
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
by Kinslerhomer on Mar 19, 2009 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Someone needs to find a way to...
continuously promote the kid, then.
by NoNameOnCard on Mar 19, 2009 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Once he caps out here
He can go to the Cuban minors and work his way up there then on to Japan and so on.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
Is TSN just actively trying to
become the biggest joke in sports media as quickly as possible? They are on quite a roll.
Tomorrow's article
will feature a Rangers minor league system devastated by the trading away of John Danks and the loss of Eric Hurley. Luckily they can trade form their deep corps of 3B prospects to replenish the pitching.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
I think they're already the biggest joke in sports media
It’s just that we didn’t know about it till just yesterday.
Now blogging again (temporarily) at "Hello Win Column".
The biggest joke
in sports media is the Hardline. That is, if you consider them sports media. They are unlistenable-they should change their name to The Corby Show. I listened to a few minutes of their discussion on Mayberry and had to turn it off. Idiots…
"Who died and made you King?"
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