Werthless wrote:Makes him look foolish to compare Hamels to Kershaw though.

In some metrics he is better than Kershaw, like postseason stats!

WilliamC wrote:I can't believe he is 63. Grote you are right, He has more unnamed sources than about anyone. He definitely dyes his hair.

Holy Shit, I thought he was like 50.

Werthless wrote:Makes him look foolish to compare Hamels to Kershaw though.

Holy shit, I knew Kershaw was good but wow.

FIP
Kershaw - green
Hamels - blue
Scherzer - black
Price - orange

Werthless wrote:Makes him look foolish to compare Hamels to Kershaw though.

Yeah, Hamels single handedly won a World Series and Kershaw is a huge choke artist. It would be foolish to compare them.

His column in the Philly paper was one of the instigators for me "getting into" baseball when I was a kid. I used to love that column and my dad and I would hash it out every week.

Bill McNeal wrote:FIP
Kershaw - green
Hamels - blue
Scherzer - black
Price - orange

Kershaw's highest single game FIP this season... 3.58.

http://www.fangraphs.com/statsd.aspx?pl ... position=P

Absurd. I dare someone to try to find a better season by this metric (max single game FIP).

Kershaw is on another level even with his postseason struggles. He is still 26.

heyeaglefn wrote:

WilliamC wrote:I can't believe he is 63. Grote you are right, He has more unnamed sources than about anyone. He definitely dyes his hair.

Holy #$!&@, I thought he was like 50.

That definitely would have been my range, like 47-53. I was looking him up to see when he joined ESPN, so he was 49 then and looks no different but no stache so actually younger.

Phred wrote:His column in the Philly paper was one of the instigators for me "getting into" baseball when I was a kid. I used to love that column and my dad and I would hash it out every week.

I think he is entertaining for sure.

Werthless wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:FIP
Kershaw - green
Hamels - blue
Scherzer - black
Price - orange

Kershaw's highest single game FIP this season... 3.58.

http://www.fangraphs.com/statsd.aspx?pl ... position=P

Absurd.

14 of Hamels' 30 starts were higher than that.

Hamels and Kershaw started 57 games between them. Hamels had the 14 worst. And Hamels had a good year.

hamels would have sit Matt Adams down on 3 pitches tho

red sox should be looking for a Kershaw type. boegarts should get them in the conversation.

Lefties take a while to really hit their stride sometimes. I think Kershaw might pan out.

Plus he is funny as heck on talk shows. Baseball needs to Peyton Manning his ass.

ReadingPhilly wrote:red sox should be looking for a Kershaw type. boegarts should get them in the conversation.

that's highway robbery! dodgers would definitely need to throw in Joc Pederson or something

Franco took a ball to the face yesterday -- as Amaro was just layin around drinkin!

God damn does it feel good to get some real baseball talk going on this board again.

CFP wrote:Phils to sign Chris Nelson to minor-league deal

Also signed:

RHP Paul Clemens (wrong brother amirite)
C Rene Garcia
IF Cord Phelps

plus Koyie, who re-signed this past weekend

BigEd76 wrote:

CFP wrote:Phils to sign Chris Nelson to minor-league deal

Also signed:

RHP Paul Clemens (wrong brother amirite)
C Rene Garcia
IF Cord Phelps

plus Koyie, who re-signed this past weekend

BA sas we signed RHP Tyler Gonzalez who was a Supplemental First Round pick (out of HS) in 2012 by the Blue Jays. Was pretty bad both in 2012 and 2013 and then had a drug suspension during 2014. Still only 21 I think.

CFP wrote:Phils to sign Chris Nelson to minor-league deal

As far a scrub signings go I like it. I remember him hitting a massive oppo tater at CBP with the Rockies

Glad they peed on his chest.