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    • Wednesday, May 15, 2013

    Jason Repko loses fire, walks away from baseball

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    posted 5 days ago by Repoz to dodgers, history, red sox, twins  |  16 comment(s)

    The Repko is gone
    but he’s not forgotten
    This is the story
    of a 71 OPS+ (rotten)

    Jason Repko lost something in the offseason. He knew it. He felt it.

    An outfielder for 14 seasons in professional baseball, including seven seasons spent in the majors, he lost the desire to be on the field every single day.

    But he still wanted to feel that way. That’s the thing. He wanted to feel that fire again. So even when no organization offered him an invitation to spring training, he felt like he needed ...

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    1. Craig in MN posted on December 06, 2011 at 10:58 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Toby Gardenhire SS 0% 0% 0% 0% 100%Jonathan Schuerholz Craig Griffey Bill Bavasi


    Well, I found one thing to make me smile in these projections.
    2. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) posted on December 06, 2011 at 11:03 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Ack! That pitching is horrific. One good SP, and zero above avg. RP.
    3. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) posted on December 06, 2011 at 11:06 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Best three projected relievers are all lefties? That's got to be unusual...
    4. Craig in MN posted on December 06, 2011 at 11:17 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Actually, Duensing is going to be a reliever, and should be in that general range too. Of course Chuck James won't be in the organization, so that evens out.
    5. Spivey posted on December 06, 2011 at 11:22 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Not a single reliever is projected to have an above average ERA+. That is ridiculous.
    6. Davo Mastroianni posted on December 06, 2011 at 11:23 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I believe I'm speaking for everyone when I ask Who the #### is Liam Hendriks?
    7. Nasty Nate posted on December 06, 2011 at 11:37 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Deolis Guerra R 23 6.96


    Are he and his near-7 ERA projection the last vestiges of the putrid haul the Twins received for Santana? Or am I think of another guy?
    8. DL from MN posted on December 06, 2011 at 11:47 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Liam Hendriks is a control pitcher from Australia. Yes, Deolis Guerra was the "prize" in the Santana deal.

    That projection seems incredibly optimistic for Nishioka.
    9. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) posted on December 06, 2011 at 11:58 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I believe I'm speaking for everyone when I ask Who the #### is Liam Hendriks?


    Isn't he the guy who played Bishop in all the "Aliens" movies?
    10. FancyPantsHandle glistening with foreign substance posted on December 07, 2011 at 12:03 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    it's almost Final Fantasy VIII plot twist-bad.


    Mario rip-off plot twists aside, VIII still had the best gameplay. Also, Rinoa is hotter than Tifa.
    11. BobbyS posted on December 07, 2011 at 12:28 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Are he and his near-7 ERA projection the last vestiges of the putrid haul the Twins received for Santana? Or am I think of another guy?

    Yes, Deolis Guerra was the "prize" in the Santana deal.


    He was stellar once they moved him to the pen... Not that it would show here, or that it constitutes any real prize for Johan
    12. FancyPantsHandle glistening with foreign substance posted on December 07, 2011 at 12:52 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Not that it would show here, or that it constitutes any real prize for Johan


    The prize for Johan is not paying him > 100m to not pitch.
    13. Nasty Nate posted on December 07, 2011 at 01:02 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    The prize for Johan is not paying him > 100m to not pitch.


    Door #3 was one year of peak Johan at $13 million (in a year where instead the Twins finished in 2nd by one game) and then some draft picks...
    14. Travolta19 posted on December 07, 2011 at 01:02 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I believe I'm speaking for everyone when I ask Who the #### is Liam Hendriks?


    You're not speaking for anyone who follows prospects that closely...
    15. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) posted on December 07, 2011 at 01:25 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Heh. Mauer has a better chance of being "excellent" than every other offensive player in the organizaton combined.
    16. JJ1986 posted on December 07, 2011 at 01:30 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Tsuyoshi Nishioka B    SS   27   .271 .327 .376 128 476  67 129  19   8   5  48  37  69  25  12   91 


    I'm taking the under.
    17. Famous Original Joe C posted on December 07, 2011 at 01:50 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Chuck James is *30*?

    Toby Gardenhire SS 0% 0% 0% 0% 100%Jonathan Schuerholz Craig Griffey Bill Bavasi

    I see Marc Sullivan as his upside, personally.
    18. plink posted on December 07, 2011 at 02:03 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Was there a Slowey projection before the trade?
    19. Banta posted on December 07, 2011 at 02:07 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    VIII still had the best gameplay

    If you could skip the GF animation! I mean, once you got more powerful, you didn't need to use the GFs as much, but christ, it was terrible before that. Talk about the need for some time compression, am I right??
    20. WillYoung posted on December 07, 2011 at 02:11 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Zips is projecting a huge year from Drew Butera.
    21. Arnett Mead (Arjun) posted on December 07, 2011 at 03:41 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I like the name "Jeff Manship".
    22. Ivan Grushenko of Hong Kong posted on December 07, 2011 at 05:42 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    What makes you so sure this team isn't 100 losses bad?
    23. Boxkutter posted on December 07, 2011 at 08:44 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0


    You're not speaking for anyone who follows prospects that closely...


    Pretty much what I was thinking. I have been tracking him since midway through the 2010 season when he was putting up a stellar ERA in the minors. That caught my attention so I looked deeper and liked what I saw. Had some rough patches this year, but still pitched well so I drafted him. With decent numbers like that, he may very well be my #5 SP in 2012.
    24. Walt Davis posted on December 07, 2011 at 10:40 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Garrick Haltiwanger

    Now there's a name!

    And surely some relation to Russ Haltiwanger.
    25. morineko posted on December 07, 2011 at 02:57 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    So apparently ZiPS also believes that Cole DeVries was having an outlier of a 2011 season.
    26. Craig in MN posted on December 07, 2011 at 05:15 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I'm surprised that ZIPs has Morneau with a 0% chance of hitting 30 HRs. He's done that 3 of 6 years, and was on pace for that in 2010. Injuries are obviously (and rightly) killing him, but it's got him with 23% of SLG > .500. You'd think there's enough of a chance within that where stays healthy enough to get to 30HRs.
    27. bfan posted on December 07, 2011 at 06:21 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Without the new stadium, I would put this team back on the list of potential teams to contract, to get down to 30 teams. At least all of the non-winning small market teams won't get beat over the head by the Twins example (at least for a few years).
    28. Shalimar posted on December 08, 2011 at 07:19 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I like the name "Jeff Manship".

    I didn't realize the Twins were recruiting from the Stallion Studios softball team.
    29. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on December 08, 2011 at 07:28 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I believe Cole DeVries and Scott Diamond were also on that team.
    30. Walt Davis posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:55 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I'm surprised that ZIPs has Morneau with a 0% chance of hitting 30 HRs. He's done that 3 of 6 years, and was on pace for that in 2010. Injuries are obviously (and rightly) killing him, but it's got him with 23% of SLG > .500. You'd think there's enough of a chance within that where stays healthy enough to get to 30HRs.

    I believe those probabilities are based on the assumed playing time. I think we can agree that 30 HR in 371 AB would be mighty impressive.
    31. A Random 8-Year-Old Eskimo posted on February 17, 2012 at 09:53 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Can we please get a Josh Willingham projection? He wasn't listed on the A's.

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