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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Jason Repko loses fire, walks away from baseball

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posted 4 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. bigboy1234 posted on January 27, 2013 at 12:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

So we are saying Clement is Darko here I guess. 3 of the following 4 picks after Clement are legit superstars. 2005 top 12 picks for their career so far:

WAR  PK Player
0 05 Ryan Braun 
7 04 Ryan Zimmerman 
7 07 Troy Tulowitzki 
1 11 Andrew McCutchen 
0 02 Alex Gordon 
1 01 Justin Upton 
4 12 Jay Bruce 
2 06 Ricky Romero 
4 10 Cameron Maybin 
5 09 Mike Pelfrey 
-01.4 03 Jeff Clement 
0 08 Wade Townsend 

2. Boxkutter posted on January 27, 2013 at 02:10 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

So even the guy who is a professional poker player, and never made it to the majors, had a better major league career than Clement. Sometimes, it's really hard being a Mariner fan. But at least it prepares us for real life.

3. The District Attorney posted on January 27, 2013 at 02:53 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Probably not going to be the best player ever from Marshalltown, Iowa.

4. Eric P. posted on January 28, 2013 at 02:37 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

But quite probably the least racist!

5. Lassus posted on January 28, 2013 at 08:20 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I am reasonably confident Pelf will end up in the top 11 on that list.

Pretty sure, anyhow.

I hope.

6. Rants Mulliniks (formerly Cold Prosimian) posted on January 28, 2013 at 08:32 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Clement is Darko

I was wondering where in the article you thought you saw a creepy black rabbit, then I realized you meant Darko Milicic....

7. DL from MN posted on January 28, 2013 at 09:08 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I think the injuries that have kept him from catching are what cratered his value. He has plenty of bat for a catcher but not quite enough for a first baseman. Even moving to 3B would have given him more opportunities.

8. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) posted on January 28, 2013 at 10:31 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

So we are saying Clement is Darko here I guess.

Wake up, Donnie!

9. Misirlou is bad, he's nationwide posted on January 28, 2013 at 11:27 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

So we are saying Clement is Darko here I guess. 3 of the following 4 picks after Clement are legit superstars. 2005 top 12 picks for their career so far:

WAR PK Player
32.0 05 Ryan Braun
28.7 04 Ryan Zimmerman
25.7 07 Troy Tulowitzki
18.1 11 Andrew McCutchen
17.0 02 Alex Gordon
13.1 01 Justin Upton
09.4 12 Jay Bruce
09.2 06 Ricky Romero
08.4 10 Cameron Maybin
04.5 09 Mike Pelfrey
-01.4 03 Jeff Clement
00.0 08 Wade Townsend

That is turning out to be a heck of a draft for centerfielders. In addition to McCutchen and Maybin, later rounds netted Ellsbury, Gardner, and Peter Bourjos

10. zonk posted on January 28, 2013 at 12:10 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Just wait until Mark Pawelek starts making his mark...

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