Comments on: Glad We Chose Eddie Over Hawkins and Bradford? http://firegardy.com/2008/09/12/glad-we-chose-eddie-over-hawkins-and-bradford/ Mismanaging games since 2002 Mon, 07 May 2012 02:37:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sirsean http://firegardy.com/2008/09/12/glad-we-chose-eddie-over-hawkins-and-bradford/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 sirsean Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:37:02 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=143#comment-1057 <p>Heh. Apparently.</p> <p>Of course, everyone pointed out at the time that he had a ridiculously unsustainable HR/FB and BABIP which held is ERA to about half his xFIP ... and he regressed to the mean <i>hard</i> as soon as he came to the Twins.</p> <p>This move might rank right there with the Monroe/Livan/Lamb/Everett mistakes.</p> Heh. Apparently.

Of course, everyone pointed out at the time that he had a ridiculously unsustainable HR/FB and BABIP which held is ERA to about half his xFIP … and he regressed to the mean hard as soon as he came to the Twins.

This move might rank right there with the Monroe/Livan/Lamb/Everett mistakes.

]]> By: FunBobby http://firegardy.com/2008/09/12/glad-we-chose-eddie-over-hawkins-and-bradford/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 FunBobby Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:22:23 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=143#comment-1056 <p>So we pass over two decent pitchers for a bad one then don't even use him? What was the point in signing Eddie? Did the Twins really think he was going to be effective then realize he isn't after 3 ip?</p> So we pass over two decent pitchers for a bad one then don’t even use him? What was the point in signing Eddie? Did the Twins really think he was going to be effective then realize he isn’t after 3 ip?

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