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There comes a time in every moody artist's career when he or she has a "fuck it" moment – that point where they're exhausted with being brooding and emotive and just want to have a damn good time playing rock n' roll. Divine Providence, the fourth release from Rhode Island outfit Deer Tick, is band leader John McCauley's ode to not giving a damn.
Making such an album can be a risky and polarizing move. It's a natural fit for some, like Bright Eyes' romping new record The People's Key, and downright embarrassing for others, like Weezer's aptly-titled 2002 foray into metal Maladroit. Fortunately for Deer Tick, Divine Providence is the former. The album is more than a natural fit for the blues-folk act – it's a whiskey-soaked rebirth that captures the band in their prime.
That's not to belittle their past work. Deer Tick's 2007 debut War Elephant is a solid collection of punk-tinged folk and country tunes that was interesting and accessible enough to win the affections of NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, who interviewed them on his web-based music show (which, apparently, exists). But in an alt-country scene ruled by the likes of Modest Mouse, Bright Eyes and Ryan Adams, Deer Tick's past three records did little to steal the spotlight from their better-established peers.
What has distinguished Deer Tick, for whom McCauley has been the only consistent member, is the raw energy of their reputed live shows. So maybe his time spent playing with Middle Brother – his indie pseudo-super group with Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith and Delta Spirit's Matt Vasquez – convinced him to embrace Deer Tick as a five-piece band rather than a solo moniker. Divine Providence has McCauley sharing both the mic and the bottle of bourbon that's nursed the laments of Deer Tick's past work. The album's best moments, like "Let's All Go To The Bar," drop their over-produced country twang in favor of the chorus-chanting ruckus of classic punk acts like the Adicts and the self-destructive mischief of the Violent Femmes.
While guitarist Ian O'Neil and drummer Dennis Ryan take lead vocals for the first time on a few tracks, McCauley's rough-hewn snarl will always be the centerpiece of Deer Tick's sound. The backing-band instrumentation on their past albums has been rich and well-executed, but has also competed with his vocals. On Divine Providence, the music is better suited: the songs are either as big and reckless as McCauley's voice ("Something to Brag About") or pared down to just accent it (the haunting "Electric"). As a singer, McCauley hits new heights of volatility: He sounds so delightfully unhinged on songs like "The Bump" that lines like "One night with me/Will mess you up!" leave you reaching to wipe the spit off your face.
But above all, Deer Tick's transition to a big, fun mess of a band works because McCauley didn't compromise any of what made him a great songwriter in the past. He's as broken-hearted, introspective and self-loathing as ever – the album's odes to sex and alcoholism are balanced by sobering admissions like "I don't want you to forget/I'm the problem/You're the test." But he's also learning that it's a lot more fun to let your friends in on your turmoil -- misery does, after all, love company.


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COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – UNCW senior Michael Baric and William & Mary's Will Manion both touched the wall in a time of 48 seconds to tie for first place in the men's 100 Backstroke on Friday at the Colonial Athletic Association swimming and diving championships at the Eppely Recreation Center.
The Seahawks enter the final day of the meet trailing front-runner William & Mary, who overcame a 31-point deficit entering the session, by 26 points. On the women's side, UNCW sits in fourth, 12.5 points behind William & Mary.
"We knew going into the meet that it was going to be a real challenge," said Head Coach Dave Allen. "William & Mary has a very solid, deep men's team. My hope was to go into the last day and be in a position to win the meet. I really feel that 26 points is not a lot, but we have to come tomorrow and be ready. We're still in the meet and have an opportunity to win."
In the 100 Backstroke, Baric, who tied the school record held by junior Valtteri Halonen, was joined by Halonen (48.30) and Eric Conrad (48.47) in the top five with fourth and fifth-place finishes, respectively. All three Seahawks posted NCAA B cut times in the event.
In the men's 100 Butterfly, Halonen posted a NCAA B cut time of 48.04 to finish second while sophomore Zach Sowers (48.35) finished fourth and junior Ned Tyler (48.93) was seventh. Their times were fourth and sixth all-time on UNCW's records list, respectively.
Junior Cat Gargula scored for the UNCW women with a fifth-place finish, clocking in at 54.67, good for second all-time on the women's 100 Butterfly list.
Casie Boyle gave UNCW points in the women's 400 IM with a sixth-place showing.
In the Men's 200 Freestyle, senior Gabe Thran set a school record with a time of 1:37.48, but it was Alex Labonge who stole the show with a third-place finish with a time of 1:38.08, second all-time.
UNCW placed three in the top-eight of the 100 Breaststroke as Jenson Engen (1:01.62) was edged for second by .01 of a second. Freshman Kathryn Ostrum raced to a fifth-place finish with the third fastest time in UNCW history at 1:02.41. Christine Souther was seventh with a time of 1:02.86, fourth all-time.
Daniel Dozier earned the UNCW men points in the 100 Breaststroke with an eighth-place finish.
In the women's 100 Backstroke, Hannah Stephenson, who set a meet record in the event earlier in the day, finished second with a NCAA B cut time of 54.29. Chelsea Tomko (55.87) finished seventh after a strong effort in the preliminaries advanced her to the finals.
In the Men's 400 Medley Relay, the Tribe took first-place honors with a time of 3:14.12 to push its advantage going into the final day to 26 points.
UNCW's 400 Medley Relay of Stephenson, Engen, Gargula and Rachel Sears finished fourth and set a program record with a time of 3:43.04.
"The guys have seven events tomorrow and the women have six. Our goal is to catch William & Mary's men and win this thing. On the women's side, we have our sights set on getting the 12 points we need and moving up to third. Both teams have a lot of work to do tomorrow."
The meet concludes on Saturday with the preliminaries at 10 a.m. and the finals at 6 p.m.
Team Scores
Women: Towson 583, James Madison 494, William & Mary 303, UNCW 290.5, Delaware 240, Northeastern 235.5, Col. of Charleston 186, Drexel 151
Men: William & Mary 499.5, UNCW 473.5, Towson 348.5, Delaware 288, Drexel 269, Col. of Charleston 229.5

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Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the High Park fire northwest of Fort Collins, Colo. The blaze consumed 259 homes in the rural area, but so far only 10 households have finished rebuilding a year later.
As Gary and Martha Lemert sort through photographs from the High Park fire, it takes just one before and after shot to convey the complete devastation of their 10-acre property.
All they had left after the fire was a green roof that looked like it had been melted on top of gray rubble. All told, the Lemerts lost eight buildings, including a garage and a guest house.
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Colorado responded to the mass shootings in Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn., by passing new gun control measures last month. That's not sitting well with several gun-related businesses in the Centennial State, where four companies have announced plans to relocate all or some of their operations.
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An obscure tax code provision crafted for drug dealers is giving state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries a headache.
In Colorado, federal income tax rates for dispensaries can soar as high as 70 percent because of a tax code section that does not allow businesses to claim certain deductions.
The section is known as 280E, and it was originally written for illegal drug traffickers. But today it's a thorn in the side of licensed dispensary owners like Erica Freeman.
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Welcome to the 21st century classroom: a world where students watch lectures at home — and do homework at school. It's called classroom flipping, and it's slowly catching on in schools around the country.
When Jessica Miller, a high school sophomore in rural Bennett, Colo., sits down to do her chemistry homework, she pulls out her notebook. Then she turns on an iPad to watch a video podcast. Whenever the instructor changes the slide, Miller pauses the video and writes down everything on the screen.


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He is the only council member unopposed, and instead of holding a re-election effort, District 1 Councilman Diego Bernal held a thank you celebration.
"A lot of our success is the product of us working hand-in-hand with neighbors, and so it's a chance for me to thank them for working with us," he said Saturday.
Bernal hosted a community party at popular burger spot Chris Madrid's, and offered people the chance to get their t-shirts screen printed with his logo, which was created by local artist Cruz Ortiz.
Voters will head to the polls on Saturday, May 11, and the race for the District 3 seat is getting tense. The seat's current occupant, Leticia Ozuna, did not win the seat by election. She was appointed in January 2012 to fulfill Jennifer Ramos' term.
Ramos left the city council to focus on a campaign for Bexar County Commissioner Precinct 1 a race that she ultimately lost.
Known for his voice of reason and scrutiny of topics that come across the dais on city council days, District 8 Councilman Reed Williams will not be seeking his third term. This has thrown the door wide open to a list of people ready to fill the seat.
Rolando Briones, an engineer, Ron Nirenberg, associate general manager of Trinity's jazz station KRTU, and Michael Kueber, a retired attorney, are all ready to be the next city councilman.


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7:01am Saturday 15th December 2012 in News
YORK MP Hugh Bayley backed a Royal Mail call for festive greetings and gifts to be posted early when he visited the Leeman Road depot in York.
Mr Bayley said: "Royal Mail delivers millions of items of post at this time of the year. These next few days are the busiest time of the year and I hope everyone will spare a thought for their postie for the work they do throughout the year and the tradition they bring to Christmas."
Paul Wilkins, Royal Mail delivery office manager at York, said: "Our people do a fantastic job at this time of year to ensure that friends and families stay in touch through their Christmas greetings and gifts. And as usual, we'd like to remind our customers to post early."
The recommended last posting dates for UK deliveries are Tuesday for second-class mail, Thursday for first-class and next Saturday for special deliveries.
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bob the builder wrote:Hugh probably takes a leaf from my book and goes on his bike.......claiming cycling mileage expense as he is on Consituency business. But rather cheaper than car milege claims.
He should have spent some time in the public parcel collection office that's rather busy too - so much for lreaving parcels with neighbours! At least the public can park outside on Leeman Road over the double yellow lines. It's well known in York that a double yellow line signifies free parking as no one accepts responsibility for enforcing the no parking element, same goes for parking on pavements. I call it residents parking.
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Make six varieties of homemade cheese with this easy to use kit: Cheddar, Derby, Colby, Monterey Jack, Feta, and Ricotta. Making your own cheese allows you to control the process and ingredients including choosing your favorite variety of milk. This kit includes detailed instructions, ingredients, and basic supplies. The supplies included in this kit make 8-24 pounds of cheese depending on the varieties made.
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Storage: Please store the mesophilic culture in the freezer. The rennet and cheese color can be stored in the refrigerator. The calcium chloride, cheese salt, and cheese wax should be stored in a cool, dry place.
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Adonis (Doni) Weathers Jr., age 53, of Pittsburg, Kan., passed away at 1:13 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, after an illness.
Born in Joplin, he had lived in the Joplin area most of his lifetime. Doni was a sales manager in the Fast Food and Retail Shoe businesses, until sustaining injuries in an automobile accident in 2000. He had also served in the U.S. Air Force. He attended Handy Chapel AME Church. Doni also served as a counselor for an addiction recovery center in Wichita, Kan.
Survivors include his son, Donavan Epperson, of Joplin; two daughters, Cicely Fields, of Shelton, Texas, and Ashton Jones, of Nashville, Tenn.; his mother, Phyllis Rodgers Thomas and stepfather, Marsden G. Thomas Jr., of Pittsburg; his brother, Monte Weathers and wife, Tia, of Topeka, Kan.; two sisters, Twyla Joy Weathers, of Denver, Colo., and Pepper Weathers, of Nevada, Mo.; and many extended family and friends. His father, Adonis Weathers Sr., preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Parker Chapel. Honorary pallbearers will be Irwin Palmer, Stratton Epperson, Gary (Cat) Johnson, Michael Hill, Keith Wilson and Ernest Givens. The family will receive friends following the service at the Community Center, 110 South Main Street in Joplin.
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LEWISTON, Maine --- Despite three hits from Colby College's Alex Essman, Bates College pulled out a 6-1 victory over the Mules in New England Small College Athletic Conference East Division softball Thursday.
Bates (5-12 overall, 2-4 NESCAC East) got two runs in the first inning on a two-run home run by Stacia Saniuk and led 3-0 before the Mules scored a lone run in the fifth. Bates countered that run in the bottom of the fifth and added two more in the sixth.
Essman, who is batting .414, picked up her 23rd RBI of the season when she drove in Annie Wilson with a double. Wilson led off the fifth inning with a triple. Colby also received a pair of hits from Carlie Minichino and one hit and a walk from Tory Starr.
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Local residents knew how to "pick'em" this football season.
George Colich and Scott Thomas were national winners of the Power Points weekly football contest, receiving the weekly grand prize of $1,000.
The object of the game, with free game pieces appearing in the sports section of The News every week this football season, is to amass as many of the 136 possible points each week. Contestants choose winners from a list of games, consisting mostly of pro and college football clashes, provided on the game piece. Entrants order their picks on a weighted point scale based on how confident they are in the result. The highest-confidence pick goes on the 16-point line, while the lowest-confidence pick goes on the one-point line.
"I was shocked," Thomas said of his Week 17 victory. "When I saw the 134 points I got, I thought I had a little chance. I never thought I'd actually win."
Thomas is a lifelong New Castle resident who lives on Penn Boulevard in Union Township. The 45-year-old turned in his winning entry at the Shop 'n Save on West State Street in Union Township. A diehard Steelers fan, Thomas has been playing the Power Points contest frequently over the last few years.
"My strategy to win it pretty much was to pick just what I felt was right," he said. "I've never really won anything like this before, but I like participating."
Thousands of entries to the Power Points contest are received every week from newspapers in states around the country, with a majority coming from Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, Illinois and Maryland. New Castle residents won nationally in two of the possible 17 weeks with Colich being the first of the two victors.
"I just said out loud that it was about time," he said. "I never won this before. Finally, the law of averages caught up to me."
Colich, who lives on Moore Avenue in Union Township, claimed victory with a 134-point effort in Week 14. He has been participating in the competition since its introduction in The News in 2009. He turned in his winning entry at the same Shop 'n Save as Thomas. Colich, 70, is retired after spending 24 years working at Consolidated Glass in New Castle and another 24 at the New Castle Youth Development Center.
"Since it was so late in the season, I was projecting my picks based on who I thought was going to win the wild card, divisions and eventually the Super Bowl," he said. "I don't see why more people don't try the contest out. They can do something like flip a coin, heads for the home team and tails for the road team. Or they could even throw darts at the thing."
The Power Points contest has been running strong for 19 years. More than $1 million in prize money has been paid out in the contest, including $17,000 given out this season. Along with the $1,000 grand prize awarded weekly to the person with the highest point total in the nation, local top scorers receive a prize determined by their newspaper. Local winners received $50 from The News. According to the Power Points website, local top scorers this season were (in chronological order): George Smith (114 points), Michael Sackin (113), Lee Plonka (84), Smith (131), Jim Szumlanski (115), Clinton Runyan (108), Robert Evans (132), Andrew Wingert (125), Claudette Hedglin (131), Wingert (108), Smith (136), Paul O'Hara (122), Neil Gagliano (118), Colich (134), Smith (114), Robert Bart (128) and Thomas (134).
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Remember when people thought tasting time wouldn't be a thing?
by, 21st July 2012 at 12:06 AM (385 Views)
Yeah, neither did I :P
Yoshi and I buried through our old VMs and holy shit, it was like going through a time capsule XD
Like when I thought that I would ship Trip x Ash
or when we shared fanfics
or when we found out we had similar interests!
But most of all, we had really deep and meaningful conversations, that mainly consisted of:
Thank you, @Yoshi-san; for being my friend, it's really been a blast!
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The New Jersey Sierra Club has joined other national, state, and local environmental and citizen groups in filing a challenge of the National Park Service's (NPS) approval of the Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line. This unnecessary project was inappropriately rubberstamped by NPS despite causing irreparable harm to the eighth most visited park in the national park system. Now Sierra Club and other groups, represented by Earthjustice and the Eastern Environmental Law Center, are turning to the courts to protect our public lands from this devastating project. The complaint was filed in DC District court by ten organizations.
The National Park Service (NPS) has taken the side of polluters over protecting our parks by approving the Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line expansion. Instead of selecting the best alternative for the environment, the Parks, and our clean energy future, the "No Build" alternative, NPS is putting corporate interests before the public interest.
We are challenging this outrageous decision by the NPS to protect the integrity of our public lands. We now need the courts to do the job NPS should have done and protect our public lands, not give them away to utilities. In the 150 years since our first National Park this is a day of shame. Citizen groups have to go to court to protect our national parks from our own government. If they can do it in here, Yellowstone or Yosemite could be next.
This project will spoil the scenic vistas and important natural resources of our National Park lands, which belong to all of us. Natural resources within our parks all to carry more polluting coal-fired power to eastern markets, undermining clean energy projects and puts more smog in our national parks. No amount of mitigation money can compensate for turning our public lands over to power companies and ruining the beauty of places that are supposed to be held in the public trust to be enjoyed by all of us now and for future generations.
Their own data found the project would cause $89 million in damage to public parklands but we would only receive $56 million in compensation from PPL and PSEG. NPS is selling out our parklands at a discount to polluters by allowing a mitigation package that covers less than half the destruction. The mitigation plan was submitted on the last day of the public comment period and therefore not subject to public comment. But you cannot mitigate for the destruction of a National Park. This project will ruin the breathtaking vistas and critical resources of our National Parks, diminishing the visitor experience and those impacts cannot be reversed.
The NPS considered several transmission alternatives to the project including routes completely outside the Delaware Water Gap along existing utility right of ways. However an alternative route would continue to have impacts on the Appalachian Trail and the Highlands region, which is state and federally recognized as a critical environmental resource area. The "No Build" Alternative is the only option that would prevent the destruction of resources both within and outside the park units.
The NPS approvals will have significant impacts outside the boundaries of the parks as well. The Highlands region and the historic and environmental resources of the Kittatinny Ridge communities will be impacted. This decision will impact the health and safety of homeowners along the expanded right of way.
We are also challenging the lack of a robust non-transmission alternatives review by the Park Service. The worst part about this destruction of our public lands is that it is for a project that serves no purpose. Non-transmission alternatives could obviate the need for the Susquehanna-Roseland line, especially energy efficiency and demand response.
Last month grid operator PJM announced the cancellation of two similar transmission expansion projects, the Mid Atlantic Power Pathway (MAPP) and the Potomac Appalachian Transmission Highline (PATH). The cancellation of the lines was based on falling demand, new generation plants, and the efficiency of demand response programs, the same issues we have raised about the Susquehanna-Roseland line.
We were told without the power line in service by 2012 that there would be rolling brown outs and black outs, but this summer we were able to handle peak loads without those problems. We need the court to overturn the NPS approvals and demand that they look at non-transmission alternatives to this project as part of the environmental review process.
The Park Service compromised their integrity and violated their own mission which is to protect public lands. We now need the courts to stop this project. We cannot set a dangerous precedent that opens our precious public lands up to dirty power projects. These lands are supposed to be protected for future generations, not turned over to power companies.


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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (SportsNetwork.com) - Rory McIlroy fired a 9- under-par 63 on Thursday to grab a two-stroke lead after the opening round of the Dubai Desert Classic.
World No. 1 Tiger Woods, who missed the 54-hole cut at last week's Farmers Insurance Open, shares 10th with six others after shooting 4-under 68.
McIlroy, who tied for second in Abu Dhabi two weeks ago, carded seven birdies and an eagle during his bogey-free round at Emirates Golf Club.
"It was really nice," said McIlroy. "I played really well from tee to green, drove the ball well again; I think I only missed a couple of fairways and only missed one green where I had to really get it up and down.
"I took advantage of how I am driving the ball and just need to do more of the same the next three days."
Edoardo Molinari shot 7-under 65 to snare second place, while defending champion Stephen Gallacher, Richard Sterne, Damien McGrane, Julien Quesne and Matthew Baldwin share third at 6-under 66.
Woods, starting at No. 10 alongside McIlroy and Gallacher, notched birdies at all three par-5s during his opening nine, adding another gain at the 15th to turn in 33. He closed with nine straight pars, however, as he struggled to find his form off the tee.
Still, the opening-nine performance was a welcome improvement for Woods, who failed to birdie a single par-5 at Torrey Pines last week.
"I played all right today," said Woods. "I probably could have got a couple more out of it. I didn't hit a bad putt today which was nice, it was just that sometimes the grain grabbed it pretty hard at the end."
Soren Hansen and Robert Rock are tied for eighth after carding matching 5- under 67s.
McIlroy, who recorded his first win as a professional at this event in 2009, never appeared in danger of dropping a shot.
The former world No. 1 tallied five birdies during his opening nine, including three straight from the 12th, to turn in 32. He didn't relent, adding another birdie at the second before finding the green in two at the par-5 third and draining the eagle putt. McIlroy's final gain came in the form of a birdie at the seventh and the world No. 6 parred out from there to hit the clubhouse in 63.
"All in all it was a really good score," McIlroy stated. "The scores are pretty low out there so I'm gonna need something similar the next few days to keep myself up there."
NOTES: McIlroy has recorded three straight top-10 finishes on the European Tour dating back to last year ... Woods won this event in 2006 and 2008. He is playing here for the first time since 2011 ... World No. 3 Henrik Stenson is tied for 35th place at 2-under-par 70 ... No one has ever successfully defended the Dubai Desert Classic title.


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Chance of Draft Picks Making the Bigs and Having an Impact
***WARNING! There will be statistics in this post! I am not and do not claim to be an expert with statistics! My math skills are usually correct 100% of the time....75% of the time! You have been warned!***
Yesterday BaseballAmerica released an article that states 1 in 6 players , precisely 17.2%, that are drafted make it to the bigs for at least one game. They got this number by studying the 22 drafts from 1987-2008 to see who has made it for at least one cup of coffee. Why stop at 2008? Stopping at 2008 gives the high school players at least 5 years to get to the bigs. Our own 2008 first round draft pick Aaron Hicks is getting his first chance this year. Their results were very interesting. Especially when you combined them with draft statistics they released before this years draft(which we will explore later).
Out of the 900+ players drafted last year 17.2% will make it to the bigs but as you can figure the chance of making it to the bigs is different depending on where you were drafted. A 11-20th rounder has only a 6.8% chance to make it to the show while a 1st rounder has a 73% chance. Out of the 6.8% of 11-20th rounders that make it to the show only 1.6 of those make an impact (impact as defined by BA for this study is 450 games for position players and for pitchers either 75 decisions (starters) or 150 games (relievers)). Compare that to the 39.1% chance that the first rounders have to being an impact player and value difference becomes apparent. Even in the first round the chance of making it to the show varies. Players drafted in the first 5 picks have an 88% chance to make the majors while the rest of the first round has about a 70% chance.
Instead of focusing on all 900+ players drafted let's focus on the top 100. Specifically our players drafted by Ryan the pass two drafts by experience (college vs HS) and position. Let's focus on the 1st round supplemental picks (make Bigs%:52.3 impact%:15.8), 2nd rounders (make bigs%:49.4 impact%:16.1), and 3-5 (make bigs%:34.6 impact%:10.1). Using drafted round success/impact success and position success/impact success I will try to show the statistical chance our prospects will make it to the bigs and make an impact.
RHP College- 37% chance to play 50 games but only a 15% chance to contribute 5 WAR+.
Eades: 2nd round -Bigs% 43.2% Impact% 15.7%
Bard: 1st supplemental- Bigs% 44.7% Impact 15.4%
Chargois: 2nd round- Bigs% 43.2% Impact% 15.7
LHP College- 48% chance to play 50 games but only a 14% chance to contribute 5 WAR+.
Melotakis: 2nd Round- Bigs% 48.7% Impact% 15%
RHP Highschool- 33% chance to play 50 games but only 11% chance to contribute 5 WAR+.
Stewart: 1st round- Bigs% 60.5% Impact% 39%
Berrios: 1st supplemental- Bigs% 42.7% Impact% 13.4%
Catcher College- 52% chance to play 100 games but only 12% chance to contribute 10 WAR+.
Turner: 3rd rounder- Bigs% 43.3% Impact% 11%
RF college- 28% chance to play 100 games and 12% chance to contribute 10 WAR+.
Walker II- 3rd rounder- Bigs% 31.3 Impact: 11%
CF Highschool- 33% chance to play 100 games and 11% chance to contribute 10 WAR+.
Buxton- 1st rounder- Bigs% 60.5% Impact: 39%
Let's compare success and impact rate of our two top 5 picks, Buxton (2nd) and Stewart (4th), versus our 2011 1st round pick Michaels (30th).
Buxton and Stewart both have a 60.5% chance to spend significant time in the bigs compared to Michael's 52% chance. That's an 8% difference because of a ~25 pick difference. The difference would be significantly larger if we weren't comparing a college player vs high school. When looking at impact% we see the importance of a high first round pick vs a low first round pick.
Buxton/Stewart chance for 10 WAR+-39%, 20 WAR+- 15.5%, 30 WAR+ 12%
Michael's chance for 10 WAR+-17%, 20 WAR+-7%, 30 WAR+ 6%
Rebuilding is hard but losing brings future value. While it is commonsense that the higher you pick, be it 1st round vs 3rd round or top 5 pick vs 30th pick, the more value it brings. Here are the stats that prove it. Sort of...
Quoting Ron DeLegge, "99 percent of statistics only tell 49 percent of the story."
Top 100 Draft Flashback: Impact Players, Notable Flops - BaseballAmerica.com
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This is an interesting article. I have seen similar articles in the past but I like the way you laid it out. What it generally shows, is that franchises like the Twins that rely heavily on the draft are almost ineviatably going to have dry periods like they did in the late part of the last decade. The odds are basically against you always drafting well, even during the first couple of rounds. There are no good things about being bad, but it does increase the odds of getting an impact player.
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Yeah, I do think that scouting in general has drastically improved over the years. It's easier to spot the "cannot miss" kind of guys. It still isn't a perfect system, but having a few years picking in the top 5 essentially means having a few cornerstone players for the team's next run...
I'm really hoping in a 2014 deep draft that an elite college player at SS/SP falls to them.
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2006-Parmelee 20th pick- 1.6 War
2007- Revere 28th pick- 4 WAR
2008- Hicks 14th pick- 1.1 WAR, Gutierrez 27th pick- 0 WAR
2009- Gibson 22nd pick- -.4 WAR
2010- Wimmers 21st pick- 0 WAR
This list IMO is the major reason we are as bad as we are. 6 players who all have had enough time to make the bigs have put up a combined 6.3 WAR. Hicks and Gibson are finally getting a shot this year while we still don't know what we have in Parmelee. Our "safe" quick to the bigs arm Wimmers won't be up for at least another year. If you aren't going to sign big time free agents or retain your own your 1st rounders, other early round picks, better amount to something.
Lucky for us having a top 5 pick the last two years, 88% chance to make it to the bigs, and possibly one next year should help. I knew the higher pick you had the better chance to make it to the bigs/be an impact player but I was surprised by the overall difference in value.
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The problem with this is that all drafts prior to 2012 are basically null and void for providing viable comparative evidence for the current draft. Guys who would have been 39th round picks in the old system are now 3rd and 4th rounders on teams who are looking to save bonus pool money, so that will drastically skew the success rate by round of players because we don't know the motive for drafting those players where they were drafted. A team with 3 picks in the first 35 may start making money-saving picks as soon as the second round whereas the next team may make round-appropriate picks for 4-5 rounds before going cheap, and finally, the next team may make all round-appropriate picks. The draft has fundamentally changed as we once knew it.Staff Writer for Tomahawktake.com, come check it out!
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07-31-2013, 08:00 PM #9Staff Writer for Tomahawktake.com, come check it out!