Saturday night drinking with the scouts
            This week Elijah Craig is joined by Jim Beam, Johnny Walker, and Jack Daniels


 Elijah: We need to talk about who is helping their team and who isn't. We are half way through the season.
 Jack: Well I'm always a fan of the homer. Trever Crosby has already hit 34 for San Antonio. Anybody wants to bet that he hits more than 65?
 Johnny: We are drinkers not bettors. You drink and bet, you go broke. Just provide your wisdom to us about Crosby.
 Jack: The Rustlers have scored 378 runs this season.
 Jim: The league average is only 388. That team is right where it should be offensively.
 Jack: I know Jim. The point I want to make is that Trever has been directly involved with 95 of the runs the Rustlers have scored. That is a little over 1 of every 4 wins they score.
 Jim: Would you care to define"directly invoved" ? You may be using that RC stat that they put out. i don't care for some of this new stuff in analytics.
 Jack: My use of "directly involved " is runs scored plus runs batted in, minus home runs.
 Johnny: You penalizing him for homers?
 Jack: On a homer you get both a run scored and an rbi. I'm just counting runs; can't give him two if only one counts are my scorecard.
 Jim: How the hell do you hit 34 dingers and not make the all star team?
 Jack: Are you kidding me. I haven't checked who made and didn't make the teams.
 Elijah: Guys, the all star game and rosters are for a different night, please get back to Crosby.
 Jack: He's 31 and has a season and half left on his contract.
 Jim: You think the cowboy will trade him?
 Jack: Jim, you know I think anyone is tradeable. In this case I think the cowboy would need 2 great prospects and a major leaguer who would also be movable for more prospects.
 Johnny: Why do you always try to get four prospects for one player. It just isn't done.
 Jack: In this case I think vegascowboy is better off keeping him than just getting three prospects.
 Jim: You might be able to talk somebody out of two top prospects, but the third one isn't going to be somebody to help you up the hill to the playoffs. Nobody gives that much of their farm system for one guy. Now, that thought of getting someone else to trade for youngsters is really sharp. You should get a franchise Jack.
 Jack: I inquired a few season back. Stickman said I bad element and wouldn't let me in the league. Does anybody what a bad element is? What does that mean?
 Johnny: It means he wasn't letting you have a franchise and used words you didn't understand. It just expedited the conversation.  Jack, you do know what expedite means?
 Jack: Ha Ha Johnny, very funny.
 Elijah: Come on guy, no infighting. Anybody else got a guy who is really having a good year.
 Jim: Bridger Presley already has 15 wins for the Mud Dogs. He might win 30 this year.
 Johnny: This league has never had anyone win 30 games. Paxton Bold won 27 in season 2 of this league.
 Jack: I'm a guy interested in scoring runs so I don't know much about Presley. Tell me about him.
 Jim: Johnny, he is well paid; $7 million a year; with two more years left on the contract. He will be 35 when the contract comes around. He should be have about 200 wins when he comes up for his next contract.
 Elijah: Johnny, anybody you like so far this season?
 Johnny: I like Yan Nunez a lot. He's 25 years old and can pretty much play anywhere but pitcher and catcher. He has 73 runs scored and 71 rbi. I guess I can figure out his directly invovled runs. Let see, it's 119 for a team that scores 419 runs.
 Jim: That would be little better than Crosby. Crosby was at 25%. If my math is correct Nunez is like 27% or 28%.
 Johnny: He also made the all star team. He was sign as an international in season 43 with a bonus of $14 million by the previous owner of the Boise franchise.
 Elijah: We really haven't covered many of the best players in this league but I don't think my liver can take much more. Hope to see you next Saturday.