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From: John Kasupski on 21 Feb 2010 01:31 On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:20:52 -0500, "Kommienezuspadt" <nospam(a)nothanks.net> wrote: >Now -- would he have been enough to move them up in the standings? I guess >we'll not know that but I like to think he would have been an OBP >improvement over Cabrera at the #2 spot or Stubbs in the #1 spot which I'm >guessing is what we're going to see unless Dusty writes the catcher in the >#2 hole because he can handle bat & won't clog the bases or some other such >nonsense. I fail to see how hitting Hernandez or Hanigan in the #2 hole would help, seeing as how they both put up 84 OPS+ last year. And by traditional baseball standards, it *would* clog the bases. You can call that nonsense if you wish, but Jocketty is not a stathead GM and Baker is not a stathead manager. If that's what you want to see, have fun watching the Oakland AAAA's (the AL version of the Pirates) confound the "experts" by finishing in the AL West cellar again despite being picked by PECOTA to win the division. JK
From: John Kasupski on 21 Feb 2010 02:11 On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:40:07 -0500, "David Short" <David.No.Short(a)Spam.Wright.Please.Edu> wrote: >I'm being snarky. > >The intertube says Damon went for 8 million. While his OBP would have been a >good thing for this team and the park would have kept the illusion of power, >I'm not convinced that 8 million for Damon would be better than letting the >8 midgets duke it out and then playing the hot hand this year instead of >sending him to AAA. I guess I was being a little snarky myself. There's no way the Reds were going to pay Damon or anybody else $8 million at this stage of the game anyway. They were over budget when they signed O-Cab. Dumping Taveras apparently fixed that, but who would they dump in order to fix the budget again after signing a guy for $8 mil? My guess (and it is nothing more than that) is that they'll end up bringing back Gomes on a minor league contract some time during the coming week. Then either Heisey wins the job outright in ST or Gomes and Dickerson platoon in left. JK
From: Kommienezuspadt on 21 Feb 2010 07:32 "John Kasupski" <w2pio(a)spamfilter.verizon.net> wrote in message news:j9k1o55feo210kgmbnm634eh858agj9ucv(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:20:52 -0500, "Kommienezuspadt" > <nospam(a)nothanks.net> > wrote: > >>Now -- would he have been enough to move them up in the standings? I guess >>we'll not know that but I like to think he would have been an OBP >>improvement over Cabrera at the #2 spot or Stubbs in the #1 spot which I'm >>guessing is what we're going to see unless Dusty writes the catcher in the >>#2 hole because he can handle bat & won't clog the bases or some other >>such >>nonsense. > > I fail to see how hitting Hernandez or Hanigan in the #2 hole would help, > seeing > as how they both put up 84 OPS+ last year. > > And by traditional baseball standards, it *would* clog the bases. You can > call > that nonsense if you wish, but Jocketty is not a stathead GM and Baker is > not a > stathead manager. If that's what you want to see, have fun watching the > Oakland > AAAA's (the AL version of the Pirates) confound the "experts" by finishing > in > the AL West cellar again despite being picked by PECOTA to win the > division. > > JK > I was just quoting some Dusty nonsense. I fail to see where I suggested hitting the catcher in the 2 hole was a good idea. see here --- "On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage," Baker said. "Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me. The problem we have to address more than anything is the home run problem." (Emphasis added.) In March 2004, Baker said, "I think walks are overrated unless you can run. If you get a walk and put the pitcher in a stretch, that helps, but the guy who walks and can't run, most of the time he's clogging up the bases for somebody who can run." === And I do think I recall Dusty hitting Red's catchers in the 2 hole last year.
From: David Short on 21 Feb 2010 11:00 "John Kasupski" <w2pio(a)spamfilter.verizon.net> wrote in message news:pfi1o5p7rcjhvt900hc7snkjenkejjb0md(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:40:07 -0500, "David Short" > <David.No.Short(a)Spam.Wright.Please.Edu> wrote: > >>The intertube says Damon went for 8 million. While his OBP would have been >>a >>good thing for this team and the park would have kept the illusion of >>power, >>I'm not convinced that 8 million for Damon would be better than letting >>the >>8 midgets duke it out and then playing the hot hand this year instead of >>sending him to AAA. > > > http://espn.go.com/mlb/springStats/_/team/cin > > That's a link to the Reds' 2009 ST batting stats. Would you mind looking > at > those and then telling me who was the outfielder with the hot hand who got > sent > to AAA? You do understant the those numbers you posted give Gomes a slugging percentage of 931. Any other questions? >>Yeah, Dusty. I'm looking at you. > > Inquiry: How come nobody was saying "I'm looking at you, Jerry Narron" > when Jay > Bruce stayed in the minors while guys like Dewayne Wise, Jason Ellison and > Buck > Coats stunk up the Reds' outfield? Because instead of being a midcareer veteran who had experienced major league success before, Bruce was a 21 year old that everybody knew was going to AA? Are these trick questions John? dfs
From: David Short on 21 Feb 2010 11:02
"David Short" <David.No.Short(a)Spam.Wright.Please.Edu> > You do understant the those numbers you posted give Gomes a slugging > percentage of 931. 659. sorry about that. answer stands. dfs |