Echo Box on the St. Looie commentz
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If the Gentle Denizens will permit a bit of lite kibitzing on the CMS input, St. Louie thread?
1. Moe Dawg points out:
He's a low ceiling, high floor type of guy.
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Echo Box II
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Dipoto shuffled K-Pax off to Buffalo, or at least a close proximity thereof, so as you can imagine this has Dr. D in the finest of kibitzing moves. We'd just like to point out en passant that Paxton earned $30.2 million in bases gained and lost in 2017, this coming in a shortened season at the cost of $4.9M.
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Meet me in St. Louis
Goodness knows that DiPoto plays well with the St. Louis suits; witness the Tank for Marco trade. Oh, Mike Leake, too.
So let's go back to that well once again, in a trade that makes good sense and helps both squads.
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Mainframe Crunch: Zuumball Gone?
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Q. What is the basic paradigm here?
A. The Mariners traded a fairly good regular catcher for a solidly good center fielder.
The catcher is erratic with high upside and the center fielder is dependable with a lower ceiling and higher floor.
The deal gets rid of one of the last Zduriencik holdovers. :- / Can't have those previous-regime personalities dirtying up your roster. When you win it's gotta be with players you found.
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Q. Why would you deal a catcher for a center fielder?
A. Three things:
(1) It's a "waiting for the next shoe to drop" move. For absolute sure, Dipoto will follow this move with other deals, perhaps major deals.
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More Rookies-Career Arc Shtick
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BUCKING THE TREND
In setting his list for players who underperformed their rookie expectations? James eliminated pitches from consideration, first of all because if you count them then they completely dominated the list.
Which might cause alarm among Mariners fans, since Marc-O Gonzales racked up 3.5 WAR in 2018 and we're hoping for a string of ten such seasons.
It's true any rookie SP has a Sysiphyus-style mountain to climb, but I like Marc-O's chances to zig and zag through the prevailing headwinds because:
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Put me in coach.......
So, with the addition of Jake Fraley and his highly regarded defensive abilities, the M's now have a fine farm team stable of centerfield horses. He's a brief rundown:
1. Jake Fraley: He jumps to the top of the list, I think.
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At the MLB Flea Market
Well, lookee what we found in the MLB flea market bin! One of those Mallex Smiths! Hot dang!*
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Mitch Haniger and Dewey Evans
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As you know, everything Bill James says is true, and he wrote something pertaining to Mitch Haniger. My duty is obviously to pass it on. (BJOL is still only $3 per month.)
Well, he wrote something about Dwight Evans. I think it was DaddyO who wrote that Haniger strikes him as the spitting image of Evans, both statistically and stylistically. I agree with that 1,000% and probably a bunch of Denizens do too. ... I agree even more after reading something James wrote.
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Und Take Zis Mit You
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Are the 2018 Red Sox History's Greatest Team?
Asked on Hey Bill:
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As to the Midterms
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Hey, man, guess what. Dr. D feels like hitting the I/O button on the Mainframe and hearing that sweet, sweet hum as baseball's best blog revs back to life. And don'tcha know it's a great feeling. (Not that it wouldn't have lived with Bat571 in charge! No disrespect brother.)
The Dr. D of two months ago used to always write what he enjoyed writing about. I don't know if that's what they teach in college, but the Dr. D of today is gambling that it will work as well now as it did then...
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