Roundtable on Mike Carp's Baseball IQ
The San-Man at Mariner Central explains why he's had his eye on Mike Carp since he was a Met:
Carp was high enough in the Mets organization (as judged by the mass punditry) that he was worth a gander...
How About 9 Endy Chavezes?
I know that Wak said “If the season started today … Endy would play left.” ... I also see it as an indication that the club is SERIOUS about defensive effort. A key point here is that everyone, (including Wlad, I’m sure), knows that Endy is an empty spot in the batting order. The *ONLY* reason he’d be queueing up in front of Wlad for PT is because the club is actually serious about upgrading the defense.
Ya Sandy... let's hope that it's aimed at Wlad.
PTI on Wlad's Career Arc
Uber-analyst San-Man sez:
I don’t think a choice to bypass Wlad is a definitive statement of anything.
The problem with evaluating ANY prospect is that it is a balance between paying attention to production and paying attention to what the coaches and scouts are seeing.
Right as rain ... and IMHO, there are only two orgs in baseball who set this balance where I would. As Bill James acidly put it,
Junior and Chuck Armstrong
Geoff Baker's report on Junior's press conference, as usual, just rippled the mesh from three. The dude has a sweet stroke from the corner of the word processor elbow. Light me up, babe.
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Adrian Beltre's WBC Bid - Kangaroo Court In Session
As you know, Dr. D spends more time on morality, ethics, and philosophy than the average bear. Where does he come down on The Great Beltre WBC kerfuffle?
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On the one hand, Americans have a tough time relating to how nationalistic Latin countries are, especially about sports. It is berrrrrry, berry important to the fans, that their MLB heroes show them loyalty. You'll see even established ML stars go home and play winter ball, and it's because of a "paises unidos" mentality that sees failure to do so as almost traitorous.
What's a #20 overall worth? Not much
Ah! Now I get it. Josh Fields was a dumb signing because we didn't WANT him signed. My bad. Usually I'm not quite THAT slow on the uptake ;- ) but I whiffed on that one like ARod on an October slider.
The reasons for this displeasure, as far as I can tell, are two:
1. The punk doesn't deserve anything but to be doused with lighter fluid and handed a couple of sparklers.
The last thirty #20-22 picks
In 2008, the players drafted in the #20-22 slots overall, were:
[Josh Fields]
Ryan Perry
Reese Havens
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In 2007, those three players were:
Chris Withrow
J.P. Arencibia
Tim Alderson
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In 2006, you had:
Chris Parmalee
Ian Kennedy
Colton Willems
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In 2005, it was:
Mark Pawelek
Cliff Pennington
Aaron Thompson
PSA on the Spamfilter
As most of youse know, I write on this site, and don't run it. Please hold your applause until the speaker's finished.
Every time I check in, there are 100, 200, whatever, posts caught in the spamfilter -- pretty impressive for a site that was just launched. :- ) The spambots these days conjure images of the Matrix's nanobots drilling through the earth's crust to get at New Jerusalem, or whatever that city was called...
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