― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 15 January 2005 02:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Geez.
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 00:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 01:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 02:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 14:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Kinda discouraging: Delgado will "stand for" whatever nationalist hooey his new team wants him to...
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-spmets154116223jan15,0,7166561.story
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 17:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 17:26 (nineteen years ago) link
(I might lose some respect if he accepts 3y/37M without a fight, FFS, JD Drew got 4y/40M!)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 18:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 19:13 (nineteen years ago) link
Neither have I, I guess.. I'm just a little sad that he'd feel like he couldn't continue to stand behind those positions playing for a US team. Which is really our culture's problem more than it is his.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 21:07 (nineteen years ago) link
MIR, if it wasn't for the fact that:
- Delgado's a first baseman- Delgado's 3 years older than Drew (but only 3! that's surprised me!)
I'd agree w/ you.
Would someone PLEASE slap the Rangers upside the head and make the GM eat Mark Texeira's stat sheet from last year? If they're bitching about $$$$ issues, then they should not even think of signing Delgado when they have TWO (yes, TWO) 1B that can play full-time! Like, duh! And I'm going to keep on saying it because this just makes me so OFIOAU!
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 20 January 2005 02:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Thursday, 20 January 2005 03:21 (nineteen years ago) link
Brad Fullmer (65)Eric Young (23)Herbert Perry (21)Brian Jordan (17)Kevin Mench (14)David Dellucci (9)Chad Allen (5)Alfonso Soriano (3)Michael Young (2)Mark Teixeira (2)Andy Fox (1)Adrian Gonzalez (1)
(See what I did there?)
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 20 January 2005 03:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Thursday, 20 January 2005 03:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 20 January 2005 04:16 (nineteen years ago) link
Drew has had one good season (if you call 31 HR, 93 RBI good for a guy making 10M/yr). Delgado has had seven straight 900+ OPS seasons, including at least two MVP-quality years. Drew is injury-prone. Delgado is not -- last year was the only one in which he missed significant time due to injury, and he put up monster numbers once he came back healthy (so he's not showing any signs of slowing down at 32).
AFAIC, Drew is a monsterously larger risk at that salary, with a four year contract, compared to Delgado.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 20 January 2005 07:50 (nineteen years ago) link
I guess for progressive athletes, I'll have to settle for my NBA boyfriend, Steve Nash, sweetly profiled in yesterday's NYT (he's reading Che's book and the Communist Manifesto)... who's Canadian, natch.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 January 2005 14:36 (nineteen years ago) link
the orioles have now added blockbuster signing bionic tony saunders. way to go. actually, i think osuna is a solid signing for the nats pen, though...kind of cancelled out by the signing of esteban loaiza. ack.
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Thursday, 20 January 2005 15:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 20 January 2005 15:12 (nineteen years ago) link
Seattle addresses their pitching holes with ... Aaron Sele.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1970632
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 January 2005 15:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Thursday, 20 January 2005 15:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 20 January 2005 16:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 20 January 2005 17:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Juan, the Magic Don (jingleberries), Thursday, 20 January 2005 17:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Thursday, 20 January 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 20 January 2005 20:32 (nineteen years ago) link
And supposedly Mulder and Hudson were the worst defensive pitchers so there you go.
But seriously, Mike Cameron can hit and is an excellent centerfielder (Ichiro STILL misses MC). Discounting the upside, I think Byrnes' and Cameron's career OPS are both around .800.
And Bradford's supposedly not part of the trade.
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 20 January 2005 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 20 January 2005 20:45 (nineteen years ago) link
From my understanding, Cam has only 1 year left, is a decent enough hitter (what's his line the last few years - .260 / .350 / .450?) whose value is boosted overall because of his defensive prowess (hey, look, received knowledge!) (though he looked VERY BAD @ times last year - dunno if it was injuries or what). Also, there's the very real possibility that Byrnes' year (or last two years) = fluke.
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 20 January 2005 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link
2005 ALROY Nick Swisher
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't trust that Beane...
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 January 2005 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 20 January 2005 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 20 January 2005 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Still gax, this is not a done deal!
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 January 2005 22:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 20 January 2005 23:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 20 January 2005 23:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 20 January 2005 23:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 21 January 2005 00:03 (nineteen years ago) link
Byrnes is a good 3-1/2th-4th outfielder.
I don't recall Beane rooking the Mets aside from Billy Taylor for... *loses consciousness*
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 January 2005 14:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 21 January 2005 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, I just Googl'd re: Billy Taylor - ouch.
― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 22 January 2005 18:42 (nineteen years ago) link
Overall the Indians have improved a bit on paper. Enough to contend, I don't know about that one. It seems the Twins and Sox are not getting any better, so they might have a shot.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Saturday, 22 January 2005 21:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Juan, the Magic Don (jingleberries), Monday, 24 January 2005 00:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Monday, 24 January 2005 00:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 January 2005 14:52 (nineteen years ago) link
wapo and bawlamer sun report delgado has eliminated tx, mets have dropped out, o's & marlins remain.
spinsanity!
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Monday, 24 January 2005 15:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 24 January 2005 17:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 January 2005 17:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― bnw (bnw), Monday, 24 January 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago) link