Pudge to the Nationals
Another name to cross off the list of candidates
(Looks like 2 years/$5-6 million)
about 2 years ago
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Brian shouldn't have told the country that he doesn't want Posey to start.
He’s going to have less leverage against demands like this.
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I Completely Disagree
By doing this he is making it clear that he is only interested in short term deals and that there are no promises with regards to long term playing time. This is exactly what he must do. He can’t lie, and he would weaken the attractiveness of joining the Giants even further if he doesn’t commit that the job being offered is to at least open the season as the starting catcher.
by giantsrainman on Dec 8, 2009 2:02 AM PST up reply actions
I agree with rainman for some strange reason. Any FA catcher on the market now knows he will be catching Opening Day for the Giants as opposed to being a backup. This makes the job more appealing.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Dec 8, 2009 6:52 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
One bullet dodged.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
I still say I prefer Dye to the Velez/Torres platoon they have planned right now.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Dec 8, 2009 6:54 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
The Velez/Torres platoon is terrible but I’d still definitely prefer it to Dye for three reasons:
1) It’s essentially free whereas Dye will cost some money.
2) They’re going to be more willing to give up on it than Dye
3) They’re likely to be better than Dye will be.
To illustrate point 3:
Dye has been remarkably consistent defensively over the last 4 years and has been -20 runs or more each year. That means that if Velez/Torres are league average defensively they’ll be 20 runs better (obviously). Offensively lets say Dye puts up his Bill James wOBA projection of .350 and Velez/Torres put up Velez Bill James wOBA of .310. Those numbers aren’t particularly unreasonable as that’s pretty much Velez career number and Dye has put up numbers worse than that for 2 out of the last 3 years.
Offensively that difference works out to be around 15 runs (over 500AB) and so Dye is probably at least 0.5 win worse than the Velez/Torres platoon. That’s incredibly conservative though as they probably have more offensive potential that that, platooning the two will give you better offense and they’re likely to be above average defensively in LF.
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and Torres will be a +15 run defender in LF, so against lefty’s that would have to be considered. I have no idea where Velez will end up in the field, but he was much improved (to my eye) last season. OT, but I would actually rather see this craptacular platoon in CF and Rowand in left, but of course he won’t be moving.
“I have no idea where Velez will end up in the field, but he was much improved (to my eye) last season”
His small sample size UZR in LF was pretty good.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Dec 8, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
although the giants have done basically NOTHING so far this off-season, things are actually looking very good with Penny and Pudge both getting stupid contracts with other teams
"My friend once told me a story about San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum. He said his cousin went out to a bar in San Francisco and saw Lincecum there. He went up to him to give him a handshake.
Lincecum refused. He didn’t want to give him a handshake. He wanted to give him a chest bump."
Vagabond
Does anyone else find it sad that Pudge is winding his career down in this manner? Rodriguez is without question among the best five catchers in baseball history, and he’s going out in some bizarre barnstorming tour unbecoming of an all-time great. This will be his fifth team since 2008!
Also, he dipped below .300 for his career just this past September.
If he hadn’t been pumped so full of steroids, his career would have been over 5 years ago, so no, I don’t feel bad for him.
by KCE on Dec 8, 2009 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
Nah.
It’s not as if they diminish his accomplishments in any way.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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