xavier nady Stories - McCovey Chronicles
Relax, Swisher fans
So, Xavier Nady is apparently going to start the season as the New York Yankees' right fielder. That means, of course, that newly-acquired Nick Swisher will be in a reserve role. It also means that the Sabermetricians, who love Swisher's game, are up in arms today. The Sabermetricians'...
A Brief Review Of The Washington Nationals' Trade History With The New York Yankees....
With the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals reportedly in talks about Nick Swisher and Xavier Nady, I thought it might be a good time to take a look back at the recent trade history between the teams...(not counting the trade the Expos made with the Yankees in December 2003 that sent Nick...
The San Francisco Giants and the Yankees: Trade Partners?
The Yankees have five DH/OF types for four lineup openings. As such, Nick Swisher and Xavier Nady have been linked to every team with an opening at first base or in the outfield. Like, oh, the Giants. A quick look at both... Xavier Nady Pro: Hits for power Can play first (third base in an...
Community Projection Review: Xavier Nady
PLAYER POS. COMMUNITY ZiPS ACTUAL Xavier Nady RF .272/.331/.454 .259/.319/.449 .305/.357/.510 As with the Jason Bay projection, we were wrong here but still did better than ZiPS. (PECOTA actually deserves a gold star here for actually being more optimistic than we were,...
Link Roundup, 8/19/08: Big Changes
-P- My, how things have changed in Pittsburgh, and this article by John Perrotto and especially this one by Wilbur Miller are a lot more positive than any I'm used to seeing. And they should be. I haven't had a chance to write much in the last few days, and that's a shame, because these last few...
I Guess It's Pick On ESPN Day...
But, at least on this score, they started it. There's nothing more embarrassing than smarmy writers who don't know what they're talking about. Where to start with this one? Please, someone, tell me what I'm missing here... The two most covered Pirates players, outfielder/first baseman Nady and...
A Couple More Links
-P- WTM's take on the trade is long-viewed as always. I agree with the vast majority of it. He says that although he would've liked to see the Pirates get more in this deal, the thought pattern behind it is radically different from and far better than Dave Littlefield's. WTM also notes that the...
Pirates Trade Xavier Nady, Damaso Marte to Yankees
Scroll down for the latest updates. It's Nady and Marte for minor leaguers Jose Tabata, George Kontos, Russ Ohlendorf and Phil Coke. Paul Meyer doesn't have the details yet, but thinks they're going to the Yankees. Here's the report from the AP. Nady was pulled from the Pirates' lineup...
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before
Jayson Stark: The Pirates are this year's winners of the Team Most Grumbled About Before the Deadline award. You name a contender. They've all made a run at somebody in the Pirates' display case (Jason Bay, Xavier Nady, Damaso Marte, John Grabow, Jack Wilson). And all those clubs have come away...
Easy Answers to Obvious Questions
Bob Smizik: Why not offer Nady a long-term deal now? For the same reason it was dumb to give a long-term deal to Kevin Young. Next! Why not show the fans of Pittsburgh there is a commitment to keeping good players? Because they already did that with the Jason Kendall contract, and all...
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