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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Brewers - Acquired Durham

Milwaukee Brewers - Acquired 2B Ray Durham from the San Francisco Giants for P Steve Hammond and OF Darren Ford.

Reality sets in for Brian Sabean's Giants as it turns out that Aaron Rowand isn't a good enough player for Sabean's usual plan of "Have Huge Star, Build Mediocre Team Around Them, Hide Under Pile of Coats and Hope Everything Turns Out Fine." Durham's quietly having a nice little season and should prove useful for the Brewers and both Hammonds and Ford are very marginal prospects. Weeks is still the Brewers' long-term hope, but they're in the middle of a pennant race and wrist problems can hamper even very talented players for a long-time (see Cliff Floyd way back when). If he's not hitting well, Weeks's defense becomes tough to stomach and while Durham's defense looks like someone being beat to death with a butternut squash (TRANSACTION ORACLE SIMILE-METAPHOR MACHINE BROKEN), he's bringing some offense to the table.

2008 ZiPS Projection - Ray Durham
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Period         AB   R    H  2B 3B  HR RBI  BB  SO  SB    BA   OBP   SLG 
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Year-to-Date* 264  43   77  23  0   3  32  38  49   6  .292  .385  .414
Rest-of-Yr?   162  23   41  11  0   4  21  21  29   3  .253  .342  .395
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Total         426  66  118  34  0   7  53  59  78   9  .277  .369  .406 
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2009?         361  49   83  22  0   7  40  49  67   7  .230  .324  .349    
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Top Comps:  Jimmy Dykes, Luis Alicea

Dan Szymborski Posted: July 23, 2008 at 03:23 PM | 12 comment(s)
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1. BeanoCook Posted: July 23, 2008 at 04:12 PM (#2869812)

Let me be the first to predict 2 of those 4 HRs will be against the Cubs.

2. retro-shiite Posted: July 23, 2008 at 04:59 PM (#2869888)

I'll endorse that prediction, as your predictions vis a vis the Cubs and Brewers always turn out so accurately.

3. _ Posted: July 23, 2008 at 05:41 PM (#2869971)

The only current Cubs pitchers Durham has hit very well are Dempster and Wood. On July 2 he hit a 3-run shot off Marmol.

4. Crispix Attacks is in the best shape of his life. Posted: July 23, 2008 at 05:58 PM (#2869996)

How will this affect his Hall of Fame chances?

5. _ Posted: July 23, 2008 at 06:27 PM (#2870044)

Durham's career performance against the Chicago Cubs will have little bearing on his Hall of Fame chances, as it is not representative of his career as a whole. Moreover, his career performance, though noteworthy, falls somewhat short of even the minimum threshold for consideration.

6. ghost of perros Posted: July 23, 2008 at 06:33 PM (#2870070)

Weeks is hitting 263/440/526 since the all-star break.

7. BeanoCook Posted: July 23, 2008 at 06:42 PM (#2870103)

As for my predictions #2. My prophecy on the 7/8 Rich Harden traded to Cubs thread:

Zambrano
Wood
Marmol
Harden

Each have arms hanging by a thread. It is a long season.

So far, I am off to a quick start. Wood (out). Marmol (showing serious signs of fatigue). It is a long season indeed.

8. retro-shiite Posted: July 23, 2008 at 06:44 PM (#2870110)

So far, I am off to a quick start. Wood (out). Marmol (showing serious signs of fatigue). It is a long season indeed.

So "blister" = "arm hanging by a thread". Yeah, you're feckin' Nostradamus.

Again, call me when Parra or Sheets makes it through an entire season healthy.

9. retro-shiite Posted: July 23, 2008 at 06:48 PM (#2870118)

I will, however, give you credit for your "long season" prophecy, as the season is, in fact, still 162 games long.

10. retro-shiite Posted: July 23, 2008 at 06:49 PM (#2870122)

Oh, and your Zambrano prediction's looking a little shaky. 5 runs allowed in 3 starts since his DL stint. And Harden's looking, uh, not too bad.

11. Mike Emeigh

Posted: July 23, 2008 at 07:10 PM (#2870185)

Weeks is still the Brewers' long-term hope

Perhaps not, with Escobar likely to need a place to play soon. I expect Weeks to be traded.

-- MWE

12. BeanoCook Posted: July 23, 2008 at 08:14 PM (#2870400)

MWE,

I'd rank JJ as slightly more likely to get traded.

Although I'd personally deal Weeks over JJ, slide JJ over to 2nd and aim for a superb D in the middle. I think the Brewers hope they can turn JJ, or Weeks, into a starter on the caliber of Parra/Gallardo. I think that is possible.

How many legit SS are there in baseball? Maybe 15? How many are also a little above average with the bat like JJ? I'd say less than 5. JJ is underrated.

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