Thursday, May 23, 2013
Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 5-23-2013
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Milwaukee Journal, May 23, 1913:
Big Ed Walsh, twirling star of the White Sox, announced today that he has joined the faculty of a correspondence school and hereafter must be addressed as “Professor”. For a paper dollar Walsh will send out to aspirants for fame six lessons on the science of moistening the ball and putting it where the batter’s bat isn’t. Walsh starts his classes Monday.
This is not something that strikes me as a useful service. Nonetheless, I’d love to be able to read Walsh’s ...
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1. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on November 08, 2012 at 07:20 AM # hit 0 | hit 0Pretty good outfield, though.
C: Mike Roarke
1B: Jose Offerman
2B: Tony Cuccinello
3B: Edgardo Alfonzo
SS: Jeff Blauser
LF: Ed Kranepool
CF: Wally Westlake
RF: Giancarlo Stanton
SP: John Denny
SP: Bill Hoffer
SP: Gary Lucas
SP: Victor Alvarez
RP: Bryan Shaw
Manager: Bucky Harris
Bat-Girl.com Cult Hero: Little Nicky Punto
It's not much money, but I have no idea why you'd give an apparently blah (per bb-ref's numbers) utility guy three years. If I had to guess, I'd say he's somewhere else by the end of 2014.
It does look like MI might be past his sell-by date but, for his career, he's actually a bit above-average (by bWAR) which means he was an awesome utility guy. He'd likely have been a starting SS for several years if he hadn't landed on the same team as Aybar. But the defensive numbers suggest his time as a passable defensive SS are probably gone and the bat may be in decline. Still, worse guys (Chris Gomez, Juan Castro, Cairo) hung on in this role for ages.
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