BBTF's Transaction Oracle Discussion :: Braves

Transaction Oracle
— A Timely Look at Transactions as They Happen

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Braves - Signed Mike Ryan

Atlanta Braves - Signed OF Mike Ryan to a minor-league contract.

See how kind I am, making sure that I put Mike Ryan in the header so that people wouldn’t get fooled and think it was B.J.? It’s kind of penance for last year when the Cards traded Vlad Nunez and I put the transaction as “Cards - Acquired Vlad” and got a lot of mad e-mail plus a “Dan Szymborski is a Punk” entry over on the Get Up Baby! Cards blog. Not that I won’t do it again…

Michael Ryan is yet another one of the big Twins outfield surplus from a couple of years ago and though one of the lesser members of that group, he’s either a good 4th outfielder or an fill-in for a few weeks when your star goes down and your spare outfielder is Tony Womack. He’ll most likely play in Richmond until/unless injuries start popping up in the Brave outfield.

2006 ZiPS Projection - Mike Ryan
————————————————————————————-

 AB   R    H  2B 3B  HR RBI  BB  SO  SB    BA   OBP   SLG  
————————————————————————————-

345  42   83  17  2  10  44  30  80   4  .241  .301  .388

Dan Szymborski Posted: November 23, 2005 at 10:43 PM | 3 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
Related News:

Reader Comments and Retorts

Go to end of page

Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.

1. Lance Freezeland Posted: November 23, 2005 at 11:26 PM (#1744666)

Dan Szymborski is a punk!

2. danup Posted: November 25, 2005 at 07:19 AM (#1745999)

Wow, a random Transaction Oracle mention. I should be needlessly antagonistic more often.

3. Craig in MN Posted: November 25, 2005 at 04:58 PM (#1746168)

I should be needlessly antagonistic more often.

Well, it works for Szymborski.

That said, I think it is needlessly generous to call Mike Ryan a "good 4th outfielder" at all. The Twins ultra-weak hitting middle infield had 6 (!) middle infielders hit better than Mike Ryan this year. Thank God for Bret Boone's ultra-crappy hitting, or that could have been 7. He's had a sub-.600 OPS over the past two years combined and his defense has never impressed me. I don't see what he could bring to the table on any MLB club.

You must be Registered and Logged In to post comments.

<< Back to main

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Braves - Signed Mike Ryan

Reader Comments and Retorts

BBTF Partner

Support BBTF

Bookmarks

Hot Topics

Syndicate