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Transaction Oracle— A Timely Look at Transactions as They Happen
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 07:23 PM | 12 comment(s)
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1. BeanoCook Posted: July 23, 2008 at 09:12 PM (#2869812)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.
Perhaps not, with Escobar likely to need a place to play soon. I expect Weeks to be traded.
-- 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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