M’s - Release Spiezio

Seattle Mariners - Released 3B-1B Scott Spiezio.

Just as a note, Oracle updates will continue to be less frequent for the rest of this month as we move the database to a new format (this is the first blog that will be updated to BTF 2.0).

People may be disappointed with Adrian Beltre’s overall numbers for the Mariners, but compared to two previous “solutions” at 3rd, Jeff Cirillo and the player named above, he’s a godsend.  Spiezio has been hampered by injury this season, but when you go 3-for-47, you better have a more serious injury to blame than a strained oblique.  I have little doubt that Spiezio will show up on a roster again, if not this year, at the start of 2006 - there are simply too many teams that will too-positively remember his role with the Angels.

2005 ZiPS Projection - Scott Spiezio
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Period      AB   R    H  2B 3B  HR RBI  BB  SO  SB    BA   OBP   SLG 
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Actual ‘05  47   2    3   1  0   1   1   4  18   0  .064  .137  .149

Rest ‘05   102  12   25   6  1   3  13  11  13   1  .245  .325  .412
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Total ‘05  149  14   28   7  1   4  14  15  31   1  .188  .267  .329

Proj. ‘06  379  38   83  19  3   9  44  37  54   3  .219  .290  .356