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Now if someone were to make Alberto Castillo a number one catcher that might be a different story.
This deal makes Cashman (Steinbrenner) look foolish. We gave Wells more $$ than Astacio ended up getting (2 years, $7 mil)? What the hell was he thinking? I'd take Astacio at double the cost of Wells right now. Don't get me wrong, I love the guy, but he's 38 and coming off back surgery. Astacio is a much better risk for similar dough.
He's perfect for Shea. Just when you think Phillips is a moron he goes and pulls deals like this. This make the Mo Vaughn thing look a lot better. Vaughn and PAstacio is better than just Appier. I doubt they would have signed PAstacio if Appier was still with the squad, I don't see them bringing 7 guys into camp.
The question now is who loses out on the 5th starter gig? Maybe they aren't done yet, and they move Rusch or Chen, and someone is willing to take Zeile in the package?
Astacio was involved in an altercation with his wife. He reached an agreement on a plea bargain, but he later rejected the deal due to potential trouble with INS. Astacio is a foreign national, and if he pled guilty as planned, he could have faced deportation proceedings as an undesirable. He stayed behind on a Rockies road trip to Montreal at one point, as his attorney advised him that if he crossed the border it could be viewed as voluntary deportation, and he might not be allowed to re-enter. I'm not sure where things stand right now.
If anyone is interested in reading about further felony-related road trip difficulties, there was a similar thing with Penguins wing Billy Tibbetts this year. Tibbetts was convicted of a sexual offense several years ago and spent time in jail. He resumed his hockey career and made the Penguins' roster, but was not permitted to travel into Canada on a road trip due to his criminal record.
Maybe the White Sox could ship Carlos Lee over to the Mets for Chen? Don't think they would want Ziele, though.
Valentin...OPS-.821
:)
Of course, he bounced back to earth once the games counted, as normally happens...
He's moved through the entire NL East north of Florida, and no one seemed happy with him.
Attitude and personality can make a difference with a pitcher, and my suspicision is that the rumors are true and that theyre infringing upon Chen's development.
I saw him pitch a few times with New York, and he just seemed...sloppy. Some innings he was sharp, other innings he lost a few mph off of of the heater and he got lit up. If it clicks, he could be a good pitcher, but a win-now team isnt the place for that kind of prospect.
How much did the roster crunch that Phillips has created have to do with overpaying (in talent given up) for a reliever? They are claiming every player that crosses waivers and then trying to pass them through waivers if that player is out of options. If he still has options, then he goes to Norfolk and stays on the 40 man. Latham, Tracy, Scutaro, Christensen. They claimed Lil Sarge last year and flipped him to the Birds for Bale. Did clearing spots on the 40-man by consolidating value come into the decision-making process?
Tatis was originally signed by the Mets,
airplane?
If you don't like how Dan handles these things, there's plenty of web space out there for you to set up your own damn blog, and if he doesn't feel the need to devote his recreational time to commenting on the pointless deckchair-shuffling at the back of the Mets' bullpen, that's his business.
My link didn't work.
Hey Ronaldo had an anxiety attack/seizure before the 1998 World Cup final in France and he came back to be a big star four years later.
The moral of this: Corey should take up soccer.
Heh, that's exactly what I thought. But Reed is actually getting lefties out this year after having a 1200 OPS against versus lefties last year.
Towers called him the key to the deal. He's a 23 year old outfielder that just got promoted to AA a few weeks ago. He has a decent line combined between St. Lucie & Binghamton--something like 280/370/460, and steals bases well (I think he's gone 35 out of 40 this year).
I agree. Jason Bay isn't a future star, but he has a chance to make an good 4th outfielder starting in 2004. The problem is, Phillips doesn't seem to understand the value of having inexpensive players fill roles that they are capable of. Bay wasn't one of their top prospects, but if you can get 2 or 3 years out of him as an extra outfielder cheap, that's a good thing, and probably better than having Steve Reed around for the rest of the year. This constant, dubious spending of money and organizational depth to paper over problems, even when they really aren't problems, and when you really aren't in contention, is depressing. At least they didn't do the rumoured 3 way deal that would have cost them Aaron Heilman for 2 months of Paul Byrd.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if he grabbed a regular slot in the Mets' outfield and made it his own for the next four years.
I don't think the Braves were going to keep Glavine once they picked up Hampton. I like Maddux better anyway, even if his stamina's going down the crapper.
Please explain.
The Braves will get the Cubs' and Mets' second rounders, since each of their first round picks will be within the first 15, and therefore cannot be lost as FA compensation.
Still, I'd never heard of this. Has this been true throughout the free agent compensation era? I'm kind of stunned I didn't know this.
1) Vida Blue--out of baseball
-- MWE
Stanton's H/BIP, 1997-2002: 0.278, 0.327, 0.378, 0.368, 0.352, 0.294.
I don't know what it is about Stanton and some of those high H/BIP numbers, but his K rate dropped precipitously in 2002, and his hit rate dropped as well.
The drop in K rate makes me think he's a bad investment, and some luck in terms of hits hid the effect in 2002.
It's a trap, by the way.
As to the Phillies and the Mets passing the Braves, I'm pretty sure the Phillies did today because their rotation looks better than the Braves now after the addition/subtraction of Millwood in return for 26 year-old prospect Estrada.
Honestly tell me that
Maddux, Ortiz, Byrd, Hampton, Marquis
is better than
Millwood, Wolf, Padilla, Myers, Duckworth
Philly even has Bud Smith waiting in the wings as 6th starter for someone to suck/get hurt. The best Atlanta can do is Jung Bong or killing their bullpen by taking Smoltz back into the rotation.
The Phillies offense was already better than Atlanta's and has upgraded extensively at 1B (Thome), 2B (Polanco vs. Anderson), and CF (Byrd vs. Glanville).
The Phillies also have the momentum and morale going into the season. The Braves as we once knew them are no more. They are looking to save cash so much they sent their 2nd best pitcher to their hottest division rival and let their 3rd best pitcher sign with another division rival.
The only way the Braves win is if Marquis AND Hampton have unexpectedly good seasons. I suppose they could also win if they'd actually play Marcus Giles at 2B, moved Chipper back to 3B, and traded someone for Brian Giles to play LF, but that's wishful thinking.....they'll probably end up with Castilla and Lockhart at 3B/2B.
P.S. why was Lockhart offered arbitration? Did the Braves actually think anyone else wanted him?
Sanchez will hit around .275 to .280, is a good bunter (though that might not prove too useful as the No. 8 hitter), and is very good at executing the hit-and-run. Given his defensive abilities, I think the Mets will be happy with him as their starting shortstop in 2003. And if a best-case-scenario develops and Reyes shows he is ready this spring, Sanchez would be an excellent utility infielder.
1. New Rey is not better than Old Rey offensively. (I know, this is like arguing whether WorldCom or Tyco is a worse scandal.) Old Rey has been deflated by the pitcher haven of Shea while new Rey has had the benefit of good home parks. Over the past three years, Old Rey's road OPS is 608, New Rey's is 607. Not a lot to choose from.
2. Old Rey was no kid but with New Rey the Mets get even older. The team is remarkably and consistently aged, even (and especially) at key defensive positions. It's hard to see how such a team can have many positive surprises. Unexpected injuries and declines seem much more likely.
I expect the Mets to try to make a run at Randa.
Randa would be a perfect Met mediocrity, though a year younger than their norm. Judging by his road numbers and the Shea factor he would slot in at about 250/310/380.
New Rey- 84, 78, 60, 62, 78
Sanchez may not be a good hitter, but he is nevertheless a substantially better hitter than Ordonez. Sanchez has the same power ability as Ordonez (none), and the same walk rate as Ordonez (poor), but he's got about 40 points of batting average on Ordonez and is a much better baserunner (more SB at a better rate of success). How can you say that the two players are offensive equals when Sanchez is better than Ordonez in some ways and worse than him in none? 30 additional bases a year is 30 additional bases a year, even if he gets them in sabermetrically unfashionable ways (singles and steals).
My biggest dream is that he'll be the next A-Rod...
My biggest nightmare is that he'll be the next Kelvin Chapman.
2. SB's? Uh, he stole 2 last year and 53 in his career, averaging about 6 per 500 AB's. And since when does Art Howe give a steal sign?
You could call that "substantial" if you want to, but it's weakening the language. If New Rey is "substantially" better than Old Rey, what adverbs would we have to invent to describe the difference between Mike Piazza and Joe Girardi? "Superhumongously"?
Vlad is on to something in that last paragraph with the "lack of detriment" of Ordonez. Old Rey is such a putrid player in so many respects that just having him in uniform must create a bad aura.
I, too, find this inherently amusing on some level, especially since the discussion of offense completely ignores the main (if not only) benefit Sanchez brings to a team: his defense. Substantial offensive improvement or not, the Mets would be idiots to bank on a player like Sanchez as a starter if he didn't bring anything but his bat to the table. It's not even so much a discussion as to whether Pope's better than Knight as it is a debate over which one of the two is better at shooting the three...
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