Rockies - Acquired Day
Colorado Rockies - Acquired P Zach Day and OF J.J. Davis from the Washington Nationals for OF Preston Wilson; signed P Mike Stanton.
As Josh Heit suggested, Nick Johnson must really be injured badly to make the Nationals acquire Preston Wilson. Wilson hasn’t even had a good Coorsflated season in a couple of years, let alone put up numbers that would make any team want him unless it was on a dare or something. I’m not at all sure that J.J. Davis isn’t a better player than Preston Wilson, let alone a guy like Val Pascucci who the Nats dropped for free.
Day’s been terrible this year, but he does have a history of being a serviceable pitcher, something that most teams could use. Is he a Coors pitcher? I don’t know - there are only 2 real Coors pitchers in history, Steve Reed and a mythical pitcher that strikes out 27 batters per 9 innings without using any pitches that require movement. This is great fortune for J.J. Davis - he could hack his way into perceived stardom, much like Wilson did 2 years ago.
Apparently, nobody wanted to even give up 2 bad pitchers for Stanton as the Padres did for Quantrill. Stanton will be the #2 lefty and on a short leash since the Nats didn’t give up anything for him.
2005 ZiPS Projection - Preston Wilson
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Period AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG
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Actual ‘05 267 39 69 15 1 15 47 25 77 3 .258 .322 .491
Rest ‘05 214 24 52 12 0 9 28 21 56 3 .243 .314 .425
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Total ‘05 481 63 121 27 1 24 75 46 133 6 .252 .318 .462
2005 ZiPS Projection - Mike Stanton
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Period W L G GS IP H ER HR BB SO ERA
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Actual ‘05 1 2 28 0 14 17 11 1 6 12 7.07
Rest ‘05 2 1 31 0 26 25 12 2 12 20 4.15
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Total ‘05 3 3 59 0 40 42 23 3 18 32 5.17
2005 ZiPS Projection - Zach Day
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Period W L G GS IP H ER HR BB SO ERA
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Actual ‘05* 2 2 15 8 49 54 33 6 26 25 6.06
Rest ‘05 2 3 11 8 48 56 31 6 24 24 5.81
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* - Includes MLE
2005 ZiPS Projection - J.J. Davis
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Period AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG
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Actual ‘05* 198 35 53 10 0 12 33 19 63 3 .268 .335 .500
Rest ‘05 163 28 46 9 0 11 29 16 43 3 .282 .350 .540
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* - Includes MLE
Dan Szymborski
Posted: July 14, 2005 at 02:56 AM |
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1. JH (in DC) Posted: July 14, 2005 at 03:28 AM (#1470481)Wilson's going from the best hitter's park in baseball to the worst. Not that I think it'll matter that much in this case. But he had better not be taking playing time from Ryan Church.
Yeah, me neither.
Byrd vs. LHP: .321/.355/.411
Church vs. RHP: .328/.380/.547
The only way this makes sense is you're going to move Wilkerson to first on a semi-permanent basis due to a serious Johnson injury.
Bowden isn't expecting Johnson back anytime soon, based on his quotes in the Thursday WaPo.
Considering Humpty Dumpty is a quicker healer than Johnson, it's not an unreasonable position.
seriously, the guy seems to think it's his job to let inherited runners score.
Wouldn't the solution to that problem, if it's a meaningful/predictive aspect of his performance, be to have him start innings or come in without runners on base?
Well, yes, but "LOOGY-who-can't-come-in-with-guys-on-base" is not a particularly valuable thing, even if skilled in such role.
1 - My girlfriend will be heartbroken, she truly liked Zach Day, he's cute.
2 - Where is Valentino Pascucci right now? Even though he is not cute, it was such a joy following his career from the Winter Leagues to striking out at Major League Level. I once saw him at Outback Steakhouse and I was all 'hey', and he was 'hey' - kind of like The Rick type of moment
3 - Preston F. Wilson is better than Endy Chavez. Also, he fits the tools mold that JimBo likes.
I would tend to disagree with this.
That's pretty funny.
Have you ever seen J.J. Davis at bat (I have)?. He looks like a man with a butterfly net whenever he sees a breaking ball.
Hell, I could throw him three curveballs and get him out, and I've been dead for 39 years.
I don't care for the signing, but there is no way that Stanton blows the season for the Nats. He's a LOOGY!!. If he's ineffective, then he's out the door and not much is lost.
But what really gets my goat is the fact that Wilson will be getting playing time over Church, even though Church is better. argh!
Ryan Church: 17.5 VORP
Preston Wilson 10.5 VORP (or 11, I just forgot)
Even though Wilson's on my roto team, unfortunately he's not going to get the PT -- he just doesn't have it anymore, the knee may have a lot to do with it, and the Nationals will see that
As in if you told him a breaking ball was coming, he might be able to hit it? :-)
Looks like a good trade for the Rox. And glad to hear the Rox weren't dumb enough to sign Stanton as the intro implies.
Davis is a rotation outfielder - which Colorado is swimming in.
They didn't give up anything of real value, though they might take a PR hit. At this point, the PR hit isn't all that big of a deal since they have such little talent in the organazation.
1. Day and F Robbie didn't see eye-to-eye. Day thought he was better than his stats/play showed; Frank thought otherwise;
2. Johnson is hurt worse than originally thought; Wilkerson will play some 1B as Wil Cordero, great fielder, poor hitter, cannot drive in the runs necessary from a 1B-man that the Nat's require;
3. Church really, really hurt himself when he crashed into the wall making a game-saving catch last month. He ain't quite right yet. Marlon Byrd got off to a quick start with the Nats when he cam over from Philly but has slumped the past month. They desperately need hitting/run creation and P Wilson was someone they could get for "the right price".
The Nats are dead last in runs scored; theodds say that they will not have the same degree of luck in the second half of 05 in one-run games that they did in the first half of 05.
When Church is completely healed you will see him in the lineup quite often; likewise Wilerson will play CF when Johnson is healthy. Until then it's band-aids and scrubs.
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