Twins - Acquired Boone
Minnesota Twins - Acquired 2B Bret Boone from the Seattle Mariners for no reason in particular
Boone should hit better with the Twins, but he better do a lot better than even that very optimistic projection considering that he’s now, for all intents and purposes, a first baseman playing out of position at second. Cuddyer’s on the shelf, but I rather have Jason Bartlett at this point than Boone. Now that the Twins don’t have their nice playoff cushion like previous years, Terry Ryan needs to have a tighter rein on Gardenhire - Gardy’s arbitrary dislike of Bartlett and odd soft spot for Juan Castro just can’t fly when the Twins are in a battle for the wild card.
No idea who the Mariners will get, but Boone wasn’t helping them, so who cares? It’s all good from their perspective.
2005 ZiPS Projection - Bret Boone
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Period AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG
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Actual ‘05 273 30 63 15 3 7 34 24 62 4 .231 .299 .385
Rest ‘05 260 38 68 15 2 10 41 25 55 2 .262 .331 .450
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Total ‘05 533 68 131 30 5 17 75 49 107 6 .246 .315 .417
2005 ZiPS Projection - Jason Bartlett
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Period AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG
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Actual ‘05* 282 43 74 13 3 4 32 27 41 2 .262 .329 .372
Rest ‘05 222 36 59 10 2 2 21 21 34 4 .266 .332 .356
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* - Includes MLE
Dan Szymborski
Posted: July 11, 2005 at 09:39 PM |
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1. Didi Dodo Doodoo (1k5v3L)This may be almost as good a development for the Indians.
Robby the Ray.
Not necessarily a bad deal for the Twins. If Boone continues to suck they can just cut him, since they aren't paying him anything.
Even if Boone's defense is as bad as it seems, he's still a decent part of an offense/defense platoon. I don't know if they'd use him like that, but he's a better hitter than any of the other options. Start him behind the less-defense reliant pitchers, bench him behind Mays and Silva. Bring him in as a pinch hitter if you need a little offense. Replace him late in games if you want to improve the defense. They've got 5 second baseman, they should be able to shuffle the pieces to make that work.
Boone has hit 7 HR in pitcher friendly Safeco. The Twins other 4 current 2b options have combined for 6 HR in a more hitter friendly Metrodome in twice as many ABs. I'll take Boone's offense over any of them. I'll reserve judgement of the defense, expect little, and hope to be pleasantly surprised. Remember how long Rivas's defense was lauded in Minnesota....we might not notice the difference.
He's the best free hitter on the market, and he's better than Rivas. If someone offers you something for nothing, and it's better than what you've got, you take it.
But he's not free; he's costing the Twins around $4 million...
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