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Transaction Oracle — A Timely Look at Transactions as They Happen Wednesday, November 28, 20072008 ZIPS Projections - Florida MarlinsWhile the pitching was pretty ugly this past season, a sizable chunk of that was due to what is a pretty bad defense, with Ramirez, Uggla, and Willingham being pretty bottom of the barrel, and Cabrera and Jacobs not much better. It’s hard to tell, however, if this is going to be a long-term issue because with the Marlins still being unwilling to invest in their team until such time they get a welfare stadium, the team might start getting antsy as these players hit their arbitration years.
The team is still very much in flux as neither Cabrera nor Willis strike me as terribly long for Florida. The best thing they can do is get some offensive prospects that can field their positions (the team is far deeper in pitching than hitting prospects), see if they can flip Uggla, and explore moving Ramirez to an easier position. And until such time that they do any of this, they probably should shy away from ground-ball pitchers. I think Brandon Webb or Derek Lowe would have a nervous breakdown by the end of May in front of these infielders, not that there’s any danger of either of them becoming a Marlin.
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Posted: November 28, 2007 at 10:00 PM | 48 comment(s)
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1. NJ in NJ Posted: November 29, 2007 at 12:27 AM (#2627582)EDIT: Referring to Miguel Cabrera, of course.
Power of shrinkage. No one is supposed to be that good... the prediction just won't let itself get out that far, I would guess.
When he broke in, the big debate was who was going to have more value, Hermida or Frenchy...Seems like that fight was a TKO
I am astonished that Dontrelle would project so poorly. I know he had an ugly 2007 but... man.
I don't get it.
Why are Cabrera's comps so unimpressive? I'm just a little surprised to see those names there and not, you know, Hank Aaron or Frank Robinson or someone like that.
It looks remarkably similar to his 4.36 FIP 2006 campaign.
It looks remarkably similar to his 4.36 FIP 2006 campaign.
His home runs allowed spiked but I see what you mean.
I can't tell if this is a joke or not.
Ron Santo's a should-be easy HOFer and Jim Ray Hart was an awesome player. Cabrera's fairly unique, too - not a lot of 3B before ZiPS insists on finding 1B and corner outfielders. Aaron's on that list, as are Bagwell, Vlad, and Brett, among others.
I mean the projection looks similar to his 2006 line (identical WHIP, 21 HR, 160/83 K/BB). Just an ER result more in line with his DIPS numbers.
be pitched to.
-- MWE
Messed up his shoulder, I think.
-- MWE
(checks website)
Why didn't anyone tell me this "Rick van den Hurk" was a living, breathing guy from the Netherlands?! MLB really has to publicize things like that better. I had no idea any Dutch person who wasn't actually from a Caribbean island was a good enough prospect to be in an MLB rotation in the near future, let alone was in one for much of the last season.
Why, he might already be better than Robert Eenhorn AND Rikkert Faneyte!
I don't get it.
It won't help deflect accusations that Dan is a crypto-Randian.
You didn't ask. (ba da boom)
Vanden Hurk (that's how he was listed in the game programs) is a 6'5" righty who has spent much of his minor league career hurt (he had TJ surgery in 2005). He pitched very well for the Mudcats, which is where he was supposed to be all year and probably would have been if Ricky Nolasco hadn't gotten hurt. He cameoed with the big club before coming down to Five County, and impressed Fredi Gonzalez enough so that when Florida needed a starter in June he came back up. He's going to be a good major league pitcher if he stays healthy.
-- MWE
They have one. The problem is that he's playing currently shortshop.
They've needed one for three years, and they refuse to address the problem.
-- MWE
Signing Shea Hillenbrand as your DH was a failure from the start.
I'm surprised in the small difference between Miggy's average and optimistic line, though I admit I don't have the first clue how they are figured. My gut feeling is that an optimistic season from Miggy includes 40 homers, and that he must have a 90% chance of hitting 40+ one of these years.
The defense behind him was not all that much better than in 2007.
2006 DER .692, 2007 .682
I'm not saying the lousy defense didn't hurt him....of course he did.
But the guy had a 5.10 FIP and 4.76 xFIP last year. Certainly he has to take SOME responsibility for that, no?
I've always kept on a eye on Gaby Hernandez because he's the prospect the Mets gave up for Lo Duca. I like to compare him to Kevin Mulvey because the Mets could have signed Ramon Hernandez and kept Gaby but instead chose to trade for Lo Duca and keep the draft pick they used on Mulvey. It's interesting to see that Zips likes Mulvey a lot more than Herrnandez. Mulvey was better than Gaby last year (similar k/9, slightly better k/bb, much better hr/9) but Gaby's a year younger.
It's a travesty for Marlin pitchers that they have to pitch in front of that joke of a defense.
Wait, I thought Colorado had a great defense... I mean I'm sure the playoff commentators were exaggerating it a bit, but were they really that far off?
Count yourself fortunate. It's from the worst book I will ever read.
Is the "LEAGUE AVERAGE STARTER/RELIEVER" line adjusted for defense as well as park? Should it be?
To the latter question, I would think yes. Why define someone who would have an above-average ERA in a neutral park with average defense support as "below average" just because they happen to play for the Marlins?
Hart had chronic shoulder problems -- going back to his rookie season. He also is supposed to have had a fairly serious drinking problem.
In the field he was basically Bobby Bonilla -- without Bonilla's arm.
vr, Xei
Kind of an oddball relic of young players games going up quite a bit in their early-mid 20s - kinda low on my priority list to really shore up, to be honest.
Thanks.
Someone needs to improve his Wikipedia entry. Very sparse and says he was "never a great player", even though his OPS+ from age 22-26 was something like 133-130-130-152-128, all as a full-time player (over 150 games played each year the first four years, 136 games the fifth year).
His first year in the majors in1963, according to baseball library, he was hit by Bob Gibson in the shoulder blade and later beaned by someone else and missed the rest of the year. Despite this, he had an incredible rookie season in 1964.
Gaby's biggest problem is that he's too intense - he puts a lot of pressure on himself, and when he does that he starts leaving the ball up and out over the plate. He also wore down near the end of the season.
-- MWE
In the final ZiPS release, everybody will be with their correct team (and most of the cracks filled in).
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