...and the universe inexplicably rights itself

by JI on Feb 22, 2009 1:55 PM PST Comment 16 comments

The Braves, shut out in their quest for Ken Griffey Jr., are close to signing free-agent outfielder Garret Anderson to a one-year contract, according to a major-league source.

Anderson, 36, will move to the National League after spending 15 seasons with the Angels. He will fill the same role that the Braves intended for Griffey, platooning with Matt Diaz in the left field.

The Mariners also had been interested in Anderson before signing Griffey. The Angels replaced Anderson by signing free-agent outfielder Bobby Abreu for $5 million.

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Cool.

Wait….did SB Nation just undergo an upgrade?

by ThundaPC on Feb 22, 2009 2:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

It's stupider then anything ever

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 22, 2009 7:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

and takes all the fun out of tags

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 22, 2009 7:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Tags would be interesting if they actually linked to a nested comment.

Or something a bit more specific than… whatever the hell they were doing. Is this an attempt to drive up cross traffic to other sites?

by Kermit. on Feb 22, 2009 8:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

and I do like the cross-traffic feature, I think that’s a cool thing to have. That said, the execution looks like internet circa 2002. Also, all the tags up at the top in tiny text takes the fun out of tags for the offtop because they are too hard to read.

Any why are tags at the top? Tags are a secondary feature

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by I'm NOT Corco on Feb 22, 2009 8:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Whoooo boy...

I’m sooo glad I wasn’t around this weekend to watch this happen. Ugh. So, what, this is SBN 2.1?

Yuuuuuuuuck

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Feb 22, 2009 8:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Rotoworld says $2.5M

You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.

by Goose on Feb 22, 2009 3:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

More guaranteed than plan A?

by CKel on Feb 22, 2009 6:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Really, should have forked over the extra 3 large for Abreu

Money can’t be so tight for a ML team and the upgrade would be dramatic.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Feb 22, 2009 8:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Abreu is TERRIBLE defensively.

Any time he spends at DH makes him more valuable.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Feb 22, 2009 9:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Abreu is a much better player.

Anderson put up a good UZR last year but has been consistently 0 to -10 before that so I think it’s safe to say last year was an aberration as far as that is concerned. To boot, he had a very short run of being a good hitter and that ended about four years ago, so in GA you have an average glove at best and let’s say a -5 bat. After position adjustment you’ve got a guy whose main value is of the clubhouse chemistry variety.

Abreu is going to hit for something like 18 RAA, and it can be expected to be more moving from the ALE to the NLE. His fielding isn’t anything spectacular, but his track record suggests that his 08 was an aberration just like GA’s was. Put him down as a -10 fielder and you’ve got a guy who will be 1 – 1.5 wins better than Anderson and doesn’t need to be platooned. Even if you had to pay him 7 million he’d be a better deal.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Feb 23, 2009 7:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

This is a much better deal for the Braves then Griffey would have been

Anderson, suprisingly, can still play defense. He had a Carl Crawford-like 18.1 UZR/150 in left last year. That is probably a fluke, as his previous defensive scores were below average, however he has a career 3.7 UZR/150, so you can expect him to be around average with the bat.

Garret and Matt Diaz might actually make a pretty good platoon in left. They are both hackers with limited power, but the they will hit for a high average and play good defense.

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by vivaelpujols on Feb 22, 2009 9:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs