To Brighten Your Friday
by Jeff Sullivan on May 28, 2010 12:17 PM PDT
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PrintTime to do this again. There's no better freude than schadenfreude.
- Adam Jones has a .679 OPS and a career line of .267/.311/.415. He appears to be an ~average defensive center fielder.
- Jeff Clement has a .600 OPS and a career line of .228/.291/.377. He is a first baseman.
- Wladimir Balentien has a .731 OPS, in AAA Louisville. His career line in the bigs is .221/.281/.374.
- Jones, Clement, and Wlad have combined for a Major League BB/K of 138:527.
- Brandon Wood - Baseball America's #3 overall prospect in 2006 and #8 overall prospect in 2007 - posted a .435 OPS in April and a .312 OPS in May before getting DL'd with a 'hip flexor strain.' Says the LA Times' Mike DiGiovanna: "How convenient." Wood is out of options and this was the only path the Angels could take to make Wood go away without losing him.
- Nelson Cruz continues to fight the hamstring problem that's plagued him since camp.
- The Mariners have a combined OPS+ and ERA+ of 192. The Angels have a combined OPS+ and ERA+ of 183.
- The Milton Bradley-less Cubs are on pace to finish five and a half games lower than they did a year ago.
- John Lackey - in the first year of a $82.5m/5yr contract - has pitched like an absolute pile of crap, while Josh Beckett - whose $68m/4yr extension has yet to begin - has been both mediocre and injured.
- Among 16 A's with at least 20 plate appearances on the year, the highest OPS belongs to Daric Barton, at .793.
- Including baserunning, Raul Ibanez has a WAR of 0.
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That's because you're a grumpus.
Everyone else sucks too, so we’re number one! We’re number one!
You must have been having a spectacular day
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by Bearskin Rugburn on May 28, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, I feel the same way.
For the former Ms prospects at least, it just makes me sad for them. The Angels/As part does indeed brighten my day.
Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle
The first rule of Lookout Landing is...
by appleshampoo on May 28, 2010 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't you mean there's no better consciousness is stream of consciousness?
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
by JAH on May 28, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Hate to rain on your Nelson Cruz Parade...
but when he IS playing, he’s batting .330 with an OPS of 1.144. 10 Hrs, 34 RBIs, and 7 SBs. Sorry, i have him on a fantasy team.
Reading this is like slowly savoring a delicious piece of rich chocolate
during the lunch break of an otherwise shitty day.
Wow someone is ready for Sex and the City 2
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by Bearskin Rugburn on May 28, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Here's some
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by Bearskin Rugburn on May 28, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of Raul Ibanez
- The Phillies are currently on a 5-game losing streak.
- They’ve only scored 3 runs during that time.
- They’ve failed to score a run in 4 of the last 5 games.
- They haven’t scored in their last 3 games (got swept by the Mets)
- They’ve been blanked in 46 of their last 47 innings.
And their offense is good. That’s gotta be annoying to watch.
They were nearly no-hit by Disuke Matsuzaka.
ouch.
by Lucas Cervi on May 28, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
The Red Sox were nearly no hit with Daisuke Matsuzaka on the mound too!
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by Bearskin Rugburn on May 28, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I love that the Angels are afraid of losing Wood.
That’s like the people who were distraught about us trading Clement, only if Clement was way, way worse.
He has a good glove at third and hit like 5,000 homers in the minors.
He’s been disgustingly bad in the majors so far, and his MiLB numbers came in very friendly environments, but I can see why they don’t want to give him away for free quite yet.
If I ran a team, it would be full of guys like Brandon Wood and Jeff Clement. And we would be terrible.
He's out of options
which means he’s had three tries at the bigs already. But yeah, his minor league power was nice.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on May 28, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
3rd baseman seem to be struck with this a lot.
Or at least those are the first names that come to mind:
Sean Burroughs, Dallas McPherson
by Kenneth Arthur on May 28, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't mean guys that strike out a lot
Just AAAA players that seem to be able to mash in the minors and suck in the majors.
Andy Marte, Chris Davis (former 3B I think?)
by Kenneth Arthur on May 28, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
This isn't endemic to 3B
all position prospects have problems. Youkilis, Longoria, Wright, Beckham, Fields… plenty of em come up and hit well. I think it makes more sense to group prospects by hitting style than position.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on May 28, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I know its not specific to any position.
I guess I should have said it “feels” like that because when I think of AAAA player, those names come up first.
by Kenneth Arthur on May 28, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Chris Davis is seeing time at 3B again in AAA with Garko on the team.
But BR’s right: this happens with every position. Catcher’s another one. Clement, JR Towles, Saltalamacchia/Teagarden to an extent, Max Ramirez perhaps (3 Rangers Cs in about 1.5/2 years! Wow!).
His windows of opportunity were pretty small, though.
From 2007 through Sunday, he has 364 plate appearances. I’m not saying he’s a great bet to figure it out, and he’s been godawful, but he’s essentially had a half-season of big-league baseball spread over four years. Scioscia gave him a very short leash until this year, when he didn’t have much else to put at third.
I lost Wood by the first week of May.
by abender20 on May 28, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
You should see a doctor for an erection lasting longer than 1 month
Do you want to hear about my fantasy team?
by Cantu Easley Winn on May 28, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why did we need this?
We are on a winning streak and just swept the Tigers!
But it was fun to read!
Because we're still 7.5 games back!
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by Bearskin Rugburn on May 28, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Remember, there is no floor.
We always need moments to laugh at our enemies misfortune.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Don't know how many people this will make happy but Beltre is currently hitting .339/.370/.511.
I, for one, am still rooting for the guy. Of course that’s probably because he’s now playing for the hometown team but there’s a bit of “told you he was really good” mixed in there as well.
by ThomasG on May 28, 2010 1:01 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
It makes me "happy" for Beltre
But that we have Lopez instead of King Awesome…not happy.
by lemonverbena on May 28, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Its okay to root for guys like Beltre, Ibanez, Moyer I think.
by Kenneth Arthur on May 28, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
No question, and Beltre would have stayed if contract terms had been equal
It just makes me sad to see him being awesome in a Boston uniform while Lopez is working his brand of crap at the plate.
by lemonverbena on May 28, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think he would have stayed.
Safeco was killing his batting line, and Boston is a great place for him to build up his perceived value for a long-term deal this winter.
by Eyebrows on May 28, 2010 1:21 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Yep
No way he would have close to that line in Seattle. I’m glad to see him somewhere where the park doesn’t kill his performance.
Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle
The first rule of Lookout Landing is...
by appleshampoo on May 28, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Never would have come back or put up the same numbers
But I think the point is it would be nice to have Beltre instead of Lopez period.
That’s how I interpret it.
by Kenneth Arthur on May 28, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
The Green Monster says "how do you do" to Adrian's skillset
Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle
The first rule of Lookout Landing is...
by appleshampoo on May 28, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Rather surprisingly, Beltre has done most of his damage on the road so far
by Jeff Sullivan on May 28, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Weird. I guess I should actually look before stating.
Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle
The first rule of Lookout Landing is...
by appleshampoo on May 28, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
The Clement thing doesn't brighten it as much.
I wish he had just been good for the Mariners. That ship sailed long ago.
Also:
Brandon Morrow is still walking everybody he doesn’t strike out.
And I think Tyson Gillies is struggling too.
Future "leadoff" Gillies
.291 OBP and 1 SB
by Kenneth Arthur on May 28, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Which is unfortunate...
I’m not rooting for the Phillies to succeed, but Gillies was great to watch in Everett, and really a nice guy. Hoping he gets a little better and doesn’t Clement up
by ambrosia2112 on May 28, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Morrow's gotten interesting
His line looks legitimately good now (albeit weird), but at 5 innings a start, he can’t get deep where the important innings are. So he’s been pretty good in lower leverage.
by Jeff Sullivan on May 28, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually the Morrow-League trade worries me so far this year.
Morrows still got time to get figure out the strike zone and be a very good starting pitcher. But for right now, I’m satisfied that he still kinda sucks overall.
by Kenneth Arthur on May 28, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Brandon Morrow, despite the walks...
has an FIP and xFIP under 4. He’s even brought his tERA (via Fangraphs) to the 4.5 range.
Christ if he could go 6+ innings it would be nice. Despite it all, he’s still been worth 0.8 WAR through 10 starts. More innings would be appreciated…
This is pretty much what baseball fandom is for me
I root for the M’s to win for a couple of months, then I give up and just root for players and teams I don’t like to do poorly.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on May 28, 2010 1:08 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
SS/utilitysexfielder Asdrubal Cabrera is on the 60-day DL with a broken arm
Brett Lorin is out with hip surgery and hasn’t pitched this year.
Aaron Pribanic gets a lot of GBs, but still has gotten knocked around in the FSL this year. (He was the guy I hated to see go in the Snell/Clement deal)
No wonder players are often quoted saying they don't read sports blogs
Can you imagine regularly reading where strangers wish bodily harm on you as you bus your way around shitty MiLB towns?
by Torjazz on May 28, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Way to destroy the good vibes I had going in the failures of the other M's cast-offs.
I think when people are being funny, they are actually being serious and when people are being serious, it's actually really funny.
by Rich Langford on May 28, 2010 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I attended a game in which Joe McEwing and Royce Clayton homered.
Both are clearly locks for first round HOF.
I once was at a lot of games when Griffey homered and this means...
aw, fuck it. He is never going to hit one.
I think when people are being funny, they are actually being serious and when people are being serious, it's actually really funny.
by Rich Langford on May 28, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I keep saying this about Sweeney
except the attending part.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on May 28, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
These will never be complete without Silva
SHOW YOUR TRUE COLORS YOU BASTARD
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by Bearskin Rugburn on May 28, 2010 1:43 PM PDT reply actions
And B-Morr
I think when people are being funny, they are actually being serious and when people are being serious, it's actually really funny.
by Rich Langford on May 28, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I know his FIP and xFIP are below 4
But he’s still a frustrating pitcher to watch.
by Kenneth Arthur on May 28, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
.255 wOBA v .270 wOBA plus better defense.
I call fiction. But they both suck.
by Kenneth Arthur on May 28, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
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