Comments on: The Default Option

By: The Man

The Man — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:29:18 +0000

dear god this post is scaring me.

bring on bedard!!!!!

By: stoyboy

stoyboy — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:42:05 +0000

“The Ghost”: They can and they will probably have to. They owe Sexon 14M in 08 and no team will take him in trade w/o giving you their bad contract or the Mariners will have to include Sexon’s salary almost completely.

By: The Ghost of Spike Owen

The Ghost of Spike Owen — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:18:45 +0000

Jesus, they can’t really bring Sexson back, can they? That’s not even a remote possibility, is it?

By: joser

joser — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:45:15 +0000

Nathaniel is mystifying people over at LL with his analysis of Vidro as well.

By: C. Cheetah

C. Cheetah — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:52:56 +0000

Nathaniel, I am lost on your reasoning as well. Perhaps what we are all missing is what you consider to be good batting statics & numbers for a 1stbaseman and DH, what you think are reasonable numbers for Sexson in 2008. My thinking would be
AB 500
Hits 145
Extra basehits 70
Hr’s 30
Walks 90
Which all works out, if my math is correct…
BA 290
OBP 400
SLG 540
OPS 940

By: stoyboy

stoyboy — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:25:53 +0000

#131 – That with 10 Mil wouldn’t even work for the cheap Twins but we can dream. Send Sexson, Baek and Sean Green to SF for Lowery and their “old 2B”

By: terry

terry — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:10:16 +0000

I’m game for a new projection system where all I have to do is look up a players OPS. Here’s Sexson’s as a Mariner:

2005: .910;
2006: .842;
2007: .694;

I’m a novice at this new system, but I’m having trouble seeing how it suggests an OPS of .840 next season…

By: DC_Mariner

DC_Mariner — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:47:43 +0000

130

and trade Sexson for Santana

By: stoyboy

stoyboy — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:12:13 +0000

Sign Kuroda from Japan(this guy can pitch forever with that rubber arm); Trade Ibanez to Detroit for Nate Robertson; Trade Balentien to Pittsburgh for Jason Bay(bring him home)(they are looking for a deal and he is fairly cheap LF)) move Broussard to 1B; Move Horam to Bull Pen or trade him for a bullpen arm and hope Lopez will hit again and that our SS will not make 30 errors in 08. Whew!

By: nathaniel dawson

nathaniel dawson — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:15:13 +0000

Graham, are you saying I have a new and revolutionary method of player projection that’s 10 years out of date?

You know what? Having a bit of a guess is about the best anyone can do, and you have perhaps seen that if you’ve looked at any of the projection systems (Marcels, Pecota, Zips) that are published over the last few seasons. They all have their hits and misses, so it’s anything but an exact science right now.