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By: scott19

scott19 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:25:23 +0000

41/42: Unfortunately for Olney, he ended up sounding like the Big Dork!

By: scott19

scott19 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:22:20 +0000

32: Interesting thought on flip-flopping Dickey with Silva. Since the A’s have been known to free-swing a bit (and with less success at the moment than guys like Vladdy), he might have had slightly better results against their lineup.

By: Sentinel

Sentinel — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:03:13 +0000

Do you think, what with the Nationals stinking it up, that we would have any shot getting Nick Johnson?

By: JMHawkins

JMHawkins — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:49:47 +0000

Buster Olney, in his blog this morning, mentions Seattle as a possible resting spot for the Big Train…

Frank Thomas is the Big Hurt. The Big Train was Walter Johnson, who passed away in 1946. I guess you really did mean “resting spot.” Final resting spot.

By: Buckj64

Buckj64 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:28:37 +0000

Buster Olney, in his blog this morning, mentions Seattle as a possible resting spot for the Big Train, seemed like he was just speculating nothing substantiative.

I don’t know: it seems like that would give us 4 DH’s, 0 1st Basemen, and 0 Left Fielders.

Also given Thomas’ petulant nature what effect would he have on the clubhouse, is he a Jose Guillen or a Carl Everett?

By: Ralph_Malph

Ralph_Malph — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:26:21 +0000

Isn’t Toronto on the hook for Thomas’ entire salary? If so, couldn’t we just pick him up, dump Vidro and eat his salary, and be better off?

Or, for that matter, dump Cairo and keep Vidro as a pinch hitter.

By: G-Germ

G-Germ — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:11:21 +0000

Thomas had a .857 OPS last year compared to Vidro’s .775 OPS…

The difference was in SLG, their OBP was almost identical (Vidro – 381 to Thomas – .377).

I wouldn’t take him if we had to pick up his entire $12.5MM contract. I don’t know what kind of power Thomas has left, but being right-handed in Safeco could be a hindrance as well. I know back in the day Thomas was a great hitter with power to all fields. I don’t know how much of that he has left.

Either way he would still be a huge step up from Vidro, in my opinion.

By: IHaveALittleProject

IHaveALittleProject — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:02:52 +0000

err, 86 points of slugging if my engineering degree actually enabled me to do math.

By: IHaveALittleProject

IHaveALittleProject — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:00:43 +0000

Last year:
Frank Thomas – .277/.377/.480
Turbo – .314/.381/.394

I’d like the 84 points of slugging rather than 37 points of empty batting average from my DH please.

By: Jake N.

Jake N. — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:51:18 +0000

Jimerson is a life time AAA guy just like Reed. Good defence, good speed, no bat. He cleared waivers and was resigned to Tacoma. Why? All of the MLB teams have his twin on there AAA team. We need offence more then anything…

Heres to hoping Ichi starts hitting again today…