Comments on: 26 innings and counting

By: DAK

DAK — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:06:12 +0000

We’re using position in the batting order to evaluate players now? Really?

Did you miss all the games that Vidro batted cleanup this year, or did you think that made him a good player?

Um, sarcastic guy, the difference is that he is hitting third and producing.

By: Jeff Nye

Jeff Nye — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:20:40 +0000

We’re using position in the batting order to evaluate players now? Really?

Did you miss all the games that Vidro batted cleanup this year, or did you think that made him a good player?

By: DAK

DAK — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:13:44 +0000

Getting on Bavasi’s case over Choo is like being upset at Horacio Ramirez because you don’t like his shoes.

Whatever; he is hitting 3rd for the Indians and is still only 26.

Some players have been known to click and be useful about that age for a few seasons…

By: Graham

Graham — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:34:52 +0000

Getting on Bavasi’s case over Choo is like being upset at Horacio Ramirez because you don’t like his shoes.

By: joser

joser — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:32:05 +0000

killer_ewok18: beautiful impersonation of a KJR caller / PI blog commenter. Hilarious. Well done.

By: chaser1

chaser1 — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:28:05 +0000

I like the last line of that video clip: “Thank God it’s over.”

By: NBarnes

NBarnes — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:52:00 +0000

Painful to think what could have been with a Choo/Ichiro/Jones OF

What amazes me is that Bavasi managed to go from this to what we have currently while getting essentially nothing in return. It’d be one thing is we had something to point at for giving up Choo and Jones, but… not so much.

By: filthyfred

filthyfred — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:39:38 +0000

killer
all a rookie gets is 29 lousy abs ???
tough crowd ..

By: jordan

jordan — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:51:40 +0000

Ummmm.. the Tacoma quartet isn’t supposed to look like Major leaguers. They are here getting a chance since we have no chance at the playoffs. This is what most crappy teams do in September.. little bit of baseball knowledge for ya.

By: Graham

Graham — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:00:01 +0000

prOPS, which is a rough estimate of what his OPS should be with luck normalised, has Choo at .875 so far, which is still outstanding.

However, 330ish plate appearances of an .875 OPS talent level means we should revise expectations of his actual talent a little ways upward, not assume that he’s a mid .800s true talent guy. He’s never shown anything like the potential to do this before, so don’t get caught up in just looking at his last set of results. Last year he OPS’d .703 in AAA.

And unless his defence has really come along from what it was like in Seattle, it’s not all that good.