Comments on: Brian Fuentes signs with the Angels

By: Mat

Mat — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:32:10 +0000

To be fair to ye olde prognosticators of yore, there had to be a decent chunk of bad luck involved with how badly Cirillo turned out. I’m too lazy to calculate his Marcel forecast for 2002, but it would have had to be at least a .360 wOBA, maybe a .355 wOBA, and he wound up with a .281 wOBA. So it was essentially an unpredictable drop-off. Even in a highly disappointing year, he should have been able to hit for at least a .310-.315 wOBA.

By: Mere Tantalisers

Mere Tantalisers — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:34:21 +0000

Well, there goes your credibility.

By: spokane dude

spokane dude — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:04:27 +0000

I’d rather face Brian Fuentes than Francisco Rodriguez in the 9th inning. Good news for the Ms, methinks.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:46:24 +0000

Ah, Brian Raabe. Me, too.

I still wonder how he would have fared as a stop-gap.

By: Benne

Benne — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:45:59 +0000

Yeah, we were all pretty dumb back then. I remember being incredibly excited about getting Cirillo, then cursing his name less than half a season later. Good times.

By: Adam S

Adam S — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:26:58 +0000

Are you thinking of Kevin Jarvis’s bad contract they got back when they traded away Cirillo?

By: NoStars

NoStars — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:18:07 +0000

Oh Jose Vidro. But he's a switch hitter! Did anyone read the Jeff Passan article on Yahoo!?

By: cheeseheadtransplantmax

cheeseheadtransplantmax — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:21:15 +0000

Vidro may be 4th, but Winn is 7th. At least Winn plays defense and runs. Yes, I realize he is with SF.

By: SonOfZavaras

SonOfZavaras — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:46:45 +0000

On the lighter side…Brian Raabe? Really? Oh, well….I once thought Arquimedez Pozo…

By: SonOfZavaras

SonOfZavaras — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:45:08 +0000

Sorry for the double post.

But, DMZ… you were far from the only guy who didn’t think Fuentes would amount to much…when he first came up, I thought “hmmm…killer, unusual pickoff move but the league will adapt to that in about two weeks…nothing special otherwise”.

And in the Cirillo trade, I thought we’d fleeced the Rox back then.

Regarding toxic contract, Neagle and Hampton were the only two I remember from that era the Rockies committed to. I think you were thinking Hampton.