tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post3926000620200483277..comments2024-01-23T08:03:30.875-05:00Comments on The Southpaw: Grading the 07 offseasonThe Southpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12978086362601077757noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-15266947019468115882008-11-14T19:23:00.000-05:002008-11-14T19:23:00.000-05:00Benitez was fine as a righty specialist until he b...Benitez was fine as a righty specialist until he blew that game against the O's. (After which he was released.) The other runs he allowed were a homer to Kubel (a lefty) and a 2 run double to Rollins (a switch hitter), none of those runs caused a lead change, and we won both games. So you can hardly say he gave away game after game.Torgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12254724427156121537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-65343584039082038922008-11-08T06:26:00.000-05:002008-11-08T06:26:00.000-05:00re: Randy David Wells. $25,000 for an inning is mo...re: Randy David Wells. <BR/><BR/>$25,000 for an inning is money wasted? Au contraire! The Jays paid the Beej $10 million for 58 IP. That's a little over $172,000 per inning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-41770428916958550092008-11-08T00:56:00.000-05:002008-11-08T00:56:00.000-05:00Calling Rolen a horrible move in hindsight seems a...Calling Rolen a horrible move in hindsight seems a bit harsh to me, a decided Rolen apologist. He really had one terrible month. Glaus had one great one.<BR/><BR/>I really believe it's closer to a wash than a horrible, regrettable move.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271534213351978408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-20506501493421299442008-11-07T15:46:00.000-05:002008-11-07T15:46:00.000-05:00Barajas' OBP is pretty fuckin brutal...He's got to...Barajas' OBP is pretty fuckin brutal...He's got to be more patient. But he ain't going to change his ways.<BR/><BR/>I love Scoot.<BR/><BR/>And Jer, why such a douchebag?Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08445618400360263938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-58760180600262267782008-11-07T14:00:00.000-05:002008-11-07T14:00:00.000-05:00Meh, do you want an apology or something? Thanks ...Meh, do you want an apology or something? Thanks for coming out, though.<BR/><BR/>JWThe Southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978086362601077757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-58588613139871767332008-11-07T13:55:00.000-05:002008-11-07T13:55:00.000-05:00This post has made me delete this blog from my boo...This post has made me delete this blog from my bookmarks. I've gotten a little sick of this infatuation with stats. I'm sure one or two people still read this blog but I will not be one of themAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15458901751308023597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-79619088442754369012008-11-07T13:33:00.000-05:002008-11-07T13:33:00.000-05:00Scutaro shouldn't have been hitting at the top of ...Scutaro shouldn't have been hitting at the top of the order, but that doesn't mean it was a bad trade. Scutaro was the best defensive SS we had (better than McDonald this year by ZR), and had he qualified he would have been the best defensive SS in the majors according to ZR. I'll take a 700 OPS SS who plays quality defense any day of the week.<BR/><BR/>I said last year Eckstein should have started the game at SS, with McDonald ending it. So I'm not disagreeing with you. But the thing is, he wasn't much better with the bat than Scutaro, and McDonald wasn't as good with the glove as Scutaro. So it was a good idea in theory, but at least in 2008, Scutaro playing full time was better than a McDonald/Eckstein platoon.<BR/><BR/>I said that Barajas was great because he cost next to nothing. The problem is that he has a 294 OBP. He has a 34.4 CS% which is pretty good. But he's not an everyday player because of the 294 OBP. Like I said, unless you're the best defensive catcher in the game, you can't get away with starting while posting a 294 OBP. <BR/><BR/>Whenever Barajas has had more than 300 AB's the highest OBP he had was 306, with the lowest being 276. That's a huge liability in the lineup.<BR/><BR/>I did say I was in the minority on that one though.<BR/><BR/>Twitchy.The Southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978086362601077757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-63495202346179613192008-11-07T13:02:00.000-05:002008-11-07T13:02:00.000-05:00Wow, I'm usually on board with most of what is wri...Wow, I'm usually on board with most of what is writen here but not today. Personally, I think Scutaro was the worst move of the last off season in hindsight because we have a manager who fell in love with a guy who isn't a good hitter and isn't the best defensive SS on the team. Hitting Scutaro second and getting 500+ AB's of sub .700 OPS is inexcusable which is why I want nothing more than to see the Jays sign Furcal in the off season so we can finally get some production out of the spot.<BR/><BR/>While I wasn't a big fan of the Eckstein signing last season, the idea of having him lead off and get on base at a decent clip then be replaced by McDonald later in the game for his glove made some solid sense. However, I think this happened twice all lasat season and Eckstein never really got on track in Toronto.<BR/><BR/>As for Barajas, he was great when you consider he made next to nothing last year. I'm fine with him platooning with Thigpen to start the year and then give way when Arencibia proves to be ready.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com