Wednesday's Final Frosty Mug of 2008
by Kyle Lobner on Dec 31, 2008 9:10 AM CST
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No transaction news again today, but Right Field Bleachers has the case for the Brewers signing Joe Crede. If signing Crede means returning Hall to his super-sub role, I'm for it.
As of this writing, Brett Lawrie leads Jonathan Lucroy by 53 votes in the race for prospect #5. He's also his hometown's biggest 2008 news story. Voting for prospect #6 will open at noon today. Voting for Langley's biggest news story of 2009 likely won't open until sometime next December.
Yes it is a slow news day, so I'm playing "Where are they now?" with Baseball America's minor league transactions. Some of these have been mentioned in the Mug previously, but if you knew all of them you may want to consider adding an offseason hobby:
- Chad Moeller and David Krynzel are both Orioles now.
- Laynce Nix is a Red.
- Justin Lehr and Ozzie Chavez are Phillies.
Would you rather have Ben Sheets or Oliver Perez in your 2009 rotation? Amazin Avenue makes the case for Sheets, and so far 78% of voters agree.
Yesterday I mentioned the Pirates as one of the three "finalists" to acquire the services of Derrick Turnbow. The Marlins are also a finalist.
Elsewhere on the hot stove:
Cubs: Could be close to signing Milton Bradley.
D-Backs: Signed Chris Snyder to a three year extension worth 14.25 million.
Mets: Have reportedly offered Derek Lowe a 3 year deal worth $36 million. (Noted in FanShots)
Orioles: After losing out on Mark Teixiera, plan B may be Richie Sexson.
Rockies: Have reportedly reached a deal with the Cubs to acquire Jason Marquis for Luis Vizcaino.
So who will the Yankees overpay next offseason? Rob Neyer takes a look at pretty thin field of free agents, but predicts Matt Holliday will play left field for the Yankees in 2010.
That's all I've got for today. Drink up, and be safe.
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Milton Bradley
For a mind numbing list of injuries that make Ben Sheets look like Jack Lalanne, go over to the Ken Kesey version of BCB and look at the top story on Mister Bradley.
Meltdown Bradley!
It will be awesome to hear Jim Powell’s first Brewer-Cubs game broadcast.
I much prefer them to sign Bradley than Dunn or Abreu or someone like that. Bradley’s almost as bad as them at defense, but he has much more volatility in his injury history and offensive performance. He could totally tank and force them to play Kosuke in right all year. I seriously doubt he hits anywhere near his last year production, or he stays healthy enough to play all year.
Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.
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I like how Evil BCB’s analysis consists of just “he’s a good hitter” “he gets injured a lot” “hopefully he can stay healthy”. I’m reminded of why I never go there to read stuff.
Maybe you could project how much he’d have to play to justify a $10 mil investment?
Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.
Eleven games
Enough for the Baby Bears to sweep through the playoffs. Cubs FTW!
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
Matt Holliday is in my top 5 favorite players
If he goes to the Yankees, I’ll be forced to hate him.
Cubs improve their team KUG
Signed Aaron Miles to a 2-year deal
Cub fans react HAHAHA (the comment at the top; see if you can spot the sample issue)
Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.
He's a decent hitter
makes me think they’re sending Cedeno or Fontenot or DeRosa somewhere for something.
Wasn’t he the guy who had that cartoonish bobble on a pop up behind first? Wasn’t it in fair territory and three players were converging and he ended up having it bounce off the end of his glove and he tipped it once or twice more and it ended up in the stands as he fell on his stomach. Or was it someone else?
Speaking of Miles
I was poking around on vivaelbirdos and followed a link to a THT discussion on BABIP. It makes my head hurt that not only is there xBABIP but old and new, but regardless of my cantankerousness if you look at the second last chart – the top 20 luckiest hitters, a whopping 6 are now or expected to be Cubs.
Lowe
Have I missed something or can someone explain why the Brewers have not been pursuing Lowe? He is a guy that looks like he will age well and 3 years for $36 million seems pretty reasonable (f that is what it takes to get him).
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