J.D. Drew

[riverside sluggers]

Hmm' date=' wonder where all those Dodger fans are now after last night?[/quote']

 

Yeaa I know, wouldve had a field day asking me if i should be sad about the win because you know I am a "bandwagon fan":rolleyes:

[Rodney Harrison]

Hmm' date=' wonder where all those Dodger fans are now after last night?[/quote']

 

I don't think a 7 RBI game is enough to consider it a 180. I think I'll wait until at least the end of the week to see if last night's game wasn't a fluke.

[HeadOfSoxNation]

I don't think a 7 RBI game is enough to consider it a 180. I think I'll wait until at least the end of the week to see if last night's game wasn't a fluke.

 

Agreed...I would have rathered 2 RBI's 3 games in a row and a single RBI on the 4th day

[Rodney Harrison]

Agreed...I would have rathered 2 RBI's 3 games in a row and a single RBI on the 4th day

 

It'd still be more consistent than 7 on one day and nothing the next three.

[schillingouttheks]

It'd still be more consistent than 7 on one day and nothing the next three.

 

Tell me about it. I'd love that. I always prefer it when players have consistently productive days instead of one explosive one. Not only is it more contributive to the team, but it's better for the batter to settle in.

[TheKilo]

Back to back 3 hit games is a nice place to start.

[example1]

People need to get over this "JD Drew Sucks" mentality. He obviously doesn't suck. Anyone who watched him over the past few weeks saw, admittedly, a few pretty bad hacks at the plate. They also saw a number of line-drive outs and some hard hit ground balls. He simply isn't as bad as his numbers have shown thus far, and his last few games look like his first month did.

[seabeachfred]

J.D. will be challenged today facing Randy Johnson but it looks to me that he has turned a corner and ought to be very productive from here on in with maybe an occasional bump in the road. I certainly hope, though, that we can do something with Lugo, like drop him down to eighth in the lineup. It could work. If numscull Grady Little can drop $45 million waste Juan Pierre down to eighth and get two hits out of him last night, Tito should be able to get the same from Julio. Of course, it didn't do Grady any good as his team got shut out again. We ought to do much better than that.

[TedWilliams101]

JD isn't facing Randy Johnson today.

[BSN07]

JD is a good player. Maybe 70M is too much, but thats what they have to pay and there aint Jack Diddly any of us can do about it. We concentrate on the financial aspect of the game in Baseball far too much. If you ask me there all over paid, but I won't hate cause Id take it in half a heartbeat and so would all you. Lets just put the money aside. Hes played decent ball. His D in RF has been decent. His hitting was hot to begin with and fell off the table. Hes a career NL guy, in his 1st season in the AL East, its gonna take awhile for him to get used to new parks, new pitchers ect. Give the guy sometime and have patience. Id rather see him start slow and finish strong rather then start great and peter off at the end of the season.

[Rdsxmbnt]

Im really questioning Titos lineup construction lately. Drew should be in pretty much everyday. Hes using Drew like Trot, except Drew is significantly better vs. LHPs than Nixon. Nixon over the past 3 years is awful vs. LHPs with an .620 OPS while Drew has a .814 OPS. Plus Drew is on fire right now...

[Metropolitan Cowboy]

So the Red Sox are paying JD $14 million to secure wins against the Diamondbacks. This would be a great idea if the Sox are in the NL West. Oh, and don't look now, but the Yankees are coming, and there is no way JD can handle that kind of pressure. He barely survived in the LA market, you really think he will last in Boston?

[ORS]

Barely survived? He was the #2 run producer on a playoff team. That's hardly treading water.

 

Seeing how jilted you guys are over him is kind of funny though.

[Mr Crunchy]

i never questioned jd drews ability

just his heart courage and commitment to the team.

 

the hottest hitter on the team sat for 46 year old randy johnson last nite??

did his little brother call him a pussy??

[ORS]

Doubtful. Tito purportedly took both Ortiz and Drew out due to RJ's extreme effectiveness against lefties. Sure, he's old and all, but with his height he still throws the ball from a release point lefties have hard time with. Here are the platoon delta's for LH hitters:

 

-0.092/-0.050/-0.094

[Fire_Theo]

JD Drew is the prototypical Theo Blunder. FAlls in love with a bad player, and thinks that giving him a lot of money makes him good.

[adam123]

I am so glad they moved JD down the line up seems to be helping. I was at LV 51's and could not believe 2 3 run homers and 7 RBI's . That was great to read. Let's just hope he's turned the page. Go Sox 07 AL East Champs.

[Rodney Harrison]

Barely survived? He was the #2 run producer on a playoff team. That's hardly treading water.

 

Seeing how jilted you guys are over him is kind of funny though.

 

Not really. We're one game better this year at this point than we were last year. JD Drew wouldn't have made that much difference.

[KeepTheFaith1229]

JD Drew is the prototypical Theo Blunder. FAlls in love with a bad player' date=' and thinks that giving him a lot of money makes him good.[/quote']

 

 

Yes. Theo looked at Drew and said "Man, this guy sucks. Let's sign him to a big contract, that will make him good." Typical Theo!

[Rodney Harrison]

Yes. Theo looked at Drew and said "Man' date=' this guy sucks. Let's sign him to a big contract, that will make him good." Typical Theo![/quote']

 

Theo must have channeled the Dodgers when they signed Darren Dreifort to that ridiculous deal. Heck, he must have sabotaged the Yankees' front office by forcing Cashman to sign Pavano to that infamous deal.

 

It all makes sense now.

[YazsTripleCrown]

Alyssa Milano's blog sums it up pretty well.

 

http://alyssa.mlblogs.com/alyssa/2007/06/bleeding_blue_i.html

 

The Yankees wound up taking the series but I have to say, the Red Sox look pretty great this year. Even with JD Drew (He’s on the DL. Shocking, I know.) and Julio Lugo. The fans are as frustrated with both of those guys as we were. I was looking through the Red Sox game notes and found this headline that I thought all my fellow Dodgers fans would find amusing:

 

http://alyssa.mlblogs.com/photos/uncategorized/jd_drew_story.JPG

 

Some things never change huh?

 

This is the opinion of pretty much every Dodger fan I know. They are glad he's gone.

[Mr Crunchy]

the dodgers have their own issues and crosses to bear along with a legacy of some of the worst,most obscene deals in the sports history.

forget about kevin brown and the jet or darren dreifort or the fact that they dealt young petey for essentially nothing

 

they opened this offseason up with the juan pierre signing and this s*** storm of huge coin for mediocrity began

i am not a jd drew fan by any stretch as we all know on this distinguished panel

but

there aint 3 people on earth that would move him for pierre in a straight up deal dollar for dollar salary wise

 

i hate the dodgers but i know frank mccourt and half the team are sox cast aways so i do follow them as i have the bball package that keeps me in the loop where as in years gone by the only time id see la is on an espn game..

 

theyre competetive as is the entire league

 

gammons said it best 5-6 years ago when the new parks were being built by smaller market teams such as sanfran and sandiego zona detroit etc...

 

he said something to the effect of

""build a pitchers ballpark,draft sturdy big assed pitchers,sign middle of the road starters who can keep the ball in the park and then get an offense that can manufacture runs with a bit of power and you will compete""

the west usually has 3 teams alive in the last 10 days of september.

 

this has been the method used by the west with the glaring exception of the rockies who seem to be turning it around a bit,tonite anyways..

 

however

when i see pedro feliz and ray durham surrounding bonds,josh bard hitting clean up in sandiego and tony f***ing clark as the 4 in zona i can only giggle at the idea that theyre in the same league as us.....

 

the dodgers,if schmidt gets back to form,should win that league going away.

[jacksonianmarch]

and then be eliminated in 3 games in the NLDS.

[Mr Crunchy]

perhaps mj

didnt the cards win 83 games last year as jeff weaver turned into sandy koufax?

 

you get there 1st and anything goes as we all know

[ORS]

Not really. We're one game better this year at this point than we were last year. JD Drew wouldn't have made that much difference.

Well, given the way he's played this year, he certainly wouldn't have made a difference, but that wasn't the timeframe in question.

 

You guys can't get beyond one huge inconsistency. If you are so happy he left, then why come here and stir the pot? Your actions betray the message you are trying to sell. There's nothing to rub in if you are happy he's gone. Simple as that. Now, given his horribleness this year, I can buy that you are truly coming around to not caring, but there's just no way this made you happy in the offseason. It just doesn't line up with the way you reacted. I'd do cartwheels if Coco had an opt out and took it, and you can bet your ass I wouldn't go to a board for his new team and try tell them as much. When he goes, I don't care how his new fans think about him.

[jacksonianmarch]

Well, given the way he's played this year, he certainly wouldn't have made a difference, but that wasn't the timeframe in question.

 

You guys can't get beyond one huge inconsistency. If you are so happy he left, then why come here and stir the pot? Your actions betray the message you are trying to sell. There's nothing to rub in if you are happy he's gone. Simple as that. Now, given his horribleness this year, I can buy that you are truly coming around to not caring, but there's just no way this made you happy in the offseason. It just doesn't line up with the way you reacted. I'd do cartwheels if Coco had an opt out and took it, and you can bet your ass I wouldn't go to a board for his new team and try tell them as much. When he goes, I don't care how his new fans think about him.

 

either that or they are all a bunch of

 

http://bluebuddies.com/gallery/Is_This_A_Smurf/jpg/Trolls_Not_Smurfs.jpg

[seabeachfred]

We all know what they are but with the Dodgers having swept the Mets their spirit is probably sky high right now awaiting the Angels, who may or may not bring them down to earth. Then we see the slumping Mets at the wrong time going into Yankee Stadium on Friday. Great timing, right? What's the solution for that or to shut the DB invasion of his board???? Well, I think if we start winning games on a regular basis again, that would be a good step in the right direction. If the Angels take the Dodgers two of three that might shut up the Dodger crowd, but it all comes down to how we play and what Epstein and his pal Francona can do about getting our team up to speed.

 

Here's what we can do starting tonight. Manny starts hitting some bombs, stops staking third strikes; Drew gets two or three hits with a bomb thrown in and drives in four runs; Youk and Lowell get two hits and score a couple of runs apiece; Pedroia gets back in the lineup to stay and gets a hit or two; Tek drives in couple of runs and Josh Beckett throws one of his best games of the year.

 

Oh yes, Crisp and Lugo are sitting on the pine.

[jacksonianmarch]

when the royals had that 15 game losing streak, who'd they break it against? Us. We dont sweep the Mets, I guarantee that.

[YazsTripleCrown]

We all know what they are but with the Dodgers having swept the Mets their spirit is probably sky high right now awaiting the Angels, who may or may not bring them down to earth. Then we see the slumping Mets at the wrong time going into Yankee Stadium on Friday. Great timing, right? What's the solution for that or to shut the DB invasion of his board???? Well, I think if we start winning games on a regular basis again, that would be a good step in the right direction. If the Angels take the Dodgers two of three that might shut up the Dodger crowd, but it all comes down to how we play and what Epstein and his pal Francona can do about getting our team up to speed.

 

Here's what we can do starting tonight. Manny starts hitting some bombs, stops staking third strikes; Drew gets two or three hits with a bomb thrown in and drives in four runs; Youk and Lowell get two hits and score a couple of runs apiece; Pedroia gets back in the lineup to stay and gets a hit or two; Tek drives in couple of runs and Josh Beckett throws one of his best games of the year.

 

Oh yes, Crisp and Lugo are sitting on the pine.

 

Yeah the dodgers are riding high right now with the best record in the NL. However, I don't think the DB guys will come here because of how well LA is doing, but rather to point out how bad Drew and Lugo are doing.

[jacksonianmarch]

Yeah the dodgers are riding high right now with the best record in the NL. However' date=' I don't think the DB guys will come here because of how well LA is doing, but rather to point out how bad Drew and Lugo are doing.[/quote']

 

Does LA play the AL east this season?