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  1. a700hitter
    Did you read my last post? I did not dispute what you were saying. I acknowledged having not read the last column of the Tacoma team stats that indicated that those stats were combined for 2 teams for 3 of the players. It doesn't change the point that 8 guys were raking on that team, so I stand by my point that Carp's 2011 Tacoma stats are not very indicative of major league performance.
  2. a700hitter
    The link below to the Tacoma team stats showed that Pena played 76 games and hit 25 HRs, that Langerhans OPSd at over 1.000 playing 95 games and Carp played only 66 games. I didn't notice the last column, noting that 3 of the 8 guys had played for 2 teams. Nevertheless, the 2011 team had some over-weighted offensive stats with 8 guys OPSing at .846 or above. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=1321ffc8
  3. a700hitter
    You are right. I don't like how this smelts. This Carp is no keeper. Hopefully, the Sox FO will do the right thing and catch and release.
  4. a700hitter
    Good to see you.
  5. a700hitter
    It's a low cost move. There is no such thing as high reward, low risk.
  6. a700hitter
    Pena would not be a good acquisition now or in 2011 when he tore up Tacoma even more than Carp did that year. Tacoma seems to be a hitters haven with 8 players OPSing over .900 (4 with more than 1.000). I don't think any stats at Tacoma are a good barometer for success in the majors, regardless of the age of the player.
  7. a700hitter
    I don't want to burst your bubble about the guy, but Wily Mo Pena well outperformed Carp on that 2011 Tacoma team. Eight players on that team had OPS over .900 and 4 of them were over .1000, including Ryan Langerhans. Carp's 2011 at Tacoma probably doesn't mean too much. He's a mediocre player with a below average glove.
  8. a700hitter
    A mediocre addition to a mediocre team. Meh.
  9. a700hitter
    I'm in.
  10. a700hitter
    What about Iglesias?
  11. a700hitter
    What about Iglesias?
  12. a700hitter
    and tickets will be very easy to get.
  13. a700hitter
    It's hard to keep things inhouse if his tantrums manifest themselves on the field like happened yesterday.
  14. a700hitter
    If he acts like an ass, it could affect his performance, and it definitely would diminish his trade value.
  15. a700hitter
    I think he has the potential to be a cancer on this team. I don't see him accepting his role gracefully, so they should probably trade him before he forces the issue.
  16. a700hitter
    Great stuff, Fred. Thanks. I'll call you before I leave for Fort Myers.
  17. a700hitter
    They used to list Yaz as 6' at some points in his career. They also used to list his weight as 185. Both were exaggerations. He wasn't quite 6', but he was probably 5'11". I met him in person right after he retired. He was wearing cowboy boots that made him look a little taller, but I still think he was about 5' 11. His playing weight was usually around 175, based on interviews that I have heard and read. Nava is about the same size as Pedroia, who is listed as 5'9", but that is also an exaggeration. Steve Garvey was a small first baseman, but like Yaz, Garvey was big on talent. Nava is not very talented at all.
  18. a700hitter
    Fred, you have a great memory for baseball. Great story about Malzone from over 50 years ago. I used to have that kind of memory for baseball stories, but i don't remember the details that I used to. Fred, some old Brooklyn fans had told me tales about a Dodger pitcher who came up with the Dodgers around the same time as Koufax and Drysdale, but who was a better prospect than either of them. His name was Karl Spooner. You know everything about those 50's Dodger teams, so I'd like to read your recollections about Spooner.
  19. a700hitter
    It would have screwed up his legacy in Boston. No doubt about that.
  20. a700hitter
    Thanks.
  21. a700hitter
    I agree that there is still a market for him, but more nutty behavior will hurt his trade value. Do you disagree with that? I like the Duda idea. The Mets are overloaded with lefty hitting first baseman-- Duda, Murphy and Davis.
  22. a700hitter
    Aceves should have been moved before spring training. It was obvious that he was bringing things to a head last year. There was no reason to think that he wouldn't do so this year. He wants to start or close, neither is going to happen. In the off season, he had value. If he continues to act up, we'll have to give him away like we gave away Youk last year. The White Sox got the turd back (Zach Stewart) that they traded us for Youk after a few teams got rid of him since last June. Maybe we can get him back for Aceves and Cherries can tell us again how Stewart projects as a #3 or 4 starter.
  23. a700hitter
    Yep, me too. 16 more days until my Fort Myers trip.
  24. a700hitter
    What happened with Aceves?
  25. a700hitter
    Also, the A's are built on solid young pitching.
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