Sunday Morning Astros, etc. Round Up
by Stephen Higdon on Nov 22, 2009 10:33 AM CST
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Print- I swear, if Richard Justice keeps saying things that I agree with...
- An excellent evaluation of the free agent system, as it stands, from SI. It even features a picture of LaTroy Hawkins.
- I truly wish a copy of this had landed on Tim Purpura's desk in late November, 2007. The would be such a better place.
- RJ Anderson posts a calm, rational defense of Keith Law and the Javier Vasquez/Chris Carpenter fiasco.
- BtB takes a look at what exactly happened to Tim Lincecum down the stretch.
- Simmons hands in one of the better pieces I've read about the use of statistics in sports.
[Drayton McLane]'s probably making the kinds of decisions he should have made a year or two ago, but he kept convincing himself the Astros were one or two players from contending.The rest of the article has Justice seemingly overly optimistic, and slightly off, rationalizations on how the Astros could be sneaky good in 2010.
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Brian Bogusevic:
http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l133&lid=133&t=l_bat
Yea, yea, yea…winter league, sample size…he’s becoming more polished and the team has a number of pretty good 24-27 year olds in the minors…why don’t we trade Bogusevic? Is it because so much $ was invested in him/he’s a high draft choice? Trading him for a AAA 3B/SS appeals to me.
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by Evan Hochschild on Nov 22, 2009 11:54 AM CST reply actions
Scroll down about 30 players
To Reggie Abercrombie. Ugggghhhhhhhh
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Nov 22, 2009 12:23 PM CST up reply actions
his K %
only 16.66666%!
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by Evan Hochschild on Nov 22, 2009 1:07 PM CST up reply actions
like you say, the small sample size is exactly that. Bogusevic only has 24 at bats, and the .500 OBP isn’t sustainable…. I would be surprised if Bogusevic has a lot of trading value. I agree that trading him for an infield prospect makes some sense from the Astros’ perspective. But if other teams think his ceiling is back up outfielder, I don’t know that he will be a good trading piece.
Mike Lowell
Ken Rosenthal has it that the Red Sox are shopping Mike Lowell and willing to pay half of his $12 million in a trade. It’s worth noting that he splits noticeably in favor of lefties, making him a good platoon candidate with Kepp. His career UZR/150 at third base is pretty average, but it did drop precipitously in 2009 with a hip injury, though that was only a 105 game sample size.
He also split poorly away from Fenway, but on the other hand, he’d be facing NL pitching and would still be in a hitter’s park.
Should the Astros consider dealing for him?
Another veteran player?
No thank you. This would just seem like a step backwards.
by Timothy De Block on Nov 23, 2009 7:35 AM CST up reply actions
I think $6 million is still to much to pay Lowell, given his risk. At this stage, he is almost like Kaz Matsui, in terms of his ability to stay on the field. There is the possibility that Lowell will gradually improve, given that more time has elapsed since his surgery. But there is at least an equal possibility that he will break down even more. If you paid him only $2 million, it might be worth it. But that’s not happening.
Just a quick note
Kepp hits lefties pretty well, so to platoon him, you’d want a guy who hits RHP well and LHP not so well. Lowell, when he’s playing, basically hits LHP as well as Kepp does, so it wouldn’t be a platoon situation…Lowell would play every day.
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