Show #93: Our Interview with Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus
Kevin talks all things farm system. Jason Heyward, Freddie Freeman, Mike Minor, Jordan Schafer, and much more.
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February 20th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
A little help? Guy hit foul ball down right field line then took first base. What’d I miss?
February 20th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Sounds like me on a date.
February 20th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Not that I would like it one bit, but if Frank really wants to spend 4.5 and get Damon for a year, why doesn’t he just trade Melky for beans in a salary dump? Voila: 7.6 million dollars.
Heck, he could pay a million of Melky’s salary and still offer about 7 to Damon. Some team wouldn’t take Cabrera for 2.1 million?
February 20th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Johnny D to Tigers is all but done, according to Tim Brown at Yahoo. Looks like he’s taking the one year version, Stevie. Combination of money-talks and build-my-value-and-then-get-the-heck-outta-Dodge?
Five dollars says his value plummets in that ballpark. Of course, he could run a long way on a gapper, so maybe not?
February 20th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Billy Wags says so much “lively” stuff to reporters. It’ll be a good thing if we have a good year. If not, his sound-offs are gonna get tiring. Here’s hoping the chuckles outnumber the winces.
February 20th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Holy Toledo. Tim Brown reporting EIGHT MILLION on Damon’s deal. That is a bad, bad way to spend 8 million dollars.
February 20th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
I wouldn’t have wanted the Braves to pay more than 4, 5 at the most. Still a little bummed.
February 20th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Jim Edmonds – still available
February 20th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
From another message board:
“Nobody throws a curve ball to Matt Diaz. It’s just that some of the fast balls see where they’re headed and kind of freak out.”
February 20th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
A mini report on our potential new pick up:
Edward
Salcedo is a FA SS with a 6’3”, 190 lb. frame from La Vega, Dominican
Republic. Big League body, strong and athletic. Smooth, easy defensive
actions, easy plus arm, can really play SS. Aggressive swing, power
projection, deep load from wide base, good bat speed, geared to drive
fastballs, timing will be an issue. All the tools to be a top player.
Potential 1st round type if in draft.
(from “CSG” at Talking Chop)
February 20th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Damn.
February 20th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Wow…that must suck.
February 20th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
LMAO at Mark Bowman’s story title!! AAAAHAHAHAHAHA! This is the funniest thing ever in the DOB/Bowman “wars.”
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100220&content_id=8106442&vkey=news_atl&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl
Steve, you’re a good man. You can go ahead and change it back. Truth be told, I was just about to waffle anyway.
February 20th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Thanks, Bub. You’re a gracious winner. I’m not expecting as much from Curt on that front.
The DOB/Bowman thing is pretty interesting. Not just this Damon stuff, but their relationship in general. I’d love to get the skinny on it one day. They seem to be kinda/sorta friends (DOB told a story about Bowman helping him get his car out of some lot last year in ST), but how much professional competition is there, really? And is Bowman crazy jealous about how much traffic DOBs blog gets vs his own? Bub – have you noticed other example of the “war” in the past?
February 20th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Look at us all gettin along. The short track speed skating is stressing me out.
February 20th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Yeah, I’m totally uninformed on the DOBowman War (see what I did there?). I would say “I’m sure it’s a friendly war,” but DOB’s conflicts have been real enough on other fronts, so…
The Bowman jealousy angle seems pretty likely. They’re both writers, and O’Brien’s certainly the better craftsman. And he’s got the music/BBQ/baseball shtick working pretty well.
But I like to see Bowman win this one. [And here I erased a long paragraph loaded with antiDOBian pathos].
But to answer your question, this thing with Damon is the most clearly I’ve ever seen the battle lines drawn. I dunno if it’s ever been this defined before. We need another defector to come give us the scoop.
February 20th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Leah, I don’t remember that amp comment in the version I saw. I’m sure I’ll run across it, though.
February 21st, 2010 at 12:04 am
Have you guys considered that we had four black holes in our offense the first half of last season? Kelly, Schafer, Frenchy, and Kotchman.
My optimism for our offense comes from replacing those guys with Prado, McLouth, Heyward, and Glaus. The power numbers might not explode, but turning the line-up over is huge. We were so anemic first half of last year. I don’t know if we’ve properly reflected on how much better this is going to be.
Did you know Kelly and Frenchy sported identical .286 OBPs in the first half? TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX for an OBP. Schafer was at .313 OBP. Pretty sickly.
This line up won’t be anything like the first half of last year. Those black holes just tear a team up. Pitchers work towards them, so McCann and Chipper don’t get good pitches. I think the consistency of our 2010 line up will create runs. I think we’re going to the play offs.
February 21st, 2010 at 8:59 am
Bub, that post got me so fired up I galloped around the house on my pretend horse. The sad thing is no one seemed to notice or find it at all odd.
BTW, I know you are all wondering about the batter I saw yesterday take first after hitting a foul ball. I missed a very speedy balk by the pitcher.
February 21st, 2010 at 9:08 am
Leah – what baseball are you watching and referring to?
February 21st, 2010 at 10:43 am
UNC v. GW. Go Heels!
February 21st, 2010 at 11:03 am
..an odd time of year for Tarheel fans to be focused on the Baseball program! My sympathies, Princess Leah. As a lifelong Clemson fan..”been there”.
Go Braves!
February 21st, 2010 at 12:40 pm
It’s ok Cledus. I’m not so much a Tar Heel fan as a baseball fan. I care nothing about basketball but I try to keep that fact to myself.
February 21st, 2010 at 1:53 pm
There was a person who sent ten different puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would get a laugh. No pun in ten did.
February 21st, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Really? Wow!