Kevin Towers, Contraction, and Internet Baseball Awards

by Geoff Young on Nov 09, 2001

  • I’ve been busy researching Kevin Towers’ trading record as GM of the Padres, and I finally have something to show for it. Check out my analysis of Towers’ first year as GM. Let me know what you think. Other years will follow, and at some point I may take a look at his drafts.
  • Elsewhere, here’s another one on contraction. ESPN.com’s Rob Neyer shares his thoughts on the possibility.
  • The Baseball Prospectus staff show their ballots for 2001 awards. Ack, just realized I screwed up on my IBA ballot; totally forgot Jimmy Rollins was a rookie. Sorry, dude. It also appears that I was overly kind to Roger Clemens and overly harsh on Phil Nevin, probably as a result of my overcompensating for any biases I might have. Nice to see Bruce Bochy receive some consideration for Manager of the Year, too.
  • Fun discussion going on in one of my Scoresheet leagues about players who are/were underrated throughout their careers because of their home park or not getting a chance to play regularly when they were young. So far we’ve come up with Pedro Guerrero, Darrell Evans, Dwight Evans, John VanderWal, the legendary Ken Phelps, Mike Easler, Jose Cruz, Terry Puhl, Lee Lacy, Roberto “Fastball or Nothin’ At All” Petagine, Frank Catalanotto, and Jon Nunnally among hitters, and Billy Taylor and Chuck Smith among pitchers. Got any others?
  • EEEEEE! A newsletter by and for annoyed San Francisco Giants fans.

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