Comments on: Links for 23 Jan 09

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:38:57 +0000

I saw that, too, Kevin. I was surprised as Giles does have a, relatively, weak arm for a RF, but he has always seemed to me to hustle/charge the ball well, take good angles and get rid of the ball quickly with an accurate arm. I didn’t read the article closely, but I noticed the author did try to make some adjustments for park effect. I wonder how much playing in a huge OF resulted in Giles having runners take the extra base on him versus his arm being “weak.”

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:16:24 +0000

According to this, Brian Giles had the worst arm in the majors among right fielders last season:

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/best-outfield-arms-of-2008/

Headley was fifth worst among left fielders.

By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:13:25 +0000

Thanks for the link to the ZiPS projections … 3 thoughts after a quick glance …

– Myrow is gone from the org … signed with ChiSox …

– The distinction between Headley being “VERY GOOD” versus Kouz being “AVERAGE” at 3B is lost on me … those seems like pretty identical projections …

– Overall, this seems like a pretty realistic assessment … it doesn’t look good … another good year to be following our farm boyz closely and investing my fandom energy in the future … I’m not goin’ anywhere, and the future will arrive … and I’m confident that it’s brighter than today …

By: Sully

Sully — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:31:52 +0000

Thanks for the link.

I can see why you would make those changes on the Home Grown vs Acquired Roster.

I always lean more towards people who have come through in the Post Season which is why Garvey and Sterling Hitchcock get so much love.

Although as a Red Sox fan, I loved loved LOVED Bruce Hurst.

You might be right about Burroughs. I may change that.

As for Greene over Smith… I just can’t bench the wizard!