Sit down and get comfy. Like, real comfy. Okay, not that comfy — put on a robe or something, will ya? With luck, this is the last update I’ll provide on the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual that doesn’t end with the phrase, “go buy it.” I’m expecting to deliver the manuscript to the publisher on [...]
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OBG08: Cameron, Hampson, and Others
OBG08: Le Menu Josh Bard/Michael Barrett Adrian Gonzalez Tadahito Iguchi Kevin Kouzmanoff Khalil Greene Scott Hairston Chase Headley Jim Edmonds Brian Giles Jake Peavy Chris Young Greg Maddux Trevor Hoffman Heath Bell Cla Meredith Welcome to the back end of the bullpen. It’s hard to say who, exactly, will be here. I’m assuming that Kevin [...]
OBG08: Cla Meredith
I’m a sucker for freak stats, so I love the fact that Cla Meredith recorded more groundball outs in 2007 than did Chris Young despite pitching less than half as many innings. Meredith gave up a lot more hits last year than he did in his rookie campaign, but despite the high batting average, the [...]
OBG08: Heath Bell
In his first full big-league season, Heath Bell dominated in every sense of the word. Bell’s stuff is closer-worthy, and he may get the opportunity to save some games in ’08 when Trevor Hoffman needs a breather. The one concern I have with Bell is that he was worked extremely hard last year. It’s impossible [...]
OBG08: Trevor Hoffman
Yes, the strikeout rate continues to fall, and yes, it’s scarier to watch him do his job now than it was a decade ago, but let the record show that Trevor Hoffman‘s ERA has been below 3.00 every season except one since 1996. Eventually the magic will disappear, and that will be a sad time [...]
OBG08: Greg Maddux
Last week I promised you a book update, so here it is: I’m making a few final tweaks to the back cover and glossary. The foreword is being written by a super secret guest (feel free to guess, although I’ll neither confirm nor deny) and I expect to have that in my hands early next [...]
OBG08: Chris Young
I was flipping through The 1996 Big Bad Baseball Annual (aff link) and ran across Don Malcolm’s preview of the Padres that year. First off, Malcolm’s discussion of Skip Spence was inspired, if a bit incongruous. A small sampling, from page 201: Occasionally there is a scraggy looking, doubled-over raggedy man, with a heavily weathered [...]
OBG08: Jake Peavy
Before we get to the projections, a quick note on the Khalil Greene deal that happened over the weekend. I’ve already discussed Greene’s situation at length, so I’ll just say now that I’m glad both sides worked together to get something done. The contract isn’t as long as I (or the Padres) would have liked, [...]
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