One Week
Barenaked Ladies references! Who knew?!
You know, the economics of baseball never cease to amaze me. Let's take a look at the seasonal averages of two players, one of whom, Player A, has played 3.35 seasons, the other of whom, Player B, has played 4.44 seasons.
Player A:
Age: 25
Average: .311
OPS: .921
Home Runs: 29
RBIs: 109
Walks: 73
Strikeouts: 114
Stolen Bases: 23
Player B (differential):
Age: 24 (turns 25 April 18, 2008)
Average: .313 (+.002)
OPS: .930 (+.009)
Home Runs: 31 (+2)
RBIs: 118 (+9)
Walks: 72 (-1)
Strikeouts: 133 (+19)
Stolen Bases: 4 (-19)
As you can see, these are two remarkably similar ballplayers, at least offensively. They are also essentially the same age, and as it happens, they man the same position in the field. In 2006, Player A made two more errors than Player B. In 2007, Player A made two fewer errors than Player B. Again, kind of a wash.
There is one major difference between these two players though. Player A is yours for 6 years and $55 million, while Player B is yours for 8 years and $153.3 million.
Let's peel back the curtain (in case you haven't guessed yet). Player A is David Wright; Player B is Miguel Cabrera.
A lot of people think Cabrera is, rather unambiguously, the better offensive player. I think he probably has a slight edge over Wright; certainly, the numbers would not have been so close before Wright's monster 2007.
But that said, wow. I understand why the Tigers had to pony up the dough -- the guy would have killed in free agency, and deservedly so. But it's a real credit to Omar and Co. that they inked Wright to a long-term deal, on the cheap, when they had the chance. Well done.
The good vibes from Wright's deal don't really do much for my nerves heading in to the final week of camp. Our fifth starter "competition" looks more like a race to the bottom. Our injury situation is improving, but we're hardly 100%. And do we even have a left fielder?
Any prediction about a team's prospects includes the caveat, "provided no one gets injured". Where does that leave us?
Best not to think about it I guess.
As for me, I watched I Am Legend last night, which I remmber Sip loved. It's hard not to be taken by the mere spectacle of a vacant, post-human New York City, or by the charm of Will Smith, who carries this movie rather effortlessly.
That said, the movie is hardly perfect. It starts much stronger than it finishes; the ending is really kind of unsatisfying actually.
But what are you gonna do? There's one week to Opening Day, which means one more week of my magical movie tour.
As for the Mets, well, I'm seriously ready for this thing to get going already.
- A.F.O.M.G.
You know, the economics of baseball never cease to amaze me. Let's take a look at the seasonal averages of two players, one of whom, Player A, has played 3.35 seasons, the other of whom, Player B, has played 4.44 seasons.
Player A:
Age: 25
Average: .311
OPS: .921
Home Runs: 29
RBIs: 109
Walks: 73
Strikeouts: 114
Stolen Bases: 23
Player B (differential):
Age: 24 (turns 25 April 18, 2008)
Average: .313 (+.002)
OPS: .930 (+.009)
Home Runs: 31 (+2)
RBIs: 118 (+9)
Walks: 72 (-1)
Strikeouts: 133 (+19)
Stolen Bases: 4 (-19)
As you can see, these are two remarkably similar ballplayers, at least offensively. They are also essentially the same age, and as it happens, they man the same position in the field. In 2006, Player A made two more errors than Player B. In 2007, Player A made two fewer errors than Player B. Again, kind of a wash.
There is one major difference between these two players though. Player A is yours for 6 years and $55 million, while Player B is yours for 8 years and $153.3 million.
Let's peel back the curtain (in case you haven't guessed yet). Player A is David Wright; Player B is Miguel Cabrera.
A lot of people think Cabrera is, rather unambiguously, the better offensive player. I think he probably has a slight edge over Wright; certainly, the numbers would not have been so close before Wright's monster 2007.
But that said, wow. I understand why the Tigers had to pony up the dough -- the guy would have killed in free agency, and deservedly so. But it's a real credit to Omar and Co. that they inked Wright to a long-term deal, on the cheap, when they had the chance. Well done.
The good vibes from Wright's deal don't really do much for my nerves heading in to the final week of camp. Our fifth starter "competition" looks more like a race to the bottom. Our injury situation is improving, but we're hardly 100%. And do we even have a left fielder?
Any prediction about a team's prospects includes the caveat, "provided no one gets injured". Where does that leave us?
Best not to think about it I guess.
As for me, I watched I Am Legend last night, which I remmber Sip loved. It's hard not to be taken by the mere spectacle of a vacant, post-human New York City, or by the charm of Will Smith, who carries this movie rather effortlessly.
That said, the movie is hardly perfect. It starts much stronger than it finishes; the ending is really kind of unsatisfying actually.
But what are you gonna do? There's one week to Opening Day, which means one more week of my magical movie tour.
As for the Mets, well, I'm seriously ready for this thing to get going already.
- A.F.O.M.G.
posted by A Friend of Mr. Glass' at 2:31 PM
1 Comments:
u are exactly right on I AM Legend.
The last 20 minutes pissed me off soo much after me loving how the set up things in the first 65 minutes....
Also, I liked Player A mostly because of the 19 fewer strikeouts(productive outs matter to me especially when numbers/stats are so close)
and now that I know who is.was who...Cabrera is not going to make ANY tough plays at third.... Wright gives a pitcher a chance to make a big play defensively...
kudos to omar for gettin jose reyes and wright locked up to those 4,5 year deals 2 seasons ago....
if pagan does not pan out and endy does not have a season similar to 06....I am thinking wewe see fernando martinez by june 1st...
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