The Dodgers of the Decade series was a lot of fun, though the GM voting surprised me.

So… I noticed Grey didn’t ask about Loney so you didn’t answer, but you’ve said that you still have hope he’ll improve. I know he’s not Mauer, but I’ve heard the same “the power will come” crap for the past few years and I’m wondering (along with the rest of the world) if it finally will. Care to throw out a prediction?

“It’s so easy to judge people by the way them seem to be
We must overcome this problem to live life peacefully
Break Down The walls!”

Ha!

But seriously, at what point does he become a value pick, in people’s estimation? Post-100? If CHONE and Marcel are accurate, he should rank at 100 to 120, and I doubt that he’ll make it that far in most drafts. On MDC, the latest he’s been drafted is 87.

@AJ: DeWitt is likely the Opening Day starter unless he completely bombs in the spring. Carroll is a reserve/insurance at best, DeJesus missed all of last year with a broken leg, and Tony Abreu… got sent to Arizona to save some cash. God damn it.

@royce: thanks! appreciated.

@YouthOfToday: (NYHC? rad.) I probably can’t speak the truth about McCourt in polite company, but the succinct version is that we all hate him. But what most don’t know is that the divorce is just the cherry on top, not the cause. We hated him because he was so leveraged when he arrived… because he fired GM Dan Evans, who did a great job… because he fired GM Paul DePodesta, after just one offseason… because his awful wife accused Dodger fans of wanting to win (by signing Manny) more than they liked children (by putting that money towards parks)… and now this. I don’t care that they’ve made the playoffs 4 times in his 6 years as owner. Much of that is DESPITE him and the sooner we’re rid of him, the better.

@RealTom: thanks! Do you comment on MSTI?

Well done, as always.

This is unrelated, but I just read this. From Tim Dierkes at RotoAuthority, on David Wright bouncing back:

“You may recall that Wright was struck in the head by a Matt Cain fastball on August 15th, an injury that he admitted remained in the back of his head a month later.”

I thought it was toward the front of his head…

I would like a Dodger fan perspective on the McCourts — as an Angel fan I can never get enough.

Alright, on the serious note, the team’s rather apparent financial tightening will do wonders for DeWitt’s PT at 2B/3B. Dude could easily end up starting 150 games.

DeJesus is a name to watch in the minors, especially if/when Furcal gets injured and/or starts to suck.

I think that Manny presents an interesting conundrum for fantasy leagues. All but James are projecting him to have a 2010 basically in line with his 2009 numbers, 400+ ABs, low to mid 20s HRs, and around 70 RBIs. If your analysis is correct (that the hand injury caused his slump, not postpartum depression or something equally emasculating), one would expect his numbers to rebound, and therefore for these projections to be wrong.

His ADP on MDC is 63, and shows that drafters do expect a rebound from him. But how much must he rebound to justify this rank? Last year, for a 5×5 league, the power bats that ended up ranked around 63 hit around 90/30/100/.280. For example, Ethier and A-Rod ended up around 63, and they hit around 30 HR and drove in around 100.

Therefore, the wisdom of the crowd seems to be that Bill James’ projections (88/30/101/.296/1) will be correct. Now, no disrespect to Mr. James, but his offensive projections seem a bit high for everyone.

Anyhow, interesting stuff, and thanks for sharing.

Do I follow?

hmmm…..

i asked the same Jackson question. Grey’s response:
@Eddy: He’ll be a last round flier if you wanna go there. I think he can be incredible, but he’s never healthy.

and as for Maybin, idk, something tells me 2010 isn’t his year. But who knows, now that he had surgery to repair his torn labrum which hurt him at the end of last season i could be wrong….

@Eddy: Nolasco

Nolasco or Bills?

@AJ: Needs to have a good spring to be in the running to start.