Comments on: Scouting the Unknown

By: Quintero

Quintero — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:44:21 +0000

@Stephen: @cws05nuts: I guess I have to join the "look" party then... @royce!: Great stuff! Food-related injuries!

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:35:19 +0000

thanks again Grey. Love the column. cant believe I only found your site this off-season.

Rob

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:30:36 +0000

@joe: It's even, but I wouldn't do it. Phillips to Kinsler is slight advantage you, but Halladay's a horse. Can you afford to lose him? @Rob: I'd take Furcal there.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:15:19 +0000

i was just offered furcal for e. santana. I have drew at ss, but maybe having furcal as a backup until he starts hitting might be a good idea.

any thoughts on this trade?

thanks

Rob

By: Griff

Griff — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:48:53 +0000

Quallzam!

By: joe

joe — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:44:42 +0000

I was just offered Mauer/Kinsler for Phillips/Halladay… soto is my current catcher, but he’s sucking it up so maybe mauer would be the solution. what do you think of the trade?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:45:55 +0000

@Elijah: It must be in the bats. @jbatkins: Well, there is always a possibility that Volstad pitches to that, but average pitchers get rocked every once in a while. I'd drop Volstad, but don't get angry if he pitches well in his next outing.

By: Elijah

Elijah — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:14:33 +0000

Jorge Cantu left Wednesday’s night’s game in the sixth inning with dizziness.

Contagious! WTF Mate!

By: jbatkins

jbatkins — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:03:35 +0000

So I said earlier that I have to cut loose one of four: T. Hanson, C. Volstad, G. Meche, J. Danks. And the consensus was Danks or Meche. But now with Volstad getting rocked and Danks and Meche tossing gems, is Volstad the guy I cut loose? Or do I just close my eyes and hope his FIP-ERA differential (almost 1.00) is going to maintain itself?

By: jbatkins

jbatkins — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:10:19 +0000

@royce!: Man, Cecil had a HUGE ass.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:25:56 +0000

@JR: Frank Howard @Teef: I am not sold on Pedrioa, but if the owner bits I like the Pedrioa side more. @Billy: I like the E-Jax and Drew side. That would be a great trade. Even after reading that it's JD. McCutchen will not hit like this all year. @Elijah: Next thing we know, he is having dizzy spells because he has a social anxiety disorder. @paulzone: On that list, the exact order you have.

By: paulzone

paulzone — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:00:20 +0000

who’s my best option for saves right now?

gonzalez, cj wilson, choate, or anyone else i may be missing

thanks

By: Billy

Billy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:40:07 +0000

sorry its JD Drew..

By: Elijah

Elijah — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:39:13 +0000

Quentin damn…Such a promising start too.

By: Elijah

Elijah — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:37:45 +0000

Span left Tuesday’s game against the A’s with dizziness and will be sent home to get examined, the Associated Press reports.
Spin: This is the second time in a week that this issue has come up. At best, he’ll be out until Friday. “He’s going to go get checked out,” Twins’ manager Ron Gardenhire said. “He had that dizzy spell that he had when we were home. He said he’s really not feeling good at all.”

Its bloody contangious.

By: royce!

royce! — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:27:03 +0000

Here’s more info regarding oversize outfielders:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=list/050425

By: cws05nuts

cws05nuts — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:25:45 +0000

@Billy: Sounds pretty good.

By: Billy

Billy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:20:48 +0000

Trade Advice Please…

I give McCuthen and Chris R Young and I get Edwin Jackson and Drew…

thanks!!!

By: Teef

Teef — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:05:39 +0000

2 things – 1. Quentin out till after the allstear break – tore a tendon in his foot.

2. would you trade Theriot/Hoffman for Pedrioa? I can’t really see all that much more that Ped offers over Theriot – especially if he continues to have one of those fluke power years ala Perdoia ’08

By: cws05nuts

cws05nuts — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:57:07 +0000

@Quintero: @Stephen: Poreda = has the cheese with control problems. Hopefully it works out. I think they are showing him off for a future move. Or maybe just hoping they use him or Clayton to get another bat. But, he also might be here to stay because I think Bartolo has been shown the permanent exit.

By: JR

JR — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:55:42 +0000

@Stephen: Who is the current record-holder for fattest outfielder?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:08:31 +0000

@Quintero: I think the key word is "look" and I will be watching him on another person's team. I feel like he will be a decent MLB player, but not right away.

By: Quintero

Quintero — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:07:49 +0000

@Stephen: Oh, and Aaron Poreda got called up. Will you do a post after prospect already got the call? hehe. Anyway, keep up the good work. Looking forward to the next issue.

By: Quintero

Quintero — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:03:22 +0000

@Stephen: Yeah, he needs to improve on reading pitches to handle AAA, and, overlook his build, the minor leauge ISO between his and Dunn's is very huge, while Dunn was getting 100 free pass one time in a minor season. I also agree with you on the gut feeling, tho. If he get called, I will surely give him a good look.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:51:59 +0000

@Quintero: Yeah that is definitely man crush material. I am not sold on Blanks. AAA is proving to much for him right now. That k-rate is nasty and until he starrts hitting in AAA at a higher percentage, he might just become the next Dunn-lite - Like a Mark Reynolds/Chris Davis clone with half the K's. He is still young, but sometimes your gut tells you more than any analysis can.

By: Quintero

Quintero — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:43:25 +0000

Of course, especially the “heaviest outfielder in the history of the game” part. I know I would like to know that.
It is really helpful to see how other view him. I added “Kyle Blanks” to my Google news tab long time ago…and holding myself not to add him ever since he clear wavier in a dynasty league.
With his swing, Blanks supposes able to hit for a high average than Dunn(altho not by much. Oh and Baseball Cube only gave him 35 out 100 in contact ability…don’t know what is that coming from…)
I would like to see his K% goes down and show more power, because after all, he is in PCL. I guess Padres must think the same way.

Another “factoid” I would like to know is Blanks’ body fat ratio…Damn…is this what people called man-crushed?

By: cws05nuts

cws05nuts — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:27:02 +0000

Blanks and Dayan Viciedo could sumo during a rain delay. Speaking of which… Stephen it would be nice to hear some objective banter on Viciedo someday – dubbed the “Cuban Pimp” by Ozzie. Nice writeup!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:23:20 +0000

@Quintero: No problem. I just hope you were still this excited after you read the post.

By: Quintero

Quintero — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:18:47 +0000

Kyle Blanks! I’m so exciting, I didn’t even read it before I give birth to this meaningless post! Tight! Stephen! Tiiiiiiiiiiight!

By: AL KOHOLIC

AL KOHOLIC — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:14:36 +0000

@Stephen: as mentioned a lot lately,the n.l has a bunch of D.H. like hitters coming threw the ranks,gamel,fox etc,it might not be very soon but one day there will probably be a D.H in the n.l