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Friday, April 30, 2004 |
Pickoff Moves
Some random links culled from Baseball Primer's Clutch section:
How Texas Could Win The West
Tom Tippett of Diamond Mind goes over, in some detail, how the Rangers could win the AL West. It's not likely -- only about a 1 in 100 shot -- but it could happen, and some of the key things required for his analysis are happening already (all the kids hitting well, the starters having okay but not stellar seasons, among other things).Bavasi Has Faith
Maybe this was why Gillick resigned: he knew it would be impossible to avoid the coming train wreck this year and didn't want to be at the helm when it happened. If that's true, then management has a problem because they hired a guy who quits when the going gets tough. (My take on it is he's getting on in years, but what do I know.) Anyway, Bavasi still has faith the Mariners can lift themselves from the cellar. Of course, the East Coast media hasn't taken notice of this projection yet; they're already declaring the M's "bottom feeders". Knowing nothing else about the team besides the standings, you'd be tempted to say that, too.Sabean Offers No Hope To Giants Fans
"We've earned the record" (registration required) says Sabean, and sadly he's right. Two years ago -- two! -- this was a championship caliber team. Now it's a ghost; Ray Durham is sidelined with patellar problems, Robb Nen is out indefinitely due to shoulder issues, Gallarraga is fighting cancer. That's not a DL, it's a casualties list.``The cavalry's not coming in April or probably in May, rarely in June or most of the time in July,'' Sabean said of a possible big trade. ``You've got to take your licks. You've got to take the bad with the good.The Padres in first place by June? It could happen, just as the Dodgers are a five-game slide away from the cellar. Check this, though: the Pads have only 14 homers as a team, making them the worst NL West team in that regard. Subtracting Barry's 10 so far this year, that leaves San Francisco with nine homers total. Sabean even admits that the Giants could be sellers at the trade deadline, but who, in this motley group, would they sell? Marquis Grissom? Pierzynski?
Squiggy The Scout
David Lander, famous as Squiggy in TV's Laverne & Shirley, has signed as an associate scout for the Mariners. No word on whether the M's bloggers will take this to mean their scouting is on the level of a TV sitcom.More Laughable Trade Ideas
The East Coast media's sense of self-importance is staggering; aren't the other teams in baseball, after all, only farm teams for the Yankees? Without saying who made the comment, the San Francisco Chronicle reports the hot rumor is Hudson for Giambi. Okay, that made my day.
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