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Thursday, August 19, 2004 |
Angels 10, Devil Rays 7
Well, that settles it: Josh Paul is our new middle-of-the-order hitter.
Chronicles picks up on the rumored acquisition of 3B Shea Hillenbrand, which I hope is a crock; what the Snakes could hope to get for him at this point is a little iffy. He correctly observes that Hillenbrand is a bit of a drop from Figgins offensively. But the real concern isn't at third, it's at center, where Anderson's legs work about as well as the Tin Man's before Dorothy came along. Moving Figgins to CF and Anderson to a platooned DH with Salmon gives the team speed in center -- if not necessarily a quality glove (Figgy, bless him, doesn't always take good paths to the ball, and sometimes breaks late). The point is you don't want to have to start Amezega, the little glove of concrete, or random waiver wire junk at 3B because you have no other options.
Or not.
Look, I've said a lot about this before. Mike's said a lot about this before. This team's pitching needs to get it together. Starting tomorrow, they'll have a lot to worry about. Today's performance by Lackey, for instance, amounts to a 5.40 ERA. This team is just stumbling to the finish line.
Chronicles picks up on the rumored acquisition of 3B Shea Hillenbrand, which I hope is a crock; what the Snakes could hope to get for him at this point is a little iffy. He correctly observes that Hillenbrand is a bit of a drop from Figgins offensively. But the real concern isn't at third, it's at center, where Anderson's legs work about as well as the Tin Man's before Dorothy came along. Moving Figgins to CF and Anderson to a platooned DH with Salmon gives the team speed in center -- if not necessarily a quality glove (Figgy, bless him, doesn't always take good paths to the ball, and sometimes breaks late). The point is you don't want to have to start Amezega, the little glove of concrete, or random waiver wire junk at 3B because you have no other options.
Comments:
Here's a sincere apology to Darin Erstad. I thought you were washed up, I thought you were useless, and even though you say nonsensical things like (paraphrased), "I wish I could get a groundout RBI every at-bat," you are hitting like crazy. .325/.396/.479 post-all-star is way more than I could have hoped for! dare I say you're getting closer (closer being the key word) to salary-worth?
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