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Thursday, March 31, 2005 |
Pickoff Moves
Minor Dodgers Trade
According to the New London, CT The Day, former Padre farmhand and outfielder Todd Donovan has been sent to the Dodgers. No word on the compensation back to the Pads, but this one looks like organizational filler.Opinions Are Like Noses: Projections Here And There
- Tom Tippett at Diamond Mind has his projections up, and he expects the AL and NL Western divisions to shape up as follows:
AL West W L Pct GB RF RA #DIV #WC Oakland 85 77 .525 - 873 817 31.0 1.0 Los Angeles 84 78 .519 1 803 775 29.0 2.5 Seattle 83 79 .512 2 795 778 25.0 2.0 Texas 80 82 .494 5 852 875 15.0 1.5 NL West W L Pct GB RF RA #DIV #WC Los Angeles 90 72 .556 - 811 733 56.5 11.3 San Francisco 88 74 .543 2 853 782 35.0 17.3 San Diego 81 81 .500 9 784 767 7.5 6.5 Colorado 70 92 .432 20 852 978 1.0 Arizona 68 94 .420 22 786 903
The Angels he (rightly) declares "still [lack] power and high-OBP guys" and "three top relievers aren't enough in today's game". Whether Percy qualified as one last year is doubtful: the concensus seems to be that Detroit overpaid for a guy who hasn't pitched 50 innings a year for two seasons now.
Update: Lookout Landing reminds us Tippett also predicted the 2004 Angels to finish third with an 86-76 record, the Mariners to come in second at 87-75, and the Dodgers to finish fourth with a 77-85 record.
- In Salon, King Kaufman projects the NL West (obnoxious advertising required for entry, or else pay for it) as going down "San Diego, Los Angeles, Arizona, San Francisco, Colorado". No projections for the AL West yet.
- Not exactly a ranking, but Ted Robinson at MSNBC picks the Dodgers to finish "no higher than third" and the Angels to not only win the division but go to the World Series for the second time in three years.
Jay Jumps Ship
I pass along this Bronx Banter commentary upon Jay Jaffe's recent assessment of the Yanks' prospects at Baseball Prospectus. There certainly is a sense the Yankees have been left onstage a mite too long, and now the garbage needs taking out.
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