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Thursday, July 07, 2005 |
The No-Stars
Dayn Perry writes about the Anti-All-Star team, i.e. guys who shouldn't be on any self-respecting major league team. On contract points, he mentions Angel Steve Finley ...
Laynce Nix has been worse this season in the AL, but Finley gets points off for "production relative to contract value." His glove in center has been overrated for years, and his batting line of .224 AVG/.286 OBP/.407 SLG means he's no longer got the bat to compensate. The Halos would be better off keeping Chone Figgins or Jeff DaVanon in center even after Finley comes off the DL. Won't happen, though.... Hideo Nomo ...
Let's see ... a 6.80 ERA, almost as many walks as strikeouts, a 0.59 groundball-to-fly ball ratio. It's a grim statistical profile for Nomo. What's really alarming is that he's having a better year than he did in '04.... and yet he somehow manages to evade Orlando Cabrera, whose 5.4 VORP makes him the third worst in the American League among shortstops with 250 or more plate appearances. Perry instead plunked the admittedly more deserving Angel Berroa in that slot, but I have a question: couldn't Cabrera make the team as a reserve?
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