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Sunday, January 22, 2006 |
Pickoff Moves
A Word On The Top 40 Dodgers
After an extended conversation with Rich Lederer Friday night, and more thought on the subject Saturday, I'm going to re-organize the methodology along the lines of that used by Jay Jaffe and his JAWS system. The numbers will almost certainly come out differently, there will still be flaws, but they should be less egregious. The series will continue later today; hopefully I'll have time to knock out a couple, to make up for yesterday's silence.B-Mo Still A Bridesmaid, Not Yet A Bride
Bengie Molina is upset at the Angels for failing to offer him arbitration:"(The Angels) just didn't do their part," Molina said of the split. "They were just trying to save my money for the younger kids. People think that the Angels offered me money but they never offered me nothing, nada. I never turned down anything because they never offered me anything.Dude -- maybe you should have lost more weight last offseason..."I'm hurt by it, but at the same time I'm willing to turn the page and keep going."
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"I'm not fighting for something I haven't earned," Molina said. "I've just got to be patient."
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"I think I've done enough to deserve something," Molina said. "And if I don't get that type of deal, I think I'm willing to sit out and wait and see what happens next year. I hope it doesn't come to that."
Old News Dep't: Baseball Prospectus Wraps The Dodgers Offseason
I should have mentioned this at the time, but it kept slipping my mind -- possibly a sign of early senile dementia coming on -- and so I have to talk briefly about Baseball Prospectus's wrapup of the Dodger offseason. Highlights of the Paul Swydan summary:- On the Bradley for Ethier trade: That Billy Beane and Co. were able to get Perez thrown into a deal that was so clearly a PR/team chemistry move makes it that much worse for L.A. ... Ethier isn't one of the Dodgers' upper echelon prospects, and the deal leaves more 25-man roster holes to fill. A loss for the Dodgers.
- On signing Bill Mueller:
Offensively, the Dodgers ranked 17th in third-base VORP production (13.5), and Mueller should help boost that mark as well, should he stay healthy. That, and not his ability, has always been the big question mark.
- On signing Nomar Garciaparra: Swydan boots us to the Joe Sheehan analysis published back in December, which says
Based solely on performance, age and salary, this signing, this choice, makes no sense. By signing Garciaparra to play first base in 2005, the Dodgers have likely gotten older, more expensive, and worse on both sides of the ball.
- On signing Brett Tomko: "Tomko simply isn’t that good."
- On signing Jae Seo:
This was a good move for the Dodgers, as Mr. Jaffe pointed out in his latest chat. Hamulack and Schmoll aside, Seo had roughly twice as much value as Sanchez last year, and would have been the Dodgers best pitcher last year.
- On the Edwin Jackson/Chuck Tiffany for Danys Baez/Lance Carter trade:
...if the Dodgers thought they needed help in their bullpen, then why did they trade Sanchez? To give up the likes of Jackson and Tiffany makes the trade even more curious. Jackson may not have the luster he once did, but last year was only his fourth year of pitching.
What's weird about this discussion is that he answered his own question earlier: the Mets undervalued starter Jae Seo and had an opportunity to get him for a middle relief guy. That trade is a no-brainer, even though it opened a hole in the club's relief corps. The problem really was that the Dodgers turned around and may have given up on Jackson far too soon. Just because he wasn't a phenom, as Bryan Smith lamented recently, doesn't mean he won't be useful.
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