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Wednesday, February 08, 2006 |
Another Story Stating The Obvious: Stoneman's Sticking With The Kids
I got a comment earlier today offering this Register article as good reading material about Bill Stoneman's refusal to pick up second-tier free agents who are really third- or fourth-tier players, instead deigning to have the kids play. It's a good idea, but there's only so many of these kinds of stories you can write -- let alone read -- before the season starts. Me, I want to see 'em in uniform.
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So it was g.m. Lasorda who shipped out Konerko. In the ranks of crappy Dodger g.m.'s, just how bad was Lasorda during his brief reign?
# posted by 
: 2/08/2006 08:25:00 AM
: 2/08/2006 08:25:00 AM
Anon -- I assume you're talking about the piece from the post below. Lasorda traded for Jeff Shaw not realizing Shaw had some sort of an out, IIRC. He was totally out of his depth the minute he took the job.
Director of Player Development for the Angels, Tony Reagins said in the off-season that they have no plans to convert Brandon Wood to third base. He said the plan is to keep him at shortstop until he demonstrates that he's unqualified to play the position at the major league level.
# posted by : 2/08/2006 01:41:00 PM
: 2/08/2006 01:41:00 PM
Speaking of prosepcts, "Baseball Prospectus" includes two Angel catchers among the top five on its list of the top cacthing prospects in the game. The two are Jeff Mathis, number four on the list, and Mike Napoli, number five.
The article is here:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4750
The article is here:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4750
# posted by : 2/08/2006 05:39:00 PM
: 2/08/2006 05:39:00 PM
Here's John Manuel of Baseball America in his recent espn.com chat wrap commenting on some of the top Angel prospects:
John Manuel: The Angels are thinner in the OF, but Dallas McPherson might be better suited in the outfield, and they have several middle infielders, any of whom are probably athletic enough to move to the OF. And Brandon Wood and Howie Kendrick hit enough to play any position; those guys are sick. Kendrick might be my favorite minor leaguer, he's amazing, a .359 career average and a 2B slugging .555 so far. I do believe the talent for the Angels is concentrated in high-ceiling hitters, so they can improve their offense by staying in-house.
John Manuel: The Angels are thinner in the OF, but Dallas McPherson might be better suited in the outfield, and they have several middle infielders, any of whom are probably athletic enough to move to the OF. And Brandon Wood and Howie Kendrick hit enough to play any position; those guys are sick. Kendrick might be my favorite minor leaguer, he's amazing, a .359 career average and a 2B slugging .555 so far. I do believe the talent for the Angels is concentrated in high-ceiling hitters, so they can improve their offense by staying in-house.
# posted by : 2/08/2006 06:08:00 PM
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