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Sunday, July 09, 2006

Pickoff Moves

Today's Birthdays

Turner Barber BRO b. 1893, played 1923, d. 1968-10-20. A man whose surname and Christian name indicated two different professions, he hit .300 three times in his career, one of them in 1921 when, as his Baseball Library entry put it, he was one-third of one of the "least heralded .300-hitting outfields" in baseball history. A replacement the rest of the time, and not a particularly remarkable one.

Tex Clevenger LAA b. 1932, played 1961

Fred Johnston BRO b. 1899, played 1924, d. 1959-07-14

Ray Thomas BRO b. 1910, played 1938, d. 1993-12-06

Roster Notes


Comments:
Curious as to Rob's methodology for statistically evaluating jinxes, but won't hold my breath for the publishing of said voluminous formulae... ;0)
 
Did another of Bill Stoneman's moves backfire? Probably. Seems the Diamondbacks love Alberto Callaspo:

"Class AAA right fielder Carlos Quentin and shortstop Stephen Drew are the Diamondbacks' position prospects who are closest to the majors, but club officials also are raving about infielder Alberto Callaspo, whom the team acquired from the Angels for right-hander Jason Bulger in spring training. Callaspo's only shortcoming is that he is a 40 runner on the 20-to-80 scouting scale, but he's a good defender and contact hitter who could eventually be an everyday second baseman. He has struck out only 14 times in 332 at-bats while posting a .844 OPS at Class AAA."

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5770502

I know the Angels have a surfeit of middle infielders, but the team didn't get good value for Callaspo, who perhaps could have been included in a trade for an impact bat. Thanks, Stonehead.
 
I don't know about that. Where was Callaspo going to play ahead of Howie Kendrick? And the Angels' bullpen problems were well-known. Stoneman took a chance on a relatively old prospect, but BA called him major-league ready going into the season (from memory).
 
Anon:

Alberto Callaspo = Maicer Izturis.

Exactly what else were the Angels supposed to do with him this year? He wasn't going to make the ML roster, & he wasn't going to start at SLC, either. In exchange, they got a guy with a live fastball who might replace Brendan Donnelly.
 

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