The Ken Griffey Jr. Morning After Pill
by gondeee on Feb 19, 2009 9:38 AM EST
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PrintI feel slightly hung over this morning. I don't know if that was the copius amounts of beer and Jack-and-Diane's, or the agony over more off-season disappointments from the Braves. Here are some links from across the internets:
- Lookout Landing has a spoof post up about the Mariners signing Derek Lowe. The money quote:
"I thought [Lowe] was off the market, to be honest with you," Zduriencik said. "He'd signed that contract with Braves and everything. You can imagine our surprise when his agent contacted us. I guess that's just how they do things down in Atlanta these days."
- The two happiest people on the Braves right now should be Brandon Jones and Jordan Schafer. Mark Bowman thinks Schafer has an edge.
- MLBTR wonders what the Braves will do now, and suggests Garret Anderson, Jim Edmonds, Nick Swisher, and Luis Gonzalez -- yikes!
- Apparently Griffey consulted Willie Mays and Hank Aaron about his decision, with an emphasis on "legacy."
- Rain Delay is in obvious confusion over what to think about this turn of events. Ultimately, he thinks Griffey's return to Seattle will not be everything its cracked up to be.
- When Sid Slid is among the many Braves bloggers who are more than just a little upset at the AJC right now.
- Mac was forced to re-write a rule that was only written a couple of months ago.
- D-Fab takes a turn back down Blame Rd. before he got a chance to turn on Apology Way. I guess you can't ride bikes and smoke stogies on Apology Way.
- In non-Griffey news (you mean there is some) the Chicago Tribune has a couple of good stories on Javier Vazquez. One is about how happy he is to be a Brave, the other is how he and Derek Lowe should make the Braves much better. (We need to end this with some positive news, right?)
- I'm totally going to steal the LOLFRENCHY idea that Lauren has.
- Jake's back, and better than ever.
- And finally, Ken Rosenthal has a nice reassuring article about how the improved Braves look awfully dangerous. There is a serious money quote from Jeff Francoeur:
"The way I look at it, A) I'm not going to suck and B) We have pitchers who will throw 200 innings," Francoeur says.
Yeah Jeff, you better not suck!
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At least you’re admitting that you’re hungover, which is why you take the lazy route of a link-riddled “post.” Admission is the first step to recovery… or addiction.
LOLFRENCHY looks like the biggest dork in the world, but at least it looks like he’s enjoying playing baseball again. Which is tremendously important.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Screw it!
I'll handle u in spring training - phil413
by mattdiaz4life on Feb 19, 2009 10:45 AM EST up reply actions
Edmonds
Given remaining free agent options, I think he would be the best as long as he’s restricted to a platoon role with Diaz.
I'm in the Edmonds boat too...
Griffey would have been a bigger draw for ticket sales, but in all other ways Edmonds was as good or better last year, if we’re talking about a platoon in left with Diaz.
Edmonds had 292 AB vs righties (KG: 327), and put up an 883 OPS (KG: 841) and 19 homers (KG:14). He’s still got a decent glove, I believe. I can’t imagine we wouldn’t pursue him, as no other teams are apparently interested, so he could fill the same role we had planned for Griffey at a cheaper price
bjones doesn’t have the kind of splits to make him ideal for a platoon…I mean, Diaz has better career numbers against righties than jones, so why platoon them?
why not pay a million + incentives and pick up edmonds, who had an almost 200 points higher OPS against righties than bjones last year? my guess is this is the route the braves take, but i haven’t heard of much interest, so who knows
I got this one...
Small sample size alert on THE SWAGGA.
He has never had a chance to do anything. At Edmond’s age, he is far from a sure thing. BJONES has a chance to take a step forward.
I just don’t know if Braves brass is going to roll with BJONES, although I’m certainly all for it. If we were going after Griffey, chances are we’re going after someone else – although we don’t usually make moves after camp has broken, do we?
I'll handle u in spring training - phil413
by mattdiaz4life on Feb 19, 2009 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
small sample size? i wasn’t just referring to major league splits. bjones’ 2008 ops against righties at richmond was still 100 pts lower than edmonds’. i agree that he has some potential to develop, but i don’t think a LF platoon with diaz is gonna happen, given how hard the braves were pursuing griffey for that role
I’m still dumbfounded how Edmonds found a renaissance of sorts in Chicago after sucking so hard in San Diego.
I'll handle u in spring training - phil413
by mattdiaz4life on Feb 19, 2009 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
Jim Edmonds = flyball hitter
PETCO Park = cavernous, pitcher’s park
Wrigley Field = smaller, hitter’s park with lots of wind to blow out flyballs
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Which is a great reason why he wouldn’t be successful in Atlanta’s pitcher friendly park.
www.dropoutproductions.com
The park effect isn’t large enough to describe that big of a split.
I'll handle u in spring training - phil413
by mattdiaz4life on Feb 19, 2009 5:55 PM EST up reply actions
meds side effects
He claims he finally got off his concussion medication around the time of the trade, but I think PETCO had to be a part of it too.
Unfortunately, Frenchy’s definition of “not suck” is OBPing around .330 while racking up the RBI, which is one of the most meaningless offensive stats ever.
"OBP is not a production number, and should not be used as something he achieved."
When another 105 RBI season comes into play, and he uses that as justification to make a demand for millions of dollars, which he’ll somehow get, then you’ll see how meaningless it is.
For the team, maybe, but not for the individual.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Who would you rather have in left field?
a) A player who had 8 HR in 346 AAA at-bats in 2009, hitting .260?
b) A 39-year old whose AVG has declined in each of the last 4 years
c) A guy who hit .335/ .360/.496 in the second half during 2008 — in the majors!
(a) is Brandon Jones, who could use another year in AAA.
(b) is Jim Edmonds, a career .200 hitter in Turner Field.
If you like ©, that’s Garrett Anderson. He rarely makes errors, hits lefties pretty well (who knows which Matt Diaz we’ll see this year) and he’s a clubhouse plus.
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