More Hot Stove Talk
December 12, 2007 by Geoff Young
Filed under Hot Stove
I’m a little late getting this out there, but the folks at Hardball Times (myself included) have weighed in on some more recent moves, including the Andruw Jones and Eric Gagne signings. And yeah, I know that Miguel Tejada has been traded; I’m still thinking about it, should have something later this afternoon…
It Came from CHONE!
November 13, 2007 by Geoff Young
Filed under Stats and Analysis
The 2008 CHONE projections for hitters are available. Here are a few key free agents lines:
Barry Bonds: .272/.446/.558
Alex Rodriguez: .303/.420/.588
Kosuke Fukudome: .283/.373/.465
Torii Hunter: .282/.345/.491
Andruw Jones: .246/.339/.472
Mike Lowell: .283/.346/.455
Aaron Rowand: .277/.343/.443
Mike Cameron: .246/.331/.435
Mike Piazza: .260/.321/.430
Sammy Sosa: .234/.303/.418
Julio Franco: .231/.307/.324
I hope Franco keeps playing till he’s 50. Anyway, download the whole dealio and entertain yourself for hours…
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Preseason Picks Revisited: NL East
October 1, 2007 by Geoff Young
Filed under Odds and Ends
Preseason Picks Revisited
The story so far:
AL West
AL Central
AL East
NL West
NL Central
And now for our latest installment…
Mets – Only a historic collapse kept me from getting this one right. They were supposed to be the strongest team in the National League, and I had them losing to the Angels in the World Series.
Braves – You wonder what might have been if they hadn’t traded away Adam LaRoche for Mike Gonzalez and if Andruw Jones had shown up to play.
Phillies – At the beginning of the season, I didn’t think they had enough pitching. I still don’t, but it appears not to …read more
Early Look at Free Agents for 2008
September 4, 2007 by Geoff Young
Filed under Hot Stove
Rich at Baseball Analysts has laid out a position-by-position look at the 2007-2008 free agent class. He’s done the hitters today and he’ll touch on the pitchers in a separate article.
There are a few bonafide studs available — Jorge Posada, Ivan Rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez, Bob Abreu, Mike Cameron, Adam Dunn, Torii Hunter, Andruw Jones — as well as a bunch of guys who are potentially useful. And of course, we’re all waiting to find out where Julio Franco ends up next year. My money is on the Lido deck, playing shuffleboard.
