Comments on: Sending Teixeira to bat with men on base

By: The whole picture for the No. 2 hitter | River Avenue Blues

The whole picture for the No. 2 hitter | River Avenue Blues — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:01:52 +0000

[...] few days we’ve looked at a few aspects of a quality No. 2 hitter. We want someone who will get on base and set the table for the heart of the order, but who also won’t ground into double plays when the leadoff man [...]

By: Avoiding the twin killing in the two hole | River Avenue Blues

Avoiding the twin killing in the two hole | River Avenue Blues — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:01:44 +0000

[...] discussing the merits of a No. 2 hitter, I hit on the value of setting the table. Because Nick Johnson gets on base at a better clip than the other candidates, he’ll create [...]

By: Nick Johnson VS Curtis Granderson | The iYankees Blog - A New York Yankees Blog

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:03:15 +0000

[...] his wheels (stealing, advancing, etc.). What, then, is more valuable to the Yankees? Yesterday, in a post by Joe Pawlkowski of River Ave Blues regarding this very topic, Joe said, “while [Granderson [...]

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:41:47 +0000

yea, nothing except the way it ended.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:20:04 +0000

Bexarama, Cano has had 5 years.

I’m not saying he sucks. I think by saying that he’s the worst of the best, my point comes across better. He has a great swing. He hits to all fields.

The guy comes up in big spots, and he bails out the pitcher.
Do I have those stats memorized? No, and I dint plan to. If you watch every game, you learn a lot about player.

From my perspective, Cano’s value will never be higher. I’d be fine with trading him now for a young power arm. You put a talent like a Carlos Zambrano on the Yankees, and he’d be loved from day one.

I would like a guy like Orlando Hudson. A smart player. He can lay down a bunt, advance runners, wait for a pitch and he has no ego.

Since Cano isn’t going anywhere, we’ll get to see how does.
I hope I’m wrong, but usually I’m not.

By: Ten Reasons to Diversify Your Income » Jim Green Enterprises

Ten Reasons to Diversify Your Income » Jim Green Enterprises — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:11:47 +0000

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By: bexarama

bexarama — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:30:36 +0000

Runs scored doesn’t really have anything to do with the player

For example, look at the 2009 Phillies. Jimmy Rollins had FAR more runs scored than Carlos Ruiz. Jimmy Rollins had a .296 OBP (BAD), Carlos Ruiz had a .355 OBP (slightly above average). This is because the guys behind Rollins were Victorino, Utley, and Ryan Howard: very, very good hitters. The guys behind Ruiz were usually, like, Feliz, the pitcher, and Rollins. They are not very good hitters so there’s less of a chance they’re going to knock him in if he’s on base.

By: Gardy's great!

Gardy's great! — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:08:23 +0000

When does run scoring ability(speed and base running)trump Obp? How is it that Granderson scores more runs per pa then Johnson over their careers? Just look at Granderson’s woeful 08 stats when facing a pitcher the first time in a game and yet he scored 25 times.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:55:58 +0000

I would trade Cano right now. I don’t think he’s a .320 hitter. He certainly didn’t have a bad year last year, but I’ve seen enough of him that I don’t think he’ll ever be a savvy hitter, and that is kind of player that wins in October for us.

Does he have value. Obviously, he does. Some teams are aggressive at the plate, and on one of those teams, he’d fit in well.

On the Yankees, his approach is different than the rest of the team. And that’s not a “sample size”, that’s the guy’s whole career.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a The Large Sample Size

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a The Large Sample Size — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:15:55 +0000

ARod’s 2005 was a great year, both statistically and any other sort of way you want to define it.

There was nothing non-great about ARod’s 2005.