More Miscellaneous Rumors

yo tim,

is the delucci deal done? i havent heard anything about it.

No...I just meant to say that it would be a good move for the Phils if they did it.

ah, yea it would be fantastic. although most phils fans in philly like victorino and roberson alot, delucci is an obvious upgrade.

Let me say too, that your fantasy baseball guide is well worth the 10 bucks, and i have put together two very solid squads with some of your key guys (Scott Baker and Mark Ellis anyone?) Pick it up if you guys have any late drafts.

someone has been visiting rotoworld...

"rumors"

Ummm...I work for RotoWorld...but I rounded most of these up from Pro Sports Daily.

Freddie Bynum might be traded soon, or so says Rotoworld (quoting the Chronical).

But the battle is pretty much down in the trading game between Bobby Kielty and Freddie Bynum.

Bynum's departure might be delayed if one of Frank Thomas, Bobby Kielty, Antinio Perez or Marco Scutaro start the year on the DL.

oh, lmao

Jose Guillen is worth more than $3.4 mil per year. He is a much better offensive ballplayer than Soriano is and Soriano is making close to $10mil per year. Not to mention he is better defensively.

Good point by the nameless one

I'm not sure how Soriano being overpaid should affect Guillen's next contract...you have to assume some major decline over five years man.

Question everyone. How come no one has suggested that Isaiah Thomas and myself are evil alien clones from the distant Galaxy Nincompoop sent here to ruin sports teams?? I mean, you all are so clueless. Our plan is complete!!

Oh crap. I think I blew it. I just told you the super secret plan. Oh. Have to go outside, let me make sure my helmet is on. I have to protect my super special head, because in the head there is the brain.

A big-market team could probably afford to pay Guillen 6M a season, but anything more is simply much too much. By 2010, he'll be a marginal player.

Did anyone see Tejada strikeout against Pedro on Sunday? Jesus. Is that just Tejada declining or is Pedro just the nastiest pitcher with a mediocre fastball you've ever seen?

He threw him three straight changeups. Not one fastball. His changeup might be the best pitch in baseball.

Actually, he struck him out on an 87 MPH fastball that was said to look 100 because of the two perfect change ups right before it. If 87 looks like 100, what will his 91 look like? He's not even 100 percent yet, and they can't touch him...only hit was a pop up between home and first, misplayed by the infield.

Any more rumors of the Reds getting more pitching?

Obviously we need more than Arroyo.

As a Met fan, did you David, as a Red fan, enjoy Opening Day 2005?

Guillen is worth alota money to another team, check his stats away from RFK compared to at home field.

Secondly if the mets don't pick up Graf I think its likely the Cards will.

Erik, I'm a Reds fan, so I'll answer that question as if you had asked me...

YES. I enjoyed opening day 2005... a lot... in fact, I enjoyed the entire opening series.

However, it turns out that was to be the best part of the season. *sigh* They say that living well is the best revenge, though, and you should enjoy the 2006 just as much as I enjoyed the 2005 opening day.

"They say that living well is the best revenge"-Blue

"There is no chance of that"-George in Seinfeld

How likely is it that the Tigers move on picking up Graffanino? I hate the fact our first line of defense against an injury to the middle infield is Omar Infante with a bum shoulder and Ramon Santiago with a bum bat.

I'm still not understanding the Braves desire to move Thomson. Are they worried about the finger that much or is there something else we aren't being told?

I feel like there is something we don't know. Because $5MM for him when they don't have a surplus...it just doesn't make sense to me.

Do you have any basis for calling Mora's recent high batting averages lucky? I realize his career numbers are rather different, but those were put up under different circumstances (off the bench as far as I know). As an Orioles fan I've had the fortune of watching Mora these past few seasons and I certainly wouldn't attribute his numbers to "luck".

Sure, it was due to inflated hit rates far out of line with his own and the league's norms. H% is the percentage of batted balls that fall for hits.

Thats an interesting statistic I'll have to look at that, thanks. Just another thought, hav'nt Mora's power numbers increased (ie. homeruns and extra base hits)during these past few years? Perhaps indicating better contact with the ball than in his previous years?