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Padres Agree To Terms With David Eckstein
According to Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Padres agreed to terms with David Eckstein on a one-year deal worth $850k. He'll play second base. Eckstein, 34 in a few days, hit .265/.343/.349 in 376 plate appearances for the Blue Jays and D'Backs in '08. He played an above-average second base in 197 innings there.
A Ken Rosenthal source suggests that the Padres might decide to pass on signing Omar Vizquel.
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Now they just need to sign Vizquel and their all field no hit middle infield will be complete...
Posted by: mitchell | January 15, 2009 at 03:45 PM
ROFL
Posted by: BravoFan3736 | January 15, 2009 at 03:50 PM
Is Aaron Boone still around? Pad's could nab him for 3rd and then really have an awful 1-2-3 hitting ss,3rd and 2B position for sure then since it looks like it's what they are aiming at, to go along with ancient also.
Posted by: johns | January 15, 2009 at 03:58 PM
johns, Boone actually signed on with the Astros about a month ago.
Posted by: BankStreetGrounds | January 15, 2009 at 04:03 PM
2nd base? Sucks to be Edgar Gonzalez right about now.
Posted by: la16 | January 15, 2009 at 04:14 PM
i like him at short. i hope they dont plan on getting vizquel too.
Posted by: bkoke | January 15, 2009 at 04:20 PM
Dude. This guy is seriously underrated. He had a cluTCH+ of 146 last year, to go along with a GUTss of .959 and a sKRAP of +16.
Posted by: jrfukudome | January 15, 2009 at 05:00 PM
Great move, they should also go after another UF alum (Mark Kiger - see Moneyball) who I believe is is in the Minors somewhere.
Posted by: hitttman | January 15, 2009 at 05:01 PM
jrfukudome: Nicely done sir. *golf clap*
Posted by: mtzxc | January 15, 2009 at 05:08 PM
bad move. Eckstein is a bum. with absolutely no upside. Vizquel would have brought leadership and a sure gold glove at short. have fun with another losing season. There should be a height requirement to play in the bigs, 5'6" is a joke.
Posted by: BBGiants25 | January 15, 2009 at 05:39 PM
don't forget his SLIME-TOAD index of 127. What is SLIME-TOAD, you ask? (S)miles, (L)aughter & (I)ntangible (M)easured as (E)ffect on (T)eam (O)ver (A)verage (D)ude
Posted by: Baleen | January 15, 2009 at 05:51 PM
Wow is Matt Antonelli that bad?
Another sign the padres farm system is horrible *sigh*
Posted by: robby | January 15, 2009 at 06:01 PM
"bad move. Eckstein is a bum. with absolutely no upside. Vizquel would have brought leadership and a sure gold glove at short. have fun with another losing season. There should be a height requirement to play in the bigs, 5'6" is a joke."
Oh for crying out loud. Eckstein has, in every season by one of his career, posted an OBP above league average. In fact, his career .351 OBP is well above average. Who cares how tall he is. There are plenty of guys over 6' who can't post an OBP that high.
The only real problem Eckstein has is that he has been playing out of position for most of his career because of the Angels needs at the time he came up. He is an excellent defensive 2B and is a starter on more than half the teams in MLB right now.
People need to stop pissing on the guy simply because announcers often sell him using terms that have somehow become taboo among stat heads. Quite frankly, if a player scraps his way to a career OBP of better than .350, I am happy to have him.
Posted by: AA | January 15, 2009 at 06:34 PM
If he gets less than 2 mil the Mets should be ashamed of themselves for not signing this guy. Cora is not a full time player and Castillo is a joke they need help desperately at second base and Eck is a grinder and would fit in any lineup.
Posted by: yanks09 | January 15, 2009 at 07:34 PM
yanks 09.
the padres are giving him no more than 1 mil. they cant afford to with damn mooores going through the divorce.
Posted by: robby | January 15, 2009 at 08:25 PM
Jeez, people are bashing the pads for almost signing visquel and now are bashing us for signing eckstein. I guess we can't do anything right. Our infield now looks like: 1B A. Gonzalez 2B: Eckstein SS: L. Rodriguez/ Rule V guy/E. Gonzalez and 3B: Kouzmanoff. All I can say is that it could have been worse.
Posted by: Padrepride | January 15, 2009 at 08:50 PM
"He is an excellent defensive 2B and is a starter on more than half the teams in MLB right now."
Who? I'm not so sure about half, I'd say a few.
Posted by: CubbyFan23 | January 15, 2009 at 08:50 PM
"Who? I'm not so sure about half, I'd say a few."
Padres, Giants, Blue Jays (close one), Rays, D'Backs, Mets, Cardinals, Royals, Mariners, Twins, Pirates, A's, White Sox (assuming Alexei moves), Indians, Nats, Brewers (assuming Weeks moves), Rockies
17 teams where he could easily be the starter.
Posted by: AA | January 15, 2009 at 09:44 PM
Disagree on Giants, Toronto, Rays, Pirates, Indians, and A's. Did something happen to Mark Ellis?
Plus, how many unknown players on the last 11 teams will outperform him?
I'm not saying it's terrible.
Posted by: jrfukudome | January 16, 2009 at 12:20 AM
I'm more with jrfukudome on this one. For sure, no way Eckstein would displace Iwamura on the Rays, and I thought Asdrubal Cabrera was pretty good too. Ellis is also a fine 2B.
He IS the Padres 2B, so I don't think that really counts :-)
Assuming people move is also a little presumptuous. Heck, if Cano moved to LF, Eckstein could start at 2B for the Yankees. Just shift Pedroia over to SS and Eck would be great in Boston. See how this works?
I am with AA on a number of those, however. He's clearly good enough to play 2B in Arizona, NYM, KC, Seattle, Washington, and Colorado. Aaron Hill is pretty good, so I don't know about Toronto.
-JM
Posted by: jagteq | January 16, 2009 at 09:51 AM
HAHA....BBGiants25....still bitter?
Posted by: TonyD8 | January 17, 2009 at 03:05 PM
Eckstein is a scrappy SS and an even better second baseman. I'm surprised the mets weren't on him.
Posted by: Yankee for l1fe | January 19, 2009 at 07:39 PM
eckstein's biggest hit last year was his collision with aaron hill on may 29th during a 12-0 blowout
Posted by: nondh | January 20, 2009 at 11:48 AM