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Odds And Ends: Hawpe, Royals, Draft

By Ben Nicholson-Smith [June 10, 2009 at 11:29am CST]

Some links for Wednesday morning...

Brad Hawpe would void his 2011 option and become a free agent after next season if he's traded, according to Troy E. Renck of the Denver Post.
Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star explains why yesterday was a good day to be a Royals fan even though the team lost its 22nd game in its last 28 tries. They drafted Aaron Crow and Wil Myers, the best players available to them.
Mellinger points out that "any immediate reaction to baseball's draft is an overreaction" and these players won't necessarily be stars, but he likes the Royals' approach.
Bryan Smith of Baseball Prospectus has some names to watch in today's portion of the draft.
Baseball America's John Manuel reports that the's A's selected catcher Max Stassi, who BA ranked higher than any other player remaining.
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Comments

Enough about the draft!!!
I'm more interested in what my team is doing NOW than in a few years.

Posted by: Junior | June 10, 2009 at 11:40 AM

"# Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star explains why yesterday was a good day to be a Royals fan even though the team lost its 22nd game in its last 28 tries. They drafted Aaron Crow and Wil Myers, the best players available to them."

Gotta love what the Royals did.

Last year they added a monster hitter in Hosmer and some big time pitchers in Montgomery and Melville, and this year they go and land Crow, a fantastic pick at 12, and a potential long term solution at catcher in Clemson C Wil Meyers, which was another great pick.

I have no idea how Meyers fell all the way to 91, with teams choosing Joseph, Baron, Phegley, Stock and Murphy ahead of him at catcher.

I don't know why guys like Max Stassi, Wil Meyers, Tommy Joseph, and Luke Bailey fell so far, because catching isn't easy to find, but it definitely surprised me.

Posted by: scribbletone | June 10, 2009 at 11:55 AM

Junior- then dont read it. This is one of the most exciting times of the season. There isnt much else going on until the deadline, so why not talk about the draft?

Posted by: chicubs25 | June 10, 2009 at 12:11 PM

I can't wait until Strasburg retires so we never have to hear about him again.

Posted by: icedrake523 | June 10, 2009 at 12:40 PM

Hawpe would be a good pickup for a team seeking an OF bat.. hes one of those guys that doesn't have inflated stats from coors field.

Posted by: Baseball Nut | June 10, 2009 at 01:20 PM

I can't wait until Strasburg retires so we never have to hear about him again.

Posted by: icedrake523 | June 10, 2009 at 12:40 PM

Too bad the nats don't still play in Montreal, you'd never hear about the guy again. I think that may have been the only stadium that didn't sell out during Mcgwire's HR chase.

Posted by: 86 Mets | June 10, 2009 at 01:21 PM

Hawpe would be a good pickup for a team seeking an OF bat.. hes one of those guys that doesn't have inflated stats from coors field.

Posted by: NM | June 10, 2009 at 01:20 PM

Home - .443/.493/.754
Away - .278/.361/.504

What exactly do you define as "inflated"?

Posted by: 86 Mets | June 10, 2009 at 01:28 PM

lol.. check his career splits not his 2009 numbers (if thats what u posted).

home - .293/.382/.519
away - .281/.374/.453

48 HR's both home and away.. really a big difference? you cant possibly expect his away totals to be higher than his home; that would just be weird.. but his career numbers prove his stats are not inflated by coors field.

Posted by: Baseball Nut | June 10, 2009 at 01:38 PM

If you wanna talk about inflated by Coors Field check out Holliday's home/away career splits. Still both productive, but insanely better at home..

Posted by: Baseball Nut | June 10, 2009 at 01:40 PM

His career numbers get skewed because he slugged .125 worse at coor's until the beginning of the 2007 season. Since the beginning of the 2007 season, he's slugging .214 better at home than on the road. I don't disagree on holliday, but he at least does a respectable job in the outfield and doesn't clog the basepath's. Hawpe's career OPS away from Coor's is .827. Alex Cora and Freddy Sanchez have put up those numbers so far this season.

Posted by: 86 Mets | June 10, 2009 at 02:05 PM

Thats .125 worse at coors than on the road.

Posted by: 86 Mets | June 10, 2009 at 02:06 PM

yeah like alex cora is going to continue hitting .302/.402/.420 all year

Posted by: Baseball Nut | June 10, 2009 at 02:18 PM

yeah like alex cora is going to continue hitting .302/.402/.420 all year

Posted by: NM | June 10, 2009 at 02:18 PM

Probably not, but it's not any less likely than hawpe slugging at his current rate if 1/2 his games weren't at coors.

Posted by: 86 Mets | June 10, 2009 at 02:33 PM

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