Comments on: 2007 AL West Rough Comparison Chart

By: scareduck

scareduck — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:50:48 +0000

on Kotchman: that may be the teamâ€™s direction, but I canâ€™t imagine that itâ€™s as sure as that. Iâ€™ve followed Kotchman for years, and while we can talk about whether itâ€™s the injuries or not, just just hasnâ€™t hit like a top offensive prospect in a long time. Have the Angels made any statements that the jobâ€™s his to lose? Because while I havenâ€™t seen any forecasts, I would bet PECOTA etc are a lot more optimistic about Morales than Kotchman.

He hasn’t hit like that because he hasn’t been healthy to do it. Mono isn’t a debilitating disease, and Kotch has always had good OBP’s, something other Angels hitters haven’t had. His downside looks like Mark Grace.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:41:23 +0000

73. In his last full season (2004) Durazo put up a .321/.396/.523 line (EqA .303). He had TJ surgery in July 2005. If he’s going to recover (not a given, certainly, but a possibility), it’ll be this season, and he’ll only be 33. If he gets back to what he did 3 years ago, I’d call that a pretty high reward.

By: JeffS

JeffS — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:45:13 +0000

71. Durazo is a high reward guy? Since when? More like he’s a low-risk signing for a chance of helping the big league club if Piazza goes down.

By: Tak

Tak — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:10:03 +0000

64 – makes me want to cry

Iguchi is a VERY solid 2B, not many guys can provide that kind of consistency offensively and defensively. He is my idea of the ideal #2 spot guy, he knows his job.

And yeah, he did that amazing wacky throw to first base :O

By: Mr. Egaas

Mr. Egaas — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:36:07 +0000

Good Beane move today:

Invite Durazo to Spring Training.

Why not? Guy is tearing up the Mexican league.

Low risk, high reward…

By: Zonis

Zonis — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:58:13 +0000

Here’s the projected A’s roster, barring trades, signings, ect…

C1 Kendall
1B Johnson
2B Ellis
3B Chavez
SS Crosby
LF Swisher
CF Kotsay
RF Bradley
DH Piazza

C2 Melhuse
IF Scutaro
OF Kielty
3B Perez
OF Goleski (DL/R5)

SP Harden
SP Haren
SP Loaiza
SP Blanton
SP Kennedy

CL Street
RP Duchscherer
RP Calero
RP Embree
RP Gaudin
RP Saarloos
RP Marshall (R5) / Flores

By: true_slicky

true_slicky — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:58:08 +0000

DMZ, I share similar tidings over on my blog. the one thing I wanted to find more than anything under my tree this off-season was a front-line starter. sadly, it was not to be. alas….

By: msb

msb — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:45:48 +0000

how will that be different from any other Lions game?

By: dkulich44

dkulich44 — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:37:24 +0000

Anyone hear about the Lions fans organized protest? I doubt it will do anything, but if it does, maybe we could do the same. Basically, they plan to get up with 8:57 left in the 2nd quarter, go to the main atrium and chant.

By: Mr. Egaas

Mr. Egaas — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:29:05 +0000

Ichiro, Felix, or Putz goes down for anything over two weeks and the M’s are flat out screwed.