Comments on: Ryan Langerhans

By: TranquilPsychosis

TranquilPsychosis — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:31:23 +0000

Ryan Langerhans please.

Done 06/28/09!

And they got rid of that burr from under their saddle while they were at it.

Thank you Z!

By: Derek (not DMZ, but nearly as awesome)

Derek (not DMZ, but nearly as awesome) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:09:56 +0000

Nice work, Dave!

By: joser

joser — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:14:55 +0000

So the Fangraph post today on the strength of the Yankee farmhands brought John Rodriguez to my attention. Lefty corner outfielder, roughly comparable at the plate, going nowhere. I hate dealing with the Yankees, but they are always looking for pitching this time of year also...

By: TranquilPsychosis

TranquilPsychosis — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:12:11 +0000

Iâ€™m not really sure whatâ€™s up with Clement other than his knees

His knees are the reason he hasn’t been playing much this season.

When righty is pitching Jr. could get some time in LF & Clement could DH.

Uh, since when did we want jr playing the field?

By: cdowley

cdowley — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:22:51 +0000

And that’s a sad fact. That’s why I was turned into a pitcher in HS, actually. My coach decided that even though my OBP was over .500 because I took so many walks, he didn’t care for my .230-something average and lack of power.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:52:20 +0000

I wonder if you are a long-time Langerhans fan or if his name just came up when researching a DB of player characteristics.... I've been pimping Langerhans for years. I wrote about the ridiculous fact that he cleared waivers last October. Major league teams just have blind spots. It's why Russ Branyan never got a shot until this year. There are some things in MLB that are valued incorrectly, and batting average is still one of them. Langerhans is a .240 hitter, and that alone is enough to keep him off a lot of rosters.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:13:08 +0000

I like turtles

I caught that. Turtle boy I also wonder how Dave comes up with suggestions for specific players. Is it from browsing player stats? Or do you run queries looking for certain criteria?

By: congreve

congreve — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:42:51 +0000

Dave – I’m curious how you came up with Langerhans. Based on your analysis, the idea of making a trade for him seems like a no-brainer (i.e. it is hard to see how this trade hasn’t already happened). I wonder if you are a long-time Langerhans fan or if his name just came up when researching a DB of player characteristics (e.g. outfielder, minor league, low BA, high wOBA).

Fundamentally, I guess what I’m asking is how GMs keeping missing players like Langerhans (especially a team like the Nationals, that started the season with Dukes on the bench, too). Sometimes it seems like you are a baseball Warren Buffet who is just making the right decisions based on value, but I can’t understand how this isn’t just common practice now for GMs, with the data readily available.

What, for example, do you think is keeping 20 other teams from going after Langerhans?

By: djw

djw — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:58:37 +0000

Just my opinion but I think KGJ works just fine as a 4th outfielder.

This is pretty obviously a terrible reason for at least two reasons. The first problem is that you want a 4th outfielder who’s pretty good in the field. But even if we decide for some reason we don’t care about that, we need a 4th outfielder who’s available late in the game. If Griffey is still DHing most of the time, he’s not.

By: Gomez

Gomez — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:48:18 +0000

As long as it doesn’t cost too much, like one or two B/C level guys that aren’t in the position of helping this club anytime soon, I’m not opposed to a deal for Langerhans.