Bullet Points: Roster Moves, Book Club, Today’s Congressional Hearings
Derek dropped me a line saying that he’d be a bit slow to the trigger today with the final catcher rankings, so I’m taking a stroll out to the mound to buy the closer a little more time in the bullpen.
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Roster moves:
- Livan Hernandez to the Twins. After losing about 400 innings’ worth of Johan Santana and Carlos Silva, I suppose adding a veteran for stability wasn’t an awful idea. Hernandez shouldn’t be more than a streaming option in most fantasy leagues, though, in my estimation.
- Is Kris Benson about to sign with the Phillies?
- Kevin Mench inks with the Rangers, and could start in a corner outfield spot against left-handed pitching.
- Can Craig Wilson do the same for the Reds? Justin Inaz takes a look. Like Mench, there’s infinitesimal fantasy value to be had. But you know that.
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Book club:
- Geoff Young tells you more than you ever wanted to know about the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual, and then some. If you’re a San Diego fan—or a supporter of fine independent baseball writing—you’d do well for yourself in snagging a copy of Geoff’s book. It’ll be available in print and as a downloadable PDF. You can also find Geoff at Knuckle Curve and Baseball Digest Daily covering MLB as a whole.
- Buy The Hardball Times Season Preview 2008. I ordered their annual for the first time this past winter, and I’m still leafing through all the baseball deliciousness. Their list of contributors is a who’s who of blogging, as usual.
- John Sickels’ The Baseball Prospect Book 2008 is a must-have. No frills—just comprehensive writing about the game’s up-and-comers. I take a chunk out of it every day, and I’m sure it’ll be a handy reference during the late rounds of this year’s fantasy drafts.
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Via ShysterBall, Jayson Stark is live-blogging today’s congressional hearings. Maury Brown and Dave Rouleau are at Biz of Baseball, too.
As much as I respect those guys: Yawn. I read a dozen or two pages of the Mitchell Report, and then I stopped caring. Steroids are bad for you. The message has been sent.
Update: I turned XM 175 on, and they’re broadcasting the event. A senator just uttered the words “palpable mass on Andy Pettitte’s buttocks.” I giggled, then flipped to Lucy, XM’s alt-rock station.
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It’s snowy and ice-cold where I am. How’s the weather in your neck of the woods?
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4 Responses to “Bullet Points: Roster Moves, Book Club, Today’s Congressional Hearings”
February 13th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
The weather sucks. If I didn’t love Chicago, I would’ve moved a long time ago. The sunshine does take the sting out of 17 degrees though.
And typical Dusty Baker. Let’s bring in Wilson, Blanton(maybe) and Lofton(ugh) and leave Cueto, Votto and Bruce in limbo. I’m sure Scott Hatteberg and Wilson will form an incredible 1-2 punch at first base for the Reds.
February 13th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Dusty Baker is a minus-40-IQ points, baseball-managerial version of Mao Zedong. I hate him. Put Jay Bruce in the lineup and watch him struggle for a bit and then explode? Nah, let’s erase his momentum.
Awful weather in New Haven. Pouring rain into yesterday’s slush, creating ponds of slush-water everywhere that splash onto your pants as the rain smacks the surface. Nice.
February 13th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I’d like to hear what you guys think of this…
Zack Greinke:
Post-Allstar Break Starts: 34 IP, 31K, 10 BB, 7ER
First 2 Starts: 13 IP, 12 K, 1 BB, 2 ER
Spring Training: 24 IP, 27K, 2 BB, 8 ER
In 71 IP as a starting pitcher: 2.15 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 70 K, 13 BB
All masked by 4 bad starts out of 19.
– Is it me, or is this guy going too late in drafts? Isn’t his most likely outcome something like a 12 Win, 3.70 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 150 K season. ZIPS projections don’t seem to pick up on this. Same goes for Marcel/CHONE/James. Am I reaching for this guy too early in the 16th round of a keeper leage with guys like Stephen Drew still available? My needs are all filled, so it comes down to value at this point.
February 13th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
CM,
I’m not sure if you can expect his most likely outcome to be that very solid season, but I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility. I like targeting the same sort of player, but only when I “feel” it. So unscientific.
As for the math: Greinke’s ADP (according to Mock Draft Central) is around 258 right now, compared to Drew’s 236. That should mean that in a standard 12-team Yahoo! league (21-man rosters), the pitcher isn’t even being drafted. The 16th round might be a hair early, but not overly risky.
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