Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Jermaine Dye is quietly having one of the best seasons of his career. The 35-year old Dye hit his 17th HR of the year last night and is on pace to hit 40 for the season... This is very funny. Elvis Grbac you sexy thing - or not... Today would have been the 313th birthday of William Pepperrell one of the original American Horatio Alger-type success stories and the man for whom Pepperrell, Mass is named for... A-Rod passed Reggie Jackson in HR last night for 11th place on the all-time list with 564 HR's. Jim Thome is now just 10 HR away from catching Reggie too... I have seen every episode of Band of Brothers dozens of times and it never dawned on me that the actor who played Lt. Jones - Colin Hanks - was the son of Band of Brothers executive producer and uber star Tom Hanks... As I mentioned in an earlier post - the Red Sox magic number is now 86 which happens to be the number of episodes made of the HBO blockbuster The Sopranos. The Wire had fewer episodes but was the much better show... Opponents are hitting better than .300 against the Twins' Kevin Slowey. His 10 wins are a mirage... Today would have been Willie Mosconi's 96th birthday. In my mind Mosconi is without a doubt the greatest pool player who ever lived...
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Showing posts with label Jermaine Dye. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jermaine Dye. Show all posts
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Opening Day Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.
The Braves were 4-14 last season against Philadelphia but the strange thing is that they were 0-9 at home at Turner Field and 4-5 up at Citizens Bank Park... Jermaine Dye needs just 2 HR for 300 career and just 9 RBI for 1000 career. I forget that Dye started his career with the Braves. Cliff Claven would say the answer is six guys who have never been in my kitchen but the thing these six players have in common - Keith Lockhart and Michael Tucker, Neifi Perez, Todd Belitz, Mario Encarnacion and Jose Ortiz - is that they were all traded for Dye in three separate trades... Tim Wakefield and Pedro Martinez both have exactly 400 career starts... I read an interesting point over at Baseball Musings over whether the Mets signing of Gary Sheffield might cause a rift “between Wright and those players who might be replaced by Sheffield or sent down to the minors to make way for him.” Fernando Tatis is up there in age (34) and is just making $1.7 million this year. Sheffield could take at bats and by extension money off his family's table. Ryan Church and Daniel Murphy are both lefties. It is Tatis who is the right handed bat Sheffield will be replacing for the most part. The devil in me hopes that Tatis cold-clocks Sheffield in a locker room brawl ... I'm glad Kris Benson made the Rangers. I've sorta missed seeing pictures of Anna Benson every once and a while...
Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.
The Braves were 4-14 last season against Philadelphia but the strange thing is that they were 0-9 at home at Turner Field and 4-5 up at Citizens Bank Park... Jermaine Dye needs just 2 HR for 300 career and just 9 RBI for 1000 career. I forget that Dye started his career with the Braves. Cliff Claven would say the answer is six guys who have never been in my kitchen but the thing these six players have in common - Keith Lockhart and Michael Tucker, Neifi Perez, Todd Belitz, Mario Encarnacion and Jose Ortiz - is that they were all traded for Dye in three separate trades... Tim Wakefield and Pedro Martinez both have exactly 400 career starts... I read an interesting point over at Baseball Musings over whether the Mets signing of Gary Sheffield might cause a rift “between Wright and those players who might be replaced by Sheffield or sent down to the minors to make way for him.” Fernando Tatis is up there in age (34) and is just making $1.7 million this year. Sheffield could take at bats and by extension money off his family's table. Ryan Church and Daniel Murphy are both lefties. It is Tatis who is the right handed bat Sheffield will be replacing for the most part. The devil in me hopes that Tatis cold-clocks Sheffield in a locker room brawl ... I'm glad Kris Benson made the Rangers. I've sorta missed seeing pictures of Anna Benson every once and a while...
Monday, July 16, 2007
Chicago White Sox Trade Possibilities
With the trade deadline looming on the horizon - I will try to take a look at what chips some of the teams who are out of playoff contention may put in play. Earlier I looked at the Baltimore Orioles, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Kansas City Royals. Today I will take a look what players from the White Sox may hit the market.
- Javier Vazquez - with Mark Buerhle newly signed to an extension, it makes sense for the White Sox to dangle a couple of starters on the trade market. It would make sense for the White Sox to keep Vazquez because he is under contract until 2010 at a reasonable amount ($11.5 million per year) but that won't keep them from finding what the interest level is. If Vazquez is traded it is almost guaranteed to be to an East Coast team. That pretty much makes the Red Sox, Mets, Braves and Phillies the only real possible trading partner possibilities. My guess is that he stays put.
- Jon Garland - he's another starter who will be dangled. Garland has one more year on his contract ($12 million for 2008). Garland is a guy you can almost pencil in for 200 innings and 15 wins each year. Unless the White Sox get a great offer - I'd expect Garland to stay put too.
- Jose Contreras - now here's a contract the White Sox will definitely be trying to offload. Contreras makes $10 million in both 2008 and 2009. Maybe the Mets or Phillies are desperate enough to take a chance and probably the White Sox will have to pick up some of the remaining contract for Contreras to get a deal done.
- Jermaine Dye - he's been dangled for some time now and the Mets seem to be the team everyone is linking to Dye. However, the Cubs also need a power-outfielder but I'm guessing the last thing Kenny Williams needs is for Dye to lead the Cubbies to a playoff spot.
- Juan Uribe - the White Sox are dead last in the AL as far as offense is concerned and carrying a player like Juan Uribe n the line-up is a big reason. Here's a trade hypothetical to toss out there - how about Jermaine Dye and Juan Uribe to the Dodgers for Nomar Garciaparra and either Matt Kemp or Andre Ethier. I would then slot Nomar in as the shortstop. The Dodgers need another power bat in the lineup and may be just as well off with Wilson Betemit at 3rd. I know Nomar has lost a step but he still has a good glove and and a strong arm.
The White Sox will also probably dangle players like Tadahito Iguchi, Scott Podsednik and Darrin Erstad but I just wanted to concentrate on players with names that began with "J".
With the trade deadline looming on the horizon - I will try to take a look at what chips some of the teams who are out of playoff contention may put in play. Earlier I looked at the Baltimore Orioles, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Kansas City Royals. Today I will take a look what players from the White Sox may hit the market.
- Javier Vazquez - with Mark Buerhle newly signed to an extension, it makes sense for the White Sox to dangle a couple of starters on the trade market. It would make sense for the White Sox to keep Vazquez because he is under contract until 2010 at a reasonable amount ($11.5 million per year) but that won't keep them from finding what the interest level is. If Vazquez is traded it is almost guaranteed to be to an East Coast team. That pretty much makes the Red Sox, Mets, Braves and Phillies the only real possible trading partner possibilities. My guess is that he stays put.
- Jon Garland - he's another starter who will be dangled. Garland has one more year on his contract ($12 million for 2008). Garland is a guy you can almost pencil in for 200 innings and 15 wins each year. Unless the White Sox get a great offer - I'd expect Garland to stay put too.
- Jose Contreras - now here's a contract the White Sox will definitely be trying to offload. Contreras makes $10 million in both 2008 and 2009. Maybe the Mets or Phillies are desperate enough to take a chance and probably the White Sox will have to pick up some of the remaining contract for Contreras to get a deal done.
- Jermaine Dye - he's been dangled for some time now and the Mets seem to be the team everyone is linking to Dye. However, the Cubs also need a power-outfielder but I'm guessing the last thing Kenny Williams needs is for Dye to lead the Cubbies to a playoff spot.
- Juan Uribe - the White Sox are dead last in the AL as far as offense is concerned and carrying a player like Juan Uribe n the line-up is a big reason. Here's a trade hypothetical to toss out there - how about Jermaine Dye and Juan Uribe to the Dodgers for Nomar Garciaparra and either Matt Kemp or Andre Ethier. I would then slot Nomar in as the shortstop. The Dodgers need another power bat in the lineup and may be just as well off with Wilson Betemit at 3rd. I know Nomar has lost a step but he still has a good glove and and a strong arm.
The White Sox will also probably dangle players like Tadahito Iguchi, Scott Podsednik and Darrin Erstad but I just wanted to concentrate on players with names that began with "J".
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.
Did you hear the recent rumor about a Jermaine Dye for Bobby Abreu swap? That had to be one of the most riduculous rumors I've heard in a long time (since maybe last year when someone was trying to pawn off a Mike Lowell for Jake Peavy rumor). Both Dye and Abreu are free agents at the end of the year (actually Abreu has a 2008 option for $16 million that won't be picked up). Why would the White Sox take on the extra salary (Dye only makes $6 million this year whereas Abreu's contract is for $15 million)? If the White Sox are to trade Dye - it will be for young players or prospects... If the White Sox do wave the white flag - Mark Buehrle will be their most attractive chip. Buehrle is a veteran pitcher who will be a free agent at the end of the year. He makes $9.5 million this year - so it will probably take at least a 3-year $40 million deal to re-sign him. The White Sox' biggest need isn't starting pitching - so they may opt to spend that money elsewhere (especially if they will also be losing Jermaine Dye). A playoff contender will probably pay a steep price for Buerhle near the trade deadline... The Phillies are in the unusual position of averaging the most runs scored per game in the NL at 5.05 R/G while at the same time also having the highest team ERA in the NL at 4.76. The Phillies are the perfect example of a team who could really use a Mark Buehrle as they try to make the playoffs (Phillies are just 5.5 back in the NL Wildcard right now)... If Barry Bonds played in the AL - he'd have the distinction of being the oldest player in the league by almost 4 months... Today is the anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe. Its worth noting that Major League Baseball cancelled all games on this day back in 1944 because they didn't think it was appropriate to be playing while men were fighting and dying on the beaches of Normandy.
Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.
Did you hear the recent rumor about a Jermaine Dye for Bobby Abreu swap? That had to be one of the most riduculous rumors I've heard in a long time (since maybe last year when someone was trying to pawn off a Mike Lowell for Jake Peavy rumor). Both Dye and Abreu are free agents at the end of the year (actually Abreu has a 2008 option for $16 million that won't be picked up). Why would the White Sox take on the extra salary (Dye only makes $6 million this year whereas Abreu's contract is for $15 million)? If the White Sox are to trade Dye - it will be for young players or prospects... If the White Sox do wave the white flag - Mark Buehrle will be their most attractive chip. Buehrle is a veteran pitcher who will be a free agent at the end of the year. He makes $9.5 million this year - so it will probably take at least a 3-year $40 million deal to re-sign him. The White Sox' biggest need isn't starting pitching - so they may opt to spend that money elsewhere (especially if they will also be losing Jermaine Dye). A playoff contender will probably pay a steep price for Buerhle near the trade deadline... The Phillies are in the unusual position of averaging the most runs scored per game in the NL at 5.05 R/G while at the same time also having the highest team ERA in the NL at 4.76. The Phillies are the perfect example of a team who could really use a Mark Buehrle as they try to make the playoffs (Phillies are just 5.5 back in the NL Wildcard right now)... If Barry Bonds played in the AL - he'd have the distinction of being the oldest player in the league by almost 4 months... Today is the anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe. Its worth noting that Major League Baseball cancelled all games on this day back in 1944 because they didn't think it was appropriate to be playing while men were fighting and dying on the beaches of Normandy.
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