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Thursday, July 14, 2005Just sayin'Before we start the second half, we might as well check up on this offseason's game of musical shortstops:
Just for giggles, I'd like to point out that Maicer Izturis checks in with a .283 EQA and 6.4 VORP - in only 34 games.OBP SLG EQA VORP Cabrera .294 .354 .240 4.9 Eckstein .370 .358 .260 17.4 Renteria .327 .387 .257 13.8 Comments:After a half season, I can honestly say that we (us bloggers)were all pretty much right when we said the OC signing was a mistake. Eckstein surely would have capably filled his position for another year or two before going off on his own, allowing Ztu to slowly become the full-time SS (or at least enough of a place holder) until the big guns in the minors came up to grab the position away. The tragedy of picking up OC is not that he was signed so much as he was signed for 4 years at a much higher price than others already on the team. I honestly think that OC was a pickup to keep Vlad's morale high as much as anything (but for four years?!?!?!). As it is, there is no way Eckstein would have pulled in the kind of money he is getting now nor would he have ever made the All-Star team in the AL. So, I am proud of him and glad for his success. "And OC has better range... OC was good for taking away atleast a hit a game, that Ecks would not." According to what, Pirate? Because according to every defensive metric I can find, Cabrera is nothing special with the glove. He's been over-rated defensivly for a couple of years now. While, I agree about the Nomah-OC switch for the Red Sox, I believe it was more addition by subtraction (of Nomah) moreso than adding OC. Of course, Richard won't agree with me here, but I also believe that OC helped the team chemistry as well (not just in the removal of Nomah, but because OC is a great teammate). Still, is it worth picking up OC at $32 million over 4 years, or would it be better to keep Eckstein for another one to two years at much less, bring Ztu along as needed, and then start picking from that deep middle infield core in the minors? OC is far and above a better player than Ecks Actually, all the stats this year point to Eckstein being the better player. What you said SOUNDS nice, but it can't be proven. and on top of that it was no small thing that the Red Sox last really turned it around after the dumped Nomar and picked up OC. Yeah, OC brought all sorts of the good veteran MOJO with him from Montreal and replaced that band veteran MOJO that Nomar had been wafting through the clubhouse. Give me a friggin' break. Get a clue before making crap up... |
