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Barfield swapped for Kouzmanoff

Josh Barfield to Cleveland, Koufmanoff and Brown to San Diego

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That's One I didn't see coming
I figured that the Pads would hold onto Barfield. He's not my flavor of player, but he's young and will be cheap for another 5 years.

Kouzmanoff looks like a good bat, but he might be best suited being one of those 4 corners type players that Chris Kahrl talks about. Funny that describes Branyan as well. Speaking of which, how long until Dallas McPherson wakes up and learns that he is the new Russ Branyan? Same skill set. Same liabilities. Same slow start with their ML careers. If you're the Twins or Red Sox or Orioles, why wouldn't you at least see if the Angels have had enough of him?

by JM Barten on Nov 8, 2006 11:11 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

About Russ Branyan...
I have two somewhat contradictory questionss about Russell Branyan.

* What's the big deal with him? He's already almost 31, and his OBP has hovered around .320 until 2005, when it went up to .378. (This may have been a fluke; he only got around 240 PA's in '05.)

* Why haven't teams given him more at bats? He obviously has pretty good power (when he makes contact), evidenced by his 24 homers and ISO of .230 in '02.

Why would teams be interested in a player like this, such as Dallas McPherson?

by scutaro is CLUTCH on Dec 4, 2006 10:37 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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