Cutting Bases: The Yankees Will Never Learn, Albert Pujols, & the SBN Awards

by R.J. Anderson on Sep 27, 2008 4:00 PM EDT

Yankees

The Yankees will likely make a big play for Pirates center fielder Nate McLouth this winter.

The problem with that is, as Sky discussed, the Yankees need defensive help in a big way. McLouth is not a very good defender in center field, whereas Brett Gardner and Melky Cabrera are. Of course McLouth is the better hitter, but wouldn't the better investment be in the acquisition of a big-time hitter at a largerly irrelevant defensive position? Or even better, a good hitter who can also field.

Cardinals

Joe Posnanski took a look at Mark Reynolds, the first player in major league history to strike out 200 times in a season. Consider this: Reynolds strikes out about 38% of the time; Jack Cust strikes out 41% of the time. Albert Pujols strikes out 10% of the time. Conclusion: Albert Pujols is better than almost all.

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I'm proud to announce that beginning October 6th Beyond the Boxscore will be the exclusive home for the annual SBN awards. The schedule is still a bit tetantative, but for those unfamiliar the SBN awards are voted upon by the site editors in the categories: Manager of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, and MVP.

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Another problem with McLouth to the Yanks

This season vs Lefties: .262/.324/.390

Yanks are already vulnerable to lefties right? Not making it any better

by VictorW on Sep 27, 2008 7:36 PM EDT reply actions

Hmmm...

“You know, I read somewhere the Yankees were vulnerable to left-handed pitching.”
“Right.”
“Um…I thought the Yankees were vulnerable to left-handed pitching.”
“Right.”
“Er… the stats do show the Yankees don’t handle left-handed pitching that well.”
“Right.”
“Oh, forgot it!”

"We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgment." Friedrich Nietzsche, "Human,All Too Human" (1878)

by wgarrett on Sep 28, 2008 9:57 AM EDT reply actions

From an academic perspective, I really enjoy how the Yankees are testing whether money or intelligence is more useful to an organization

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Sep 28, 2008 1:12 PM EDT reply actions

That answer doesn't matter

When the Red Sox have both.

Also: just why would the Pirates give up a quality CF who is 2 years away from arbitration? They’d have to blown away to make that deal.

by Peter Bendix on Sep 29, 2008 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions

well, he's NOT a quality CF. he's a corner outfielder, most definitely.

McLouth is probably extremely overrated right now, posting one really good half-season and playing a tougher position than he can really handle. if they can swap him for someone whose actual value is equal to McLouth’s perceived value, that’s a great trade.

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Sep 29, 2008 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions