Steve Phillips is smart
Steve Phillips: If the Mets don't make the playoffs, I firmly believe they need to reconfigure the core of this team. While Beltran does have talent, I just don't see him as a winning player. Even after my comments on Sunday night, Beltran let a fly ball drop in between himself and Angel Pagan in the Dodger game. I see him putting up numbers but not making plays to win games. I would take Torii Hunter, Grady Sizemore, Curtis Granderson, and Nate McLouth over Beltran, and use the financial difference to improve the team in other ways. Beltran isn't a $17 million dollar a year player. He just doesn't have the kind of impact for that kind of money.
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One, BS.
Two, brilliant idea, Steve. Why didn’t Minaya think of trading a star for another similarly talented star (Sizemore, Granderson) who makes a lot less money?
Three, McLouth? Apparently Phillips doesn’t do the whole defense thing.
Four, doesn’t Torii Hunter make the same as Beltran?
Five, this is too easy. Oh, and might there be a reason Phillips isn’t a GM anymore?
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on May 20, 2009 8:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Torii Hunter
makes about as much as Beltran, and isn’t quite as good as the man who replaced Beltran in KC — David Dejesus
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by devil_fingers on May 21, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and I will not shut up about this
FanGraphs:
Year Toriiii/DDJ WAR
2005 2.4/4.2
2006 2.2/3.8
2007 3.1/2.7
2008 2.3/2.7
Rally:
Year Toriii/The Jesus
2005: 1.5/4.4
2006: 2.5/3.9
2007: 2.4/3.3
2008: 2.3/4.1
Again (and I need a full blog rant on this at some point): Hunter should be right there with Jeter on the Most Overrated lists. While we’re at it, DDJ should be getting more “Underrated” love, too.
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by devil_fingers on May 21, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He makes a lot of great catches and hits a lot of homers
whats not to love?
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by vivaelpujols on May 21, 2009 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You forgot great teammate!
Just ask Justin Morneau or Joe Mauer!
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by devil_fingers on May 21, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know about Beltran,
but his “numbers” contributed more to his teams chances of making the playoffs than all but 2 players in the NL last year.
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by vivaelpujols on May 20, 2009 8:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And he's done his damnedest to keep the Mets in the playoffs.
He has a career .547 wOBA in the postseason!
When I saw the link to the post on the sidebar, I actually thought Steve Phillips said something smart. How could I be so naive?
by Willl on May 22, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He has a career .547 wOBA in the postseason!
wow.
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by vivaelpujols on May 22, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, if Phillips wants to play the unclutch card, WPA disagrees, at least at the plate.
http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=589&position=OF#winprobability
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on May 20, 2009 9:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
is their such thing as clutch fielding?
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by vivaelpujols on May 20, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That question has about four intepretations.
Yes.
No.
No.
Yes.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on May 20, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you forgot yes
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by vivaelpujols on May 20, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't believe Beltran STILL let that ball drop
even after Phillips called him out!
He can’t deal with the pressure!
to be fair, he was probably concerned that with Phillips at the game, his wife might be sexually harrassed.
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by devil_fingers on May 21, 2009 12:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I can’t believe Beltran STILL let that ball drop even after Phillips called him out!
yeah I though that was funny too
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by vivaelpujols on May 21, 2009 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just imagine Phillips watching him drop it, thinking
“I’m trying to help you here, Carlos! Just be a damn winner already!”
by mattybobo on May 21, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll bet the rest of baseball wishes Steve Phillips was still a GM, that's for sure
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by devil_fingers on May 21, 2009 12:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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