SB Nation User Blog: Hyatt

What's better compensation, Picks or Prospects?

Hyatt — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:23:52 -0000

What's better compensation, Picks or Prospects?

Interesting article from Beyond the Boxscore. Worth a read if you missed it.

Misty May's Husband signs minor league deal with Brewers

Hyatt — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:46:21 -0000

Misty May's Husband signs minor league deal with Brewers

Matt Treanor signed a minor leage deal according to McCalvy. More importantly, you may be able to see Misty May if he makes the team.

[Jeff adds: ] He'll presumably be fighting Lucroy and Kottaras for the backup gig. He barely played last year because of injury, but he had a nice season in 2006 and has always shown a lot of patience at the plate. Basically, he's Jason Kendall, which isn't so bad when he's third on the depth chart.

Community HOF Ballot

Hyatt — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:27:02 -0000

KL's procrastination led to a decent idea. The HOF is always a good debate, so why not put together a HOF ballot from the community. Standard HOF ballot rules apply, meaning you can vote for up to 10. You don't have to vote for 10, but up to 10 will count. I personally have my votes in mind, and I will list them with reasoning after I list the candidates.

Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven, Edgar Martinez, Mark McGwire, Tim Raines, Lee Smith, Andre Dawson, Barry Larkin, Fred McGriff, Jack Morris, Dale Murphy, Kevin Appier, Harold Baines, Ellis Burks, Andres Galarraga, Pat Hentgen, Mike Jackson, Eric Karros, Ray Lankford, Don Mattingly, Dave Parker, Shane Reynolds, David Segui, Alan Trammell, Robin Ventura, Todd Zeile

My Ballot:

Alomar- Best 2B of the 90s. Not much question on him

Blyleven- People have gone over his case too many times for me to re-hash it here

McGwire- I can overlook some pills for bringing the game back to the hearts of the fans in '98. In addition, I can't think of a hitter that pitchers feared more in the second half of the 90s.

Raines- If it wasn't for Rickey Henderson playing at the same time as Raines, he'd already be in as the greatest lead off guy of his generation.

Larkin- The best SS in the NL of the 90s. I made my case in KL's vote thread.

Martinez- I was on the fence on him, but then I looked at his numbers. This guy was a sick hitter despite not getting regular big league action until he turned 27. If you can list .300/.400/.500 hitters with 15 full seasons in the bigs that are eligible and not in the HOF, I'd love to see that list (I suspect Dick Allen is the list edit: He's not).

McGriff- Was always considered a top 1B in his time, and was the best hitter on the the Braves 95 world championship team (my call on that one). What really put me over the edge was his similarity scores. They include 4 HOF-ers (Stargell, McCovey, Billy Williams and Eddie Matthews) 4 likely HOFers (Thomas, Bagwell, Sheffield and Thome) and 2 great hitters (Galaraga and Delgado). Some people will throw him in there with Galaraga and Delgado as good but not hall worthy. I don't.

Morris- He was the ace on 3 world championship teams. His game 7 performance in the '91 series will always be considered one of the best performances in the clutch by a pitcher. And though Ws have as much to do with a pitcher's ability as hat size, between 79 and 92, he was in the top 10 in wins 12 out of 14 years. That's pretty phenomenal.

Andre Dawson- I was really on the fence here, but what convinced me was that he was a hell of a defender as well and the guy stole over 300 bases. He was the most feared hitter in the NL of the late 80s and the best power/speed threat of the early 80s, and IMO, Jim Rice got in last year when Hawk should've.

Guys I didn't vote for, but will be considered:

Smith- I'm kinda on the fence on this one, but frankly, he was the most consistent closer of his time, and remained a closer a very long time even though the position usually sees about 50% turnover every year. I just couldn't pull the trigger.

Allen Trammell- later career injuries sapped away his abilities, and he just couldn't produce late in his career. Hell of a player though

Dale Murphy and Don Mattingly- these guys were dominant for a few years, they just didn't do it for long enough.

Baines- he may get more love once Edgar gets in, though I just don't think he was ever good enough.

Galaraga- had 3 years where he could've been the best hitter in baseball. Unfortunately, those years were 88 (Gibson and Strawberry were better) 98 (Sosa and McGwire), and 93 (coors induced, and Bonds was ridiculous that year too). Other than that, he was a good player, but not hall material.

Dave Parker- He'll take the Jim Rice route to get in.

What do you think?

Suggs did not make the trip to GB

Hyatt — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:23:40 -0000

Suggs did not make the trip to GB

One less Raven to worry about.

Zaun to decide and sign by the end of the day

Hyatt — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:23:47 -0000

Zaun to decide and sign by the end of the day

In a radio interview, he said it's between the Crew, Mariners, Rockies, and Rays.

Prince finishes 4th in MVP, Pujols unanimous winner

Hyatt — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:13:46 -0000

Prince finishes 4th in MVP, Pujols unanimous winner

McCalvy breaks the story. No breakdown on vote yet. Braun 11th.

Keith Law's take on the Brewer's plans (he's not a fan)

Hyatt — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:26:50 -0000

Keith Law's take on the Brewer's plans (he's not a fan)

Great Bad Idea Jeans reference in there as well. If you don't have Espin Insider, here's the quote

"Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel writer Tom Haudricourt says it would be "a huge upset" if Mark Mulder doesn't sign with the Brewers, and that the Crew are a likely destination for Jarrod Washburn. So it looks like Doug Melvin's offseason plan is to target pitchers who haven't been good in four years -- but I figured, hey, when am I going to be back in Haiti?"

Kendall told he's not coming back for 5 Mil

Hyatt — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:06:43 -0000

Kendall told he's not coming back for 5 Mil

according to the THwitter, Kendall's agent was told the Brewers aren't going to pay 5 Mil for his services. TH figures Kendall will look around. Now this doesn't mean he's not coming back, but HELLZ YES!!! HE'S PROBABLY NOT COMING BACK!!!! POP THE CHAMPAGNE!!!

Best move by Doug since trading for lopez, and before that, trading for CC

You think you know the Brewers Farm System? You've got nothing on this guy.

Hyatt — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:26:33 -0000

You think you know the Brewers Farm System? You've got nothing on this guy.

He's ranking the top ~~200~~ 201 prospects in the dodger organization. It's pretty entertaining. Definitely worth a look

Hot Stove: Garland's option declined, will be a FA

Hyatt — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:30:08 -0000

Hot Stove: Garland's option declined, will be a FA

Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times just tweeted that Garland will be available on the FA market, as he was last year.