Diary: Urine good hands?

LAwman — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:34:42 -0000

(moved from diaries; good discussion here --eric)

ESPN says the Mets are close to signing old man Alou: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2667558

Alou had pretty good stats last season in limited action, but he's old and I'm not confident he can stay healthy for a full season. Would he be materially better than Milledge or Green? I don't think so.

Diary: Hail to Omar Minaya

LAwman — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:27:06 -0000

(moved from diaries --eric)

There's an interesting article over at hardballtimes by Dave Studeman (who is always a must read) about pickups made by Omar and how well they've worked out. Check it out here: http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/ten-great-pickups-by-omar-minaya/

My thoughts, say what you want about team payroll giving big market clubs an advantage, but looking at the amount we're paying some of these guys and you've got to give Omar a ton of credit. Endy, Stache, Feliciano, Bradford and Oliver were all free agents who could have been signed by anyone (even a small market team at these prices). The fact that we're making these smart pickups in addition to bigger name deals like Beltran and Wagner is a good sign that the talent evalutation with this club has improved tremendously since the days we were sinking big money on guys like Kaz Matsui and Jeromy Burnitz.

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Diary: Urine good hands?

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