SB Nation User Blog: ScottAZ

Most crippling contracts in baseball?

ScottAZ — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:28:27 -0000

My brother and I got into a discussion last night over who had the most crippling contracts in the game today. Not refering to guys like CC Sabathia, because even if he doesn't pan out the Yankees have enough resources to burn up his 7 year $161 mil deal. I am talking about teams that are affected by the bad economy and have guys that are putting a huge strain on resources while providing little on the field. Being here in Arizona, we hand the dubious honor to Eric Byrnes. Byrnes being a 32 year old career journey man/ 4th OFer that cashed in on a big 2007 season and is currently fleecing the Dbacks for $11mil per year. Byrnes not only raises the ire of Dbacks fans because he is our highest paid position player and sucks, but also because every time I see him I think he is the sole reason Orlando Hudson and Randy Johnson are not on the team this year. Further more, Curt Schilling made statements back in the winter saying that he wanted to be reunited with the Dbacks and Randy Johnson to finish out his career. Schilling may never pitch again, but if he does and he still has something left in the tank and he goes somewhere like Philadelphia because the Dbacks either don't have the money or don't have Randy Johnson, it will give me yet another reason to boo the shit out of Byrnes every time he bats.

Andruw Jones may have received attention before being released, but I'm not sure how his $18mil/per affected the Dodgers budget.

Who else should be nominated?

PS3 Gamers- which game for 2009?

ScottAZ — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:03:09 -0000

I bought The Show 2009 yesterday and spent all night playing it. So far I'm nejoying it. It hasn't changed much from last year, just cleaned up a little. I like the additions of the 40 man roster and all the challenges that brings. I also like the new features on player editing

Anyone play MLB 09 yet? Last year's game was terrible IMO so my expectations are low for this year too.

Anyone have any thoughts on the games?

How long before CC wants out?

ScottAZ — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:35:30 -0000

Its no secret that Sabathia really wanted to stay on the west coast for either the Dodgers, Angels, or anyone else in California, then came returning to the Brewers, last came the Yankees. The Yankees kept dumping cash on him until he finally submitted.

How long is he actually a Yankee? I highly doubt he will play all 7 years in pinstripes. (and I know that would mean the Yanks eat a large % of the contract in a trade)

Poll

How long is CC in NY

1 year

8 votes

2 years

14 votes

3 years

84 votes

4 years

10 votes

5 years

3 votes

6 years

0 votes

length of contract

28 votes

147 votes | Poll has closed

Jamie Moyer HOF?

ScottAZ — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:39:46 -0000

Got into a debate with a co-worker on this and wanted to see what people thought here. Moyer, at age 44, has 246 wins and 2248 K's on his career.

I argue very good numbers, but not Hall worthy.

My co-worker says that soon 250 wins will be the new 300 benchmark and Moyer will get in at some point.

IMO, he'd need over 280 wins (34 wins is a lot left for a 44yr old), 3000 K's, (750 short, no chance) or be a post-season stallwart (in the mold of a Duque Hernandez).

Poll

Moyer HOF?

Yes

23 votes

No

198 votes

221 votes | Poll has closed

2009 the year of Upton?

ScottAZ — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:00:26 -0000

I have been a little skeptical after such a mediocre regular season, but there is no doubt he has been the best hitter (not named Manny) this entire post season. 6 bombs, .400 ave to go along with the speed and athleticism. Will this postseason catpult him into elite status in 2009? Eric Davis in prime type #s? ( .300/.400/.600 with 30+ bombs and 50 steals ) Just based off this coming out party, I wouldn't be overly shocked

Thoughts ?????

Don't understand Dusty Baker's thinking on this:

ScottAZ — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:24:47 -0000

Now I'm not trying to turn this into another Bash Baker thread, as I have defended him in the past. Obviously he has flaws as a manager and I have noticed something that struck my curiousity following the Reds recently:

Jerry Hairston is now the starting SS for the Reds and has been performing pretty well with the stick, hitting over .350 as the fulltime starter. My question is why is Hairston playing SS and why is Brandon Phillips still at 2b? Wouldn't the logically thing be to flip flop them? Phillips was rated the top defensive SS in the minors by Baseball America back in the day, and many cosider him the top defensive 2b in the game right now. I watched him play in the AFL years back and he has it all defensively- glove, range, arm, flash and that attitude that great SS's often seem to have. Hairston played a total of 15 innings of SS prior to this year. Hairston has been pretty much a career 2b while Phillips was regarded a future GG'er at SS.

I would do anything possible to help my pitchers out on defense, epsecially in that ball park they play in.

Worst Bio Pic

ScottAZ — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:30:23 -0000

hell, even when I was in junior high they would allow students with their eyes closed to retake their pictures. You think MLB would be the same way.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7812

Did they sneak up on him while he was napping in the club house?

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Question for gamers

ScottAZ — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:29:32 -0000

I just recently bought a PS3 and wanted to get whatever baseball game is the best for that platform- either The Show or 2K8. Who has advice?

I was a huge fan of MVP 2005 and also the MVP 2006 games as far as gameplay, graphics, etc. Which game is closest to what MVP put out in those terms?

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2008 Community Projection- Ryan Howard

ScottAZ — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:21:29 -0000

Most of the folks on here participate in Fantasy Baseball, and many (like me) buy magazines or websites that project 2008 stats. I liked the results from the board here in the past on similar discussions and would like to get one going before my draft for some key players.

Ryan Howard for this first one. Mixed opinions on what the future holds for the Big Man. I will let you all decide and we'll average it out tomorrow. Stupid predictions like a .210 ave with 13 homers or the other spectrum of .370 with 72 homers will be thrown out.

I will get it rolling:

AB- 512
H- 143
AVE- .279
BB- 122
HR- 52
RBI- 137
R- 101
2B- 24
3B- 1
SB- 2

Troy Glaus a roider'

ScottAZ — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:41:57 -0000

Interesting that MLB is considering to reduced punishment to the 2004 bargaining agreement of 10 games rather than the new 50 game suspension.

Obviously this is just the tip of the iceberg, and this witch hunt can go on for years if they really want to dig up everyone that did it. I'm not sure if its good for baseball since realistically about 70% of ALL players messed with them from 1999-2003. Basically, if they pursued this, you could see 1/2 of all rosters serving steroid suspensions to start next year. I say just leave it alone and move on from it at this point, because really nothing positive can come out of implicating more than half of all the MLB in this

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ao1L5mYDxbF2LCDeYXAZHoMRvLYF?slug=ti-glaus091307&prov=yhoo &type=lgns