Comments on: CHONE!!!

By: stevesommer05

stevesommer05 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:27:58 +0000

Concur. Mather could likely be worth slightly greater than rep level too…

By: stevesommer05

stevesommer05 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:25:36 +0000

I’d think he’d be worth kicking the tires on. I guess it depends on how often his knees would allow him to play the field, and how well can play it when he’s there. Jeff’s projections had him ~-8 runs, but I don’t know what amount of playing time that was representing. A .360 wOBA is about 16 runs above average , so by the time it’s all said and done (offensive runs (+16) + defensive (-8) + positional (-7.5)) we’re at about average which is worth more than 3-5M. It’s also probably better than the Nady’s and Derosa’s of the world that Erik mentions above.

By: Liam

Liam — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:33:11 +0000

I hope the Cards are kicking the tires on Vladimir Guerrero. Reports I’m seeing have him signing a one-year deal for 3-5 million, which is great for a part-time cleanup hitter and a good bat on the bench. I don’t follow the AL well enough to know whether his knees really are as bad as reputed or whether it’s more the case that the Angels signed too many outfielders that don’t have the bats to DH.

He looks like a good candidate to bounce back in a big way. If that’s really where the market’s pricing him, then it’s a great gamble.

By: erik

erik — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:16:45 +0000

Those are two rather optimistic projections for a couple of rookies, but this is why I think the Cardinals don’t need to go out of their way to sign the Xavier Nady’s and Mark DeRosa’s of the world.