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Jeff Fletcher | January 31, 2009
A once-a-week look at stuff other than baseball…
It’s never too early to start prepping for the 49ers draft. I know I can hardly get enough draft speculation. So, what do the Niners do with the 10th pick in the draft?
Jeff Fletcher | January 30, 2009
A’s assistant GM David Forst, fresh off a trip to the Dominican Republic, answers questions you emailed to me. Enjoy…
Would the A’s consider moving Jack Cust for a young infielder on another club (he could replace Bobby Crosby)? (John)
Unfortunately you aren’t going to get me to comment on specific players or specific trade proposals. As always we are open to listening to any possibilities that improve our club, but we see Jack as an important part of the team in 2009.
Jeff Fletcher | January 30, 2009
Ever since last week’s note about Matt Holliday’s road performance as a Rockie, I’ve been getting a lot feedback about whether his stats prove my theory or are coincidental.
Jeff Fletcher | January 29, 2009
They inked the 29-year old infielder to a minor league deal and invited him to spring training.pUribe hit .247 with seven homers and 40 RBIs for the White Sox last season.
Uribe plays second, third and short so I’m guessing he has a shot at a super utility role, although that seemed like Kevin Frandsen’s job.
Jeff Fletcher | January 29, 2009
Ok, A’s fans, you only have until Friday morning to send me your questions for A’s assistant GM David Forst. Email them to jfletcher@pacbell.net
By the way, I already have plenty of questions about Cahill, Anderson and Mazzaro.
Jeff Fletcher | January 29, 2009
While I believe it’s common knowledge that the Giants drafted Barry Bonds out of high school, failing to sign him and letting him go to Arizona State, I think most people don’t realize that the Giants had another shot at Bonds after his junior year at ASU… and passed on him.
To take Will Clark.
Yes, the Giants picked Clark with the No. 2 overall pick in the 1985 draft, while Bonds waited until the Pirates grabbed him at No. 6.
So I submit this question to Giants Nation: Do you wish the Giants would have taken Bonds instead of Clark in 1985? How do you think Giants history may have turned out differently?
Since this is sort of an essay question, if you have a really long answer you might want to type it up in another program then cut-and-paste it into the comments box here, so it doesn’t get eaten.
Jeff Fletcher | January 28, 2009
The days are counting down to the start of spring training, and the Giants remain without a middle-of-the-order threat while there are three big ones sitting on the free-agent market.
While the whole world has weighed the pros and cons of Manny Ramirez, and we got into an Adam Dunn discussion here a while back, not much has been said about Bobby Abreu.
So let’s take a look at what Abreu brings to the table, and whether he’d be a good acquisition, now that his price might have dropped to under $10 million a year. Chump change, right?
Abreu is going to be 35 in a few weeks (older than Dunn, but younger than Manny). Last year he hit .296 with 20 homers and 100 RBIs for the Yankees. He had an OPS of .843. (The Giants haven’t had an everyday player with an OPS over .800, other than Barry Bonds, in the past two years.)
Of course, Abreu has warts, just like the other guys. He’s fairly awful in the outfield. (He and Dunn ranked as two of the three worst outfielders in the majors according to this, while Randy Winn was one of the best.) He’s also a left-handed hitter, so AT&T Park’s right-center field gap could be his worst nightmare, offensively and defensively.
All things considered, it seems like Abreu is probably not a good fit for the Giants, which is probably why, until now, you haven’t read anything about him coming to the Giants. So that was pretty much a waste of time. As I’ve said before, though, blogs are all about wasting time (especially baseball blogs in January).
Now, get back to work before the boss sees what you’re reading.
