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Open Thread: The Brackmonster turns 25By
A very special RAB Happy Birthday goes out to 2007 first round pick Andrew Brackman. The big guy turns the ripe old age of 25 today, which is kinda old in prospect years but still young in every other aspect of life. With any luck we'll see him with the big league team at some point next season. Here's a fun Fact: Brackman issued 37 fewer walks in 2010 than he did in 2009 despite facing 105 more batters. That's good. Oh, and a belated happy birthday goes out to Gary Sanchez, who turned 18 on Thursday. They make them so young these days.
Anyway, here is your open thread for the night. The Devils are the only local team in action, but there's a ton of college football on as well. You guys know the drill, so have at it.
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The Devils played earlier today, and lost 5-3, so it is college football or bust.
It is sort of surprising to see Brackman at 25 already, it seems like yesterday that he was going in for TJ surgery.
After the A Gonzalez trade where are all the guys that tell me the Yanks need to give Hughes and Montero for Justin Upton?
Let me be the first. Upton is 6 years younger than Gonzalez, under team control for four additional years, and plays a more premium position.
They gave up their 1, 3, and 6 prospects for an older player who is going to need to be paid a huge deal now. Upton is much younger and is signed to a very friendly contract. He has a lot more trade value.
He has also yet to prove he's a major impact player, such as Gonzalez. The Sox are giving up prospects, none of which are in the Montero-prospect class, or the MLB professional level as Hughes, to get one of the best bats in the game.
He does have more trade value, and I think would have cost one of those two. I dont think he would cost both.
Upton has more trade value than Adrian Gonzalez??
I strongly disagree.
Upton is much younger, signed to a reasonable contract, and has shown a good deal of potential in his career. A player like that costs a lot more in a trade than an established star who requires a massive contract extension.
Yes, he absolutely does. He isn't as established, but has superstar potential that has already manifested itself, and is signed to a good deal, and is extremely young. Upton has one of the highest trade values in the sport.
"Upton is much younger and is signed to a very friendly contract."
You realize that if Upton stays at last year's level of production it a very unfriendly contract.
False. he was injured, missed time, and still was worth 12.6 million according to Fangraphs. His deal from here on is worth about 10M per year. Even at the same production he out-earns the deal. If he goes forward as most expect, he will greatly exceed the value of the deal. For the deal to become very unfriendly, he'd need to crater.
Replying to Moshe's Comment:
I don't know what Fangraphs is basing their $12.6M number on but there's no way he was worth that much in 2010. Show me a guy with that kinda numbers that a team traded for, without getting at least part of his contract subsidized. NO ONE would take on that contract.
You can say that there is no way, but BB-Ref actually has him as even more valuable. He's a very good defensive player who had a good but not great offensive season. he certainly was not worth less than 10 million.
So you're saying that if Upton was 29 years old (no further projection) and was a free agent he would get a 5 year deal worth about $60M?
There's absolutely NO WAY.
Yea but he's not 29 years old and their is further projection- that's part of what makes him so valuable. If he has a breakout next year and starts hitting better than gonzo then I'm sure when he's 29 he'll get a deal for much more than 12 mill per for 5 years.
He had a .799 OPS last year with great defense.
Even if he doesn't get any better that is worth a little less than $10 million a year.
Considering the Yankees hired Towers to be one of their baseball people, I hope he isn't as dumb as Hoyer.
Big moves of the day:
Jeter signs with us.
A-Gon goes to Boston in a heist.
Berkman returns to the NL Central as an outfielder in St. Louis.
And they say the weekends are bad for news.
that last one will be good fun.
Based on what we saw last year, is there any possible way that Lance Berkman can play the OF everyday? I say no way. Seems crazy to me.
Based on what we saw last year,
What did we see? Two bad defensive games at first that everyone completely freaked out about? I'm not optimistic he'll be a good OF, but I sure as hell am not based my opinion on his stint with the Yankees.
Wasn't referring to his play at 1B, more his baserunning, his speed, size, etc. I'll be shocked if he holds up all year in LF. He got $8M, they could prob sign Cust for a third of that and get the same production. Just seemed like a really strange marriage to me.
He ran the bases well.
Yeah, I didn't mean he made baserunning mistakes, but he ran like a big dude with old knees. He's going to be a bad LFer. There were many teams with openings at 1B, just seems wierd that he'd sign with an NL team that will never need anyone to play 1B.
Nebraska v Oklahoma for the last time in a long time. Should be a great game, sad to see one of the best rivalries go though.
adrian gonzalez o/u 140m.
Under. 5 years for 110-120M.
Seems like a good range, although it might go a tick higher, perhaps up to $125 million. I can't see him signing for less than Howard. Boston knows this, and if he digs his heels in, they'll cave. Then again, they have cost themselves in the past by taking a hard line for the sake of a few million. Look no further back than Teixeira. As far as I can tell, they've traded away about six prospects over the past few years, instead of locking down Teix when they had the chance, with the cost of more prospects and now more money.
Under. Six year extension probably between 120-130 million dollars.
What a miserable day to be a Padres fan.
Your team just traded one of the best players in baseball who is one of the most popular players in franchise history and the most positive thing you can find out there is that the deal was "fair."
A great player and probably the most popular player in team history outside of Tony Gywnn for just fair and that is if you read articles from people who are the most optimistic on the trade. That is not supposed to happen with a player the caliber and popularity of Gonzalez.
It should have been painful for the Red Sox to get Gonzalez.
I completely agree. Hoyer knows that system better than anybody outside of Boston's brain trust. He should have taken Kalish and Lowrie to go along with Rizzo/Kelly/Fuentes.
The Pads system definitely got deeper, but they should have gotten some MLB talent. I will be interested to see who the fourth player is.
Seriously. That package doesn't fill me with confidence that they can make it up for AGon. Dude is a wrecking machine.
If there's any "silver lining" to the trade today it's Adrian's struggles with LHP. Although he obliterated them last year
(.337/.424/.513)) AGonz has been merely average against lefties for his career .262/.338/.445. We'll hopefully be throwing three lefties in the rotation and another two in the bullpen so hopefully he won't be able to completely demolish us. Wishful thinking I admit.
Also, what would it take to get Jonny Venters? Phelps and Warren? Dude is a stud.
He's dirt cheap for the next 2 years then 3 years of arbitration, not sure what incentive they have to move him unless you blow them away.
Their incentive is that it will make me happy. Yea I guess it wont happen.
I want to hate the Adrian Gonzalez trade as much as anyone, but honestly, I don't have a problem with it. San Diego wasn't going to do much better. Few teams have the ability to give Gonzalez an extension, have the prospects to part with (rule out the Cubs and Mets here), and have an opening at 1B (rule out Angels and Yankees.) The only team I can think of is Texas and they are prepared to either empty their wallets for Lee or farm for Greinke.
Once committed to trading Gonzalez, there is zero chance of the Padres contending next year, so what's the point of getting ML-ready guys? The two best choices would be Ellsbury and Buchholz, both of whom will be arbitration eligible by 2012, which is a big deal when you consider the Padres now only have five guys under contract who will make more than the minimum next year. Three of the five are Mike Adams, Chris Denorfia, and Tim Stauffer who might combined make $4M at most, and the other two (Ludwick and Bell) are also likely to be traded at some point. The Padres are clearly entering Marlins territory with the payroll so it doesn't make sense to add major league guys who are about to be paid to a non-contending team. They might as well go for high upside guys, which is exactly what they did.
The problem is that you are assuming only teams that could lock Gonzalez long term would be interested in trading for him.
Well, I am assuming that only teams that could lock him up long term would be willing to give up as much as the Red Sox did.
The Rangers gave up more for a Cliff Lee rental.
Players like Gonzalez, even if it is just for one year, have a lot of trade value. Especially to teams with needs as the trade deadline approaches in the summer.
It's 6 wins and 2 draft picks for $5M. I think more teams would have been willing to trade good talent for that. But it does narrow the field to teams expecting to compete in 2011. Like the rays…
It's 6 wins and 2 draft picks for $5M.
Actually, his salary for 2011 was $5.5M, but it became $6.3M because he reached incentives.
But it does narrow the field to teams expecting to compete in 2011. AND with a deep farm system.
Like the rays…
If the Rays hadn't said a gazillion times that they are reducing payroll by about $20M, they would have been a very good fit.
sure, but replacing Pena with AGon does reduce payroll by about $4M. That's 20% of their goal and it would allow them to cut corners elsewhere since they just picked up 4 additional wins…
not really arguing, just thinking out loud.
I think you guys are underrating what they gave up. Boston is widely regarded as having a top 10 farm system, and they gave up 3 of their top 6 prospects, including one elite prospect. We make Casey Kelly jokes because Peter Gammons writes poetry about him and he strugged at AA, but he's still an elite prospect.
Kelly has too far away and has too many question marks to be considered an elite prospect to me.
Montero is the kind of player who is an elite prospect.
I consider a top 20 guy to be elite. If you narrow that to top 10, then yeah, I guess he isn't. He was a 20 year old in AA whose numbers were drastically affected by a .366 BABIP. He got screwed around as far as shortened starts and whatnot, and pretty much every scout who has seen him swears by him. I'm not arguing the fact that in an ideal world, San Diego could've done better. But they are looking at a $25-30M payroll next year, so clearly they aren't operating in an ideal world.
Kelly is far from top 20 and justs makes top 20 pitching prospects.
They could have done better.
Happy Birthday Brackmonster! I think we will definitly see him in the bronx this year but as a reliever. I don't think his mechanics will hold up long term. Plus I worry about injuries for the Brack because he never pitch more than 75 innings in college. I could see him being the next Kerry Wood, only taller.
He threw 151 innings this year.
Brackman is actually quite cute when he's wearing a hat. That horrible haircut is pretty unforgivable.
did First Time Lawng Time change her name? =O
I should also add that (no offense to FTLT), but um, I'm a bit insulted by that.
Nope, different gals.
Not quite sure what made him think we're the same person.
The fact that your post actually made sense should probably steer most people in the Non-FTLT direction…..
I may have giggled.
I kinda liked FTLT, it's good to see people that just like baseball rather than all these hyper pretentious stat heads. She didn't come off like an obvious troll like most of the dipshits around these parts.
Girls don't like baseball. There's probably only three of you worldwide.
me, kit, bexy, ftlt….
okay, gotta put leo and squishy jello person in here. that's at least six.
Kristen (sorry if I'm misspelling her name) as well.
Unless you can find a group of Red Sox fans disgruntled with what they gave up to get Gonzalez, Hoyer didn't do his job.
I haven't see any, but maybe they are out there.
I would agree, but just look at Peter Abraham's Twitter – Casey Kelly is just a projected #2 starter. Tough to be mad about losing prospects when you just pull a Baseball America and change ratings after a trade.
Eric Van probably, since he would have thought the Padres should have incuded Latos as well for just Kelly.
Hoyer caved in.
I agree, he should have walked away with a guy to open the year in the rotation and a middle infielder in addition to what he got, at least. Most Boston fans seem happy with this deal…I wonder what Keith Law and Jim Callis will say about Casey Kelly next month.
Remember when Masterson, Delcarmen and Craig hanson were supposed to be great, yeah!
In two weeks Kelly will be called someone who couldnt learn the art of pitching, couldnt nurture his talents. He will be called unmanageable and marginal and long shot.
I remember telling everyone that the Red Sox robbed the Indians, but no one listened. Now, I do feel that Kelly is quite a bit better than any of the players they traded since Hanley Ramirez, but that isn't saying a whole lot.
Let's see how Gonzalez adjusts to playing in the Al East.
I think he will fit in very well with them. The problem is now they have a 1B who can play during interleague and WS also.
Look at his hit chart. Then look at left field where a lot of his power goes. Look at Fenway. Then sigh.
I'm kinda mad about the Gonzalez trade. I'll only be really pissed if they sign like Jayson Werth or something. They dealt a kid who projects as a two starter, a kinda unknown firstbasemen, and a speedster with shitty plate D for Adrian Gonzalez and a negotiating window (which closes tomorrow at two), that seems like a steal. Keith Law said that he wouldn't trade Casey Kelly straight up for Adrian Gonzalez, but I'm sure everyone in their right mind would. I hope the Yankees get Cliff Lee now, and trade like a Hughes, Romine, Heathcott, and Adams for Greinke.
Hughes is already a legit major league starter with front end potential. Giving him up plus three other very good prospects is far too much for Grienke in my opinion.
Hughes' fly ball issues will haunt him at the Stadium. I have no issues trading him and pieces that are likely to be of little use to the Yankees for Zack Greinke. I'm interested to see if others think that's an appropriate package, though.
I agree it's too much but if yoy replace Hughes with someone else save Montero I think tha's fair.
I like Romine but his stock took a hit and the Yankees have so much depth at C that it'll be easier to deal with.
Heathcott will hurt but he's not really close to the majors. Plus our outfield is pretty young and won't be a concern until later down the road.
We have Cano so Adams is basically trade bait. really good trade bait but bait nonetheless.
I mean, I want to sign Lee too…so the natural pitcher to take the exit is Hughes. I wouldn't have a problem with that package and I doubt many other Yankee fans would either.
I don't really have a problem with the package but with the way Hughes dominated the first half I gotta keep him and the prospects and use them for another area of need.
Hughes was filthy the first half and without a limit this year I think he'll take another big step into reaching his ceiling.
I do too, but I still don't think that ceiling is Greinke's level.
I just don't think the upgrade is enough to make that move. Why part with a major league player who already was a major contributor in his first full year as a starter. The Rex Sox just gave up minor league players only for one of the top hitters in baseball. At this point, Hughes is a player you would trade and get multiple guys in return. Not a player to throw in a deal with other talented prospects to get another expensive pitcher.
As of now Greinke is a significantly better pitcher than Phil Hughes, and it's likely to be that way for the next couple of years or so. Besides Greinke is young and his curveball is better than any pitch of Hughes'. Anyone here think that it's not enough? Mike? Ben? Joe? Esteban? TSJC?
Your trade proposal sucks
***asshole alert***
What if we traded Gardner, Romine, Nova and Adams for Greinke, then traded Betances and a throw in for Willingham (if the Nats decide to make him available). If we're still signing Lee, this stretches the payroll a little, but its not unreasonable. Of course thats assuming Pettitte (sp? i can never get his name right) retires.
When I think about Boston, I think about Montero putting lots of dents in the green monster. They will all be singles. Tex will have to teach him the uppercut.
Of the three prospects San Diego is getting for Adrian Gonzalez only one (Kelly) is likely to make the top 100.
Rizzo's solid too, overrated, but still not a bad piece.
Rizzo = Brandon Laird
And Laird plays 3B.
Except Rizzo is 21 and lost a year of development. Not to mention hit well in a pitcher's environment.
And the Red Sox also get a three day negotiating window, How does that work? You mean to tell me that if San Diego says take Gonzalez as is or no deal, the Red Sox walk away?
You mean to tell me that if San Diego says take Gonzalez as is or no deal, the Red Sox walk away?
They can, they can also take the trade if they feel enough progress has been made.
I highly doubt it. They'd be nuts not to do that deal. The only thing of value they gave is Casey Kelly, and he's not even an A+, blue chip prospect. Rizzo likely wouldn't crack the Yankees top ten and Fuentes definitely doesn't.
Rizzo likely wouldn't crack the Yankees top ten and Fuentes definitely doesn't.
Rizzo is better than Laird and Fuentes=Heathcott, so sorry, but you're wrong.
Pena: What makes you think Fuentes is as good as Heathcott?
Fuentes is no where near as patient as Heathcott. They're similar, but I'd take Heathcott.
Heathcott and Fuentes have comparable speed. Heathcott has a better arm, more patience and more power potential. Both are young, bat lefty and long term projects. However, if given the choice, I think most would go with the player with the potential to hit for some power.
And the one that takes walks.
defered money on rivera/jeter's contract = 'yeah. we screwed up on rodriguez/burnett's contract.'
Your name is incredible, I've seen you before…but it has staying power. And yeah, the A-Rod and Burnett deals are down right atrocious
i basically stole it. (here)
The Devils were in action? Could've fooled me. They lost to the Broad Street Bozos, and Rutgers made me Scarlet with embarrassment as they let the sheep-shaggers from West Virginia walk all over them again.
I'm happy the Red Sox had to give up their top prospect and a couple of others for the right to pay Gonzalez a shitload of money. You know the Red Sox are going to get their players, better that they have to give guys up. Kind of like giving up Hanley Ramirez and other pitching prospects for Beckett.
Except Kelly Beckett.
Ack…except Kelly < Hanley and Beckett < Gonzo.
At the time, Hanley was a light hitting shortstop, albeit with a lot of potential. His last year in the minors as a 21 year old in AA, he hit .271 avg, .335 opb and slugged .385. He did better on the lower levels and struggled in AA, then got traded. Much like Casey Kelly. And much like the Yanks do too I should add. Tabata was traded the first time he took a step back. Same with Kennedy. Joba we simply shipped to the 6th inning. Montero was basically gone after his slow first half as well.
It seems the Yanks and Sox share an impatience with prospects at times.
Kennedy was always an awful fit for the club, I never liked Joba but thought he deserved a better chance.
I would much rather the Red Sox have tied up big money to Beltre. Or someone else got Gonzalez and they acquired Fielder.
I don't expect the Red Sox to operate like the Minaya Mets though. I expect them to acquire top, or underrated talent and not just flashy names or unreliable players. Better that they have to give up a top pitching prospect and other possible contributors than just signing a guy in free agency. I don't see how the Red Sox would be expected to give up more than that for just one player that they are going to have to pay over 100 million dollars for.
Yeah, but if they didn't get Gonzalez what options did they really have?
I agree that this was the best option for them. And I am thankful there was not an obvious first baseman on the market to fill their need. The situation kind of forced them to part with their top prospect and more. They could have waited and hoped he made it to free agency next year and signed a guy for one year like a 1b/dh type, although that was obviously a risk they were not willing to take.
Better that they have to give up a top pitching prospect and other possible contributors than just signing a guy in free agency.
Even if Kelly, Rizzo, and Fuentes don't pan out, it is still another three less "top" prospects that the Sox have for any future deals. Even with several picks in the draft, it still can take some time to restock the system after trading six prospects over two years.
Meanwhile, outside of Arodys, the Yankees have been fortunate over the past few seasons to give up little more than money, and thus still have a fairly stocked farm system which can be used both for internal replacements as well as for future trades.
Does anyone on this board like college football?
i'm a soccer fan.
I mean college football I guees
I can't really care. No big college teams around NY and I went to a D3 school.
I understand sort of. I live in Nebraska and I go to Creighton which has no football team so I root for Nebraska. The Northeast is lack of great football teams unless you are a fan of BC or PSU.
Yea, I have no connection to either one. I have family members that are fansof/attended FSU, UF, and UM, so that doesn't really help me either.
*pssssst* Pick UM.
I live in Lincoln. I hate football. I try to remember, on game days, that it makes so many other people happy.
I grew up in Omaha. When I was in HS and on Mondays in the fall and winter every day on the way to school I'd hear "HOW ABOUT DA HUSKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHS" on the only decent radio station in town. That made me hate the Huskers, also my Aunt is a Huskers fan, but she's a cunt and a horrible human being that gains power from the suffering of others, much like Superman gains power from the sun, so I enjoy it when bad things (like the Huskers losing) happen to her.
What HS did you go to? I went to Prep.
Bellevue East. I'm going to give you a preemptive "shut the fuck up" also, went to Iowa State for my undergrad now I'm in Law School.
Bellevue West seemed to be the better Bellevue School, but I will always remember the good times at Leopard Lanes.
Yeah when I went East just got remodeled before my freshmen year, so it was a bit nicer of a school. From my experience, the teachers had just about the same level of incompetence, i.e. through the roof, Bellevue was always the armpit of Omaha when I lived there. There was a place that was the "Qwiki Wash" and the "Q" fell off so it just became the wiki Wash. Fucking Trash lived around those parts.
Prediction: The Casey Kelly hype will now vanish.
Your prediction: not bold at all. I think this is the first time the MSM is calling Kelly is potential number 2 prospect instead of a guy that belongs with Strasburg.
A reverse Arodys treatment.
I think I could put up respectable numbers pitching for the Padres. The level of difficulty for sticking in the majors and making an impact has gone down considerably for him now. Like going from Madden level to Rookie.
Anyone know why Adrian Gonzalez (1st overall pick of the 2000 draft) was traded away by Florida and later Texas?
just flabbergasting
Btw the Red Sox are only stuck with Youklils at third for only one season really. Ortiz is a free agent after next season and if Youk is a disaster there they'll DH him and not bring back Papi for 2012. He's getting old anyway.
Youk is going to be fine at third base. That is basically a non issue to me, and I'm sure them as well.
Can anyone think of a creditable Major League pitcher who has a year in the minors on his resume as bad as Casey Kelly's 2010?
Brackman's 2009?
Major league pitcher. I'm going with Randy Johnson. But they're way to different to compare.
Okay I lied. Someone overstated his "suckiness" in the minors to me.
Johan Santana: when he was selected in the Rule 5, he had a career 5.05 minor league ERA over three years.
Roy Halladay. Who is like the poster boy struggling in the minors before turning into a beast. There are probably many, many others.
Halladay, like Santana, went through a complete transformation before he became good…he's hardly the example you want to use.
Also, when he was Kelly's 2010 age, Roy Halladay put up a 4.77 ERA between AA and AAA.
In 2000, in addition to the 10.64 ERA in 67.2 MLB innings (all time record, min. 50 IP, by the way), he also had a 5.50 ERA in 73 AAA innings. He was 23 for that one.
I feel bad for the Rays because they're losing a lot and not gaining a lot. Yes there's Jennings and Hellickson but who knows what they turn into. I don't see them making the playoffs soon.
OH WAIT. 2 wild cards in a couple years. Meaning the AL wild card race will be boring to probably every team in it.
September will be these 3 teams resting players and testing out prospects. Unless something seriously bad happens again like red Sox Injury of Death but still won8 89 games. Good job Selig.
It is laugh-out-loud funny to read these comments which try to find fault with Adrian Gonzales.
Makes no sense. Gonzales is one of the best players in the game. Solid hitter with great power and a great defensive first baseman. And, considering he's spent his career in a big ballpark and in the middle of a less-than-powerhouse lineup, you've got to think that Gonzales is going to put up monster numbers for the Red Sox.
And being "stuck" with Kevin Youkilis at 3B is a joke, right? He's a solid fielder and a solid+ hitter.
I mean, call a spade a spade, you know? The Red Sox are going to have a great team–on paper. They had a great team on paper a year ago, too.
i think youkilis is the most underrated player in this forum.
How? We all know he's a .900 OPS or better player. No one says he sucks. Unless he plays left or something.
Luuuuurve when he plays left.
I just don't think Youkilis at 3B is going to make the team better defensively.
Well Youkilis will be 32 this season, is coming off of injury and has never played a full season at 3B.
There's reason to suspect he won't be so great at it.
It is quite amusing watching people pretend like a 32 year old with injury problems and little more than a full season, total, over his career at third, is going to seamlessly transition to being the fulltime thirdbaseman for the Sox WITHOUT suffering on either offense or defense in the process.
Youklis was below average at third when he last played it on any regular basis in 2009. Regardless of anything else, Youklis is a significant step down on defense from Beltre.
Very interesting article about the algorithms at work during a game of Pacman. Pretty crazy stuff.
Banuelos has pitched 25 more innings in the minors than Kelly.
Almost everyone says Casey Kelly and Banuelos are about the same. If I'm the Yankees and I can get Adrian Gonzalez for Banuelos, Laird and Heathcott, I jump on it. Even for just one year.
You would trade our top pitching prospect and more for one year of top DH production?
leave the argument alone. take your facts somewhere else.
Yes. Betances, Banuelos and Brackman are all about the same level. Banuelos isn't clearly their #1 pitching prospect by any measure. He doesn't profile as an ace at this point (though he's young enough for that to change) He's not an elite, top 25 prospect, He profiles more as a #2 or 3 starter at this point. Laird and Heathcott's best purpose to me is to fatten up a trade offer (just like Rizzo and Fuentes), which they'd be doing in this scenario. If Montero is really going to be the starting catcher and Posada the DH then there really isn't a spot for A-Gon. But If Posada didn't exist it's a no brainer for me.
Banuelos does rate ahead of the other two. I'm not sure what "elite" means, but right now he does project as front-end. He is our best pitching prospect. He is also a lefty.
…and to clarify my post. The scouting reports I've read have all moved Banuelos ahead of the other two. A #2 is pretty high to me, so I'd take that and would be concerned about losing a #2 to pick up a player who is a first baseman, when we already have a good one of those.
If we're going to move Banuelos, I'd rather it be to fill another hole, not for a one-year rental of a DH.
Baseball America has Dellin Betances rated as the Yanks' #1 pitching prospect followed by Banuelos and Brackman.
There are a ton of pitching pitchers that were much more highly touted than Banuelos that fell on their faces because of injury or otherwise. Mark Prior, Jesse Foppert, Ryan Anderson, Mark Mulder, Kerry Wood, Scott Kazmir and Rick Ankiel are just a few.
Again, I would absolutely trade Banuelos, Heathcott and Laird for Adrian Gonzalez even without having the window to negotiate an extension with him.
That, it seems to me, would be a waste of your farm system.
Yes, Gonzalez is a great player, but the Yankees don't need Gonzalez because they have their own great 1b in Teixeira. If your trading for him to upgrade the DH — which is fairly unnecessary in the current climate as it has been the case that DH-type players are generally available on the free-agent market for relatively inexpensive contracts — then what will you do with Posada?
Furthermore, if you give up these three players to get Gonzalez with no plan to sign him, then there are three less players in the system for you to use in the event that a player becomes available for trade that would fill a need that you actually have.
In other words, if you're going to trade prospects, then why a trade that is, at best, a luxury but otherwise creates more of a redundancy?
Why? DH is going to be covered. You can't get enough starting pitching. With Pettitte retiring and AJ possibly being ineffective Cash can't buy every starter…
Oh who am i kidding, they would probably sign Wandy Rodriguez next year than let someone like Brackman get his chance.
Well since the Gonzalez trade, the Yankees' farm system is definitely better than the Sox. (I thought it was close before the trade)
I really don't see how it was close before the trade. The Red Sox best prospect would be at best the Yankees 3rd best prospect and the Red Sox don't have anyone in their system close to the type of impact player Montero projects to be.
But, but, Jose Iglesias is the best defender in baseball!!
Gonzalez should get a Teixeira-like deal here. He's the same age as Tex was when he got his 8 year, 180M deal from the Yanks and is about the same player. No?
At the time of the respective deals, I think Tex was more highly regarded than Gonzalez is now. Also, the Red Sox do not have to get into a bidding war with the Yanks here, like Boston did to the Yanks over Tex. Gonzalez will definitely get a worse deal.
If that's so, it's just because of AL bias. If Gonzalez had had the same amount of screen time playing against the Yanks and Sox over the years, he's get the same kind of buzz.
I do think you're right that that lack of a bidding war will suppress his deal, but he absolutely deserves something like a Howard/Tex AAV over a similar number of years. He'll rake in Fenway, so he could absolutely say that he'll walk away from the table and take his changes in free agency at age 29 coming off what will likely be his best offensive production ever. So, he does have leverage.
Hard to say. I think they might be equivalents at the time of the deals. Gonzalez's numbers were depressed by Petco. Teixeira's best season, based on WAR, rates higher than Gonzalez's, but they're close. Gonzalez was better last year, but Teixeira's extended slump at the start and multiple injuries depressed his numbers. I'm expecting a stronger year from him in 2011, although short of his peak.
Right now, I see them both as 35-40 HR players in their respective parks. Gonzalez will hit for a higher average. Teix will draw more walks. (A high percentage of Gonzalez's walks were intentional, and I'm sure there's quite a few more where they just pitched around him. Those will go away once he's in the deeper Red Sox line up.) I can see both posting WARs in the 5.0 range next season. Gonzalez is two years younger, so he has the potential for some upside, yet I don't expect him to get better. He's been at his peak the past two years, so he might maintain, could slip a little. Teix is probably a touch past peak.
He definitely deserves a Teix deal. Let's hope he gets it too.
I hope the Sox give Gonzalez a billion dollars.
Me too. But the Red Sox are smart and I can see them getting him for less $$ and or years than Tex. This would bother me.
Agreed. They'll offer him a lot, and in the spirit of the deal, and to get the chance to come to a team that should be contending reguarly, he may jump at a 5/100.
Yet he seemed committed to going for free agency and indicated he wanted nothing less than market value. That's somewhere in the Teix and Howard ranges, so I got to believe he won't take less than a 5/115, and may demand 6/150.
So if the Red Sox can't sign him to an extension, is the deal off? The Sox have dug their heels in before over a few million dollars, and not always to their best advantage.
Thing is, he could just go to free agency next year and sign that huge deal with a team that will be in contention a lot, perhaps the Red Sox themselves. Unless he can't face another three months in SD for some reason, there's no reason at all for him to take that lesser deal.
The thing the Red Sox have working in their favor here is that Gonzalez is under contract for about $6M this year. That's about $15M less than his market value. Gonzalez's only shot at making more money in 2011 is to rework his contract with Boston.
He's not going to give up his shot at an epic payday for 10mm more in 2011.
AGon trade seems fair to me. Shit, the pads only gave up 1 year of him.
I know its fun to rip on the MSM's love of Casey Kelly, but there's a heck of a lot of projection left in Kelly. He can still be a projected front-line starter and i guess he's headed to AA. Kelly is a premium pick-up for the Pads.
Rizzo is another quality pick up and i guess the Pads dont exactly have to hold onto him. Iglesias is very boom or bust though and I wish Hoyer squeezed out a better prospect considering the PTBNL isn't supposed to be a good one.
The haul could've been better but Kelly and Rizzo is an acceptable starting point.
I've seen Rizzo play. The kid is a beast. He could use some work defensively, but his bat has a lot of potential. I specifically remember seeing him turn on a Rafael Soriano fastball and absolutely crushing it.
i just hope crawford signs with boston before we get lee. for entertaining read purposes.
I just hope we sign Lee period.
I think the Red Sox made a great move not brining back V-mart and especially Beltre and instead went after Gonzalez. I was hoping they sign Beltre to a big contract and be stuck with him when he morphs back into, well.. Adrian Beltre.
I agree. Losing Beltre and Victor Martinez did create a major hole in their offense, but they've addressed one part with the addition of Gonzalez, and they'll probably address the other part by adding Werth.
Yankee fans need to keep in mind that if they add Gonzalez and Werth, the two collectively had a lower fWAR last year than did Beltre and V-Mart. I'm not suggesting Beltre and V-Mart are better than A-Gon and Werth, it's just that that they had better years last season. A-Gon and Werth are much more likely to replace Beltre and V-Mart's production form 2010 than Beltre and V-Mart would if they stayed. Yet all that means is the Red Sox haven't improved from last year. They'll have increased the liklihood they'll maintain the production.
Their real improvement will come from the other players being healthy.
Absolutely. I totally agree, well said.
Agree 100%. Pedroia, Ellsbury, and Youkilis being healthy will impact the 2011 Red Sox more than swapping A-Gon and Werth for Beltre and V-Mart.
I guess the Padres are going to move Blanks back to the OF? To me this trade would have made more sense if they received Kalish instead of Rizzo.
A friend of mine who used to cover the Padres' minor league system told me about a time when he tripped over Blanks' dick.
And how does one trip over another person's dick?
I heard Blanks was standing up when it happened…
medically fascinating.
Kinda, he was kneeling over a bench in a AAA locker room and it was leaning over the other side. My friend covered them for a website and walked by and got tripped up by it.
Didn't have TJS?
Didn't he have TJS recently?*
He did, but it isn't that big of a deal for hitters. Especially since he's a 1b.
The #Padres will need to add a 1B. Kyle Blanks won't be ready until well after the season starts, Rizzo likely needs Triple-A seasoning.
True, just saw this tweet via rotoworld
Wanna hear something cool? In 2016, Teixeira and A-Rod will still be playing. They are the only current Yankees I can think of who will be guaranteed anything then. That said, Cano and Hughes will probably still be Yankees then, and Gardner might be there too.
I'd give Mo an outside chance FTW.
A-Rod should retire by then.
aw HELLLLL no.
He and the Yankees will get every dollar they can out of that albatross.
By 2016 A-Rod might be a DH who only plays 100 games but still, he'll be on the roster.
Heyman tweeted about a half hour ago, "there is optimism the gonzalez trade will happen. but on the of chance it doesn't, #padres will keep him and won't field offers. #redsox"
Trade with the Red Sox or trade with no one? That makes sense…
Might as well throw in Latos
I'm sure if Texas comes a calling a deal could be worked out.
I can't see a player returning once he is that far in the trade process.
Unless the Sox nix the deal, because Adrian wouldn't accept anything less than Teix did, and would prefer The Second Coming (Casey Kelly), as opposed to a year of A-Gonz.
The whole not shopping him around after, that's the part I dont believe.
A-Rod was traded to the Sox and then wasn't. It can happen. I don't think the Sox will do the deal unless they work out an extension.
I don't know why I'm asking, but did anyone read that Gordon Edes piece on ESPN about Theo's "master plan" in finally landing Gonzalez to complement his brilliant "bridge year" strategy?
I almost didn't make it to the end of the article and I kind of wish I stopped reading it halfway through…
The Redsox fleeced San Diego on the A-Gon deal, I'm shocked Iglesias, Kalish or Bard weren't in that deal. The guy was a monster in a pitchers park, he'll destroy Fenway, even having to face better pitching, although the NL West had some pretty good hurlers. Boston Fleeced Cleveland in 09 for V-Mart also, there should be an investigation….
@deadrody… Ellsbury, Pedroia, A-Gon, Youkilis, Ortiz, Werth, Drew, Salty, Scutaro, Lester, Buchholz, Bard, Papelbon, Beckett, Lackey. I'll leave out Dice-K to humor you. That's a pretty good core, if you don't think so your whistling past the graveyard. The only weak link in that group is Salty.
Seems like in Boston, Theo can do no wrong.
In New York, Cash can do no right.
you're a pair of cunts.


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The second of three recitalists in this season's Evelyn Miller Young Pianist Series is Vivian Choi, who will perform this Sunday, February 24, 2:30 pm, at the Lambert Recital Hall in the Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville.
Choi was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Australia, receiving her beginning music education at the Australian International Conservatorium of Music Preparatory School. Choi continued her musical training at the Saint Petersburg State Conservatory in Russia with Leonid Tamulevich and Alexander Sandler. She received her Masters of Music and Graduate Diploma in Piano Performance at the New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Wha Kyung Byun, and her Artist Diploma at Carnegie Mellon University, studying with Sergey Schepkin.
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---- — PEABODY — For the moment — and probably for as long as new coach Mark Bettencourt is at the helm — the Peabody High football team is focusing on the little battles.
A lot of eyes were locked on Manning Field last Thursday for the Tanners' opener against Lynn English, just hoping to catch a glimpse of what to expect from Peabody, which is now playing for its fourth new coaching staff since legendary head coach Ed Nizwantowski was let go after the 2004 season.
Peabody didn't win and will be looking for its first victory since Thanksgiving of 2011 when it hosts Somerville tomorrow night at Coley Lee Field (7 p.m.). But a positive message was sent to the on-lookers in the Tanners' 29-15 loss last week.
The Tanners were very much in the game against Lynn English and could have won, but Bettencourt, who has been Peabody's baseball coach for the past nine years, puts his focus on all the small things that eventually add up to either a win or a loss.
"(Winning) is not even an issue. It's the same thing I do in baseball; I don't focus on winning. Winning is a byproduct of execution, bottom line," Bettencourt said. "You can't fumble the ball four times or have five or six turnovers. The scoreboard will not read in our favor if we do that. The focus is on what we're doing. My God, we gave them some great opportunities. A number of times we made some mistakes offensively. If we make a first down we get four more downs. Instead, we had to punt and what happened after is a byproduct of not getting a first down. That's what we're trying to explain."
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All the blood and sweat poured into practice will eventually take care of the wins.
"We tell our guys all the time, don't go out trying to win, try to go out and execute and do the things they're coached to do," Bettencourt said. "Stay with what you're taught and just do your job. I think we made some headway with that and are opening their eyes a little. The focus this week has not been just showing them where they're supposed to be, but why they're there."
The opening game was also eye-opening for many of the Peabody players who returned this season with experience under their belt.
Peabody didn't hold a lead all season last year and its closest game was an 18-point loss to Revere.
Against Lynn English, the Tanners scored first and were within one touchdown late in the game. Turnovers ended up preventing Peabody from winning.
"The kids from last year, I think we were a little thrown back from how well we played, but at the same time I think we feel as if we should have won that game. I feel like we're happy with our performance in terms of effort and improvement, but we're still looking to strive forward," senior captain Cody Wlasuk said.
"We weren't happy and we weren't mad, we were kind of neutral. We figured out it was good to see what we need to improve on and that's something we'll put toward next week."
Peabody could have its hands full with Somerville. The Highlanders have solid size and don't use too many players on both sides of the ball.
Somerville also comes into the game with an 0-1 record after dropping a 28-7 game to Arlington last week.
Peabody could be facing some injury issues, particularly with Wlasuk, who left the game against Lynn English with a foot injury. He's day-to-day.
One thing the Tanners definitely showed in their opener was depth. Wlasuk is a starting linebacker and running back, but after his injury sophomore Doug Santos filled in admirably on offense, carrying the ball 17 times for 167 yards and two touchdowns.
"That was a shock to everybody. If you told me before the game he'd have 17-18 carries I would have said you were crazy. We thought we'd have balance between Billy Teehan, Wlasuk, Santos, Ryan Collins and Mike Raymond. We wanted to spread it out, but when we saw the way he was running the ball we had to lean on him a little bit," Bettencourt said.
"It comes down to conditioning. We condition everybody the same. The focus is on everybody and that mentality of coaching and practicing everybody the same benefited us. We had a kid that's only a sophomore that's been there from Day 1 doing the same drills and he stepped in and filled the void."
Somerville will not be a pushover, but the Tanners should at least be in position to win if they execute all they have learned so far.
"We have an idea what they do, but just like us they're probably putting in new stuff. We have to be ready to understand the game if something happens, why it happened and how we stop it. There's more teaching and coaching going on and we'll start to play better the quicker they understand," Bettencourt said.
"Physically, we matched up pretty well with Lynn English. We didn't expect to, but we did. Now, the kids understand why we do the extra work. In the fourth quarter we were not as tired as they thought they'd be."


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This week I spoke to Mr Dixon about some of the details of my ecosystems. If you're interested in how that went scroll down for the blog post discussing it. My main resource for this weeks information was my discussion with Mr Dixon. I gathered a lot of useful information regarding how to set up my ecosystem and how to be more definitive when measuring changes.
In the upcoming week I need to see if i can find a spot to leave my ecosystems – at school – where they will get plenty of sun and won't be interferred with. I also have to consider where I will collect soil for my 'natural setting' ecosystem – whether it will be from a local park or just my back garden. When considering setting from which I'm gathering soil I'll need to take into account variables such as alkalinity and lime content. I will also have to start gathering the equipment so I can set up my ecosystems.


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Put the Freeze on Identity Theft
There are plenty of common-sense things you can do to curb your risk of identity theft.
There are plenty of common-sense things you can do to curb your risk of identity theft: shred personal documents, guard your Social Security number, and monitor your credit report. But if you really want to roll out the big guns, put a security freeze on your credit file.
A freeze bars anyone from having access to your credit report and credit score without your permission, which means identity thieves will have a tough time opening an account in your name—even if they know your name, date of birth, and Social Security number. That's because lenders generally won't issue new credit without first seeing a credit report.
To put a freeze on your file, you'll have to send a certified letter to each of the three major credit bureaus: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. In most states, the service is free for identity-theft victims who provide a police report. Otherwise, you'll pay about $10 at each credit bureau, unless your state mandates a lower fee.
Freezes don't make sense for everyone, especially young people with a short credit history. The same goes if you're shopping for a mortgage, auto loan, insurance, or a new credit card. That's because you'll have to temporarily lift the freeze using a pin code each time you apply for a new line of credit. (Companies you already do business with can still access your report.) You may also need to suspend the freeze to get an apartment, utility service, or a job that requires a background check. /p>
Suspending your credit file freeze isn't cheap. You'll typically pay another $10 a pop, and the process can take up to 10 business days. To check fees in your state and get instructions on how to place a credit freeze, go to consumersunion.org/securityfreeze.htm.


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Background: The process and outcome of a consensus conference to develop revised algorithms for treatment of bipolar disorder to be implemented in the public mental health system of Texas are described. These medication algorithms for bipolar disorder are an update of those developed for the Texas Medication Algorithm Project, a research study that tested the clinical and economic impact of treatment guidelines for major psychiatric illnesses treated in the Texas public mental health system (Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation [TDMHMR]).
Method: Academic clinicians and researchers, practicing clinicians in the TDMHMR system, administrators, advocates, and consumers participated in a consensus conference in August 2000. Participants attended presentations reviewing new evidence in the pharmacologic treatment of bipolar disorder and discussed the needs of consumers in the TDMHMR system. Principles were enumerated, including balancing of evidence for efficacy, tolerability, and safety in medication choices. A set of 7 distinct algorithms was drafted. In the following months, a subcommittee condensed this product into 2 primary algorithms.
Results: The panel agreed to 2 primary algorithms: treatment of mania/hypomania, including 3 pathways for treatment of euphoric symptoms, mixed or dysphoric symptoms, and psychotic symptoms; and treatment of depressive symptoms. General principles to guide algorithm implementation were discussed and drafted.
Conclusion: The revised algorithms are currently being disseminated and implemented within the Texas public mental health system. The goals of the Texas initiative include increasing the consistency of appropriate treatment of bipolar disorder, encouraging systematic and optimal use of available pharmacotherapies, and improving the outcomes of patients with bipolar disorder.


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The Growing Culture of Unpaid Internships
Intern Nation author Ross Perlin says free labor is problematic for society.
If it seems like an increasing number of internship opportunities are unpaid, that's because they are. And while college students, recent graduates, and even mid-life career-changers are often willing to go without a paycheck to gain experience, not everyone supports this work-for-free phenomenon.
In what could be called an exposé of internships, Ross Perlin's new Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy examines the history of the practice, what's really legal, and how students, employers, and colleges can change the tide so more interns are paid. Perlin, a 28-year-old researcher for the Himalayan Languages Project in China and first-time author, talked recently with U.S. News. Excerpts:
Can you explain the arguments you make in the book?
One is that the internship system, if you can call it that, is chaotic and sprawling, and in many ways has gone off the rails; it's not working as it should. That's something which goes back to what's been happening with the recession ... People are becoming serial interns, doing four or five or six internships, none of which are leading to a job. Companies are not using internships in the way they used to in many cases, as a recruiting pipeline, as a way to bring talent into the firm. They're using them as a cheap labor force that they're cycling through without any prospect of bringing [interns] on as regular workers … Internships are displacing full-time workers in significant numbers.
[See The Ethics of Unpaid Internships.]
The second argument is a little more subtle, but it relates to the first. Those who can't access internships, those who can't pay to play, who can't afford to work unpaid for significant amounts of time … those people are being left behind, and they're unable to enter a lot of key professions in the white-collar workforce. Professions like politics, media, film, and entertainment. There is a social justice issue here. If you have the gateway into the workforce being something where you have to come from a well-off-enough background ... people who are from [big cities] where internships are concentrated and have a place to live or are from families that have the money to enable somebody to work unpaid for a summer or six months or even a year, those people are at a serious advantage. So the overall impact on our society is just beginning to show.
Where did you find the data to support these points?
For the most part, it's based on self-reported surveys of college students who have done internships. Some of the best [surveys] have been done by a research firm called Intern Bridge, some have been done by The National Association of Colleges and Employers [but] those have often been surveys on the employers' side … The data is indicative, but the gold standard would be if the Bureau of Labor Statistics at the Department of Labor tried to track and define internships in a clear way.
How'd this book come about?
What dawned on me in London when I was doing a master's degree there was I hadn't done an internship. I'd spent my summers traveling [and] I was beginning to feel that everything I'd done was pretty impractical. I needed to make some step toward a career. So I did this internship [with a non-profit that follows environmental news related to China] that lasted about four months. It wasn't a horror experience, but it sort of got me down.
I was thinking about this state of being an intern and realizing that I was the last of my friends to go through it ... As I began doing research, I realized how many other issues internships connected with. How they were tied to changes in academia, to changes in the labor market, to certain generational issues, even to digital culture and the internet.
When I started researching the book, the recession hadn't even begun and I started looking at the internship boom during the last 20 or 30 years. But the recession has really exacerbated things. It has especially led to many more students who just graduated from college or even are a year or two out taking on unpaid internships, and even people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s who are trying to change careers or are looking to get a foothold in the labor market. I think people have come to recognize it as a broader issue than just what are students doing with their summer.