C: Paul Lo Duca
1B: Paul Konerko
2B: Luis Castillo
SS: Mike Young
3B: Chone Figgins
LF: Pat Burrell
CF: Ken Griffey Jr.
RF: Jose Guillen
DH: Travis Hafner
SP: Barry Zito
SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka
SP: Justin Verlander
SP: Livan Hernandez
SP: Jon Garland
CL: Jason Isringhausen
If you set the replacement level at .292, and add a win above replacement for both the bench and the rest of the bullpen, this team would be expected to win between 65 and 70 games.
It's not the perfect awful name value team; it's an example of an awful name value team. You should see what happens when you plug Kenny Rogers or Jeff Suppan into that rotation in place of Verlander and Matsuzaka, who I only included because any GM who put together a rotation of Zito/Rogers/Suppan/Hernandez/Garland wouldn't be allowed out of the house.You have to maintain some semblance of reality, after all.
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Ewww...gross...
SethGrandpa - November 7, 2008
I can't believe Travis Hafner is finished.
JI - November 7, 2008
From a .458 wOBA in 2006 to a .276 wOBA in 2008
Unfathomable.
Jeff Sullivan - November 7, 2008
At least Victor Martinez still has a job.
JI - November 7, 2008
And that four year deal is just now kicking in.
Goose - November 7, 2008
With a 2013 option!
This is going to be so much worse than the Michael Young contract.
Jeff Sullivan - November 7, 2008
Nobodies perfect I guess.
Goose - November 7, 2008
Long contracts to DHs are stupid.
Matthew - November 7, 2008
Hafner didn't exactly seem like a guy ripe for collaspe
JI - November 7, 2008
And immediately after the contract was signed.
We know guys like Hafner tend to fall hard, but I never expected it to be this fast.
Teej - November 8, 2008
It's sad that us LGTers are just praying for 2007 again
And the best part is that no one has a fucking clue what happened.
nickjs21 - November 8, 2008
I wonder how many games this team would win
seattlebruin - November 7, 2008
His 2006 was epic.
I never thought that would be the end for him.
BrettJMiller - November 7, 2008
I'm guessing this is a reply to the wrong comment
seattlebruin - November 7, 2008
If only that were indicated somewhere
If you set the replacement level at .292, and add a win above replacement for both the bench and the rest of the bullpen, this team would be expected to win between 65 and 70 games.
pdb - November 7, 2008
I propose that this subthread be hidden now
or Jeff blamed for writing in a way in which my eyes did not pick up this sentence
seattlebruin - November 7, 2008
I wonder in what sequence the keys appear on my keyboard.
Llewdor - November 7, 2008
It wasn't even under the stars.
Kirsten Schlewitz - November 7, 2008
And the ugly thought is that ...
our previous GM would would have placed (and in some cases did place) a premium value on every player on that list.
Steve Nelson - November 7, 2008
Especially since Young just won a Gold Glove.
Llewdor - November 7, 2008
In a shat on Monday, Chris Kahrl picked Figgins over Beltre
for whom she’d want on her team in 2009.
Llewdor - November 7, 2008
Shat is the perfect word there.
Sec 108 - November 7, 2008
Chris Kahrl is not an analyst
Jeff Sullivan - November 7, 2008
What kind of name is "Kahrl" anyway?
Why not change it to “Karl” so it actually looks normal?
Coach Owens - November 7, 2008
Do you have idea what her people have been though Coach?
Now you want to take away her cultural heritage.
JI - November 7, 2008
*Sniff* What have I done?!?
Coach Owens - November 7, 2008
I'm going to pretend that you're making a joke about Chris Kahrl's other name change because it makes me think you're an evil comedic genius.
Aaron Campeau - November 7, 2008
I"m going with clueless, myself
it fits the Coach narrative much better.
pdb - November 7, 2008
You think one of the people in charge at BP
could figure out Beltre >>>>>>>>> Figgins
JI - November 7, 2008
BP has/had exactly two redeeming people.
Matthew - November 7, 2008
And one of them has basically traded baseball for politics
davidcameron - November 7, 2008
Seems like he's found his true calling.
Good for Nate. He deserves the plaudits he’s received this year.
Nice example of how the process of sabr stuff is much more important than the results; it’s so damned applicable.
marc w - November 7, 2008
Agreed. He really nailed it this year.
Teej - November 8, 2008
That's a call the average fan could make correctly.
JI - November 7, 2008
On second thought, this is a bit of hyperbole.
I haven’t followed BP in a year and I know they have some new writers, so I’m not in a position to judge them.
Matthew - November 8, 2008
The black helicopters came for you in the night?
Graham MacAree - November 8, 2008
They threatened to make him Mattina.
Aaron Campeau - November 8, 2008
November resolution.
I’m trying to be nicer.
My drinking has increased.
Matthew - November 8, 2008
Beer is more powerful if you haven't eaten yet
Jeff Sullivan - November 8, 2008
How's it going?
Kirsten Schlewitz - November 8, 2008
It was more than just Beltre.
R.J. Anderson - November 8, 2008
Good golly
Jeff Sullivan - November 8, 2008
Women should never be allowed to talk baseball.
JI - November 8, 2008
This is hilarious on at LEAST two levels.
Aaron Campeau - November 8, 2008
I'm glad someone understands me.
JI - November 9, 2008
http://www.draysbay.com/2008/7/31/583769/trade-deadline-open-thread#7785306
JI - November 9, 2008
Bahahahaha
Aaron Campeau - November 9, 2008
That was quite the discussion.
Kirsten Schlewitz - November 10, 2008
And yet SBN still takes comedy away from us by allowing users to delete their own fanposts.
R.J. Anderson - November 10, 2008
I'm surprised you remember this
You guys should have let me run with this though as I had not heard of her until that day. Pretty funny regardless. I’ll catch you tripping up one of these days.
Sandy Kazmir - November 10, 2008
When I saw that people weren't letting you run with it I was confused and more than a little disappointed.
Aaron Campeau - November 10, 2008
My brethren at the Bay were nice enough to enlighten me
I don’t think I would have gotten off so easily at other sites.
Sandy Kazmir - November 10, 2008
I think it was an LLer that first pointed it out, actually.
Aaron Campeau - November 10, 2008
touche
Sandy Kazmir - November 10, 2008
Keep 'em in the kitchen.
Kirsten Schlewitz - November 9, 2008
Only when they're not giving birth.
JI - November 9, 2008
That shouldn't be an issue for Ms. Kahrl.
Aaron Campeau - November 9, 2008
Perhaps it was a failed attempt at satire?
R.J. Anderson - November 8, 2008
At least Verlander has SOME chance of bouncing back, right?
Yes, his 2008 season was just awful, but he’s still only 25 and had success earlier in his career? I could see him bouncing back, maybe not to his dominant form, but at least to an above average pitcher. Or is he like Willis who had success due mainly to luck?
Coach Owens - November 7, 2008
Willis would have been a good selection for this post
Jeff Sullivan - November 7, 2008
Hey look, I was right about something!
Coach Owens - November 7, 2008
don't get cocky. kid
pdb - November 7, 2008
I'm a nerd
Luke: Got ‘im! I got ’im!
Han Solo: Great, kid. Don’t get cocky.
bluemax - November 7, 2008
I'm not quite that nerdy
but I do think my snark would have been better had it been correctly punctuated.
pdb - November 7, 2008
Yeah but this team would hit so many home runs!
brayden04 - November 7, 2008
They would give up an ungodly amount of home runs as well
seattlebruin - November 7, 2008
Then they'd get mad girls cause chicks dig the long ball.
brayden04 - November 8, 2008
So they'd be rich as hell and get mad chicks?
This doesn’t sound like the worst life of all time
seattlebruin - November 9, 2008
You're scared of girls.
Kirsten Schlewitz - November 9, 2008
I know one person who would be interested in the clubhouse stories that come out of that team...
ThundaPC - November 7, 2008
Jason Varitek would of been a better option that Paul Lo Duca.
Goose - November 7, 2008
Must...resist...being...a...grammar...nazi...
redwolf75 - November 7, 2008
I'm not yet convinced that Varitek is completely done but he would've been fine too
Jeff Sullivan - November 8, 2008
But Jose Guillen is needed for proper clubhouse chemistry!
redwolf75 - November 7, 2008
As
lucked as Dice-K was this year, isn’t there more proper selections ? I mean at least he hasn’t been bad. Carlos Silva?
RollingWave - November 9, 2008
...
Aaron Campeau - November 9, 2008
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