Given the chance to let the dust settle on the Sanchez-Verdugo for Cabrera trade, I’ve shaped my thoughts into concise bullet points based on pluses and minuses. First, the pluses: Probably the best thing about Cabrera right now is his age; at 27-years-old he’s (theoretically) in his prime baseball years, and that’s always a nice thing to have in a… Read more →
Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in. I’ll have more to write on this later when I get home from work, but I think my initial reaction is, “We traded for Melky Cabrera … what … why?” In the meantime, feel free to pour over his stats via Baseball-Reference. Year Age Tm Lg PA SB… Read more →
First, a Wordle: (Words taken from Grady Sizemore’s Wikipedia page from 2007 onward.) Dude gets hurt a lot. After looking at this thing all I can see is SURGERY-MICROFRACTURE-KNEE-HERNIA-ohgodthepain. From 2006-2008 Sizemore was one of the best players in the American League. Scratch that, one of the best players in baseball. Over that time period (’06-08), Sizemore posted a 134… Read more →