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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Giants Sign Alou
When I first saw that headline, I had to check the story to see if the Giants signed Moises Alou or his uncle Matty Alou. ESPN Deportes (since when do they break news?) reports that 38 year-old Moises Alou has agreed to terms with the Giants on a 2 year contract worth $13.6MM. The NY Times and AP are also reporting the signing. I'm too upset to type coherent sentences (I'm mainly pissed because our company holiday for Dec 23rd was rescinded late this afternoon, but I'm also displeased by the Giants recent moves), so I'll just post some unorganized stats and observations and you kids can go to town with it in the comments.
* Alou's Home/Road splits from 2002-2004:
Home: .304/.381/.559
Road: .264/.327/.417
* Alou 38
Bonds 40
Grissom 38
Snow 37
Durham 33
Vizquel 38
Alfonzo 31
Matheny 34
* From a respected Cubs fan on some message board somewhere:
2 years/$13.6 M for Alou?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
I'm going out on a limb and saying he won't put up a 1.000 OPS next year in Pac Bell. If he hits .260/.320/.430 with 20 HRs, the Giants should consider themselves lucky.
And fans, here are some useful phrases you can commit to heart before next season:
"Where was he going?!"
"Please hit the cutoff man once before I die."
"STFU and stop barking, that was clearly a strike."
"That throw was nowhere close."
"#### Alou, doubled off again. Do you think he knows there are base coaches, or is it that he just doesn't care?"
"How did he not catch that?"
Enjoy.
* Alou's 2005 ZiPS projection: .271/.333/.453 with 21 HRs. Ok that isn't *that* bad, but is it really much of an upgrade over Tucker/Mohr? Last season Giants RFers had a collective OPS of .757. Alou projects to have an OPS of .786. Once you factor in Alou's shoddy defense...yikes, did we upgrade RF at all?
* With the Giants elderly outfield, it would be a good idea to get a good, cheap 4th/5th OF who can play all 3 OF positions and spell Bonds, Moises, and Grissom when they need rest. Anybody know where we get ourselves a player like that?
I yield the floor.
When I first saw that headline, I had to check the story to see if the Giants signed Moises Alou or his uncle Matty Alou. ESPN Deportes (since when do they break news?) reports that 38 year-old Moises Alou has agreed to terms with the Giants on a 2 year contract worth $13.6MM. The NY Times and AP are also reporting the signing. I'm too upset to type coherent sentences (I'm mainly pissed because our company holiday for Dec 23rd was rescinded late this afternoon, but I'm also displeased by the Giants recent moves), so I'll just post some unorganized stats and observations and you kids can go to town with it in the comments.
* Alou's Home/Road splits from 2002-2004:
Home: .304/.381/.559
Road: .264/.327/.417
* Alou 38
Bonds 40
Grissom 38
Snow 37
Durham 33
Vizquel 38
Alfonzo 31
Matheny 34
* From a respected Cubs fan on some message board somewhere:
2 years/$13.6 M for Alou?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
I'm going out on a limb and saying he won't put up a 1.000 OPS next year in Pac Bell. If he hits .260/.320/.430 with 20 HRs, the Giants should consider themselves lucky.
And fans, here are some useful phrases you can commit to heart before next season:
"Where was he going?!"
"Please hit the cutoff man once before I die."
"STFU and stop barking, that was clearly a strike."
"That throw was nowhere close."
"#### Alou, doubled off again. Do you think he knows there are base coaches, or is it that he just doesn't care?"
"How did he not catch that?"
Enjoy.
* Alou's 2005 ZiPS projection: .271/.333/.453 with 21 HRs. Ok that isn't *that* bad, but is it really much of an upgrade over Tucker/Mohr? Last season Giants RFers had a collective OPS of .757. Alou projects to have an OPS of .786. Once you factor in Alou's shoddy defense...yikes, did we upgrade RF at all?
* With the Giants elderly outfield, it would be a good idea to get a good, cheap 4th/5th OF who can play all 3 OF positions and spell Bonds, Moises, and Grissom when they need rest. Anybody know where we get ourselves a player like that?
I yield the floor.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2004
I Have a Question
What the hell is going on? It's probably a bad sign when the GM of your team makes a move that is so bewildering that you need to ask as many people as possible what the motivations were behind said move. So, someone help me out here.
I'm at a loss. Let's see, Dustan Mohr hit .274/.394/.437 last season in limited playing time. He is arbitration eligible for the first time, so he probably wouldn't cost more than 800k or thereabouts. Mohr is cheap, he's young (by Giants standards, he may as well be wearing diapers), he is cheap too, he's well liked by his teammates and Giants fans, he can play all three OF positions, and he won't cost very much. So, I repeat -- what the hell is going on? Possible explanations:
1) Non-tendering Mohr was part of some bizarro negotiating formality that I don't understand and the Giants will still attempt to re-sign Mohr.
2) This is part of the "give Pedro Feliz as many ABs as possible" plan. The front office has repeated this line ad nausea and the Giants plan to use Feliz as the 4th OF. I was just hoping that Feliz' additional ABs wouldn't come at the expense of someone who is actually good.
3) "Batting third in Right Field, Kevin Bass!"
4) A "big" free agent OF signing/trade is around the corner and there was just no room in the OF for Mohr. Of course, "big" is a subjective term which means Drew, Mags, Beltran, Kearns, or Huff to most Giants fans. But to Magowan and Sabean, "big" could be front officespeak for Jeromy Burnitz. Or BJ Surhoff. Or maybe both of them.
5) The Giants lost an arbitration case with DP Pierzynski last spring, and they refuse to go to an arbitration hearing with anyone under any circumstances. The Giants and Mohr were too far apart and the Giants didn't want to risk going to a hearing. Ok, this may be a little far-fetched, as Hank Schulman reported that money was not the deciding issue.
6) The Giants are going to give on of their AAAA outfielders, Ellison/Torcato/Linden, a shot to make the roster as the 4th or 5th outfielder. Brian Sabean giving a young position player a chance to prove themselves? I'll have to see this to believe it.
7) Sabean's moves aren't supposed to make sense to us. Maybe the decision to non-tender Mohr shouldn't come as a surprise after all. Given the option between a young position player (again, Mohr is young by Giants standards) and a similar, older player who costs twice as much, Sabean will always chose the older, more expensive guy. Whether it's Matheny/Torrealba, Grissom/Mohr, Vizcaino/Aurilia or whatever, Sabean prefers older players. This strategy doesn't make sense to us, but, for whatever reason, this strategy makes perfect sense to Sabean.
But, even that doesn't explain everything. The Giants will likely carry 5 outfielders, meaning there would've been room for Grissom and Mohr on the roster.
8) Brian Sabean is the Mole.
For the record, I'm voting for option #7. I don't understand the move, because I'm not supposed to understand it. Add your own explanations to the comments.
What the hell is going on? It's probably a bad sign when the GM of your team makes a move that is so bewildering that you need to ask as many people as possible what the motivations were behind said move. So, someone help me out here.
I'm at a loss. Let's see, Dustan Mohr hit .274/.394/.437 last season in limited playing time. He is arbitration eligible for the first time, so he probably wouldn't cost more than 800k or thereabouts. Mohr is cheap, he's young (by Giants standards, he may as well be wearing diapers), he is cheap too, he's well liked by his teammates and Giants fans, he can play all three OF positions, and he won't cost very much. So, I repeat -- what the hell is going on? Possible explanations:
1) Non-tendering Mohr was part of some bizarro negotiating formality that I don't understand and the Giants will still attempt to re-sign Mohr.
2) This is part of the "give Pedro Feliz as many ABs as possible" plan. The front office has repeated this line ad nausea and the Giants plan to use Feliz as the 4th OF. I was just hoping that Feliz' additional ABs wouldn't come at the expense of someone who is actually good.
3) "Batting third in Right Field, Kevin Bass!"
4) A "big" free agent OF signing/trade is around the corner and there was just no room in the OF for Mohr. Of course, "big" is a subjective term which means Drew, Mags, Beltran, Kearns, or Huff to most Giants fans. But to Magowan and Sabean, "big" could be front officespeak for Jeromy Burnitz. Or BJ Surhoff. Or maybe both of them.
5) The Giants lost an arbitration case with DP Pierzynski last spring, and they refuse to go to an arbitration hearing with anyone under any circumstances. The Giants and Mohr were too far apart and the Giants didn't want to risk going to a hearing. Ok, this may be a little far-fetched, as Hank Schulman reported that money was not the deciding issue.
6) The Giants are going to give on of their AAAA outfielders, Ellison/Torcato/Linden, a shot to make the roster as the 4th or 5th outfielder. Brian Sabean giving a young position player a chance to prove themselves? I'll have to see this to believe it.
7) Sabean's moves aren't supposed to make sense to us. Maybe the decision to non-tender Mohr shouldn't come as a surprise after all. Given the option between a young position player (again, Mohr is young by Giants standards) and a similar, older player who costs twice as much, Sabean will always chose the older, more expensive guy. Whether it's Matheny/Torrealba, Grissom/Mohr, Vizcaino/Aurilia or whatever, Sabean prefers older players. This strategy doesn't make sense to us, but, for whatever reason, this strategy makes perfect sense to Sabean.
But, even that doesn't explain everything. The Giants will likely carry 5 outfielders, meaning there would've been room for Grissom and Mohr on the roster.
8) Brian Sabean is the Mole.
For the record, I'm voting for option #7. I don't understand the move, because I'm not supposed to understand it. Add your own explanations to the comments.
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Friday, December 17, 2004
Drowning in a Poole of Misery
Above my cubicle at work, I posted a sign which read "5 days and counting." Five days, of course, being the length of time since the Giants front office did something worthy of my ridicule.
Sabean has really outdone himself this time. The Giants were apparently so satisfied with Jason Christiansen's 67 IP, 4.84 ERA, and 1.5 wins above replacement level over the last three years, that they rewarded him with a one year contract worth $1.15MM and a player option for 2006. What, was Eric Gunderson unavailable?
At least with the Matheny signing, Sabean could trot out the intangibles and chemistry line of BS to attempt to justify that contract, but Christiansen caused a stir in the clubhouse last year when he posted a sign above his locker complaining that he hadn't pitched in x number of days.
Also, JC's career has been plagued by shoulder injuries (and two shoulder surgeries) and other various ailments.
So what exactly is the reasoning behind signing an injury prone, 35 year-old reliever who is barely above replacement level? Oh yeah, Christiansen is *gasp* left-handed! But the Giants already have a decent LOOGY in Scott Eyre. They've also signed Jeff Fasero and Armando Almanza to minor league contracts, and Wayne Franklin is still on the 40 man roster. All three of those guys could do JC's job, which, apparently is to be summoned from the bullpen to walk opposing left-handed hitters, for a fraction of the cost.
In the grand scheme of things, I'm not too upset about this because wasting a million bucks on an ineffective reliever isn't the end of the world. But, once again, the Giants have overpaid for a mediocre player who doesn't fill a need.
Above my cubicle at work, I posted a sign which read "5 days and counting." Five days, of course, being the length of time since the Giants front office did something worthy of my ridicule.
Sabean has really outdone himself this time. The Giants were apparently so satisfied with Jason Christiansen's 67 IP, 4.84 ERA, and 1.5 wins above replacement level over the last three years, that they rewarded him with a one year contract worth $1.15MM and a player option for 2006. What, was Eric Gunderson unavailable?
At least with the Matheny signing, Sabean could trot out the intangibles and chemistry line of BS to attempt to justify that contract, but Christiansen caused a stir in the clubhouse last year when he posted a sign above his locker complaining that he hadn't pitched in x number of days.
Also, JC's career has been plagued by shoulder injuries (and two shoulder surgeries) and other various ailments.
So what exactly is the reasoning behind signing an injury prone, 35 year-old reliever who is barely above replacement level? Oh yeah, Christiansen is *gasp* left-handed! But the Giants already have a decent LOOGY in Scott Eyre. They've also signed Jeff Fasero and Armando Almanza to minor league contracts, and Wayne Franklin is still on the 40 man roster. All three of those guys could do JC's job, which, apparently is to be summoned from the bullpen to walk opposing left-handed hitters, for a fraction of the cost.
In the grand scheme of things, I'm not too upset about this because wasting a million bucks on an ineffective reliever isn't the end of the world. But, once again, the Giants have overpaid for a mediocre player who doesn't fill a need.
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Monday, December 13, 2004
I Hate Penalty Kicks
That is all.
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Well, at Least the Giants Didn't Do Anything Stupid Yesterday
No, wait. They did. The Giants have reportedly agreed to terms with free agent catcher Mike Matheny on a three year contract worth about $9 million. Ugh.
On the brightside, Matheny is a fine defensive player, and...well, that's it. That's the brightside.
On the downside...where should I start? The Giants overpaid for a mediocre player. Matheny is a career .239/.293/.336 hitter. Matheny is 34 years old, bringing the average age of the starting 8 up to 35.6(!). By signing another catcher, the Giants lost some leverage in their quest to trade AJ. And the Giants have given up yet another draft pick. Does that about cover it?
Update 2:00: Per Rosenthal, Matheny's contract is actually $10.5MM over three years, with an option for a fourth year.
That is all.
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Well, at Least the Giants Didn't Do Anything Stupid Yesterday
No, wait. They did. The Giants have reportedly agreed to terms with free agent catcher Mike Matheny on a three year contract worth about $9 million. Ugh.
On the brightside, Matheny is a fine defensive player, and...well, that's it. That's the brightside.
On the downside...where should I start? The Giants overpaid for a mediocre player. Matheny is a career .239/.293/.336 hitter. Matheny is 34 years old, bringing the average age of the starting 8 up to 35.6(!). By signing another catcher, the Giants lost some leverage in their quest to trade AJ. And the Giants have given up yet another draft pick. Does that about cover it?
Update 2:00: Per Rosenthal, Matheny's contract is actually $10.5MM over three years, with an option for a fourth year.
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Saturday, December 11, 2004
Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole!
Gauchos! Gauchos!
UCSB defeated Duke in tonight's National Semifinal by a score of 5-0. The #1 ranked Gauchos will face defending National Champion and perenial powerhouse Indiana in the National Championship this Sunday at 1:00 at the Home Despot Center in Carson, CA. The game will be televised live on ESPN2.
The Gauchos dominating, physical play was too much forthe University of New Jersey at Durham Duke to handle. The game was so one sided that many of the Santa Barbara partisans chanted "Let them score! Let them score!" toward the end of the game.
There were over 10,000 fans in attendance tonight, the vast majority of whom were rooting for UCSB. There were a handful of Dookies on hand, and of course, a few of them were right next to me. For some reason they vacated our section in the second half. I couldn't imagine why. Anyway, to all of the UCSB fans/students/alumni reading this -- buy your tickets for Sunday's National Championship. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Hmmm...maybe if I type in all caps that will help.
BUY YOUR TICKETS FOR SUNDAY'S GAME!
One last time, for old time's sake:
Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole!
Gauchos! Gauchos!
Editor's Note: I'm kinda drunk right now.
Gauchos! Gauchos!
UCSB defeated Duke in tonight's National Semifinal by a score of 5-0. The #1 ranked Gauchos will face defending National Champion and perenial powerhouse Indiana in the National Championship this Sunday at 1:00 at the Home Despot Center in Carson, CA. The game will be televised live on ESPN2.
The Gauchos dominating, physical play was too much for
There were over 10,000 fans in attendance tonight, the vast majority of whom were rooting for UCSB. There were a handful of Dookies on hand, and of course, a few of them were right next to me. For some reason they vacated our section in the second half. I couldn't imagine why. Anyway, to all of the UCSB fans/students/alumni reading this -- buy your tickets for Sunday's National Championship. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Hmmm...maybe if I type in all caps that will help.
BUY YOUR TICKETS FOR SUNDAY'S GAME!
One last time, for old time's sake:
Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole!
Gauchos! Gauchos!
Editor's Note: I'm kinda drunk right now.
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Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Old Gauchos Never Die, They Just Get Faded
This is horribly, horribly off topic, but hey, it's my blog, so I can post about whatever I want. Congratulations to the #1 ranked UCSB men's soccer team for defeating Virginia Commonwealth University last Saturday to advance to the Final Four.
As luck would have it, the 2004 College Cup is being played at the Home Depot Center in nearby Carson, CA. Party at Doug's House! UCSB will play Duke in the second National Semifinal this Friday night at approximately 7:30 PM. If UCSB wins on Friday night, they'll play the winner of Maryland/Indiana on Sunday at 1:00PM for the National Championship.
We had a great crowd in Santa Barbara this past weekend (over 11,000 which made the game the most attended non-Final Four playoff game evah) and we're hoping to turn Friday night's game (and hopefully Sunday afternoon's game too) into defacto home games for UCSB.
Calling all UCSB students/fans/alumni - buy your fucking tickets now! I said, Go now! Some info on how to sit with the cool kids can be found here.
If we win on Sunday, we may very well go General Sherman on the city of Carson and burn it to the ground. Of course, since this is Carson we're talking about, it may be tough to tell the difference.
All together now:
Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole!
Gauchos! Gauchos!
I'm sure there are UCSB students/fans/alumni reading this, so drop your positive Gaucho mojo into the comments section.
Actual Giants-related Content
Anything of interest happen in the last week? Well, the latest news on the Steve Finley front has the Finley courtship playing out like an episode of Desperate Housewives. Sabean is the obsessive romantic who has been relentlessly stalking Finley for years. Mike Ilitch is the wealthy diva who is trying to buy Finley's heart with a 2-year/$18 million dollar contract. Peter Gammons is the next door neighbor gossip queen who reports the goings on to his knitting circle.
The Angels are interested insleeping with signing Finley too, as Angels owner (and advertising guru) Arte Moreno has dreams of plastering Steve Finley's face on dry cleaning bags.
The narrator of the episode will be none other than yours truly, because if Sabean outbids the Tigers to sign Finley, I may end up shooting myself.
This is horribly, horribly off topic, but hey, it's my blog, so I can post about whatever I want. Congratulations to the #1 ranked UCSB men's soccer team for defeating Virginia Commonwealth University last Saturday to advance to the Final Four.
As luck would have it, the 2004 College Cup is being played at the Home Depot Center in nearby Carson, CA. Party at Doug's House! UCSB will play Duke in the second National Semifinal this Friday night at approximately 7:30 PM. If UCSB wins on Friday night, they'll play the winner of Maryland/Indiana on Sunday at 1:00PM for the National Championship.
We had a great crowd in Santa Barbara this past weekend (over 11,000 which made the game the most attended non-Final Four playoff game evah) and we're hoping to turn Friday night's game (and hopefully Sunday afternoon's game too) into defacto home games for UCSB.
Calling all UCSB students/fans/alumni - buy your fucking tickets now! I said, Go now! Some info on how to sit with the cool kids can be found here.
If we win on Sunday, we may very well go General Sherman on the city of Carson and burn it to the ground. Of course, since this is Carson we're talking about, it may be tough to tell the difference.
All together now:
Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole!
Gauchos! Gauchos!
I'm sure there are UCSB students/fans/alumni reading this, so drop your positive Gaucho mojo into the comments section.
Actual Giants-related Content
Anything of interest happen in the last week? Well, the latest news on the Steve Finley front has the Finley courtship playing out like an episode of Desperate Housewives. Sabean is the obsessive romantic who has been relentlessly stalking Finley for years. Mike Ilitch is the wealthy diva who is trying to buy Finley's heart with a 2-year/$18 million dollar contract. Peter Gammons is the next door neighbor gossip queen who reports the goings on to his knitting circle.
The Angels are interested in
The narrator of the episode will be none other than yours truly, because if Sabean outbids the Tigers to sign Finley, I may end up shooting myself.
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