Comments on: Puff, Puff, Pass

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:06:28 +0000

[70] And let’s not forget that Martin grew up and played little league in the same neighborhood in Montreal where I now live. C’est vrais!

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:15:26 +0000

[73]

Yes, let’s keep plastic slipcovers on the furniture, not on the women!

By: rbj

rbj — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:10:06 +0000

[68] That’s worse. If you’re going to pretend to show skin, go ahead and show real skin.

By: Bruce Markusen

Bruce Markusen — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:04:55 +0000

Just for fun, I looked at Martin’s similarity scores. Through age 27, who is he most similar to?

Thurman Munson.

I like that.

By: Mattpat11

Mattpat11 — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:04:33 +0000

[70] I think it may be better than what they got from Posda and Cervelli combined. Its certainly close.

By: Bruce Markusen

Bruce Markusen — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:02:07 +0000

Martin is definitely a better player than Cervelli. He is a very good defensive catcher who can throw. In his worst season, Martin threw out 25 per cent of basestealers, which is better than what the Yankees got from Cervelli and Posada. Last year, Martin had his best season throwing, nailing 39 per cent of base stealers.

The question is his hitting, which has fallen off badly. But at 27, with a change of scenery and a new hitting coach, maybe he can recapture some past glory.

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:58:14 +0000

[64] I was asking that very question a few days ago. What’s to lose?

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:55:43 +0000

58) They weren’t assless. They were skin toned plastic covers!

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:52:00 +0000

[54] C’mon man, you know I wanted to do it, but the opportunity was missed long ago… Something like that should have been mentioned [1-3] >;)

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:48:07 +0000

Very telling “scouting report” on Martin

http://tinyurl.com/28ukx4r

By: Raf

Raf — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:46:46 +0000

[61] The character flaw was being benched for insubordination, though associating with someone who thinks it’s a good idea to kidnap a baby doesn’t help matters with judgement of character.

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:44:57 +0000

From Cliff to Chien-Ming for Rangers?

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/12/rangers-interested-in-chien-ming-wang.html

For that matter, why aren’t the Yankees kicking the tires on Wang?

By: Greg G

Greg G — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:36:28 +0000

I wonder if this means Andy Pettite is more likely to retire. They could try to overpay Andy, but I suspect if the desire is there for Andy, it won’t be about money.

This is not how the Yanks drew up the offseason, but they do have an ace and a lot of teams would kill to have CC. I am glad that Sabathia doesn’t plan to opt out of his deal next year. If he were a Boras client, or ARod he would be salivating for next year, so he could eat every last dollar in free agency.

By: Mattpat11

Mattpat11 — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:33:47 +0000

[60] I don’t think he needed to be the starter last year. I think Francisco Cervelli-Starting Catcher, had more to do with Girardi’s neurotic obsession with rest and seeing himself in Cervelli.

By: Mattpat11

Mattpat11 — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:28:38 +0000

[57] Last I heard, Tabata was under the impression that the baby was his. I don’t find that some kind of horrible character flaw. And there’s birth certificate rumblings about almost any Latin American prospect. Has there been any reason to legitimately doubt that?

By: Raf

Raf — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:26:40 +0000

[53] Cervelli got so much playing time due to there not being too many options behind Posada. Neither Romine nor Montero were ready, and I’d rather had seen Cervelli than Moeller behind the plate.

By: jorgie juiced one

jorgie juiced one — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:24:21 +0000

[50], they traded for Cone and then signed him when his contract was up. I wouldn’t put Rogers in “top” FA category. Mussian was a top FA, signed after 2000 season. But, again, given some big names they passed on in previous years, this was an example of selective targeting.

By: rbj

rbj — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:23:54 +0000

[54] Didn’t see it. Hadn’t even heard of it. But @ssless chaps never looked so good.

I’ve expected Toronto and Baltimore to be better next year. It’s going to be a 5 team dogfight, just keep Michael Vick in Philly.

By: Raf

Raf — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:19:56 +0000

[49] Tabata was having problems with the organization at the time of the trade, benchings and suspensions. After he was traded, there was an issue with his birth certificate. And to top it off, his wife allegedly kidnapped a baby…

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:19:02 +0000

[51] Bravo