Heard a Bill James interview on XM and he was saying how good Aardsma's been in camp and excited the organization is over him at the moment. I guess they always say that, but something worth watching.
Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 2:13pm.
by "the organization", you mean Red Sox, right?
Re: Bill James, I heard him on WSCR, Murph's show.
While he agrees that Soriano SHOULD bat lower in the order based on his HR/power, he also said, and this is an exact quote, "Baseball is not a table game." That players who, for individual reasons, cannot perform to the statistics/sabremetrics, they [these reasons] should be considered. In short, "the statistical solution ain't always the right solution". From THE HORSES MOUTH.
Submitted by mannytrillo on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 1:53pm.
NYY paid back TB for what they felt was cheap shot running over the catcher the other day. Duncan came spikes up at 2B and the pitcher was tossed in the first being "wild".
2010 CUBS MLB PAYROLL: $134.9M NOTE: Total does not include performance bonuses not yet earned, and signing bonuses are only included if all or part of the bonus is actually paid this season
+ Player has "NO TRADE" rights NOTE: Byrd, Grabow, and Nady have "no trade" only through 6/15/2010
SIGNED FOR 2010
+ 12 Alfonso Soriano, OF - $18M
+ 38 Carlos Zambrano, RHP - $17.875M
+ 16 Aramis Ramirez, 3B - $15.75M
+ 1 Kosuke Fukudome, OF - $13M
+ 25 Derrek Lee, 1B - $13M
+ 46 Ryan Dempster, RHP - $12.5M
+ 30 Ted Lilly, LHP - $12M
52 Carlos Silva, RHP - $6M (see NOTE)
+ 22 Xavier Nady, OF - $3.3M
+ 43 John Grabow, LHP - $3.25M
+ 24 Marlon Byrd, OF - $3M
2 Ryan Theriot, SS - $2.6M
+ 29 Jeff Samardzija, RHP - $2.5M
49 Carlos Marmol, RHP - $2.125M
17 Mike Fontenot, 2B - $1M
28 Jeff Baker, INF - $975K
45 Sean Marshall, LHP - $950K
37 Angel Guzman, RHP - $825K
32 Tom Gorzelanny, LHP - $800K
55 Koyie Hill, C - $700K SUB-TOTAL (SIGNED PLAYERS): $130.15M NOTE: Mariners pay $5.5M of Silva's $11.5M salary in 2010.
OTHER:
Aaron Miles - $1M (traded to A's)
Luis Vizcaino - $500K (2010 buy-out) SUB-TOTAL (OTHER): $1.5M
AUTO-RENEWAL:
63 James Adduci, OF
60 Mitch Atkins, RHP
64 Justin Berg, RHP
13 Andres Blanco, INF
33 Esmailin Caridad, RHP
72 Welington Castillo, C
21 Tyler Colvin, OF
66 Rafael Dolis, RHP
27 Sam Fuld, OF
48 John Gaub, LHP
34 Jeff Gray, RHP
6 Micah Hoffpauir, 1B
62 Marcos Mateo, RHP
47 Mike Parisi, RHP
58 Blake Parker, RHP
54 David Patton, RHP
18 Geovany Soto, C
44 Jeff Stevens, RHP
36 Randy Wells, RHP PROJECTED SUB-TOTAL (AUTO-RENEWAL): $3.25M (includes estimated $1M in split salaries for players on 40-man roster who are on Optional Assignment to minors) NOTE: An auto-renewal player can have his contract automatically renewed by the club during the first week of March if an agreement is not reached by that time.
The 2010 MLB mimimum salary is $400K, with a $65K minor league split minimum ($32.5K minor league split minimum for players with no MLB Service Time who are on 40-man roster for the first time), and minor league split salary must be at least 60% of what player was actually paid in salary the previous season.
SPRING TRAINING NRI:
70 Andrew Cashner, RHP
79 Casey Coleman, RHP
20 Thomas Diamond, RHP
78 Jeff Kennard, RHP
68 J. R. Mathes, LHP
53 Vince Perkins, RHP
76 James Russell, LHP
71 Robinson Chirinos, C
74 Steve Clevenger, C-1B
73 Blake Lalli, C-1B
75 Chris Robinson, C
65 Darwin Barney, INF
57 Matt Camp, IF-OF
67 Starlin Castro, INF
4 Bryan Lahair, 1B-OF
15 Kevin Millar, 1B-OF
19 Bobby Scales, IF-OF
9 Chad Tracy, 1B-3B
61 Josh Vitters, 3B
59 Brett Jackson, OF
56 Brad Snyder, OF
#1 Re: Gameday Open Thread / Cubs @ Rangers
Woody Williams rounding nicely into form for the 'Stros.
Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Williams 3.0 10 8 8 0 0 4 15.26
#2 Re: Woody Williams
maybe Oswalt can pitch every 3 days?
#3 Re: Gameday Open Thread / Cubs @ Rangers
The White Sox waived LHP Carlos Vasquez today, the other player in the Neal Cotts-David Aardsma deal.
#6 Re: Aardsma
Heard a Bill James interview on XM and he was saying how good Aardsma's been in camp and excited the organization is over him at the moment. I guess they always say that, but something worth watching.
#8 Re: Aardsma
by "the organization", you mean Red Sox, right?
Re: Bill James, I heard him on WSCR, Murph's show.
While he agrees that Soriano SHOULD bat lower in the order based on his HR/power, he also said, and this is an exact quote, "Baseball is not a table game." That players who, for individual reasons, cannot perform to the statistics/sabremetrics, they [these reasons] should be considered. In short, "the statistical solution ain't always the right solution". From THE HORSES MOUTH.
This one's for YOU CHAD!!
#9 Re: Aardsma
One more for Chad.
Murton drives in the first run with a 2 out single line drive over the pitcher's head.
" [these reasons] should be considered"
Too bad the 'pro-leadoff' camp, can't consider.
#10 Re: Aardsma
Yeah, Red Sox
#4 Re: NYY/TB Brawl
NYY paid back TB for what they felt was cheap shot running over the catcher the other day. Duncan came spikes up at 2B and the pitcher was tossed in the first being "wild".
#5 Re: NYY/TB Brawl
The yanks wouldnt have pulled that Last year with Delmon and Elijah Dukes on the roster. Probably a much safer play nowadays.
#7 Re: Gameday Open Thread / Cubs @ Rangers
listening to game an in Parachat if anyone wants updates from the MLB.com radio guys. Whoever the hell they are.
#11 Re: Gameday Open Thread / Cubs @ Rangers
Lilly cheats with Young up and throws him a changeup to K him in the first with two on.
#12 Re: Gameday Open Thread / Cubs @ Rangers
RALLY! RALLY!!
Koyie Hill walks with the Cubs down one in the ninth. Cory Coles pinch-running, Cedeno up.
#13 Re: Gameday Open Thread / Cubs @ Rangers
Cedeno thrown out on a pitchout to end the game...
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