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Initially, I had set out to put together a roster of talented big leaguers whose salaries make them underpaid compared to their peers, like John Clayton had done with the NFL. I realized, however, that this would be too easy. This season alone, the All Star game featured 23 first-timers, most of whom are young up-and-comers who haven’t yet reached free agency. There are too many low-priced stars in the majors for that list to have been worth the read. So, instead, I used the criteria of multi-time All Star to narrow it down, seeing as how a player who has been an All Star more than once is usually an established star and generally, is paid according to market value.

And I didn't include any, "Yeah, he was an All Star in '96, but he hasn't done sh*t in 5 seasons" has-beens. Everybody on here is contributing to their respective teams right now.

The 2006 payroll for “The Best Team Money Can Buy” totaled $111,580,000 and the roster is comprised of players who have each been to at least two All Star games in their careers.

Catchers

A.J. Pierzynski
The two-time All Star is a career .288 hitter (.300 this season) and has been solid behind the plate posting a .995 fielding percentage and throwing out 27-percent of base stealers. For his career, pitchers have a 4.18 ERA with him as their battery mate. He makes just $4 million this season.

Mike Piazza
Piazza, a 12-time All Star, is the greatest hitting catcher of all time with a career .310 average and 412 homeruns, but he is also having a solid season with the Padres hitting .292 with 15 and 44 RBI. Because most felt that he was no longer capable of posting prolific numbers, San Diego was able to sign him for relatively cheap. He makes just $1.25 million in 2006 and is the backup catcher for this squad.

First Base

Nomar Garciaparra
A six-time All Star, Garciaparra makes $6 million this season and is hitting .331 with 57 RBI for the Dodgers. He ranks first in MLB with a .999 fielding percentage and is fifth among first basemen in range factor. In addition to that, he’s got experience at shortstop and third base.

David Ortiz
We had to splurge a little here for one of the league’s most feared power hitters. The 3-time All Star makes $12.5 million this season but he’s worth it. With a .281 average, 33 homeruns, 94 RBI and countless clutch hits, he’ll be the designated hitter in the lineup.

Frank Thomas
He no longer hits for high average, but the 5-time All Star can still put a big hurtin’ on a baseball. In just 246 at-bats, he’s got 20 homeruns and 51 RBI. And despite his .244 batting average, Thomas has a .372 on-base percentage because he still draws a lot of walks. Making just $500,000 this season, he can serve as this team’s pinch-slugger.

Second Base

Jose Vidro
The career .302 hitter is a three-time All Star and is among the better defensive second basemen in the league. One of the elite contact hitters (never struck out more than 70 times), he’s hitting .300 this season and makes $7 million.

Third Base

Miguel Cabrera
Cabrera is just 23 years old but he’s already been selected to three All Star games. He is a career .306 hitter who has experience in the outfield as well as third base. This season he’s batting .330 with a .429 on-base percentage and has driven in 63 runs. And he’s making only $768,000 this year.

Melvin Mora
The two-time All Star has played in the outfield and all infield positions except catcher. He’s hitting .283 with 11 homeruns and 52 RBI and is 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts. Surprisingly, he’s committed only six errors in 98 games at third base this year. He makes $4 million in 2006.

Shortstop

Michael Young

One of the underrated stars in the league, Young is a three-time All Star (MVP of the game this season) making just $3 million this season. He’s hitting .311 with 64 RBI and is second among all Major League shortstops with a 4.99 range factor and has made just 8 errors.

Jimmy Rollins
The three-time All Star is fifth among shortstops in fielding percentage (six errors) and has stolen 22 bases in 26 attempts. He makes $4 million this season and will serve as the utility infielder and pinch-runner.

Outfield

Vernon Wells
He’s a two-time All Star and a two-time Gold Glove winner in centerfield. This season he’s hitting .322 with 26 homeruns and 78 RBI. He also leads the league in extra-base hits and is 11-for-14 in stolen base tries. And he’s making $4.3 million.

Jermaine Dye
The two-time All Star and 2005 World Series MVP makes $5 million this season and is hitting .316 with 25 homeruns and has an outstanding 1.015 OPS.

Carlos Lee
He’s hitting .284 with 27 homeruns and 79 RBI and has only been caught twice in 14 base-stealing attempts. The two-time All Star and 2005 Silver Slugger winner makes $8 million this year.

Jason Bay
With a .285 average, 22 homeruns and 73 RBI this season - he’s also 34-for-44 in stolen bases for his career - Bay, a two-time All Star, is a steal for the Pirates at $750,000.

Starting Pitchers

Johan Santana

All things considered, the 27-year-old is relatively cheap at $9 million. The two-time All Star and 2004 Cy Young winner has gone 47-18 with a 2.82 ERA and 655 strikeouts in the last 88 starts. And he’s done it in the American League.

Carlos Zambrano
The two-time All Star has pitched a 3.04 ERA the last three seasons and is currently 10-3 for a Cubs team that’s 37-60. The 25-year-old makes $6.5 million this season.

Barry Zito
The former Cy Young winner is having a bounce-back season pitching to a 3.20 ERA. A three-time All Star, he makes $7 million this year.

Chris Carpenter
The two-time All Star and 2005 Cy Young winner is pitching to a 2.83 ERA this season and makes just $5 million.

Dontrelle Willis
The D-Train is 52-34 in his career with a 3.41 ERA and at 24 years old, has won a World Series and been named to two All Star teams. Not bad for a fifth starter. And he makes $2.65 million this year.

Relief Pitchers

Jose Mesa
The 40-year-old has been to two All Star games and has pitched to a 3.60 ERA for the Rockies this season. On this team, he’s in the role of garbage-time mop-up man and, at the very least, he provides a veteran presence. He makes $2 million this year.

Brian Fuentes
The two-time All Star has a 3.75 career ERA. And if you factor in the Coors-to-Anywhere conversion rate, that number is about a run lower. He’s pitched to a 2.57 on the road. He recorded 31 saves in 34 chances last season. He makes $2 million this year.

Tom Gordon
He’s a three-time All Star who is making $4.5 million this season and has pitched to a 2.45 ERA and has nailed down 23 saves. On this team, though, he’ll be a middle reliever.

Trevor Hoffman
Sure he blew the All Star game, but he’s been to five of them and his 2.15 ERA and 26 saves are impressive. For that production, a $4 million salary isn’t bad.

Joe Nathan
A two-time All Star closer, Nathan is 6-0 this season with a 1.54 ERA and has struck out 60 batters in 41 innings pitched. And he’s making just $3.7 million for the small-market Twins this year. Sounds like a good setup man to me.

B.J. Ryan

Ryan, a two-time All Star, is having the best season of his career as the Blue Jays closer. He’s pitched to a 1.13 ERA thus far and has saved 24 games. Although he signed a $47 million contract, much of that money is deferred and will be given to him in the form of bonuses. He makes $4 million this season.


Lineup

SS - Michael Young
2B - Jose Vidro
1B - Nomar Garciaparra
DH - David Ortiz
3B - Miguel Cabrera
CF - Vernon Wells
RF - Jermaine Dye
LF - Carlos Lee
C - A.J. Pierzynski


No, it's not an article. It's me up at 4 AM. The team doesn't have a long reliever/6th starter and there isn't a "lefty specialist", but I think they'd be able to get by. The sad part is that that payroll is about $90,000,000 less than the Yankees'.
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Initially, I had set out to put together a roster of talented big leaguers whose salaries make them underpaid compared to their peers, like John Clayton had done with the NFL. I realized, however, that this would be too easy. This season alone, the All Star game featured 23 first-timers, most of whom are young up-and-comers who haven’t yet reached free agency. There are too many low-priced stars in the majors for that list to have been worth the read. So, instead, I used the criteria of multi-time All Star to narrow it down, seeing as how a player who has been an All Star more than once is usually an established star and generally, is paid according to market value.

And I didn't include any, "Yeah, he was an All Star in '96, but he hasn't done sh*t in 5 seasons" has-beens. Everybody on here is contributing to their respective teams right now.

The 2006 payroll for “The Best Team Money Can Buy” totaled $111,580,000 and the roster is comprised of players who have each been to at least two All Star games in their careers.

Catchers

A.J. Pierzynski
The two-time All Star is a career .288 hitter (.300 this season) and has been solid behind the plate posting a .995 fielding percentage and throwing out 27-percent of base stealers. For his career, pitchers have a 4.18 ERA with him as their battery mate. He makes just $4 million this season.

Mike Piazza
Piazza, a 12-time All Star, is the greatest hitting catcher of all time with a career .310 average and 412 homeruns, but he is also having a solid season with the Padres hitting .292 with 15 and 44 RBI. Because most felt that he was no longer capable of posting prolific numbers, San Diego was able to sign him for relatively cheap. He makes just $1.25 million in 2006 and is the backup catcher for this squad.

First Base

Nomar Garciaparra
A six-time All Star, Garciaparra makes $6 million this season and is hitting .331 with 57 RBI for the Dodgers. He ranks first in MLB with a .999 fielding percentage and is fifth among first basemen in range factor. In addition to that, he’s got experience at shortstop and third base.

David Ortiz
We had to splurge a little here for one of the league’s most feared power hitters. The 3-time All Star makes $12.5 million this season but he’s worth it. With a .281 average, 33 homeruns, 94 RBI and countless clutch hits, he’ll be the designated hitter in the lineup.

Frank Thomas
He no longer hits for high average, but the 5-time All Star can still put a big hurtin’ on a baseball. In just 246 at-bats, he’s got 20 homeruns and 51 RBI. And despite his .244 batting average, Thomas has a .372 on-base percentage because he still draws a lot of walks. Making just $500,000 this season, he can serve as this team’s pinch-slugger.

Second Base

Jose Vidro
The career .302 hitter is a three-time All Star and is among the better defensive second basemen in the league. One of the elite contact hitters (never struck out more than 70 times), he’s hitting .300 this season and makes $7 million.

Third Base

Miguel Cabrera
Cabrera is just 23 years old but he’s already been selected to three All Star games. He is a career .306 hitter who has experience in the outfield as well as third base. This season he’s batting .330 with a .429 on-base percentage and has driven in 63 runs. And he’s making only $768,000 this year.

Melvin Mora
The two-time All Star has played in the outfield and all infield positions except catcher. He’s hitting .283 with 11 homeruns and 52 RBI and is 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts. Surprisingly, he’s committed only six errors in 98 games at third base this year. He makes $4 million in 2006.

Shortstop

Michael Young

One of the underrated stars in the league, Young is a three-time All Star (MVP of the game this season) making just $3 million this season. He’s hitting .311 with 64 RBI and is second among all Major League shortstops with a 4.99 range factor and has made just 8 errors.

Jimmy Rollins
The three-time All Star is fifth among shortstops in fielding percentage (six errors) and has stolen 22 bases in 26 attempts. He makes $4 million this season and will serve as the utility infielder and pinch-runner.

Outfield

Vernon Wells
He’s a two-time All Star and a two-time Gold Glove winner in centerfield. This season he’s hitting .322 with 26 homeruns and 78 RBI. He also leads the league in extra-base hits and is 11-for-14 in stolen base tries. And he’s making $4.3 million.

Jermaine Dye
The two-time All Star and 2005 World Series MVP makes $5 million this season and is hitting .316 with 25 homeruns and has an outstanding 1.015 OPS.

Carlos Lee
He’s hitting .284 with 27 homeruns and 79 RBI and has only been caught twice in 14 base-stealing attempts. The two-time All Star and 2005 Silver Slugger winner makes $8 million this year.

Jason Bay
With a .285 average, 22 homeruns and 73 RBI this season - he’s also 34-for-44 in stolen bases for his career - Bay, a two-time All Star, is a steal for the Pirates at $750,000.

Starting Pitchers

Johan Santana

All things considered, the 27-year-old is relatively cheap at $9 million. The two-time All Star and 2004 Cy Young winner has gone 47-18 with a 2.82 ERA and 655 strikeouts in the last 88 starts. And he’s done it in the American League.

Carlos Zambrano
The two-time All Star has pitched a 3.04 ERA the last three seasons and is currently 10-3 for a Cubs team that’s 37-60. The 25-year-old makes $6.5 million this season.

Barry Zito
The former Cy Young winner is having a bounce-back season pitching to a 3.20 ERA. A three-time All Star, he makes $7 million this year.

Chris Carpenter
The two-time All Star and 2005 Cy Young winner is pitching to a 2.83 ERA this season and makes just $5 million.

Dontrelle Willis
The D-Train is 52-34 in his career with a 3.41 ERA and at 24 years old, has won a World Series and been named to two All Star teams. Not bad for a fifth starter. And he makes $2.65 million this year.

Relief Pitchers

Jose Mesa
The 40-year-old has been to two All Star games and has pitched to a 3.60 ERA for the Rockies this season. On this team, he’s in the role of garbage-time mop-up man and, at the very least, he provides a veteran presence. He makes $2 million this year.

Brian Fuentes
The two-time All Star has a 3.75 career ERA. And if you factor in the Coors-to-Anywhere conversion rate, that number is about a run lower. He’s pitched to a 2.57 on the road. He recorded 31 saves in 34 chances last season. He makes $2 million this year.

Tom Gordon
He’s a three-time All Star who is making $4.5 million this season and has pitched to a 2.45 ERA and has nailed down 23 saves. On this team, though, he’ll be a middle reliever.

Trevor Hoffman
Sure he blew the All Star game, but he’s been to five of them and his 2.15 ERA and 26 saves are impressive. For that production, a $4 million salary isn’t bad.

Joe Nathan
A two-time All Star closer, Nathan is 6-0 this season with a 1.54 ERA and has struck out 60 batters in 41 innings pitched. And he’s making just $3.7 million for the small-market Twins this year. Sounds like a good setup man to me.

B.J. Ryan

Ryan, a two-time All Star, is having the best season of his career as the Blue Jays closer. He’s pitched to a 1.13 ERA thus far and has saved 24 games. Although he signed a $47 million contract, much of that money is deferred and will be given to him in the form of bonuses. He makes $4 million this season.


Lineup

SS - Michael Young
2B - Jose Vidro
1B - Nomar Garciaparra
DH - David Ortiz
3B - Miguel Cabrera
CF - Vernon Wells
RF - Jermaine Dye
LF - Carlos Lee
C - A.J. Pierzynski


No, it's not an article. It's me up at 4 AM. The team doesn't have a long reliever/6th starter and there isn't a "lefty specialist", but I think they'd be able to get by. The sad part is that that payroll is about $90,000,000 less than the Yankees'.

Good job, ole chum! :rock:

However, I'd substitute Liriano for D-Train and Feck your "criteria" if that's your reply... :peace:
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The sad part is that that payroll is about $90,000,000 less than the Yankees'.

Yeah, it's a little easier to put together a team of hot players with reasonable salaries than it is sustaining a first place team in the mix every single season from 1994 through 2006. It's obvious that in a perfect world you can put together a team with a payroll of about $100 million and win. It's when players on that team need to start getting paid and when a few bad decisions are made that a payroll gets to $200 million.
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However, I'd substitute Liriano for D-Train and Feck your "criteria" if that's your reply...


Hey, he's only been an All Star once. That would make it too easy. I'd have put Verlander on and Papelbon instead of Mesa. Going over DHs, I knew Hafner hadn't been to two, but I thought he went last year. Nope. Bunch of players I'd have liked but couldn't.

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Yeah, it's a little easier to put together a team of hot players with reasonable salaries than it is sustaining a first place team in the mix every single season from 1994 through 2006. It's obvious that in a perfect world you can put together a team with a payroll of about $100 million and win. It's when players on that team need to start getting paid and when a few bad decisions are made that a payroll gets to $200 million.


I know that. And when just about every player on the team is overpaid, a payroll gets to $200 million.
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I know that. And when just about every player on the team is overpaid, a payroll gets to $200 million.

Yep.
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Piazza, a 12-time All Star, is the greatest hitting catcher of all time with a career .310 average and 412 homeruns, but he is also having a solid season with the Padres hitting .292 with 15 and 44 RBI. Because most felt that he was no longer capable of posting prolific numbers, San Diego was able to sign him for relatively cheap. He makes just $1.25 million in 2006 and is the backup catcher for this squad.


An AL team could have had him on the cheap as a DH. If he was DHing I’m sure is BA would be over .300 and he’d have 20+ hrs and 55 rbis.
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The two-time All Star and 2005 World Series MVP makes $5 million this season and is hitting .316 with 25 homeruns and has an outstanding 1.015 OPS.
Didn't someone on this board want to pick him up two off seasons ago and get laughed at? :evilgrin:
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Mike Piazza
Piazza, a 12-time All Star, is the greatest hitting catcher of all time with a career .310 average and 412 homeruns, but he is also having a solid season with the Padres hitting .292 with 15 and 44 RBI. Because most felt that he was no longer capable of posting prolific numbers, San Diego was able to sign him for relatively cheap. He makes just $1.25 million in 2006 and is the backup catcher for this squad.


An AL team could have had him on the cheap as a DH. If he was DHing I’m sure is BA would be over .300 and he’d have 20+ hrs and 55 rbis.

I think Piazza preferred to catch, if possible, and he ended up in SoCal, which is an area he loves. He would have been more ideal as a DH obviously though. Did you see him drop the foul popup, which led to Bonds hitting a HR the other night? Bonds didn't even know it was dropped. He was halfway back to the dugout. Piazza has been hitting of late though, and in a park in which guys usually lose their power stroke, he still has 15 HRs. I didn't check his splits, but look at what happened to Giles there.
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The two-time All Star and 2005 World Series MVP makes $5 million this season and is hitting .316 with 25 homeruns and has an outstanding 1.015 OPS.
Didn't someone on this board want to pick him up two off seasons ago and get laughed at? :evilgrin:

I remember when he came up with the Braves. Extremely talented player and I’m not surprised he is having a solid career. I actually expected more out of him.
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The two-time All Star and 2005 World Series MVP makes $5 million this season and is hitting .316 with 25 homeruns and has an outstanding 1.015 OPS.
Didn't someone on this board want to pick him up two off seasons ago and get laughed at? :evilgrin:

Dye has always been good, whether it be on Atlanta, KC, or Oakland. It's the injuries that killed him, especially the broken shin from the foul ball. It took forever for him to fully bounce back from that. He's been injury-free for the ChiSox, for the most part. Even Ken Williams would admit he rolled the dice and got lucky.
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The two-time All Star and 2005 World Series MVP makes $5 million this season and is hitting .316 with 25 homeruns and has an outstanding 1.015 OPS.
Didn't someone on this board want to pick him up two off seasons ago and get laughed at? :evilgrin:

His .270 hitting broke-leg ass wasn't fit for the pinstripes. Looking back at the last 2-3 years, you'd have taken him over Sheffield?
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The two-time All Star and 2005 World Series MVP makes $5 million this season and is hitting .316 with 25 homeruns and has an outstanding 1.015 OPS.
Didn't someone on this board want to pick him up two off seasons ago and get laughed at? :evilgrin:

I remember when he came up with the Braves. Extremely talented player and I’m not surprised he is having a solid career. I actually expected more out of him.

Yeah, but after the knee injury who could blame him for having a few off years. I agree though, he was a true 5 tool stud, still does everything except run well.
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The two-time All Star and 2005 World Series MVP makes $5 million this season and is hitting .316 with 25 homeruns and has an outstanding 1.015 OPS.
Didn't someone on this board want to pick him up two off seasons ago and get laughed at? :evilgrin:

His .270 hitting broke-leg ass wasn't fit for the pinstripes. Looking back at the last 2-3 years, you'd have taken him over Sheffield?

Who cares what his BA was. The boy can slugg and showed he was healthy after coming off a major knee injury that year. Sheff was already on the team.
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The two-time All Star and 2005 World Series MVP makes $5 million this season and is hitting .316 with 25 homeruns and has an outstanding 1.015 OPS.
Didn't someone on this board want to pick him up two off seasons ago and get laughed at? :evilgrin:

His .270 hitting broke-leg ass wasn't fit for the pinstripes. Looking back at the last 2-3 years, you'd have taken him over Sheffield?

Who cares what his BA was. The boy can slugg and showed he was healthy after coming off a major knee injury that year. Sheff was already on the team.

You wanted him to DH? And I know you're gonna say Giambi's 1B/DH splits. I still wouldn't have wanted him. He was coming off .265 with 23 and 80 and only a .329 OBP.
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The two-time All Star and 2005 World Series MVP makes $5 million this season and is hitting .316 with 25 homeruns and has an outstanding 1.015 OPS.
Didn't someone on this board want to pick him up two off seasons ago and get laughed at? :evilgrin:

His .270 hitting broke-leg ass wasn't fit for the pinstripes. Looking back at the last 2-3 years, you'd have taken him over Sheffield?

Who cares what his BA was. The boy can slugg and showed he was healthy after coming off a major knee injury that year. Sheff was already on the team.

You wanted him to DH? And I know you're gonna say Giambi's 1B/DH splits. I still wouldn't have wanted him. He was coming off .265 with 23 and 80 and only a .329 OBP.

I wanted him to play all three OF positions and DH occasionally, I would have DHed Sheff and Matsui more then him for obvious reasons. I knew he'd improve on those numbers, and he was reletively cheap.
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The two-time All Star and 2005 World Series MVP makes $5 million this season and is hitting .316 with 25 homeruns and has an outstanding 1.015 OPS.
Didn't someone on this board want to pick him up two off seasons ago and get laughed at? :evilgrin:

His .270 hitting broke-leg ass wasn't fit for the pinstripes. Looking back at the last 2-3 years, you'd have taken him over Sheffield?

Who cares what his BA was. The boy can slugg and showed he was healthy after coming off a major knee injury that year. Sheff was already on the team.

You wanted him to DH? And I know you're gonna say Giambi's 1B/DH splits. I still wouldn't have wanted him. He was coming off .265 with 23 and 80 and only a .329 OBP.

I wanted him to play all three OF positions and DH occasionally, I would have DHed Sheff and Matsui more then him for obvious reasons. I knew he'd improve on those numbers, and he was reletively cheap.

I think was a good upside player to pick up if you were really in need of an OFer. Basing it on the couple big seasons he had (especially 2000). But not for the Yankees. sh*t, sure-fire things come here and underachieve. They're not the team to take a chance on a guy who has missed a bunch of games and hit .265 because he's got potential.
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