Thursday, January 7, 2010

Looking for a lefty

Seems we need a left-handed hitter. The article mentions Scott Podsednik.

Career line:

.277/.340/.381 which rates an OPS+ of 87.

Hey, couldn't Fred Lewis do that?


UPDATE 0958: The 2010 Giants ZiPS projections are available. (Thanks to Chris at BCB for the "heads up.") Also, FanGraphs now includes CHONE projections on their site.

4 comments:

Ron said...

So much for Scott Podsednik ... he's now become a Royal. Signing him would have been a nothing move for us, so it's fine. I say we take a bargain shot at Carlos Delgado - he was awesome in his prime, & could be a deal now to provide some punch - 75% of his former production would be about a 50% upgrade for us. Could we sign him for $5M on a 1-year deal?

Zo said...

Regarding Vlad, the Rangers have reportedly offered him $7 mil for one year, he wants two. See http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/01/rangers-offer-vlad-7mm-contract.html. Note that he achieved only 32 extra-base hits in 2009. Apparently the Orioles and Mets both are interested in Delgado.

Ron said...

Ishikawa & Garko had 27 extra-base hits between them as Giants last year - 32 sounds like an improvement. I expect Vlad to bounce back a bit. Delgado, if reasonably healthly, would provide more than that. What's the down side of a bargain offer?

M.C. O'Connor said...

Delgado would be a reasonable risk--much like Atlanta with Troy Glaus (who was $2M/1 yr cheap).

Garko was a fair enough solution for 1B--nothing to get excited about, but passable. (ZiPS says 113 OPS+, CHONE says .344 wOBA.) Not sure why we cut ties--now we have to scramble around for old guys.

What the hell, that's what we do best.