Sunday Bantering: Brian Butterfield and Today's Doc Rumor
There is a really good interview with Brian Butterfield on Baseball Prospectus. I would have liked a question about Edwin Encarnacion fielding, what he has to work on and if Butterfield thinks he can become a good fielding 3B, but it's a really nice talk. I'll copy in a couple of the questions but go read the full thing.
DL: Do you ever look at defensive metrics to see if they match what your eyes tell you?
BB: A little bit, I suppose, but that’s a little advanced for me, because I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed. It’s something I need to learn more about, really.
DL: How good of a defender is Marco Scutaro?
BB: It’s been an absolutely fantastic year for him, and I really feel that he should be the Gold Glove winner. For me, he’s the Gold Glove shortstop. He’s caught everything, he has no panic in his hands, and his work ethic has come in leaps and bounds. He’s got great feet, great hands—great hands—and he understands what we’re trying to do as a team, as far as positioning ourselves with how we’re pitching guys. He’s simply played above and beyond.
MLB Trade Rumors has this about Doc:
The Yankees, meanwhile, appear willing to part with Phil Hughes or Joba Chamberlain in the hunt for Roy Halladay, though they'd like to hang on to Austin Jackson
I'd like Hughes over Joba if it were up to me and I'd much rather have Jesus Montero than Jackson but wouldn't mind having Jackson as well.
Trade Rumors as has a link to a story that the A's signed Dallas McPherson to a minor league league contract. I was kind of hoping the Jays might look at him, at least as depth at third and maybe first.
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I wonder if the whole team isn't "caught up" on the advanced stats
I also wonder if they know how bad Vernon was defensively last year.
by SPENCEMAN on Nov 22, 2009 3:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Is Hughes OR Chamberlain + Montero OR Jackson really the rate?
by Jevant on Nov 23, 2009 12:00 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
If it’s not Hughes + Montero + something else, I think we’re getting ripped off. That just doesn’t seem like enough to me for one of the top 3 pitchers in baseball over the last 5+ years.
by Jevant on Nov 23, 2009 10:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Austin Jackson is overrated. We need at least Phil Hughes and then some more.
by Woodman663 on Nov 23, 2009 10:02 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Don’t count on getting Montero, the Yankees probably won’t give him up. But lots of years of Phil Hughes might be worth more than one year of Halladay on its own. Hughes is still an elite prospect, and could very well be our new ace.
by Woodman663 on Nov 23, 2009 10:46 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
^that was meant as a reply to Jevant.
by Woodman663 on Nov 23, 2009 10:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Lots of years of Hughes puts you pretty far from the playoffs
compared to one year of Halladay, especially considering you’d have to go through the Yankees, who would have the same years of Halladay as you’d have of Hughes.
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
by Torgen on Nov 24, 2009 10:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think at this point, if we deal Halladay to the Yankees, we’re playing for the wild card for the foreseeable future anyways.
Heck, we’re playing for the wild card NOW, and have been for years. Not much different I suppose.
by Jevant on Nov 25, 2009 10:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We will be wild card probable for the next few years, but do not fear, the Yanks are getting old and so we should get ready to snag the crown. It is a process now as it was back in the 1992-3 era. Back then, it took seasons of tooling and re-tooling, tweaking and adjusting. But you could see the changes for the better. Winning the WS is not easy. Even if it was perfectly normally distributed, you would not win it but once every 30 years on average.
by aagoodfella on Nov 25, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The Yankees are always getting old...they can retool quick buying the free agents they want.
I’d bet a dollar that they will be older next year than they will be in 3 years
by Tom Dakers on Nov 25, 2009 1:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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