Wednesday, August 04, 2004
DON'T DO IT
Last night was another one of those games when I didn't get home from work until it was over, and as it happens I'm never going to watch it, anyway. Seems like we have a few too many of those games, but, hey, it's just one game, so let's move on ...
... Bengie's out for two to four weeks, which puts my yikes meter on orange. As I discussed yesterday, Jose is a better defender than Bengie, but the bat tells a different tale. Jose needs to step up the hitting over the next few weeks.
A Bengieless August means the Angels are looking to fill the roster spot, and the MLB article pegs Joe McEwing as a possible target. McEwing is better-known to some internet Met fans as "McSuck," so that's exciting. McSuck is basically Alfredo Amezaga's upside with the bat, and worse with the glove but at more positions (he's played everywhere except catcher in each of the last four seasons). Jack of all, master of none.
If a catcher is hurt, why are we looking at utility guys, anyway? Because it's unlikely that a worthwhile catcher will appear on the waiver wire, aside from Jason Kendall, and any such catcher would also bring cross-town attention from Paul DePodesta. Kendall's power has gone bye-bye, but the man can still get on base (a .382 OBP). But unless the Angels get an even more forbidding prognosis on Bengie, they will not make a move for a backstop.
Last night was another one of those games when I didn't get home from work until it was over, and as it happens I'm never going to watch it, anyway. Seems like we have a few too many of those games, but, hey, it's just one game, so let's move on ...
... Bengie's out for two to four weeks, which puts my yikes meter on orange. As I discussed yesterday, Jose is a better defender than Bengie, but the bat tells a different tale. Jose needs to step up the hitting over the next few weeks.
A Bengieless August means the Angels are looking to fill the roster spot, and the MLB article pegs Joe McEwing as a possible target. McEwing is better-known to some internet Met fans as "McSuck," so that's exciting. McSuck is basically Alfredo Amezaga's upside with the bat, and worse with the glove but at more positions (he's played everywhere except catcher in each of the last four seasons). Jack of all, master of none.
If a catcher is hurt, why are we looking at utility guys, anyway? Because it's unlikely that a worthwhile catcher will appear on the waiver wire, aside from Jason Kendall, and any such catcher would also bring cross-town attention from Paul DePodesta. Kendall's power has gone bye-bye, but the man can still get on base (a .382 OBP). But unless the Angels get an even more forbidding prognosis on Bengie, they will not make a move for a backstop.
Comments:
But....but......you're forgetting Josh Paul! :-) There's no need to carry 3 catchers.
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