Post by Fuck Mike Brown on Nov 6, 2007 21:43:56 GMT -5
- Today the gold glove winners for both leagues were announced. The Reds did not have one single player of the nine fielders selected. While this is not entirely surprising, it is still rather disappointing for fans. A second basemen by the name of Brandon Phillips had a very good chance at getting this award. Instead, Diamondbacks second basemen Orlando Hudson was picked. While I can live with this selection, I still think that Phillips deserved it more. Statistically, Phillips had the edge. He had a .990 fielding percentage compared to Hudson's .985, and only eight errors compared to Hudson's ten. Also, Hudson missed the final month of last season, decreasing his error total, while Phillips was the most reliable player on the Reds throughout the season who played in almost every game. One has to wonder if Phillips being in Cincinnati had anything to do with this apparent snubbing. He played on a lousy team all season which had almost no coverage from the national media, while Hudson was on the surprising Diamondbacks who made it all the way to the National League Championship. But, who knows.
- Multiple sources are reporting that the Blue Jays will entertain offers for starting pitcher A.J. Burnett. Burnett earns a reasonable $8 million next season, but can opt out of his contract after the season is over. Also, Burnett has no trade protection to fifteen teams. All of this makes Burnett more unattractive that he would look after seeing his numbers from last season. Burnett went 10-8 with a 3.75 ERA over the coarse of last year, but once again was plagued by injuries, something that has been happening consistently over his career. I do think that the Reds should look into acquiring him, but they would probably be better suited to not do the deal. Because the Blue Jays don't really need outfielders, they might ask for young pitching studs Homer Bailey or Johnny Cueto, which the Reds would most likely not be willing to give up. If and when the Reds acquire a starting pitcher via trade this offseason, I think that they will give their trading partner an outfielder. But, anything is possible.
- The Cubs have publicly expressed their interest in bringing Kerry Wood back to their team for next season. He might come back to be their closer, as they might want to put Ryan Dempster, the closer last season, back into the starting rotation. This is Reds related because they will most likely be interested in signing him if the Cubs don't. Right now, the Cubs have exclusive negotiating rights with him. But when free agency starts on November 15th, the Reds can negotiate too. I said how I wanted the Reds to sign him and put him in a 7th inning role here.
- It doesn't look like the Reds will hold spring training in Sarasota nest season. Enquirer Reds beat writer Jon Fay has coverage on his blog here and here.
- The Reds and WLW agreed to a five-year extension through 2012. The previous contract between the club and radio station was up and the end of last season. The Reds will still remain in control of who calls the games.
- All but five GMs voted today to explore the replay system in baseball for home runs and fan interference. Ultimately, Bud Selig will decide if replay in baseball happens. This is just the first step, however, and replay is far off.
I am a big supporter of replay in the MLB. Since I'm a football guy, I want to make it just like the NFL's system. Managers get two challenges a game, and can use them whenever they please. They can challenger fair/foul balls in play or on home runs, fan interference, if a ball hits the top of the fence, if a fielder catches it, and if a runner is out or safe. I doubt that replay will be used for all of these things, but this is just my opinion.
*Pretty fun competition set up for fans. If your like me, you know who you favorite broadcasters and most hated ones are. Well, AOL and awfulannouncing.com has a competition in which fans can vote for their most hated play-by-play guy, analyst, studio host, and sideline reporter:
sports.aol.com/story/_a/whos-worst-expert-analyst/20071105113109990001
sports.aol.com/story/_a/whos-worst-expert-analyst/20071105113109990001
- Multiple sources are reporting that the Blue Jays will entertain offers for starting pitcher A.J. Burnett. Burnett earns a reasonable $8 million next season, but can opt out of his contract after the season is over. Also, Burnett has no trade protection to fifteen teams. All of this makes Burnett more unattractive that he would look after seeing his numbers from last season. Burnett went 10-8 with a 3.75 ERA over the coarse of last year, but once again was plagued by injuries, something that has been happening consistently over his career. I do think that the Reds should look into acquiring him, but they would probably be better suited to not do the deal. Because the Blue Jays don't really need outfielders, they might ask for young pitching studs Homer Bailey or Johnny Cueto, which the Reds would most likely not be willing to give up. If and when the Reds acquire a starting pitcher via trade this offseason, I think that they will give their trading partner an outfielder. But, anything is possible.
- The Cubs have publicly expressed their interest in bringing Kerry Wood back to their team for next season. He might come back to be their closer, as they might want to put Ryan Dempster, the closer last season, back into the starting rotation. This is Reds related because they will most likely be interested in signing him if the Cubs don't. Right now, the Cubs have exclusive negotiating rights with him. But when free agency starts on November 15th, the Reds can negotiate too. I said how I wanted the Reds to sign him and put him in a 7th inning role here.
- It doesn't look like the Reds will hold spring training in Sarasota nest season. Enquirer Reds beat writer Jon Fay has coverage on his blog here and here.
- The Reds and WLW agreed to a five-year extension through 2012. The previous contract between the club and radio station was up and the end of last season. The Reds will still remain in control of who calls the games.
- All but five GMs voted today to explore the replay system in baseball for home runs and fan interference. Ultimately, Bud Selig will decide if replay in baseball happens. This is just the first step, however, and replay is far off.
I am a big supporter of replay in the MLB. Since I'm a football guy, I want to make it just like the NFL's system. Managers get two challenges a game, and can use them whenever they please. They can challenger fair/foul balls in play or on home runs, fan interference, if a ball hits the top of the fence, if a fielder catches it, and if a runner is out or safe. I doubt that replay will be used for all of these things, but this is just my opinion.
*Pretty fun competition set up for fans. If your like me, you know who you favorite broadcasters and most hated ones are. Well, AOL and awfulannouncing.com has a competition in which fans can vote for their most hated play-by-play guy, analyst, studio host, and sideline reporter:
sports.aol.com/story/_a/whos-worst-expert-analyst/20071105113109990001
sports.aol.com/story/_a/whos-worst-expert-analyst/20071105113109990001