Comments on: WFAN: Heyman on Brandon Phillips, Castillo, Holliday

By: islandnetwork

islandnetwork — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:53:48 +0000

We dont need juan pierre.If we get him we are giving up so many great free agent outfielders.Oh yeah,figgins over hudson

By: Sylow59

Sylow59 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:26:22 +0000

Put him into NY as the power bat for anywhere near 7/$17 then producing 20HR and you have yourself a feeding frenzy and it will handcuff the Mets for several years to come.

By: 2 angels and a pagan

2 angels and a pagan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:10:44 +0000

yeah the problem is Holliday wil get carlos beltran money and he isnt half the player carlos beltran is

By: Sylow59

Sylow59 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:00:38 +0000

you are correct, see my posting below.

By: Sylow59

Sylow59 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:59:22 +0000

plus, last year 21 of his 36 HRs were on the road. Bay is also a pull hitter whereas Holliday is not. Thus, Bay will less impacted by Citi’s CR – RF dimensions than would Holliday.

Expecting 20 from Holliday is reasonable, expecting 35 from Bay is reasonable. For clean-up power bat Bay is the clear cut choice. Holliday, as a Met, is a disdaster waiting to happen/

By: Sylow59

Sylow59 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:54:52 +0000

for the record Jason Bay’s Home / Away seasonal notation splits:

HR RBI
Home 27 110
Away 38 104

BA SLG OPS
Home 0.282 0.507 0.893
Away 0.278 0.532 0.898

Bay’s away stats are clearly better then Holliday’s away stats.

By: Elastic

Elastic — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:53:40 +0000

Why are you being such a rude tool?

By: Elastic

Elastic — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:52:14 +0000

I’ll pass this on to Fred Wipon during cocktails on Friday. What’s your real name so I can have Freddie send you some tickets for such a great idea.

By: Sylow59

Sylow59 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:47:06 +0000

from baseball reference:

HR RBI
Home 37 138
Away 20 85

BA SLG tOPS+
Home 0.351 0.632 125
Away 0.284 0.454 74

Career stats converted to 162 game seasons for Home and Away. Since Citi is not Coors (the major bulk of the home stats) and is a slightly better pitcher’s park then the Away stats are what you should expect. I fail to see where you get this offensive juggernaut of which you speak.

Also, StL: 13HR / 63G x 162G = 33HR so where does this 40HR pace come from???

By: 2 angels and a pagan

2 angels and a pagan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:02:48 +0000

dont get me wrong, I’d take him in a heartbeat. I just wouldnt want to overpay drastically for him.