Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 06, 2006
Baseball Musings Radio Show

If you missed tonight's show, you can hear the recorded version here. It's also available on demand at TPSRadio.

Update: I'm sorry, the show did not record tonight. It seems there was a problem with my microphone not being plugged in properly.

Update: Thursday, 3:20 PM EST. I've re-recorded an abbreviated version of the show at the same link.


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Am I the only one getting nothing but static?

Posted by: Jurgen at December 6, 2006 09:25 PM

re: Freddy Garcia to the Phils

Freddy Garcia to the Phils for a warm body and minor league phenom Gio Gonzalez, who came from the Chisox a year ago in the Thome trade.

With this deal, the Phils now have 2/5 of the Mariners' playoff rotation from the 1990s with Jamie Moyer and Freddy Garcia. You have to like this as 2/5 of any rotation. They're both smart pitchers to say the least.

Gonzalez had great numbers in the minors. But if it ends up being Thome for Aaron Rowand and Freddy Garcia, then hey, that's a really good trade, isn't it????? You got Rowand and Gonzalez, and a year later you got Garcia for Gonzalez from the same team, so it really nets out as Thome for Rowand and Garcia. You'd do that deal any time--plus you opened up 1st base for the National League MVP, Ryan Howard.

I'd have to say at this point, Pat Gillick is building another Toronto Blue Jays. I only mention that because that team won two World Series in 1992 against two very fine NL champions, the 92 Braves and the 93 Phils, both of which were outstanding teams which beat great teams to get to the series.

--art kyriazis

Posted by: art kyriazis at December 7, 2006 02:38 AM

re; Freddy Garcia

Garcia had 15 win shares for the Chisox last year, 2005.

Only 8 starting pitchers in the AL, and only 15 in all of baseball, had more win shares as a starting pitcher.

Since there are 30 teams, that makes Freddy Garcia one of the best pitchers in baseball, and statistically he should be easily a number one starter for the Phillies.

Gavin Floyd was minus three or minus five win shares last year; that's a swing of 20 win shares for the Phils at starting pitcher. If they subtract Lieber and Floyd and plug in Garcia, and even if Garcia regresses to the mean and churns out a 12 or 10 win share season, the Phils now have three pitchers, Hamels, Meyers and Garcia, who can all get 12-15 win shares and throw 150-200 innings, plus Moyer & Eaton.

This looks like a really good move. If you add in Rowand's annual 10 win shares, you've unloaded Jim Thome's 25 win shares at 1b for a 15 share SP and a 10 share outfielder and RH bat and opened up a spot for a 35 win share MVP hitter at 1B. That nets out to a plus plus plus win win win.

--art kyriazis

Posted by: art kyriazis at December 7, 2006 02:46 AM
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