Comments on: Let’s compare - short term vs. long term http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/lets-compare-short-term-vs-long-term/ People don't think it be like it is, but it do. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:04:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Cliffy http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/lets-compare-short-term-vs-long-term/#comment-640 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:10:37 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/lets-compare-short-term-vs-long-term/#comment-640 While Beltran has performed better than Damon and Crisp (how could he not?), he's not exactly earning his salary with his 263/340/483--823 OPS performance thusfar this year. He was terrific in 2006 (982 OPS -- 153 OPS+), and below league-average (744 OPS -- 95 OPS+) in 2005. While Beltran has performed better than Damon and Crisp (how could he not?), he’s not exactly earning his salary with his 263/340/483–823 OPS performance thusfar this year. He was terrific in 2006 (982 OPS — 153 OPS+), and below league-average (744 OPS — 95 OPS+) in 2005.

]]> by: Gonzo http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/lets-compare-short-term-vs-long-term/#comment-638 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:41:09 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/lets-compare-short-term-vs-long-term/#comment-638 Well, somewhere in this debate the fact that the Yankees have had Carlos Beltran in CF. ANd - if you believe Boras - it would have been for less then what the Mets paid for him. So there's that.... Well, somewhere in this debate the fact that the Yankees have had Carlos Beltran in CF. ANd - if you believe Boras - it would have been for less then what the Mets paid for him.

So there’s that….

]]> by: Cliffy http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/lets-compare-short-term-vs-long-term/#comment-623 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:04:36 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/lets-compare-short-term-vs-long-term/#comment-623 Well, consider them blind squirrels and Hughes the nut... but they did pretty well with the Phillip Hughes selection. And word on the street is that Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrera are Yankee draftees. I believe Wang was a FA acquistion (as opposed to a draftee), but given the relative luck of publicity associated with the move, one should give *some* props to the Yankees for identifying that diamond in the Taiwanese rough. Believe me, as a Sox fan, I'm not *happy* about this change of events - but the Yankees under Cashman seem to actually have indeed done a nice job acquiring some good young talent, and unlike the "good old days", they've failed to trade it away to make room for the likes of Ed Whitson and Danny Tartabull. Well, consider them blind squirrels and Hughes the nut… but they did pretty well with the Phillip Hughes selection. And word on the street is that Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrera are Yankee draftees. I believe Wang was a FA acquistion (as opposed to a draftee), but given the relative luck of publicity associated with the move, one should give *some* props to the Yankees for identifying that diamond in the Taiwanese rough.

Believe me, as a Sox fan, I’m not *happy* about this change of events - but the Yankees under Cashman seem to actually have indeed done a nice job acquiring some good young talent, and unlike the “good old days”, they’ve failed to trade it away to make room for the likes of Ed Whitson and Danny Tartabull.

]]> by: Tank http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/lets-compare-short-term-vs-long-term/#comment-622 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:22:56 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/lets-compare-short-term-vs-long-term/#comment-622 Well draft picks have no value to the Yankees anyway, since they are singularly incapable of selecting future major-leaguers. Well draft picks have no value to the Yankees anyway, since they are singularly incapable of selecting future major-leaguers.

]]> by: Cliffy http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/lets-compare-short-term-vs-long-term/#comment-617 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:36:19 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/lets-compare-short-term-vs-long-term/#comment-617 Btw, with the compensatory pick they received for losing Damon to FA, the Sox selected LHP Kristofer Johnson out of Wichita State. I haven't heard any buzz on him, although if I'm being optimistic, I suppose its still very early (only in the system for a little over a year). The Sox buzz is about Clay Bucholz and Michael Bowden - both drafted in 2005 with compensatory picks for letting Pedro and Derek Lowe go via FA. Lowe's done okay (well, better than Matt Clement who "replaced" him) - but if Bowden develops as they now predict, it'll be a great deal for the Sox. As for Bucholz, given Pedro's injury issues and Bucholz's development, it seems like the Sox made out *very* well on that... er, exchange. I mean - it's not exactly on the order of Victor Zambrano-for-Scott Kazmir or anything... well, at least not yet. Btw, with the compensatory pick they received for losing Damon to FA, the Sox selected LHP Kristofer Johnson out of Wichita State. I haven’t heard any buzz on him, although if I’m being optimistic, I suppose its still very early (only in the system for a little over a year).

The Sox buzz is about Clay Bucholz and Michael Bowden - both drafted in 2005 with compensatory picks for letting Pedro and Derek Lowe go via FA. Lowe’s done okay (well, better than Matt Clement who “replaced” him) - but if Bowden develops as they now predict, it’ll be a great deal for the Sox. As for Bucholz, given Pedro’s injury issues and Bucholz’s development, it seems like the Sox made out *very* well on that… er, exchange. I mean - it’s not exactly on the order of Victor Zambrano-for-Scott Kazmir or anything… well, at least not yet.

]]> by: Tank http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/lets-compare-short-term-vs-long-term/#comment-615 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:19:29 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/lets-compare-short-term-vs-long-term/#comment-615 Classic Yankee transaction; getting one good year of production out of Damon, who is now essentially washed up, in exchange for a four-year commitment. On the egregiousness scale, it fits in nicely between Carl Pavano and Jason Giambi. Classic Yankee transaction; getting one good year of production out of Damon, who is now essentially washed up, in exchange for a four-year commitment. On the egregiousness scale, it fits in nicely between Carl Pavano and Jason Giambi.

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