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Just career ratio. I plop their platoon skill around projected wOBA using the ratio of their career PA vs. LHP.

No, I have his .307 Steamer splitting .282 vs vs. LHP and .317 vs. RHP assuming that Steamer uses the same PA ratio as his career.

He actually has quite a big regressed platoon split. Demonstrated split = 13.95% Regressed = 11.37% (league average for LHB is 8.6%) So that's .282/.317 around a .307 wOBA projection. .304/341 around his career wOBA.

"Turning to the mound, Heyman said that Ubaldo Jimenez may now be willing to drop his salary demands and could ultimately land in the three-year, $39MM range." How about Drew and Ubaldo for under ~$80M total?

"Turning to the mound, Heyman said that Ubaldo Jimenez may now be willing to drop his salary demands and could ultimately land in the three-year, $39MM range." Wow, if that happens and Toronto lands him, then AA's ostensible decision to wait the market out will end up being f***ing near genius.

That might be part of it, lol. And justifiably so.

If he's getting signed as a 2B, it's best to compare him to Infante. 4 yrs/$30.25M for Omar. Is Drew cheaper? Is he better or worse? WAR/150G = 2.15 for Drew = 1.76 for Omar Omar older by 2 years; can't play SS. Omar's production has been heavily recent. Drews is more sporadic through his career.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2014-zips-projections-boston-red-sox/

Didn't even realize that Drew had a .337 wOBA last year. I kind of thought he slapped it around a bit and just fielded his way to a good year. Still don't really like the way his K rate has trended, but since the ISO went up with it, it's hard to complain. His ZiPS in Boston is: .239/.312/.393 Steamer: .232/.314/.378 These are both probably low. They are being sandbagged by the data from his time in the offensive purgatory of catastrophic injury recovery. Massive upgrade at 2B in any event. I tend to agree with the above poster who said, "This makes alot of sense if we can also sign [ubaldo]. I don't think Drew is worth the money and loss of pick, but if he is only a 3rd rounder ... then it wouldn't be so bad...".

I don't think I like the idea of using 2 bench spots on catchers. Kratz > Thole. In spring, they need to find out if Dickey and Kratz (or Navarro) work together comfortably enough. If so, Thole shouldn't make the team. Gose Kratz Muni/Goins/Izturis (puke) Someone like Baker, maybe. That's my bench. Or, you know, they can run with 9 relievers and teach Gose how to play shortstop. They'll probably do something retarded like that and then act surprised when injuries completely crumble the 2014 foundation.

Jeff Baker career wOBA splits: .375 vs. LHP .285 vs. RHP Jeff Baker regressed wOBA split, plopped on top of his 2014 Steamer projection: .329 vs. LHP .292 vs. RHP

When your offense is: C Joe Mauer 1B Prince Fielder 2B Jason Kipnis 3B Adrian Beltre SS Jed Lowrie CF Andrew McCutchen OF Matt Kemp OF Coco Crisp UTIL Anthony Rizzo BN Chris Carter You could probably win a division with 8 middle relievers.

Lackey and Duffy are far from s***. Erik Johnson is making top 100 prospect lists (for some weird reason).

What did the minor league draft take, a week? Maybe it takes a week.

Official cutdown deadline will be Sunday, February 16th at 11:59 pm. The waiver draft will start on proboards about a week after that. Maybe two weeks depending on people's schedules. (There is no rush for the waiver draft - we have weeks between the cutdown date and the start of the season to get it done, and it will probably only take a few days to complete once we start) Yeah, you can feel free to add your own prospects as soon as the waiver draft is over. You could even select your own prospect during the waiver draft if you really want to. Although, there's really no benefit in "freeing up" MiLB roster space until we get closer to our June MiLB draft. Remember, we have an official MiLB cutdown deadline before the June draft anyway. Also remember that there are no demotions - if you call someone up and they gets sent down IRL, you only have one NA slot to hide them in. All cuts are final. People should only make early cuts if they have no interest in further trying to trade their deadweight. We'll give anyone who has already posted early cuts a day or two to renege, if they want (not that we'll necessarily re-add any names to their rosters on the spreadsheet).

Weekly BS continues to be excellent, Gord. Maybe once the season kicks into swing there will be enough content for 2 per week, give us some more steady content.

Just kind of seems like a free agent landmine. - Was disturbingly awful in 2012 (demonstrated downside is significant). - Big questions about how his stuff would translate to the RC / AL East (has always pitched in HR suppressing parks). - Lofty contract demands.

Grant, are Zach Stewart and Hech still top 25 guys on your list?

Every day's a field day when you spend your life chasing butterflies!

Fantastic, flawless list.

John Manuel no likey

Have you seen him play or something? Hey, Cantu would've been a solid player if he wasn't a -15 run defender everywhere. Jorge Cantu - career 96 wRC+, 3.9 fWAR. (847 G) Brandon Phillips - career 96 wRC+, 27.0 fWAR. (1339 G)

Who knows anything about this guy? link

This guy seems intriguing. Could he be the answer at 2B (long term or as soon as 2014)? http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/1/25/5344562/aledmys-diaz-cuban-mlb-free-agent-rumors http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24370351/report-lots-of-interest-in-suspended-cuban-ss-aledmys-diaz Hit .315/.404/.500 during his last season in Cuba. Has been playing SS so he might be a decent bet to be at least an average-ish 2B defensively. Eligible to sign Feb 19th. 23 years old. What type of price tag are we looking at here? Anyone know more?