Alex Rodriguez will have hip surgery and be out for 10 weeks, or until May. Who the heck will play the hot corner for them? Cody Ransom? Angel Berroa? Hah! Methinks they'll ink either Ray Durham or Mark Grudzielanek... or hey, could a Bobby Crosby trade be in the works?
Oh, and Manny's selling "the most magnificent apartment in the city." It's yours for $8.5 million. A bargain!
Defensive Runs show how good a player is at preventing runs. But there's more than that that goes into fielding. What about mistake-free plays?
You would think that preventing runs and mistake-free plays go hand in hand, but not quite.
In the Fielding Bible Vol. II in which I received today, Bill James has unveiled publicly what I feel is a revolutionary statistic: Defensive Misplays.
is it any accident they're aggressive about playing Ellsbury, acquired Kotsay, resigned Lowell and brought Bay in?
Nomar would have made a good addition for 50 -60 games at 3b, 1b. At $2-3M he would have been…