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Give Willy Taveras a chance
Published 3/31/2009 by Chad Dotson at Redleg Nation
... Ignoring 2010 for a moment, what does Taveras bring to the table in 2009? Taveras’s critics focus on a few specific items that are not without merit. First, his 2008 numbers with Colorado were simply dreadful: .251 batting average, .308 OBP, .296 SLG. Just horrific. On top of the fact that Taveras stunk at the plate, his defense the last two years in Colorado, by most measures, was not good at all. ...

Where They Stand: Cincinnati Reds
Published 3/17/2009 by Matt Clapp (sharapovasthigh@gmail.com) at Sharapova's Thigh
... (Signed With Giants), CF Corey Patterson (Signed With Nationals), C Javier Valentin (Signed With Nationals), C Paul Bako (Signed With Cubs), P Josh Fogg (Signed With Rockies), P Matt Belisle (Signed With Rockies), RP Gary Majewski (Signed With Phillies), IF/OF Andy Phillips (Signed With Pirates), IF/OF Jolbert Cabrera (Signed With Orioles). What They've Added: Acquired C Ramon Hernandez (From Orioles), Signed CF Willy Taveras (2 Years, $6.25 Million), Signed RP Arthur Rhodes (2 Years, $4 Million), ...

Hitters to Watch - National League
Published 3/17/2009 by ballparkbob34 at Fantasy Baseball Dugout
...   He’s hit over .300 in two of the past three years.  And, he’s only 24-years-old; his best years are yet to come. Daniel Murphy, OF, New York Mets–  Murphy is hitting .366 so far this season in the Spring.  An infielder in the minors, he will Daniel Murphy, New York Mets sleeper likely be the Mets’ starting left fielder, but will lose some time to Fernando Tatis.  He could hit .280 with the Mets this year with 15 homers and 10 stolen bases. Willy Taveras, OF, Cincinnati Reds— Willy Taveras , a lifetime .280 hitter, fell off to .251 last year after hitting .320 the year ...

The Red Report: Willy Taveras
Published 3/12/2009 by BK at Red Reporter
... sidebar, earning him the nickname Willy Mays Taveras.  Of course, this nickname was already coined by Slyde all the way back in 2006. Contract Status: MLB service time (As of Opening Day 2009): 4.028 Signed by scout: Winston Llenas GM when acquired by Reds: Walt Jocketty Current contract status: 2 year, $6.25M deal (2009-2010), makes $2.25M this season Career Stats: (BBRef | FanGraphs | THT) ...

Holy craap, Nederlands stuns Republica Dominicana!
Published 3/7/2009 by Daedalus (noreply@blogger.com) at Church of Baseball
Voltron gave up three runs to Nederlands today, which was enough for the loss in this gigantic, enormous, huge, massive upset in the first round of the World Baseball Classic. In the first inning alone, he threw 29 pitches. You only get 70 in this round. Baby Red Alexander Smit did not fare very well, either, as he only pitched to three batters, giving up a sac fly, a single, and an intentional walk. Havoc was caught stealing after getting a hit. Team Dominicana is the overwhelming favorite to win the whole thing. ...

The battle begins
Published 2/23/2009 by Chris H. at The Yankee Universe
... If Willy Taveras can be a regular outfielder, there’s no reason Brett Gardner can’t be, as well. In fact, he’s been working on putting the ball on the ground this off-season so that he can take advantage of the speed that Girardi and others seem to love. ...

The Reds did well this off season!
Published 2/18/2009 by HighLeveragePerformer at The Crawfish Boxes
See? John Heyman said so himself. If you're interested, here are Willy's career stats. Dye isn't young, but has been a solid major leaguer. Don't believe me, Jon? Take this! I think I'm being too hard on him. Willy is just the type of hitter Manager Dusty Baker loves. Everybody wins! Well....not so much the Reds. But others do.

Walkoff Walk Presents the BONILLA Projection System: Age 28
Published 1/15/2009 by Lloyd The Barber at Walkoff Walk
... WIlly Taveras, CF: Will post career high in at bats and new career low in on base percentage. Gains notoriety after appearing on baseball blog's newest derisive t-shirt. ...

The Reds Can’t Win
Published 12/29/2008 by slanch at The Slanch Report
... . Sure, Taveras has lots of speed and had a ton of infield hits (37 bunt singles in 2007!) but he is incapable of scoring runs. Even on that strong offensive 2007 Rockies team, which scored 860 runs, and in spite of hitting .320 and stealing 33 bags, Taveras managed a scant 64 runs. ...

Reds think speed
Published 12/28/2008 by Deaner (noreply@blogger.com) at Blue Collar Baseball
... I'm a old-school guy, so I like the new direction of the Reds outfield. Defense is a fundamental that the Reds have been severely lacking in, and speed never goes into a slump. Taveras' stats aren't very impressive (besides the SBs) but he's only 27, so he is liable to bounce back to 2005-2006 form, and a lot of what he does isn't going to show up on a stat sheet anyway. ...

COLORADO ROCKIES - ALL TIME HOME GROWN TEAM vs. ALL TIME ACQUIRED TEAM
Published 12/18/2008 by Sully (info@sullybaseball.com) at SULLY BASEBALL
... LEFT FIELDER DANTE BICHETTE Another classic Blake Street Bomber... When he was in a Rockies uniform he put up MVP numbers. When he left the Rockies he was a decent platoon outfielder. Playing in that park in the mid 1990s must have been like swimming in the pool from Cocoon. (Got to love his classy T-shirt!) STARTING CENTER FIELDER WILLY TAVERAS Willy came over from the Astros and gave the Rockies some speed at the top of their order. He also was hurt during their ...

Published 12/17/2008 by Al (noreply@blogger.com) at Al's Ramblings
... is entering his age 27 year and has proven himself to be ready for the big leagues. Taveras has proven he can't hit a lick, but, he does run fast, which is fine if you are mired two decades behind the rest of baseball, as Dusty and the Reds seem to be. There may be some defensive benefits here, but Willy has a 668 career OPS, including his two years in Coors Field, so Roberto Clemente's defense could not make up for an offensive black hole like that. Add in the fact that Cincy's home field is a hotbed for homers, it's a bizarro world decision, if indeed Taveras ends up ...

WILLY, NO THANKS.
Published 8/21/2008 by ck at The Nationals Enquirer
... , right? They need to do something, right? Add a top of the rotation starter? A couple of big bats? Bullpen help? Certainly not on your list: a super fast, slap hitting, low OBP centerfielder, right? Definitely not part of the plan (lowercase ‘p’), right? Right? Then why on earth would the Nationals be interested in trading for Willy Taveras? ...

News and Views
Published 5/26/2008 by Rich at Baseball Analysts
... an ERA of 4.12 with 90 Ks in 67.2 IP in his freshman season as the third starting pitcher for the University of San Diego. * * * * * * * News: The Rockies placed SS Clint Barmes (sprained medial collaterial ligament in his right knee), RF Brad Hawpe (sore right hamstring), and LF Matt Holliday (strained left hamstring) on the 15 day DL. In addition, 3B Garrett Atkins (stiff neck) and CF Willy Taveras (bruised knee) were out of the lineup on Saturday and ...

A Common Theme
Published 3/20/2008 by Dan Agonistes at Dan Agonistes
... runner-up . Near and dear to the first topic discussed this week. While Pierre is the most prolific bunter over the past six years (320 attempts), his success rate ranks 16th out of the 18 players with 75 or more attempts during that span, with a success rate of 41 percent. Suzuki doesn't bunt nearly as often, but does succeed more frequently at 59 percent in 59 attempts. No, Willy Taveras would clearly be the better choice with Luis Castillo (54 percent in 84 attempts) and ...

NLDS Preview: Colorado Rockies vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Published 10/3/2007 by David Cohen <info@thegoodphight.com> at The Good Phight
... Speedy slap hitter Willy Taveras (372 AB, .320, 2 HR, 24 RBI, 33 SB but just 21 walks for a .367 OBP) hopes to recover from his nagging leg injury in time for the series. Even if Tavares claims to be 100 percent, productive ...

Find Your Center
Published 8/14/2007 by attackgerbil at YFSF
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On The Rocks. (But only because it was obvious.)
Published 6/12/2007 by Allen Chace <info@overthemonster.com> at Over the Monster
... CF: Willy Taveras. 94 OPS+Statistically speaking, one of the better CFs in baseball last season on defense. On offense. Well. At least this season he has the BA to drive that OBP into the "kind of acceptable for a leadoff hitter" range. Oh yeah. Speed. Taveras vs. Beckett: 1/2, K. ...

Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam Miscellaneous basebal...
Published 6/9/2007 by chris at A Large Regular
... Roger Clemens makes his first start for the Yankees today against the Pirates in Pittsburgh. I'm thinking Roger will be lucky to make it to the 5th inning... Willy Taveras is an example of how you have to look a bit deeper into the numbers. In the "old" days you would see a guy hitting .324 with 13 stolen bases and automatically think the guy is having a very good year. However, when you look closer at the numbers you see that Taveras only has an OBP of .378 despite the high batting average. That OBP sounds high but its not even in the top 3 on his own team. The 13 stolen bases seem a lot but consider he's been caught stealing 8 times. Then throw in the fact that his slugging percentage (.376) is less than his OBP and now that .324 batting average doesn't look as good as you might think... Don't get me wrong though - this could be a career year for Taveras but as the guy who sponsors his Baseball-Reference.com page puts ...