Memo to Omar: Just Don’t Do It
6| Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts found this 1/1/2007 on www.baseballprospectus.com [flag] |
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On the Milledge/Blanton rumor
Published 1/1/2007 by Adam J. Morris
... Nate Silver addresses the issue, albeit from the other side (explaining why it would be a terrible trade for the Mets)...
Welcome 2007
Published 1/2/2007 at Mike's Mets
... that I was leery over rumors of a deal of Lastings Milledge for Oakland's Joe Blanton. Baseball Prospectus' Nate Silver makes a compelling case for not doing the proposed deal.
Read: Pelfrey or Perez Over Blanton
Published 1/2/2007 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
... In the blog for Baseball Prospectus, Nate Silver explains that Joe Blanton may not actually improve the Mets, as much as, say, Mike Pelfrey or Oliver Perez will.
Lastings Milledge
Published 1/2/2007 by Tangotiger (tangotiger@yahoo.com) at THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball
... Nate Silver is going gangbusters in blogging, and it’s a fun read. He talks about the latest Mets player fans can’t stand, Lastings Milledge. The interesting nugget is on how well he did on the road in the
Pressure On Mets To Trade Milledge
Published 5/17/2007 by RotoAuthority at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Far more important, though, is that the 22 year-old still looks like he will be a very valuable center fielder. I keep going back to this post from Nate Silver in January. Milledge remains underrated, and his mild transgressions plus this year's foot injury may only further improve the opportunity to buy low. So he has too much swagger and said some standard stuff in a rap song? To me those are really weak reasons to trade a top prospect for fifty or seventy-five cents on the dollar.
More on the Mets/Nats Swap
Published 12/1/2007 by Mike Pindelski <info@beyondtheboxscore.com> at Beyond the Box Score: Front Page Posts
... Like many around the baseball blogosphere, I'm a little shocked the Mets received so little. Milledge only hit .272/.341/.446 on the year in a small sample of 184 AB's, but we're all aware of his tremendous talent and just how well he projects. ...
