bleedingblueandteal.com - 12/6/2008
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That would throw a bit of a wrench into Seattle's plans (or at least the plans of the armchair GMs in Seattle). Buster Olney: "Raul Ibanez... will accept."
Ibanez: Why he left
blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com 12/19/2008 —
Just got done talking to Raul Ibanez for the first time since he left the Mariners and signed a three-year, $31.5 million deal with the Phillies. Ibanez said his decision came down to wanting to play for a competitive team right away. The ...
Raul Ibanez Is Absolutely Correct
lookoutlanding.com 12/19/2008 — Says Raul on the unflattering statistical evaluation of his defense:
"And the way they come up with the defensive measurements, or ratings, is flawed. It's as flawed as the Gold Gloves. One of the reasons is, they don't consider things like ...
-18 runs? Well, maybe, Anton
proball.us 12/19/2008 — In Part II, let’s talk for a bit about Raul’s most effective argument: that many of the subject-matter experts have declared him defensively sane.
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He also feels that some of the people looking at ...
Let me be a little more specific about Ibanez’s suckiness
ussmariner.com 12/19/2008 — Ibanez is essentially making an argument that for a set of reasons, the systems are stacked against him. That it’s based on probability, doesn’t consider defensive positioning, that people doing the stats are evaluating it off TV, and ...
Ibanez is not good at defense
ussmariner.com 12/19/2008 — Much goodness in this Baker discussion with Ibanez on his departure .
To sum up: Ibanez doesn’t believe in defensive stats.
His specific arguments are notable for being surprisingly cogent. Most players dismiss defensive measurement with a ...
Mariners Blog | The Seattle Times
blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com 12/18/2008 — raullast.jpg Just got done talking to Raul Ibanez for the first time since he left the Mariners and signed a three-year, $31.5 million deal with the Phillies. Ibanez said his decision came down to wanting to play for a competitive team right away. The ...
Ibanez comments on D-sabr’s
proball.us 12/19/2008 — From Geoff Baker’s fine blog. No, that’s not right; it’s not a “fine” blog: it’s a great blog.
It’s hard to think when you’re scoffing ;- ) and Baker is the guy in Seattle who remains calm, cool, and ...
Ignore Ibanez Immediately
blog.nj.com 12/10/2008 — With Francisco Rodriguez's arrival in the Mets' bullpen now just a physical away, Omar Minaya can move on to attend to other pressing needs. But where to start? The Mets could continue talks during the Winter Meetings to trade Aaron...
MLB Winter Meetings: What's The Deal? —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/6/2008
Ever since I was a kid I’ve wondered exactly what the deal is with the baseball winter meetings. Yeah, I know that it’s where GMs get together to discuss trades and meet with players’ agents and whatnot.
I guess I just never ...
Sluggers will be hot topic at Meetings —
Major League Baseball News 12/6/2008
Manny Ramirez and Mark Teixeira headline the list of free-agent sluggers this offseason, but don't forget Adam Dunn, Bobby Abreu, Pat Burrell, Raul Ibanez, Milton Bradley, Jason Giambi, Ken Griffey Jr., Casey Blake and Rocco Baldelli, who all will ...
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