The Hardball Times:Bringing up Junior

• JinAZ

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  Minor point: Griffey's option year has a $4 million buyout, so not employing him only saves the Reds $12 million.  But given that he's probably no better than a replacement level player as long as he's patrolling the outfield, it's clearly a good idea to let him walk and hope he qualifies as a class-A free agent.  Unless, of course, they can get good value for him in a trade...but I'm skeptical that anyone would pay for him at this point.  -j

  Posted 5/7/2008 [reply] [flag]

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Published 5/9/2008 by TD at Rain Delay
... like combining two of my favorite things, Sabrmetrics and the Movie “Major League”. I’d just like to tip the cap to “Mistake By the Lake” for a great read! Ron Shandler over at USA Today, points out the obvious. That Chipper Jones, is unlikely to hit .400 over the course of the season. It may not last, but is fun as hell to watch (or in my case lately, listen) to it while it’s going on. Over at the Hardball Times - John Brittain tackles the subject of Ken Griffey Junior. John Challis is ...