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October 27, 2007

Weekend Photo


100-meter wind turbine west of Abilene, Tx, 26 October 2007

Posted by Lucas at 01:51 PM

October 15, 2007

Reinstatements and Deletions

Texas reinstated pitchers WILLIE EYRE and AKINORI OTSUKA and infielder JOAQUIN ARIAS from the 60-day Disabled List. Texas also designated pitchers EYRE and MIKE WOOD, catcher CHRIS STEWART, and outfielder KEVIN MAHAR for assignment.

Having been designated previously, Wood could and did elect free agency. He might latch on somewhere as a passable middle reliever. Most likely, he’ll be an insurance policy. The other three return to the minors and will be eligible for the Rule 5 draft. None will be selected.

The 40-man roster now contains exactly 40 players. Jerry Hairston, Sammy Sosa, Brad Wilkerson and Jamey Wright will presumably depart via free agency, and Brandon Boggs, Thomas Diamond, Matt Harrison, and Max Ramirez have a sporting chance of replacing them. Thus, any free-agent acquisitions will demand additional cuts or trades.

Bill White and Freddy Guzman strike me as the next targets for designation. Guzman would probably be a tolerable 5th outfielder (particularly as a pinch-runner/defensive replacement for Jason Botts and similarly equipped outfielders), but… meh, it’s Freddy Guzman.

Posted by Lucas at 11:46 PM

October 08, 2007

End-Of-Weekend Photo


Fabio Castillo in Surprise, Arizona, 5 October 2007

Posted by Lucas at 02:04 AM

October 01, 2007

Marlon Byrd, MVP

Click here for background. I CANNOT overemphasize the silliness of this statistic.

Player
Team Record When in Starting Lineup
Team Record When Out of Starting Lineup
Difference
Byrd
54-49 (.524)
21-38 (.356)
.168
Vazquez
44-41 (.518)
31-46 (.403)
.115
Botts
25-21 (.543)
50-66 (.431)
.112
Hairston
21-20 (.512)
54-67 (.446)
.066
Wilkerson
45-48 (.484)
30-39 (.435)
.049
Melhuse
8-8 (.500)
67-79 (.459)
.041
Metcalf
24-25 (.490)
51-62 (.451)
.038
Saltalamacchia
22-24 (.478)
53-63 (.457)
.021
Kata
9-10 (.474)
66-77 (.462)
.012
Laird
53-61 (.465)
22-26 (.458)
.007
Catalanotto
41-48 (.461)
34-39 (.466)
-.005
Lofton
35-44 (.443)
40-43 (.482)
-.039
Cruz
35-44 (.443)
40-43 (.482)
-.039
Blalock
24-32 (.429)
51-55 (.481)
-.053
Diaz
10-14 (.417)
65-73 (.471)
-.054
Kinsler
58-71 (.450)
17-16 (.515)
-.066
Sosa
45-58 (.437)
30-29 (.508)
-.072
Murphy
9-16 (.360)
66-71 (.482)
-.122
Teixeira
30-48 (.385)
45-39 (.536)
-.151

Posted by Lucas at 09:28 PM