Johnny Damon placed on waivers... (1 Viewer)

[gump]

The Red Sox have placed a claim on Damon, to block the Rays from getting him.

No surprise though...

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I have no idea why you're trying to argue WAR is anything other than a counting stat. It is an attempt to measure actual player contributions over the course of the season. Like UZR can be displayed in terms of UZR/150, you could make a similar metric for WAR, but each of those have decided drawbacks. WAR is not supposed to be used as in indicator of future performance - there are many better metrics for that. 2010 MLB average BA is .259. I've seen standard deviations for BA estimated at .027. So this year I would consider anything in the neighborhood of .245 to .275 to be decent. And I meant to say its near impossible to sustain a good OBP without a decent BA. The league leader in BB% is Berkman at 16.2%, which allows him to post a good OBP (.361) despite a somewhat poor BA (.237) However, players with obviously poor BAs couldn't sustain a good OBP even with Berkman's exceedingly high BB%. Reynolds (13.2%, .214, .330) and Carlos Pena (14.6%, .212, .336) are merely able to get to average OBP despite all of their walks because of their poor batting averages.

 

[culdeus]

The Red Sox have placed a claim on Damon, to block the Rays from getting him.

So now what?

 

[skillz]

The Red Sox have placed a claim on Damon, to block the Rays from getting him.

So now what?

My understanding is the Tigers have 48 hours to work out a trade. If they don't trade with Boston (Damon must waive his no trade clause which interestingly doesn't include Boston as 1 of the 8 teams he gave prior permission to go to), the Tigers can pull him back off waivers or they can just let Boston have Damon (and the remainder of his contract).

 

[Premier]

Staying with the Tigers.

 

[Da Guru]

Explain this quote from Damon to me.

"My teammates, my coaches, the front office, the family and everyone that I've talked to really wanted me to stay here," Damon said. "I'm glad for that and it just made my decision a lot easier."

If everybody wanted Damon to stay why was he put on waivers??

I am glad he is staying and would like to see him come back for another season.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

If everybody wanted Damon to stay why was he put on waivers??

Really? A lot of guys are put on waivers, you wouldn't believe the names over the years. On the Tigers the only ones we can be sure weren't put on waivers are Cabrera, Verlander, Scherzer and all the rookies. Pretty much everyone else probably was.

 

[Brady Marino]

Staying with the Tigers.

Nice cockblock by the Sox. Now who are the Rays targeting? Manny?BTW, I was watching Sportscenter earlier today and Manny only counts about $1.1 mil on the books for this year and next because he has so much deferred. Might not be a hard sell to upper management for any team.

 

[Premier]

Staying with the Tigers.

Nice cockblock by the Sox. Now who are the Rays targeting? Manny?BTW, I was watching Sportscenter earlier today and Manny only counts about $1.1 mil on the books for this year and next because he has so much deferred. Might not be a hard sell to upper management for any team.

If the Red Sox didn't let Damon get to the Rays, they sure as hell won't let Manny get there.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Staying with the Tigers.

Nice cockblock by the Sox. Now who are the Rays targeting? Manny?BTW, I was watching Sportscenter earlier today and Manny only counts about $1.1 mil on the books for this year and next because he has so much deferred. Might not be a hard sell to upper management for any team.

If the Red Sox didn't let Damon get to the Rays, they sure as hell won't let Manny get there.

Rangers honks were talking about this today. The White Sux have made it abundantly clear they will claim Manny so it's probably a moot point.

 

[Brady Marino]

Staying with the Tigers.

Nice cockblock by the Sox. Now who are the Rays targeting? Manny?BTW, I was watching Sportscenter earlier today and Manny only counts about $1.1 mil on the books for this year and next because he has so much deferred. Might not be a hard sell to upper management for any team.

If the Red Sox didn't let Damon get to the Rays, they sure as hell won't let Manny get there.

Rangers honks were talking about this today. The White Sux have made it abundantly clear they will claim Manny so it's probably a moot point.

Great, Manny might go to the most bland team in the major leagues, from the top of upper management down to the assistant equipment manager.Edit: I'm referring to the White Sox here.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Staying with the Tigers.

Nice cockblock by the Sox. Now who are the Rays targeting? Manny?BTW, I was watching Sportscenter earlier today and Manny only counts about $1.1 mil on the books for this year and next because he has so much deferred. Might not be a hard sell to upper management for any team.

If the Red Sox didn't let Damon get to the Rays, they sure as hell won't let Manny get there.

Rangers honks were talking about this today. The White Sux have made it abundantly clear they will claim Manny so it's probably a moot point.

Great, Manny might go to the most bland team in the major leagues, from the top of upper management down to the assistant equipment manager.Edit: I'm referring to the White Sox here.

 

[Clifton]

Wish the Red Sox could get him. I was the first one happy to see him leave Boston but I think it would be a hoot to have him back.