Forgive my self-indulgence for one post, but I’m going to do something I’ve always wanted to do. (Well, to be honest, I’d never thought of doing this before the opportunity arose, but it sounds like something I should have wanted to do.)
Ready? This me quoting Rob Neyer quoting me:
According to skyking162, the Brewers’ signing of Mike Cameron might be the best signing of this offseason. Why? Because that move alone makes them 40 runs better, defensively, than they were before they signed Cameron. How? Cameron replaces Bill Hall in center field (20-run improvement), Hall replaces Ryan Braun at third base (30-run improvement), and Braun replaces Gabe Gross in left field (10-run dropoff).
Cameron’s a pretty good hitter, too. Bottom line?
Including both offense and defense, the Brewers are between 4.0 and 5.5 wins better with Mike Cameron than without him. At $4 million per win, that’s worth between $16 and $22 million on the free agent market, all for only $7 million. We can’t give all that credit to Cameron (the Brewers technically could have moved Hall and Braun without signing Cameron), but acquiring a good center fielder forces the issue. It’s a great signing and the Brewers are now back to competing with the Cubs for first place in the NL Central.
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Sky is a baseball fan and racket sport afficianado living in upstate NY. His favorite color is orange and is just about ready to give up on his life-long dream to become the next Magnus ver Magnuson (World's Strongest Man). His favorite baseball teams are the Yankees and Red Sox, proving that there's hope in the Middle East.
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
So this post is entitled ‘Heroes’ because this Rob Neyer chap, whoever he is, is some sort of hero of yours in terms of baseball analysis?
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Correct. Rob Neyer’s written a new school slanted column at ESPN.com for about ten years now.
You, Ari, are also a skyking162 hero — you read the blog without being a baseball fan, you just used the word “chap”, and you, well, you do something that’s probably against a certain TOS.
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:19 pm
This is why you were my hero growing up. Way to go, now turn this in to a job at espn.
January 24th, 2008 at 2:41 am
Good stuff, dude.
January 24th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Tacky. You are no longer my hero until you master expert drums on Rock Band.
January 24th, 2008 at 8:19 am
well look who finally hit the big time….sky, remember this link bait we have been talking about?!?!?! well you have been quoted on ESPN…..time to promote yourself my friend. If nothing else…promote the fact that Neyer reads your blog.
January 26th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Well done Mr. Kalkman. Now you just need to get Joe Morgan and Tim McCarver to start to speak disparagingly of your blog on the air, then you’ll know you’ve really hit it big time. Congrats on the cool claim to fame - hope it’s just a step along the way!