Comments on: Bobby Crosby May Find a Home Soon

By: DeJay

DeJay — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:47:15 +0000

Harold Reynolds also picked him that year too. So did another ESPN writer (Stark?). Sad how things turn out.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:20:56 +0000

Didn’t Gammons also pick Travis Hafner to win the MVP one of his terrible years?

By: Brian Cartwright

Brian Cartwright — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:27:01 +0000

Those are weighted three year averages, including minor leagues.

I know Bixler’s contact problems have gotten worse the past two seasons, but can you say Crosby’s bat is any better (true talent wise)?

Bixler’s above average on range and hands (infield hits and errors). Luis Cruz had good range, but hit more popups than anyone else in pro ball. Luis Rivas was the butcher at short.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:40:55 +0000

A coincidental cruel twist of fate you wrote a Bobby Crosby piece the day Peter Gammons leaves ESPN (for those who don’t remember, Gammons prognosticated that Crosby would win the AL MVP in 2006. Crosby went on to hit .229/.298/.338 in 398 PA for an OPS+ of 67.)

By: matt w

matt w — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:54:55 +0000

Not sure where you’re getting those numbers for Bixler, either. His career wOBA is .216, and his wOBA last year was .269 (he OPSed .602 — with a .556 BABIP and a 59.1% K rate). And the sample size is way too small for his UZR to mean anything, but what we have doesn’t contradict every Pirates fan’s impression that he’s a butcher in the field.

Basically, you can never do as well with Brian Bixler. He’s not a major leaguer.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:34:31 +0000

Don’t spacious parks help hitters with little power?

By: Mitchell

Mitchell — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:24:15 +0000

It seems to me you are just making up numbers here. Ronny Cedeno is certainly NOT +10 runs on defense. He has a career -5.6 UZR/150 and put up a -3.6 last year. Also, Crosby is certainly not worth -10 runs on defense either. He is a career +4 UZR/150 and put a +3 in his last year at short in 2008. Obviously, he is expected to have lost some defensive value due to age/time away from the position, but he’s not gonna be 10 runs below average. I think they should try Cedeno at 2nd. He owns a career +23.4! UZR/150 in about a 3rd of a season’s sample size.

By: Brian Cartwright

Brian Cartwright — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:46:09 +0000

Jack Wilson is a .300 wOBA hitter who’s +10 runs defensively, was 31 and expensive. Ronnie Cedeno is a .290 wOBA hitter who’s +10 runs defensively, was 27 and relatively cheap. Not a problem here. Now Bobby Crosby is also a .290 wOBA hitter who’s -10 runs defensively, at 29 two years older than Cedeno. The defense has Crosby maybe 2 losses worse than Cedeno. You could do as well with Brian Bixler (.285 +8)

By: MikeS

MikeS — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:21:02 +0000

From RotY to trying to win a job with the Pirates.

That’s just sad.

By: Bret

Bret — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:36:47 +0000

As an A’s fan I am just so thrilled he’s finally gone. His RotY season was really not all that impressive – there was a weak crop of rookies that year. His short 2005 season was fairly good but his BABIP was way out line with career averages, and hasn’t had a wOBA over .289 since then. Good riddance.