Comments on: The Scott Hairston Deal

By: Milford Overstrom

Milford Overstrom — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:52:31 +0000

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By: Ed Nelson

Ed Nelson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:47:47 +0000

What is important to note is that you can’t take bad pitchers and put them in PETCO and have them become good pitchers because of the dimensions of the park, because the other teams’ pitchers are going to be better also. To win your pitchers need to be better then the competition’s, and this trade does provide some depth.

By: Paul Thomas

Paul Thomas — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:32:02 +0000

Dude, .295 OBP versus RHP in Petco Park is, at worst, slightly below average.

Why do people insist on using numbers without park adjustments?

By: JD

JD — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:09:54 +0000

It’s too bad the injuries were caused by Bob Geren not pulling Gallagher when he was in pain last season. Guy was always healthy and had good control before that miserable outing.

By: JD

JD — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:05:31 +0000

I’m hoping Carrillo can turn it around. Played Little League with him, and for a while it looked like he was going to rise through the organization really quickly before the injury bug got him.

By: JD

JD — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:04:43 +0000

Italiano will be a reliever. They might keep him in the rotation for now, as the A’s were doing, but the guy can’t get through 5 innings without throwing 110 pitches. He doesn’t have enough pitches he can get over for strikes to stay in the rotation. In the bullpen, that fastball and one more pitch will be enough to make him successful.

By: don

don — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:25:32 +0000

Well… then the question is what would the league average FIP be in Petco? Almost certainly lower than 4.3. Neither of those guys have incredibly low HR/FB rates though, so maybe they really are that good. Petco helps pitchers walk and strikeout rates a bit though too, IIRC.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:05:21 +0000

Coreira and Guadin have been pitching over their heads statistically speaking. To put this into perspective, Andrew Bailey was ranked the #23 prospect in the A’s farm system, and Craig Italiano is/was #24. As many have elaborated, Scott Hairston has been having a good year, but he has never eally done that before. Honestly, complaining about this trade is ridiculous because the PTBNL needs to be named before any serious, non-emotional analyst.

I remember the AJ Pierzynski trade when he was shipped from the Twins to the Giants for then no-names Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano, and Boof Bonser. Joe Nathan, a recently convert SS, is now a perennial all star, Liriano may never return to his rookie year levels, but is an adequate pitcher, and Bonser is essentially nothing. There was a lot of complaining then, even with Joe Mauer coming up through the minors.

What I am trying to say is, one cannot decide if the trade is awful until more time has passed.

By: Tom Waits

Tom Waits — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:02:28 +0000

This team needs an infusion of “talent” in the worst possible way. I realize I may be committing heresy by using another web site’s numbers, but for people who don’t like ERA+ and OPS+, we could go with Runs Created (RC) and Pitching Runs Created (PRC) from The Hardball Times.

Peavy leads the team in PRC, even hurt, at 32. That’s 1 run better than Chase Headley, who checks in at 4th among Padre hitters in RC. Headley and Correia are tied. Gaudin’s PRC is 22, which means he’s been outproduced by Tony Gwynn Jr and barely more productive than Hundley, who’s been out for 3 weeks and not catching everyday before that. Adrian Gonzalez and David Eckstein have combined for 108 RC. It would take about 4 pitchers to equal that.

I don’t mean to suggest that we don’t need help offensively. We certainly do. But if the offense has the flu, the pitching has ebola.

By: Aaron C.

Aaron C. — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:02:07 +0000

I’m an A’s fan and I think you’re WAY overselling Hairston. His AAA numbers were compiled in the D’Backs farm system which is infamous for being some of the most hitter-friendly territory in organized baseball. His stark platoon split and – at best – league average career numbers entering 2009 lead me to believe his “breakthrough” this year is actually the hottest 10 week stretch of his life.

Why not just platoon Travis Buck and Aaron Cunningham in RF and – since Oakland seems smitten with Ryan Sweeney’s glove (and not his sub-.700 OPS); keep Sweeney in CF?