This deal turned out awesome

… is .317. hell yeah mfkr

Lets set the bar at 45 homers his first year, anything less is a failure

He’s got tons of pop. Very happy to see out of the Angels hands.

Unless Briggy starts hitting lefties

Of course that only matters if we cash in on Barty…..

1. DEEZY [RF]
2. CC [LF]
3. LONGO [3B]
4. C-PAIN [1B]
5. ZOBRIST [2B]
6. BOSSMAN [CF]
7. ZAUN ©
8. SEAN [DH]
9. BRIGGY [SS]

… opening day 2010. i like.

rotation:

SHIELDS®
GARZA®
PRICE [l]
NIEMANN®
DAVIS/HELLBOY have a fight to the death®

Now let’s beat the shit of the Sox tonight and make this the best day ever.

From MLB.com this year (http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090316&content_id=3999552&vkey=news_ana&fext=.jsp&c_id=ana)

Rodriguez is a superior athlete with exceptional range and a powerful arm that will play at either middle infield spot. He continues to demonstrate exceptional power to the middle of the field and has made strides, like Wood, in not overstriding and putting himself in bad counts. Rodriguez has the talent and makeup to play 15 years in the Majors, whether as a regular or a super-sub in the Chone Figgins mold of old.

Puffy or Rodzilla or whatever is awesome

Rays acquired infielder-outfielder Sean Rodriguez as the player to be named in the Scott Kazmir deal.
Rodriguez, 24, posted an impressive .301/.402/.622 batting line, 29 home runs and 93 RBI in 362 at-bats this season at the Triple-A level. Tampa could decide to call him up and use him as a utilityman down the stretch.

Second, I’d like what follows to serve as a bit of a repost to certain readers who’ve called into question the empirical rigor of my first couple-few submissions to FanGraphs. While most readers have been supportive, there are some — and here I’m thinking particularly of user PlayOnWords at D-Rays Bay, who suggested that I’m "turtlenecking"* FanGraphs — there are those who would break that most important of commandments, “Let a player play.” I believe the following work will serve as a giant “Booyah” to those critics.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/from-the-department-of-advanced-statistickery

Looks like I’m a bit slow, but with Bartlett going to arb, is it a forgone conclusion we won’t keep him?

Great upside, possibly fantastic power, good OBP.

But at the same time, no room in the Angels organization for him, with Izturis, Aybar, and Kendrick looking like they’re sticking around for the foreseeable future, Bobby Abreu probably coming back for the next couple of years, and Brandon Wood waiting to take his shot. Not to mention Figgins.

Esp. given Kazmir’s history with Butcher, I think this deal is working out mighty fine for both sides.

Don’t often see a trade this good for all teams involved!

After having heard S-Rod was headed to the Rays RevHaloFan/Walden is the PTBNL said—-
" YAWN… Told ya so

If you listened to my appearance on Biggsy yesterday you would have already known this.
by Rev Halofan on Sep 1, 2009 2:45 PM EDT reply actions -600 recs "
(-600 recs added for effect)
Though he does say his ‘report’ on walden was erroneous.