Friday, February 18, 2005

reading list

too bizzy to write, but i can still read.

a quick followup to my post on bing devine / brock-for-broglio: mike’s baseball rants rates lou brock as one of the three best in-season acquisitions of all time, counting only trades made after june 1. brock contributed 22 win shares to the ’64 cards . . . .

enlightening post at the birdwatch about the cards’ geezer outfielders — writer named mo boiler looks at similar players at corresponding ages to set some likely parameters for sander/edmond/walker performance this season.

another worthwhile exercise at redbird reasoning — he’s looked at the top 3 nl central contenders, using projected win shares to get a gauge. he sez: cards and cubs 95 wins, astros 88.

item: john sickels’ new blogsite has daric barton as the a’s #2 prospect, with a solid A grade.