Friday, January 9, 2009

The Tao's Wandering Eye: Ty Wigginton

Why Ty?

Because he hit more homers than any Blue Jay last year
He hit 23, for those of you who are counting. In just 386 at bats, by the way. And that's 39 fewer AB's than it took for Vernon Wells to hit 20.

Because he's played all over the diamond.
He could slot in at first (if Overbay is hurt or sucks), or at third (if Rolen is hurt), or in the outfield (if the magic just doesn't happen for either Adam Lind or Travis Snider). Or he could DH. Whatever, dude.

Because he's played in the AL East before
And he's posted an OPS of .891 versus the Red Sox and .831 versus the Yankees. If you're into that sort of thing.

Because he's lovably plump and he has a big cranium
Somebody's got to replace Kevin Mench's cartoonishly huge skull in the lineup.

Because we have an uncanny ability to ignore some glaring truths
Like the fact that Wigginton posted a 1.080 OPS in the former Enron Park and a .697 OPS everywhere else.
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11 comments:

  1. TorgenJanuary 9, 2009 at 6:35 PM

    Didn't Keith Law cover this? Guys who have been starters and would make good backups are bad investments because they want to be paid like starters.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2009 at 7:02 PM

    ty wigginton is pmuch a worse jose bautista

    iirc klaw was pretty adamant that wigginton blows and any success he has is entirely park dependent so maybe the jays should stick with teh far supreior player they already have? idk

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2009 at 8:00 PM

    What would a contract with him look like?

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2009 at 1:17 AM

    Sad thing is, he's probably out of Toronto's price range.

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  5. Darren PriestJanuary 10, 2009 at 1:35 PM

    Tao and his lowered expectations. You must have been the most cooperative child ever, Tao.

    "Mom, can I get this Transformer?"

    "No, Tao, we can't afford it."

    "Oh, alright, how about this Go Bot?"

    "That's a good, boy!"

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  6. The SouthpawJanuary 10, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    He seems to think he can pull $6 mil per.

    That's a lot of bling for a guy who's only somewhat better than Bautista (better, yes, but not 6 mil better)

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  7. Ian HunterJanuary 10, 2009 at 9:36 PM

    Damn Go Bots, and their lowered expectations.

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2009 at 4:34 AM

    well Giambi signed for real cheap. I think this wouldn't be a bad investment, even if in 2010 or 2011 he is used exclusively as a bench player.

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  9. ChrisJanuary 12, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    My eye is wandering to the pic of Hazel Mae in the post below...

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2009 at 11:04 AM

    Is Petitte for one year-$12/13, too expensive?

    Its a solid front end option for the rotation.

    -Neal

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  11. TorgenJanuary 12, 2009 at 12:45 PM

    If the Canadian dollar skyrockets, then maybe.

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