Why did we sign Wil Nieves? Why?
I mean it! Why did we spend a penny on a possible 4th string catcher who has a career batting average of .227? Wasn’t it bad enough when we signed Damian Miller in 2005? Or in 2007 when we thought Johnny Estrada would somehow overcome his career of underachieving and be the catcher of the future. Ehh. Wrong again. What to do, what to do? Oh man, I totally...
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December 14, 2010
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Fall Training: Getting Ready for the Hot Stove League
If your team didn’t make it to the playoffs, this is a tough time of year. You can’t watch your guys play, and your club can’t start making major moves to improve until after the World Series. But fret not, while your buddies rooting for teams still in the championship hunt are concentrating on the playoffs, you can bone up on the upcoming action in the hot stove...
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October 04, 2010
Terry Pendleton Is Not a Bad Hitting Coach*
* Or at least, there is no evidence to suggest that he has been in the past.
Human nature dictates that someone must be to blame when well-made plans go awry. For some reason (convenience?), this scapegoat is always a single person, even when the fault clearly lies with a group, or with an organizational flaw that transcends any one member.
Nowhere is this trend more obvious--or...
Via Sports Page Atlanta
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April 27, 2010
GM Initiation: Josh Byrnes
We're kicking off a new series here at MLBTR called GM Initiation. Each post in the series will look at a general manager's first player acquisition.
Josh Byrnes was hired as Diamondbacks GM on October 28th, 2005. His first player acquisition came on December 7th at the Winter Meetings. Byrnes and Braves GM John Schuerholz agreed on a deal to send catcher Johnny...
Via *D MLB Trade Rumors
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April 13, 2010
GM Initiation: Josh Byrnes
We're kicking off a new series here at MLBTR called GM Initiation. Each post in the series will look at a general manager's first player acquisition.
Josh Byrnes was hired as Diamondbacks GM on October 28th, 2005. His first player acquisition came on December 7th at the Winter Meetings. Byrnes and Braves GM John Schuerholz agreed on a deal to send catcher Johnny...
Via MLB Trade Rumors
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April 13, 2010
Introducing Hot Stove Economics
I know I’ve hinted at this over the past few months, and it’s finally time to make the announcement about my new book:
Hot Stove Economics: Understanding Baseball’s Second Season
Description:
The final out of the World Series marks the beginning of baseball’s second season, when teams court free agents and orchestrate trades with the hope of building a championship...
Via Sabernomics
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March 10, 2010
Phlashback Phriday- August 21, 2001
The 2000's have been good to Phillies fans. The year 2001 was the start of the turnaround from dismal organization to perennial contenders. Larry Bowa took the throne of manager that year, and won NL Manager of the Year by guiding the Phils to a 86-76 record. On this day the Astros were in Philly and took the game 8-2 from the Phightins.Lineup:1. Jimmy Rollins/SS2. Marlon...
Via We Should Be GM's
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August 21, 2009
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August 21, 2009
Are the Washington Nationals Better Than the New York Mets?
After watching the Scats take two of three from the New York Mets, I think the answer may be yes, right now, the Mets are worse than the Nationals.Granted, the Mets have had a ton of injuries—and not like the 2008 Nationals who had guys like Paul Lo Duca and Johnny Estrada get hurt. The Mets have actual good players on the DL.But forget that for now. Let's look match-ups...
Via Bleacher Report
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July 24, 2009
Manny Acta: The Day After
In the shadow of All-Star Weekend, where the giants of the game gathered like towering oaks, a shrub of a story was lost.
Manny Acta was fired as manager of the Washington Nationals.
At 26-61, the Nationals have made their home in the league’s underbrush. They hold the worst record in Major League Baseball by nine games.
A team doesn’t flirt with failure on an epic...
Via Bleacher Report
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July 15, 2009
Jesus Rises In Ohio
MLB.com sez that the Nats have signed Johnny Estrada to a 1-year, $1.25 million contract. The story claims (and it'd be my gut reaction too) that this has nothing to do with The Pusher's injury, but that it's their way of giving Flores more development time. As much as we love Jesus, that's probabl...
Via Capitol Punishment
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February 09, 2008
Mets Trade Lastings Milledge to Nationals For Ryan Church and Brian Schneider
Third time is the charm, at least it looks that way as far as the Mets starting catcher goes. First it looked like Yorvit Torrealba would get the job but his injuries still haven’t been unveiled. Then it looked like Johnny Estrada when they traded for him with the Brewers but then it looked...
Via tomseaverfan.com
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January 29, 2008
THIS IS FUNNY
What's this I hear?The Mets acquired a living, breathing human being for Guillermo Mota? That Guillermo Mota?And even better?The living, breathing thing is Johnny Estrada: a former All-Star catcher at age 31. He may have only walked 12 times last year â€" but his 2.3 WARP3 easily bests Mota's .9.More...
Via Crosstown Rivals
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January 24, 2008
Hunter Pence Returns to Practice, Inks Contract
Johnny Estrada
Hunter Pence Returns to Practice, Inks Contract
Posted 24 minutes ago at The Crawfish Boxes
As reported here , Hunter Pence was able participate in some long toss and h...
Via striketwo.net
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February 27, 2008
The 2008 Speculation New York Mets (via Yardbarker)
Dirtlocker points for: Moises Alou, Carlos Beltran, Miguel Cabrera, Ramon Castro, Ryan Church, Adam Dunn, David Eckstein, Carlos Gomez, Shawn Green, Ken Griffey, Ramon Hernandez, Lastings Milledge, Johnny Estrada, Jorge Posada, Ivan Rodriguez, Brian Schneider, Miguel Tejada, David Wright, Brian Cash...
Via Dirtlocker.com
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December 16, 2007
Official Gambling Addict's Guide to the 2008 MLB Season
Official Gambling Addict's Guide to the 2008 MLB Season
Posted 86 minutes ago at In Mark, Doug, & Ned We Trust
Here's the latest odds from Vegas. Milwaukee got bilked again ... dumping Johnny Estrada & Kevin Mench should give the Crew at least 3 or 4 extra w...
Via striketwo.net
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March 02, 2008
Baseball Notebook: Hot Stove League Roundup (via ArmchairGM)
Dirtlocker points for: Barry Bonds, Ryan Church, David Eckstein, Jesus Flores, Tom Glavine, Mike Hampton, Cesar Izturis, Lastings Milledge, Johnny Estrada, Carl Pavano, Kenny Rogers, Brian Schneider, Brian Cashman, Scott Boras Baseball Notebook: Hot Stove League Roundup
Mets Trade Milledge to Na...
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December 16, 2007
The Tease Continues
The crack staff reports that the official offer for Johan Santana is as follows: Carlos GomezFernando MartinezKevin MulveyMike PelfreyPhil HumberHector PellotDeolis GuerraMike CarpRyan ChurchJohnny EstradaBrian BohanonThe Savannah Sand GnatsJohn Maine's impersonatorThe cat from the tarpRoger CedenoTi...
Via The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus
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January 05, 2008
Catch as Catch Can
First, Humberto Cota and Chad Moeller. Then Paulie LoDown. Now Johnny Estrada (maybe). How in the name of sweet, fancy Moses have Josh Paul and Kelly Stinnett not gotten in on this deal? In their brief history the Washington Nationals have employed a cavalcade of truly awful backup backstops. With Br...
Via nats3play.blogspot.com
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February 08, 2008
Today's Non-tenders: Towers, Prior, Everett, Durbin
Tim's out for the night, so we've got a fresh post started for the non-tenders. MLB.com has a running list as well.
These guys are the officials as of now:
As expected, the Marlins non-tendered catcher Miguel Olivo. Johnny Estrada was another casualty; these two make up the marke...
Via mlbtraderumors.com
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December 22, 2007
Have glove, will travel
Here is a team of free agents you can have right now:
1B: Mike Sweeney
2B: Jorge Cantu
SS: Royce Clayton
3B: Morgan Ensberg
DH: Mike Piazza
C: Johnny Estrada
LF: Barry Bonds
CF: Mike Cameron
RF: Shawn Green
SP: Kris Benson
SP: Bartolo Colon
SP: Jon Lieber
SP: Freddy Garcia
SP: Livan Hernandez
RP: Oct...
Via yankees.lhblogs.com
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January 16, 2008
Catch Us If You Can
Y'know, I was about to be extraordinarily hindsightful and ask why we couldn't have kept Johnny Estrada around in case both our catchers were to be found grabbing their groins and such come mid-March, but I just checked and I see Johnny Blue Jeans is sitting with tendinitis, so maybe catcher is just ...
Via Faith and Fear
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March 20, 2008
Baseball Musings: Alou Steals Home
Bonus points for those playing the streaking Alou in the playoffs. With Alou on third, Ray Durham tried to steal 2B. Johnny Estrada tried to nail him there while a frisky Alou came home. It wasn't exactly the same as Carl Crawford's steal from third earlier in the season, but it will look the same in the boxscore. It was Alou's second stolen base of the season. ...
Via Baseball Musings
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September 27, 2006
Mets Fill Catching Vacancy In Deal With Brewers
The Mets sent relief pitcher Guillermo Mota to the Brewers in exchange for catcher Johnny Estrada. It’ll be the fourth team for Estrada in four years and I’d sort of view him as a lighter version of Paul Lo Duca. He’s got some troubles behind the plate but he can hit for a decen...
Via tomseaverfan.com
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January 29, 2008
eMailbag: Estrada or Castro
Jimmy P from Brooklyn sent in an e-mail asking…
“Now that Johnny Estrada is here, who will play more? Him or Ramon Castro?”
…well, i still believe the Mets will try to trade for C Ramon Hernandez, among others, and i will not rule out Paul Lo Duca until i see him sign with an...
Via metsblog.com
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January 25, 2008
Will The Real Omar Minaya Please Stand Up (via ArmchairGM)
Dirtlocker points for: Kris Benson, Raul Casanova, Ryan Church, Bartolo Colon, Freddy Garcia, Tom Glavine, Danny Haren, Livan Hernandez, Paul Lo Duca, John Maine, Lastings Milledge, Guillermo Mota, Johnny Estrada, Johan Santana, Brian Schneider, Carlos Silva, Yorvit Torrealba, Dontrelle Willis, Joe ...
Via Dirtlocker.com
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December 15, 2007
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