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11-16-04, 10:37 AM
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Looks like Delgado may be headed to NY. Did you know the Elias Spprting Bureau ranked him the #1 player in baseball. Fat chance. I live in Toronto and I can assure you he is not. He had decent numbers this year in an injury plagued season but he had a soft average by his standards.
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11-16-04, 02:28 PM
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im not sure what the people over at elias are thinking if they have him ranked number one. maybe it is a big conspiracy theory. elias is based in boston, and they want to lure the yankees into another huge, awful contract. i doubt it though.
delgado can hit, but cant do anything else particularly well. there are probably a half dozen guys that i would take over him this year alone. |
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11-16-04, 08:09 PM
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It doesn't really matter what they were thinking, Elias uses a formula that spits out the player rankings. It does heavily weigh the past two seasons, so Delgado's high ranking is more a result of his monster 2003 season.
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11-17-04, 01:05 AM
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true, they just use a formula to spit out rankings, but they were the ones that developed the formula, so their thought process in developing it must be slighlty flawed if delgado is the top ranked player. they need to make some sort of readjustment to the formula so that their rankings make sense in a rational world. i dont think that any decision maker in baseball would tab delgado as the number one free agent out there (although there are many that might make him their number one target). it taints any other rankings that they create, and thus is bad for elias in many ways.
i know that delgado is a great player, but a first baseman who is past his prime and is not great defensively should never be considered the top free agent on the market, especially in a year when players like beltran are out there to be had. |
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11-17-04, 05:29 PM
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i think it's pretty safe to say that everyone knows while delgado is one of the top free agents in this crop, he is certainly not the best, maybe not even in the top 5. beltran is the clear cut best with that monster postseason. only thing that worries me is he only hit .260 in the regular season, and it seems like no-one ever focuses on that.
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11-17-04, 08:47 PM
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His low batting average this year was largely a result of bad luck on balls in play. On balls in play he hit .265 as opposed to a career .313 average when he put the ball in play. The more important thing is how his plate discipline has improved since he entered the league, leading to 92 BBs and a .367 OBP this year, those numbers are more important than his unusually low batting average. Combine his improving discipline with the 35+ HR power, and the great defense he provides at one of the most demanding positions, and thats why hes the top FA on the market this year.
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11-18-04, 01:07 AM
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He is most certainly not the top free agent on the market this year, value or ability wise. I think it is safe to say that Beltran takes that title
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