Alex68 December 4, 2012 at 10:12 am
“I have never told anyone not to comment here, just not to comment towards me”

Alex68 December 4, 2012 at 10:43 am
“i told him to take a hike”.

See that joe D? a guy who is doing the same thing many others do, try to bait me into some sort of cursing match… This kid has been stalking me for days after i told him to take a hike. This guy is another loser from the desert who only comes in here to provoke and insult people. Yet, Bayonne gets ban for defending himself…

About three years ago when we had the chat room on our site, I happened to pass along some info from a college buddy who now works as Media Relations Director for another MLB team on the west coast.

It was just a rumor that he heard concerning Wright, but he himself was basically asking me if I knew anything about it, and I told him I didn’t.

A day or two later, during a late night chat in our ShoutBox, I mentioned the exchange I had during a discussion that was about how trim and toned Wright looked when he reported to spring training. That was that.

To see this brought up after three years and inn the context that I reported this as news, is far from accurate. I do not post things on the site based solely on the strength of a flimsy rumor. I hear rumors from my friends who work in MLB all the time. Sometimes it’s credible and I run with it, but 90% of the time if I cant find a second source to confirm, I file it under useless information.

When Jessep emailed me while I was at the hospital, I told him to post what he did because I was unable to reply myself.

I hope that clears things up.

And forget about getting sued. It would simply make someone look pretty stupid (like Murray Chass) to go around pointing fingers at players based on such flimsy evidence as weight loss and back acne. Even a big and sudden bump in stats isn’t enough — unless it comes when a player is way over the hill. You need more than that … much more … to accuse someone.

Are there MLB players doing steroids today? I would say if so, it is exceedingly rare, and that player is knowingly taking a huge risk and probably jumping through hoops in attempting to evade the testers. Wright is not the type of person who would take this type of risk. Especially given his family background. He built his reputation on being a straight arrow and goody two shoes, So he more than most would look like the biggest hypocrite in the world if he ever got caught doing PEDs. I’d say he is no more likely to have done PEDs than Jeter or Mariano Rivera.

I do too…
Power trumps speed and OBP in my book everyday!

Reyes may score 100 Runs for you but he doesn’t score any if the guy behind him doesn’t have those 100RBI to drive him in.

Which is why I also make the argument about OBP and RS….
Only 23% of OB actually scores but the guy who drives him in can make that percentage go up much faster than the guy who gets on more often. 100 RBI guys not only drive in 100 Runs but how much extra do you get when they get on and someone else drives them in?

It’s nice to have both though….

Power Hitters don’t usually lose thier power. You don’t get weaker as you get near the age of 40 what happens is you stop seeing the ball as good or they figure out the hole by then but if they can stay sharp and in decent MLB shape, avoid getting hurt they can keep on hitting dingers until they retire….

In this regard yourt correct that you can’t say that about Reyes or any speedster.

No player can ever contribute the same percentage that his salary represents on total payroll unless your payroll is sky high to start with….

And in the end you don’t get more all you get is the highest you can get a WS win and then it’s all about can you get it again.

But when considering it…
Is a loss of Speed from Reyes really any worse than a loss of power or BA from Wright at the end of the day?

A guy who is REALLY fast once declined has average speed compared to younger players because what he lost makes him merely mortal.
And by the time of the end of that contract you will find that those average speed players are all making about what the now average declined speedster does on a per year basis….

So while you might risk not getting everything you think your paying for now in the end it all evens out because prices only go up and you pay the same for less than what you pay for more now.

In Reyes’ case you can at least argue you kept the Reyes BA and lost the speed for a discount in Tejada….

If we had someone who could do something similar for Wright and Dickey ready to go as Tejada was then I might be more inclined to have traded instead of signed.

But we don’t have even close to that ready and waiting in the wings. Flores comes close but he isn’t ready and Wheeler and Harvey have a lot to prove before you can start thinking either will be a 20 game winner in the next 3 years.