11-28-2005, 06:28 AM
this arguement has strayed from my original statement in response to insertwiderecieverherekids question would i rather have manny/ortiz over delgado. my response was delgado and ortiz are interchangable based on last years numbers, career numbers, 3 year averages, career averages, etc....
but in the case of the mets, i'd give delgado a slight edge because he has more experience playing the position. i'd rather have manny over either of them.
if i really wanted to make your head spin, i'd predict taking brian giles out of petco could make him a better player than either delgado, ortiz, or manny....
from baseballanalysts.com...
"As we pointed out in our free agent series, "the ten-year veteran has essentially been a .300/.400/.550 hitter over the course of his career while averaging 100 R/RBI/BB and 30 HR per 162 games." Aware that Giles' power totals have receded the past few years, we also drilled down and noticed that his road stats ranked 7th in AVG (.333), 1st in OBP (.463), and 20th in SLG (.545), "while placing 6th in OPS behind only Derrek Lee, Jason Bay, Travis Hafner, Albert Pujols, and Miguel Cabrera. Put another way, Brian outproduced Carlos Delgado, David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez, Vladimir Guerrero, Andruw Jones, and Manny Ramirez on the road." I forgot to mention last time around that these six players are averaging about $15M per year and $12M even if you exclude A-Rod. This information seems appropro now."
but in the case of the mets, i'd give delgado a slight edge because he has more experience playing the position. i'd rather have manny over either of them.
if i really wanted to make your head spin, i'd predict taking brian giles out of petco could make him a better player than either delgado, ortiz, or manny....
from baseballanalysts.com...
"As we pointed out in our free agent series, "the ten-year veteran has essentially been a .300/.400/.550 hitter over the course of his career while averaging 100 R/RBI/BB and 30 HR per 162 games." Aware that Giles' power totals have receded the past few years, we also drilled down and noticed that his road stats ranked 7th in AVG (.333), 1st in OBP (.463), and 20th in SLG (.545), "while placing 6th in OPS behind only Derrek Lee, Jason Bay, Travis Hafner, Albert Pujols, and Miguel Cabrera. Put another way, Brian outproduced Carlos Delgado, David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez, Vladimir Guerrero, Andruw Jones, and Manny Ramirez on the road." I forgot to mention last time around that these six players are averaging about $15M per year and $12M even if you exclude A-Rod. This information seems appropro now."
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