Boone 04: $8M

April .255 .284 .449 .733 +29

May .195 .303 .338 .641 +108

June .213 .290 .303 .593 +77

July .313 .366 .509 .875 +53

Aug .259 .308 .426 .734 +49

Sep .247 .345 .495 .840 +98

 

Look at his patience value. It jumps when he can't hit & then shrinks when

he's hitting. That's just like Harris. Not worth the 8M.

Things have gotten awful quiet. My guess is the Sox are close to adding another infielder.  I bet it happens by Wednesday. My gut tells me it will be Iguchi, but it may just be Cora.

 

And the fact that KW hasn't said he is done, tells me he is up to something. We might just have a Soxfest announcement after all.

Based on rumors, Cora & Byrnes are out.

That leaves ...

Ray, Jimmy, Castillo, Polanco, Soriano, & Larkin.

 

In terms of price:

Soriano 7.4M, Ray 7.2M, Castillo 4.7M, Polanco 4M, Jimmy 2.5M, Iguchi 2M, Larkin 700K

 

Factoring that in, then the pecking order is:

1-Jimmy,2-Iguchi,3-Durham,4-Castillo,5-Larkin,6-Polanco, & Soriano last.

 

If you break it down between talent & cash:

Iguchi: 2-3M/yr, no talent cost.

Durham + cash: 5M. low talent cost.

Soriano: 8M/yr. High talent cost.

Castillo: 5M/yr. High talent cost.

Jimmy: 4M/yr. High talent cost.

Polanco: 5M/yr. Low talent cost.

Larkin: 1M. no talent cost.

 

Larkin & Durham are probably the only ones on the list where you can make only a 1 yr commitment.

Harris 04:

April  .254 .299 .324 .623    +45

May .384 .439 .438 .877 +55

June  .182 .316 .197 .513 +134

July .188 .333 .229 .563    +145

Aug .288 .347 .379 .726 +59

Sep .218 .291 .295 .586 +73

 

Harris shows great patience when he's not hitting & poor patience when

he is.  He is by far the worst option of the 9 choices for the CWS at 2B.

Cora is a great improvement over Harris.  Look at his numbers above.

Cora shows patience whether he's hitting or not.

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wow, those stats really do bring to light how much more patience cora has than willie. In fact, if you can please find some more numbers that will help prove the point that would be great.

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wow, those stats really do bring to light how much more patience cora has than willie.  In fact, if you can please find some more numbers that will help prove the point that would be great.

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Alex Cora 32 #1

April .213 .284 .344 .628 - #6 +71

May .369 .468 .538 1.006 - #1 +99

June .340 .450 .400 .850 - #4 +110

July .256 .340 .354 .694 - #7 +84

Aug .233 .349 .342 .691 - #7 +116

Sep .208 .310 .333 .643 - #7 +102

 

Compare Harris' spread to Cora's. IT's night & day. You must be able to see that!

have you ever made a post that doesn't include a stat....from now on i'm going to you for stats....

 

Your god among stats for this site.

Here's something I can see -- Cora drew 10 intentional walk last year beacuse he was batting in the #8 hole ahead of such offensive powerhouses as Jeff Weaver and Odalis Perez.

 

Cora's (non-intentional)walk rate was 47 in 484 plate appearences, or 1 every 10.3 PAs

Harris' (non-intentional)walk rate was 51 in 472 plate appearences, or 1 every 9.25 PAs

Here's something I can see -- Cora drew 10 intentional walk last year beacuse he was batting in the #8 hole ahead of such offensive powerhouses as Jeff Weaver and Odalis Perez.

 

Cora's (non-intentional)walk rate was 47 in 484 plate appearences, or 1 every 10.3 PAs

Harris' (non-intentional)walk rate was 51 in 472 plate appearences, or 1 every 9.25 PAs

But he is not patient when he is not hitting. Therefore, he is worse than cora. :headshake