Casey Blake signed by Colorado

by valuearb on Dec 21, 2011 11:24 AM EST

Casey Blake was just signed by the Rockies to a 1 year $1m deal

This is an example of why I was so disappointed in the Kubel, Bloomquist, and McDonald signings. Roberts is a strong candidate to regress. Aaron Hill has a significant risk that he will suck. Blake is old now, 38, and his bat was pretty poor last year, but his 3b defense is still rated at a or above average making him a perfectly good 3b, far better then all our non-Roberts options last year. He would have been an excellent and cheap insurance policy if Roberts regresses at 3b, and allows you to shift Roberts to 2b if Hill stinks next year.

There are cheap veterans out there who are much better fits for this teams needs than investing in tired old retreads and retraining a DH. I don't think Damon has signed yet, and he's coming off a $5M 1 year contract and is still a better defender, hitter and base runner than Kubel, for one example. For all of Tower's excellence in acquiring good bullpen pitchers, he seems to have tremendous problems correctly valuing position players.

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Good post

Blake for a 1 yr/1 Mil, Damon for 1 yr/5 mil, definitely better than Kubel for 2/15 and Bloomquist for 2/3.8

Like you said, as good as KT is on the pen, he’s at least that weak on valuing position players.

The worst major leaguer is better at baseball than I'll ever be at anything I ever do in my life.

by shoewizard on Dec 22, 2011 12:15 AM EST reply actions

+1

"Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting." Yogi Berra

by njjohn on Dec 23, 2011 7:42 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions

Granted

That duo gives you no shortstop coverage. If the club thinks Drew isn’t going to be healthy to start the year – which is a fairly reasonable deduction with their desire for a left-handed power hitter – then Bloomquist has some value that the other two listed here don’t.

I’d be fine with John McDonald for a couple of weeks, but if it’s a month or longer we’ll be without Stephen, I’m glad we got Bloomquist back (albeit not for two years).

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by Dan Strittmatter on Dec 23, 2011 9:27 PM EST up reply actions

Reed Johnson just re-signed with the Cubs for rumored $1M range

He’s been a plus defensive left fielder his entire career and is right handed.

Career vs. LHP

.302/.364/.454

by valuearb on Dec 22, 2011 4:17 PM EST reply actions

Kubel

must have had some sort of Blackmail on KT to get 15 million for two years out of us

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by imstillhungry95 on Dec 22, 2011 5:12 PM EST up reply actions

I still don't understand how he got the deal he got

I wonder if there was devilry involved?

Is it mid-February yet?

by NASCARbernet on Dec 22, 2011 6:22 PM EST up reply actions

Another of KT's Pension Deals?

Except a bit on the early side?

"The kingdoms of Experience, In the precious wind they rot, While paupers change possessions, Each one wishing for what the other has got, And the princess and the prince, Discuss what's real and what is not, It doesn't matter inside the Gates of Eden." B. Dylan

by xmet on Dec 22, 2011 7:00 PM EST up reply actions

I wonder

if it means KT is going to start lobbying for the DH in the NL?

Is it mid-February yet?

by NASCARbernet on Dec 23, 2011 10:51 AM EST up reply actions

Or maybe

he knows something we don’t and the NL is already getting the DH

isitspringtrainingyet.com

by imstillhungry95 on Dec 23, 2011 11:07 AM EST up reply actions

Great writeup Dan

Also the Nats got hosed but i understand their short term expectations. Zimmerman is probably gone in 2 years.

by Husk on Dec 23, 2011 1:20 AM EST reply actions

Wrong thread

Doh!

by Husk on Dec 23, 2011 1:24 AM EST up reply actions

Nooooooo not

Casey Blake.

Tomorrow is another day.

by soco on Dec 23, 2011 9:48 AM EST reply actions

old guys

what is your fascination with old players? casey blake? johnny damon? I don’t see how casey blake as an insurance policy would have helped this club. we already have guys that provide flexibility and insurance. all your doing is taking up a roster spot.

by shibum78 on Dec 27, 2011 7:44 PM EST reply actions

Luckily

we have those youngsters Bloomquist and McDonald around to shoulder the load.

by Azreous on Jan 1, 2012 1:09 AM EST up reply actions

Blake is coming off neck surgery

and was on the DL three times last season.

Neither is it a million dollar contract. It’s two million when he makes the roster, and an additional mil in performance bonuses.

Finally, Casey’s most statistically similar bref comp, through age 37, happens to be this guy.

Reporters asked the Phillies' skipper how a pitcher had managed to injure himself in his sleep. "I don’t know," Manuel said. "I didn’t sleep with him."

by Diamondhacks on Jan 1, 2012 8:50 PM EST reply actions