SnakeBytes, 11/29: Cold Weather Edition

Or at least cold for Phoenix. Really, it's chilly out, I had to put on a jacket.

DBacks News:

• [The D-blog] Blum's Production Similar to Uribe's, At a Fraction of the Cost - Well, similar average and OBP, but with a fair bit less power.

• [Pine Tar and Pocket Protectors] Justin Upton Should Be Traded - Should Justin Upton be traded? Oh, if only a panel of writers from your favorite Diamondbacks blog would consider such a topic. But, until such a far distant day when an article like that happens, you can read this take on trading our Upton from a Rays blog.

• [DBacks.com] Drew making history in Arizona - Who's up for obscure stat combinations? Interesting to think that, back in 1885, 10 home runs was good enough for second in baseball...

• [HardballTalk] Gammons: Nine teams "already in" bidding for Jesse Crain - Peter Gammons tweets that Jesse Crain "may be the hottest reliever" on the market after Joaquin Benoit signed with the Tigers, reporting that the Rays, Rockies, Dodgers, Diamondbacks, Mariners, Orioles, Cubs, Nationals, and Blue Jays are "already in" the bidding for the 29-year-old right-hander.

• [Beyond the Box Score] Economics of Baseball: You're really thinking about trading Justin Upton?
  - "Don't think of it as Kevin Towers saying, "Does anyone want this guy?", think of it as Kevin Towers saying, "I know you want this guy, the question is how much are you willing to pay to get him?"."

• [Sports Illustrated] Clint Hurdle, Fredi Gonzalez lead ranking of new managers in MLB - Jon Heyman ranks the ten managers hired this winter. He doesn't sound too impressed with Gibson, and describes Hinch as "an intellectual who wasn't accepted by old-time baseball folks through no fault of his own." I guess we can tell where he stands on the situation.

Around Baseball:

• [ESPN] New York Yankees want Derek Jeter to take 'reality potion' - It's hard to find a wizard willing to craft such a brew, though. But Jeter is rumored to be asking for four or five years at $23 to $25 million. Yes, a wizard may be necessary.

• [Yahoo] Rockies want Brandon Webb? - Oh, I hope not. I hope he ends up somewhere like the AL Central where, if he fails, I don't have to watch the train wreck, and if he succeeds, I don't have to watch in bitter disappointment.

• [Baseball Reference] Most hits, homers, strikeouts, etc, first 10 seasons: Ichiro, Pujols, and Dunn - Albert, Ichiro, and Adam all made their debuts in the majors in 2001. B-R takes a look at a number of stats to see where they rank after their first ten years.