Old Wounds

by Lawless on Apr 19, 2007 9:01 PM EDT Comment 7 comments

Short diary today on an old and dear friend of ours. See if you can guess the friend.

Allbeit 50 abs into a long season, assuming 500 ABs his projected 2007 line is as follows:

OPS - 1.112
SB - 40
HR - 30

Last year his similar numbers for the full season were...

OPS - 942
SB - 37
HR - 33

By now I bet you have all guessed it, but I am really pulling for this guy even though he no longer wears the birds on the bat!

Who is this mystery man???

Terry Evans

Poll

What do you project for Terry Evans Future?

Cup O Coffee

8 votes

All Star at Some Point

1 votes

Starting OF

3 votes

4th OF

10 votes

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Weaver got us the World Series though....

I voted 4th OF. There are examples of players developing late and becoming regular major leaguers. John Sickels did a feature on Jeff Cirillo, who falls into that category I believe.

Still, if he turns into an all-star at some point, I think it was a fair trade. We traded a fringy player for a starter who was "washed up." It netted us the first ring in twenty-four years.

I'm with you, cheer your heart for the guy because its a nice story. No bitterness on my part.

by Brock20 on Apr 19, 2007 10:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

I don't think it was a bad deal for us in any way. I would make the trade again, but with that said, I am really pulling for Evans.

The ironic thing is that the Angels just signed Mathews Jr. which effectively blocks Evans, but if he has similar numbers in AAA (as he did last year), he will become hard to ignore....

by Lawless on Apr 19, 2007 11:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

By the way

I voted Starting OF. Feeling a little Rosy I guess... (based on him hitting so consistently last year from High A to AA to AA with the Angels...)

by Lawless on Apr 19, 2007 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Terry Evans Jr.

The only 30-30 man in all of the minor leagues in 2006.

Derrick Goold (I think) threw out the name Joe Mather as this year's potential Terry Evans-style late blooming power OF.

Projecting his current rates (after 40-AB, take with a shovelful of salt) out to 500 plate appearances:

OPS: 1.125
HR: 44
2B: 44
K/BB: 44/56

He hasn't stolen a base yet, but he swiped nine last season.

by liam on Apr 20, 2007 7:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Scratch That

Mather went 2-2 so far tonight with another home run and stole his first base.

He's off to a real solid start, eh?

by liam on Apr 20, 2007 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mather...

Pretty Awesome start, yep, which is compelling given how bad it seems that the rest of our "prospects" are hitting so far this spring.

If he could put up Terry Evans power numbers as a 6' 5" shortstop that would be pretty exciting, maybe push Brendan Ryan a bit by the end of the year.

I think Rasmus will come around but am a little worried about our fringe guys like Stavinoha, Greene, Jones, etc.

By the way, if Mather is a SS in AA where is T. Greene playing? Have we moved him to 3B already?

by Lawless on Apr 21, 2007 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's a mistake

He doesn't play short—he's an outfielder who was drafted as a 3B. I'd love to see him develop as a hitter and take over for Scott Spiezio as the corner-utility/power bat guy.

Too bad he doesn't switch-hit!

by liam on Apr 21, 2007 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs