[USML Announce] Compare and Contract: Myers versus Zunino

Richard Robbins rerobbins at itinker.net
Tue Jun 18 14:10:36 EDT 2013


So, I can build a deal around Zunino and then thrown in Franklin???


On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Jeffrey Winick <jhwinick at aol.com> wrote:

> Statistics:
>          AB   R   HHRRBISBBAOBPSLGOPSRC/GRARR$5x5Projected Bal:3033578   7
>  30    72573204197394.603.0$11$11
> Those are the Baseball HQ projections for the balance of Nick Franklin's
> season.  Not bad....but not great.  He looks like about an $11 player to
> me, too.  A little bit of power, a little bit of speed and a lousy batting
> average.  Not the sort of guy you dump for, but a nice throw-in.
>
>  Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Robbins <rerobbins at itinker.net>
> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Tue, Jun 18, 2013 12:49 pm
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Compare and Contract: Myers versus Zunino
>
>  Thanks buddy.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Jeffrey Winick <jwinick at harriswinick.com
> > wrote:
>
>>  Excellent ideas.  Thanks – I’ll be right back at you on those two.
>> Appel is easy (early call up, plays for a really bad team, young pitchers
>> regularly fail even when highly touted, etc.).  Franklin will take a little
>> more work.****
>> ** **
>> Jeff****
>> ** **
>> *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On
>> Behalf Of *Richard Robbins
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:45 PM
>>
>> *To:* USML Announcements
>> *Subject:* Re: [USML Announce] Compare and Contract: Myers versus Zunino*
>> ***
>>   ** **
>>  Probably a good idea to delve into reasons why nobody should like Nick
>> Franklin.  Let's kick Appel around to a bit, OK?****
>>  ** **
>>  On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Jeffrey Winick <
>> jwinick at harriswinick.com> wrote:****
>>  Always there to help, Rich.****
>>  ****
>> Any other members of your roster that you’d like me to check in on?****
>>   ****
>> Jeff****
>>  ****
>> *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On
>> Behalf Of *Richard Robbins
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:43 PM
>> *To:* USML Announcements
>> *Subject:* Re: [USML Announce] Compare and Contract: Myers versus Zunino*
>> ***
>>   ****
>>  Thanks for that important public service announcement.****
>>   ****
>>  -- Rich****
>>    ****
>>  On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Jeffrey Winick <jhwinick at aol.com>
>> wrote:****
>> Here's what Keith Law had to say about these two highly touted beans: ***
>> *
>>   ****
>>   *Wil Myers, OF | Tampa Bay Rays<http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/_/name/tb/tampa-bay-rays>
>> *
>>
>> I saw Myers in April<http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/keith-law/post?id=791> and
>> was a little concerned about his swing mechanics, especially the soft front
>> side, where he rolled over his front foot through contact, pulling his
>> whole body in that direction regardless of where the pitch was. Since then,
>> the Rays have worked with him on maintaining a firm lower half during
>> rotation and contact and on improving his hitting plan at the plate. ****
>>
>> Myers has always been a high-walk hitter, but not always as disciplined
>> as you would expect given the stat lines, something that became more
>> apparent this year in Triple-A, where pitchers with some big league
>> experience could get him to get himself out at the plate. He's been on a
>> tear of late, with 10 homers in his past 104 plate appearance (dating to
>> the start of a four-game series in Scranton), a .354/.385/.760 line in that
>> period and a declining strikeout rate.
>>
>> The sample is too small to be anything more than "a good sign" at this
>> point, but, combined with some mechanical adjustments, there's more reason
>> to believe he can contribute for the rest of the year, probably with a
>> .250-.260 average but 15 or more homers, than there was a month ago.
>>
>> *Mike Zunino, C | Seattle Mariners<http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/_/name/sea/seattle-mariners>
>> *
>>
>> I was floored when the Mariners recalled Zunino last week, and I wasn't
>> the only one -- several front-office executives told me they were similarly
>> shocked because Zunino wasn't playing well enough to be recalled and,
>> worse, because it flew in the face of the long-term interests of the
>> franchise. ****
>>
>> Starting Zunino's service-time clock prematurely might not matter in the
>> long run; if he came up now or in September, and never goes back down (not
>> a given), it wouldn't affect his free agency. But they put him on the
>> 40-man roster before they needed to do so, a decision that can't be undone;
>> he's there for years now, potentially precluding them from making other
>> moves now or even during the winter. Worse, given that he didn't show any
>> indication he was ready in Triple-A -- after hitting four homers in his
>> first five games, he hit .213/.283/.409 until his call-up, with 53
>> strikeouts in 184 PAs -- there's a real chance he's not-ready enough that
>> recalling him will stall his development. You can't risk screwing up a
>> player of his potential or pedigree like this, especially when you still
>> have the full six years of control remaining.
>>
>> That's a long way of saying that I'm not that sanguine about Zunino in
>> the short term -- his difficulty making contact in the PCL, a generally
>> hitter-friendly league, doesn't bode well for his ability to do that
>> against big league pitching. If he doesn't suffer from the early promotion,
>> he still has All-Star potential down the road, a catcher who should hit for
>> 20-homer power and plenty of average, but this was the wrong move for the
>> franchise from a business and a baseball perspective. ****
>>    ****
>>   ****
>>  It sure sounds to me like Skippy will get the last laugh in his deal
>> with Brad Lee.  Hell of a price to pay for a fourth place finish.****
>>   ****
>>  It also sounds like Seattle and whomever is silly enough to trade for
>> the young catcher with a running contract (Zunino) will be the losers.
>>  Then again, maybe a package of Zunino with Wilhelmson and his potential to
>> someday reclaim his role as closer or Rodney and the possibility that he
>> will rediscover the form that made him so valuable last year would be worth
>> it......or maybe not.****
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>>  That is all.****
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>>  Jeff****
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