Tug-ging my way to sanity
by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Feb 19, 2009 9:59 PM EST
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PrintSo the Royals have claimed Tug Hulett off of waivers from Seattle. Hulett will turn 26 in a few days and has been a minor leaguer since 2004 in the Texas and Seattle systems. Hulett's combined minor league line is .283/.394/.408. He can play every infield position and received his first dosage of major league time last season with Seattle, with limited results and even more limited playing time...thanks to (you guessed it) on-base machine Willie Bloomquist, whom we have also acquired at a substantially higher salary.
Tug is a mercenary in the Battle for Grass Creek; here he disposed of former prospect/Royal/player Matt Tupman in a Spring Training game, displaying his, dare I say, grit. Let us hope he can be our Marquis de Lafayette (Gilbert du Motier of American Revolution fame) and permanently turn the tide of this battle.
Does anyone else find it ironic that we signed an "on-base guy" that really was not an on-base guy and got really pissed about it, only to then claim a much better hitter (a real on-base guy)/utility man off the waiver wire, from the same TEAM? These are the reasons you do not sign Willie Bloomquist, because, as many have said, every franchise should have at least a few of these guys still in their system. It turns out the Mariners had two, and we took both of them, overpaying for one in free agency, and hoodwinking (always wanted to use that word, kind of like pussywillow and poppycock) them for the other. As for Tug Hulett, I'm a fan. The Royals are rapidly acquiring some fun names (Tug Hulett, Coco Crisp, Kila Kila....(killing the baseball gonna work here)..hue, David DeJesus, the Mexicutioner, JR House, etc....). What does this mean? Look out Homer Bailey, Hunter Pence, Joba Chamberlain, Milton Bradley, Kenny Rogers, Kaisuke Fukudome, and others with equally fun-sounding names. We're coming for you!!!
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CHONE has Wee Willie as – 16/625 PAs (neutral linear weights) offensively, and -2 at 2B.
It has Tug as -7/625 offensively, and average at 2B.
PECOTA expresses context-neutral linear weights in an overly complicated rate stat called “EqA.” Bloomquist’s weighted mean EqA is .234. PECOTA projects .250 for Tug.
I eagerly await another Mellinger/Dempsey explanation of the varying price of replacement level from team-to-team, as I must be too dim to understand its subtleties.
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that's "minus 16" for Willie Hustle.
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by Matt Klaassen on Feb 19, 2009 11:31 PM EST up reply actions
willie's earned it; he's paid his dues
Tug is just a dumb rook.
I wonder how Tug is gonna feel when everyone is telling knee slappers about Trey’s funball ranch trip and Tug just tries to play along with it. its going to destroy team chemistry as we know it.
No way
It will be nothing but Super Happy Fun Time now that Jose’s nasty ingrown toenail is gone. Nothing but sunshine and lollipops from here on out.
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
by Sweep_the_Leg on Feb 19, 2009 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
The Road to Success is paved with Mariners utility infielders
The Butler – Betancourt trade must go through now
I feel a Fanpost coming on......
Just kidding… :)
I am in my own personal hell, here. SEA – KC, KC -SEA…….. Grasscreek………..
Ghostly Voice: The Royals are going to sign Ken Griffey, Sr.
Waiting for a 90+ win season
by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Feb 20, 2009 1:07 AM EST up reply actions
I like the Office Space take
Have a missed that on here before, is this its birth?
by wentToARoyalsGameBeforeRR on Feb 20, 2009 9:44 AM EST reply actions
Andy Marte
Dayton passed up a waiver claim on an ex-Brave for an ex-Mariner!? What does this say about the future of the franchise?
Go away! Guys, you're gonna wake up my Mom!
by David Howards Legacy on Feb 20, 2009 10:48 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
That Dayton Moore Understands the Battle for Grass Creek
better than that fat, nerd hiring, non pretty boy, non-advance scouting bastard Jack Zdruoasefrkhasdfik ever will.
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by Matt Klaassen on Feb 20, 2009 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
Does anyone else chuckle a bit ever time they read this title?
Or am I the only person with a 13 year-old brain?
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That would be a
Pleonasm
We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan
by Royal Kingdom on Feb 20, 2009 5:13 PM EST up reply actions
I look forward to the day
when Willie Boom Boom and Slugging Tug are our middle infielders
remaining positive at all costs
Eh, he's gotta be
at least as useful as ducky.
The first thing I know about someone in a KC hat is that they're loyal.
I'd rather have Tug as the utility infielder than Willie Ballgame...
Stathead, Zack Greinke fan, and Rock Band 2 singer extraordinaire.
suicide now
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by Matt Klaassen on Feb 28, 2009 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
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