Royals acquire OF Josh Anderson
by RoyalsRetro on Jul 30, 2009 12:37 PM EDT
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PrintThe Royals have acquired OF Josh Anderson from the Detroit Tigers for cash. Anderson, 26, was hitting .242/.282/.315 in 175 PAs for Detroit after being acquired from the Atlanta Braves for minor league pitcher Rudy Darrow. In 396 career MLB plate appearances, he has a line of .283/.327/.372 and is 24/28 in stolen bases opportunities. Last week he was designated for assignment by Detroit.
The Braves-Royals pipeline continues!
Anderson posted a terrific 30.0 UZR/150 in left field this year, and had a decent 7.6 UZR in centerfield last year for Atlanta. Anderson, a left-handed hitter, was originally a fourth round draft pick by the Houston Astros in 2003 out of Eastern Kentucky University. In November of 2007, he was traded to Atlanta for former Royals farmhand P Oscar Villareal.
Anderson is out of options and will report to the big league team. The Royals will make a corresponding roster move when he reports.
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I guess this will send Maier back down to Omaha tomorrow.
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Or make a trade
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by RoyalsRetro on Jul 30, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Endy Chavez without the bat
ZIPS rest of the year projection has him at 268/304/344 297 wOBA. He does not walk (surprise!), but does not strike out much either. He has a decent glove — a plus in the corners and probably adequate in center.
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The .282 OBP sealed the deal.
chuckle
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Love this comment
No love lost here for a speedster who can’t get on base, overruns balls in the outfield, and makes bonehead baserunning decisions.
He’ll fit right in.
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by RoyalsRetro on Jul 30, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Getting on base..
just makes the games longer….
Sincerely,
Dayton Moore
by Gload on Jul 30, 2009 12:49 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Don't get too excited about the UZR due to the sample sizes
UZR/150 really should only be used when looking at multiple seasons due to sample size issues. He only has about 800 innings in the majors spread out over three years (about 1/3 the total you would want). His career numbers are -2.0 in CF (375 innings) and +5.2 in the corners (435 innings).
Did not know that
I really don’t understand how these defensive metrics are evaluated, I really don’t.
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You and Dayton both
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They just take a little getting used to
150 games = 1350 innings. If you have less than that, just use UZR — you can add the runs above/below average up over multiple seasons. If you have more 1350 innings, use UZR/150 to get an average for a full season.
The problem with using UZR/150 with less than a full season is the same as when saying a player is “on pace” for X number of HRs when it is only June. The hot and cold streaks generally even out over the course of a season. One season of fielding data roughly equals two months of batting stats. The reason is that unlike batting, where a good player still fails 65% of the time, even bad fielders are usually successful 90% of the time. Distinguishing between good and bad fielders thus takes a much larger sample size.
According to the Royals web site
they got him for cash considerations. Since the Royals aren’t giving up much, I think he is worth a shot.
Look, I know his OBA is great
But that’s no reason to shoot him.
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by RoyalsRetro on Jul 30, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
why so much emphasis on OBP?
Why do we need guys to get ON base, don’t we want them going AROUND the bases? Sheesh
*You think I'm good* "You know, that Farnsworth is pretty good." *You will give me 9 million dollars* "So, Farnsy, how does $9 million sound?"
by jackie ballgame on Jul 30, 2009 1:41 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
He gets hit with pitches quite a lot
55 times in the minors, three seasons with 10 or more. Yup.
Baseball's that swingy stick game, right?
by royalsroyalsroyals on Jul 30, 2009 1:55 PM EDT reply actions
Will this madness ever stop with Dayton Moore acquisitions?
ex-Brave
OBP black hole
He is digging the big league team such a hole that NO minor league system, no matter how deep or talented, can get out of.
This is silly
He’s free and better than Maier. Making the team better at no cost is a good move. It’s not exciting, but it’s not worth criticizing.
by kcdc1 on Jul 30, 2009 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I agree with this
If he takes Maier’s spot and costs nothing there is no risk to the Royals. If he takes playing time away from Bloomquist, then at least he’ll likely be better defensively. This isn’t like Yuni where he’s bad at everything.
If he’s trying out for the 4th OF spot – no big deal. In September you’ll see Lubanski and/or Parraz in the OF so Anderson has basically a month tryout to see what he can do. I see no problems with that at this stage of the season.
What makes you believe this?
In September you’ll see Lubanski and/or Parraz in the OF
I seriously doubt this. DMTH are very reluctant to give opportunities to young players we already have in the system and that are cheap.
Hopes fade once again from blue to red. Go New Chiefs!!
I stole this from somewhere
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Jul 30, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
If OBP was so important
Why don't they put it on the scoreboard?
He is not better than Mitch Maier
244 at bats at the ML level is not enough to evaluate Mitch. Better to look at minor league numbers since both have few at bats in the majors.
Maier has hit for a higher average, had more walks, and has hit for considerable more power in fewer at bats than Anderson. He has 3x as many homeruns in fewer at bats, and 50% more doubles. Mitch was also considered our best defensive outfielder for several years by Baseball America, which is ironic considering all that Dayton has drafted were speedy defensive outfielders.
Anderson sucks. Don’t let a new face fool you.
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What are you talking about
Anderson has actually hit 3 homeruns in MLB…he also has a higher career slugging % by 60 points. His OBP is also 25 points higher too. He can also steal bases.
He’s better than Maier in every single aspect of MLB, but you want to argue that Maier is better becaues of his minor league numbers??? Hint, they obviously don’t translate.
And he’s the best part, Anderson is younger too!
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
We can expect more from Maier than we have seen so far
Maier has consistantly hit for decent power in the high minors. Cube here.
2006 – AA – 543 at bats – 14 HR, 56 XBH – .473 Slugging
2007 – AAA – 544 at bats – 14 HR, 48 XBH – .428 Slugging
2008 – AAA – 345 at bats – 9 HR, 34 XBH – .470 Slugging
During that same span he has OBPs of .357, .320 and .366.
This all translates into a guy who can be expected to have on base and slugging percentage in the majors somewhere between replacement level and league average.
Maier has not played well in the majors yet but he has only had 249 at bats. We already know he is a plus fielder across the outfield and a good baserunner. I think it is much too soon to be writing him off. He still looks like an above average 4th outfielder for the next couple years.
I don’t think there is anything wrong in the Royals picking up Josh Anderson, but his performance in the minors does not indicate he is likely to be a better option than Maier. Maier has more power and is a significantly better defender. OBP is a wash. Anderson can steal bases. Anderson is one year younger. Money is a wash. What advantage does Anderson have except being a new face? Personally I’d much rather the Royals either stuck with Maier for the rest of the season or brought up Lubinski/Shealy/Kia. They had several in-house options more attractive than Anderson. Oh well, not that any of this makes much difference.
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by James Quinn on Aug 1, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Instead of my usual irritating WAR-based analysis, I offer
MITCH
MITCH, Sr.
and now
MITCH III
Dontcha love how we were all making jokes about this last week, and it came true?
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also good
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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 30, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions
can't wait until
Maier is demoted in favor of a guy who hits worse than Maier
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
Baird's guys have been killing this team all season
Jacobs, Guillen, Davies, Freel, Betancourt, TPJ, Olivo… Thank goodness Dayton brought in Greinke, Butler, DDJ, and Teahen, or I don’t know where this team would be.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 30, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
This joke has about 3 more uses
before it officially goes on the “Braves” list of jokes that, unlike most jokes, do not get funnier with each repitition. When do we cycle back to the “Dayton doesn’t own a computer” meme?
about the same time you give us permission to make fun of MIke Jacobs OBP again
but he was at .340 for that one wonderful week!
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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 30, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
he has walked a lot more this year
but yeah, i think it’s fair to say jacobs has flopped
either way
i don’t care what you make fun of, just make it so i find it funny
UNDERACHIEVERS!
And injuries.
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by RoyalsRetro on Jul 30, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
No problem with this at all.
Maier is fucking done. He got regular playing time when Coco got hurt (even spots at the top of the lineup) and impressed nobody. He is a first round bust who should be exiled for not living up to expectations.
Anderson is frightening because he seems to have all the traits Moore gets hard for (low OBP, baserunning woes), but we are literally giving up NOTHING for him. It is a very slight upgrade in a trainwreck of a season.
- W. Bloomquist homered to deep center
- P. Earth explodes
the sad thing is if GMDM would have been patient he could have gotten YBJ under the same terms...
and then everyone would have been cool with it too, hell and if GMDM would have done that with YBJ, more than likely no one would be pissed about this move.
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Jul 31, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I just read a thing in BA about how Cortes's stuff and velocity were dropping
BA said the arrest pushed them over the edge.
Coffee. The NEW Performance Enhancing drug for Sport's Writers. Just ask Ken Rosenthal.
If that's true, getting rid of him may have been acceptable
What’s not acceptable is who they received in return.
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