Afternoon Royals Links: Podsednik Etc. Roundup

In passing, I commented to Matthew Caruth that I couldn’t begin to imagine Dayton Moore ever attending a Royals Review sponsored question and answer session.

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I was also talking after the event with another guy, who is a long-time Mariners observer about differences between Bavasi and Zduriencik. Thsi guy also has some contacts in the Mariners front office.

We agreed that Bavasi was very linear in his approach to building a roster. Bavasi would see a need – say for a DH or a starting pitcher – would identify three or four options, rank them, and then start determining what it would take to land them. But once he set a course he followed it, and it often led to him “paying whatever it takes” to get it done. That led to him giving four years to Jarrod Washburn, four years to Richie Sexson, four years to Carlos Silva, three years to Miguel Batista, oodles of talent for Erik Bedard, etc.

Only rarely did Bavasi decide the price was too great; most notably (and thankfully) when he decided he couldn’t go seven years and over $100 million on Barry Zito.

Zduriencik seems to operate differently. . Bavasi was very straightforward in identifying options, doing it the old-fashioned way. Zduriencik develops a wider variety of options, and so far appears to place much less value on “veteran” experience. He doesn’t dismiss it entirely, but he doesn’t fall in love with it. When things don’t proceed the way Zduriencik wishes, he doesn’t just bulldog ahead either; he’s apt to take a step back, put his head together with his staff and see if there isn’t another way they can accomplish what they want to do.

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Moore, of course, seems to me to operate very similarly to Bavasi.

… and to actually hear how the Front Office team blends together the different perspectives.

Tony also has a standing feature on ESPN Seattle Hot Stove League that is the “stat of the week”, in which he takes one of the “new-fangled” stats and tries to deconstruct it for the audience. And now the beat writers and broadcasters are actually referencing concepts such as Zone Rating and FIP in their coverage of the team.

Wait, legally speaking, I guess he didn’t lie during the congregational hearing if he kept saying he didn’t want to talk about the past but…………./shakes head

Better give Sammy the HR title for that year. He was for sure clean.

Shit rocked.

Needed 2 hours of sleep a night. All kinds of energy. Was great for helping deal with a new born.

Getting off sucked.

Lambeau Leap.

Then bolt for free agency in 2013 (or whenever) while flipping the Royals the bird with both hands

Prospects with bad eyesight are the new market inefficiency!