As you were making reservations for Mike's Cereal Shack...
- The jury is out on the Houston Texans' Santa pyjamas, but yeah, Mario Williams (3 1/2 sacks last night in what's becoming a Pro Bowl season) with the No. 1 pick in 2006 might not have been such a bad idea.
Who didn't rip the Texans for not taking Reggie Bush or hometown hero Vince Young back in 2006? They were offensive stars, after all. Williams was just a pass rusher. - Mike (Awesome) Wilner has a good argument that whatever the Jays gained offensively signing David Eckstein and relegating John McDonald to backup status, they'll give back on defence. Last summer's McGlovin Love-In was a bit much, but at least Wilner backs it up with numbers. He doesn't touch on the fact McGlovin played behind a ground-ball pitching staff on a team that plays home games on an artificial surface.
Eckstein hit .309 with a Secondary Average of .150 last season; McDonald hit .251 with a SA of .131. Defence might close the gap somewhat, if not all the way.
(Whoever this David Alter character that Wilner lets post to his blog is, apparently his profs at Western forgot to teach him basic grammar. Who doesn't know that period goes inside the quotation mark?) - It figures the Calgary Flames would play 1980s-vintage 9-6 hockey the same week this video was making the rounds:
Sometimes, words just fail.
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Love the video... the NHL needs to bring back this kind of facial hair/promotional stunt to get noticed (George Parros has a good start already). Interesting link on Eckstein: I had a long argument with a friend today along the same lines (with him advocating Wilner's view), and came out of it undecided about which player will be better as a starting shortstop for the Jays. I think some of the power the Jays have following the leadoff spot could overcome Eckstein's propensity to only hit singles, and I'm not a huge fan of most of their other options for leading off, but losing McGlovin's defence would certainly suck as well...
P.S. Love the title: I'm definitely ready to check out Mike's Cereal Shack if he ever gets it off the ground.
The Texans were more lucky than good. The only reason why they drafted Williams over Bush is that Bush was making outlandish contract demands, whereas they were able to get an agreement with Williams' agent before draft day. Lucky for them, as I think Bush is the most overhyped, overrated player in the NFL. In a League where Ray Lewis has been gravy training on past glories for years, that's saying something.
Wilner must've been strong-armed by Rogers because he was one of the intelligent folks who realized McDonald was not a starting-caliber shortstop from the get-go.
Eckstein's career OPS is what, 70 points higher than McDonald's? So call it 7 extra hits per 100 plate appearances - McDonald does not add that much defensively, especially when you consider the only type of hit he takes away are singles anyway.
There is not a single baseball team that would take John McDonald over David Eckstein in any situation.
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