Light the Hot Stove fires

Giles' slugging percentage dropped to .387 last season -- at age 28. That's 140 points lower than it was in 2003 -- at age 25. I'd stay far away from a player who's trending in that direction. He's either hurt or was previously enhanced.

 

Seems to be a trend for the Giles brothers.

Brian Giles slugging percentage 2003: .514
Brian Giles slugging percentage 2006: .397

Yes, he spent most of 2003 with the Pirates and has spent the last three years at pitcher-friendly San Diego. So his XBH from 2004 to 2006:

2004: 63
2005: 61
2006: 52

Hmmm. Interesting.

 

Well, Brian Giles was no longer in his prime. At an age when Marcus is supposed to be getting better, he's getting worse and he's about to become really expensive.

 

Boy is Helen Hunt going to be pissed at you ...

 

Am I missing something here? Is there another team out there stupid enough to give Drew this kind of deal?

 

Peter Angelos and the Orioles come to mind.

 

Oops. Yeah. Point for you.

 

Shit, the Red Sox will probably sign him. I think there are lots of teams that would sign him because of his "five tool" capabilities. I am just glad the Yankees already have a logjam in their outfield.

 

I think he still has the indentation on his temple from Scott Boras' pistol.

 

I know he's in his mid-30s, but that's a pretty remarkable decline in an era in which elite hitters often maintained or increased their power *cough steroids cough cough* in their mid-to-late 30s.

 

JD Drew is a dog. Not a dawg. A dog. And hey, when you've already fleeced baseball teams out of more than $38 million, you can take a chance on finding one more sucker.

As for the Red Sox, uhh, I don't think so. There's still this guy named Curt Schilling running that clubhouse.

I guarantee Drew is this year's Pudge--the guy who ends up signing right before spring training with a shitty team so desperate to make a splash that it signs Drew to a five-year deal filled with safeguards in case he bruises a toe that keeps him out six months. And I guarantee he doesn't sign with the Phillies. <---------risk-taker

 

The guy is not even smart enough to get his initials correct (real name David Jonathan) and people are wondering why he is so bone-headed to give up on a guaranteed $33 million?

Just throwing this out there but could Arizona be a landing spot for this idiot? He would get to play with his brother and Arizona has both Green's and Gonzalez' contracts off the books this season.