Greg Spira, sabermetrician and founder of the Internet Baseball Awards, died this week at 44.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 30 December 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
Carlos Quentin to the Padres for two prospects: Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez.
Simon Castro, a 23-year-old right-hander, was ranked as the Padres third best prospect at this time last year by Baseball America. Neither he nor Hernandez, a 22-year-old lefty, made the top ten this year, though.
― polyphonic, Saturday, 31 December 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
middle-aged request: mention all teams involved, cuz right now I have no idea who Carlos Quentin is.
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 1 January 2012 08:09 (twelve years ago) link
dude was (v. briefly) the white sox's next superstar iirc
― mookieproof, Sunday, 1 January 2012 08:28 (twelve years ago) link
dude with good power and decent patience who was #5 in the mvp voting in '08, good year in '11, two mediocre years in between. should become a nice, forgettable 40 doubles per year guy in petco.
― omar (son), Sunday, 1 January 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
He probably would have finished higher in '08 MVP voting if he hadn't missed around 30 games near the end of the season (temper-related wrist fracture).
― Andy K, Monday, 2 January 2012 01:54 (twelve years ago) link