Tracy and Scioscia the easy choices
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...were because of Kendry Morales (their second choice at first base), Torii Hunter, and budget acquisition Bobby Abreu. Wait, wait ... I do know this: "Scioscia's job in 2009 included keeping the Angels focused...
Blog | November 18, 2009Can we replace Gold Gloves?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...that each voter only gets to vote for one player. This is how Rafael Palmeiro and Bobby Abreu won -- if 10 percent of the voters are morons, but the other 90 percent of voters...
Blog | November 12, 2009Smackdown: Damon vs. Abreu
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...nbsp; Getty Images Who has a better chance at the Hall of Fame: the Angels' Bobby Abreu or the Yankees' Johnny Damon? While twittering during Game 4, I was inspired by Johnny Damon...
Blog | October 21, 2009Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Series game on a Saturday afternoon, though? For, you know, the youngsters? Mike Silva revisits the Bobby Abreu's Hall of Fame case. Tough reaching Cooperstown when you've never finished higher than 14th...
Blog | October 16, 2009Yankee castoff Abreu boosts Angels
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotIt's nice to see Bobby Abreu -- perhaps the single most underrated player in the last 20 years -- getting a little love, especially...
Blog | October 14, 2009Francona managing by the numbers?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the ninth, trailing by a run because [Jonathan] Papelbon had allowed a single, a walk and Bobby Abreu's RBI double off the Green Monster, as Fenway Park suddenly went silent. [Torii] Hunter...
Blog | October 13, 2009Will Angels run past Yankees?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...gain of 74 bases was the best in the majors. Aside from Chone Figgins and perhaps Bobby Abreu, the Angels don't have many players who are likely to steal the Yankees blind...
Blog | October 12, 2009Does Abreu stir the Angels' drink?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...more fly balls leaving the yard. The improvement is the result mostly of a key addition (Bobby Abreu and his .390 OBP), a career year (Torii Hunter matched his career high in wRAA - set...
Blog | October 06, 2009Is Lester Boston's new ace?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...39;t make sense to me: One, the Angels have just one pure left-handed hitter (Bobby Abreu) in their lineup. Usually it's Abreu, three or four switch-hitters, and four or...
Blog | September 25, 2009Abreu boosting teammates?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotJust this morning, I linked to Bill Plunkett's argument for Bobby Abreu as baseball's best bargain. Well, now Plunkett's got even more evidence for...
Blog | August 24, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...on 367 reconditioned electric typewriters. And for minimum wage! • Bill Plunkett's point about Bobby Abreu is a point worth making: Abreu's been a fantastic bargain for the Angels this...
Blog | August 24, 2009More Angels on base
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...and make contact. That changed a bit this season -- a change I'll dub the Bobby Abreu Effect. The Angels put the ball in play less in 2009. The following table shows percentages...
Blog | August 04, 2009Angels find new way to win
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...up a championship, either. Nevertheless, the Angels made just one significant move last winter: signing outfielder Bobby Abreu. Otherwise the cast remained the same, except first baseman Kendry Morales replaced the departed Mark Teixeira...
Blog | July 27, 2009Nyjer Morgan = Adam Dunn (?)
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...he not around last winter when everyone was explaining why Adam Dunn and Pat Burrell and Bobby Abreu were forced to take pay cuts? OK, so we may have given short shrift to Morgan...
Blog | July 01, 2009Abreu's paucity of power puzzling
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotBobby Abreu has hit exactly zero home runs this season, and yet no one seems particularly concerned. Abreu...
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