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Saturday, January 07, 2006
ricciardi does it again
he dumped corey koskie's contract. not only that, but he got a prospect. well, not really a prospect, but he dumped corey koskie's contract. how did he do that?
corey koskie has two years left on a 3-year, 17 million dollar contract. then he has another year. it vests with 1200 plate appearances in 2005--2007. he had just over 400 in 2005. he's on pace. it pays 6.5 million.
Career Batting Statistics for Corey Koskie:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
1994 Elizabethton App 21 Min Rk 107 18 27 3 3 .144 .748 .075 .234
1995 Fort Wayne Midw 22 Min A 462 38 79 16 42 .076 .829 .151 .310
1996 Fort Myers FSL 23 Min A 338 40 76 9 23 .106 .775 .122 .260
1997 New Britain East 24 Min AA 437 90 106 23 32 .171 .757 .166 .286
1998 Salt Lake PCL 25 Min AAA 505 51 104 26 37 .092 .794 .157 .301
1998 Minnesota Tw AL 25 Min MLB 29 2 10 1 0 .065 .655 .053 .138
1999 Minnesota Tw AL 26 Min MLB 345 45 72 11 21 .115 .791 .117 .310
2000 Minnesota Tw AL 27 Min MLB 477 81 104 9 36 .145 .782 .121 .300
2001 Minnesota Tw AL 28 Min MLB 569 80 118 26 39 .123 .793 .144 .276
2002 Minnesota Tw AL 29 Min MLB 495 81 127 15 40 .141 .743 .149 .267
2003 Minnesota Tw AL 30 Min MLB 478 84 113 14 31 .149 .764 .123 .292
2004 Minnesota Tw AL 31 Min MLB 427 61 103 25 26 .125 .759 .157 .251
2005 Syracuse IL 32 Tor AAA 25 3 6 0 2 .107 .760 .105 .240
2005 Toronto Blue AL 32 Tor MLB 356 48 90 11 20 .119 .747 .117 .249
corey koskie just doesn't make enough contact to be worth playing every day. he had a decent year in 2001. he was usable during his peak. but he's past-peak now. he's on the cliff.
bill hall is better. they should play him as much as they can. he plays any infield position, so they can do a little switcheroo where they play koskie at third and hall at second or short at times, but hall should not lose playing time to koskie.
Career Batting Statistics for Bill Hall:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
1997 New Haven East 17 Col AA 59 7 10 1 3 .106 .831 .082 .220
1998 Helena Pio 18 Mil Rk 85 10 27 0 3 .105 .682 .052 .176
1999 Ogden Pio 19 Mil Rk 281 17 61 6 17 .057 .783 .105 .289
2000 Beloit Midw 20 Mil A 475 19 127 3 36 .038 .733 .112 .262
2001 High Desert Cali 21 Mil A 349 25 78 15 27 .067 .777 .155 .303
2001 Huntsville Sou 21 Mil AA 160 5 46 3 9 .030 .713 .105 .256
2002 Indianapolis IL 22 Mil AAA 467 29 105 4 21 .058 .775 .069 .228
2002 Milwaukee Br NL 22 Mil MLB 36 3 13 1 2 .077 .639 .130 .194
2003 Indianapolis IL 23 Mil AAA 354 28 79 5 27 .073 .777 .116 .282
2003 Milwaukee Br NL 23 Mil MLB 143 8 28 5 11 .053 .804 .139 .261
2004 Milwaukee Br NL 24 Mil MLB 392 21 119 9 23 .051 .696 .117 .238
2005 Milwaukee Br NL 25 Mil MLB 504 40 103 17 45 .074 .796 .155 .291
2005 was hall's breakout season. he's heading towards his peak. expect good things.
if they do it right koskie will get 300--400 at-bats, and hall will get 500--600.
here's the guy the blue jays got:
Career Pitching Statistics for Brian Wolfe:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
1999 GCL Twins GCL 18 Min Rk 38.0 33 2 9 40 .058 .728 .019 2.84
2000 Quad City Midw 19 Min A 123.1 148 13 34 91 .062 .824 .030 4.74
2001 Quad City Midw 20 Min A 160.0 128 11 32 128 .050 .789 .023 2.81
2002 Fort Myers FSL 21 Min A 132.0 160 17 34 85 .058 .847 .036 4.64
2003 Fort Myers FSL 22 Min A 46.1 41 3 6 22 .032 .878 .019 2.53
2003 New Britain East 22 Min AA 82.2 111 10 24 42 .063 .883 .032 6.42
2004 New Britain East 23 Min AA 11.0 16 3 3 6 .058 .878 .070 8.18
2005 Brevard Coun FSL 24 Mil A 22.2 19 0 8 22 .084 .747 .000 0.79
2005 Huntsville Sou 24 Mil AA 24.0 32 1 8 19 .071 .817 .012 3.38
2005 New Britain East 24 Min AA 7.2 10 0 7 4 .175 .879 .000 7.04
2005 Rochester IL 24 Min AAA 6.1 10 1 2 5 .065 .828 .042 8.53
he was great in 2001, then he struggled along, then he got injured. wait a minute, 2001. 160 innings. in a-ball. i'm not tryin to say nothin, i'm just sayin.
ok i'll say it. that's way too many innings for a 20-year-old pitcher to throw. he clearly struggled the next two years, with full workloads, then he got injured. that's how it always goes. a pitcher gets overworked in a brilliant season, then struggles along, then gets hurt. he was already hurt. he got hurter.
doc gooden fernando valenzuela ramon martinez all those young mets pulsipher isringhausen wilson the list goes on and on i thought we were gonna learn this lesson. kerry wood.
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