Brendan Harris for Bench?

[Bruno7481]

http://www.poststar.com/articles/2006/12/22/news/doc458bc42c21c77874593024.txt

 

Was DFA by the Reds, will either be traded or released within 10 days. I think he would be worth an invite to Spring Training. Could be a useful 24/25th man.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

He'd be worth an NRI. He's a bit redundant with DeRosa, Theriot, and to a lesser extent Cedeno, Fontenot, and Moore. In fact, my personal preference would be to give Fontenot a legitimate chance to win a bench job.

[Bruno7481]

Now that I think of it more, he probably would be the same type of player Theriot is. There probably isn't much room for him, just saw that article though and thought I would post it.

[Post Count Padder]

I always liked Harris, and he would be worthy of an invite, but I don't see him being a part of the team next season.

[BigbadB]

He'd be worth an NRI. He's a bit redundant with DeRosa, Theriot, and to a lesser extent Cedeno, Fontenot, and Moore. In fact, my personal preference would be to give Fontenot a legitimate chance to win a bench job.

 

Agreed. Cedeno needs to go back to Iowa.

[Warren Brusstar]

I'll never forget when BP's 2004 annual compared Harris to Albert Pujols...

[Backtobanks]

I'll never forget when BP's 2004 annual compared Harris to Albert Pujols...

 

Now the only thing they have in common is 6-letter last names.

[YearofDaCubs]

Harris was acquired by the Devils Rays for a player to be named later or cash.

[oldcubsfan]

I'll never forget when BP's 2004 annual compared Harris to Albert Pujols...

 

That is a real ringing endorsement of BP's forecasting ability.

[Guest]

I'll never forget when BP's 2004 annual compared Harris to Albert Pujols...

 

That is a real ringing endorsement of BP's forecasting ability.

If I had more time, I'd dig up the quote.

 

They did:

 

compare the minor league stats of the two

 

They did not:

 

say that Harris was going to be as successful as Pujols

 

 

 

But it's fun to play the hindsight game anyway, I guess.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I'll never forget when BP's 2004 annual compared Harris to Albert Pujols...

 

That is a real ringing endorsement of BP's forecasting ability.

 

Clearly, if you're not going to be 100% accurate on every player, then why bother I say.

[Warren Brusstar]

I wasn't suggesting that they thought Harris would turn into Pujols. If I recall correctly, the quote was, in substance, something like - "If you look at Harris' statisical line at squint real hard, you see striking similarities to Albert Pujols' minor league numbers." They went on to discount expressly any suggestion that Harris would be as good as Pujols and added a comment about how Harris had already earned the reputation as a "redass."

[Guest]

I wasn't suggesting that they thought Harris would turn into Pujols. If I recall correctly, the quote was, in substance, something like - "If you look at Harris' statisical line at squint real hard, you see striking similarities to Albert Pujols' minor league numbers." They went on to discount expressly any suggestion that Harris would be as good as Pujols and added a comment about how Harris had already earned the reputation as a "redass."

Yep. TT and I were responding to OCF, who hates BP like I hate eating liver.

[Knightlife_in_Lubbock]

I wasn't suggesting that they thought Harris would turn into Pujols. If I recall correctly, the quote was, in substance, something like - "If you look at Harris' statisical line at squint real hard, you see striking similarities to Albert Pujols' minor league numbers." They went on to discount expressly any suggestion that Harris would be as good as Pujols and added a comment about how Harris had already earned the reputation as a "redass."

Yep. TT and I were responding to OCF, who hates BP like I hate eating liver.

 

Time to lock the thread at that comment. :-&