His average in the minors was inflated by the PCL. MLB teams getting the book on him and teams bringing lefties out of the bullpen to face him every team late in games doesn't help either. But it doesn't matter anyway. .260/.350/.500 is fine with me.
If the Twins offer Buxton and Sano for Shark....I do that deal in a heartbeat. I want Smardzija to remain a Cub but those two are blue chip, grade A prospects. No way the Twins make that deal. The Twins are in full rebuild mode so obviously they wouldn't do that trade. My point was that it's stupid to trade Samardzija unless Theo/Jed are absolutely trade raping a team to oblivion.
That would suck if they had to waste a spot on Paniagua, who's not looking quite as advanced as I thought at the moment. Can't see anybody else they'd protect except maybe Ha/Rosscup.
I think it's safe to assume Almora will get promoted within the next few weeks to Daytona. What does it say about daytona that this actually annoys me a little bit. i just want almora to stay on the field. Same. I would have promoted him a couple weeks ago but I'd actually like him to play in games.
http://www.fangraphs.com/library/misc/war/ http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-WAR?urn=mlb,211211 Nate's WAR is 2.1, which has him tied with Samardzija and Wood for the team lead.