Cutnpaste: - David Wright’s wOBA, Freddy Garcia, Luis Castillo, and Al Leiter

David Wright’s wOBA:

Now, the first cut only looked at Wright in isolation from other players. So let's take the next step and compare Wright in 2010 to two other third basemen with whom he shares similar seasonal statistics. Rolen and Wright had virtually the same wOBA (.364 and .367), with Longoria a bit better than both at .376. Additionally, OPS+ for each player is very similar (with Longoria having the edge). By controlling for seasonal performance we can get a sense of whether volatility can simply be explained away by overall performance, as some have suggested. For this comparison I used the linear weights for 2010 to generate each player's daily and 10-game average wOBA. - beyondtheboxscore  



Freddy Garcia:

The Yankees have looked at the medicals on Freddy Garcia and he does have some appeal for the back end of their rotation — a double-digit winner for the White Sox last year who may have been that team’s most consistent starter. Still, Garcia turns 36 in June and there are injury concerns with him, as with most of the remaining market. Kevin Millwood seems like he’s been around forever and he’d eat innings, assuming you can look past his 4-16 record for the Orioles last year - benmaller  

Luis Castillo:
Contrary to a weekend report that had the Mets considering releasing Luis Castillo, a club source Monday said the club has every intention of bringing him to spring training to compete for the second base job in 2011. Not that management wouldn't love to trade Castillo. After shopping him all winter, however, the Mets are resigned to the reality that no one is going to take him off their hands, even with only one year and $6 million remaining on his four-year, $24 million contract. But they aren't ready to eat his contract without giving him a look. It's possible the club could decide to release Castillo after GM Sandy Alderson and his new regime observe him in spring training. Same goes for Oliver Perez, the equally disappointing pitcher who has one year and $12 million left on his three-year, $36 million deal. - nydailynews  


Al Leiter:

Some may quibble because he left on bad terms in 2004, but Leiter was the ace of the staff for seven years. Will always remember his performance against Cincinnati in game number 163 in 1999. Just missed out on 100 wins with the team, but could be counted on for double digit wins, and about 200 innings of quality baseball each year. Give me one starter not named Seaver to pitch a big game, and it would be Al Leiter. - nybaseballdigest.