I briefly made the mistake of going to the boston.com Sox comments page, where
panic has gripped the Hub over the Teixeira signing.
Now we, being smarter than average, are above this stuff because we know that
even with this signing the Yankees 2009 lineup could well be less productive
than 2008.
Jason Giambi and Bobby Abreu were very good hitters for New York in 2008. Their
replacements, Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher, combined are just about their
equals.
Let's go to the 2008 numbers:
Giambi: 145 games, 32 hr, 96 rbi, .247 ba, .373 obp, .502 slg, .875 ops, 128
ops+
Abreu: 156 games, 20 hr, 100 rbi, .296 ba. .371 obp, .471 slg, .842 ops, 120
ops+
Teixeira: 157 games, 33 hr, 121 rbi, .308 ba. .410 obp, .552 slg, .962 ops, 151
ops+
Swisher: 153 games, 24 hr, 68 rbi, .219 ba, .332 obp, .410 slg, .742 ops, 93
ops+
So all the Yanks have done is keep themselves at their 2008 level. And the
Sabathia acquisition cancels out the loss of Mussina. So the sum total of the
improvements in the Bronx is named A.J. Burnett -- the guy who has
"oft-injured" in front of his name.
A lot of ball to be played before October 2009.
- Matt
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