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HomeRunBaker

The Official Val Pascucci Countdown Thread.

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Dec 8 04 11:31 PM

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Sounds much better than "The Official Who Will Be Trot Nixon's Platoon Mate Thread."

This is a crucial position for our 2005 defending champions to fill now that Kapler is gone and we will be facing a slew of LH pitchers in the AL East. There are many options available which is why i feel this deserves a separate thread.

Val has put up some great numbers in the low minors and matched those once he made the jump to AAA. Of course this was in the PCL which is as close to a Coors Field equivalent as there is but his core numbers and approach are what are impressive to a Theo-built club.

Now that the deal to the Japanese club has been made official he needs to go through the "formality" of waivers prior to hitting the friendly skies. This is where it is up to you Theo to be sure that Val is hitting in friendly fenway instead.

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Dec 8 04 11:51 PM

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...or at the very least, hitting in Seattle or Arizona. Yikes. Somebody better put in a claim on him. Or maybe there really is something to all that collusion talk.

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Dec 9 04 12:18 AM

2002: .203/.309/.355 MLE
2003: .241/.366/.393 MLE
2004: .264 MLE EQA

Plus 62 crappy AB's in the majors this year.

And I'm going to guess that a guy listed at 235 lbs who nobody wants to give a chance to isn't exactly great in right field either.

Er, pass.

HomeRunBaker

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Dec 9 04 12:29 AM

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Val's 2003 MLE would be just fine for the minimum in a platoon role with Nixon as they weren't far off from Kapler's 2004. Trot would die for those numbers v. LHP.

I would also be interested to see his splits from those years but i could not locate them as those numbers could very well be better v. LHP.

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Dec 9 04 1:13 AM

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Val really isnt worth the trouble. Next thing you know he'll be taking a book out of KFKs book saying, "Ive been reading those websites, theyre acting like I should be Kevin Millar (barry bonds)."

or whatever the direct quote was.

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Diamond Don Aase

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Dec 9 04 5:36 AM

(Originally posted in the non-Red Sox Offseason Thread)

As The Boomer noted in the Gammons thread, the list of free-agent right-handed outfielders offers slim pickings to replace Gabe Kapler. Pascucci set career-highs with a .423 on-base percentage, .577 slugging percentage, and .82 walk-to-strikeout ratio for Edmonton last season while walking in more than 16% of his plate appearances for the third consecutive year. In 2003, his first season in the Pacific Coast League, he batted .299-.476-.598 with more walks (36) than strikeouts (27) in almost 150 plate appearances against lefthanders.

The 6-6 Pascucci had been considered one of Montreals best power prospects since leading all Double-A hitters with 27 home runs for Harrisburg in 2002, when he also tied for the Eastern League-lead in walks (93) with Trenton third baseman Kevin Youkilis. In 2003, Pascucci was promoted to Triple-A and finished second in the PCL with a .419 on-base percentage, one of only three players in the entire Expos organization (including outfielder Vladimir Guerrero, the 2004 American League Most Valuable Player) to top the .400 mark in both slugging and on-base percentage. He also led the PCL with 101 walks, the second-most in Trappers history.

Pascucci has finished in his leagues top five in walks in each of his six full pro seasons except for 2000, when he earned a mid-season promotion from the South Atlantic League to the Florida State League. Pascucci has similar defensive skills in the outfield as former Montreal teammate Juan Rivera a decent fielder with an excellent throwing arm. He played 107 games in right field, 19 at first base, and two at third base in 2003 and 75 games at first, 30 in the outfield, and three at third last season.

Perhaps the Red Sox were wary of interfering in another transaction involving Japanese baseball-- especially with their reported interest in Iguchi-- or perhaps it was a favor to their Bud's Nationals to afford Jim Bowden another $300,000 to spend less wisely than Denny Neagle trolling the streets of Worcester at 2 a.m., but it is difficult to understand why teams in desperate need of an outfielder like the Diamondbacks or Royals would not risk $20,000 on a player that could address that need for the major-league minimum.

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Dec 9 04 6:45 AM

Pascucci's father just remembered that we are at war in Iraq and, since we are at war, he doesn't really want his son to be living overseas.

mabrowndog

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Dec 9 04 7:13 AM

From a performance standpoint alone, I'd love to see Theo pull off a deal with Atlanta to grab Eli Marrero, but at $2.5M he's too expensive.

IMO, we're more likely to end up with Danny Bautista in that role for half that amount.

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Dec 9 04 7:32 AM

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They should fill the role with someone just like Kapler. Hit LH a little. Play good defense in the difficult Fenway RF and cover CF in a pinch. Plus have solid baserunning skills. They don't need someone who will excel at all of those or anything that would cost money. However, they shouldn't pick up someone who is deficient in them (well, maybe they can skimp on speed).

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What about Hyzdu?

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Dec 9 04 8:10 AM

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Val's 2003 MLE would be just fine for the minimum in a platoon role with Nixon as they weren't far off from Kapler's 2004. Trot would die for those numbers v. LHP.

Is he really better than Adam Hyzdu, who had a .276 MLE EQA in 2004 and is already right here, and minimum salary though?

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Dec 9 04 8:31 AM

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Is he really better than Adam Hyzdu, who had a .276 MLE EQA in 2004 and is already right here, and minimum salary though?

It is if you believe that Hyzdu is a true AAAA player as i do. His primary weakness at the plate is hitting the breaking ball and while he has been able to hide this deficiency in AAA it is clearly a problem to him in the bigs with better pitchers and more in depth scouting reports.

However, there is nothing saying that he cannot stick as our 25th man even with a Nixon platoon mate hired, assuming that Roberts is dealt. He can play some CF to give Damon a day off here and there.

The stuff Mike Myers sprayed into my mouth the other night tasted pretty damn sweet.
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Dec 9 04 8:45 AM

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It is if you believe that Hyzdu is a true AAAA player as i do

A fine sentiment .. but is there any objective evidence that any such animal actually exists ? Obviously, probably 80% of baseball would agree with you .. the myth(?) of the AAAA player is still alive and well .. and keeping deserving players in the minors .. Brian Daubach was (is?) a perfect example of this.

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Dec 9 04 10:16 AM

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you guys missed this? very unlike us...

anyways, he's headed to japan.

from rotoworld...

"Nationals sold the contract of outfielder Valentino Pascucci to the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Japanese Pacific League for $300,000.

Pascucci wasn't a Jim Bowden-type player, so it's no surprise that he's gone. It would have been nice to have seen what Pascucci could have done in the majors if given an extended opportunity. He hit .281/.419/.447 and .298/.423/.577 in Triple-A the last two years and he only turned 26 last month. If he continues to put up numbers like that in Japan for the next couple of years, maybe another team will be interested in bringing him back to the U.S."

Fellas...really...EXPLORE THE SPACE!!

cecilcooper

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Dec 9 04 10:50 AM

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RSP, read the first post in the thread

Diamond Don Aase

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Dec 9 04 11:20 AM

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Val has put up some great numbers in the low minors and matched those once he made the jump to AAA. Of course this was in the PCL which is as close to a Coors Field equivalent as there is.

A fair point but bear in mind that Pascucci led all Double-A batters with 27 home runs in 2002 and then improved both his on-base percentage and slugging percentage (while mainitaing his impressive walk rate) in each of the two following seasons in Triple-A. And while the Pacific Coast League is a traditional hitters' league, Pascucci played in a four-team division that included three of the six-lowest park factors in the 16-team circuit, including his home park in Edmonton.

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Dec 9 04 3:06 PM

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I've been talking about Pascucci for weeks.

This is definitely a guy I wanted the Sox to get. I don't know if they're going to put in a claim, doubt it, but he would have been nice.

He fits in with the Sox' offensive approach, he'd have been cheap, and he is a lefty basher (if there is such a thing

). He would have been perfect...

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Dec 10 04 5:50 PM

Val Pascucci has the distinction of hitting the longest HR I've ever seen at Centenial Field in Burlington when he played for the VT Expos. He's a good player - strong arm, decent wheels for a big guy - and patient as hell at the plate w/ good pop. Make everyone whole Theo, lol.

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