Peralta Traded
To Tigers for Pitcher Giovanni Soto. Per Castro's Twitter. More to come, I'm sure.
[UPDATE]: The Indians also sent some cash to Detroit. To take Peralta's spot, the Indians have recalled Luis Valbuena from Columbus. (Ryan)
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This just made my night.
Anything in life is possible, except for skiing through revolving doors.
by MooneysRebellion on Jul 28, 2010 6:28 PM EDT reply actions
Only time KG has mentioned him, May 25:
Giovany Soto, LHP, Tigers (Low-A West Michigan): 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K. Fantastic command and good secondary pitches; if velocity projects like some scouts think it will, he could turn into something.
Also June 17. Uncertain spelling.
Giovanni Soto, LHP, Tigers (Low-A West Michigan): 9 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K. Doesn’t get out of the upper-80s (yet), but young, projectable and has quality secondary pitches and command.
The kid only weighs a 155, so I figure he can probably add some mph’s as they get him a) eating and b) in the weight room.
Anything in life is possible, except for skiing through revolving doors.
by MooneysRebellion on Jul 28, 2010 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Here’s KG quoting a scout on the “super skinny” Soto:
“He’s 85-88 mph and throwing four pitches with a curve, slider, and change—none of them are really good right now, but you can’t eliminate any of them, either. I hate projecting velocity, but this is the kind of guy you look for when doing it.”
At first I thought we got the Cubs’ catcher, and I was completely confused.
Also! THE MARTE ERA BEGINS NOW!
Eh? Eh?
Well, okay.
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"Most players will tell you that even when they're 100%, they're not really 100% ... if that makes sense."
Soto’s 19, with a 3:1 SO:BB ratio and 8.3 K/9. He may never be anything, but he’s more than I expected to get for Jhonny.
Yeah I’m stoked about the return. There’s a chance he could amount to something. And a chance not. But there’s a chance of something good.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jul 28, 2010 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
VB’s final line in AAA is the cartoonish .313/.427/.604 with 21 Ks, 19 BBs. Also had eight 2bs, a triple, and six homeruns. Last year he went for a .917 in Columbus. I’d say he’s done there.
Yeah, he’s officially a guy I am extremely interested in going forward.
LGT's resident moderate Yankee hating fan.
New plan: convince LV that he’s still in Columbus. Replace the PD with the Dispatch. Talk about the Buckeyes a lot. Do other stuff I would know about if I’d been to Columbus more recently than 1988.
by FredOx on Jul 28, 2010 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
MLB Network is drivel right now. Jhonny is an RBI machine. Moving to Detroit is going to inspire him to come alive. “When you look at the Tigers’ offense compared to the Indians’ offense, that’s worlds of difference.”
Well, now maybe he’ll run into one.
Blake: Thanks to you, I am damaged beyond repair!!
by emd2k3 on Jul 28, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, this is where I’m at too. A part of me is gonna miss the big lug: “trouble to see the ball” and all.
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"Most players will tell you that even when they're 100%, they're not really 100% ... if that makes sense."
So he’s 6’3’’ and 155 lbs.? Is that correct? I mean I can tell he’s a skinny dude from that video posted above, but that can’t be a healthy weight for that height.
LGT's resident moderate Yankee hating fan.
I’m 5’9" and 155 lbs, and everybody tells me that I look unhealthily skinny. So, yeah, I’d say this guy needs to gain some weight.
They pulled off the trade to get Raffy P a workout buddy
by supermarioelia on Jul 28, 2010 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Think about how skinny Raffy is. Now imagine someone at his height that is 40 lbs. lighter.
/shudders
LGT's resident moderate Yankee hating fan.
Cripes that is skinny. I’m picturing this guy as having Jeremy Sowers’ leg for a torso.
by supermarioelia on Jul 28, 2010 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
BMI has that listed as a normal weight, but on the lighter side of normal weight. Granted, I have stopped trusting BMI. I put in Sizemore’s weight and by BMI standards, he is technically overweight. Most athletes are overweight because if you are built at all, BMI says you are overweight.
Jim Brown for the browns is considered borderline Obese and your average DE in football (who usually have little body fat but are just really built) is morbidly obese and almost off the BMI chart.
I guess it is a decent weight for a normal person, but definitely skinny for any sort of athlete…but like I said, BMI sucks and even people who might be ‘normal weight’ should really weigh more.
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That is pretty thin, but I was somewhere south of 150 with nuclear metabolism until I hit 30. It happens.
Granted, I never played pro ball, either.
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"Most players will tell you that even when they're 100%, they're not really 100% ... if that makes sense."
Not to get all CC on you guys, but Grady is the only one left in that picture.
by dgcambridge on Jul 28, 2010 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
And then there was one.
Anything in life is possible, except for skiing through revolving doors.
by MooneysRebellion on Jul 28, 2010 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Peralta’s high water mark the 3-run bomb off Delcarmen in the 2007 ALCS where he was looking good for MVP at that point. Fair thee well fat shortstop.
God truly does not want Andy to succeed. I would not be surprised if the rest of the season were rained out.
by supermarioelia on Jul 28, 2010 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
THE MANY ASCII MOODS OF JHONNY PERALTA:
Calm :-|
Hate :-|
Cockiness :-|
Fear :-|
Curiosity :-|
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"Most players will tell you that even when they're 100%, they're not really 100% ... if that makes sense."
by vbc3 on Jul 28, 2010 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Kinda like my wedding night … hoo ya!!!
by piersall on Jul 28, 2010 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Peralta’s 2006 BP Annual comment. Makes me cringe:
If one discounts 2003, when Peralta was forced into the Indians` starting shortstop job well ahead of schedule due to an Omar Vizquel injury, one can see that his outstanding 2005 campaign simply continued the progress he has made at the plate since hitting Double-A in 2002. Handed the shortstop job in spring training, Peralta had nothing less than one of the 20 best seasons ever by a shortstop under the age of 24. In what should have been his rookie season, Peralta was a legitimate Gold Glove and MVP candidate who was overlooked for the former and shut out of the voting for the latter. He should be a cornerstone of this franchise for a long time.
Ha, I was just looking up his paragraph from Silver’s top 50 properties:
15. Jhonny Peralta, SS, Cleveland Indians (24)
We should recognize that career years don’t always come at age 27 or 28; 23-year-olds are capable of outperforming their skill sets as well. PECOTA is a little suspicious that this might have been the case with Peralta last year, and from the early returns this season, it looks like it might be onto something. Still, Peralta’s career should fall somewhere within the goalposts represented by Cal Ripken and Travis Fryman. Under most of those scenarios, he’ll be tremendously valuable to the Tribe.
Number 15. 15!
Jhonny Peralta is currently the #1 trending topic in the US on Twitter. You made it, kid, you made it.
EAT IT, BIEBER.
by JRontherim on Jul 28, 2010 7:09 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
One of the WFNY guy (he who consistently calls Hafner “Hackner”) just broke out a “DUMBrowski.”
It’s like having CLECom personified on your twitter.
Never thought Jhonny would be the first player to go this year. If Jhonny got traded then Westbrook has to have decent value.
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Psh
…you knew what this when we started Tinkerbell…
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by world dictator on Jul 28, 2010 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Two decent players, surprisingly. I haven’t kept up on the lower level one, but the CF in AAA (…Cabrera? Carrera?) is coming around last I checked. Automatically leap frogs Constanza, I’d assume, behind Crowe/Brantley.
Jhonny Lasik! I love you man!
Speaking of which, this POST ranks as one of my all-time favorites… Truly worth another read.
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge..." C. Darwin
Cautious enthusiasm seems the general reaction on BYB so far (link).
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"Most players will tell you that even when they're 100%, they're not really 100% ... if that makes sense."
Goldstein just tweeted that he is writing up an analysis which, in itself, says something about the way Soto’s regarded. So, yeah, there’s some value here.
The fact that they are 2 professional baseball players named Giovany/Geovany Soto is pretty amazing. Also! We should immediately trade him to the Cubs so there’s the potential that he could pitch to himself in the future.
Blake: Thanks to you, I am damaged beyond repair!!
I thought that until you posted this. So the GM of the A’s is not the outed gay one?
I didn’t know there were two.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jul 28, 2010 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Heh. Well there ya go.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jul 29, 2010 2:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I meant ‘self-outed’ but anyway.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jul 29, 2010 2:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Duly noted.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jul 29, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe he invented the high five (no joke).
by JulioBernazard on Jul 29, 2010 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Part of me is sad to see fat shortstop go. Mostly good memories, although generally meh ones these past few years. I can honestly say I wish nothing but the best for him (the best being someone to light a fire under his arse).
That said, time to move on… I’d also say this is Marte’s Last Chance, Part VIII. His next one will have to be with another team.
I just want to believe.
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