May 18, 200719 yr Linden was waived by the Giants and claimed by the fish. Gall was designated for assignment.
May 18, 200719 yr http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpag...MLB&id=3614 John Gall DFA It will be interesting to see what happens when De Aza and Ross get back. Borchard could be the odd man out.
May 18, 200719 yr Author I doubt Gall gets claimed. And Linden is just another Joe Borchard. Color me meh.
May 18, 200719 yr This move certainly can't hurt. It's low rish and he could randomly hit a bunch of homers if he gets lucky while he's here.
May 18, 200719 yr Low risk and possible high reward...he's had a good minor league career, and only 26. Even if he can't become more then a AAAA player, it's not like we lose much. I'm happy. And he's not Joe Botch-ard.
May 18, 200719 yr Author Former collegiate first round MLB pick. Switch hitter. Good power but nothing else at all. We already have one of these :shifty
May 18, 200719 yr He absolutely owned the PAC-10... his OPS his senior year was 1042, and I think he was a Pacific league all-star in 05. I love this move as well. Wow, I feel refreshed... a move I have some confidence in from the FO.
May 18, 200719 yr Former collegiate first round MLB pick. Switch hitter. Good power but nothing else at all. We already have one of these :shifty At least Borchard strikes out "ONLY" 35% of the time. This guy is over 40% this year....
May 18, 200719 yr Author Yes, he is Borchard's mini-me and I am delighted to have him. I'd love to see the Marlins take a chance on a catcher somewhere like this. The fact that they gave Olivo $2 million without even taking him to arbitration(still scratching my head) and almost refuse to sit him, and the only C they brought in was Baker who we could of kept for nothing just a year ago but felt fit to waive him...I doubt it happens.
May 18, 200719 yr He absolutely owned the PAC-10... his OPS his senior year was 1042, and I think he was a Pacific league all-star in 05. I love this move as well. Wow, I feel refreshed... a move I have some confidence in from the FO. You want to take a guess who had an OPS of 1.057 his senior year and PAC-10 All star in 1999? I'll give you a hint....graduated from Stanford....
May 18, 200719 yr Author He absolutely owned the PAC-10... his OPS his senior year was 1042, and I think he was a Pacific league all-star in 05. I love this move as well. Wow, I feel refreshed... a move I have some confidence in from the FO. You want to take a guess who had an OPS of 1.057 his senior year and PAC-10 All star in 1999? I'll give you a hint....graduated from Stanford.... John Gall?
May 18, 200719 yr He absolutely owned the PAC-10... his OPS his senior year was 1042, and I think he was a Pacific league all-star in 05. I love this move as well. Wow, I feel refreshed... a move I have some confidence in from the FO. You want to take a guess who had an OPS of 1.057 his senior year and PAC-10 All star in 1999? I'll give you a hint....graduated from Stanford.... Linden does have better career minor league stats though, with both sharing similiar time at certain leagues (One year of lots of time in AA, 4 years of AAA), with better AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS (not much in all but still better). Linden's minors BB/SO ratio of 0.52 isn't sexy, but it also isn't Borchard's 0.38. I'm not saying Linden is going to be some kind of savior...but I'd rather have him then Borchard.
May 18, 200719 yr He absolutely owned the PAC-10... his OPS his senior year was 1042, and I think he was a Pacific league all-star in 05. I love this move as well. Wow, I feel refreshed... a move I have some confidence in from the FO. You want to take a guess who had an OPS of 1.057 his senior year and PAC-10 All star in 1999? I'll give you a hint....graduated from Stanford.... John Gall? very funny.....OK I should have said first round pick
May 18, 200719 yr he had a good upside at one point but never did much for his life. maybe a change of city helps him and he makes it out as a good bench player here, unfortunately I dont really expect much. I guess its an upgrade over Gall for the Isotopes
May 18, 200719 yr Can't hurt to try - a change of scenery might help him out. Argh...We are going to have a short bench again tonight. Anyone know when he might join the team?
May 18, 200719 yr it is no risk, and Gall will probably go nowhere except back to Albuquerque. Borch will go down and possibly Wood or Reggie when De Aza and Ross come back...Amezaga would go back to backup IF.
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