tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226069813653935955.post7549699448218247211..comments2023-08-25T17:46:23.054-07:00Comments on 8th INNING WEIRDNESS: Giants Re-Sign Aubrey HuffMackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06851141411942751361noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226069813653935955.post-825272027913819532010-11-26T18:40:25.378-08:002010-11-26T18:40:25.378-08:00According to Ken Rosenthal, the mystery team that ...According to Ken Rosenthal, the mystery team that offered 2/22 to Aubrey Huff was the DodgersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226069813653935955.post-76755703412321496812010-11-23T20:24:59.356-08:002010-11-23T20:24:59.356-08:00Yes, I don't think he'll be as awful as 20...Yes, I don't think he'll be as awful as 2009. My point was to say that I expect him to provide average production or production more towards his career averages. I don't think he'll repeat his 2010, but that doesn't make it a bad deal.<br /><br />To some extent I'm okay with the money because it's just for 2 years.<br /><br />And one aspect of his game that makes me optimistic is his patience. He was extremely patient and that's not usually a skill that disappears with age.Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851141411942751361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226069813653935955.post-52075341236095029662010-11-23T17:57:14.338-08:002010-11-23T17:57:14.338-08:00Nice article, I agree with your general premise of...Nice article, I agree with your general premise of "not a great deal, but one I can live with".<br /><br />I would also point out some facts that make me more optimistic about him delivering on his contract. One is that his 2008 is more like his 2010, plus he's been a good hitter most of his career, so that gives some hope of a repeat closer to 2010 than 2009. <br /><br />Another is that a mitigating factor to his poor 2009 is that he was unhappy being an Oriole (didn't he go on a radio station and reamed Baltimore a new one?). Also, his BABIP was below career norms while his K-rate and K/BB and BB-rate were within career norms, suggesting that 2009 was a flukey year, not 2008 (and now 2010). <br /><br />Also, if you look at his 2009 season, he was low but doing OK with the Orioles, but then sunk to horrible numbers while with Detroit. Part of that I think can be attributable to the need to adjust from a homer-haven in Baltimore that favors LH (and RH) hitters, to a pitchers park in Detroit for LH hitters. Another was dealing with the pressures of playoff push when he had not much experience dealing with that.<br /><br />In addition, in pre-season 2010, there was an interview with one of his former coaches, asking for his thoughts on Huff, and he noted that Huff is one of those players who finally reached that age where he couldn't just sit around all off-season and be in great phystical shape for the next season, so he said that Huff went through a physical fitness program and got himself into shape for 2010.<br /><br />Clearly, that worked out well for him. :^)<br /><br />Yes, his age works against him, but players who hit well into their mid-30's like he has usually has some late kick to his career, a study found once (I recall it back around Grissom time with us, someone analyzed older players and found that there was undervaluing of older players by teams, which teams like the Giants were capitalizing on). All those are positives about him repeating somewhere nearer his 2008 and 2010 seasons than repeating 2009.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.com