Jan/102
Podsednik Helps Royals In Two Ways
Posted by: Casey on January 8, 2010.
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The Royals have officially signed Scott Podsednik to a 1 or 2 year deal. Since he’s 33, I have no problems with us signing him to a short deal. He’s a marginal upgrade in CF over Bloomquist, in my opinion. He did hit over .300 last year as the full time starter for the chi sox, leading off too.
Might you ask why Dayton Moore didn’t go for other CF’s in the market, well there’s two main reasons.
First of all, the Royals have really been exposed in one major area over the last few years: celebrations. It’s almost painful to watch these guys try to celebrate after a walk-off victory. Lot’s of awkward hugs and smiles. Thankfully, DM did get rid of “the best catcher in the world” in Miguel Olivo (of which Greinke had very fond feelings). So that did help the overall flamboyance of the 2010 team. As seen in the above picture, the White Sox have always been on the upper side of the league when it comes to passion and ability to celebrate. Perhaps this will put an end to the Royal Dance.
The second reason is his wife just happens to be a playboy model. The Royal’s wife events have been subpar, and this is an obvious upgrade.
Great work, Dayton Moore.
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11:16 pm on January 8th, 2010
I'm not sure that I'm as excited as you for the move, but I think it is an ok move. Podsednik isn't really a great defensive player. He's fast as anyone for his age, but he usually gets caught stealing quite a bit, he's led the league in caught stealing twice.
3:33 am on January 10th, 2010
I think he fits in defensively okay, but the CS's is a concern. One thing with Hillman is he's very precise about how fast his guys are and the delivery times of the guys we're facing. He hasn't been as aggressive as I would like, and maybe the speed additions this off-season will help out.