Sunday, September 28, 2003
SEXSON REVISITED
Hopeful future Mariner first baseman and Brush Prairie, WA native Richie Sexson had an OPS (on-base plus slugging) of .927 this year, good for 11th in the NL. That placed ahead of such luminaries as Chipper Jones, Jeff Bagwell, Larry Walker, and Sammy Sosa. He was behind people like Edmonds, Pujols, Bonds, Thome, etc.
Put Sexson's numbers in the AL, and he would be 9th in the AL in OPS, and would give the Mariners three players in the top 20 in OPS (Boone 15th, Edgar 16th But considering Edgar won't be back next year (I don't think you say something to Gillick in that situation if you ARE coming back next year, more in a later post, I'm sure), getting Sexson would mean the Mariners would have two players that were in the top 20 in OPS in 2003. By comparison, the Red Sox had FIVE players in the top 20 in OPS. Texas had three. The "players with OPSs in the top 20" stat isn't all that important (Yankees only have two, Oakland has one), it just tells you how the Red Sox could hit the ball a ton this year.
Anyway, here's to hoping the future Mariner GM doesn't respond to a Sexson offer by saying "NOOOOOOOO!!!! TOO SEXY!!!!!"
Put Sexson's numbers in the AL, and he would be 9th in the AL in OPS, and would give the Mariners three players in the top 20 in OPS (Boone 15th, Edgar 16th But considering Edgar won't be back next year (I don't think you say something to Gillick in that situation if you ARE coming back next year, more in a later post, I'm sure), getting Sexson would mean the Mariners would have two players that were in the top 20 in OPS in 2003. By comparison, the Red Sox had FIVE players in the top 20 in OPS. Texas had three. The "players with OPSs in the top 20" stat isn't all that important (Yankees only have two, Oakland has one), it just tells you how the Red Sox could hit the ball a ton this year.
Anyway, here's to hoping the future Mariner GM doesn't respond to a Sexson offer by saying "NOOOOOOOO!!!! TOO SEXY!!!!!"
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