Brady Clark a PawSox.

by Allen Chace on Jul 26, 2007 4:39 PM EDT in Minors Comment 5 comments

He plays CF for Pawtucket for now, and with WMP almost certainly headed out of town at the deadline, he'd probably come up as the team's 4th OF.

He can back up Coco in CF, and would probably serve as a PR in the late innings for someone like Lowell, Tek, Manny, Papi, etc.

As Roto suggests, this doesn't preclude a move for Bobby Kielty should he become a FA, but we need our 4th OF to play CF, and I'm convinced Kielty isn't even a backup possibility out there.

Clark ranked only below Corey Patterson in Revised Zone Rating among qualified ML CFs in his last full-ish season, 2006. However, this may have been the high-water mark in terms of his defense. Expect slightly less range than Coco, he probably won't make a fool of himself out there nor come up with a whole lot of OF assists.

He has decent speed, hence the PR suggestion, but he's not been very successful as a base-stealer in his career (59%, ugh). Hopefully he won't be given the green light. Career batting line of .277/.356/.386. His platoon splits suggest slightly better power against LHPs, but no real difference in BA or OBP.

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Re: Brady Clark a PawSox.

Good move. My guess is Clark will find himself in the big leagues on August 1st, a day after WMP is moved for (hopefully) something useful.

by gnick55 on Jul 26, 2007 4:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Brady Clark a PawSox.

Yup - he's a decent player. Might this be the only move we see before the deadline?

Bottom 9th B:1 S:0 O:0 With Bill Mueller batting, Dave Roberts steals (1) 2nd base.

by britsoxfan on Jul 26, 2007 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

OTM Squating...

I'm gone the rest of the day...on Greenwich Mean Time. Here's my OTM:
Player of the Game: If Gabbard comes up with a fifth win I gotta be giving it to him. Nice suprise, this kid!
Gabbard's Line: 6IP, 4H, 2ER, 4BB, 6Ks
Above and Beyond: Ortiz is due a Homer (D'oh!) ..not that kind though.

You can take the boy outta Boston, but you can't take the Boston outta the boy.

by B Cap on Jul 26, 2007 4:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Brady Clark a PawSox.

so lets recap....

Bronson Arroyo for WMP....
not so good after all...

btw, Nixon, beat up as he is, is still a better option than him. I think I'm winning....

by forage on Jul 26, 2007 9:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Brady Clark a PawSox.

Well, for this year anyway, not a complete disaster -- Arroyo's been less than good, and his numbers would be even worse in the AL, probably not so different from Hatchet Face's.