Is it fair to compare?

Sometimes it isn't -- but it can be fun. I have decided to stop comparing Adam Dunn's numbers this year with Milton Bradley's. It isn't fair. For one, it's ridiculously lopsided, but also unfair to Milton to compare his numbers with someone who is producing, so I thought to myself...who is doing well? And then Derrek Lee popped to mind. DLee is having a terrific year -- everyone agrees, right? He's been the offensive star of the team. Hitting homers, driving in runs, doing it all. So...

Let's compare Lee to Adam Dunn this year. For fun. Guess what? Dunn's having a better year. As good as Lee has been, and he's been good...Dunn has been better, offensively, in 2009. More homers and rbi's -- but the stat guys will tell us that those are deceiving and flawed data and will point to OBP, SLG, and OPS -- all of which Dunn has better numbers. Lee has the higher average and less K's. Dunn wins every other category, including many more walks (102 to 61.) I know it's meaningless...but fun to imagine those two back to back in the lineup this year. What could have been. Of course, with a good final twenty games or so...Milton could still get to 40 rbi's. Milkit's had a very offensive year, it just hasn't been at the plate.

Here's one for you guys to ponder. Adam Dunn -- and for the record, I'm NOT a big fan of Adam Dunn, or at least I wasn't until last off season when I thought he could/should have become a Cub -- his numbers are not that far off Ryan Howard's. In many ways, these two guys are similar -- yet Howard gets talked about like the second coming and Dunn doesn't get talked about. Howard has a shorter career to go on, but his numbers are better than Dunn's...but not off the board better...slightly better. This year, Dunn has the better numbers. I'm saying that they are similar...that's all.

When this guy said he'd take a one year deal to play in Chicago -- why wouldn't Hendry have jumped on that? Anyone who will take one year is a good bet to put up numbers in this day and age because their next contract depends on it. He's on his way to ANOTHER 40/100 year...as we knew he would. Fuck me.

Here's what I propose for the offseason. May post more on this later on the View...depending on time. Two things we need to do:

1. Trade with the Mets. A big one. We get Jose Reyes and whatever else they throw in. They get Ryan Theriot, Mike Fontenot, Sean Marshall and some arm or two from the minors. I haven't really thought through the details -- whatever we have to do to get Reyes. He's going to be available. The Mets have said that they don't think they can keep both him and Wright, and that Wright is untouchable.

2. Sign Chone Figgins as a free agent and put him at 2b. No competition at the position. He's the guy.

Now we start 2010 with a one - two batting order punch of Reyes and Figgins. That's 100 stolen bases right there. Probably 240 runs scored. Improved D up the middle. It's what we need to get to the next level.

More later. Or not.

Sherm