Reds sign Laynce Nix to minor league deal
by BK on Dec 15, 2008 9:17 AM EST
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The Reds signed Laynce Nix to a minor league contract. Or at least his agent e-mailed me and said they had. Nix, 28, has been hampered by injuries the last couple of the years. He played a total of 39 games in the big leagues the last four years.
He'sa lifetime .235 hitter in the big leauges in 875 at-bats. He can play any of the three outfield positions.
He OPSed .887 last year in AAA, but he hasn't had very much major league success to date (.132 average in 91 ABs since 2006). ZiPS has him projected at .241/.293/.420 which is less than impressive, and he can't hit lefties at all. It looks like he's got a little pop in his bat, but I don't see him making the big league club out of spring training. At 28, he holds the distinction of being a classic AAAA player, and should see significant time in the Louisville outfield.
Update by BK (10:35 AM): Ken Rosenthal has some details on the contract. Here's his breakdown:
Nix, 28, has agreed to a minor-league contract that will pay him $600,000 if he makes the Reds' roster with performance bonuses that could push the total to $1.1 million, according to his agent, Don Mitchell.
Here's hoping he doesn't make the roster, but either way this seems like a low risk, low reward move.
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crolfer's your man if you want a burn job done.
by Brendanukkah on Dec 15, 2008 9:26 AM EST up reply actions
Nix is a distraction... Taveral will focus on him while I stuff a burning oreo bag in his shorts.
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
Damning with faint praise
Commenter Arden Dulou has this to say under the story:
Kepp is a good choice at SS. Sure he isn’t Jeter, but he can hit and BP can field to the other side of 2B.
Well, Jeter is one of – if not the – worst fielding shortstops in the game, but you’re right. Kepp is no Jeter. Ah, Fay commenters. Don’t ever change.
I saw a response to this sentiment
by a commenter who goes by WayneKrenchicki and expected it to be similar to yours, pointing out how Jeter is terrible defensively in an amusing manner, maybe even suggesting that Kepp doesn’t have the range to play SS everyday and that he’s best suited for a 2B/utility role. Of course, this is what we get:
Kepp fully intends to be the starting SS on Opening Day, not because he’s big-leaguing it; but because he KNOWS he’s going to out-work, out-hustle & ultimately out-play everybody to EARN his spot. As he said on Friday; this season’s no different than any other he’s had. He knows he’s going to have to fight, claw and prove himself to stick. That is the kind of attitude that makes guys that mail it in look like chumps. Reds don’t need a SS, they’ve already got a ballplayer there.
These people make the Facebook commenters look like Mensa members.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
Wayne Krenchicki?
Is it the real Wayne Krenchicki?
Hey Dusty...Are you sure you're OK? You might need an MRI.
by Paul Householder on Dec 15, 2008 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
It's okay
I just deleted your post since it didn’t have any comments on it yet. But thanks for your vigilance!
by Brendanukkah on Dec 15, 2008 9:33 AM EST up reply actions
guy is built like a linebacker
Got arrested for drunk driving in Nashville which prompted a fanpost condemn-a-thon over at BCB. Yours truly, crazy as usual, thought that maybe he should be convicted first and if guity, being hung, drawn and quartered was a wee bit severe.
His brother Jayson is bouncing around the league someplace.
So they have a whole family of unnecessary "y"s?
That’s awyesome.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Dec 15, 2008 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Edinson can sort of understand, though.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Dec 15, 2008 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
More contract details
Nix, 28, has agreed to a minor-league contract that will pay him $600,000 if he makes the Reds’ roster with performance bonuses that could push the total to $1.1 million, according to his agent, Don Mitchell.
Also, didn’t know about this:
Once one of the Rangers’ top prospects, Nix ran into an outfield wall in July 2004, derailing his career with a shoulder injury that required surgery.
DUI, shoulder injury
he’s like Ryan Freel and Austin Kearns all rolled into one!
We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches
YESSSS Farneys Back
I think outfielders pass farney around like Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
No bees? Then who will sting me and walk on my sandwiches?
by The Crushinator on Dec 15, 2008 10:54 AM EST reply actions
minor league deal
hell yes
jingle bells Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
the Batmobile lost its wheel
and the Joker got away
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 15, 2008 11:54 AM EST reply actions
CoPat was brought in on a minor league deal, too
Just sayin’.
by Brendanukkah on Dec 15, 2008 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
we all know the difference though Brendan
Nix isnt balling Dusty’s daughter.
jingle bells Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
the Batmobile lost its wheel
and the Joker got away
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 15, 2008 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
yeah paul bako is
"It is a damn poor mind indeed which can’t think of at least two ways to spell any word."-Andy Jack
by justin007000 on Dec 15, 2008 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
Nix isnt balling Dusty's daughter, yet.
you heard it hear first
Don't really feel like making a new FanGasm for this
But I gotta say, it’s a damn good feeling to be a Bengals fan in Washington this morning! If I had a window to look out of, I’m sure the sky would seem so blue.
WHO DEY!
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by Brendanukkah on Dec 15, 2008 12:54 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
beating Washington is little solace for this season
but the calendar certainly helps. wreck’d.
jingle bells Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
the Batmobile lost its wheel
and the Joker got away
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 15, 2008 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
Nothing like a little
afternoon fart-box to rally ’round a 2-11-1 team!
by Pops Daniels on Dec 15, 2008 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
It's a lot more fun to watch one of the more delusionally self-righteous fanbases
Watch in stunned horror as they lose to your abortion of a favorite team. Hey, Shaun Suisham! Field’s that way, big guy.
by Brendanukkah on Dec 15, 2008 1:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Now, just when you thought the desert couldn't get any hotter,
it’s the Cincinnati Bengal cheerleaders!
the bicep sweatband seems a bit superfluous.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
Also, it keeps shoulder sweat from dripping to her elbow...
…which would irritate her bionic elbow-eyes.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
I have carefully inspected the included photo of the so called Bengals cheerleader; There no cheerleaders on the Bengal staff this attractive. She must be a 'plant' to get us to consider buying the calendar.
1. She looks cognitively self aware, definitely somebody home.
2. She doesn’t look vacous
3. She Has non processed hair – au natural is so un-natural for a Bengalette
4. This woman has not troweled on the make up!!!! (Marry her BK)
5. No cellulite.
6. Exceptional posterior anatomy. Outstanding.
7. Doesn’t have that mauve trailer park lipstick
8. No tats with the name of Carl, LaRonne or Misty on her
9This woman was rejected by “Lowrider” as a centerfold
10. However we’ll never know if she’s wearing cowboy boots or Ughs…..
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Sir Winston Churchill
This is funny...
The Brewers designated Nix for assignment on Sept. 9th to make room for Todd Coffey, whom they were claiming off waivers from the Reds.
So we got a masher of a lefty bat as the PTBNL in the non-existent Coffey deal. Yeah, he seems like a AAAA-type. But despite three straight years at AAA with an OPS over 850, he’s never been given more than 35 MLB plate appearances in a single year, totalling only 102 MLB at-bats.
The only thing you can tell from 35 plate appearances is whether a guy looks good in stirrups.
"So are you healthy?" - PeteyHendrix, spring of 1993
"I am NOW." - Chris Sabo
incorrect
Nix has 875 ML ABs in his career. thats about a season and a quarter’s worth. the most time he spent in the majors in any season was ’05 with Texas, when he got 229 ABs and OPSed .664. then he tore up his shoulder.
jingle bells Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
the Batmobile lost its wheel
and the Joker got away
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 15, 2008 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
Incorrect correction
You’re right – I didn’t see his pre-2006 stats on his rotowire page. He’s gotten a longer look than I thought, but not since he was 24, and never a full season. His longest stint in the majors was actually 2004 when he got 371 ABs with TEX for an underwhelming OPS of .730.
And he is now our 3rd best hitting OFer in the organization.
"So are you healthy?" - PeteyHendrix, spring of 1993
"I am NOW." - Chris Sabo
by PeteyHendrix on Dec 15, 2008 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
ahhh good catch
i didnt look back past ’05. you know, between the two of us, we make a pretty decent empowered and informed Reds fan.
and is it just me, or does Nix’s mix (ha) of good CF defense (15 UZR/150), decent power (.481 career SLG in the minors), and lack of walks (just 42 in over 900 PAs) remind you of anyone?
jingle bells Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
the Batmobile lost its wheel
and the Joker got away
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 15, 2008 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
Good point
Although, he isn’t fucking Dusty’s daughter, so he won’t start 82 games, batting leadoff 32 times. So this is better.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Dec 15, 2008 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
Rosenthal's latest:
“Free-agent infielder/outfielder Jerry Hairston is drawing interest from three American League clubs as well as the Reds, according to a major-league source. The Mariners likely are one of the teams in the mix. Hairston, 32, plays six positions and was a favorite of new M’s manager Don Wakamatsu when both were with the Rangers.”
Am I the only one who would not be terribly upset to see Cherry and his never to be repeated career year depart?
Also from that article
The Cubs and Rays are the teams in strongest pursuit of free-agent outfielder Milton Bradley, who also is drawing interest from the Reds, Angels and the Nationals, a team that never met an outfielder it didn’t like.
So I guess Bradley is a possibility too.
And if losing Cherry means signing Aaron Miles, I want Cherry back.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Dec 15, 2008 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
Milton Bradley would to the reds would be nice
as would cherry hudson to someone that is not the reds
Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill
by chandrathan on Dec 15, 2008 4:20 PM EST up reply actions
Even with the inevitable possibility of Aaron Miles getting two starts in the infield a week?
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Dec 15, 2008 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
no that's not so nice
but with a healthy gonzales, and keppinger off the bench, why would we need miles?
Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill
by chandrathan on Dec 15, 2008 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
Because Walt is saying he's the proverbial Plan B if we don't sign Hairston.
And as we’re finding out, Walt is nothing but a man of his word
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Dec 15, 2008 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
walt is saying it, but it doesn't make sense
Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill
by chandrathan on Dec 15, 2008 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
walter
always brings his former players with him it seems like, espicially if they have “grit”
"When the boogie man goes to sleep he checks his closet for Chuck Norris"
Isn't that an odd statement to make
since he’s only been the GM in one place and he was there for a long time?
We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches
that....
was a good use of this phrase
Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill
by chandrathan on Dec 17, 2008 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
well
i guess you could say he brought McGwire, LaRussa, and Eckersly to St. Louis, who were in played in Oakland while he worked in the organization.
But I concur that the statement above is most likely “odd”.
"It is a damn poor mind indeed which can’t think of at least two ways to spell any word."-Andy Jack
by justin007000 on Dec 17, 2008 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, he needs to get over his hall of famer fetish
We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches
Not interested in Bradley
He had a career year while missing time frequently with injuries last year while mostly DHing.
I don’t see how he plays the field every day, and I would expect him not to repeat what he did, while trying to get paid for that peak year.
I may end up sounding like Arroyo here...
but does aynone else REALLY want to call the M’s manager “WakaWakaMatsu!”
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
great minds think alike
on that point, I think you’d care to know that I’ve had In the Morning stuck in my head for the past few days.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Dec 15, 2008 10:55 PM EST up reply actions
I think you'd care to know that
that was the first time I’d heard that song. But now I have In the Morning stuck in my head.
We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches
I thought yall were going
to link to In the Morning
All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.
by Man Mountain on Dec 16, 2008 9:39 AM EST up reply actions
i was thinking more like
jingle bells Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
the Batmobile lost its wheel
and the Joker got away
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 16, 2008 10:14 AM EST up reply actions
When I was in HS I was 'In Love" with Mary Travers
although she was only a couple of years older than I….
But now see what the ravages of age has done and beware!!!!!!!
Mary Travers 2007
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Sir Winston Churchill
Bob Dylan:
“Sure, you can cover my songs. Payment? Oh, don’t worry about that now. I’ll collect my fee sometime in the future… WHEN YOU LEAST SUSPECT IT!!!! MUAH HA HA HA HA HA HA! …Ahem. I mean, good luck recording. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have an appointment with a Mr. Hendrix.”
by Brendanukkah on Dec 16, 2008 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
But to be fair - She was such a fox, especially considering that most of her contemporaries looked so unsophisticated
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Sir Winston Churchill
I could've sworn I found it from your old blog
weren’t you the one who had the baseball blog where you also put up rad mp3s? I could’ve sworn that was you…now I have no idea how that song ended up on my computer.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Dec 16, 2008 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
yeah, I was on that blog
but Doc Scott was the music guy. I am by no means a music hipster. Hell, there’s very little about me that would qualify as hip.
We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches
Everytime I look at this headline, I think there's a typo
I hate this guy already
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
me too
Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill
by chandrathan on Dec 15, 2008 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
Whayt maykes yoyu syay thyat?
Hey Dusty...Are you sure you're OK? You might need an MRI.
by Paul Householder on Dec 15, 2008 7:26 PM EST up reply actions
How do you pronounce "Laynce"?
Is the “a” as in “Lance,” or as in “Lane”?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
bam!
explains why he runs into walls
by jacob brumfield on Dec 16, 2008 10:11 AM EST up reply actions
like lane
it’s a real drawn out southern pronunciation
Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill
by chandrathan on Dec 16, 2008 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
no
not at all
Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill
by chandrathan on Dec 16, 2008 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
no way
you’re wrong
Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill
by chandrathan on Dec 17, 2008 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
Did you guys notice the exponential eincrease in 2007 to 2008 years!?!
He went from 12 AB’s in 2007 with no hits to 12 AB’s in 2008 with one hit! I say start him on Opening Day and when he gets his second hit (around AB #12 if my calculations are correct), send him down. It’s has nothing to do with him; it’s just math!
In the immortal words of Crash Nix: I hit my bloop and I hung em’ up.
On a serious note (because the comedy rarely stops), if this guy is ever healthy, he could make a nice 4th OF. So far he has yet to be healthy, so there’s that. But, Prospectus used to like him a lot .
Madville had a nice little entry ready to go for Butt Prospectus up the page a bit
by Brendanukkah on Dec 16, 2008 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah the guy behind Marcus is Laynce...
In the butt Bob, in the but.
Laynce and Marcus frolicked on the beach….well that’s a story for another post.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Sir Winston Churchill
Or were you refering to Miss Ferurary, Brendan ?
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Sir Winston Churchill
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