Friday, January 29, 2010

Fangraphs Takes Notice of Chows Players

Illinois Times -- Are the Chows finally doing something right? Forward thinking baseball website Fangraphs featured two articles today spotlighting the merits of Illinois players. In the first article they consider the merits of Chows backstop Kurt Suziki and why he doesn't get just due.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/kurt-suzuki-anatomy-of-an-underrated-player

Later that same afternoon, the site spotlighted Josh Willingham and dared to ask the question -- is Wilingham the same guy as Jason Bay?

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/willingham-and-bay

Chows GM Sherlag has maintained that Willingham and Suzuki are cornerstone type players, while the Illinois Times has scoffed at that notion. Either Sherlag is moonlighting at Fangraphs, or maybe he isn't far off on his assessments.

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