Comments on: Welcome Back Barry Bonds

By: Sal Paradise

Sal Paradise — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:21:08 +0000

As was pointed out on the The Book Blog Comments:

The initial surprise of Bonds’ not even been offered a job caused very strong conjectures of libelous and collusive behavior by the teams. As an employee of one of those teams, Bill James can not publicly state that there is no good reason for Bonds to not have an offer - without causing potentially libelous problems for his employer.

And Bill James' own predictions have Bonds as the #1 hitter (by OPS) in MLB.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:42:42 +0000

On his website (www.billjamesonline.net, subscription required, first two articles under “Bill James Columns), Bill James predicts that Barry Bonds would see his offense collapse this year … so you’ve gotta think that he’d be advising the Red Sox to pass.

By: JC

JC — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:39:14 +0000

I think the Braves would be interested if not for the Hank Aaron connection.

By: Jonny Schuerholz

Jonny Schuerholz — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:23:21 +0000

JC,

If you’re Frank Wren, do you call up Bonds and at least discuss a contract?

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:13:39 +0000

I doubt it. The Sox shouldn’t do anything for a while, they have a bunch of NL park games coming up where they won’t even need a DH. Plus, Manny can hit DH and Crisp and/or Moss can play outfield. Maybe this is a good chance for Crisp to play every day as a trade showcase. If Ortiz needs to be out for a long while, they could trade for someone like Milton Bradley or Jason Bay instead of signing Bonds.