How Much More Rope Do You Give Cozart?

[westofyou]

question is---who ya gonna get?? If hte Blue Jays call up and offer Reyes plus cash for Cazart, we'll do it....but that aint gonna happen. You want a SS with pop, it'll cost you in salary and trade pieces. Reds wont be willing to part with either...

That would suck considering Reyes is out for three months

[bigfunguy]

That would suck considering Reyes is out for three months

I thought it was just a month, but still, if they offered it youd still take it!!!!

[coachpipe]

I think hes becoming the product of a dusty baker lineup. I dont have a solution other than to switch the batting order around until you find one that works. But the guy in front of votto needs to be someone who can work a count and get on base. They will pitch to the guy before votto the same as they will pitch to votto. meaning nothing good to hit. A pitcher doesnt want someone on base when Joey gets up to bat

[Norm Chortleton]

Well, his strikeout rate last year isn't making outs tomorrow. So if your advice is strikeout less, he's already following it. Your advice doesn't seem to be working.

As for the walks, I'd love for him to walk more often. No disagreement there.

Yes, because 1 month is clearly a better indicator than a full season.

[coachpipe]

all year

Question I have is whether they'd consider moving Hamilton back to SS. He's not hitting enough to get out of AAA anytime soon. He may be there awhile -- and if so, they'd have time to reintroduce him to the infield.

This assumes they intend to make a legitimate run at re-signing Choo.

wasnt a big factor in moving him to the outfield that he was a poor defender?

[Trajinous]

Cozart is an above average SS overall. Most of us and practically anyone not chewing on a toothpick thinks Cozart is hitting in the wrong line-up position. Therefore, his offensive numbers are skewed toward the negative. If he hits lower in the line-up, I believe he would be the 12-15 HR guy that bats .250.

If he does that, Cozart becomes a top 10 SS in the league. Only 4 SS hit more than 16 HRs last year and only 7 SS hit .280+ avg. Larkin has skewed our offensive SS production.

[Norm Chortleton]

That doesn't mean he k'd too much last year. It means he could've walked more. You're focusing on the wrong stat.

113 Ks is waaaaay too many for his production. On the Reds, only Stubbs and Bruce K'd more.

--Only 1 SS had more Ks last year than Cozart.
--7 had more HRs
--14 had better avg
--11 had better ops

[durl]

How about moving Billy Hamilton back to SS and pray that he's ready next year?

[11larkin11]

People wanting to replace him with Hamilton might want to check Hamilton's numbers in AAA this year. Worse than Cozart's in the big leagues.

[lollipopcurve]

wasnt a big factor in moving him to the outfield that he was a poor defender?

Lesser defender than Cozart and Didi, for sure. Not sure he was considered "poor." His hands were thought to be a little hard, and his throwing mechanics were unconventional (very sidearmy).

[redsfandan]

113 Ks is waaaaay too many for his production. On the Reds, only Stubbs and Bruce K'd more.

--Only 1 SS had more Ks last year than Cozart.
--7 had more HRs
--14 had better avg
--11 had better ops

K's are important but not THAT important. More walks would be better.

[HokieRed]

Lesser defender than Cozart and Didi, for sure. Not sure he was considered "poor." His hands were thought to be a little hard, and his throwing mechanics were unconventional (very sidearmy).

Would he be adequate, less than, more than?

[RedEye]

Moving Hamilton back to SS is probably not an option IMO. If he could credibly play the position, I think they'd have left him there and tried to move Cozart.

[90reds]

At this point I'd rather use whatever reasonable trade bait we have left to get a left fielder. Doing that will solve the lineup issue. If Cozart is batting 7th or 8th with good defense I have no problem with him

[Trajinous]

Moving Hamilton back to SS is probably not an option IMO. If he could credibly play the position, I think they'd have left him there and tried to move Cozart.

Plus who plays CF if Choo leaves?