Trade Rosecrans To The Cubs.
Trade Rosecrans To The Cubs.
Larkin Fan (08-30-2013),remdog (08-29-2013)
sorry we're boring
Larkin Fan (08-30-2013),remdog (08-29-2013)
I'm not seeking out teams to trade Phillips if I'm Walt...
Because with his age...contract...possible reputation around front offices...I don't think we could get equal value for what he is to the Reds/city/fans.
That said if the Dodgers can't afford Cano, but want to make a name splash for 2B, and come calling...I don't hang up till I hear what they would offer.
Depends how you value great defense up the middle and below average hitting. Personally on a team with only two above average hitters coming back (possibly 3 depending on how Ludwick comes back) I'd love to get his contract off the books and use that money to resign Choo or go after someone else who can hit 1-2. With the lack of offense at the major league level and upper minors a defensive specialist with an 8 figure annual salary is not money wisely spent. And at 32 years old OBP low .300s and SLG low .400s I think it's inevitable that he'll be OPSing under .650 at 35-36.
I'd trade Fay in a heartbeat. Erardi should get a LTC. With C Trent, I'm on the fence.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
As a 38 year-old with increasingly limited flexibility, I can personally attest to the fact that BP is going to slow down dramatically over the next 4 seasons. Sure, he's a professional athlete, so he's going to stand a better chance than yours truly. But some of it is just unavoidable; it's just part of aging. In some ways, I think BP's O is more likely to stick around throughout the contract than his D. But without his D, he's more replaceable in my opinion.
Stick around implies his offense isn't already gone. His OPS+ is going to be under 100 for his second consective year and he's sporting a .320 career OBP. IMO plate discipline ages well but thats always been a weakness of his. His offense has been based on bat speed which doesn't age nearly as well. I believe he'll be a really poor offensive player at 35-36, a Cozart like .240 AVG/.280 OBP is where I see him going.
Erardi is a treasure. If I could write, I'd write like him. He did a game story on a Mason HS girls soccer game last fall that was so far beyond the usual high school game story, it wasn't even funny. He paints a picture and then tells a story with wonderful and vivid language. Ah, here. http://masonbuzz.com/2012/11/12/maso...te-title-game/
I don't think C Trent has quite found his voice yet. He's promising, but he needs to age a bit and lose some of the snarkiness and let the language out. He's a very good writer. Just needs to get a little more comfortable with what he does.
I like Welsh, but the soul of baseball is the writing and the radio. TV is like a bag of potato chips. Writing and radio is like a great steak.
Sorry to hijack, on with the BP trade talk (I'm in the "I'll trade anyone for the right price" camp).
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
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