Hopefully that's one less team for Dunn.
Hopefully that's one less team for Dunn.
ah ha! since Cantu is arbitration eligible maybe the Marlins will try to move him. if we could get him cheap he could be our stopgap left fielder. the old adage is that even my grandma can play LF.
note - i am only half joking. Cantu's OPS+ of 110 after we released him last winter still irks me.
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No problem with moving Willingham or Olsen as both weren't going to be back next year anyway.
BIG PROBLEM with getting nothing in return for them.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
I don't expect Cantu to be back next year. Wouldn't be Marlins-like.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Anybody getting that feeling that Austin Kearns could be on his way out in Washington. With the addition of Willingham to go along with Lastings Milledge and Elijah Dukes in the outfield, Kearns could be the odd man out. And given his contract and performance in 2008, he could be probably had real cheap.
So would Kearns fullfill the Reds wishlist of a righthanded hitter for the middle of the order? Or do you take the been there done that approach and move on?
If you think small, you'll go nowhere in life.
Strictly speaking, the Washington Nationals cannot "rebuild". You can't "rebuild" unless you were at some point "built".[The Washington Nationals began their rebuilding process Monday]
"In baseball, you don't know nothin'"...Yogi Berra
“I think I throw the ball as hard as anyone. The ball just doesn't get there as fast.” — Eddie Bane
“We know we're better than this ... but we can't prove it.” — Tony Gwynn
Or ED, Bruce and O'Neill?Let's put it this way, if the Reds decided to bring Kearns back, you have one more selling point to talk Dunn into returning.
Could the Reds get by with an OF of Dunn, Bruce, and Kearns?
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