The Giants are great at adding parts to a puzzle they don't need.
The Giants are great at adding parts to a puzzle they don't need.
Some people play baseball. Baseball plays Jay Bruce.
The A's that's my bet for the mystery team
The White Sox are my first guess (Ozzie and Kenny both love him) and the Giants are my 2nd guess.
You seriously consider St. Louis to be a contender? No way does their pitching staff deliver a repeat performance of last year. They're poised to lose Isringhausen, Izturis, LaRue, Looper, Lopez, Mulder, Springer and Villone in free agency. Yes, I'm sure they'll bring in multiple FA signings and maybe retain some of their old players, but until we know who...how can anyone consider them contenders? Bottom half of the division is more like it IMO. They played above their heads last year and still ended up 11 games out.
~edit~ Oh crap. I just realized you meant contender for landing him...not contender in general. Okay, forget all that I just typed. :O) Hell, I'm still half asleep.
If it's the Reds, it's a gamble for sure. But Furcal at short could mean Gonzalez at third which means a dramatically better left side infield defense.
Then you put EE in left or you trade him for another leftfielder, platoon Dickerson and with someone in center, beef up the catching, add a fifth starter, get a number of good new relievers, fix the bench, and you are a pretty good team.
It's that simple.
Last edited by Kc61; 11-18-2008 at 10:46 AM.
His back was so bad he couldn't even play 90% of this past season and someone wants to give him 39 million 2 months removed from it? Where in the world has common sense gone. I wouldn't give that guy 3 yr 9 mill he's not likely to earn even it.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Furcal is broken down from all the steroids/HGH that went into his body. I'm completely serious. He is the opposite of what the Reds should be going after IMO.
Maybe the Mets want Furcal to play 2B?
"The players make the manager, it's never the other way." - Sparky Anderson
Yunel Escobar... I'd be interested in!
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