This is a dare-to-be-great move, and it isn't without risk. . . Yet, I love it.
This does leave some questions about OF defense and speed on the base paths--but those are discussions for another day.
This is a dare-to-be-great move, and it isn't without risk. . . Yet, I love it.
This does leave some questions about OF defense and speed on the base paths--but those are discussions for another day.
This is good to hear, and of course I am cheering for the best case scenario.Originally Posted by _Sir_Charles_
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Choo will probably play LF at least about 30-40 games....I would imagine. Ludwick is not going to start more than 140 games, and at least 10 of those will be as a DH. He will be rested, like last year. If Dusty plays it right....he does mostly on the road. I know Heisey is not a great CF but at least he is more used to playing it.
Love the Trade and the compensation that will be rfecouped when Choo is qualified. the Red's addressed the one glaring weakness at the top of the lineup. Bring on the season right now!
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So, we get Choo and $3.5M and all we have to give up are Gregorious and Stubbs? I must be missing something. Does Choo have a broken leg? Is the Korean military going to draft him if they lose the WBC? Is he allergic to chili?
This is a great deal! I feared Choo when the Reds played CLE. I am glad he's with the Reds. It's too bad Stubbs regressed like he did but you can't say the Reds didn't give him every opportunity. Every off-season we heard he was going to get better and every year he got worse. I liked Gregorious from what I saw of him in September but you can't hold on to all your prospects.
This is an interesting comment so I'll quote it 30 pages later.
I think any value added from avoided BP double-plays is negated from the extra PA Phillips might get against a LOOGY thanks to be sandwichted between two lefties...
They are not batting Choo in the 2 hole unless he fails at lead off, which stats shows, he flourishes there. Something like this will happen:
RF/CF Choo
2B BP
1B Votto
LF Ludwick
CF/RF Bruce
3B Frazier
SS Cozart
C Hanigan/Mes
I like that balance of L,R,L,R,L for the top 5 hitters!
Rotation of:
Cueto
Latos
Bailey
Chapman
Arroyo
Legit all around!
My favorite part about this trade? Not having to listen to people whine about Stubbs' strikeouts.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Fantastic Trade. Awesome!
The offensive upgrade from Stubbs to Choo is what this team needed after scoring less than 700 runs last year. We got an asset for a liability.
And we got money. MONEY. $3.5 million. C'mon Walt, go out and buy something nice.
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They will just whine about Choo's now. He isn't exactly a contact oriented hitter....
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Cleveland fans will have to deal with that now (Reynolds and Stubbs!)
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Wonder what the team record for strike outs are.
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If disk learns how to hit we are going to see him at the mid season classic....but then again there are tons of guys just like him who can't hit well enought to stick around.
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