RedsZone.com - Cincinnati Reds Fans' Home for Baseball Discussion  

Go Back   RedsZone.com - Cincinnati Reds Fans' Home for Baseball Discussion > RedsZone > The Old Red Guard
Reload this Page Michael Morse: Trade Target?
About Us Chat Register FAQ Calendar Mark Forums Read

Reply
Page 2 of 2 1 2
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 11-05-2012, 03:24 PM   #16
Brutus
Et tu, Brutus?
 
Brutus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Atlanta, Ga.
Posts: 8,934
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
Quote:
Originally Posted by cumberlandreds View Post
Yep. The Reds would have to give up a starting pitcher in the line of someone like Bailey to get him. Also Morse is really a first baseman who is only playing the outfield because LaRoche had such a solid season. He's not very good defensivley but does make up for his deficincies with his bat.
Why would the Nationals want a starting pitcher? That's the strongest part of their entire club.
__________________
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Brutus is offline   Reply With Quote
Turn Off Ads?
Old 11-06-2012, 08:05 AM   #17
cumberlandreds
Member
 
cumberlandreds's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sterling VA
Posts: 7,850
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brutus View Post
Why would the Nationals want a starting pitcher? That's the strongest part of their entire club.
Bottom line,everyone wants pitching. If they give up a key cog in their offense they will want a starter back. But I highly they are trading Morse anyway.
__________________
Reds Fan Since 1971
cumberlandreds is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-06-2012, 09:03 AM   #18
Scrap Irony
Member
 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Bedford, KY
Posts: 8,992
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
Mesoraco might get their attention. Add in a bullpen arm (Hoover), and you've likely got a deal.

I'd hate to part with that package, though.
__________________
"You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat."
-- Christy Matthewson
"Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot."
-- Leo Durocher
Scrap Irony is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-06-2012, 12:12 PM   #19
Brutus
Et tu, Brutus?
 
Brutus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Atlanta, Ga.
Posts: 8,934
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
Quote:
Originally Posted by cumberlandreds View Post
Bottom line,everyone wants pitching. If they give up a key cog in their offense they will want a starter back. But I highly they are trading Morse anyway.
The Nationals had five guys with ERAs basically below 4 this year. Where do you propose they would want this starting pitcher to play and why do you think they would want to use one of their best assets, based on your suggestion of Morse, to gain something they already have? That really doesn't make any sense.
__________________
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Brutus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-06-2012, 01:34 PM   #20
cumberlandreds
Member
 
cumberlandreds's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sterling VA
Posts: 7,850
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brutus View Post
The Nationals had five guys with ERAs basically below 4 this year. Where do you propose they would want this starting pitcher to play and why do you think they would want to use one of their best assets, based on your suggestion of Morse, to gain something they already have? That really doesn't make any sense.
Everyone is looking for an upgrade in pitching. IMO Bailey is much better than Detwiler or Jackson. especially if it is the Bailey of the last month or so. Like I said in another post this isn't going to happen anyway so there not much need to discuss it.
__________________
Reds Fan Since 1971
cumberlandreds is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-06-2012, 02:09 PM   #21
Brutus
Et tu, Brutus?
 
Brutus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Atlanta, Ga.
Posts: 8,934
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
Quote:
Originally Posted by cumberlandreds View Post
Everyone is looking for an upgrade in pitching. IMO Bailey is much better than Detwiler or Jackson. especially if it is the Bailey of the last month or so. Like I said in another post this isn't going to happen anyway so there not much need to discuss it.
Ross Detwiler had a 3.40 ERA this year. As far as sheer production, Bailey was not better than he. And in FIP, even if you ignore ERA, they were almost identical (Bailey a 3.97 FIP and Detwiler a 4.04 FIP.

Edwin Jackson wasn't as good as Bailey in ERA (though he actually had a slightly better FIP), but for the less than half a run difference, is that really worth someone you suggest has a ton of trade value? Either way you look at it, trading for Bailey isn't much of an upgrade for the Nationals unless you assume his last 3-4 starts out of 30+ were the "real" Bailey. It makes no sense to trade one of your best assets for a position that is not of need. There are other positions the Nationals could benefit far greater than acquiring a starting pitcher.
__________________
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Last edited by Brutus; 11-06-2012 at 02:12 PM.
Brutus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-06-2012, 04:18 PM   #22
traderumor
Unsolicited Opinions
 
traderumor's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Right Down Broadway
Posts: 17,653
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
The Nats could use some bullpen help, second base, and catcher. I'm not sure we're a good fit at all.
__________________
Can't win with 'em

Can't win without 'em
traderumor is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-05-2013, 02:34 PM   #23
Tom Servo
thirsty and miserable
 
Tom Servo's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: NJ/NY
Posts: 5,412
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?


Now I know 4 games is way too early to be saying "I told you so", but...
__________________
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Tom Servo is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 04-05-2013, 02:40 PM   #24
Brutus
Et tu, Brutus?
 
Brutus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Atlanta, Ga.
Posts: 8,934
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Servo View Post


Now I know 4 games is way too early to be saying "I told you so", but...
You've left yourself so ripe for a "Tuffy Rhodes says hello" response.
__________________
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Brutus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-05-2013, 03:16 PM   #25
mdccclxix
Member
 
mdccclxix's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,660
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
Morse is an impressively large guy, almost Dunn-ian. I wish him well in Seattle, they need him more than we do.
mdccclxix is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-05-2013, 03:34 PM   #26
texasdave
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,566
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
Is it possible that Morse has finally cracked the code?
__________________
Let's hang a Championship Banner this year!!!!!
texasdave is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 04-05-2013, 04:15 PM   #27
scott91575
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 781
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
Quote:
Originally Posted by texasdave View Post
Is it possible that Morse has finally cracked the code?
scott91575 is offline   Reply With Quote
Likes:
camisadelgolf (04-06-2013), pahster (04-05-2013)
Old 04-05-2013, 04:23 PM   #28
westofyou
breath
 
westofyou's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: PDX
Posts: 39,381
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports...c63_story.html

Quote:
Nats GM Mike Rizzo always planned for the team he sees now. “Twenty-seven outs — and no more — that’s our goal,” he said. “You can’t afford to give good teams extra outs or they’ll kill you. We want pitching, defense, athleticism and speed wherever we can get it.

“Michael [Morse] is in the perfect league for him,” added Rizzo. “We’re more of a National League type club — a layered [left-right] lineup, more on-base percentage. And there’s a dramatic difference in our outfield. We took a pretty good center fielder and put him in left. Because Span takes perfect routes to the balls in the gaps, our corner outfielders can shade a little more toward the corners, even get to more balls in foul territory.”
westofyou is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-05-2013, 06:43 PM   #29
jojo
Five Tool Fool
 
jojo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 16,570
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
Quote:
Originally Posted by westofyou View Post
Morse can play defense. He just can't play it well.

Little bit of trivia... he came up through the system originally as a shortstop...
__________________
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
jojo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-05-2013, 07:06 PM   #30
Brutus
Et tu, Brutus?
 
Brutus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Atlanta, Ga.
Posts: 8,934
Re: Michael Morse: Trade Target?
Quote:
Originally Posted by westofyou View Post
If I didn't know any better WOY, I'd say you just cleverly and subtly killed two discussion birds with one stone.
__________________
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Brutus is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 2 of 2 1 2

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:33 PM.

Contact Us - RedsZone.com - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.

Board Moderators may, at their discretion and judgment, delete and/or edit any messages that violate any of the following guidelines: 1. Explicit references to alleged illegal or unlawful acts. 2. Graphic sexual descriptions. 3. Racial or ethnic slurs. 4. Use of edgy language (including masked profanity). 5. Direct personal attacks, flames, fights, trolling, baiting, name-calling, general nuisance, excessive player criticism or anything along those lines. 6. Posting spam. 7. Each person may have only one user account. It is fine to be critical here - that's what this board is for. But let's not beat a subject or a player to death, please.

Thank you, and most importantly, enjoy yourselves!

RedsZone.com is a privately owned website and is not affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds or Major League Baseball

Contact us: Boss | GIK | dabvu2498 | GADawg | Gallen5862 | LexRedsFan | mattfeet | MBZags | Plus Plus | redsfan1995 | The Operator | Tommyjohn25