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Boston Red
07-17-2006, 08:41 PM
Forgive me if this is already posted, but I was shocked to find that Mottola is DH'ing for the Jays tonight. He's had 40 MLB at-bats in 10 years since being sent down by the Reds in 1996.
max venable
07-17-2006, 09:17 PM
Ah...yes...Mottola...the guy we drafted INSTEAD of Derek Jeter.... :bang:
MaineRed
07-17-2006, 09:23 PM
The Jays are probably showcasing him for Jimbo.

:thumbup:
max venable
07-17-2006, 09:28 PM
The Jays are probably showcasing him for Jimbo.

:thumbup:
You may be on to something :D
Joseph
07-17-2006, 09:37 PM
Good luck Chad!
BCubb2003
07-17-2006, 09:43 PM
This is going to interfere with his attempt to set the all-time Syracuse home run record.
MaineRed
07-17-2006, 09:45 PM
Livan Hernandez for Chad Mottola. Mark it down.

Then Jimbo will trade Sorianno for Chris Reitsma.
ChatterRed
07-17-2006, 11:42 PM
Hahaha.

I wouldn't doubt it.
crazybob60
07-18-2006, 12:03 AM
Hey....future Red Jeffrey Hammonds was also taken ahead of Jeter that year by the O's as well....wonder how they feel bout that one? Well probably better since Hammonds was more productive than Mottola.
StillFunkyB
07-18-2006, 12:10 AM
Ah...yes...Mottola...the guy we drafted INSTEAD of Derek Jeter.... :bang:

The question is, would Jeter be Jeter had he been a Red?

I know, I know, if a tree falls in a forest.....

Oh, and if he was a Red, would you still feel the same way about him? (alot of people don't like him/think he is overrated)
savafan
07-18-2006, 12:12 AM
Oh, and if he was a Red, would you still feel the same way about him? (alot of people don't like him/think he is overrated)

He's overrated because of his play in the postseason. Had he been a Red, he probably wouldn't have that national stage to play on.
TOBTTReds
07-18-2006, 12:23 AM
He's overrated because of his play in the postseason. Had he been a Red, he probably wouldn't have that national stage to play on.

Maybe true, but you can't argue his individual numbers. He probably would have been a 2B for us too with Larkin here. And the bottom line here is: Is he better than Chad Matolla?
redsupport
07-18-2006, 12:31 AM
Yes but not better than John Oliver or Pat Watkins?
crazybob60
07-18-2006, 01:10 AM
The question is, would Jeter be Jeter had he been a Red?

I know, I know, if a tree falls in a forest.....

Oh, and if he was a Red, would you still feel the same way about him? (alot of people don't like him/think he is overrated)

I bet he would have never seen above AA as a Red actually. They would have traded him away way before that, especially him being him. So him being a Red probably never would have happened either way. I mean, even below Larkin, we had Pokey Reese and didn't we have Bip Roberts (although I do know that he wasn't homegrown) there for awhile as well????
CySeymour
07-18-2006, 01:16 PM
Maybe true, but you can't argue his individual numbers. He probably would have been a 2B for us too with Larkin here. And the bottom line here is: Is he better than Chad Matolla?

I remember an interview with Jimbo about that, and he said the plan would have been to move Jeter to CF.
Team Clark
07-18-2006, 01:18 PM
I remember an interview with Jimbo about that, and he said the plan would have been to move Jeter to CF.


Yeah, you can't have 5 tool Infielders....
michst
07-18-2006, 01:46 PM
I remember an interview with Jimbo about that, and he said the plan would have been to move Jeter to CF.

Wow in a parallel bizarro world if that would have happened, Griffey would have had to switch positions like A Rod did.