Does AA panic?

[DuckDuckGose]

AA said he was waiting a week to 10 days for the trade market to heat up. Who here thinks he hits the panic button and overpays to get the "right" guy now?

[dmrich28]

Panic for what? That time is long past.

[Ehh]

There is no guy that can save this team

[DuckDuckGose]

Cliff Lee and Utley.

[dineke]

Cliff Lee and Utley.

 

Not even they can save this team now.

[Pete_7]

Why trade for anyone? The smart move would be to sell. But only certain pieces, not a full on implosion

[kcjaysfan]

Does AA panic?

 

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[admin]

Does AA picnic?

 

That is the question.

[Bamptonio]

Oh he obviously picnics a ton.

[dineke]

Panac!

[Deadpool]

Does AA picnic?

 

That is the question.

 

Go out in the sun? f*** that noise!

[Arkadium]

AA said he was waiting a week to 10 days for the trade market to heat up. Who here thinks he hits the panic button and overpays to get the "right" guy now?

 

How can you call up 50 starting pitchers and send them back down after 1-2 bad outings and NOT BE PANICING??????

[Pete_7]

I think Rasmus has to stay. I love Gose, but he's played like complete dog s*** this year.

 

I agree. He may strike out a shitload but he plays good defense and gets on base at a decent rate.

[Fearthedoc]

There is a solid chance Rasmus is worth 4 WAR at the end of the year. I don't think we should be so quick to let him go.

[jays_fever]

I think Rasmus has to stay. I love Gose, but he's played like complete dog s*** this year.

 

He can hit like s*** and still not be our worst position player in left field, or second worst, probably not even the 3rd worst.

[Slot Machine]

Tbh, at this point I think AA is just a slave to Rogers. I think that if this thing continues to go south they will stand pat, with a slight chance for a panic move or a nothing move.

[Arkadium]

There is a solid chance Rasmus is worth 4 WAR at the end of the year. I don't think we should be so quick to let him go.

 

I like Rasmus even if he's not Fapmus anymore.

[Deadpool]

Keeping him brings up a pretty interesting question: what the f*** do we do with him. Next year is his final arb year. Does he want to be here long-term? If so, how much money does it take to sign him? I like Rasmus, but I'm pretty uncomfortable with guaranteed long-term money.

 

I think with his experiences in St. Louis, he might actually really want to stay here. It's very obvious that he's much happier here, so maybe he takes the devil he knows on a cheaper deal than the devil he doesn't...

[Chappy]

I think Rasmus has to stay. I love Gose, but he's played like complete dog s*** this year.

 

He almost certainly has to stay unless moving him results in a significant upgrade at 2B which I just don't see happening.

 

Right now the potential contending core for 2014 should be Rasmus, Bautista, EE, Reyes, Lawrie and Melky. That is good enough to contend if AA can get strong defenders at 2B and C. If he can get guys with a bat as well that is a bonus, but I don't think its critical. This team would be above .500 right now if we had glove first guys at 2B and C.

 

This is all assuming Melky can run again otherwise we would need a LF as well and he probably falls to DH.

[Boxcar]

AA said he was waiting a week to 10 days for the trade market to heat up. Who here thinks he hits the panic button and overpays to get the "right" guy now?

 

Of course AA will panic. That's his forte.

[DuckDuckGose]

Of course AA will panic. That's his forte.

 

Should've made a poll to confirm.

 

Who's starting the new thread; Potential Trade Targets in That We're Panicking (or in AA's case Picnicking).

[CHRIS]

You could bring up Gose, he could be the worst hitter in the majors, and he'd still be more valuable than a third of our roster.

[fatcowxlive]

I think Rasmus has to stay. I love Gose, but he's played like complete dog s*** this year.

 

I always wondered this..... why the f*** did AA extend Morrow but didn't extend Rasmus?? We could have bought low

 

Even if the plan was to keep Gose longterm, an extension should have been inplace in case something like this happened so we can trade him at even a bigger value

 

He almost certainly has to stay unless moving him results in a significant upgrade at 2B which I just don't see happening.

 

Right now the potential contending core for 2014 should be Rasmus, Bautista, EE, Reyes, Lawrie and Melky. That is good enough to contend if AA can get strong defenders at 2B and C. If he can get guys with a bat as well that is a bonus, but I don't think its critical. This team would be above .500 right now if we had glove first guys at 2B and C.

 

This is all assuming Melky can run again otherwise we would need a LF as well and he probably falls to DH.

 

Rasmus + prospect for Utley is imminent lol

[Chappy]

Rasmus + prospect for Utley is imminent lol

 

Change Rasmus to Gose and I think you got the framework for a deal.

[Laika]

Of course he'll panic. Full on "we're out of tzatziki and the only store near here is Whole Foods" mode.