Free agents and potential free agents at 2B/SS/3B
Second Basemen
Emilio Bonifacio
Alexi Casilla
Mark Ellis
Rafael Furcal
Kelly Johnson
Nick Punto *
Brian Roberts
Ramon Santiago
Rickie Weeks *
Ben Zobrist *
Shortstops
Mike Aviles *
Asdrubal Cabrera
Stephen Drew
Alex Gonzalez
J.J. Hardy
Jed Lowrie
John McDonald
Hiroyuki Nakajima *
Hanley Ramirez
Jimmy Rollins *
Third Basemen
Wilson Betemit
Alberto Callaspo
Eric Chavez
Jack Hannahan *
Chase Headley
Casey McGehee
Donnie Murphy
Nick Punto *
Aramis Ramirez *
Pablo Sandoval
Ty Wigginton
* – player whose current contract includes 2015 option
One of my best friends lives there. Built an eye hospital that he's now having to sell and he's moving away. It's nice down by Queens where he lives but other than that yeah there's not a lot there.
Dunno. 1.1 fWAR this year with negative baserunning and an average bat (104 wRC+). + defense by UZR.
I'd still take that at half price compared to Melky *IF* I knew AA would spend the savings wisely elsewhere.
Full transcript of Bautista's weekend interview for anyone who wants to read:
http://sports.nationalpost.com/2014/09/29/toronto-blue-jays-jose-bautista-talks-season-performance-pitching-and-the-future-in-extended-interview/
Ryan Dempster
Russell Martin
Joey Votto
Dissers of their Canadian home land all the time
*******s. f*** all those guys. Who needs 'em! (dammit, actually, we do...)
Off the cuff estimate - how long does John Farrell get to keep his job?
(my answer = as long as team wins for. He got a 1 year bye this year, but they have to be better, and almost certainly will be, next 1-2 years, or he's at risk)
That's part of the "problem" though - they both have good arms. You don't want to waste it, but getting to balls is, I presume, a much more important skill than throwing, in the overall value an outfielder provides defensively?
If I extend Melky for 4-ish years, I think I'm doing so assuming he becomes a primary DH (+ backup OF only) by year 3. At that point, I suspect we're done with Adam Lind.
Is everybody OK with that?
At least Melky can hit every day against every pitcher, but will cost quite a bit more than Lind